| RUTHERFORD,
N.J., April 26, 2007
/ PRNewswire-FirstCall / -- AXS-One Inc. (AMEX: AXO), a
leading provider of high performance Records Compliance
Management (RCM) software solutions, today announced its
financial results for the first quarter ended March 31,
2007.
Highlights
from the First Quarter include:
•
Third best quarter for new RCM license revenue in the company’s
history.
• An increase in new license revenue of 343 percent,
compared to the first quarter of 2006 and 157 percent improvement
over Q406 RCM license revenue.
• Compelling series of customer and partner wins around
the world, across a wide cross section of industries, including
utilities, manufacturing, banking, litigation support, transportation,
education, oil and retail.
• Significant progress with the Company’s channel
strategy, including further evidence of the successful partnership
with Sun Microsystems: new license wins were reported through
Sun Microsystems' Compliance and Content Management Solution
with a railroad, an oil company, a European banking organization
and a regional Asia-Pacific utility company.
• Additional license revenue from a number of existing
customers, confirming steady expansion of AXS-One footprint
within installed accounts.
• Announcement of a hosted offering, featuring EDS
as the company’s infrastructure provider.
• Lotus Advisor Editors’ Choice Award for Compliance
for the third consecutive year.
License
revenues from for the first quarter increased 343 percent
to $1.8 million from $0.4 million in the first quarter of
2006, and increased 157 percent when compared with the $0.7
million for the fourth quarter of 2006. Total revenues for
the first quarter were $3.7 million, an increase of $1.4
million from the first quarter 2006 revenues of $2.3 million.
Total
operating expenses for the quarter were $6.5 million, a
decrease of 14.2 percent compared to the first quarter of
2006. The net loss from continuing operations was $2.7 million
for the first quarter, down from a loss of $5.3 million
in the first quarter of last year. The Company reported
a net loss after discontinued operations of $2.7 million
for the first quarter, or $(0.08) per diluted share compared
to a net loss of $2.7 million in the first quarter of last
year, or $(0.08) per diluted share.
“I
am delighted to report a strong start to 2007,” said
Bill Lyons, CEO of AXS-One. “The significant increase
in license revenue we have reported confirms our sales traction
and channel strategy. As I reported last quarter, changes
in the U.S. regulatory environment are altering how corporations
deal with their regulatory responsibilities and growing
e-discovery challenges. We believe we are already seeing
the positive impact of a market in transition reflected
in our ability to close business. I remain confident that
enhancements we have made to our technology and the changes
we have executed throughout our organization will enable
us to continue to increase our win rate and take advantage
of a growing market opportunity throughout 2007.”
The Company
had $4.7 million in cash and equivalents at March 31, 2007
compared to the $7.5 million reported at December 31, 2006.
As of March 31, 2007, the Company was not in compliance
with one of the financial covenants in its line of credit
and is currently in discussions with its lender to revise
this covenant.
As a result of AXS-One’s sale of its Enterprise Financials
line of business at the end of October 2006, the financial
statements classify the Enterprise Financials product line
as a discontinued operation and, unless specified, amounts
reflect only the RCM product line.
Mr. Lyons concluded, “As expected,
we saw significant sales traction in the first quarter and
believe this demonstrates a material shift in the market
dynamics and also validates the core AXS-One value position.
Corporations around the world, in almost every industry,
are recognizing the importance of managing their electronically
stored information in today’s litigious society. AXS-One
has the most scalable and high-performance RCM solutions
with the best total cost of ownership available today, with
motivated, proven, high-profile partners behind us. We expect
the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) to generate
additional interest among U.S. corporations and AXS-One
is prepared to meet this increased demand.”
Conference call information
Management will conduct a conference
call to discuss these results at 5 p.m. Eastern time on
April 26, 2007. Interested parties can participate in the
call by dialing 706-645-0399 or can access the webcast at
www.axsone.com/investors_events.shtml.
The webcast will be archived for 30 days following the call.
Interested parties may submit questions during the conference
call by e-mail to IR@axsone.com.
Interested parties may listen to the call via a live webcast
that will be available via the company website www.axsone.com/investors_events.shtml.
Interested parties should access the webcast approximately
10-15 minutes before the scheduled start time.
About AXS-One Inc.
AXS-One (AMEX: AXO) is a leading provider of high performance
Records Compliance Management solutions. The AXS-One Compliance
Platform enables organizations to implement secure, scalable
and enforceable policies that address records management
for corporate governance, legal discovery and industry regulations
such as SEC17a-4, NASD 3010, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, The
Patriot Act and Gramm-Leach Bliley. AXS-One’s award-winning
technology has been critically acclaimed as best of class
and delivers digital archiving, business process management,
electronic document delivery and integrated records disposition
and discovery for e-mail, instant messaging, images, SAP
and other corporate records. Founded in 1978, and headquartered
in Rutherford, NJ, AXS-One has offices worldwide including
in the United States, Australia, Singapore, United Kingdom
and South Africa. For further information, visit the AXS-One
website at http://www.axsone.com.
AXS-One, the AXS-One logo, "Access
Tomorrow Today," and AXSPoint are registered trademarks
of, and AXS-One Compliance Platform, AXS-One Central, AXS-One
Retention Manager, AXS-One Rapid-AXS, AXS-Link for Desktop,
AXS-Link for SAP, AXS-Link for Lotus Notes, AXS-Link for
Microsoft Exchange, AXS-One Data Archive Translator, AXS-Link
for File System Archiving, AXS-Link for .PST Management,
AXS-One Supervision, AXS-One Case Management, "The
Records Compliance Management Company" and AXS-Link
are trademarks of, AXS-One Inc., in the U.S. All other company
and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective companies.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements: A number of statements contained in this release
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those expressed or implied in
the applicable statements. These risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to: our ability to improve
financial and sales performance; potential vulnerability
to technological obsolescence; the risks that its current
and future products may contain errors or defects that would
be difficult and costly to detect and correct; the failure
to successfully negotiate a waiver or amendment of existing
loan agreement covenants; potential difficulties in managing
growth; dependence on key personnel; the possible impact
of competitive products and pricing; and other risks described
in more detail in AXO's most current Form 10-K and other
Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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Company Contact:
Joe Dwyer
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AXS-One Inc.
201-935-3400
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Hayden Communications, Inc.
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