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NEWS RELEASE


Company Contacts

 

IR Agency Contact

Nachum Falek,
VP Finance & CFO

AudioCodes

Tel: +972-3-976-4000

Nachum@audiocodes.com

Shirley Nakar,
Director, Investor Relations
AudioCodes
Tel: +972-3-976-4072
shirley.nakar@audiocodes.com

Erik Knettel

The Global Consulting Group

Tel: +1-646-284-9415

Eknettel@hfgcg.com


AudioCodes Reports Second Quarter 2004 Results


Quarterly Revenues Rise 25% Sequentially and 82% Year over Year


Lod, Israel – July 20, 2004AudioCodes (NASDAQ: AUDC), a leading provider of Voice over Packet (VoP) technologies and Voice Network products, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004.

Revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004 were $19.1 million compared to $15.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 and $10.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2003.  Second quarter revenues grew 25% sequentially and increased 82% compared to the second quarter of 2003. Net income for the second quarter of 2004 was $839,000, or $0.02 basic and diluted earnings per share, compared to a net loss of $2.2 million, or $(0.06) basic and diluted loss per share, for the corresponding period last year.

Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2004 were $34.4 million compared to $18.9 million for the first six months of 2003.  Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2004 was $796,000, or $0.02 basic and diluted earnings per share, compared to a net loss of $4.7 million, or $(0.13) basic and diluted loss per share, for the first six months of 2003.

Cash, cash equivalents, short-term bank deposits, long-term bank deposits and structured notes were $90.6 million as of June 30, 2004 compared to $100.8 million as of March 31, 2004 and $103.4 million as of June 30, 2003.

“The second quarter of 2004 marked an important milestone as AudioCodes reported positive operating and net income and registered its eleventh consecutive quarter of revenue growth,” said Shabtai Adlersberg, President, Chairman and CEO of AudioCodes. “This quarter we experienced continued strong telecom market demand and RFP activity for VoIP network solutions. With our maturing and advanced gateway and media server product portfolio now representing about 40% of our revenues, we enjoyed increased sales and new market opportunities with leading telecom OEMs and system integrators. This quarter also marks our first entry into the VoIP over cable market as our media gateway gained qualification from CableLabs®.  The acquisition of Ai-Logix during the second quarter provides AudioCodes with yet another complementary business driver in the enabling technologies market as we expanded our presence into the call logging and recording market segments, which are now experiencing transition to VoIP.   As voice over packet network deployments continue to gain momentum worldwide, AudioCodes remains well positioned to capitalize on the shift towards IP-based architectures and gain market share in this growing market.”


Conference Call & Webcast Information

AudioCodes will conduct a conference call on July 21, 2004 to discuss the second quarter 2004 financial results, which will be simultaneously Webcast at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time.  Investors are invited to listen to the call live via Webcast at the AudioCodes corporate Website at http://www.audiocodes.com.

About AudioCodes

AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ: AUDC) enables the new voice infrastructure by providing innovative, reliable and cost-effective Voice over Packet technology and Voice Network products to OEMs, network equipment providers and system integrators. AudioCodes provides its customers and partners with a diverse range of flexible, comprehensive media gateway and media processing technologies, based on VoIPerfect – AudioCodes' underlying, best-of-breed, core media gateway architecture. The company is a market leader in voice compression technology and is a key originator of the ITU G.723.1 standard for the emerging Voice over IP market. AudioCodes voice network products feature media gateway and media server platforms for packet-based applications in the wireline, wireless, broadband access, and enhanced voice services markets. AudioCodes enabling technology products include VoIP and CTI communication boards, VoIP media gateway processors and modules, and CPE devices. Its customers include the leading telecom and data network equipment providers globally. AudioCodes' international headquarters and R&D facilities are located in Israel, with U.S. headquarters in San Jose, California. Additional offices are in Boston, Chicago, Beijing, Tokyo, Paris and London. For more information on AudioCodes, visit http://www.audiocodes.com or call +1 (408) 577-0488.


Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and continuing products' demand; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development/upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.


AudioCodes, AC, Ardito, AudioCoded, NetCoder, TrunkPack, VoicePacketizer, MediaPack, Stretto, Mediant, VoIPerfect and IPmedia are trademarks or registered trademarks of AudioCodes Limited. All other products or trademarks are property of their respective owners.





Summary financial data follows












AUDIOCODES LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

U.S. dollars in thousands

  

June 30,

 

December 31,

  

2004

 

2003


 

(Unaudited)

  

ASSETS

 


 


  


 


CURRENT ASSETS

 


 


Cash and cash equivalents and short-term bank deposits

 

$ 40,032

 

$ 48,898

Trade receivables

 

10,140

 

7,717

Other receivables and prepaid expenses

 

3,441

 

2,972

Inventories

 

7,476

 

4,667

  


 


Total current assets

 

61,089

 

64,254

  


 


SEVERANCE PAY FUND

 

3,755

 

3,618

 

 


 


LONG-TERM BANK DEPOSITS AND STRUCTURED NOTES

 

50,605

 

50,270

  


 


INVESTMENTS

 

522

 

491

  


 


FIXED ASSETS, NET

 

6,308

 

4,564

  


 


OTHER ASSETS

 

13,003

 

5,333

  


 


Total assets

 

$ 135,282

 

 $128,530

   


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 


 


  


 


CURRENT LIABILITIES

 


 


Trade payables

 

$ 6,232

 

$ 4,197

Other payables and accrued expenses

 

14,345

 

13,825

  


 


Total current liabilities

 

20,577

 

18,022

  


 


ACCRUED SEVERANCE PAY

 

4,146

 

3,990

  


 


Total shareholders' equity

 

110,559

 

106,518

  


 


Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 

$ 135,282

 

$ 128,530











AUDIOCODES LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

U.S. dollars in thousands, except per share data


 

Six months ended

Three months ended

 

June 30,

June 30,

 

2004

2003

2004

2003

 

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

     

Revenues

$ 34,435

$ 18,884

$ 19,111

$ 10,456

     

Cost of revenues

14,577

8,552

8,044

4,817

     

Gross profit

19,858

10,332

11,067

5,639

Operating expenses:

    

Research and development, net

9,113

7,164

4,721

3,757

Selling  and marketing

8,892

7,026

4,632

3,548

General and administrative

1,937

1,559

1,175

758

     

Total operating expenses

19,942

15,749

10,528

8,063

     

Operating income (loss)

(84)

(5,417)

539

(2,424)

Equity in losses of affiliated company  

229

220

150

220

Financial income, net

1,153

907

494

455

     

Income (loss) before income taxes

840

(4,730)

883

(2,189)

Income taxes

44

-

44

-

     

Net income (loss)

$ 796

$ (4,730)

$ 839

$ (2,189)

     

Basic earnings (loss) per share

$ 0.02

$ (0.13)

$ 0.02

$ (0.06)

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

$ 0.02

$ (0.13)

$ 0.02

$ (0.06)

Number of shares used in computing basic earnings (loss) per share (in thousands)



38,203



37,370



38,356



37,398

Number of shares used in computing diluted earnings (loss) per share (in thousands)



42,330



37,370



42,064



37,398