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Borland Reports Strong Financial Results for Second Quarter 2004; Company Achieves $76.5 Million in Revenue, GAAP Earnings of $0.03 per share and Non-GAAP Earnings of $0.08 per share.


SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- Borland Software Corporation (company) Borland Software Corporation - A company that sells a variety of PC software development and database systems. Borland was founded in 1983 and initially became famous for their low-cost software, particularly Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, and Turbo Prolog.  (Nasdaq:BORL) today announced financial results for its second quarter of 2004.

Revenues for the second quarter of 2004 were $76.5 million, and GAAP GAAP

See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


GAAP

See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
 net income for the second quarter of 2004 was $2.8 million, or $0.03 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. This compares to revenues of $72.9 million and GAAP net income of $713,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, reported in the prior quarter and revenues of $76.3 million and a GAAP net loss of $5.0 million, or $(0.06) per diluted share, reported in the second quarter of 2003.

Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2004 was $6.5 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, which compares to Non-GAAP net income of $4.8 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, reported in the prior quarter, and Non-GAAP net income of $3.5 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, reported in the second quarter of 2003.

Borland (Borland Software Corporation, Austin, TX, www.borland.com) A software company founded as Borland International in 1983 by Philippe Kahn. The company is noted for its language and development products. It also popularized the desktop accessory for DOS PCs with its Sidekick program.  generated $12.8 million in cash flow from operations Cash flow from operations

A firm's net cash inflow resulting directly from its regular operations (disregarding extraordinary items such as the sale of fixed assets or transaction costs associated with issuing securities), calculated as the sum of net income plus noncash expenses
 and closed the second quarter of 2004 with $213.5 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term Short-term

Any investments with a maturity of one year or less.


short-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss on the value of an asset that has been held less than a specified period of time.
 investments.

"While we are pleased to report strong financial performance and execution across our business in the quarter, we believe there is still much opportunity for improvement," said Borland's president and chief executive officer, Dale Dale , Sir Henry Hallett 1875-1968.

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 proud of our continued success at converting design wins into major, multi-product ALM engagements. The British Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications.  relationship announced today is a good example of our success at strategically aligning a·lign  
v. a·ligned, a·lign·ing, a·ligns

v.tr.
1. To arrange in a line or so as to be parallel: align the tops of a row of pictures; aligned the car with the curb.
 with our customers, enabling them to capture new opportunities faster. Our ALM strategy is playing out in many of the ways we had envisioned and we are excited about the opportunities ahead."

"We achieved solid operating income Operating Income

The profit realized from a business' own operations.

Notes:
This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit.
 and cash flow in the quarter as a result of our relentless focus on managing costs and increasing leverage in our sales model," said Borland's senior vice president and chief financial officer, Kenneth R. Hahn Hahn   , Otto 1879-1968.

German chemist. He won a 1944 Nobel Prize for his work on atomic fission.

Noun 1. Hahn - German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)
Otto Hahn
. "We have taken the right steps to improve our operating model Operating Model is a term that is used in many contexts. In essence an operating model describes how an organization operates across both business and technology domains. The Operating Model describes what is important for the organization.  and will continue to balance those improvements with opportunities to increase revenue. We believe our sales strategies and broader product suites are starting to take hold in the market and we remain confident in the 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.
 prospects for our business."

In calculating Non-GAAP net income, Borland utilizes a financial measure of net income (loss) that excludes restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). , amortization of 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.
, acquisition-related expenses, in-process research and development and the related tax effect ("Non-GAAP Net Income"). Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of Non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures as provided below.

Business Outlook

Management provided the following financial guidance:

For the quarter ending September September: see month.  30, 2004, on a GAAP basis:

--The company expects revenues will be in the range of $75 - $78 million.

--Forecast earnings per share should be in the range of $0.00 to $0.02

For the quarter ending September 30, 2004, on a non-GAAP basis:

--Forecast earnings per share should be in the range of $0.05 to $0.07.

The following table shows our Non-GAAP anticipated results for the quarter ending September 30, 2004 reconciled rec·on·cile  
v. rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing, rec·on·ciles

v.tr.
1. To reestablish a close relationship between.

2. To settle or resolve.

3.
 to the GAAP anticipated results. Our Non-GAAP anticipated results exclude amortization of intangible assets and acquisition-related expenses.
Estimated per Share
                                                 ---------------------
                                                    Low        High
                                                 --------    ---------
                                                     (unaudited)

GAAP net income                                    $0.00       $0.02

Aggregate amortization of intangible assets and
 acquisition-related expenses(1)                    0.05        0.05
                                                 ---------------------

Non-GAAP net income                                $0.05       $0.07
                                                 ========    =========


(1) Includes $0.04 for amortization of intangible assets and $0.01
for acquisition-related expenses.



