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Accelrys Announces First Quarter 2011 Financial Results

^{Published on 2010-08-06 04:27:57 - Market Wire}
 

SAN DIEGO--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL) today reported financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 decreased 2% to $19.8 million from $20.1 million for the same quarter of the previous year.

Non-GAAP net income was $1.3 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, for the current quarter compared to non-GAAP net income of $1.8 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the same quarter of the previous year.

GAAP net loss was ($1.6) million, or ($0.06) per diluted share, for the current quarter compared to GAAP net income of $0.7 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the same quarter of the previous year. GAAP net loss for the current quarter includes business consolidation costs of $1.7 million.

The Companya™s balance sheet as of June 30, 2010 included cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted cash of $92.9 million. Deferred revenue at the end of the quarter was $53.0 million, up 5% from June 30, 2009.

"We reached a significant milestone in the Companya™s history, completing our merger with Symyx Technologies on July 1, 2010. Through the merger, we have expanded the breadth and depth of our product portfolio and team, putting us in a strong position to deliver on our opportunity as the leading provider of scientific informatics software and services. Our management team is in place and I am pleased with the progress we are making executing our integration plan,a said Max Carnecchia, Accelrysa™ President and Chief Executive Officer.

The combined organization offers an open enterprise-scale informatics system for global scientific R&D with deep domain expertise in chemistry, biology and materials science, a dedicated professional services organization and a growing partner ecosystem. Through the merger, the Accelrys product portfolio has expanded to include a market leading electronic laboratory notebook, decision support software, chemical informatics and sourcing databases. The name of the combined company is Accelrys, Inc. and, over time, all products and services will be unified under that single brand.

Recent Business Highlights:

• Completed merger with Symyx Technologies on July 1, 2010. The combined organization has over 1,350 customers, including 29 of the top 30 biopharmaceutical companies, the top five chemical companies, the top five aerospace companies, three of the top five consumer packaged goods companies, a number of top government agencies and top academic institutions from around the world.
• Integration planning with Symyx Technologies completed and the Company began executing its plan on July 1, 2010.
• Introduced the Materials Studio Collection for Pipeline Pilot. This new offering leverages key modeling and simulation tools from Accelrysa™ Materials Studio application. For the first time, scientific R&D organizations are able to integrate predictive analytics for materials properties into workflows, thereby increasing productivity.
• Announces a change in the Companya™s fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31, effective for the period ended December 31, 2010.

Balance of Fiscal Year Outlook

For the six-month period ending December 31, 2010, the company expects non-GAAP revenue to be between $80.0 and $82.0 million, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share to be between $0.14 and $0.16 per diluted share. Non-GAAP revenue includes revenue not recognized under GAAP due to purchase accounting treatment of deferred revenue related to the Companya™s acquisitions.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

This press release describes financial measures for revenue, operating income, net income, and net income per diluted share that exclude fair value deferred revenue adjustments, stock-based compensation expense, purchased intangible assets amortization and business consolidation costs (recoveries). These financial measures are not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles.

Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide a useful measure of the Companya™s operating results, a meaningful comparison with historical results and with the results of other companies, and insight into the Companya™s ongoing operating performance. Further, management and the Board of Directors utilize these measures, in addition to GAAP measures, when evaluating and comparing the Companya™s operating performance against internal financial forecasts and budgets. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies.

For additional information on the items excluded by the Company from its non-GAAP financial measures please refer to the Form8-K regarding this release that was furnished today to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The following table contains a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures (unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share amounts, including footnotes):

Conference Call Details:

At 5:00 p.m. ET, August 5, 2010, Accelrys will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial results. To participate, please dial (866) 393-7459 (+1 (706) 643-4624 outside the United States) and enter the access code, 91161015, approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call. The conference call will also be accessible live on the Investor Relations section of the Accelrys website at [ www.accelrys.com ].

A replay of the conference call will be available online at [ www.accelrys.com ] and via telephone by dialing (800) 642-1687 (+1 (706) 645-9291 outside the United States) and entering access code, 91161015, beginning 6:00 p.m. ET on August 5, 2010 through 11:59 p.m. ET on November 5, 2010.

About Accelrys:

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Accelrys develops scientific informatics software and solutions for the life sciences, energy, chemicals, aerospace, and consumer products industries. Customers include many Fortune 500 companies and other commercial entities, as well as academic and government entities. Accelrys has a vast portfolio of computer-aided design modeling and simulation offerings which assist customers in conducting scientific experiments 'in silico' in order to reduce the duration and cost of discovering and developing new drugs and materials. Its scientific informatics platform underlies the company's computer-aided design modeling and simulation offerings. The Accelrys platform can be used with both Accelrys and competitive products, as well as with customers' proprietary predictive science products. Its flexibility, ease-of-use and advanced chemical, text and image analysis and reporting capabilities enable customers to mine, aggregate, analyze and report scientific data from disparate sources, thereby better utilizing scientific data within their organizations. In July 2010, Accelrys and Symyx Technologies, Inc. merged, combining the market-leading Symyx electronic laboratory notebook, decision support software, and chemical informatics and sourcing databases with the Accelrys portfolio of scientific informatics solutions. For more information about the Accelrys and Symyx solutions, visit [ www.accelrys.com ] and [ www.symyx.com ].

Forward-Looking Statements:

Statements contained in this press release relating to the Companya™s or managementa™s intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, statements relating to the Companya™s long-term prospects and integration plans following the merger with Symyx Technologies are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. These include risks that the Company will not achieve its anticipated results or growth plans, and/or that such growth will not occur due to, among other possibilities, an inability to withstand negative conditions in the global economy or a lack of demand for or market acceptance of the Companya™s products, as well as the risks and uncertainties that are contained from time to time in the Companya™s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the Companya™s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2010, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. The Companya™s actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties, and the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.