Check Point Software Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2007

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007.

“During the third quarter, Check Point delivered record quarterly results for revenues and non-GAAP net income and EPS,” said Gil Shwed, chairman and chief executive officer of Check Point Software. “The overall success of the quarter is a result of our pure focus on security and Unified Security Architecture. This is demonstrated by the growth of our new data security business and core network security business, which delivered the largest quarterly revenue contribution in our history.”

Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter of 2007:

• Total Revenues: $184 million, an increase of 29 percent compared to $142.5 million in the third quarter of 2006. Network security accounted for a record $163 million in revenues and data security contributed $21 million in revenues.
• Net Income – GAAP: $76.7 million, an increase of 8 percent compared to $71.1 million in the third quarter of 2006. Net income in the third quarter of 2007 includes acquisition related charges, net of taxes, of $7.5 million and equity-based compensation expenses, net of taxes, of $7.7 million. Equity-based compensation expenses have been reported since the beginning of 2006 pursuant to SFAS 123R.
• Net Income – Non GAAP¹: $91.9 million, an increase of 17 percent compared to $78.6 million in the third quarter of 2006. Non-GAAP net income excludes equity-based compensation expenses and acquisition related charges².
• Earnings per Diluted Share – GAAP: $0.34, an increase of 10 percent compared to $0.31 in the third quarter of 2006. Equity-based compensation expenses of $0.04 are included in the third quarter of 2007 GAAP results pursuant to SFAS 123R and acquisition related charges of $0.05. Net of taxes, these charges totaled $0.07.
• Earnings per Diluted Share – Non GAAP: $0.41, an increase of 21 percent compared to $0.34 in the third quarter of 2006. Non-GAAP EPS excludes equity-based compensation expenses and acquisition related charges.
• Deferred Revenues: $227.2 million represented an increase of $53.8 million or a 31 percent increase compared to deferred revenues as of September 30, 2006.
• Cash Flow: cash flow from operations was $88.8 million, an increase of 18 percent compared to the third quarter of 2006.
• Share Repurchase Program: during the third quarter of 2007, Check Point repurchased 1.8 million shares at a total cost of $42.3 million.

Recent Business Highlights Include:

• Increasing number of large transactions – We continued to see growth in the number of large transactions originating from a variety of industries, and across all geographies. Transactions greater than $50 thousand accounted for 40% of total order value. This quarter, we had 15 transactions larger than one million dollars including customers from the world’s largest financial institutions, consumer goods manufacturers, telecommunication companies and government agencies.
• Third Quarter Geographical Revenue Distribution – Remained consistent with the second quarter, with the Americas representing 47% of revenue, with EMEA contributing 42%, and Asia Pacific and Japan contributing the remaining 11% of revenue for the quarter.
• Leadership Recognized in Gartner’s 2007 Magic Quadrant - Gartner, Inc. announced Check Point’s leadership position in the 2007 "Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection 2007" report. This evaluation is a validation of Check Point’s continuing success and commitment to securing sensitive information. Check Point offers businesses complete, industry-proven solutions that deploy quickly and easily to protect all sensitive data.
• Awarded New Government Security Certification - Certification in FIPS 140-2 for Pointsec Protector and the cryptography module utilized in Pointsec PC and Pointsec Mobile further establishes Check Point as a leading provider of data security solutions. The FIPS 140-2 standard ranks among the most difficult to achieve and is required before any encryption products can be offered to government entities.
• Key Partner and Customer Events – During the third quarter we hosted two of our annual Check Point Experience Events in Asia Pacific and Europe in which we shared our vision and solutions with key customers and partners. We've seen over a 30% increase in the number of attendees in our European conference.

Mr. Shwed continued, “The third quarter of 2007 underscores the success we have experienced so far this year. We continue to be pleased with the performance of our data security business as we continue to lead this new and emerging market. Our core network security business is tracking better than our original expectations, driven largely by the success of our UTM-1 appliance products and Unified Security Architecture.”

