Business Objects Reports Preliminary Second Quarter Results.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2003 Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ BOBJ Business Objects SA )(Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. code FR0004026250 - BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence solutions, today announced preliminary results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2003. The company expects revenue to be in the range of $127 to $129 million, and earnings per share to be between $0.17 and $0.18. Business Objects will report full second quarter results on Thursday, July 31, 2003 following the close of the market. (Note: this is a change from the previously scheduled date.) Today, Business Objects also announced its agreement to acquire privately held Crystal Decisions, Inc. (see separate press release). Conference Calls Business Objects will hold two conference calls for investors and analysts to discuss the proposed acquisition of Crystal Decisions, Inc.: -- For North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Asia-Pacific: Friday, July 18 at 2:30 PM Pacific time (5:30 PM Eastern time) -- For Europe: Monday, July 21 at 9:00 AM Paris time (8:00 AM London time) The dial-in numbers for the live conference calls are: -- From USA/Canada: (800) 399-7988 -- From overseas: (706) 634-5428 Replays of both calls will be available through Thursday, July 24, 2003. The dial-in numbers for the replays are: -- From USA/Canada: (800) 642-1687 -- From overseas: (706) 645-9291 -- Passcode for call 1: 1836528 -- Passcode for call 2: 1836540 Both calls will also be webcast, and an accompanying slide presentation will be available on www.businessobjects.com/investors. This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the company's revenue and earnings expectations for the quarter ended June 30, 2003. The forward-looking statements are based on the company's current expectations, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the closing of the company's books and customary quarter-end accounting procedures. The company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements at any time or for any reason. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of enterprise business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business Objects enables organizations to track, understand, and manage enterprise performance. The company's solutions leverage the information that is stored in an array of corporate databases, enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ), and customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) systems. Popular uses of BI include management dashboards and scorecards, enterprise performance management applications, customer intelligence applications, enterprise reporting With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place. , financial reporting, and both customer and partner extranets. These solutions enable companies to gain visibility into their business, acquire and retain profitable customers, reduce costs, optimize the supply chain, increase productivity and improve financial performance. Business Objects provides the industry's most integrated business intelligence suite, called BusinessObjects Enterprise 6. This suite includes the industry's best web query, reporting, and analysis; the most advanced and complete suite of analytic applications Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. ; and the best connectivity to packaged applications. Business Objects has more than 17,500 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (ISIN code FR0004026250 - BOB). It is included in the SBF SBF Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (Franciscan School of Biblical Investigations; Jerusalem, Israel) SBF Small Block Ford (automotive engine) SBF Single Black Female SBF Société des Bourses Francaises 120 and IT CAC See Consumer Advisory Council. 50 French stock market indexes. Business Objects can be reached at 408-953-6000 and www.businessobjects.com. BUSINESSOBJECTS is a trademark of Business Objects S.A. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. A full-text copy of this announcement may be downloaded from the web; access http://www.businesswire.com/cnn and search on "Business Objects." Business Objects product inquiries should contact 800-527-0580. |
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