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Wave Q3 Revenues Rose 164% to $4.8 Million
with Record Total Billings of $5.2 Million

Q3'09 was Wave's Second Consecutive Quarter of Positive EBITDAS

Lee, MA — November 9, 2009 — Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX -- www.wave.com) today reported results for the third quarter (Q3) and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and reviewed recent corporate progress and developments.

Principally reflecting higher bundled software royalties, services revenue and increased software upgrade sales, Wave's Q3 2009 net revenues rose 164% to $4.8 million, compared with Q3 2008 net revenues of $1.8 million. Q3 ‘09 net revenues rose 1% over Q2 '09 due to a 7% increase in licensing revenue that more than offset a decline in services revenue related to the completion of a government contract in Q3 '09. Total billings for Q3 2009 grew 13% to $5.2 million compared to Q2 '09 and grew 126% as compared to Q3 '08. A reconciliation of total billings to total net revenues is provided below.

Reflecting ongoing cost reduction efforts aimed at improving Wave's cash flow from operations, Q3 '09 SG&A expense declined by 27% to $2.9 million from $4.0 million in Q3 '08, while research and development expenses were reduced by 35% to $2.1 million from $3.2 million in Q3 '08. On a sequential basis, Q3 '09 SG&A was in line with Q2 '09 SG&A while research and development expense increased 15% from $1.8 million in Q2 '09 as a result of required investments in product development.

Wave's Q3 '09 net loss was $479,000, or $0.01 per basic and diluted share, compared with a Q3 '08 net loss of $5.6 million, or $0.10 per basic and diluted share, and Wave's Q2 2009 net loss of $344,000, or $0.01 per basic and diluted share. Per-share figures are based on a weighted average number of basic shares outstanding in the third quarters of 2009 and 2008 of 71.8 million and 57.9 million, respectively, and 66.4 million in the second quarter of 2009.

To highlight its operational performance on a cash-flow basis, Wave reports EBITDAS, a non-GAAP measure defined as earnings before interest income (expense), income taxes, depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation expense. For Q3 ‘09 Wave reported its second consecutive quarter of positive EBITDAS. Q3 '09 EBITDAS was $60,000, compared to negative EBITDAS of $5.0 million in Q3 '08. A reconciliation of net income to EBITDAS is provided below.

As of September 30, 2009, Wave had total current assets of $5.2 million as compared to $2.4 million at June 30, 2009 and compared with $2.9 million at December 31, 2008. Wave's deferred revenue rose to $1.6 million at September 30 as compared with $1.2 million at the end of Q2 ‘09.

Steven Sprague, President and CEO of Wave Systems, commented, "Having achieved year-over-year and quarterly growth in our software licensing sales, despite ongoing challenges in tech sector spending, Wave was able to report total net revenue of $4.8 million in Q3 '09, as well as record total billings of $5.2 million. Of equal importance, Wave achieved positive EBITDAS for the second straight quarter."

"We continue to see encouraging interest in our EMBASSY security solutions for managing self-encrypting hard drives," Sprague added. "Shipments of our EMBASSY Trusted Drive Manager with self-encrypting drives sold by our OEM customers increased 42 percent in Q3 '09 versus Q2 '09. While the shipment volumes remain relatively modest, we are pleased with our continued progress on this front.

"In Q3 '09, our billings attributable to upgrades to our EMBASSY Remote Administration Server (ERAS) grew 98 percent over Q2 ‘09. We completed ERAS upgrade sales across market segments in the U.S. and Europe, including advertising, aerospace, construction, finance, government, healthcare, IT, legal, non-profit, utilities and telecommunications. In addition, we completed an installation of EMBASSY software for the management of Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) to strengthen the security of user certificates for one of the world's largest professional services firms.

"Finally, we recently reported a $1.6 million professional services contract from a U.S. government agency which followed an earlier $786,000 services contract completed in Q3 ‘09. We continue to actively support their review and analysis of trusted computing solutions," Sprague concluded.

Summary of Recent Progress/Developments:

• In September Wave announced its participation in the first open pilot program to enable the public to register and participate in government websites without creating new user names and passwords. Wave joined Yahoo!, PayPal, Google, Equifax, AOL, Citi and others in offering solutions based on OpenID and Information Card technologies. Wave developed a service that combined the hardware security of the TPM with open identities for secure, single sign-on access to Web services, utilizing OpenID and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML).

