Exhibit 99.1
eGAIN ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL RESULTSFORTHE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
FIRST QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
| • | | Revenue up 11% from comparable year-ago quarter |
| • | | License revenue up 8% from comparable year-ago quarter |
| • | | Net loss from operations improves to $23,000 from a loss of $296,000 in the comparable year-ago quarter |
Mountain View, Calif. (November 14, 2005) –eGain Communications Corporation (OTC: EGAN.OB), a leading provider of customer service and contact center software, today announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2006.
Revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 was $5.2 million, an increase of 11% or $502,000 from the comparable year-ago quarter. License revenue was $1.4 million, an increase of 8% or $104,000 from the comparable year-ago quarter. Support and services revenue was $3.8 million, an increase of 12% or $398,000 from the comparable year-ago quarter.
Net loss applicable to common stockholders for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 was $297,000, or $0.02 per share, compared to a net loss applicable to common stockholders of $2.5 million, or $0.68 per share, for the same quarter a year ago.
Pro forma net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 was $136,000 or $0.01 per share, compared to a pro forma net loss of $93,000, or $0.01 per share, for the same quarter a year ago. Pro forma net income (loss) figures exclude depreciation, amortization, accreted dividends, interest expense, tax expense and stock-based compensation. A table reconciling the pro forma net income (loss) to GAAP net loss is included in the condensed consolidated financial statements in this release.
Total cash and cash equivalents were $5.8 million at September 30, 2005, compared to $4.5 million at June 30, 2005. Days sales outstanding in receivables for the September 2005 quarter were 69 days compared to 74 days for the comparable year-ago quarter.
“As planned, we have kicked off fiscal year 2006 on a positive note,” said Ashu Roy, eGain CEO. “With year-over-year quarterly revenue growth, an improved cash balance provided by operating activities and significant new industry partnerships with Adobe and IBM, we are well positioned to address the growing multi-channel service needs of leading businesses.”
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First Quarter Fiscal 2006 Business Highlights
Industry recognition
eGain Service™ 7 continued to garner industry recognition, getting selected as a “Trend-Setting Product of the Year” for 2005 byKMWorldmagazine.KMWorld editors picked its list of “Trend-Setting Products” after evaluating input from experts including colleagues, analysts and users—from C-level executives to entry-level knowledge workers.
Market momentum
The company expanded business with existing customers and signed up 14 new clients. Examples include Beeone GmbH, Birmingham City Council, CashDirectExpress, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS), Discover Financial Services, NatureMill, Inc., Parago, Inc., Sophos Plc, Stubhub, Inc., Telecom Italia Group and Woolworths Group Plc.
Customer interest in the company’s existing and future solutions continued to grow. The 2005 customer summit, held in Las Vegas in September, was a big success with attendance doubling over last year.
Partner momentum
We achieved optimized status in IBM’s PartnerWorld Industry Networks to deliver on-demand solutions for telecom customers. As part of the program, eGain will leverage IBM’s sales, marketing and technical resources to deliver integrated solutions that will help contact centers and customer service organizations improve productivity and service, while reducing costs.
We announced a joint eGain-Adobe solution to enable secure e-communications between businesses and their customers. The solution will allow customers to view confidential information without having to visit password-protected web sites or download proprietary client software, while enabling businesses to reduce paper-based communications by increasing e-channel adoption.
First Quarter Fiscal 2006 Financial Highlights
Revenue
Revenue for the quarter was $5.2 million, an increase of 11% or $502,000, compared to $4.7 million for the same quarter a year ago.
License revenue for the quarter was $1.4 million, an increase of 8% or $104,000, compared to $1.3 million for the same quarter a year ago. Support and services revenue was $3.8 million, an increase of 12% or $398,000 compared to $3.5 million for the same quarter a year ago.
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International revenue accounted for 50% and domestic revenue accounted for 50% of total revenue for the quarter, compared to 51% and 49% respectively in the comparable year-ago quarter.
Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit
Gross profit for license revenue for the quarter was $1.3 million or a gross margin of 96% compared to $1.1 million or 86% in the comparable year-ago quarter. The significant increase in the gross margin for license revenue was primarily due to the expiration and renegotiation of certain third-party software royalty agreements that resulted in a reduction in the amortization of prepaid royalties. In addition, as part of our ongoing product development strategy, eGain Service 7 has less third-party software built into it than prior product releases and therefore lower corresponding costs for third-party software royalty costs.
