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MIND C.T.I. Ltd (MNDO)

Q4 2010 Earnings Call· Thu, Feb 17, 2011

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Transcript

Operator

Operator

Good day and welcome to the MIND’s Q4 and year-end 2010 earnings conference call. Today’s conference is being recorded. At this time, I’d like to turn the conference over to your host today to Ms. Andrea Dray. Please go ahead, madam.

Andrea Dray

Management

Thank you, operator. Good morning everyone and welcome to MIND’s conference call. Before we begin, I would like to point out that during this call, we will discuss certain financial information that is not prepared in accordance with GAAP. The company’s management uses its financial information and internal analysis in order to exclude the effects of acquisitions and other significant items that may have a disproportionate effect in a particular period. Accordingly, management believes that isolating the effects of such events enables management and investors to consistently analyze the critical components and results of operations of the company’s business and to have a meaningful comparison to prior periods. Also, this call includes information that constitutes forward-looking statements. Although we believe that expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be obtained or that any deviations will not be material. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ from those anticipated. These risks include but are not limited to the effects of general economic conditions and such other risks as discussed in our earnings release and at greater length in the company’s filings with the SEC. MIND may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future. However, the company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. Yesterday, MIND reported the results of its fourth quarter and full year 2010. The financials can be found in our Form 6K and on our website. On the call today from MIND is Ms. Monica Iancu, MIND’s CEO. I would now like to turn the call over to Monica. Monica, please go ahead.

Monica Iancu

Management

Thank you Andrea. Good day ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for your interest in MIND and for joining us today. In our call today, I will summarize our major achievements in 2010 and discuss our business. You can find the full financials that we reported yesterday on our website. In this call I am delighted to have by my side our newly appointed permanent CFO, Mr. Aviram Cohen. Aviram joined MIND as Controller in June of 2006. Before joining us, he served as an auditor at E&Y. After two promising quarters of serving as Interim CFO, we now appointed Mr. Aviram Cohen as permanent CFO. We are pleased with our total revenues for 2010 that were closed to $20 million, a 13% internal growth over 2009. Our operating income was above our target of 20% and they reached $5 million dollars or 25% of revenues including a non-cash impairment of goodwill and intangible assets of $993,000 and equity based compensation expense of $139,000. The growth in revenues and some increased efficiency helped us increase the operating income from 2009, operating income of $2.2 million. Net income was $4.9 million or $0.26 per share. Cash flow from operating activities was $6.3 million similar to 2009. Our balance sheet continues to be strong with total cash position of $20.5 million at the end of 2010. Our backlog as of December 31, 2010 includes approximately $12.2 million, which is expected to be billed by year-end. Similar to the one, we reported on the same date last year. We are pleased with our continued execution as well as with the growing interest in our solutions. Our technical teams, development pre and post sales support had to be praised for their great work. I wish to join our customers and thank the whole MIND’s team.…

Operator

Operator

Hello. (Operator Instructions) We’ll pause for just a moment to allow everyone to signal. We will take our first question today from James Lee [ph]. Please go ahead.

James Lee

Analyst

Do you anticipate paying this level of cash dividend on an annual basis? I’m assuming that you generate this type of operating results. And number two, regards to the withholding tax, does that apply to U.S. based investors?

Monica Iancu

Management

I am sorry James, but I couldn’t hear the first question.

James Lee

Analyst

So the first question has to do with the cash dividends, whether you anticipate paying this level of cash dividend going forward on an annual basis assuming that you continued to perform like last year?

Monica Iancu

Management

We have now a dividend policy that specifically explains that it is the company policy to distribute a certain amount every year, but every year as we did this year as well we look at the company needs. And the Board needs to finally approve the dividend. We have distributed until now, I think something like seven dividends, seven yearly dividends and we plan to continue to do so, if the situation is the right one. And we really think that our investors appreciate this dividend policy. And this is one of the reasons that we do it. Now regarding the withholding tax, the withholding tax of 20% is by the Israeli law, and it is to all parties from anywhere in the world. And what I advise everybody is to go to their tax advisor and to see how the treaty between Israel and U.S. or any other country helps them with this treatment of the withholding tax.

James Lee

Analyst

All right, thank you.

Monica Iancu

Management

Thank you James.

Operator

Operator

(Operator Instructions) There are no further questions in the queue at this time madam.

Monica Iancu

Management

Okay. So thank you all.

Operator

Operator

That will conclude today’s conference call. Thank you ladies and gentlemen for your participation, you may now disconnect.