FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For November 7, 2006
BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)
8 Maskit Street, Herzlia 46120, Israel
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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This report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-116044) as amended, filed by BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd. under the Securities Act of 1933, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed by BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd. under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Attached to the Registrant’s Form 6-K for November 7, 2006 and incorporated by reference herein is the Registrant’s immediate report dated November 7, 2006.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD. (Registrant) By: /s/ Yael Peretz —————————————— Yael Peretz General Counsel |
Dated: November 7, 2006
BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS REPORTS RECORD Q3 AND NINE MONTHS RESULTS
HIGHEST – EVER REVENUES, OPERATING INCOME & NET INCOME
Herzlia, Israel – November 7, 2006 – BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ: BPHX), the leader in Enterprise IT Modernization, today reported record revenues and earnings for both the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2006.
For the first nine months of fiscal 2006, BluePhoenix reported record sales of $49.7 million, up 14% from $43.5 million in the same period a year ago. Operating income for the first nine months of 2006 rose 133% to $5.6million, from $2.4 million in the first nine months of 2005. As a percentage of revenues, operating income for the first nine nearly doubled to 11% from 6% in the comparable year prior period.
Adjusted net income for the first nine months of 2006, excluding non-cash financial expenses mainly related to convertible debentures, reached $4.2 million or $0.29 per share, from $1.4 million or $0.11 per share in the first nine months of 2005.Net income grew over threefold, reaching $3.3 million, or $0.24 per share, versus $980,000, or $0.07 per share, in the first three quarters of 2005.
BluePhoenix reported Q3 record sales of $17.1 million, up 14% from $15 million in the third quarter of 2005. Operating income for the third quarter – the sixth quarter of sequential top and bottom line growth – was a record $2 million, up 130% from $871,000 in the third quarter of 2005. As a percentage of revenues, third quarter operating income doubled to 12%, from 6 % in the third quarter of 2005.
Third quarter adjusted net income, excluding non-cash financial expenses mainly related to convertible debentures, rose to $1.5 million, or $0.10 per share, from $620,000, or $0.05 per share, in the third quarter of 2005. Net income grew 156% to $1.2 million, or $0.09 per share, from $485,000, or $0.03 per share, in the third quarter of 2005.
Arik Kilman, Chief Executive Officer of BluePhoenix Solutions, commented, “We are proud of the record operating results of our operations. As expected, our performance during 2006 is demonstrating the inherent strengths of our business strategy. The steady increase in revenues is mainly attributed to the broadening awareness and acceptance of the inevitability of IT system modernization. Our concept of modernizing the IT system with automated tools, in order to improve its ‘heartbeat’ is gaining momentum. A process that was perceived as an interesting technological solution is now recognized by leading industry analysts as a ‘must’ in order to facilitate the ongoing business growth of our customers.”
“As expected, our infrastructure that combines local presence at our customers’ sites, together with offshore competence centers, efficiently supports our customers’ needs and drives our improving results. We continue to invest in the development of our automated modernization tools. The expanded range of our solutions and the proven high satisfaction of our customers has been the engine that generates the spiral growth,” concluded Mr. Kilman.
BluePhoenix has scheduled a conference call on:
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 at 10:00 A.M. EST (17:00 Israel Time).
Arik Kilman, Chief Executive Officer, and Iris Yahal, Chief Financial Officer will discuss the third quarter results and will be available to answer questions.
Interested parties are welcome to call the telephone numbers listed below, 5–10 minutes prior to the start of the conference call.
In the US call: (877)-209-0397
Outside the US call: +1-(612)-332-0630
Callers should reference “BluePhoenix Solutions Third Quarter 2006” to the AT&T conference call operator.
An automated replay of the conference call will be available from November 7th 2:30 P.M. until November 9th at 11:59 P.M. (EST).
To access the replay, please call (USA) (800)-475-6701 (International) +1-(320)-365-3844 and enter the BluePhoenix Solutions access code of 847062.
The replay will also be available at any time on the BluePhoenix Web site: www.bphx.com/investors.cfm.
About BluePhoenix Solutions
BluePhoenix (NASDAQ: BPHX) is a leading global provider of modernization solutions for legacy information systems. Its unique suite of automated tools and services helps customers grow revenue, reduce costs, shorten time to market, and extend the ROI of their existing legacy systems. BluePhoenix is unique in addressing the full range of IT modernization through automated migration solutions that mitigate risk, minimize IT downtime, and preserve application business logic. BluePhoenix offerings help firms effectively plan and carry out strategic projects such as database, application, and platform migrations; SOA enablement; field transformations; system standardizations; application development; transformation of COBOL applications business rules to OO Java; and legacy application maintenance.
Its solutions serve companies from numerous, diverse industries, such as automotive, banking and financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. Among its prestigious customers are: Aflac, DaimlerChrysler, Lawson Products, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, Merrill Lynch, RSI, SDC Udvikling, and TEMENOS. BluePhoenix has 10 offices in the USA, UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Australia, Romania, Cyprus, and Israel.
