Amdocs Limited Reports Record Quarterly Revenue of $507.4 Million

ST. LOUIS, July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amdocs Limited today reported that for the third quarter ended June 30, 2005, revenue was $507.4 million, representing sequential growth of 3.9% and an increase of 12.7% from last year's third quarter. Excluding acquisition-related costs net of related tax effects of $1.7 million, net income was $78.8 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, an increase of $15.3 million, or 24.1%, when compared to net income, excluding $3.6 million of acquisition-related costs net of related tax effects, of $63.5 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, in the third quarter of fiscal 2004. The Company's net income was $77.1 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, compared to net income of $59.9 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, in the third quarter of fiscal 2004.

"We are pleased that this quarter included significant accomplishments for Amdocs on several important fronts," said Dov Baharav, Chief Executive Officer of Amdocs Management Limited. "Demand for our market-leading products and services, which enable integrated customer management (ICM), continues to be strong. This has resulted in several significant customer wins, and drove our revenue and earnings growth, further demonstrating the leverage we realize from our position as the industry leader. At the same time, the acquisitions of DST Innovis and Longshine Information Technology expanded our addressable markets and propelled Amdocs into leadership in the broadband industry, as well as in the large and fast-growing China market. Our ability to continue to execute on our growth strategy and core business gives us great confidence in our future prospects."

Sales Highlights

During the third quarter, our new business included the following significant wins:

* Amdocs will provide an integrated billing solution to Beijing Mobile Communication Corporation (BMCC), a subsidiary of China Mobile Communication Corporation, the largest mobile company in the world with over 200 million subscribers. Working with HP China, Amdocs will help BMCC adopt an ICM strategy by integrating Amdocs Billing 6 to support pre-and post-paid customers for voice, data and advanced services. * Amdocs has expanded its relationship with a managed services customer in the directory publishing market by signing an agreement to provide additional testing services for both Amdocs and non-Amdocs systems. * Amdocs will install its Self Service software to enable the wholesale customers of a European carrier to self-manage their accounts. * An existing European customer will expand its current Amdocs CRM installation. After extensive evaluation, this Tier One carrier has decided to implement the Amdocs system in its multiple retail call centers. Upon completion of the implementation, over 1,500 agents will use Amdocs CRM as their main front-end system, providing front-office functionality for customer care and campaign execution, as well as back-office functionality for correspondence management. * Amdocs has expanded its role as a strategic partner with a major wireless operating company, which purchased additional Amdocs products and services. Amdocs will provide integration services for the rollout of the new generation customer care and billing system. This customer will rely on a wide range of Amdocs products, including Amdocs CRM, Amdocs Billing, Amdocs Partner Management and Amdocs Mediation. Operating and Financial Highlights During the third quarter: * During the quarter, Amdocs negotiated the purchase of all of the common stock of DST Innovis, Inc. and DST Interactive, Inc. (collectively, DST Innovis), wholly-owned subsidiaries of DST Systems, Inc., for approximately $238 million in cash. This acquisition was closed on July 1, 2005. The acquisition propels Amdocs into a leadership position in the broadband industry, which includes broadband cable and satellite companies. DST Innovis provides billing and customer care solutions to the largest companies in this industry, including DIRECTV, Comcast and Cablevision, supporting about 37 million subscribers worldwide. With revenues of approximately $233 million in 2004, DST Innovis has approximately 700 employees, predominantly located in Sacramento, California and Charlotte, North Carolina. * Amdocs announced an agreement to acquire Longshine Information Technology Company Ltd., a privately-held, leading vendor of customer care and billing software in China. This acquisition marks Amdocs entry into mainland China. As a result, Amdocs will be able to offer the most comprehensive set of products and services to Chinese service providers and expand its presence in this large and fast-growing market. Longshine counts three of China's four largest communications service providers among its customers. Headquartered in Beijing, Longshine is present in more than 15 provinces across China and serves more than 120 million subscribers. Amdocs will acquire Longshine's outstanding shares for approximately $30 million in cash with the possibility of additional cash consideration to be paid later based on the achievement of certain performance metrics. Completion of the acquisition is subject to certain customary closing conditions. * Free cash flow, defined as cash flow from operations less net capital expenditures and principal payments on capital leases, was $57 million in the quarter. Financial Outlook

Amdocs expects that revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 ending September 30, 2005, will be approximately $573 million. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter are expected to be $0.38, excluding acquisition-related costs net of related tax effects. Estimated diluted GAAP EPS will not be known until after preliminary purchase price accounting adjustments for the DST Innovis acquisition have been determined. These estimates include the expected impact from the acquisition of DST Innovis, which closed on July 1, 2005, and the pending acquisition of Longshine, expected to close in the quarter ending September 30, 2005.

Amdocs will host a conference call on July 20, 2005 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 http://www.vcall.com/ and the Amdocs website, http://www.amdocs.com/.

About Amdocs

Amdocs combines innovative software and services with deep business knowledge to accelerate implementation of integrated customer management by the world's leading service providers. By delivering a comprehensive portfolio of software and services that spans the customer lifecycle -- target, sell, deliver, bill and support -- Amdocs enables service companies to deliver an intentional customer experience, which results in stronger, more profitable customer relationships. Service providers also benefit from a rapid return on investment, lower total cost of ownership and improved operational efficiencies. A global company with the revenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2004, Amdocs employs over 10,000 IT professionals and serves customers in 40 countries around the world. For more information, visit Amdocs at http://www.amdocs.com/.

