Exhibit 99.1

ACCELRYS ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR FISCAL 2009

FINANCIAL RESULTS

San Diego, May 21, 2009 — Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL) today reported financial results for the fiscal quarter and full year ended March 31, 2009.

“We are pleased with our year end results from both a financial and operational standpoint particularly in light of the worldwide recession” said Todd Johnson, Interim President and CEO of Accelrys. “We achieved profitability on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis for the year and increased our cash balance by $5.4 million. We enhanced our life sciences and materials sciences offerings and released Pipeline Pilot Enterprise Server 7.5, the latest version of our industry-leading scientific operating platform. The new release includes enhanced enterprise-level implementation and security capabilities, thereby further enabling the broader deployment of Pipeline Pilot to our customer base. These enhanced enterprise-wide capabilities are enabling our platform to continue to gain momentum, as we have seen substantial increases in the use of our platform within our largest customers, including most of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. This success combined with the increased competitiveness of our modeling and simulation products has us entering the new fiscal year stronger, more competitively positioned, and excited about the momentum in our business. This fiscal year we will continue to focus on our broader value proposition by offering integrated solutions that include our modeling and simulation products, our cheminformatics capabilities, and the power and reach of Pipeline Pilot, both to current customers and to new customers in new markets, thereby positioning us for continued growth.”

Fourth Quarter 2009 Financial Results:

 

   

Revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 decreased 2% to $20.0 million from $20.4 million for the same quarter of the previous year.

 

   

Non-GAAP net loss was $1.5 million, or $(0.05) per diluted share, for the current quarter compared to non-GAAP net income of $1.0 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the same quarter of the previous year. The non-GAAP net loss in the current quarter included $2.4 million of additional severance expense, as compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

 

   

GAAP net loss was $2.2 million, or $(0.08) per diluted share, for the current quarter compared to GAAP net loss of $0.5 million, or $(0.02) per diluted share, for the same quarter of the previous year. The GAAP net loss in the current quarter included $2.4 million of additional severance expense, as compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

Fiscal 2009 Financial Results:

 

   

Revenue for the full year ended March 31, 2009, was $81.0 million, an increase of 2% from $79.7 million for the prior year.

 

   

Non-GAAP net income was $6.0 million, or $0.22 per diluted share compared to non-GAAP net income of $7.0 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, for the prior year. The non-GAAP net income in the current year included $2.7 million of additional severance expense, as compared to the prior year.

 

   

GAAP net income was $0.1 million, or $0.00 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $1.3 million, or $0.05 per share, for the prior year. The GAAP net income in the current year included $2.7 million of additional severance expense, as compared to the prior year.

 

   

At March 31, 2009, the Company had total cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities of $81.8 million, an increase of $5.4 million from March 31, 2008.

Recent Business and Financial Highlights:

 

   

Released Pipeline Pilot Enterprise Server 7.5, the latest version of the Company’s scientific operating platform, with improved enterprise deployment and security capabilities. Pipeline Pilot Enterprise Server 7.5 integrates with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, enabling users to execute and display applications from the familiar, widely supported SharePoint Server environment.

 

   

Received the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Growth Strategy Leadership Award for the North American Scientific Business Intelligence Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Market. The award is given to the company that has bolstered its position in the market during the base year and whose strategy and technological innovation will have a lasting impact on the market.


   

Won Bio -IT World magazine’s fifth annual Best Practice Award in the category of Knowledge Management for the Company’s biological information system. The Company’s award winning system greatly enhances the registration, association and sharing of biological information, thereby enabling scientists to better-use biological data found throughout their organization The biological information system is the result of a three-year consortium with Merck & Co. and Abbott Laboratories, which were also recipients of the award.

 

   

Achieved substantial increases in orders and users during the fourth quarter for the Company’s scientific operating platform product line.

 

   

Announced the release of the first components of the Cheminformatics Collection for Pipeline Pilot.

Fiscal Year 2009 Business and Financial Highlights:

 

   

Achieved substantial increases in orders and users year over year for the Company’s scientific operating platform product line.