Earnings Conference Call Information

Borland Software Corporation second quarter 2004 teleconference and simultaneous Webcast is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. PT, on Thursday Thursday: see week. , July July: see month.  22, 2004. To access the live Webcast, please visit www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker ticker

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=BORL&script (1) A program written in a general-purpose programming language. Such languages are typically interpreted and less comprehensive than full-blown compiled languages. See scripting language and interpreter. =2100 or the main page of the investor relations Investor relations

The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors.
 section of Borland's web site at least 30 minutes prior to the scheduled time In rallying, the Scheduled Time of any crew is the time, calculated at the beginning of the event, that they should arrive at any given control. It is different from Due Time in that Due Time is dynamic, ie it can change throughout the event as competitors drop time; whereas  to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer.  any necessary audio or plug-in An auxiliary program that works with a major software package to enhance its capability. For example, plug-ins are widely used in image editing programs such as Photoshop to add a filter for some special effect.  software. A replay will be available approximately ap·prox·i·mate  
adj.
1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident.

2.
 two hours after the conference call ends and will be available through midnight August 5, 2004. The replay number is (800) 405-2236 or (303) 590-3000, with passcode 11002376. Separately, the archived Webcast will be available on our website.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Borland provides all information required in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[]

As well as a standalone program, it is the base software packaged by Zondervan in their Bible Study suites for Macintosh.
 with generally accepted accounting principles The standard accounting rules, regulations, and procedures used by companies in maintaining their financial records.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) provide companies and accountants with a consistent set of guidelines that cover both broad accounting
 (GAAP), but it believes that evaluating its ongoing operating results may be difficult to understand if limited to reviewing only GAAP financial measures. Internally, Borland uses calculations of Non-GAAP net income and net income per share, each of which excludes restructuring, amortization of intangible assets, acquisition-related expenses, in-process research and development, and the related tax effect, to evaluate its ongoing operations and to allocate To reserve a resource such as memory or disk. See memory allocation.  resources within the organization.

Borland's management does not itself, nor does it suggest that investors should, consider such Non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Borland presents such Non-GAAP financial measures in reporting its financial results to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate Borland's operating results in a manner that focuses on what management believes to be Borland's ongoing business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . Management believes that the inclusion of this Non-GAAP net income calculation provides consistency Consistency can refer to:
  • Consistency proof, in mathematics, logic, and theoretical physics
  • Consistency (statistics), a property of estimators and estimation
 and comparability with past reports of financial results and historically provided comparability to similar companies in Borland's industry. Investors should note, however, that the Non-GAAP financial measures used by Borland may not be the same Non-GAAP financial measures as, and may not be calculated in the same manner as, that of other companies. Borland's management believes it is useful for the company and investors to review both GAAP information that includes the expenses, charges, gains, and losses mentioned below and the Non-GAAP measures of net income and net income per share that exclude such charges to have a better understanding of the overall performance of Borland's business and its ability to perform in subsequent periods. Whenever Borland uses such a Non-GAAP financial measure, it provides a reconciliation of Non-GAAP financial measures to the most closely applicable GAAP financial measure. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these Non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

Borland excludes restructuring charges restructuring charge

The expense of reorganizing a company's operations. A restructuring charge is an infrequent expense that generally results from asset writedowns or facility closings.
, including (i) employee severance The act of dividing, or the state of being divided.

The term severance has unique meanings in different branches of the law. Courts use the term in both civil and criminal litigation in two ways: first, when dividing a lawsuit into two or more parts, and second, when
 and other termination The point where a line, channel or circuit ends. See SCSI termination and hybrid.  benefits, (ii) lease termination costs and other expenses associated with exiting a facility, and (iii) other costs associated with terminating contracts, from its Non-GAAP net income and net income per share calculations. Expenses related to restructuring have, in some cases, had a significant cash impact and effect on net income as measured in accordance with GAAP. However, Borland's management believes such restructuring charges are periodic costs incurred to realign re·a·lign  
tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns
1. To put back into proper order or alignment.

2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between.
 its operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
 with its anticipated future revenues and, consequently, does not consider these restructuring costs as a normal component of its expenses related to ongoing operations. As a result, Borland's management believes it is useful for itself and investors to review both GAAP information that includes such charges and Non-GAAP measures of net income that exclude these charges to have a better understanding of the overall performance of Borland's ongoing business operations and its performance in the periods presented.