Gross profit for support and services revenue for the quarter was $2.1 million or a gross margin of 55% compared to $2.0 million or 58% in the comparable year-ago quarter
Research and Development
Research and development expense for the quarter was $698,000, an increase of 30% or $160,000 from the comparable year-ago quarter. The increase was primarily due to increased personnel costs.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and Marketing expense for the quarter was $2.1 million unchanged from the comparable year-ago quarter. Sales expense for the quarter was $1.7 million unchanged from the comparable year-ago quarter. Marketing expense for the quarter was $437,000, a decrease of 2% or $7,000 from the comparable year-ago quarter.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expense for the quarter was $597,000, a decrease of 20% or $153,000 from the comparable year-ago quarter. The decrease was primarily due to the reduction in personnel expense, a reduction in bad debt expense and a reduction in fees for outside professional services.
Stock-Based Compensation
Stock based compensation expense for the quarter was $76,000. We adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R), effective July 1, 2005. SFAS 123R requires the recognition of the fair value of stock compensation in net income. We use the modified prospective method to value our share-based payments under SFAS 123R. Accordingly, for the three months ended September 30, 2005, we accounted for stock compensation under SFAS 123R while for the three months ended September 30, 2004, we accounted for stock compensation under Accounting Principles Board Opinion 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and recorded no stock option expense for that quarter.
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Non-operating Income/Expense
Non-operating expense for the quarter was $274,000 compared to $276,000 for the same quarter a year ago. The non-operating expense primarily consists of interest expense.
Earnings
On a GAAP basis, net loss applicable to common stockholders for the quarter was $297,000 or $0.02 per share, compared to a net loss applicable to common stockholders of $2.5 million, or $0.68 per share for the same quarter a year ago.
Pro forma net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, was $136,000 or $0.01 per share, compared to a pro forma net loss of $93,000, or $0.01 per share, for the same quarter a year ago.
Balance Sheet
Cash
Total cash and cash equivalents were $5.8 million at September 30, 2005, an increase of $1.3 million from $4.5 million at June 30, 2005.
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
DSO for the June 2005 quarter was 69 days, compared to 74 days during the comparable year-ago quarter.
Guidance for Fiscal Year 2006
| | • | | Revenue is currently anticipated to be in the range of approximately $22 million to $24 million. |
| | • | | Diluted EPS (excluding stock-based compensation expense) is currently anticipated to be in the range of approximately $0.01 to $0.05 based on an estimated average of 15.3 million diluted shares. |
| | • | | Cash flow from operations is currently anticipated to be positive. |
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement eGain’s consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), eGain uses non-GAAP pro forma net income (loss) and pro forma net income (loss) per share measures, which are not in accordance with, nor an alternative to, GAAP financial measures and may be different from pro forma measures used by other companies. eGain’s management believes that the presentation
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of these measures is useful to investors and other interested persons because, by excluding certain expenses we believe are not indicative of our core operating results, the users of the financial statements are provided with valuable insight into eGain’s operating results. Further, these non-GAAP results are one of the primary indicators eGain’s management uses for planning and forecasting future performance. In addition, eGain has consistently provided these pro forma measurements in previous earnings releases and believes that it is important to provide investors and other interested persons with a consistent basis for comparison between quarters.
About eGain Communications Corporation
eGain is a provider of customer service and contact center software and services, trusted by world-class companies to achieve and sustain customer service excellence for over a decade. eGain Service 7™, the company’s software suite, available licensed or hosted, includes integrated applications for customer email management, live web collaboration, service fulfillment, knowledge management, and web self-service. These robust applications are built on the eGain Service Management Platform ™ (eGain SMP™), designed to be a scalable next-generation framework that includes end-to-end service process management, multi-channel, multi-site contact center management, a flexible integration approach, and certified out-of-the-box integrations with leading call center, content and business systems.