Cautionary statements

Investors are cautioned that this press release contains certain information that is not prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors should not construe these financial measures as being superior to GAAP. The Company's management uses this financial information in its internal analysis in order to exclude the effect of acquisitions and other significant one-time events that may have a disproportionate effect in a particular period. Accordingly, management believes that isolating the effects of such events enables management and investors to consistently analyze the critical components and results of operations of the Company's business and to have a meaningful comparison to prior periods.

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 markets, 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 December 30, 2004 and our Form 6-K furnished on February 14, 2005 and May 16, 2005.

Contact: Thomas G. O'Brien Treasurer and Vice President of Investor Relations Amdocs Limited 314-212-8328 E-mail: dox_info@amdocs.com AMDOCS LIMITED Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (in thousands, except per share data) Three months ended Nine months ended June 30, June 30, ----------------------- ----------------------- 2005 2004 2005 2004 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Revenue: License $27,199 $17,298 $74,909 $52,026 Service 480,156 432,926 1,390,394 1,269,251 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 507,355 450,224 1,465,303 1,321,277 Operating expenses: Cost of license 1,125 1,448 3,278 3,807 Cost of service 324,249 283,109 929,487 833,470 Research and development 31,393 31,665 97,567 92,247 Selling, general and administrative 56,448 52,745 166,000 159,078 Amortization of purchased intangible assets 2,078 4,558 7,875 13,423 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 415,293 373,525 1,204,207 1,102,025 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Operating income 92,062 76,699 261,096 219,252 Interest income and other, net 4,305 121 14,944 2,899 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Income before income taxes 96,367 76,820 276,040 222,151 Income taxes 19,270 16,900 55,203 48,873 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net income $77,097 $59,920 $220,837 $173,278 ========== ========== ========== ========== Basic earnings per share $0.38 $0.29 $1.10 $0.82 ========== ========== ========== ========== Diluted earnings per share $0.36 $0.27 $1.03 $0.79 ========== ========== ========== ========== Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding 200,494 206,093 201,453 210,409 ========== ========== ========== ========== Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding(1) 216,570 222,237 217,608 220,825 ========== ========== ========== ========== (1) Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding for the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2004 were restated, due to the adoption of EITF 04-8, "The Effect of Contingently Convertible Instruments on Diluted Earnings per Share", which requires that prior period earnings per share computations be restated to conform to the new rule . The restatement reduced diluted earnings per share by $0.01 per share for the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2004. AMDOCS LIMITED Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited), Excluding Amortization of Purchased Intangible Assets and Related Tax Effects (in thousands, except per share data) Three months ended Nine months ended June 30, June 30, ----------------------- ----------------------- 2005(1) 2004(1) 2005(2) 2004(2) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Revenue: License $27,199 $17,298 $74,909 $52,026 Service 480,156 432,926 1,390,394 1,269,251 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 507,355 450,224 1,465,303 1,321,277 Operating expenses: Cost of license 1,125 1,448 3,278 3,807 Cost of service 324,249 283,109 929,487 833,470 Research and development 31,393 31,665 97,567 92,247 Selling, general and administrative 56,448 52,745 166,000 159,078 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 413,215 368,967 1,196,332 1,088,602 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Operating income 94,140 81,257 268,971 232,675 Interest income and other, net 4,305 121 14,944 2,899 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Income before income taxes 98,445 81,378 283,915 235,574 Income taxes 19,689 17,903 56,783 51,826 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net income $78,756 $63,475 $227,132 $183,748 ========== ========== ========== ========== Diluted earnings per share $0.37 $0.29 $1.06 $0.84 ========== ========== ========== ========== Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding(3) 216,570 222,237 217,608 220,825 ========== ========== ========== ========== (1) Excludes $2,078 and $4,558 for amortization of purchased intangible assets and tax effects related to the above of $(419) and $(1,003) for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Including the above items, income before income taxes was $96,367 and $76,820, and diluted earnings per share were $0.36 and $0.27 for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. (2) Excludes $7,875 and $13,423 for amortization of purchased intangible assets and tax effects related to the above of $(1,580) and $(2,953) for the nine months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Including the above items, income before income taxes was $276,040 and $222,151, and diluted earnings per share were $1.03 and $0.79 for the nine months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. (3) Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding for the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2004 were restated, due to the adoption of EITF 04-8, "The Effect of Contingently Convertible Instruments on Diluted Earnings per Share", which requires that prior period earnings per share computations be restated to conform to the new rule. The restatement reduced diluted earnings per share by $0.01 per share for the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2004. AMDOCS LIMITED Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands) As of ----------------------------- June 30, September 30, 2005 2004 ------------- ------------- (Unaudited) ASSETS Current assets Cash, cash equivalents and short-term interest-bearing investments $1,289,818 $1,190,699 Accounts receivable, net, including unbilled of $24,789 and $24,696, respectively 293,097 254,779 Deferred income taxes and taxes receivable 98,771 62,284 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 69,200 80,229 ------------- ------------- Total current assets 1,750,886 1,587,991 Equipment, vehicles and leasehold improvements, net 173,402 181,121 Goodwill and other intangible assets, net 834,654 854,386 Other noncurrent assets 254,203 240,386 ------------- ------------- Total assets $3,013,145 $2,863,884 ============= ============= LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current Liabilities Accounts payable and accruals $351,737 $366,363 Short-term portion of capital lease obligations and other financing arrangements 7,365 21,310 Deferred revenue 236,316 223,122 Deferred income taxes and taxes payable 181,186 163,648 ------------- ------------- Total current liabilities 776,604 774,443 0.50% Convertible notes 450,000 450,000 Noncurrent liabilities and other 210,888 195,251 Shareholders' equity 1,575,653 1,444,190 ------------- ------------- Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $3,013,145 $2,863,884 ============= =============