BPO Management Services Announces Financial Results for Second Quarter 2009

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Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:01am EDT

Revenue Increases 68% in Second Quarter 2009

ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BPO Management Services
Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: HAXS), a full-service healthcare and business
process outsourcing company focused on serving the middle-market, today
announced its financial results for the second quarter 2009, ended June 30,
2009. The income statement reflects the merger of BPO Management Services and
Healthaxis, Inc., which was completed on December 30, 2008 and the
presentation of the Company's Canadian operations as discontinued operations
as of June 30, 2009.

Operational Highlights

    --  Revenue for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009 increased 68% to
$6.6
        million from $3.9 million. Revenue for the six months ended June 30,
        2009 increased by 82% to $13.5 million, compared to $7.4 million for
the
        same period last year. The higher revenues in 2009 were due primarily
to
        the addition of Healthcare segment from the Healthaxis merger.
    --  The Company has fully integrated operations from its merger with
        Healthaxis.
    --  The Company divested its Canadian operations and eliminated its
        Enterprise Content Management Division (ECM) in July, 2009. Operating
        results of the divested operations are shown in the financial
statements
        as discontinued operations. The Canadian subsidiary was sold on July
31,
        2009. The divestiture eliminates operations that no longer fit with
the
        Company's corporate strategy, and allows it to focus on its core
        strengths in information technology outsourcing and managed
applications
        and business process services for healthcare benefits administration,
        finance and accounting, and human resources.
    --  With the divestiture of the Canadian operations, the Company's
        revenues that are now derived from long-term contracts exceed 95% of
        total revenue. This exceeds the Company's goal of 90% of revenues
        derived from such revenue streams.
    --  During the second quarter of 2009, the Company largely completed a
        previously announced organizational restructuring and consolidation of
        all financial and related back-office functions to enhance financial
        management activities and to lower administrative costs. The Company
        also re-organized its operational delivery structure by combining its
        Healthcare and Human Resources divisions and by putting operational
        control for all businesses under a single executive. Accordingly, the
        Company was able to refine its management structure and to reduce
        personnel and other expenditures. The changes resulted in a second
        quarter "restructuring" charge of approximately $382,000. On
        an annualized basis, the actions described above and other corporate
        cost reductions are expected to lower annual operating costs by
        approximately $2.0 million. The Company believes that the lower costs
        will be reflected more clearly in its third quarter and in future
        periods. Management believes that organizational improvements combined
        with expected revenue growth will drive profitability in the coming
        quarters.
    --  Selling, General & Administrative expenses for the second quarter of
        2009 were 37% of total revenue, compared to 44% for the second quarter
        of 2008. A trend of lower SG&A costs as a percentage of revenues is
        expected to continue because of the restructuring changes implemented
        and the Company's belief that such costs will not increase
        significantly with organic revenue growth. The Company continues to
        focus its efforts on internal cost-efficiencies and ongoing expense
        reduction.

    --  The Company continues to experience a healthy demand for its services,
        from both new customer prospects and existing customer scope expansion
        projects, and as a result has been moving several opportunities
towards
        a successful close. As a result, the Company remains optimistic
        concerning the potential to experience rapid organic growth,
        particularly in its ITO business unit, in the coming quarters.



Patrick Dolan, chief executive officer of BPOMS, said, "We took steps to
further align our operations with our core competencies and reduce our go
forward expense structure. Included in this was our strategic realignment,
which resulted in approximately $2 million per year in expense reductions. In
addition, we made the strategic decision to divest our Canadian operations to
further narrow our focus to our core competencies, including recurring revenue
from long-term contracts with customers. BPOMS continues to be strategically
aligned with middle-market companies who are searching for proven solutions to
improving internal operations, while simultaneously lowering costs. We have
now successfully built a scalable, robust BPO delivery platform for ITO, and
are providing key vertical solutions in healthcare, financial services and
human resources. Most importantly, these solutions are anchored by industry
recognized intellectual property, and delivered by a high availability,
on-demand Tier 1 like infrastructure with additional capacity, and a
multi-shore delivery capability. We have a strong pipeline of opportunities
throughout our organization but particularly in our ITO division and as the
economy continues to recover, we are well-positioned for long-term growth and
success."

Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results 
For the second quarter, total revenue increased 68% to $6.6 million from $3.9
million for the same period last year. The higher revenue resulted primarily
from the addition of the Healthcare business segment, which was acquired
through the Healthaxis, Inc. merger on December 30, 2008. The revenue increase
was partially offset by a decrease in our base business due largely to a
decline in ITO and HRO professional services, and from a net drop in data
center revenues. The lower data center revenues result from the loss of legacy
customers who had decided to move their operations to a new environment some
time ago. In addition to a reduced amount of professional services, HRO
revenues were also lower in 2009 because maintenance revenues on historical
versions of the Company's software systems are declining, and the increased
revenues from SaaS based sales are not yet sufficient to offset the decline.