In accordance with GAAP, Borland regularly amortizes the remaining value of certain intangible assets over various periods. However, these amortization expenses result in no ongoing cash expenditures and otherwise have no material impact on Borland's ongoing business operations. Similarly, from time to time, Borland undertakes strategic acquisitions and investments. The expenses related to such acquisitions and investments may or may not result in a significant cash impact or effect on net income as measured in accordance with GAAP, but their impact is not directly related to Borland's ongoing business activities in such periods. Consequently, Borland excludes the amortization of intangible assets, acquisition-related expenses and in-process research and development expenses from its Non-GAAP financial measures. Borland believes that examination of both GAAP information that includes such charges and Non-GAAP financial measures that exclude such expenses provides management with a comparative measure between product lines when allocating available resources. Borland believes that if it did not provide such Non-GAAP financial information, investors would not have all the necessary data to analyze an·a·lyze
v.
1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.

2. To separate a chemical substance into its constituent elements to determine their nature or proportions.

3.
 Borland's ongoing operations.

About Borland

Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq:BORL) is a world leader in platform independent software development and deployment Installing, setting up, testing and running. This military term, which means the placement of troops and equipment in the field, is widely used with computers as an alternate to the word "implementation.  solutions that are designed to accelerate the entire application development lifecycle. By connecting managers, testers, designers, developers, and implementers in real time, Borland enables enterprises worldwide to define and sustain their competitive advantage. For more information, visit: http://www.borland.com or the Borland Developer Network at http://bdn.borland.com.

All Borland brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corporation in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

Safe Harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 including statements regarding Borland's strategic focus, near-term near-term
adj.
Of, for, or involving a short period of time in the near future.
 and long-term outlook, anticipated financial performance in the coming quarter, and the anticipated benefit to British Telecommunications from using Borland solutions. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of uncertainties and risks that may cause actual events or results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, but are not limited to: our ability to sell multi-product solutions for the application development lifecycle; our ability to integrate new members of our executive management and sales management Sales Management Role and Goal
Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a
 teams; the changing nature of the markets in which we operate, namely the maturing of certain target markets and the uncertainty regarding the growth in other target markets; the effect of some of our competitors COMPETITORS, French law. Persons who compete or aspire to the same office, rank or employment. As an English word in common use, it has a much wider application. Ferriere, Dict. de Dr. h.t.  making products that compete with our products available to their customers for no or a very low fee; market acceptance of new or enhanced products or services developed, marketed or sold by us; and general industry trends, general economic factors and capital market conditions. These and other risks may be detailed from time to time in Borland's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, Borland's 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
, and other SEC filings, copies of which may be obtained from http://www.sec.gov/. Borland is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update any of the information in this press release if any forward-looking statement later turns out to be inaccurate whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION
                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                       (in thousands, unaudited)

                                              June 30,    December 31,
                                                2004         2003
                                             ----------  -------------


ASSETS
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term
 investments                                  $213,494      $202,646
Accounts receivable, net                        45,414        54,989
Property and equipment, net                     17,950        20,377
Goodwill and acquired intangibles              202,316       210,055
Other assets                                    22,373        23,722
                                             ----------  -------------
Total assets                                  $501,547      $511,789
                                             ==========  =============


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Deferred revenues                              $50,382       $48,330
Other current liabilities                       72,975        82,733
                                             ----------  -------------
Total current liabilities                      123,357       131,065

Other long-term liabilities                     12,876        12,856

Stockholders' equity                           365,314       367,868

                                             ----------  -------------
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity    $501,547      $511,789
                                             ==========  =============



                     BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION
            CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
           (in thousands, except per share data, unaudited)


                               Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
                               ------------------  -------------------

                               June 30,  June 30,   June 30,  June 30,
                                 2004     2003        2004     2003
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Revenues
 Licenses                       $54,134  $56,622   $104,954  $113,431
 Services                        22,392   19,648     44,431    37,209
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------
Total revenues                   76,526   76,270    149,385   150,640
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Cost of revenues
 Licenses and other               1,643    3,012      4,474     6,111
 Services                         5,801    7,324     11,803    13,923
 Amortization of acquired
  intangibles                     2,375    4,752      4,936     9,069
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------
Total cost of revenues            9,819   15,088     21,213    29,103
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Gross profit                     66,707   61,182    128,172   121,537
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Operating expenses
 Research and development        17,195   17,702     33,986    37,946
 Selling, general and
  administrative                 42,219   44,395     82,794    88,369
 Restructuring, amortization
  of other intangibles and
  acquisition-related expenses    1,214    3,758      2,953    17,313
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------
Total operating expenses         60,628   65,855    119,733   143,628
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Operating income (loss)           6,079   (4,673)     8,439   (22,091)

