HERZLIYA, Israel, January 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BluePhoenix Solutions (NASDAQ: BPHX - News), the leader in value-driven legacy modernization, today announced record Non-GAAP financial results for the fourth quarter and year-end period ending December 31, 2007.

Non-GAAP Operating Results

For the fourth quarter of 2007, BluePhoenix reported revenues on a Non-GAAP pro forma basis of $22.7 million, up 42% from $16.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2006, and up 8% as compared to $21.1 million in the prior quarter. This was the twelfth consecutive quarter of sequential growth.

Operating income on a Non-GAAP pro forma basis for the fourth quarter was $4.2 million, up 153% from $1.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2006 and up 7% from $3.9 million in the prior quarter. As a percentage of revenues, the Non-GAAP operating income for the fourth quarter was 19%.

Net income on a Non-GAAP pro forma basis for the fourth quarter was a record high of $4.3 million, or $0.21 per share, up 194% from $1.4 million, or $0.10 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2006, and up 31% from $3.3 million, or $0.17 per share, in the prior quarter. For the fiscal year, net income on a Non-GAAP pro forma basis was $12.5 million, up 97% from 2006.

GAAP Operating Results

Fourth quarter revenue as calculated on a GAAP basis was $24.4 million. For the fiscal year, GAAP revenue was $88.4 million. The company posted a GAAP net loss of $7.3 million, or 38 cents per share, for the fourth quarter, and $8.2 million, or 48 cents per share, for the year. Fourth quarter GAAP results include the operating results of Mainsoft, and the impact of a one-time non-cash, charge of $7 million in Q4, 2007 as impairment of goodwill related to the Mainsoft acquisition.



    Non-GAAP Pro Forma Results  Q4/2007    Q3/2007     Q4/2006

    Sales                        22,730     21,087      16,058
    Operating profit              4,216      3,933       1,666
    Net Income                    4,250      3,250       1,444

    GAAP Results                Q4/2007    Q3/2007     Q4/2006

    Sales                        24,397     22,952      18,290
    Operating profit            (8,123)      1,449       2,365
    Net Income                  (7,298)        742       1,378

Non-GAAP pro forma results exclude MainSoft results in the reported periods, impairment of goodwill related to Mainsoft, restructuring, acquisition related and integration charges, amortization and capitalization of intangible assets, the effect of stock-based compensation and non-cash financial and other expenses mainly related to convertible debentures. Reconciliation between GAAP and Non-GAAP operating results and net income is provided below.

"We are very satisfied with another strong quarter," said Arik Kilman, CEO of BluePhoenix Solutions. "We are continuing to see increasing demand for our modernization solutions in both the U.S. and European markets. We start off 2008 debt-free with a stronger balance sheet, a strong backlog, a growing pipeline and excellent prospects for a successful year."

Other Financial Highlights

- Company cash flow from operating activities in the fourth quarter was $4.2 million;

- DSOs in the fourth quarter of 2007 decreased to 91 from 113 in the third quarter of 2007 and 110 in the second quarter of 2007;

- Cash and cash equivalents increased to $26 million in December 2007 from $24.3 million in September 2007 and $11.6 million in December 2006;

- The company has no financial debt as of December 31, 2007, compared to financial debt of $34 million as of September 30, 2007 and $39.2 million in December 2006;

- Shareholder's equity increased by $51.8 million since December 31, 2006.

Business Highlights

The following business highlights were announced during the quarter:

- Successful completion of $35 million private placement enabling retirement of around $32 million in debt and savings of around $2.3 million in annual interest payments;

- Largest contract to date with U.S. government organization to migrate and modernize ADABAS/Natural applications and database to Java/Oracle;

- Key contract to convert PowerBuilder applications to Java for a leading global telecommunications company;

- First stage of a modernization deal with one of Europe's largest insurance conglomerates to assess potential for application consolidation;

- New service offering for post modernization offshore application development and enhancement to be delivered via service center in St. Petersburg, Russia;

- New automated solution for financial organizations to overhaul the symbology used in representing listed option contracts in line with the Options Symbology Initiative (OSI);

- ASNA breaking the one million mark of sales of Datagate licenses with over 4,000 developers having moved from System i to RPG for .net on Microsoft's Visual Studio.