To find out more about eGain, visit http://www.eGain.com or call the company’s offices—United States: (888) 603-4246 ext. 9; London: +44 (0) 1753-464646
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements
All statements in this release that involve eGain’s plans, forecasts, beliefs, projections, expectations, strategies and intentions are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements, which are based on information available to eGain at the time of this release, are not guarantees of future results; rather, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in this release. These risks include, but are not limited to, the uncertainty of demand for eGain products; the anticipated customer benefits from eGain products; increased competition and technological changes in the markets in which eGain competes; eGain’s ability to manage its expenditures; and other risks detailed from time to time in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company’s annual report on Form 10-K filed on September 28, 2005, and the company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. eGain assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
Note: eGain is a registered trademark, and the other eGain product and service names appearing in this release are trademarks or service marks, of eGain Communications Corp. All other company names and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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eGain Communications Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Current assets: | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 5,762 | | | $ | 4,498 | |
Restricted cash | | | 12 | | | | 12 | |
Accounts receivable, net | | | 3,989 | | | | 4,590 | |
Prepaid and other current assets | | | 1,057 | | | | 1,125 | |
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Total current assets | | | 10,820 | | | | 10,225 | |
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Property and equipment, net | | | 779 | | | | 741 | |
Goodwill, net | | | 4,880 | | | | 4,880 | |
Other assets | | | 64 | | | | 58 | |
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Total assets | | $ | 16,543 | | | $ | 15,904 | |
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| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | | | | | | | | |
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Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable | | $ | 919 | | | $ | 1,109 | |
Accrued compensation | | | 1,182 | | | | 1,386 | |
Accrued liabilities | | | 1,592 | | | | 1,190 | |
Deferred revenue | | | 4,755 | | | | 4,144 | |
Accrued restructuring | | | — | | | | 17 | |
Current portion of bank borrowings | | | 1,611 | | | | 1,585 | |
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Total current liabilities | | | 10,059 | | | | 9,431 | |
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Related party notes payable | | | 7,835 | | | | 7,579 | |
Bank borrowings, net of current portion | | | 75 | | | | 69 | |
Other long term liabilities | | | 226 | | | | 229 | |
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Total liabilities | | | 18,195 | | | | 17,308 | |
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Stockholders’ equity: | | | | | | | | |
Common stock | | | 15 | | | | 15 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 315,543 | | | | 315,467 | |
Notes receivable from stockholders | | | (73 | ) | | | (72 | ) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | | (482 | ) | | | (456 | ) |
Accumulated deficit | | | (316,655 | ) | | | (316,358 | ) |
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Total shareholders’ deficit | | | (1,652 | ) | | $ | (1,404 | ) |
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eGain Communications Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
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Revenue: | | | | | | | | |
License | | $ | 1,377 | | | $ | 1,273 | |
Support and Services | | | 3,846 | | | | 3,448 | |
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Total revenue | | | 5,223 | | | | 4,721 | |
Cost of license | | | 53 | | | | 173 | |
Cost of support and services | | | 1,712 | | | | 1,455 | |
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Gross profit | | | 3,458 | | | | 3,093 | |
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Operating costs and expenses: | | | | | | | | |
Research and development | | | 698 | | | | 538 | |
Sales and marketing | | | 2,110 | | | | 2,101 | |
General and administrative | | | 597 | | | | 750 | |
Stock-based compensation (1) | | | 76 | | | | — | |
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Total operating costs and expenses | | | 3,481 | | | | 3,389 | |
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Loss from operations | | | (23 | ) | | | (296 | ) |
Non-operating expense | | | (274 | ) | | | (276 | ) |
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Net loss | | | (297 | ) | | | (572 | ) |
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Dividends on convertible preferred stock | | | — | | | | (1,951 | ) |
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Net loss applicable to common stockholders | | $ | (297 | ) | | $ | (2,523 | ) |
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Basic and diluted net loss per common share | | $ | (0.02 | ) | | $ | (0.68 | ) |
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Weighted average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per common share | | | 15,302 | | | | 3,696 | |
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Net loss applicable to common stockholders | | $ | (297 | ) | | $ | (2,523 | ) |
Less: Amortization of prepaid licenses | | | — | | | | 66 | |
Depreciation | | | 81 | | | | 95 | |
Stock-based compensation (1) | | | 76 | | | | — | |
Dividends on convertible preferred stock | | | — | | | | 1,951 | |
Interest and Tax | | | 276 | | | | 318 | |
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Pro forma net income / (loss): | | $ | 136 | | | $ | (93 | ) |
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Basic and diluted pro forma net income / (loss) per common share | | $ | 0.01 | | | $ | (0.01 | ) |
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Weighted average shares used in computing basic and diluted pro forma net income / (loss) (adjusted for the conversion of preferred stock at the beginning of the period) | | | 15,302 | | | | 15,287 | |
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| (1) | Effective July 1, 2005, we adopted FAS 123(R), “Share-Based Payments,” and used the modified prospective method to value our share-based payments. Accordingly, for the three months ended September 30, 2005, stock-based compensation was accounted under FAS 123(R) while for the three months ended September 30, 2004, stock-based compensation was accounted under APB 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” The stock-based compensation expense above is allocated as follows: |
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Cost of support and services | | $ | 12 | | | — |
Research and development | | | 14 | | | — |
Sales and marketing | | | 17 | | | — |
General and administrative | | | 33 | | | — |
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