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Amdocs Limited Demonstrates Continued Strong Growth in Second Quarter; EPS, Excluding Acquisition-Related Charges, Increases By 42.9% to $0.30.


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ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001

Amdocs AMDOCS American Directories Operations & Computerized Systems (corporate care & billing software company)  Limited (NYSE NYSE

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) today reported that for the second quarter ended March 31, 2001, revenue reached $372.3 million, an increase of 37.5% over last year's second quarter. Excluding acquisition-related charges, net income increased 49.7% to $67.6 million, while earnings per share increased 42.9% to $0.30 per diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 share, compared to net income of $45.2 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2000. The Company's as-reported net income, which includes acquisition-related charges of amortization of goodwill and purchased intangible assets Intangible Asset

An asset that is not physical in nature.

Notes:
Examples are things like copyrights, patents, intellectual property, and goodwill. These are the opposite of tangible assets.
 and related tax effects, was $15.4 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, compared to net income of $42.9 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2000.

Avi Naor, Chief Executive Officer of Amdocs Management Limited, noted, "This was another excellent quarter for Amdocs. We continue to demonstrate strong, consistent growth, and to exceed our financial objectives. Our new business wins this quarter were strong across all our product platforms and from both new and existing customers. We are very confident that our positive momentum will be maintained with excellent business results in the coming quarters."

Naor continued, "We had 13 new business wins during the quarter, an unprecedented number for Amdocs. As a result of our ongoing success, we continued to expand our workforce, adding 450 information system professionals worldwide in the last quarter. We also have a strong and diverse pipeline of business prospects, across all regions, lines of business and services, including solutions and outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management.  projects. Our visibility is excellent, based on our ongoing long-term Long-term

Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year.


long-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term.
 relationships with existing customers."

Naor concluded, "Amdocs' stability and consistency Consistency can refer to:
  • Consistency proof, in mathematics, logic, and theoretical physics
  • Consistency (statistics), a property of estimators and estimation
 can be attributed to a number of factors. The customer care and billing systems market is very strong and dynamic. Customer care and billing systems serve as key differentiators in the intensely competitive communications marketplace, as operators seek to offer new technologies and services as well as support continued growth. In addition, our well-balanced well-bal·anced
adj.
1. Evenly proportioned, balanced, or regulated.

2. Mentally stable; sensible or sound.


well-balanced
Adjective

sensible and emotionally stable

Adj.
 portfolio also provides great stability. Our portfolio of offerings includes a broad product suite, spanning CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , billing and order management; the ability to support multiple lines of business, whether mobile, wireline or IP; a variety of service alternatives including licensed solutions and outsourcing projects; and geographic geographic /geo·graph·ic/ (je?o-graf´ik) in pathology, of or referring to a pattern that is well demarcated, resembling outlines on a map.

geographic

pertaining to geography.
 diversity spanning all major global markets. Furthermore, our solutions-based, services-oriented business model and long-term customer relationships ensure a consistent, ongoing revenue flow."

Amdocs is the world's leader in CRM, billing and order management systems for communications and IP service providers. Amdocs has an unparalleled success record in project delivery of its mission-critical products. With over 8,150 information systems professionals deployed worldwide, Amdocs supports a global customer base. For more information visit our Web site at www.amdocs.com.

Amdocs will host a conference call on April 23 at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight For other uses, see Daylight (disambiguation).
Daylight or the light of day is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight outdoors during the daytime (and perhaps twilight).
 Time to discuss the Company's second quarter results. The call will be carried live on the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
 via www.vcall.com and the Amdocs website, www.amdocs.com.

This press release may contain forward looking statements as defined under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended a·mend  
v. a·mend·ed, a·mend·ing, a·mends

v.tr.
1. To change for the better; improve: amended the earlier proposal so as to make it more comprehensive.

2.
, including statements about Amdocs' growth and business results in future quarters. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, Amdocs' ability to continue leveraging its growth in each of the mobile, wireline and IP business segments, the adverse effects of market competition, rapid changes in technology that may render (1) To make visible; to draw. The term comes from the graphics world where a rendering is an artist's drawing of what a new structure would look like. In computer-aided design (CAD), a rendering is a particular view of a 3D model that has been converted into a realistic image.  the Company's products and services obsolete OBSOLETE. This term is applied to those laws which have lost their efficacy, without being repealed,
     2. A positive statute, unrepealed, can never be repealed by non-user alone. 4 Yeates, Rep. 181; Id. 215; 1 Browne's Rep. Appx. 28; 13 Serg. & Rawle, 447.
, potential loss of a major customer, and risks associated with operating businesses in the international market. These and other risks are discussed at greater length in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                            AMDOCS LIMITED

        Pro forma Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

       Excluding Purchased In-Process Research and Development,
       Acquisition Related Costs, Amortization of Goodwill and
         Purchased Intangible Assets and Related Tax Effects
                 (in thousands, except per share data)

                             Three months ended     Six months ended
                                March 31, (1)         March 31, (2)
                            --------------------  --------------------
                               2001       2000       2001       2000
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------