• At Digital ID World in September Wave released and demonstrated a beta version of id.wave.com, its new identity service for strong authentication and single-sign on to Web services and applications in the Cloud. id.wave.com takes advantage of the TPM security chip to secure users' authentication identities with keys held in the TPM.

• During the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco, Wave demonstrated remote, out-of-band management of self-encrypting drives using Intel® vPro™ Technology with Wave's EMBASSY® client and server software. The solution allows a secure network unlock of the drives automatically by an administrator, regardless of whether the PC is powered on or not and independent of the operating system.

• Systems integrator NCI Information Systems (NCI) named Wave Systems as one of its subcontractors for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Alliant prime contract.

• Wave continued to ramp its global marketing efforts demonstrating at GITEX Technology Week in Dubai at Dell's booth. The show, which attracted more than 100,000 attendees, is one of the world's largest information technology exhibitions. Wave showcased its advanced lifecycle management tools for self-encrypting drives available directly from Dell.
  
  
• Wave's eSignSystems division was named to Mortgage Technology magazine's elite "Lasting Impact Award," recognizing eSign for its contributions to the burgeoning electronic mortgage space.

 

For more information please contact:

Wave Contact: Gerard T. Feeney, CFO Wave Systems Corp. 413-243-1600 info@wavesys.com

 

WAVE SYSTEMS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)

 

 

WAVE SYSTEMS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Supplemental Schedules
(Unaudited)

	Three months ended					Nine months ended
	September 30, 2009		September 30, 2008			September 30, 2009		September 30, 2008

Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
As supplemental information, we provide the non-GAAP performance measures that we refer to as total billings and EBITDAS. Total billings is provided in addition to, but not as a substitute for, GAAP total net revenues. Total billings means the sum of total net revenues determined in accordance with GAAP, plus the increase or minus the decrease in deferred revenue. We consider total billings an important measure of our financial performance, as we believe it best represents the continued increase in our software license upgrades. Total billings is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP and, as calculated by us, may not be consistent with computations of total billings by other companies.  EBITDAS is defined as net income (loss) before interest income (expense), income taxes, depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation. EBITDAS should not be construed as a substitute for net income (loss) or net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (all as determined in accordance with GAAP) for the purpose of analyzing our operating performance, financial position and cash flows, as EBITDAS is not defined by GAAP. However, we regard EBITDAS as a complement to net income (loss) and other GAAP financial performance measures, including an indirect measure of operating cash flow.

 

WAVE SYSTEMS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)

	September 30, 2009		December 31, 2008
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$3,137,299		$951,563
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $-0-
at September 30, 2009 and $16,364 at December 31, 2008	1,678,750		1,701,829
Prepaid expenses	381,049		227,967
Total current assets	5,197,098		2,881,359
Property and equipment, net	278,054		408,440
Other assets	132,161		139,975
Total Assets	5,607,313		3,429,774
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	5,228,290		7,655,834
Current portion of capital lease payable	60,686		63,537
Deferred revenue	1,599,699		1,484,044
Total current liabilities	6,888,675		9,203,415
Long-term portion of capital lease payable	199,415		245,362
Total liabilities	7,088,090		9,448,777
Stockholders' Equity (Deficit):
8% Series I Convertible Preferred stock, $.01 par value. 220 shares issued and outstanding (liquidation preference of $968,000) in 2009 and 2008	2		2
Series J Convertible Preferred stock, $.01 par value. -0- shares issued and outstanding (liquidation preference of $-0-) in 2009 and 91 shares issued and outstanding (liquidation preference of $364,000) in 2008	-		1
8% Series K Convertible Preferred stock, $.01 par value. -0- shares issued and outstanding (liquidation preference of $-0-) in 2009 and 456 shares issued and outstanding (liquidation preference of $1,276,800) in 2008	-		5
Common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 150,000,000 shares as Class A; 72,742,818 shares issued and outstanding in 2009 and 58,877,968 in 2008	727,428		588,780
Common stock, $.01 par value. Authorized 13,000,000 shares as Class B; 38,232 shares issued and outstanding in 2009 and 2008	382		382
Capital in excess of par value	344,826,976		338,081,691
Accumulated deficit	(347,035,565)		(344,689,864)
Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)	(1,480,777)		(6,019,003)
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)	$5,607,313		$3,429,774

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