(Source: Business Wire)

First graph, first sentence of release should read: BluePhoenix
Solutions (NASDAQ:BPHX), the leader in value-driven legacy
modernization, today announced financial results for the third quarter
(sted second quarter).
The corrected release reads
BluePhoenix Solutions Reports Third Quarter Results
Q3/09 Revenues of $18.7 million, Non-GAAP EPS of $0.05
BluePhoenix Solutions (NASDAQ:BPHX), the leader in value-driven legacy
modernization, today announced financial results for the third quarter.
Revenues for the third quarter of 2009 were $18.7 million, a decrease of
2% from $19.1 million in the previous quarter and 15% from $22.0 million
in the third quarter of 2008.
Operating income on a non-GAAP basis for the third quarter of 2009 was
$1.5 million, compared to $1.3 million in the previous quarter and
compared to a net loss of $170 thousand for the third quarter of 2008.
Net income on a non-GAAP basis for the third quarter of 2009 was $1.0
million, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared to $1.2 million or $0.06
per diluted share in the previous quarter, and compared to a net loss of
$1.4 million or ($0.06) per share for the third quarter of 2008.
On a GAAP basis for the third quarter of 2009, the net loss was $2.7
million or $(0.13) per share, compared to a net loss of $1.9 million or
$(0.09) per share in the previous quarter, and compared to a net loss of
$6.8 million or ($0.32) per share in the third quarter of 2008. (Please
refer to the accompanying financial table for reconciliation of GAAP
financial information to non-GAAP).
"In the third quarter we started to see signs of stabilization of the
business and achieved our operational and financial targets for the
quarter," commented Yaron Tchwella, CEO of BluePhoenix Solutions. "A
growing backlog and pipeline gives us increased confidence that the
business is back on the right track and we expect that we will resume
growth going forward."
Non-GAAP Results (in thousands US$) Q3/2009 Q2/2009 Q3/2008
Sales 18,688 19,050 22,029
Operating profit (loss) 1,498 1,326 (170)
Net Income (loss) 1,012 1,193 (1,354)
Earnings per share, diluted $0.05 $0.06 ($0.06)
GAAP Results (in thousands US$) Q3/2009 Q2/2009 Q3/2008
Sales 18,688 19,050 22,029
Operating (loss) (1,761) (1,649) (5,206)
Net (loss) from continued operations (2,679) (1,911) (6,248)
Net (loss) (2,679) (1,911) (6,839)
Earnings per share, diluted ($0.13) ($0.09) ($0.32)
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Non-GAAP financial measures
The release includes non-GAAP diluted earnings per share and other
non-GAAP financial measures, non-GAAP cost of revenues, non-GAAP
research and development, non-GAAP selling, general and administrative,
non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income
(loss) per share. These non-GAAP measures exclude the following items:
Amortization of purchased intangible assets;
Equity-based compensation expense
Expenses related to cost saving plan and one time charges
Non-cash derivatives expenses
The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures should be
considered in addition to BluePhoenix' GAAP results and is not intended
to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial
information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. BluePhoenix'
management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide
meaningful supplemental information regarding its performance by
excluding certain charges, gains and tax effects that may not be
indicative of BluePhoenix' core business operating results. BluePhoenix
believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to
these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing BluePhoenix' performance.
These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate comparisons to
BluePhoenix' historical performance and its competitors' operating
results. BluePhoenix includes these non-GAAP financial measures because
management believes they are useful to investors in allowing for greater
transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management
in its financial and operational decision-making. Non-GAAP measures are
reconciled to comparable GAAP measures in the table entitled
"Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP."
Conference Call
A conference call discussing BluePhoenix' results for the third quarter
of 2009, will take place today, November 12, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
Investors are invited to join the Company's teleconference by calling
(877) 941-4775 or international +1-480-629-9761 at 8:25 a.m. This call
is being web cast by ViaVid Broadcasting and can be accessed at
BluePhoenix's website at http://www.bphx.com.
About BluePhoenix Solutions
BluePhoenix Solutions (NASDAQ:BPHX) is the leading provider of
value-driven legacy IT modernization solutions. The BluePhoenix
portfolio includes a comprehensive suite of tools and services from
global IT asset assessment and impact analysis to automated database and
application migration, rehosting, and renewal. Leveraging over 20 years
of best-practice domain expertise, BluePhoenix works closely with its
customers to ascertain which assets should be migrated, redeveloped, or
wrapped for reuse as services or business processes, to protect and
increase the value of their business applications and legacy systems
with minimized risk and downtime.
BluePhoenix provides modernization solutions to companies from diverse
industries and vertical markets such as automotive, banking and
financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. Among its
prestigious customers are: Aflac, Capita Group, CareFirst, Citigroup,
Danish Commerce and Companies Agency, Desjardins, Los Angeles County
Employees Retirement Association, Rabobank, Rural Servicios
Informaticos, SDC Udvikling, TEMENOS, Toyota, and Volvofinans.
BluePhoenix has 14 offices in the USA, UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy, The
Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Cyprus, South Korea, Australia, and Israel.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this release may be deemed
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and
other Federal Securities laws. You can identify these and other
forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may," "will,"
"plans," "believes," "estimates," "expects", "predicts", "intends," the
negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. Because such
statements deal with future events, plans, projections, or future
performance of the Company, they are subject to various risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
the Company's current expectations. These risks and uncertainties
include but are not limited to: the ability to successfully defend
claims brought against the Company; the effects of the global economic
and financial crisis; market demand for the Company's products;
successful implementation of the Company's products; changes in the
competitive landscape, including new competitors or the impact of
competitive pricing and products; the ability to manage the Company's
growth; the ability to recruit and retain additional software personnel;
the ability to develop new business lines; and such other risks and
uncertainties as identified in BluePhoenix' most recent Annual Report on
Form 20-F and other reports filed by it with the SEC. Except as
otherwise required by law, BluePhoenix undertakes no obligation to
publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events.
This press release is also available at www.bphx.com.
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