Revenue:
  License                   $  43,290  $  30,441  $  81,366  $  56,943
  Service                     328,999    240,304    633,090    449,308
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                              372,289    270,745    714,456    506,251
Operating expenses:
  Cost of license               1,295      1,458      2,953      2,631
  Cost of service             206,154    156,272    397,942    295,100
  Research and development     25,152     17,713     48,731     32,683
  Selling, general and
   administrative              48,168     33,087     91,618     60,186
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                              280,769    208,530    541,244    390,600
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Operating income               91,520     62,215    173,212    115,651

Other income, net               5,096      2,318     10,658      2,663
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Income before income taxes     96,616     64,533    183,870    118,314

Income taxes                   28,985     19,360     55,161     35,494
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Net income                  $  67,631  $  45,173  $ 128,709  $  82,820
                            =========  =========  =========  =========
Diluted earnings per share  $    0.30  $    0.21  $    0.57  $    0.40
                            =========  =========  =========  =========
Diluted weighted
 average number of
 shares outstanding           227,213    211,416    226,994    207,904
                            =========  =========  =========  =========

(1)  Excludes $54,164 and $2,100 of amortization of goodwill and
     purchased intangible assets, and tax effects related to the above
     of $1,946 and ($210) for the three months ended March 31, 2001
     and 2000, respectively. Including the above items, income before
     income taxes was $42,452 and $62,433 and diluted earnings per
     share were $0.07 and $0.20 for the three months ended March 31,
     2001 and 2000, respectively.

(2)  Excludes $108,324 and $2,800 of amortization of goodwill and
     purchased intangible assets, $0 and $19,876 write-off of
     purchased in-process research and development, and tax effects
     related to the above of $7,604 and $0 for the six months ended
     March 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Including the above items,
     income before income taxes was $75,546 and $95,638 and diluted
     earnings per share were $0.12 and $0.29 for the six months ended
     March 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively.


                            AMDOCS LIMITED

             Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

                 (in thousands, except per share data)

                             Three months ended     Six months ended
                                  March 31,             March 31,
                            --------------------  --------------------
                               2001       2000       2001       2000
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------

Revenue:
  License                   $  43,290  $  30,441  $  81,366  $  56,943
  Service                     328,999    240,304    633,090    449,308
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                              372,289    270,745    714,456    506,251
Operating expenses:
  Cost of license               1,295      1,458      2,953      2,631
  Cost of service             206,154    156,272    397,942    295,100
  Research and development     25,152     17,713     48,731     32,683
  Selling, general and
   administrative              48,168     33,087     91,618     60,186
  Amortization of goodwill
   and purchased
   intangible assets           54,164      2,100    108,324      2,800

  In-process research and
   development and other
   indirect acquisition-
   -related costs                 -          -          -       19,876
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                              334,933    210,630    649,568    413,276
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Operating income               37,356     60,115     64,888     92,975

Other income, net               5,096      2,318     10,658      2,663
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Income before income taxes     42,452     62,433     75,546     95,638

Income taxes                   27,039     19,570     47,557     35,494
                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Net income                  $  15,413  $  42,863  $  27,989  $  60,144
                            =========  =========  =========  =========
Basic earnings per share    $    0.07  $    0.21  $    0.13  $    0.30
                            =========  =========  =========  =========
Diluted earnings per share  $    0.07  $    0.20  $    0.12  $    0.29
                            =========  =========  =========  =========
Basic weighted
 average number of
 shares outstanding           221,884    205,985    221,546    203,465
                            =========  =========  =========  =========
Diluted weighted
 average number of
 shares outstanding           227,213    211,416    226,994    207,904
                            =========  =========  =========  =========


                            AMDOCS LIMITED

                 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
                            (in thousands)

                                                     As of
                                           ---------------------------
                                            March 31,    September 30,
                                               2001           2000
                                           -----------   -------------
                                           (Unaudited)
ASSETS

Current assets:
  Cash, cash equivalents and short-term
   interest-bearing investments            $   468,055     $   402,300

  Accounts receivable, including unbilled
   of $6,525 and $4,203, respectively          312,899         263,100
  Deferred income taxes and taxes receivable    37,012          35,179
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets     44,493          34,327
                                           -----------     -----------
  Total current assets                         862,459         734,906

Equipment, vehicles and leasehold
 improvements, net                             152,760         128,081
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net      900,109       1,011,053
Other non-current assets                        71,992          61,045
                                           -----------     -----------
Total assets                               $ 1,987,320     $ 1,935,085
                                           ===========     ===========


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current Liabilities:
  Accounts payable and accruals            $   203,448     $   198,445
  Short-term financing arrangements              9,263          28,713
  Deferred revenue                             146,813         133,546
  Deferred income taxes and income
   taxes payable                                66,861          55,197
                                           -----------     -----------
  Total current liabilities                    426,385         415,901
Non-current liabilities                         91,963          88,412
Shareholders' equity                         1,468,972       1,430,772
                                           -----------     -----------
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 1,987,320     $ 1,935,085
                                           ===========     ===========
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