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Third Quarter Results for Fiscal 2003
Third Quarter Results for Fiscal 2003
Jul 23, 2003
Key highlights:
- Revenue of $377.2 million, exceeding guidance of $360-$370 million
- Sequential revenue growth of 6.2%
- Diluted GAAP EPS of $0.21, proforma EPS of $0.23
- Major progress with Tier One carriers, including Bell Canada and Sprint PCS
- Gaining momentum in a difficult market
- Fourth quarter fiscal 2003 guidance: Expected revenue of $410 million and proforma EPS of $0.23. Diluted GAAP EPS results expected to be approximately $0.02 less than proforma EPS.
Dov Baharav, Chief Executive Officer of Amdocs Management Limited, said, "Despite continued softness in the market, we achieved very good results this quarter. A key event this quarter was the expansion of our relationship with Bell Canada, including our purchase of their ownership interest in Certen. As a result, beginning in July 2003, Amdocs has a comprehensive outsourcing agreement through the year 2010. The Bell Canada project reinforces our unique ability to effectively deliver large-scale managed services, as well as system modernization and consolidation to Tier One communications providers. Another major achievement is the very significant expansion of our relationship with Sprint PCS. We will be migrating all Sprint PCS customers to the Amdocs system. Looking at the overall market, while there are some initial signs of stability, we continue to encounter delays in commitments from customers. However, we are confident that the telecom market can and will ultimately recover, enabling renewed sustainable growth for Amdocs."
Sales Highlights
During the third quarter, our new business included the following seven new key wins:
- Amdocs was chosen by Sprint PCS to migrate its more than 18 million wireless customers onto the Amdocs convergent billing and CRM platform.
- Continuing Amdocs momentum in the Vodafone Group of companies, Vodafone Hungary selected Amdocs. Amdocs will implement Amdocs Enabler together with provisioning, resource management, accounts receivable, collection and bill formatter, to support the full end-to-end billing process.
- Two of the leading communications service providers in North America selected Amdocs eCare product. Amdocs eCare facilitates fully automated self-care, as well as electronic bill presentment and payment.
- A leading North American directory publisher selected new products and services from Amdocs to support Web-enabled customer relationship management capabilities.
- A major North American carrier selected Amdocs Partner Relationship Management (PRM) product for support of content partnerships.
- A major mobile operator in Latin America will upgrade its existing Amdocs billing platform with Amdocs Enabler together with additional pre-integrated modules, for full end-to-end convergent support for voice and data services across multiple networks and operations.
During the third quarter:
- Amdocs announced the release of Amdocs Enabler version 5.0. Version 5.0 includes out-of-the-box integration with Amdocs ClarifyCRM, advanced online charging capabilities, and support for multi-market or multinational operations on a single platform. Amdocs Enabler won the Best New Billing Product award at the Telestrategies Billing World conference held in Florida in June.
- Amdocs announced the release of Amdocs ClarifyCRM 12, the latest version of its CRM software. Version 12 includes out-of-the-box integration with Amdocs Enabler, advanced user interface technology incorporating support for browser-based access, and new functionality designed to transform the high-volume call center into a more efficient and effective, multi-channel customer contact center.
- Amdocs completed the full-scale deployment of its customer care and billing platform at Nextel, recently referenced by Nextel as a significant contributor to their success.
- T-Mobile USA implemented Amdocs Enabler, achieving the flexibility needed to enable convergent support for data, content, commerce and voice.
- mobilkom austria implemented Amdocs Enabler, allowing mobilkom austria to quickly introduce innovative new services, such as multimedia messaging, to the market.
- COSMOTE, the dominant mobile provider in Greece, has successfully deployed the Amdocs Partner Relationship Management (PRM) product, to manage the entire lifecycle of content and inter-carrier partnerships, and the Amdocs Collections module, for full automation of COSMOTE's collection processes.
- Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA, the leading Italian telecommunications provider of convergent fixed-line, mobile and Internet services, completed the successful rollout of Amdocs ClarifyCRM.
- Free cash flow, defined as cash flow from operations less net capital expenditures and payments on capital leases, was $67 million in the quarter.
Financial Outlook
Amdocs expects that revenue for the fourth quarter ending September 30, 2003, will be approximately $410 million. Proforma earnings per share for the quarter are expected to be approximately $0.23, excluding acquisition-related costs and related tax effects. Diluted GAAP earnings per share, including acquisition-related costs and related tax effects, for the quarter are expected to be approximately $0.02 less than proforma EPS.
Amdocs will host a conference call on July 23, 2003 at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time to discuss the Company's third quarter results. The call will be carried live on the Internet via www.vcall.com and the Amdocs website, www.amdocs.com.
About Amdocs
Amdocs is the world's leading provider of billing and CRM. With a more than 20-year track record of delivery excellence, our products empower major communications operators around the globe. We enable rapid time-to-market for next generation voice, content, commerce and application services, while enhancing subscriber loyalty and lowering total cost of ownership. We offer our customers flexible modes of delivery -- products, solutions and outsourcing. For more information, visit our web site at www.amdocs.com
Cautionary statements
Investors are cautioned that this press release contains proforma information that is not prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors should not construe the proforma financial measures as being superior to GAAP. The Company's management uses proforma financial information in its internal analysis because it enables the management to consistently analyze the critical components and results of operations and to have a meaningful comparison to prior periods. The Company's management believes that such measures provide useful information to investors for meaningful comparison to prior periods and analysis of the critical components and results of operations.
This press release includes information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about Amdocs' growth and business results in future quarters. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be obtained or that any deviations will not be material. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, the effects of general economic conditions, Amdocs' ability to grow in the mobile, wireline and IP business segments, adverse effects of market competition, rapid technological shifts that may render the Company's products and services obsolete, potential loss of a major customer, our ability to develop long-term relationships with our customers, and risks associated with operating businesses in the international market. These and other risks are discussed at greater length in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in our Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed on March 24, 2003, and our Form 6-K, filed on May 15, 2003.
Contact: Thomas G. O'Brien
Treasurer and Vice President of Investor Relations
Amdocs Limited
314/212-8328
E-mail: dox_info@amdocs.com
