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Press Release - April 20, 2005
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Yoqneam, Israel, April 20, 2005
MIND CTI Reports EPS of 5 cents in Q1 2005

* Positive Operating Cash Flow of $2 Million


MIND C.T.I. LTD. (NASDAQ: MNDO), a leading global provider of real-time mediation, rating, billing and customer care solutions for pre-paid and post-paid voice, data and content, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005.

Key Highlights of Q1 2005
  • Revenues were $3.08 million, a 23% decrease from $4 million in the first quarter of 2004.
  • Net income for the first quarter was $1.03 million or $0.05 per diluted share, compared with a net income of $1.34 million or $0.06 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2004.
  • Five new customer wins.
  • The company generated $2.05 million in cash this quarter and distributed $6.88 million in annual dividends. Cash position remains strong with $46.66 million on the balance sheet on March 31, 2005.

Monica Eisinger, MIND chairperson and chief executive officer, commented: “After over two years of strong growth the market is showing some signs of fatigue this quarter, with both existing and potential customers delaying commitments.

We are encouraged by a slight improvement towards the end of the quarter and expect to see sequential revenue growth in the second quarter.

We are pleased that we maintained positive operating income and we believe that we maintained our market share.

We continue to believe that the migration to converged networks is irreversible and we continue to invest in expanding our solutions to the new growing needs of billing for triple-play (voice, data and video). With an eye on expenses, we continue to recruit senior executives as we believe that the company will need a skilled management team to take advantage of the growth opportunities over the next few quarters and years. Although normal fluctuations in the business should be expected, we believe the long-term carrier migration to IP will result in revenue growth and profitability enhancement over the next few years."

Revenue Distribution for Q1 2005
The geographic revenue breakdown, as a percentage of total revenues, was as follows: sales in Europe represented 48%, the Americas represented 14%, Africa represented 12%, APAC represented 16% and Israel represented 10%.

Revenue from our customer care and billing software totaled $2.34 million, while revenue from our enterprise call management software was $741 thousand. The revenue breakdown from our business lines of products was $1.54 million, or 50%, from licenses, $1.28 million, or 41%, from maintenance and $265 thousand, or 9%, from services.

New Board Member
At the Annual General Meeting held in April 2005, Mr. Menahem Shalgi was elected as an outside director of the company. Mr. Menahem Shalgi is a senior Amdocs Inc. (NYSE: DOX) veteran, and brings over three decades of software and telecom industry experience. Mr. Shalgi recently served as Amdocs' VP Business Development and M&A. He was responsible for leading the company's new businesses strategy and in addition, Mr. Shalgi was responsible for investments and acquisitions. Prior to assuming the role of corporate Business Development and M&A, Mr. Shalgi was Amdocs VP and Executive Account Manager, responsible for Marketing, Sales, Development and Support for large international accounts.

New Executive Addition
We continue to add experienced people to further strengthen our management team. In April 2005 Mr. Benny Rosenbaum joined us to serve as COO, a new position at MIND. Prior to joining our company, he was CEO of a start-up in the Enterprise Software field and prior to that he was employed by Magic Software (NASDAQ: MGIC) for 14 years, where he served in various Sales, Business Development and Branch management positions.

As of March 31, 2005, we had 252 employees in our offices in Israel, Romania, the United States and China.

Conference Call Information
MIND will host a conference call on April 21, at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Time, to discuss the Company's first quarter results and other financial and business information, including trends and guidance for the near future. The call will be carried live on the Internet via www.fulldisclosure.com and the MIND website, www.mindcti.com. For those unable to listen to the live web cast, a replay will be available.


                           MIND C.T.I. LTD.
                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


                                          March 31        December 31,
                                    --------------------- ------------
                                       2005       2004        2004
                                    --------- ----------- ------------
                                         (Unaudited)       (Audited)
                                    --------------------- ------------
                                           U.S. $ in thousands
                                    ----------------------------------


         A  s  s  e  t  s
CURRENT ASSETS:
  Cash and cash equivalents           $5,828      $5,945      $18,687
  Accounts receivable:
     Trade                             1,780       1,660        3,418
     Interest accrued on long-term
      bank deposits                      833       1,227          242
     Other                               455         889          773
  Inventories                             19          11           18
                                    --------- ----------- ------------
        T o t a l  current assets      8,915       9,732       23,138

LONG-TERM BANK DEPOSITS               40,000      37,000       30,000
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net of
 accumulated depreciation and
 amortization                          1,810       1,508        1,790
OTHER ASSETS, net of accumulated
 amortization                            644         824          788
                                    --------- ----------- ------------
        T o t a l  assets            $51,369     $49,064      $55,716
                                    ========= =========== ============
      Liabilities and shareholders'
       equity
CURRENT LIABILITIES -
  accounts payable and accruals:
    Trade                               $363        $530         $466
    Deferred revenues                  1,578       1,878        1,680
    Other                              1,891       1,425        2,124
                                    --------- ----------- ------------
        T o t a l  current
         liabilities                   3,832       3,833        4,270
EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UPON RETIREMENT        1,139       1,009        1,200
                                    --------- ----------- ------------
        T o t a l liabilities          4,971       4,842        5,470
                                    --------- ----------- ------------
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
  Share capital                           53          53           53
  Additional paid-in capital          59,343      58,591       59,079
  Accumulated deficit                (12,998)    (14,422)      (8,886)
                                    --------- ----------- ------------
        T o t a l  shareholders'
         equity                       46,398      44,222       50,246
                                    --------- ----------- ------------
        T o t a l  liabilities and
         shareholders' equity        $51,369     $49,064      $55,716
                                    ========= =========== ============
                           MIND C.T.I. LTD.
            CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