Interest and other
 income (expense)                  (245)     889         23     2,123
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Income (loss) before taxes        5,834   (3,784)     8,462   (19,968)

Provision for income taxes        2,988    1,185      4,903     2,693
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Net income (loss)                $2,846  $(4,969)    $3,559  $(22,661)
                               ========= ========  ========= =========

Net income (loss) per share
 - Basic                          $0.04   $(0.06)     $0.04    $(0.28)

Net income (loss) per share
 - Diluted                        $0.03   $(0.06)     $0.04    $(0.28)

Shares used in computing basic
 net income (loss) per share     80,381   80,547     80,594    79,729
Shares used in computing
 diluted net income (loss) per
 share                           81,798   80,547     82,247    79,729



                     BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION
       NON-GAAP CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
           (in thousands, except per share data, unaudited)


                               Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
                               ------------------  -------------------
                               June 30,  June 30,   June 30,  June 30,
                                 2004     2003        2004     2003
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Revenues
 Licenses                       $54,134  $56,622   $104,954  $113,431
 Services                        22,392   19,648     44,431    37,209
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------
Total revenues                   76,526   76,270    149,385   150,640
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Cost of revenues
 Licenses and other               1,643    3,012      4,474     6,111
 Services                         5,801    7,324     11,803    13,923
 Amortization of acquired
  intangibles                        --       --         --        --
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------
Total cost of revenues            7,444   10,336     16,277    20,034
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Gross profit                     69,082   65,934    133,108   130,606
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Operating expenses
 Research and development        17,195   15,457     33,986    33,428
 Selling, general and
  administrative                 42,219   46,640     82,794    92,887
 Restructuring, amortization
  of other intangibles and
  acquisition-related expenses       --       --         --        --
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------
Total operating expenses         59,414   62,097    116,780   126,315
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Operating income                  9,668    3,837     16,328     4,291

Interest and other
 income (expense)                  (245)     889         23     2,123
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Income before taxes               9,423    4,726     16,351     6,414

Provision for income taxes (1)    2,921    1,185      5,069     2,693
                               --------- --------  --------- ---------

Net income                       $6,502   $3,541    $11,282    $3,721
                               ========= ========  ========= =========

Net income per share - Basic      $0.08    $0.04      $0.14     $0.05

Net income per share - Diluted    $0.08    $0.04      $0.14     $0.05

Shares used in computing basic
 net income per share            80,381   80,547     80,594    79,729
Shares used in computing
 diluted net income per share    81,798   82,821     82,247    82,404


(1) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, we have
presented Non-GAAP income including the tax effect of the Non-GAAP
adjustments. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, we did
not make Non-GAAP adjustments to the tax provision, as we had a
negative effective tax rate on a GAAP basis.

Reconciliation

In calculating Non-GAAP net income and net income per share,
Borland utilizes a Non-GAAP financial measure. Investors are
encouraged to review the reconciliation of Non-GAAP net income and net
income per share to the most directly comparable GAAP measures as
provided below.


                               Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
                                    June 30,            June 30,
                               ------------------   ------------------
                                2004       2003       2004      2003
                               --------  --------   --------  --------
                      (in thousands, except per share data, unaudited)

GAAP net income (loss)          $2,846   $(4,969)    $3,559  $(22,661)
Restructuring                     (591)      (79)      (677)    5,323
Amortization of intangible
 assets                          3,539     5,903      7,290    11,226
Acquisition-related expenses       641     2,686      1,276     5,233
In-process research and
 development                        --        --         --     4,600
Tax effect on Non-GAAP
 items (1)                          67        --       (166)       --
                               --------  --------   --------  --------
Non-GAAP net income             $6,502    $3,541    $11,282    $3,721

Basic Non-GAAP net income
 per share                       $0.08     $0.04      $0.14     $0.05
Shares used in computing basic
 net income per share           80,381    80,547     80,594    79,729
Diluted Non-GAAP net income
 per share                       $0.08     $0.04      $0.14     $0.05
Shares used in computing
 diluted net income per share   81,798    82,821     82,247    82,404


(1) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2004, we have
presented Non-GAAP income including the tax effect of the Non-GAAP
adjustments. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2003, we did
not make Non-GAAP adjustments to the tax provision, as we had a
negative effective tax rate on a GAAP basis.

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