Interactive Intelligence Reports 2011 First-Quarter Operating Results

May 1, 2011 - PRLog -- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Interactive Intelligence , a global provider of unified IP business communications solutions, has announced operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

The company reported revenues of $47.7 million, an increase of 36 percent from revenues of $35.0 million in the first quarter of 2010. Product revenues increased by 32 percent, recurring revenues by 30 percent, and services revenues by 88 percent compared to the 2010 first quarter.

First-quarter operating results included the following:
-   On a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, net income of $3.1 million in 2011, with diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.16, compared to net income of $1.9 million in 2010, or EPS of $0.10.
-   Net income on a non-GAAP* basis of $5.5 million in 2011, with EPS of $0.28, compared to non-GAAP net income of $4.2 million in 2010, or EPS of $0.22.
-   GAAP operating income of $4.9 million in 2011, up 23 percent from $4.0 million in 2010.
-   Non-GAAP operating income of $6.8 million in 2011, up 34 percent from 2010.
-   Other expense of $123,000 in 2011, compared to $733,000 in 2010, reflecting foreign currency translation losses in both years.
-   An increase in cash flows from operations to $6.7 million in 2011, compared to $5.3 million in 2010.

For the first quarter of 2011, non-GAAP net income and EPS excluded charges for stock-based compensation of $1.3 million, or EPS of $0.07, purchase accounting adjustments of $510,000, or EPS of $0.03, and non-cash income tax expense of approximately $549,000, or EPS of $0.02.

For the first quarter of 2010, non-GAAP net income and EPS excluded charges for stock-based compensation of $1.0 million, or EPS of $0.05, and non-cash income tax expense of $1.2 million, or EPS of $0.07.

Cash and investment balances, including long-term investments, as of March 31, 2011, increased to $91.9 million with no debt.

“We again saw strong year-over-year order increases across all major geographies and product groups,” said Interactive Intelligence founder and CEO, Dr. Donald E. Brown. “Total orders were up 55 percent over the first quarter of 2010, which included a near tripling in cloud-based contracts year-over-year. We’re executing well on our sales and marketing plans and are benefiting from an increase in new opportunities as a result of our relationships with key strategic partners.”

During the first quarter of 2011, the company was also named a “2011 Service Leader” by CRM Magazine and a "Need to Know Vendor” by Computer Reseller News.

On April 11, 2011, Interactive Intelligence announced that it will ask shareholders at its 2011 annual shareholder meeting to vote on a proposal to reorganize the company as a holding company incorporated in Indiana. The annual meeting is scheduled for June 10, 2011 at 9 a.m., Eastern time (EDT) at the company's world headquarters located at 7601 Interactive Way, Indianapolis, Indiana 46278. Shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 21, 2011 will be entitled to vote by proxy or in person at the annual meeting.

Interactive Intelligence and Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, have filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that includes a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents in connection with the proposed reorganization. More information regarding the proposed reorganization is available on the company's website at www.inin.com, under the "About Us" tab.

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Interactive Intelligence Forward-Looking Statement Disclosure
This release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: rapid technological changes in the industry; the company's ability to maintain profitability; to manage successfully its growth; to manage successfully its increasingly complex third-party relationships resulting from the software and hardware components being licensed or sold with its solutions; to maintain successful relationships with certain suppliers which may be impacted by the competition in the technology industry; to maintain successful relationships with its current and any new partners; to maintain and improve its current products; to develop new products; to protect its proprietary rights adequately; to successfully integrate acquired businesses; and other factors described in the company's SEC filings, including the company's latest annual report on Form 10-K.

* Non-GAAP Measures
The non-GAAP measures shown in this release include revenue which was not recognized on a GAAP basis due to purchase accounting adjustments and exclude non-cash stock-based compensation expense for stock options, the amortization of certain intangible assets related to acquisitions by the company and non-cash income tax expense. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included with the financial information included in this press release. These measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. Stock-based compensation expense and amortization of intangibles related to acquisitions are non-cash and income tax expense is primarily non-cash. Management believes that the presentation of non-GAAP results, when shown in conjunction with corresponding GAAP measures, provides useful information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends related to the company's results of operations. Further, management believes that these non-GAAP measures improve management's and investors' ability to compare the company's financial performance with other companies in the technology industry. Because stock-based compensation expense, non-cash income tax expense amounts and amortization of intangibles related to acquisitions can vary significantly between companies, it is useful to compare results excluding these amounts. Management also uses financial statements that exclude stock-based compensation expense related to stock options, non-cash income tax amounts and amortization of intangibles related to acquisitions for its internal budgets.