PalmSource Reports 2Q FY'05 Results

PalmSource has announced results for its second quarter ended November 26, 2004. The Company reported revenues for the second quarter of 2005 of $19.2 million versus $16.8 million reported in the second quarter of 2004. GAAP earnings per share (EPS) were $0.14 (Non-GAAP EPS of $0.21).

As a result of the settlement with Acer, Inc., the second quarter of 2005 GAAP and non-GAAP financials benefited from $2.1 million in revenues reported under license and royalty revenue, as well as a decrease in operating expenses of $0.5 million.

  GAAP Net Income and EPS
GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2005 was $2.1 million versus a net loss of $9.1 million reported in the second quarter of 2004. GAAP EPS for the second quarter of 2005 were $0.14 versus the net loss per share of $0.89 reported in the second quarter of 2004.

Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2005 was $3.2 million versus a non-GAAP net loss of $0.3 million for the second quarter of 2004. Non-GAAP EPS for the second quarter of 2005 were $0.21 versus a net loss per share of $0.03 for the second quarter of 2004. GAAP and non-GAAP EPS for the second quarter of 2005 were calculated on a diluted basis using 15.1 million shares.

For the second quarter of 2005, the Company's licensees reported shipping a total of approximately 1.2 million units, of which 30 percent were smartphones with the remainder being PDA's and other mobile handheld devices. This compares to a total of approximately 1.3 million units shipped in the second quarter of 2004, of which 6 percent were smartphones with the remainder being PDA's and other mobile handheld devices. The decrease in total unit volume versus the prior year's quarter was primarily related to Sony's previously announced exit from the PDA market outside of Japan.

  "Although we generally performed to our financial expectations during the second quarter, we are not satisfied with this performance," said David Nagel, president and CEO of PalmSource. "However, we did see some encouraging signs for our future, as in aggregate, our licensees reported shipping the largest number of Palm Powered™ smartphones for any quarter, and we continued to see a larger portion of our business come from that category. We also saw growth in the Palm Powered Economy, as we added three new partners for our Palm Powered Mobile World Program, signed three new ODM partners in Asia and three of our licensees introduced new smartphones worldwide."

Strategy to Broaden Product Portfolio
"Over the past year, we have focused our strategy and resources on new growth opportunities," said Nagel. "These efforts resulted in the release of Palm OS Cobalt 6.1 in late September of this year, which was our first product specifically targeted at the smartphone market. Palm OS Cobalt products are in development and we hope to see the first of these devices in the market in the earlier part of calendar 2005, although the exact shipment dates depend on the specific product decisions of our licensees and carriers."

"On December 8, we began the next phase in our strategy with the anticipated acquisition of China MobileSoft Ltd. (CMS). Besides a cost-efficient engineering and support team that we believe will help us penetrate China more deeply, we believe the expanded product portfolio we will acquire will put us in a position to achieve our long-term goal of becoming the leading provider of software for phones and mobile devices at all price points."

The pending acquisition of CMS is expected to give PalmSource access to more than 10 new CMS licensees that have already shipped applications in over one million phones and 30 different phone models. It is anticipated that in addition to these new licensees and a broader product portfolio, CMS will enable PalmSource to expand its presence in China with cost-efficient, localized engineering and support. According to market data from the China Daily Herald (Nov. 2004), China is one of the fastest growing mobile phone markets in the world. China currently has 320 million mobile phone users and is adding approximately 5.5 million new subscribers each month.  

Business Outlook
For the third quarter ending February 25, 2005, the Company expects revenues will be between $18.0 million plus or minus 5 percent. Within this revenue range, GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $17.5 million, and GAAP loss per share to be between ($0.11) to break-even, assuming 14.7 million basic and diluted shares outstanding.  

Third quarter GAAP EPS includes approximately $1.0 million for stock-based compensation that should be excluded when calculating non-GAAP EPS. Non-GAAP EPS should be calculated on a diluted basis using 15.0 million shares outstanding, while non-GAAP loss per share should be calculated using 14.7 basic shares outstanding.

  Anticipated Impact of China MobileSoft Acquisition
PalmSource anticipates that the pending CMS transaction will close sometime in its third fiscal quarter, which ends February 25, 2005, subject to and following approval of the transaction by CMS shareholders. Due to the uncertainty as to the timing of the closing of the transaction, PalmSource has not included any potential impact of this acquisition in its Business Outlook for the third fiscal quarter. However, based on information that is currently available, which is subject to change as indicated below, PalmSource expects the following impact on its financial results related to the acquisition of CMS for the remainder of fiscal year 2005, ending June 3, 2005:

• A nominal increase in revenue, but a material increase in GAAP operating expenses related to the CMS acquisition
• GAAP operating expenses are expected to increase by $7.0 to $9.0 million*, which includes approximately $4.5 - 6.5 million* in non-GAAP expenses for stock based compensation, write-offs related to in-process research and development and the amortization of purchased intangibles, that should be excluded when calculating non-GAAP financial measures.

(*) The exact amount of the expense for stock-based compensation may cause actual GAAP and non-GAAP operating expenses to differ from these ranges because it is dependent on the closing price for PalmSource common stock on the day the deal is approved by CMS shareholders. Additionally, any write-off for in-process research and development is subject to change based on an independent third party evaluation following the close of the acquisition.

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