Conference Call Details

Arik Kilman, Chief Executive Officer, Varda Sagiv, Chief Financial Officer and David Leichner, Chief Marketing Officer will discuss the fourth quarter and year end results and will be available to answer questions. The conference call will be held on Thursday January 31st, 2008 at 10am EST (17:00 Israel Time). Interested parties are welcome to call the telephone numbers listed below, five to ten minutes prior to the start of the conference call.

In the US: (800)-230-1096 and outside the US: (612)-332-0720. Callers should reference "BluePhoenix Fourth Quarter and Year End Results" to the AT&T conference call operator.

An automated replay of the conference call will be available from January 31 at 2:00pm until February 6th at 11:59pm (EST). To access the replay please call US: (800)-475-6701 outside the US: (320)-365-3844 and enter BluePhoenix Solution's access code of 907467.

The replay will be available from February 7th onward at http://www.bphx.com.

Non-GAAP

To supplement BluePhoenix' consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, BluePhoenix provides Non-GAAP operating income (loss), Non-GAAP net income (loss) and Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share data. The presentation of these Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to BluePhoenix' GAAP results and is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. BluePhoenix' management believes that these Non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its performance by excluding certain charges, gains and tax effects that may not be indicative of BluePhoenix' core business operating results. BluePhoenix believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these Non-GAAP financial measures in assessing BluePhoenix' performance. These Non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate comparisons to BluePhoenix' historical performance and its competitors' operating results. BluePhoenix includes these Non-GAAP financial measures because management believes they are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision-making. Non-GAAP measures are reconciled to comparable GAAP measures in the table entitled "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP."

About BluePhoenix Solutions

BluePhoenix Solutions (NASDAQ: BPHX) is a leading provider of value-driven modernization solutions for legacy information systems. BluePhoenix offerings include a comprehensive suite of tools and services from global IT asset assessment and impact analysis to automated database and application migration, rehosting, and renewal. Leveraging over 20 years of best-practice domain expertise, BluePhoenix works closely with its customers to ascertain which assets should be migrated, redeveloped, or wrapped for reuse as services or business processes, to protect and increase the value of their business applications and legacy systems with minimized risk and downtime.

BluePhoenix provides modernization solutions to companies from diverse industries and vertical markets such as automotive, banking and financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. Among its prestigious customers are: Aflac, DaimlerChrysler, Danish Commerce and Companies Agency, Europe Assistance, Lawson Products, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, Merrill Lynch, SDC Udvikling, and TEMENOS. BluePhoenix has 15 offices in the USA, UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Cyprus, South Korea, Australia, and Israel.

SAFE HARBOR: Certain statements contained in this release may be deemed forward-looking statements, with respect to plans, projections, or future performance of the Company, the occurrence of which involves certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual plans to differ materially from these statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: market demand for the Company's tools, successful implementation of the Company's tools, competitive factors, the ability to manage the Company's growth, the ability to recruit and retrain additional software personnel, and the ability to develop new business lines and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's 20-F Annual Report Risk Factors section as well as in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release is also available at http://www.bphx.com. All names and trademarks are their owners' property.



                                   BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd.
                         CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                             (In thousands, except per share data)


                                 Three months ended         Year ended
                                     December 31,           December 31,

                                     2007    2006        2007     2006
                                      Unaudited

          Revenues                 $24,397  $18,290   $88,398  $68,004

          Cost of revenues          11,529    7,674    38,661   28,515

          Gross profit              12,868   10,616    49,737   39,489

          Software development
          costs, net                 4,735    2,587    14,109    9,400

          Selling, general and
          administrative expenses    9,272    5,664    32,820   22,149

          Goodwill impairment        6,989      --      6,989       --

          Restructuring                --       --        694       --

          Total operating expenses  20,996    8,251    54,612   31,549

          Operating income (loss)  (8,128)    2,365   (4,875)    7,940

          Financial expenses, net    (293)  (1,068)   (4,343)  (3,515)

          Other income, net            759      --        892      282

          Income (loss) before
          taxes                    (7,662)    1,297   (8,326)    4,707

          Taxes on income (benefit)  (110)    (336)        68    (282)
                                   (7,552)    1,633   (8,394)    4,989

