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Lattice Announces Third Quarter Earnings.
Conference Call Today at 2:00 EST

Pennsauken, N.J. – November 23, 2009 -- Lattice Incorporated (OTC Bulletin Board: LTTC), a provider of advanced technological solutions to key government agencies and enterprise customers, announced today the company’s financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2009 decreased by $282,083 or 6.7% to $3,922,064 compared to $4,204,147 for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The decrease in the quarter included timing impacts from product sales and service revenues attributable to subcontractors.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, total revenues increased by $373,505 or 3.2% to $11,896,647 compared to $11,523,142 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.

Gross profit for the quarter rose 13% to $1.257 million from $1.112 million in the same quarter a year ago. The increase in gross profit was primarily due to the rate increase on the company’s cost-plus contract vehicles. For the nine months, gross profit was up 15.8% to $3.79 million from $3.27 million in last year’s third quarter.

The three months ended September 30, 2009 showed a net loss of $302,000 compared with net income of $321,000 in the third quarter of 2008. For the first nine months of 2009, the net loss was $877,000 against net income a year earlier of $5.2 million. The large swing in net income to net loss was due to last year’s non-cash derivative income of $2.7 million, gain on extinguishment of $2.6 million related to the exchange of Preferred Series C stock for outstanding warrants held by Baron Partners, L.P. and a settlement gain of $970,000 on a contingent earnout liability from the purchase of RTI. Excluding those amounts, the year ago net income would have shown a net loss of $1.1 million.

CEO Paul Burgess said, “We recorded a solid third quarter gain in gross profit of 13% reflecting the initial returns from the investments we have made in the past few quarters in sales and marketing and an improvement in gross margin from government services related to pricing on our cost-plus contract vehicles.

Revenues from government contracts accounted for approximately $11.0 million or 93% of our overall revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Of our total government contract revenues, approximately 96% were from prime contract vehicles.

During 2009 we expanded our direct sales force in both our Government Services group and our Technology group. This has resulted in an increased sales pipeline in both divisions of the company.  We anticipate further expansion in both of these areas and more importantly, we anticipate being able to capitalize on our expanded pipeline in the coming months,” Burgess said.
 
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The company will host a conference call with CEO Paul Burgess and CFO Joseph Noto today, November 23 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. To participate in this call, dial 1-877-941-4775 any time after 1:50 p.m. ET.  International callers should dial 1-480-629-9761.

An audio replay of the call will be available at http://www.hawkassociates.com for approximately 90 days after the call.

Financial tables are attached.

About Lattice Incorporated
Lattice Incorporated is a provider of advanced information and communications technology solutions to the government and commercial markets. The company’s technology services division designs, deploys and manages advanced technological solutions at key government agencies and for mid- to large-sized enterprises. Lattice’s technology products division consists of several core proprietary platforms used to develop customized software applications with military grade security in a number of different markets. For more information, visit http://www.latticeincorporated.com.

An investment profile about Lattice Incorporated may be found at http://www.hawkassociates.com/lttcprofile.aspx.

An online investor relations kit including copies of press releases, current price quotes, stock charts and other valuable information for investors may be found at http://www.hawkassociates.com.  To receive free e-mail notification of future releases for this company, sign up at http://www.hawkassociates.com/about/alert/.

Safe Harbor Statement
Safe-Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including all statements that are not statements of historical fact regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the company, its directors or its officers with respect to, among other things: (i) the company's financing plans; (ii) trends affecting the company's financial condition or results of operations; (iii) the company's growth strategy and operating strategy; and (iv) the risk factors disclosed in the Company's periodic reports filed with the SEC. The words "may," "would," "will," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "intend" and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's ability to control, and that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors including the risk factors disclosed in the company's Forms 10-K previously filed with the SEC.


Investor Relations contact:
Hawk Associates
Frank Hawkins
305-451-1888
e-mail: lattice@hawkassociates.com.
 
