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Press Release - February 18, 2009
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Yoqneam, Israel, February 18, 2009
MIND CTI Reports Cash Flow from Operating Activities of $4.1 Million for 2008

Revenues of $19.5 Million for Full Year 2008



Yoqneam, Israel, February 18, 2009 - MIND CTI Ltd. (NasdaqNM:MNDO), a leading provider of convergent end-to-end billing and customer care product based solutions for service providers as well as telecom expense management (call management) solutions, today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008.

Financial Highlights of Q4 2008

  • Revenues of $4.6 million, compared with $5.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2007.
  • Non-GAAP operating income was $640 thousand, or 13.8% of revenue, excluding amortization of intangible assets of $85 thousand, equity-based compensation expense of $47 thousand and impairment of goodwill of $2.2 million.
  • GAAP operating loss was $1.6 million.
  • Impairment of Auction Rate Security in the amount of $1.3 million.
  • GAAP net loss of $3.2 million or $0.15 per share, compared with GAAP net loss of $14.6 million or $0.67 per share in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Year 2008 Operating Highlights

  • Revenues were $19.5 million, compared with $18.4 million in 2007.
  • Non-GAAP operating income was $2,118 thousand, or 10.9% of revenue, excluding amortization of intangible assets of $547 thousand, equity-based compensation expense of $181 thousand and impairment of goodwill and intangible asset of $3.7 million.
  • GAAP operating loss was $2.3 million, compared with operating income of $1.3 million in 2007.
  • Impairment of Auction Rate Security in the amount of $4.2 million.
  • GAAP net loss of $6.4 million or $0.30 per share, compared with GAAP net loss of $12 million or $0.55 per share in 2007.
  • Cash position as of December 31, 2008 of $9.7 million after a $1.6 million expenditure for the buyback of 2.1 million Company shares.

Monica Eisinger, Chairperson and CEO, commented: "We believe that our results reflect the existing market conditions and we are pleased that we have the skills, experience and understanding to react quickly to any change. We have made practical decisions to reduce cost over the course of the quarter and, as a result, we improved our non-GAAP operating margins and reached our annual cash flow target. We remain confident in our long-term strategy, prospects and future. We serve service providers around the world, supporting their mission-critical activities in long-term relationships including managed services. Service providers continue to invest and enhance their offerings, although in a more cautious way and during the last six months, we experienced delays in deal closing. In the meantime, we are pleased with our backlog, our margins and our cash flow."

Revenue Distribution for Q4 2008
Sales in the Americas represented 44% and sales in Europe represented 48% of total revenue. Revenue from our customer care and billing software totaled $3.87 million, while revenue from our enterprise call management software was $766 thousand. The revenue breakdown from our business lines of products was $1.36 million, or 29% from licenses and $3.28 million, or 71% from maintenance and additional services.

Revenue Distribution for Full Year 2008
Sales in the Americas represented 41% and sales in Europe represented 51% of total revenue. Revenue from our customer care and billing software totaled $16.2 million, while revenue from our enterprise call management software was $3.3 million. The revenue breakdown from our business lines of products was $6.2 million, or 32% from licenses and $13.3 million, or 68% from maintenance and additional services.

Conference Call Information
MIND will host a conference call on February 19, 2009 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, to discuss the Company's fourth quarter 2008 results and other financial and business information. The call will be carried live on the Internet via www.fulldisclosure.com and the MIND website, www.mindcti.com. For those unable to listen to the live web cast, a replay will be available.

MIND C.T.I. LTD.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

December 31
2008
2007
(Unaudited)
(Audited)
U.S. dollars in thousands
 
                               A s s e t s            
CURRENT ASSETS:   
    Cash and cash equivalents   $ 9,722   $ 12,390  
    Accounts receivable:  
       Trade    3,823    4,967  
       Other    275    156  
    Prepaid expenses    36    166  
    Deferred charges    124  
    Deferred income taxes    44    131  
    Inventories    36    44  


           T o t a l current assets    14,060    17,854  


INVESTMENTS AND OTHER NON CURRENT ASSETS:   
    Long-term investment    941    5,113  
    Deferred charges    467  
    Other    726    968  
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net of accumulated   
    depreciation and amortization    1,287    1,616  
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, net of accumulated amortization     917    1,951  
GOODWILL     5,965    10,224  


           T o t a l assets   $ 24,363   $ 37,726  


                     Liabilities and shareholders' equity   
   CURRENT LIABILITIES:   
       Accounts payable and accruals:  
          Trade   $ 466   $ 741  
          Other    1,720    2,406  
       Deferred revenues    1,911    1,053  
       Advances from customers    295    213  


           T o t a l current liabilities    4,392    4,413  


   LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:   
       Deferred revenues    239       
       Employee rights upon retirement    1,298    1,504  


           T o t a l long-term liabilities    1,537    1,504  


           T o t a l liabilities    5,929    5,917  


   SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:   
       Share capital - ordinary shares of  
          NIS 0.01 par value (authorized as of December 31, 2008  
          and 2007 - 88,000,000 shares; issued as of December 31, 2008  
           and 2007 - 21,594,010 shares; outstanding:  
          as of December 31, 2008 - 19,494,010 shares;  
          as of December 31, 2007 - 21,594,010 shares)    54    54  
        Additional paid-in capital    53,742    57,880  
        Differences from translation of foreign currency  
         financial statements of a subsidiary    (1,324 )  (141 )
       Accumulated deficit    (32,407 )  (25,984 )
        Treasury shares (as of December 31, 2008- 2,100,000 shares)    (1,631 )     