For more information, please visit our Web site at: www.bphx.com.
Company Contact: Iris Yahal +972-9-9526110
(Tables to Follow)
SAFE HARBOR: Certain statements contained in this release may be deemed forward-looking statements, with respect to plans, projections, or future performance of the Company, the occurrence of which involves certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual plans to differ materially from these statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: market demand for the Company’s tools, successful implementation of the Company’s tools, competitive factors, the ability to manage the Company’s growth, the ability to recruit and retrain additional software personnel, and the ability to develop new business lines.
All names and trademarks are their owners' property.
Company Contact: Iris Yahal +972-9-9526110
Investor Relations Contact: Paul Holm (212) 496-7238
BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMETS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands,except per share data)
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | Year ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
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2006 | 2005 | 2006 | 2005 | 2005 | |||||||||||||
Unaudited | Unaudited | ||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 17,111 | $ | 15,005 | $ | 49,714 | $ | 43,504 | $ | 58,947 | |||||||
Cost of revenues | 7,249 | 6,368 | 20,841 | 18,947 | 25,379 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | 9,862 | 8,637 | 28,873 | 24,557 | 33,568 | ||||||||||||
Software development costs, net | 2,327 | 2,158 | 6,813 | 5,916 | 8,006 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 5,279 | 5,309 | 15,831 | 15,361 | 20,553 | ||||||||||||
2,256 | 1,170 | 6,229 | 3,280 | 5,009 | |||||||||||||
Depreciation | 254 | 299 | 654 | 876 | 1,058 | ||||||||||||
Operating income | 2,002 | 871 | 5,575 | 2,404 | 3,951 | ||||||||||||
Financial expenses, net | (832 | ) | (290 | ) | (2,447 | ) | (1,521 | ) | (1,978 | ) | |||||||
Other income, net | (10 | ) | 282 | 97 | 104 | ||||||||||||
Income before taxes | 1,170 | 571 | 3,410 | 980 | 2,077 | ||||||||||||
Taxes on income | 3 | 54 | 3 | 149 | |||||||||||||
1,170 | 568 | 3,356 | 977 | 1,928 | |||||||||||||
Minority interest | 72 | (83 | ) | (62 | ) | 3 | (139 | ) | |||||||||
Net income | $ | 1,242 | $ | 485 | $ | 3,294 | $ | 980 | $ | 1,789 | |||||||
Adjusted Net income(*) | $ | 1,502 | $ | 620 | $ | 4,156 | $ | 1,445 | $ | 2,345 | |||||||
Basic earnings per share | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.13 | ||||||||||||
Diluted earnings per share | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.13 | ||||||||||||
Adjusted Diluted earnings per share(*) | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.29 | 0.11 | 0.17 | ||||||||||||
Common shares outstanding | 13,913 | 13,579 | 13,822 | 13,568 | 13,557 | ||||||||||||
Common shares assuming dilution | 14,446 | 13,978 | 14,333 | 13,990 | 13,960 | ||||||||||||
* excluding noncash financial expenses mainly related to convertible debentures
BLUEPHOENIX SOLUTIONS LTD.
(AN ISRAELI CORPORATION)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
September 30, 2006 | December 31 2005 | |||||||
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Unaudited | ||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
CURRENT ASSETS: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 15,173 | $ | 10,791 | ||||
Accounts receivable: | ||||||||
Trade | 25,037 | 18,143 | ||||||
Other | 2,955 | 2,495 | ||||||
Total current assets | 43,165 | 31,429 | ||||||
LONG-TERM TRADE RECEIVABLES | 948 | --- | ||||||
INVESTMENTS | -- | 370 | ||||||
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET | ||||||||
Cost | 11,874 | 11,465 | ||||||
Less - accumulated depreciation | 9,885 | 9,305 | ||||||
1,989 | 2,160 | |||||||
OTHER ASSETS, NET | 70,004 | 65,732 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 116,106 | $ | 99,691 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES: | ||||||||
Short-term credit from banks and others | $ | 8,174 | $ | 14,095 | ||||
Accounts payable and accruals: | ||||||||
Trade | 4,141 | 3,088 | ||||||
Deffered revenue | 3,245 | 2,776 | ||||||
Other | 6,846 | 6,924 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 22,406 | 26,883 | ||||||
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES: | ||||||||
Convetible debentures | 18,646 | 4,342 | ||||||
Accrued severance pay, net | 1,603 | 1,309 | ||||||
Provision for losses in formerly-consolidated subsidiary | 1,971 | 1,971 | ||||||
Loans from banks and others | 9,356 | 8,389 | ||||||
Total long-term liabilities | 31,576 | 16,011 | ||||||
MINORITY INTEREST | 5,094 | 5,031 | ||||||
Share capital | ||||||||
Capital surplus | ||||||||
Retained earnings | ||||||||
Cost of Company shares held by subsidiaries (1,766,100 shares) | ||||||||
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 57,030 | 51,766 | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 116,106 | $ | 99,691 | ||||