Total operating expenses for the quarter were $8.8 million, compared to total
operating expenses of $4.3 million during the second quarter last year. The
higher operating expenses resulted primarily from the addition of the
Healthcare segment, but also resulted from corporate restructuring charges of
$382,000, the bankruptcy of two customers which resulted in an increase in the
allowance for bad debts of $323,000, and nonrecurring ITO costs to support new
customer implementations. The cost increases were partially offset by cost
reduction efforts across all segments.

The loss from operations for the quarter was $2.2 million, compared to
$425,000 in the prior-year second quarter. The second quarter operating loss
includes non-cash expenses, including depreciation and amortization of $1.0
million and the aforementioned bad debt and restructuring charges. These items
do not impact the operating cash flows of the business and are not expected to
negatively impact future operating results. Management believes this is
evidenced by the fact that the Company generated positive cash flow from
operations of approximately $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30,
2009. The net loss for the quarter was $5.0 million, which includes a loss
from discontinued operations of $2.7 million, compared to a net loss of
$931,000 in the second quarter last year.

Year-to-Date Financial Results 
Revenue for the first six months of 2009 was $13.5 million, an increase of 82%
compared to the $7.4 million for the first half of 2008. The higher revenue
was primarily due to the addition of the Healthcare business segment,
partially offset by decreases in professional services revenues in both HRO
and ITO, combined with a net drop in data center revenues. Total operating
expenses for the quarter were $17.0 million, compared to total operating
expenses of $9.1 million during the first quarter last year. The operating
expense increase results from the addition of the Healthcare segment combined
with aforementioned restructuring and bad debt charges, and nonrecurring ITO
costs to ramp new customers. As in the second quarter, the increases were
partially offset by cost reductions across all business segments.

The loss from operations for the first six months of 2009 was $3.50 million,
compared to $1.70 million in the prior-year period. Including the loss from
discontinued operations of $2.7 million, the net loss for the six-month period
was $6.50 million, compared to a net loss of $2.70 million last year.

About BPO Management Services, Inc. 
BPO Management Services (BPOMS) is a healthcare and business process
outsourcing (BPO) service provider that offers a diversified range of
on-demand services, including claims processing, human resources, information
technology, and enterprise content management, to support the back-office
business functions of the middle-market on an outsourced basis. BPOMS supports
middle-market businesses new to the BPO market, established businesses that
already outsource, and businesses seeking to maximize return-on-investment
from their in-house workforce. For more information, please visit
http://www.bpoms.com

Forward-Looking Statements 
Certain statements in this press release that are not historical facts are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may be identified by the use of
words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "future," "may," "will,"
"would," "should," "plan," "projected," "intend," and similar expressions.
Such forward-looking statements, involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements of BPO Management Services, Inc. (the "Company") to be
materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. The Company's future operating results are dependent upon many
factors, including but not limited to: (i) the Company's ability to obtain
sufficient capital or a strategic business arrangement to fund its current
operational or expansion plans; (ii) the Company's ability to build and
maintain the management and human resources and infrastructure necessary to
support the anticipated growth of its business; (iii) competitive factors and
developments beyond the Company's control; and (iv) other risk factors
discussed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, which are available for review at http://www.sec.gov under "Search
for Company Filings."


       Company Contact:
       BPO Management Services, Inc.
       Patrick Dolan, Chairman & CEO
       patrick.dolan@bpoms.com



                   BPO MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
       CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
              FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2009 AND 2008
                                    (Unaudited)

                            Three months ended           Six months ended
                                 June 30,                    June 30,
                                ----------                  ----------
                           2009           2008           2009         2008
                           ----           ----           ----         ----
    Revenues:
     IT outsourcing
      services          $2,848,147    $3,308,739      $5,833,864   $6,450,543
     Healthcare          3,489,384             -       7,111,812            -
     Human resource
      outsourcing
      servicing            225,653       592,226         528,839      972,835
                           -------       -------         -------      -------

       Total revenues    6,563,184      ,900,965      13,474,515    7,423,378

    Operating
     expenses:
     Cost of services
      provided           4,745,799     1,782,555       9,496,167    3,274,170
     Selling, general
      and administrative 2,482,060     1,741,587       4,824,648    4,172,982
     Research and
      development          118,908        77,335         224,760      147,037
     Depreciation and
      amortization       1,031,846       518,116       2,013,615    1,115,891
     Share-based
      compensation          18,333       207,092          18,333      414,184
     Restructuring
      costs                382,207             -         382,207            -
                           -------           ---         -------          ---

       Total operating
        expenses         8,779,153     4,326,685      16,959,730    9,124,264
                         ---------     ---------      ----------    ---------

       Loss from
        operations      (2,215,969)     (425,720)     (3,485,215)  (1,700,886)
                        ----------       --------     -----------   ---------