           T o t a l shareholders' equity    18,434    31,809  


           T o t a l liabilities and shareholders' equity   $ 24,363   $ 37,726  





MIND C.T.I. LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Years
ended December 31

Three months
ended
December 31

2008
2007
2008
2007
(Unaudited)
(Audited)
(Unaudited)
(Audited)
U.S. $ in thousands
(except per share data)

 
REVENUES     $ 19,473   $ 18,447   $ 4,638   $ 5,563  
COST OF REVENUES     5,783    5,784    1,343    2,125  




GROSS PROFIT     13,690    12,663    3,295    3,438  
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES     6,185    5,714    1,459    1,661  
SELLING AND MARKETING EXPENSES     3,805    3,846    751    1,044  
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE   
     EXPENSES     2,311    1,845    577    576  
IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL     3,498         2,151       
IMPAIRMENT OF INTANGIBLE ASSET     185                 




OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)     (2,294 )  1,258    (1,643 )  157  
FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES):   
      IMPAIRMENT OF AUCTION RATE SECURITIES     (4,172 )  (15,187 )  (1,307 )  (15,187 )
       OTHER FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES) - net     568    2,082    (17 )  508  




INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES ON   
      INCOME     (5,898 )  (11,847 )  (2,967 )  (14,522 )
TAXES ON INCOME     525    108    233    47  




LOSS FOR THE PERIOD    $ (6,423 ) $ (11,955 )  (3,200 ) $ (14,569 )




EARNINGS (LOSS) PER ORDINARY SHARE-   
     Basic and diluted   $ (0.30 ) $ (0.55 ) $ (0.15 ) $ (0.67 )




WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF   
    ORDINARY SHARES USED IN   
    COMPUTATION OF LOSS PER   
    ORDINARY SHARE - IN THOUSANDS:   
    Basic    21,473    21,586    21,115    21,594  







MIND C.T.I. LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Years ended December 31
Three months ended
December 31

2008
2007
2008
2007
(Unaudited)
(Audited)
(Unaudited)
(Audited)
U.S. dollars in thousands
 
 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:                    
    Loss for the period   $ (6,423 ) $ (11,955 ) $ (3,200 ) $ (14,569 )
    Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash  
       provided by operating activities:  
       Depreciation and amortization    1,088    950    213    300  
       Impairment of auction rate securities    4,172    15,187    1,307    15,187  
            Impairment of goodwill    3,498         2,151       
            Impairment of intangible asset    185                 
       Deferred income taxes, net    248    78    218    2  
       Accrued severance pay and losses on amounts funded    190    22    79    16  
       Capital loss (gain) on sale of property and equipment, net    (40 )  8    (7 )  (2 )
       Employees share based compensation    181    269    47    69  
       Realized loss on sale of marketable debentures held-to-  
           maturity         4    (1 )  4  
       Changes in operating asset and liability items:  
           Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable:  
              Trade    960    1,330    (286 )  (257 )
              Interest accrued on marketable securities and  
                    Marketable debentures              (7 )  150  
              Other    128    8    258    244  
           Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses    128    (17 )  106    (4 )
           Increase in deferred charges    (591 )       (4 )     
           Decrease (increase) in inventories    8    (9 )  8    (9 )
           Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accruals:  
              Trade    (262 )  156    (45 )  125  
              Other    (553 )  (1,127 )  (376 )  (214 )
           Increase (decrease) in deferred revenues    1,113    (205 )  997    (455 )
           Increase (decrease) in advances from customers    82    (28 )  (607 )  (152 )




    Net cash provided by operating activities    4,112    4,671    851    435  




CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:   
    Purchase of marketable securities         (166,300 )          
    Sale of marketable securities         168,800            
    Purchase of property and equipment    (436 )  (445 )  (7 )  (189 )
    Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired         (4,979 )       (4,979 )
    Severance pay funds    (213 )  (20 )  (146 )  (10 )
   Sale (acquisition) of marketable debentures held-to-maturity         9,996         9,996  
    Proceeds from sale of property and equipment    207    139    39    19  




    Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities    (442 )  7,191    (114 )  4,837  




CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:   
      Cost of acquisition of treasury shares    (1,631 )       (1,631 )     
    Employee stock options exercised         95            
    Dividend paid    (4,319 )  (4,318 )          




    Net cash used in financing activities    (5,950 )  (4,223 )  (1,631 )  -,-  




TRANSLATION ADJUSTMENTS ON CASH AND CASH
    EQUIVALENTS
    (388 )  (20 )  (282 )  (20 )




INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS    (2,668 )  7,619    (1,176 )  5,252  
BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT   
    BEGINNING OF PERIOD     12,390    4,771    10,898    7,138  




BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS   
    AT END OF PERIOD    $ 9,722   $ 12,390   $ 9,722   $ 12,390  






About MIND
MIND CTI Ltd. is a leading provider of convergent end-to-end billing and customer care product based solutions for service providers as well as telecom expense management (call management) solutions. MIND provides a complete range of billing applications for any business model (license, managed service or complete outsourced billing service) for Wireless, Wireline, VoIP and Quad-play carriers in more than 40 countries around the world.

A global company, with over ten years of experience in providing solutions to carriers and enterprises, MIND operates from offices in the United States, UK, Romania and Israel.

For more information, visit MIND at: www.mindcti.com.

Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: All statements other than historical facts included in the foregoing press release regarding the Company's business strategy are "forward-looking statements." These statements are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results may materially differ. The forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including the risks discussed in the Company's filings with the United States Securities Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information.

For more information please contact:
Andrea Dray
MIND CTI Ltd.
Tel: +972-4-993-6666
investor@mindcti.com