          Equity in earnings of
          affiliated
          company                       35                 35

          Minority interest            219    (255)       163    (317)

          Net income (loss)       ($7,298)   $1,378  ($8,196)   $4,672

          Basic earnings (loss)
          per share                $(0.38)     0.10   $(0.48)    $0.34
          Diluted earnings (loss)
          per share                $(0.38)     0.09   $(0.48)    $0.33

          Common shares
          outstanding               19,286   14,092    17,145   13,889

          Common shares assuming
          dilution                  20,717   14,640    18,276   14,371



                            RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP (*)
                             (In thousands, except per share data)

                                     Three months ended      Year ended
                                        December 31,          December 31,

                                       2007      2006      2007       2006
                                          Unaudited           Unaudited

          GAAP revenue               $24,397   $18,290    $88,398    $68,004
          Discountinued operations     1,667     2,232      7,176      6,629

          Non-GAAP Revenue           $22,730   $16,058    $81,222    $61,375

          GAAP gross profit          $12,868   $10,616    $49,737    $39,489

          Acquisition related and
          integration charges            267       --         982        --
          Amortization of intangible
          assets                       3,822    1,580       9,512      5,651
          Discountinued operations   (1,086)  (1,829)     (5,020)    (5,759)
                                       3,003    (249)       5,474      (108)

          Non-GAAP Gross profit      $15,871  $10,367     $55,211    $39,381

          GAAP operating income
          (loss)                    ($8,128)   $2,365    ($4,875)     $7,940

          Restructuring                 --       --           694         --
          Acquisition related and
          integration charges            385     --         1,853         --
          Amortization of intangible
          assets                       3,822    1,580       9,512      5,651
          Impairment of goodwill and
          discountinued operations     7,770    (724)       7,791    (1,113)
          Capitalization of software
          development costs            (334)  (1,848)     (3,944)    (5,685)
          Depreciation of property
          (**)                          --        283         178        753
          Stock-based compensations      701       10       1,024         40
          One time non-cash executive
          compensation related to the
          Formula saleof shareholdings in
          BluePhoenix, offset against
          paid-in capital.               --        --       1,769         --

          Total adjustments to GAAP
          operating income           12,344     (699)      18,877      (354)

          Non-GAAP Operating income  $4,216    $1,666     $14,002     $7,586

          GAAP net income (loss)   ($7,298)    $1,378    ($8,196)     $4,672

          Restructuring                 --       --           694         --
          Acquisition related and
          integration charges           385      --         1,853         --
          Amortization of intangible
          assets                      3,822     1,580       9,512      5,651
          Impairment of goodwill and
          discountinued operations    7,426     (291)       7,432      (311)
          Capitalization of software
          development costs           (334)   (1,848)     (3,944)    (5,685)
          Depreciation of property
          (**)                          --        283         178        753
          Stock-based compensations     701        10       1,024         40
          One time non-cash executive
          compensation related to the
          Formula saleof shareholdings
          in
          BluePhoenix, offset against
          paid-in capital.              --        --        1,769         --
          Non-cash financial and other
          expenses                    (452)       352       2,152      1,214
          Minority interest             --       (20)         (2)       (11)

          Total adjustments to GAAP
          net
          income                     11,548        66      20,668      1,651

          Non-GAAP net income        $4,250    $1,444     $12,472     $6,323

          Non - GAAP Diluted Earning
          per
          share                       $0.21     $0.10       $0.68      $0.44

          Shares used in diluted
          Earning per
          share calculation- GAAP    20,717    14,640      18,276     14,371

    (*)   The comperative numbers were adjusted to reflect discontinued
          operations
    (**)  Was reconciled until March 31,2007




                         BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd.
                     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                             (In thousands)

                                 December 31,        December 31,
                                     2007                2006

    ASSETS

    Current Assets:

    Cash and cash equivalents     $25,962             $11,627
    Marketable securities             668               1,053
    Trade accounts receivable      24,216              26,489
    Other current assets            2,481               3,096

    Total Current Assets           53,327              42,265

    Non-Current Assets:

    Long-term trade receivable        512               1,390
    Investment in affliated company   207                -
    Property, net                   2,534               2,147
    Intengible assets, net         88,978              81,664

