Exhibit 99.1
Contact: Joanne Ferrara, Investor Relations
631-773-5813
joanne.ferrara@falconstor.com
FalconStor Software Reports First Quarter Results
Company On Track to Meet Full-Year Target
MELVILLE, N.Y., April 28, 2009—FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), the provider of TOTALLY Open™ data protection solutions, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2009.
Revenues for the first quarter of 2009 were $21.0 million, compared with $21.8 million for the same period a year ago. GAAP loss from operations for the quarter was $0.8 million, compared with operating income of $1.8 million in the first quarter of 2008. GAAP net loss for the quarter was $0.9 million, or $0.02 per share, compared with GAAP net income of $1.3 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2008. Stock-based compensation expense was $2.2 million in the first quarter of 2009 and $2.3 million in the first quarter of 2008.
Non-GAAP income from operations was $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2009, compared with non-GAAP income from operations of $4.1 million in the first quarter of 2008. Non-GAAP net income was $0.6 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2009, compared with $2.9 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2008. Non-GAAP results exclude the effects of stock-based compensation expense net of the related income taxes.
The Company closed the quarter with $41.8 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities. Cash flow from operations for the first quarter was $3.3 million. Deferred revenue at the end of the quarter was $21.9 million, which is a 10 percent increase compared with the same period a year ago. During the first quarter of 2009, the Company repurchased 0.6 million shares of Common Stock at a total purchase price of $1.5 million, or an average price of $2.69 per share.
For the year ending December 31, 2009, the Company still anticipates:
| | · | Revenues to be in the range of $96 million to $100 million |
| | · | Non-GAAP net income to be between $0.18 and $0.21 per diluted share, which excludes stock-based compensation, net of income taxes. |
“We are pleased that we are on track to achieve our full-year target even in this difficult macroeconomic environment,” said ReiJane Huai, chairman and CEO of FalconStor Software. “We are confident that our continued investment in development, marketing, sales, and support will enable us to expand our market share and to leapfrog the competition. As a result, we have continued to hire, knowing that it may impact our earnings in the short-term, but we believe it will foster the long-term growth of the company. Even with these investments, we are pleased that we had a non-GAAP profit for the quarter and that we continued to generate positive cash flows from operations.”
The Company will host a conference call on Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at 4:30 p.m. ET, to discuss the results. To participate in the conference call, please dial:
Toll Free: 1-800-366-8058
International: 1-303-228-2960
To view the presentation, please copy and paste the following link into your browser and register for this meeting. Once you have registered for the meeting, you will receive an email message confirming your registration.
https://falconstor.webex.com/falconstor/j.php?ED=121183522&RG=1&UID=0
Meeting: FalconStor Q1 2009 Earnings
Meeting password: q1numbers
Meeting Number: 489 610 431
If you are unable to register via the Internet, please contact Joanne Ferrara, Investor Relations at 631-773-5813 or joanne.ferrara@falconstor.com.
A conference call replay is scheduled to be available beginning April 28 at 6:30 p.m. ET through 11:59 p.m. ET on May 1. To listen to the replay of the call, dial toll free: 1-800-405-2236 or International: 1-303-590-3000, passcode: 11130511#, or visit our website at www.falconstor.com/investors.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The Company’s management refers to these non-GAAP financial measures in making operating decisions because they provide meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company’s operating performance. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures facilitate management’s internal comparisons to the Company’s historical operating results and comparisons to competitors’ operating results. We include these non-GAAP financial measures (which should be viewed as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, their comparable GAAP measures) in this press release because we believe they are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency into the supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision-making. For a reconciliation of our GAAP and non-GAAP financial results, please refer to our Non-GAAP Operating Data GAAP Reconciliation, presented in this release.
About FalconStor
FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC) is the market leader in disk-based data protection. FalconStor delivers proven, comprehensive data protection solutions that facilitate the continuous availability of business-critical data with speed, integrity, and simplicity. The Company’s TOTALLY Open™ technology solutions, built upon the award-winning IPStor® platform, include the industry leading Virtual Tape Library (VTL) with deduplication, Continuous Data Protector (CDP), File-interface Deduplication System (FDS), and Network Storage Server (NSS), each enabled with WAN-optimized replication for disaster recovery and remote office protection. FalconStor products are available from major OEMs and solution providers including Acer, COPAN Systems, Data Direct Networks, DSI, EMC, H3C, IBM, Pillar Data Systems, Spectra Logic, and Sun and are deployed by thousands of customers worldwide, from small businesses to Fortune 1000 enterprises.
FalconStor is headquartered in Melville, N.Y., with offices throughout Europe and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit www.falconstor.com or call 1-866-NOW-FALC (1-866-669-3252).
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This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include: delays in product development; market acceptance of FalconStor’s products and services; technological change in the storage and networking industries; competition in the network storage software market; the potential failure of FalconStor’s OEM partners to introduce or to market products incorporating FalconStor’s products; intellectual property issues; and other risk factors discussed in FalconStor’s reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
FalconStor, FalconStor Software, and IPStor are registered trademarks, and TOTALLY Open is a trademark of FalconStor Software, Inc. in the US and other countries. All other company and product names contained herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.
FalconStor Software, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
| | | March 31, 2009 | | | December 31, 2008 | |
| | | (unaudited) | | | | |
| Assets | | | | | | |
| Current assets: | | | | | | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 22,768,771 | | | $ | 22,364,235 | |
| Marketable securities | | | 17,885,290 | | | | 19,279,010 | |
| Accounts receivable, net | | | 22,762,185 | | | | 25,015,848 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | | | 2,593,013 | | | | 2,468,632 | |
| Deferred tax assets, net | | | 4,835,752 | | | | 4,296,297 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Total current assets | | | 70,845,011 | | | | 73,424,022 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Property and equipment, net | | | 7,847,667 | | | | 7,963,019 | |
| Long-term marketable securities | | | 1,145,950 | | | | 1,166,945 | |
| Deferred tax assets, net | | | 5,767,383 | | | | 5,739,195 | |
| Other assets, net | | | 3,179,530 | | | | 2,544,545 | |
| Goodwill | | | 4,150,339 | | | | 4,150,339 | |
| Other intangible assets, net | | | 1,224,576 | | | | 1,375,695 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Total assets | | $ | 94,160,456 | | | $ | 96,363,760 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | | | | | | | | |
| Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
| Accounts payable | | $ | 1,250,640 | | | $ | 738,140 | |
| Accrued expenses | | | 6,241,375 | | | | 8,288,732 | |
| Deferred revenue, net | | | 16,001,054 | | | | 16,068,370 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Total current liabilities | | | 23,493,069 | | | | 25,095,242 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Other long-term liabilities | | | 549,979 | | | | 199,323 | |
| Deferred revenue, net | | | 5,849,192 | | | | 5,992,843 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Total liabilities | | | 29,892,240 | | | | 31,287,408 | |
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| Commitments and Contingencies | | | | | | | | |
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| Total stockholders’ equity | | | 64,268,216 | | | | 65,076,352 | |
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| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | | $ | 94,160,456 | | | $ | 96,363,760 | |