Recent Changes in Check Point’s Financial Reporting

We have updated our financial statement reporting in accordance with the latest reporting standards. We now combine the Software Subscription line with the services line and it is now called Software updates, maintenance and services. We also split the Cost of revenues line in order to present Cost of products and licenses, cost of software updates, maintenance and services and Amortization of technology separately.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, Check Point uses non-GAAP measures of net income, operating income and earnings per share, which are adjustments from results based on GAAP to exclude non-cash equity-based compensation charges in accordance with SFAS 123R and acquisition related charges. Check Point’s management believes the non-GAAP financial information provided in this release is useful to investors’ understanding and assessment of Check Point’s on-going core operations and prospects for the future. The presentation of this non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Management uses both GAAP and non-GAAP information in evaluating and operating business internally and as such has determined that it is important to provide this information to investors.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

Check Point will host a conference call with the investment community on October 22, 2007 at 8:30 AM ET/5:30 AM PT. To listen to the live webcast, please visit Check Point’s website at http://www.checkpoint.com/ir. A replay of the conference call will be available through November 5, 2007 at the company's website http://www.checkpoint.com/ir or by telephone at (973) 341-3080, pass code 9308086.

¹ See “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information” and “Reconciliation of Supplemental Financial Information” below for more information regarding Check Point’s use of non-GAAP measures.

² “Equity based compensation expenses” refer to the amortized fair value of all equity based awards granted to employees. “Acquisition related charges” refer to the impact of the amortization of intangible assets and other acquisition related expenses.

About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leader in securing the Internet. The company is a market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall, data security and VPN markets. Check Point’s PURE focus is on IT security with its extensive portfolio of network security, data security and security management solutions. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture for a broad range of security solutions to protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market leading data security solutions through the Pointsec product line, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite and additional consumer security solutions protect millions of consumer PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from hundreds of leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes.

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CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (In thousands, except per share amounts)
		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		September 30,				September 30,
		2007		2006		2007		2006
		(unaudited)		(unaudited)		(unaudited)		(unaudited)
Revenues:
Products and licenses		$76,890		$58,787		$216,256		$172,098
Software updates, maintenance and services		107,122		83,731		307,917		242,948
Total revenues		184,012		142,518		524,173		415,046
Operating expenses:
Cost of products and licenses		8,511		3,579		20,498		9,399
Cost of software updates, maintenance and services		6,249		4,485		17,606		12,912
Amortization of technology		7,154		1,353		20,570		4,061
Total cost of revenues		21,914		9,417		58,674		26,372
Research and development		19,885		14,266		59,528		46,460
Selling and marketing		52,515		38,013		159,853		114,092
General and administrative		12,038		10,383		37,759		32,937
Acquired in process research and development		-		-		17,000		-
Total operating expenses		106,352		72,079		332,814		219,861
Operating income		77,660		70,439		191,359		195,185
Financial income, net		11,569		15,595		36,282		47,321
Income before income taxes		89,229		86,034		227,641		242,506
Taxes on income		12,491		14,897		34,494		44,020
Net income		$76,738		$71,137		$193,147		$198,486
Earnings per share (basic)		$0.35		$0.31		$0.86		$0.83
Number of shares used in computing earnings per share (basic)		221,893		231,008		223,361		238,458
Earnings per share (diluted)		$0.34		$0.31		$0.85		$0.83
Number of shares used in computing earnings per share (diluted)		224,974		231,656		226,266		239,327

CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. RECONCILIATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION (In thousands, except per share amounts)
		Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
		September 30,					September 30,
		2007			2006		2007		2006
		(unaudited)			(unaudited)		(unaudited)		(unaudited)
GAAP operating income		$77,660			$70,439		$191,359		$195,185
Stock-based compensation (1)		8,299			6,473		25,225		27,388
Amortization of intangible assets and acquisition related expenses (2)		10,338			1,504		29,639		5,441
Acquired in process research and development		-			-		17,000		-
Non-GAAP operating income		96,297			$78,416		$263,223		$228,014
GAAP net income		$76,738			$71,137		$193,147		$198,486
Stock-based compensation (1)		8,299			6,473		25,225		27,388
Amortization of intangible assets and acquisition related expenses (2)		10,338			1,504		29,639		5,441
Acquired in process research and development		-			-		17,000		-
Taxes on stock-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets and acquisition related expenses (3)		(3,438)			(542)		(8,782)		(1,625)
Non-GAAP net income		$91,937			$78,572		$256,229		$229,690
GAAP Earnings per share (diluted)		$0.34			$0.31		$0.85		$0.83
Stock-based compensation (1)		0.04			0.03		0.11		0.11
Amortization of intangible assets and acquisition related expenses (2)		0.05			0.00		0.14		0.02
Acquired in process research and development		0.00			0.00		0.07		0.00
Taxes on stock-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets and acquisition related expenses (3)		(0.02)			0.00		(0.04)		(0.00)
Non-GAAP Earnings per share (diluted)		$0.41			$0.34		$1.13		$0.96
Number of shares used in computing Non-GAAP earnings per share (diluted)		224,974			231,656		226,266		239,327
(1) Stock-based compensation:
Cost of revenues		$188			$88		$522		$257
Research and development		1,225			909		3,295		7,426
Selling and marketing		2,459			966		6,807		5,782
General and administrative		4,427			4,510		14,601		13,923
Total before taxes		$8,299			$6,473		$25,225		$27,388
(2) Amortization of intangible assets and acquisition related expenses:
Cost of revenues		$7,154			$1,353		$20,570		$4,061
Selling and marketing		3,184			151		9,069		453
General and administrative		-			-		-		927
Total before taxes		10,338			1,504		29,639		5,441
(3) Taxes on stock-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets and acquisition related expenses		(3,438)			(542)		(8,782)		(1,625)
Total, net		$15,199			$7,435		$46,082		$31,204

CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA (In thousands) ASSETS
							September 30,			December 31,
							2007			2006
							(unaudited)			(unaudited)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents							$327,803			$519,443
Marketable securities							394,662			571,621
Trade receivables, net							130,264			141,881
Other receivables and prepaid expenses							23,950			22,408
Total current assets							876,679			1,255,353
Long-term assets:
Marketable securities							482,364			558,874
Property, plant and equipment, net							56,853			47,192
Intangible assets, net							170,471			23,117
Goodwill							657,009			182,115
Deferred income taxes, net							4,806			6,977
Other assets							681			534
Total long-term assets							1,372,184			818,809
Total assets							$2,248,863			$2,074,162
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Deferred revenues							$227,156			$204,149
Trade payables and other accrued liabilities							171,327			153,900
Total current liabilities							398,483			358,049
Deferred tax liability, net							33,775			-
Accrued severance pay, net							5,360			4,580
Minority							447			-
Total liabilities							438,065			362,629
Shareholders’ equity:
Share capital							774			774
Additional paid-in capital							448,653			422,381
Treasury shares at cost							(848,752)			(728,909)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss							(1,458)			(6,293)
Retained earnings							2,211,581			2,023,580
Total shareholders’ equity							1,810,798			1,711,533
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity							$2,248,863			$2,074,162
Total cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities							1,204,829			1,649,938

CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. SELECTED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW DATA (In thousands)
			Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
			September 30,				September 30,
			2007		2006		2007		2006
			(unaudited)		(unaudited)		(unaudited)		(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities:
Net income			$76,738		$71,137		$193,147		$198,486
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment			1,602		1,501		4,546		4,246
Decrease (increase) in trade and other receivables, net			3,214		(5,598)		43,845		37,286
Increase (decrease) in deferred revenues, trade payables and other accrued liabilities			(3,878)		(1,479)		(17,221)		4,654
Acquisition of in process research and development			-		-		17,000		-
Amortization of intangible assets			10,338		1,504		29,639		4,514
Stock-based compensation			8,299		6,473		25,225		27,388
Deferred income taxes, net			(7,467)		1,827		(15,863)		3,980
Net cash provided by operating activities			88,846		75,365		280,318		280,554
Cash flow from investing activities:
Cash paid in conjunction with the acquisition of Protect Data, net			(214)		-		(594,508)		-
Investment in property, plant and equipment			(2,652)		(1,905)		(12,638)		(41,915)
Net cash used in investing activities			(2,866)		(1,905)		(607,146)		(41,915)
Cash flow from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of shares upon exercise of options			7,954		6,111		22,889		46,559
Purchase of treasury shares			(42,272)		(201,440)		(147,899)		(403,798)
Tax benefit related to exercise of stock options			-		-		-		3,450
Net cash used in financing activities			(34,318)		(195,329)		(125,010)		(353,789)
Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net			2,991		7,852		6,729		1,857
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents, deposits and marketable securities			54,653		(114,017)		(445,109)		(113,293)
Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities at the beginning of the period			1,150,176		1,726,067		1,649,938		1,725,343
Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities at the end of the period			1,204,829		1,612,050		1,204,829		1,612,050