Exhibit 99.1
SPESCOM SOFTWARE REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR END RESULTS
SAN DIEGO, CA, December 30, 2005—Spescom Software Inc., (OTCBB: SPCO), a leading provider of enterprise content and configuration management solutions, today reported unaudited results of operations for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2005.
Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2005 totalled $1.2 million, with a net loss to common shareholders of ($1,634,000), or ($0.04) per diluted share after cumulative preferred dividends of $66,000. This compares to the fourth quarter of 2004, in which the company had revenues of $2.4 million and net income to common shareholders of $94,000, or $0.00 per share. The fourth quarter of 2005 includes a one-time restructuring charge of $203,000 related to employee terminations, along with expense of $140,000 in connection with extending the life of certain warrants.
For the year ended September 30, 2005, total revenue was $5.8 million, with a net loss to common shareholders of ($6,049,000) or ($0.17) per share after a deemed preferred dividend of $2,200,000 and cumulative preferred dividends of $301,000. The deemed preferred dividend was based on the intrinsic value of convertible preferred stock and warrants issued in November 2004 as calculated under the Black-Scholes method. This compares to the previous fiscal year, with total revenues of $9.0 million and a net loss of ($223,000), or ($0.01) per share, after cumulative preferred dividends of $271,000.
Deferred revenue, which is primarily comprised of payments received in advance of performance of maintenance contracts, reached $3,026,000 at the end of FY2005, up from $1,919,000 or 58% from the same period a year ago and representing three quarters of sequential growth.
At September 30, 2005, the company’s contract backlog, which includes deferred revenue, reached $4,355,000, as compared to $2,599,000 at September 30, 2004, increasing 68%.
“This fiscal year, particularly the last few months, has marked a number of positive changes for Spescom,” noted Keith Stentiford, who was appointed Spescom Software’s CEO in August. “While we reduced costs of operations and invested heavily in marketing and sales in ‘05, we also achieved major milestones, like the release of our flagship eB software on the .Net platform. As a result, new order sales and new customers are climbing, including major contract wins with Constellation Energy, Aker Kvaener, and the City of Lancaster.
“Seeing opportunity, new partners have joined us, including marketing partner Siemens Chemtech. In addition, the company closed an additional round of equity capital with M.A.G. Capital and Monarch Pointe Fund in October 2005. We believe that all of these elements together set the stage for future growth and market expansion.”
Added John Low, Spescom’s CFO, “The build up in our backlog and deferred revenue is evidence that we are on the right track. The company’s total bookings for the year amounted to $7,581,000. It is also notable that nearly half of FY2005’s non-maintenance bookings were achieved during the final quarter.”
About Spescom Software
Spescom Software is a leading provider of enterprise content and configuration management solutions. Spescom’s advanced software captures, manages and controls all enterprise content in context to the assets, products and processes that it relates to, resulting in improved customer satisfaction, productivity and safety. It achieves this through a tightly integrated suite of document, configuration and records management technologies, combined with a powerful workflow capability that enables the identification of all critical enterprise information, the effective management of change and other business processes and the maintaining of records to ensure regulatory compliance. Spescom is a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner.
Key customers include Constellation Energy, Continental Express, AmerenUE, City of Dayton, Lloyds Register of Shipping, United Space Alliance, Entergy, Northeast Utilities, London Underground, Network Rail, Aker Kvaerner, City of Las Vegas, City of Winston Salem, Fayetteville Public Works Commission and many others. www.spescomsoftware.com
Cautionary Statement
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this release include forward-looking statements that are dependent on certain risks and uncertainties, including such factors, among others, as market acceptance, market demand, pricing, changing regulatory environment, the effect of the company’s accounting policies, potential seasonality and other risk factors detailed in the company’s SEC filings.
Contact:
Keith Stentiford, CEO
John Low, CFO
Spescom Software, Inc.
Tel 858-625-3000
Ron Both/Geoffrey Plank
Liolios Group, Inc.
Tel 949-574-3860
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