                                         Three months      Year ended
                                        ended March 31    December 31,
                                      ------------------
                                         2005      2004       2004
                                      ---------- ------- -------------
                                          (Unaudited)      (Audited)
                                      ------------------ -------------
                                            U.S. $ in thousands
                                          (except per share data)
                                      --------------------------------
REVENUES                                 $3,082  $4,005       $17,806
COST OF REVENUES                            804   1,001         4,394
                                      ---------- ------- -------------
GROSS PROFIT                              2,278   3,004        13,412
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES           998     951         3,833
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
 EXPENSES:
  Selling                                   593   1,117         4,517
  General and administrative                360     334         1,864
                                      ---------- ------- -------------
OPERATING INCOME                            327     602         3,198
FINANCIAL AND OTHER INCOME - net            719     790         3,841
                                      ---------- ------- -------------
INCOME BEFORE TAXES ON INCOME             1,046   1,392         7,039
TAXES ON INCOME                              15      51           162
                                      ---------- ------- -------------
NET INCOME                               $1,031  $1,341        $6,877
                                      ========== ======= =============
EARNING PER SHARE:
     Basic                                $0.05   $0.06         $0.33
                                      ========== ======= =============
     Diluted                              $0.05   $0.06         $0.32
                                      ========== ======= =============
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF
  ORDINARY SHARES USED IN
  COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER
  SHARE - IN THOUSANDS:
  Basic                                  21,364  20,762        21,089
                                      ========== ======= =============
  Diluted                                21,679  21,287        21,468
                                      ========== ======= =============

                           MIND C.T.I. LTD.
                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


                                         Three months      Year ended
                                        ended March 31    December 31,
                                       -----------------
                                         2005     2004       2004
                                       --------- ------- -------------
                                       (In thousands of U.S. dollars)
                                       -------------------------------


CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
  Net Income                             $1,031  $1,341        $6,877
  Adjustments to reconcile net
   income to net cash provided by
   operating activities:
     Depreciation and amortization          180     187           680
     Accrued severance pay                  (61)     17           202
     Capital loss (gain) on sale
      of property and equipment - net       (23)      6            (7)
     Changes in operating asset
      and liability items:
        Decrease (increase) in
         accounts receivable:
           Trade                          1,638     521        (1,237)
           Interest accrued on long-term
            bank deposits                  (591)   (871)          240
           Other                            318     (31)           93
        Increase (decrease) in
         accounts payable and accruals:
           Trade                           (103)   (188)         (252)
           Other                           (335)    580         1,081
        Increase in Inventories              (1)                   (7)
                                       --------- ------- -------------
  Net cash provided by operating
   activities                             2,053   1,562         7,670
                                       --------- ------- -------------
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
  Purchase of property and
   equipment                               (216)   (470)       (1,226)
  Amounts funded in respect of
   accrued severance pay                     94      (6)         (120)
  Investment in long-term bank
   deposits                             (10,000)              (40,000)
  Withdrawal of long-term bank
   deposits                                       3,126        50,000
  Proceeds from sale of property
   and equipment                             89       1           145
                                       --------- ------- -------------
  Net cash provided by (used in)
   investing activities                 (10,033)  2,651         8,799
                                       --------- ------- -------------
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
      Employee stock options
       exercised and paid                   264      77           563
      Dividend paid                      (5,143) (2,736)       (2,736)
                                       --------- ------- -------------
  Net cash used in financing
   activities                            (4,879) (2,659)       (2,173)
                                       --------- ------- -------------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
 AND CASH EQUIVALENTS                   (12,859)  1,554        14,296
BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH
 EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD      18,687   4,391         4,391
                                       --------- ------- -------------
BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH
 EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD            $5,828  $5,945       $18,687
                                       ========= ======= =============


About MIND
MIND CTI Ltd. (www.mindcti.com) is a leading global provider of real-time billing and customer care solutions for pre-paid and post-paid voice, data and video. Since 1997 MIND has been a pioneer in enabling the VoIP technology for emerging and incumbent service providers. MIND solutions include “best-in-class” solutions for Service Enabling of IP services in the wireless arena, end-to-end convergent billing solutions and internal billing for large enterprises. MIND operates from offices in Europe, Israel, the United States and China.

For financial information, reports and presentations, please visit the Investor Relations site: http://www.mindcti.com/ir




Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: All statements other than historical facts included in the foregoing press release regarding the Company's business strategy are "forward looking statements." These statements are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results may materially differ. The forward looking statements involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including the risks discussed in the Company's filings with the United States Securities Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information.


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