 
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Lattice Incorporated And Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets

   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
ASSETS:
           
Current assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 342,717     $ 1,363,130  
Accounts receivable, net
    3,840,719       3,560,690  
Inventories
    41,684       30,704  
Other current assets
    185,175       51,008  
Total current assets
    4,410,295       5,005,532  
                 
Property and equipment, net
    212,075       21,090  
Goodwill
    3,599,386       3,599,386  
Other intangibles, net
    1,512,004       2,409,748  
Other assetes
    54,141       54,459  
Total assets
  $ 9,787,901     $ 11,090,215  
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 1,952,353     $ 1,698,551  
Accrued expenses
    1,578,420       1,726,891  
Customer advances
    87,625       15,000  
Notes payable
    1,713,574       1,766,098  
Derivative liability
    257,178       200,606  
Total current liabilities
    5,589,150       5,407,146  
Long term liabilities:
               
Long Term Debt
    203,951       666,515  
Deferred tax liabilities
    710,218       1,200,283  
Total long term liabilities
    914,169       1,866,798  
Total liabilities
    6,503,319       7,273,944  
Minority interest
    175,180       193,280  
                 
Shareholders' equity
               
Preferred Stock - .01 par value
               
Preferred Stock series A 9,000,000 shares authorized, 7,810,686 and  7,838,686 issued
    78,107       78,387  
Preferred Stock series B 1,000,000 shares authorized  1,000 000 issued
    10,000       10,000  
Preferred Stock series C 575,000 shares authorized 520,000 issued
    5,200       5,200  
Common stock - .01 par value, 200,000,000 authorized,
               
16,942,428 and 16,842,428 issued, and 16,639,441 and 16,539,441 outstanding respectively
    169,425       168,425  
Additional paid-in capital
    38,800,717       38,418,897  
Accumulated deficit
    (35,395,951 )     (34,499,822 )
      3,667,498       4,181,087  
Common stock held in treasury, at cost
    (558,096 )     (558,096 )
Shareholders' equity
    3,109,402       3,622,991  
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
  $ 9,787,901     $ 11,090,215  
 
 
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Lattice Incorporated And Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements Of Operations
(Unaudited)

   
Nine Months Ended
   
Three Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
                         
Revenue - Technology Services
  $ 11,000,359     $ 10,656,897     $ 3,632,911     $ 3,775,213  
Revenue - Technology Products
    896,288       866,245       289,153       428,934  
Total Revenue
    11,896,647       11,523,142       3,922,064       4,204,147  
                                 
Cost of Revenue - Technology Services
    7,763,288       7,916,610       2,545,333       2,924,049  
Cost of Revenue - Technology Products
    342,455       335,386       119,400       167,370  
Total cost of revenue
    8,105,743       8,251,996       2,664,733       3,091,419  
                                 
Gross Profit
    3,790,904       3,271,146       1,257,331       1,112,728  
                                 
Operating expenses:
                               
Selling, general and administrative
    3,628,756       3,359,768       1,247,510       1,024,628  
Research and development
    409,141       384,692       132,917       123,720  
Amortization expense
    897,744       1,116,171       299,248       372,057  
Total operating expenses
    4,935,641       4,860,631       1,679,675       1,520,405  
                                 
Loss from operations
    (1,144,737 )     (1,589,485 )     (422,344 )     (407,677 )
                                 
Other income (expense):
                               
Derivative income (expense)
    (56,572 )     2,750,199       7,498       195,609  
Extinguishment gain (loss)
    -       2,607,525       0       -  
Other expense
    -       970,150       0       370,150  
Interest expense
    (181,066 )     (140,910 )     (56,754 )     (32,703 )
Finance expense
    (3,092 )     (2,636 )     (1,289 )     (1,170 )
Total other income (expense)
    (240,730 )     6,184,328       (50,545 )     531,886  
                                 
Minority Interest income
    18,100       79,119       7,653       23,700  
                                 
Net income (loss) before taxes
    (1,367,367 )     4,673,962       (465,236 )     147,909  
                                 
Income taxes (benefit)
    (490,065 )     (521,171 )     (163,355 )     (172,755 )
                                 
Net Income (loss)
  $ (877,302 )   $ 5,195,133     $ (301,881 )   $ 320,664  
                                 
Net income (Loss)  applicable to common shareholders:
                               
Net income (loss)
  $ (877,302 )   $ 5,195,133     $ (301,881 )   $ 320,664  
Series B Preferred stock dividend
    (18,831 )     (37,500 )     (6,277 )     (12,500 )
Income (Loss) applicable to common stockholders
  $ (896,133 )   $ 5,157,633     $ (308,158 )   $ 308,164  
                                 
Income (Loss) per common share
                               
Basic
  $ (0.05 )   $ 0.24     $ (0.02 )   $ 0.25  
Diluted
  $ (0.05 )   $ 0.03     $ (0.02 )   $ 0.03  
                                 
Weighted average shares:
                               
Basic
    16,727,592       16,829,428       16,739,444       16,829,428  
Diluted
    16,727,592       56,172,092       16,739,444       53,592,883  
 
 
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