    Total Non-Current Assets       92,231              85,201

    TOTAL ASSETS                 $145,558            $127,466

    LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

    Current Liabilities:

    Short-term credit from banks       $-                $609
    Convertible debentures             67               4,482

    Trade accounts payable          4,272               4,594
    Deferred revenues               6,829               7,790

    Other current liabilities      15,560               6,929

    Total Current Liabilities      26,728              24,404

    Non-Current Liabilities

    Convertible debentures            -                14,049
    Accrued severance pay, net      1,802               1,718

    Provision for losses in
    formerly-consolidated
    subsidiary                        -                 1,971

    Loans from banks and others       135              20,027
    Minority interests              5,185               5,348

    Total Non-Current Liabilities   7,122              43,113

    Shareholders' Equity          111,708              59,949

    TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
    SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY         $145,558            $127,466




                            BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd.
                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (In thousands)

                               Year ended         Three months ended
                                         December 31,
                                  2007                       2007
    CASH FLOWS FROM
    OPERATING
    ACTIVITIES:

    Net loss                    ($8,196)                    ($7,298)

    Adjustments to
    reconcile net loss
    to net cash
    provided by
    operating
    activities:

    Minority interests             (163)                       (219)
    in profits of
    subsidiaries

    Equity in earnings               (2)                         (2)
    of affiliated
    company, net

    Depreciation and              12,087                       4,560
    amortization

    Goodwill                       6,989                       6,989
    impairment

    Decrease in                    (101)                       (355)
    accrued severance
    pay, net

    Loss on sale of                    4                         (5)
    property

    Change in value of             2,311                           7
    long term-loans
    and convertible
    debentures

    Stock-based and                2,794                         701
    non cash
    compensations

    Deferred income
    taxes, net

    Decrease of                    (300)                       (300)
    provision for
    losses in formaly
    consolidated
    subsidiary

    Tax benefit                      596                         596
    related to
    exercise of stock
    options

    Deferred income              (1,025)                     (1,025)
    taxes, net
    Changes in
    operating assets
    and liabilities:
    Marketable                       560                       (462)
    securities

    Decrease in trade              4,469                       4,878
    receivables

    Decrease in other                973                          94
    current assets

    Decrease in trade              (679)                     (1,495)
    payables

    Decrease in other            (2,973)                     (2,473)
    current
    liabilities and
    deferred revenues

    Net cash provided             17,344                       4,191
    by operating
    activities

    CASH FLOWS FROM
    INVESTING
    ACTIVITIES:
    Purchase of                  (1,086)                       (451)
    property

    Proceeds from sale                 8                          --
    of property

    Capitalization of            (5,302)                       (334)
    software
    development costs

    Additional
    consideration of
    previously
    acquired
    subsidiaries and
    purchase of
    activity                     (1,310)                        198

    Investment in
    newly-consolidated
    subsidiaries and
    purchase of
    new-activity                 (9,077)                     (1,817)

    Net cash used in            (16,767)                     (2,404)
    investing
    activities

    CASH FLOWS FROM
    FINANCING
    ACTIVITIES:
    Short-term bank                (936)                     (3,497)
    credit, net

    Repayment of                (20,609)                    (28,590)
    long-term
    loans,net

    Repayment of                 (1,671)                     (1,671)
    provision for
    losses in formaly
    consolidated
    subsidiary

    Issuance of                   33,213                      33,213
    shares, net

    Exercise of                    3,761                         372
    employee share
    options and
    warrants

    Net cash provided             13,758                       (173)
    by (used in)
    financing
    activities

    NET INCREASE IN               14,335                       1,614
    CASH AND CASH
    EQUIVALENTS
    CASH AND CASH                 11,627                      24,348
    EQUIVALENTS AT
    BEGINNING OF
    PERIOD

    CASH AND CASH                $25,962                     $25,962
    EQUIVALENTS AT END
    OF PERIOD



    Company Contact
    Varda Sagiv
    BluePhoenix Solutions
    +972-9-9526100
    vsagiv@bphx.com

    Investor Contact
    Paul Holm
    H.L. Lanzet
    +1-212-888-4570
    paulmholm@gmail.com

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