 

   

Announced that one of the largest multi-national oil and gas companies has chosen Accelrys to develop an integrated solution which would enable this company’s catalyst research scientists to both accelerate catalysis research and discovery and to improve the performance of the resulting catalysts.

 

   

Released Materials Studio(R) 4.4, the newest version of the Company’s materials modeling and simulation platform. Materials Studio 4.4 includes new functionality in the areas of mesoscale modeling and quantum mechanics, thereby increasing research productivity by extending the range of materials that can be simulated.

 

   

Continued channel expansion by entering into an OEM agreement pursuant to which Becton Dickinson will integrate portions of the Company’s scientific operating platform into their high content analysis product line.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

This press release describes financial measures for operating income (loss), net income (loss), and net income (loss) per share that exclude stock-based compensation expense, purchased intangible assets amortization and restructuring charges. These financial measures are not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles.

Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide a useful measure of the Company’s operating results, a meaningful comparison with historical results and with the results of other companies, and insight into the Company’s ongoing operating performance. Further, management and the Board of Directors utilize these measures, in addition to GAAP measures, when evaluating and comparing the Company’s operating performance against internal financial forecasts and budgets. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies.

For additional information on the items excluded by the Company from its non-GAAP financial measures please refer to the Form 8-K regarding this release that was furnished today to the Securities and Exchange Commission.


The following table contains a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures (unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share amounts, including footnotes):

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
    Twelve Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2009     2008     2009     2008  

GAAP Operating loss

   $ (2,503 )   $ (957 )   $ (319 )   $ (855 )

Stock-based compensation expense1

     348       985       3,460       3,927  

Purchased intangible asset amortization2

     381       381       1,524       1,524  

Restructuring charges

     46       132       896       179  
                                

Non-GAAP Operating income (loss)

   $ (1,728 )   $ 541     $ 5,561     $ 4,775  
                                

GAAP Net income (loss)

   $ (2,229 )   $ (507 )   $ 94     $ 1,321  

Stock-based compensation expense

     348       985       3,460       3,927  

Purchased intangible asset amortization

     381       381       1,524       1,524  

Restructuring charges

     46       132       896       179  
                                

Non-GAAP Net income (loss)

   $ (1,454 )   $ 991     $ 5,974     $ 6,951  
                                

GAAP Diluted net income (loss) per share

   $ (0.08 )   $ (0.02 )   $ 0.00     $ 0.05  

Stock-based compensation expense

     0.01       0.04       0.13       0.14  

Purchased intangible asset amortization

     0.01       0.01       0.06       0.06  

Restructuring charges

     —         —         0.03       0.01  
                                

Non-GAAP Diluted net income (loss) per share3

   $ (0.05 )   $ 0.04     $ 0.22     $ 0.26  
                                

 

1

Stock-based compensation expense is included in our consolidated statement of operations as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
   Twelve Months Ended
March 31,
     2009     2008    2009    2008

Cost of revenue

   $ (46 )   $ 76    $ 264    $ 323

Product development

     128       225      859      931

Sales and marketing

     142       241      952      945

General and administrative

     124       443      1,385      1,728
                            

Total stock-based compensation expense

   $ 348     $ 985    $ 3,460    $ 3,927
                            

 

2

Purchased intangible asset amortization is included in the cost of revenue line in our consolidated statement of operations.

 

3

Earnings per share amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 do not add due to rounding.

Conference Call Details:

At 5:00 p.m. ET, May 21, 2009, Accelrys will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial results. To participate, please dial (866) 393-7459 (+ (706) 643-4624 outside the United States) and enter the access code, 99346484, approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call. The conference call will also be accessible live on the Investor Relations section of the Accelrys website at www.accelrys.com.

A replay of the conference call will be available online at www.accelrys.com and via telephone by dialing (800) 642-1687 (+1 (706) 645-9291 outside the United States) and entering access code, 99346484, beginning 6:00 p.m. ET on May 21, 2009 through 11:59 p.m. ET on August 21, 2009.

