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Document Sciences Announces Second Quarter Financial Results

8/4/2004, 7:28AM ET

CARLSBAD, CA (Aug. 4, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall) -- Document Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ: DOCX - News) today reported net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, of $165,270 compared with a net loss of $779,159 for the quarter ended June 30, 2003. Net income per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, was $0.04, based on 4,460,011 diluted shares outstanding, compared with a net loss per share of $0.20, based on 3,880,010 shares outstanding for the same quarter in 2003. Revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, were $5.5 million, an increase of 7% from the revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2003.

For the six months ended June 30, 2004, the company reported net income of $277,382, or $0.06 per share based on 4,431,845 shares outstanding, compared with a net loss of $1.7 million, or $0.45 per share based on 3,874,944 shares outstanding, for the six months ended June 30, 2003. Revenues for the six months ending June 30, 2004, were $10.7 million, compared with revenues of $9.7 million for the six months ending June 30, 2003.

Jack McGannon, Document Sciences' President and CEO, stated that "Our financial results for the most recent quarter and through the first six months of the year represent an improvement over the results for the same periods last year. Initial license fee revenues have been stronger this year, up by 9% during the second quarter and by 28% during the first six months of the year." McGannon further stated that "We also continued to add xPression customers during the quarter, including a health insurer, a property and casualty insurer, as well as a transportation company."

The company's cash balance at June 30, 2004, was $5.6 million, down slightly from the $5.9 million balance at December 31, 2003.

During July, the company completed its acquisition of Objectiva Software Solutions, Inc. The financial results of the company on a go forward basis will include the results of Objectiva from the date of acquisition.

This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements about possible or assumed future results of our financial condition, operations, plans, objectives and performance. You can identify these statements by the fact they use words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "project," "intend," "plan" or similar expressions. Many possible events or factors could affect our future financial results and performance. This could cause our results or performance to differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. Some of these events or factors include the following: (i) national, international, regional and local economic, competitive and regulatory conditions and developments; (ii) the market for document automation software (including the emerging content processing market); (iii) market acceptance of enhancements to our existing products and introduction of new products; (iv) continued profitability of our professional services; (v) maintaining our relationships with Xerox Corporation and our other distribution partners and/or other risks detailed from time-to-time in our SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003. We do not undertake, and specifically disclaim, any obligation to update forward-looking statements.

DOCUMENT SCIENCES CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

June 30, December 31,

2004 2003

(Unaudited)

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents $2,107,080 $1,916,595

Short-term investments 3,487,182 3,979,864

Accounts receivable, net 5,421,884 6,959,940

Other current assets 1,083,462 655,392

Total current assets 12,099,608 13,511,791

Property and equipment, net 564,639 689,575

Software development costs, net 3,401,022 2,494,634

Goodwill, net 724,615 724,615

Other assets 265,281 202,944

Total assets $17,055,165 $17,623,559

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable $213,595 $205,036

Accrued compensation 988,495 1,088,772

Other accrued liabilities 1,098,060 1,159,686

Deferred revenue 9,407,274 10,356,855

Total current liabilities 11,707,424 12,810,349

Obligations under capital leases 58,995 69,405

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Common stock, $.001 par value 3,435 3,331

Treasury stock (472,231) (556,352)

Additional paid-in capital 8,961,638 8,759,120

Accumulated comprehensive loss (107,795) (88,611)

Retained deficit (3,096,301) (3,373,683)

Total stockholders' equity 5,288,746 4,743,805

Total liabilities

and stockholders' equity $17,055,165 $17,623,559

DOCUMENT SCIENCES CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

Three Months Ended Six Months Ended

June 30, June 30,

2004 2003 2004 2003

Revenues:

Initial

license fees

$1,593,320 $1,457,623 $3,201,021 $2,505,493

Annual renewal

license and

support fees 2,929,296 2,593,637 5,738,144 5,193,476

Services and other 955,223 1,069,927 1,799,092 2,030,885

Total revenues 5,477,839 5,121,187 10,738,257 9,729,854

Cost of revenues:

Initial license fees 272,205 234,930 534,099 500,481

Annual renewal

license and

support fees 504,119 445,396 1,017,753 819,211

Services and other 741,696 720,203 1,431,365 1,400,985

Total cost

of revenues 1,518,020 1,400,529 2,983,217 2,720,677

Gross margin 3,959,819 3,720,658 7,755,040 7,009,177

Operating expenses:

Research and

development 903,706 1,272,434 1,831,707 2,675,986

Selling and

marketing

2,084,817 2,576,154 3,983,184 4,774,957

General and

administrative 818,025 692,892 1,685,104 1,382,726

Total operating

expenses 3,806,548 4,541,480 7,499,995 8,833,669

Income (loss)

from operations 153,271 (820,822) 255,045 (1,824,492)

Interest and

other income, net 18,881 44,697 41,460 108,767

Income (loss)

before income taxes 172,152 (776,125) 296,505 (1,715,725)

Provision for

income taxes 6,882 3,034 19,123 26,444

Net income (loss) $165,270 $(779,159) $277,382 $(1,742,169)

Net income (loss)

per share-basic $0.05 $(0.20) $0.09 $(0.45)

Weighted average

shares used in

basic calculation 3,284,161 3,880,010 3,253,225 3,874,944

Net income (loss)

per share-diluted $0.04 $(0.20) $0.06 $(0.45)

Weighted average

shares used in diluted

calculation 4,460,011 3,880,010 4,431,845 3,874,944

About Document Sciences

Document Sciences Corporation delivers real-time, interactive content processing services that content-driven organizations depend on to realize productivity benefits, cut costs, and increase competitiveness. Approximately 650 customers worldwide use Document Sciences products in insurance, banking and financial services, managed-care, telecommunications, utilities and commercial print service bureaus. Customers include more than 60 Fortune 500 companies. Based in Carlsbad, Calif., with regional locations across the U.S. and a European subsidiary in Paris, Document Sciences also markets its products in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Brazil, Mexico and China. For more information about Document Sciences Corp., visit www.docscience.com.

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