    Interest expense
     Related parties        18,579        26,853          39,166       53,705
     Other, net            110,618        21,053         236,024       41,076
                           -------        ------         -------       ------
       Total interest
        expense            129,197        47,906         275,190       94,781
                           -------        ------         -------       ------

    Loss before income
     taxes              (2,345,166)     (473,626)     (3,760,405)  (1,795,667)

    Income tax expense       7,800             -          15,600       44,452

    Loss from continuing
     operations         (2,352,966)     (473,626)     (3,776,005)  (1,840,119)
                         ----------      --------      ----------  ----------

    Discontinued
     Operations
     (Note 3):
      Loss from
       operations of
       discontinued
       business         (2,686,089)     (457,709)     (2,738,321)    (863,286)
                        ----------      --------       ----------    --------

    Net loss            (5,039,055)     (931,335)     (6,514,326)  (2,703,405)
                        ----------       --------      ----------  ----------

    Foreign currency
     translation gain
     (loss)                535,642       (46,842)        460,335     (180,194)

    Comprehensive loss $(4,503,413)    $(978,177)    $(6,053,991) $(2,883,599)
                       ===========     =========      ===========  ===========

    Loss per share -basic and diluted
     Loss from
      continuing
      operations            $(0.15)       $(0.04)         $(0.25)      $(0.15)
     Loss from
      discontinued
      operations             (0.18)        (0.04)          (0.18)       (0.07)
                             -----          -----          -----        -----
    Net loss per share
     - basic and diluted    $(0.33)       $(0.08)         $(0.43)      $(0.22)
                            ======        ======          ======       ======

    Basic and diluted
     weighted average
     common shares
     outstanding        15,165,586    12,671,034      15,165,586   12,457,919
                        ==========    ==========      ==========   ==========



                     BPO MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                       CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                      AS OF JUNE 30, 2009 AND DECEMBER 31, 2008
                                   (UNAUDITED)

                                               2009                  2008
                                               ----                  ----
                                     ASSETS
    Current assets:
    Cash and cash
     equivalents                            $1,584,771            $2,895,711
      Accounts receivable,
       net of allowance for doubtful
       accounts of $492,186 and
       $505,338,respectively                 3,998,273             5,408,156
    Prepaid expenses and
     other current assets                    1,021,271               928,647
    Current assets held for sale             2,148,025             2,290,630
                                             ---------             ---------
    Total current assets                     8,752,340            11,523,144

    Equipment, net                           7,378,058             7,170,213
    Goodwill                                 2,282,064             2,282,064
    Intangible assets, net                   3,878,498             4,192,955
    Other assets                               801,298             1,244,641
    Non-current assets
     held for sale                           2,392,982             4,447,545
                                             ---------             ---------
                                           $25,485,240           $30,860,562
                                           ===========           ===========

                        LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    Current liabilities:
    Current portion of lines of credit
     and long-term debt                     $3,099,156            $2,196,652
    Current portion of
     capital lease obligations                 572,301               394,765
      Accounts payable                       5,337,939             4,687,333
      Accrued expenses                       2,777,293             2,856,021
      Restructuring liability                  347,774                     -
    Accrued interest-related party              39,166                     -
    Accrued dividend payable                 1,369,331             1,369,331
    Accrued dividend payable-related
     party                                     651,281               651,281
    Amount due former shareholders of
     acquired companies                              -             1,000,000
      Deferred revenues                      1,989,218             2,091,277
    Related party notes payable                830,246               930,246
    Other current liabilities                  120,000               137,715
    Current liabilities associated with
     assets held for sale                    4,108,277             4,101,437
                                             ---------             ---------
       Total current liabilities            21,241,982            20,416,058

    Lines of credit and long-term debt,
     net of current portion                          -               722,304
    Capital lease obligations, net of
     current portion                           780,568               690,278
    Other long-term liabilities              1,205,922               742,520
    Non-current liabilities associated
     with assets held for sale                       -                 5,694
                                                   ---                 -----
       Total liabilities                    23,228,472            22,576,854

    Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)

    Stockholders' equity
     Convertible preferred stock, Series B,
      par value $1.00; authorized
      21,105,000 shares; 21,103,955 shares
      issued and outstanding                21,103,955            21,103,955
     Common stock, par value $0.10;
      authorized 1,900,000,000 shares;
      15,165,586 shares issued and
      outstanding                            1,516,559             1,516,559
    Additional paid-in capital              14,714,257            14,687,206
     Accumulated deficit                   (35,221,055)          (28,706,729)
     Accumulated other comprehensive
      income (loss), foreign currency
      translation adjustments                  143,052              (317,283)
                                               -------              --------
       Total stockholders' equity            2,256,768             8,283,708
                                             ---------             ---------
                                           $25,485,240           $30,860,562
                                           ===========           ===========




SOURCE  BPO Management Services, Inc.

Patrick Dolan, Chairman & CEO of BPO Management Services, Inc.,
patrick.dolan@bpoms.com
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