About Accelrys:

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Accelrys develops scientific business intelligence software and solutions for the life sciences, energy, chemicals, aerospace, and consumer products industries. Our customers include many Fortune 500 companies and other commercial entities, as well as academic and government entities. We have a vast portfolio of computer-aided design modeling and simulation offerings which assist our customers in conducting scientific experiments ‘in silico’ in order to reduce the duration and


cost of discovering and developing new drugs and materials. Our scientific business intelligence platform underlies most of our computer-aided design modeling and simulation offerings. Our platform can be used with our products, our competitors’ products and our customers’ proprietary predictive science products. Its flexibility, ease-of-use and advanced chemical, text and image analysis and reporting capabilities enable our customers to mine, aggregate, analyze and report scientific data from disparate sources, thereby better utilizing scientific data within their organizations. For more information about Accelrys, visit its website at http://accelrys.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements:

Statements contained in this press release relating to the Company’s or management’s intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, statements relating to the growth of the Company and to anticipated revenues from customer relationships, are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. These include risks that the Company will not achieve its anticipated results or growth plans, and/or that such growth will not occur due to, among other possibilities, an inability to withstand negative conditions in the global economy or a lack of demand for or market acceptance of the Company’s products, as well as the risks and uncertainties that are contained from time to time in the Company’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2008, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties, and the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CONTACT:

Accelrys, Inc.

Rick Russo

858-799-5200

Investor Relations

MKR Group

Charles Messman or Todd Kehrli

323-468-2300

accl@mkr-group.com


ACCELRYS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
    Twelve Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2009     2008     2009     2008  

Revenue

   $ 19,960     $ 20,409     $ 80,981     $ 79,739  

Cost of revenue

     4,281       4,178       15,671       15,204  
                                

Gross profit

     15,679       16,231       65,310       64,535  

Operating expenses:

        

Product development

     3,503       4,660       15,053       17,762  

Sales and marketing

     9,596       8,729       34,718       32,974  

General and administrative

     5,037       3,667       14,962       14,475  

Restructuring charges

     46       132       896       179  
                                

Total operating expenses

     18,182       17,188       65,629       65,390  
                                

Operating loss

     (2,503 )     (957 )     (319 )     (855 )

Interest and other income, net

     562       705       1,608       3,237  
                                

Income (loss) before taxes

     (1,941 )     (252 )     1,289       2,382  

Income tax expense

     288       255       1,195       1,061  
                                

Net income (loss)

   $ (2,229 )   $ (507 )   $ 94     $ 1,321  
                                

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share

   $ (0.08 )   $ (0.02 )   $ 0.00     $ 0.05  
                                

Weighted average shares used to compute basic and diluted net income (loss) per share

        

Basic

     27,226       26,792       27,093       26,692  

Diluted

     27,226       26,792       27,203       27,185  


ACCELRYS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     March 31,
2009
   March 31,
2008

Assets

     

Cash and marketable securities1

   $ 81,769    $ 76,382

Trade receivables, net

     21,860      21,976

Other assets, net2

     56,985      57,733
             

Total assets

   $ 160,614    $ 156,091
             

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

     

Current liabilities, excluding deferred revenue

     15,427      14,727

Total deferred revenue3

     57,224      58,341

Noncurrent liabilities, excluding deferred revenue

     7,204      8,140

Total stockholders’ equity

     80,759      74,883
             

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 160,614    $ 156,091
             

 

1

Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities consist of the following line items in our consolidated balance sheet: Cash and cash equivalents; Marketable securities; Restricted cash and marketable securities; and Marketable Securities, net of current portion

 

2

Other assets, net, consists of the following line items in our consolidated balance sheet: Prepaid expenses, deferred tax assets and other current assets; Property and equipment, net; Goodwill; Purchased intangible assets, net; Other assets

 

3

Total deferred revenue consists of the following line items in our consolidated balance sheet: Current portion of deferred revenue; and Deferred revenue, net of current portion