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Taleo Reports Record Third Quarter 2008 Results


Posts Record Revenues; Adds More Than 230 New Customers

Despite a tough economy, customers commit to Taleo for better workforce visibility and productivity

Dublin, CA – November 3, 2008 – Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on demand talent management solutions, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008.

Quarterly Highlights Include: 

-- GAAP revenues of $46.8 million for the third quarter of 2008; Non-GAAP revenues were $50.6 million, which includes the revenue related to the write-down of deferred revenue associated with the acquisition of Vurv Technology, Inc. ("Vurv") on July 1, 2008.

-- Signed more than 230 new customers, including 22 new Enterprise Edition customers and 210 new Business Edition customers.

-- Total number of Taleo Performance(TM) customers exceeded the Company's objective for the year, one full quarter ahead of plan.

-- Net loss of $(8.2) million, or $(0.28) per fully diluted share, resulting from the increase in amortization and transaction costs associated with the Vurv acquisition.

-- Non-GAAP net income of $5.6 million, or $0.17 per fully diluted share.

-- With the acquisition of Vurv, Customer base grew to over 3,800 customers with more than 2.6 million users.

"This was another strong quarter for us, even amidst a challenging economy. Taleo broke our record for revenue; exceeded our goals for Performance Management market penetration and innovation; and established a presence in the compensation management market with a strategic investment and partnership," stated Michael Gregoire, Chairman and CEO of Taleo. "Our success resulted from helping customers of all sizes, worldwide, more quickly assess the skills and staff most needed to help them lead the way out of a tough economy. Whether companies are involved in the reorganization of the banking industry, or optimizing their businesses in the face of economic uncertainty, they are realizing that in this market, talent management is more relevant that ever."

Other significant achievements during the third quarter 2008 include: 

-- Acquired 22 New Taleo Enterprise Edition(TM) Customers. Demand for Taleo's talent management solutions continued with the company signing 22 new enterprise customers, bringing Taleo's enterprise customer base to over 640 organizations around the world. New Taleo Enterprise Edition(TM) customers in North America included: Panasonic Corp. of North America, Frost Bank, Jackson National Life Insurance, Lifepoint Hospitals and Newmont Mining Corporation.

-- Signed Record Number of New SMB Customers. Taleo Business Edition(TM), a recruiting solution targeted at companies with less than 3,000 employees, welcomed 210 new customers, further establishing Taleo as the leader for SMB Recruiting. New TBE customers include: Tesla Motors, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, LA Federal Credit Union and Jaguar Land Rover NA. Taleo also announced Q4 plans to launch Taleo Business Edition Perform, specifically tuned for the staff assessment and performance management needs of SMBs.

-- Continued Rapid International Adoption. Revenues from outside of North America, based on the location of the customer's contracting entity, grew by 130% over the same period last year and represented 13% of total revenues. New international customers included Bic Group, Prudential Distribution Limited and Vertex.

-- Exceeded Plan on Performance Management Momentum. The number of sales of Taleo Performance(TM) exceeded the Company's objective for the year, one full quarter ahead of plan. A second major release of the product was also released earlier this month. The Company closed enterprise deals in North America and Europe, including Bic, Vertex, Wilber-Ellis and Renault.

-- Entered Compensation Management Market with Best in Class Equity Partner. With more than a dozen joint customers in the sales pipeline, Taleo leveraged synergy with WorldWide Compensation and signed a strategic partner arrangement, coupled with an equity investment and option to buy this emerging global compensation provider. This alliance fills out Taleo's Talent Management solution set and enhances the value of its core recruiting and performance solutions.

-- Continued Recruiting Leadership with First Quarter Post Vurv Acquisition: Brought full power of combined sales, support and marketing/operations staff to increase our market leading position in talent management. Market momentum contributed to sold-out Taleo WORLD conference on September 15-18, 2008 for Taleo and Vurv customers alike.

-- Expanded Talent Management Community: Launched Talent Grid. Taleo grew its global presence with over 2.6 million users worldwide; and marked a milestone in September by processing its 100 millionth candidate applying for a job using a Taleo-powered site. Recognizing the network effect of the industry's largest combination of customers, users, candidates and partners, the company announced its Talent Grid cloud computing strategy on September 16, 2008.

Taleo delivered the following results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008:

Revenue: Total revenue, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, for the third quarter was $46.8 million, representing an increase of 39% on a year-over-year basis. Application revenue for the third quarter was $37.4 million, an increase of 36% on a year-over-year basis and a sequential increase of 21%. Total non-GAAP revenue for the third quarter of 2008 was $50.6 million. Total non-GAAP application revenue for the third quarter was $41.0 million. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP revenue reflects the revenue excluded from the GAAP results due to purchase accounting adjustments, which require the write down of deferred revenue associated with the Vurv acquisition in order to reflect fair value.

Net Income (Loss) and Net Income (Loss) Per Share to Common Stockholders: Net loss was $(8.2) million for the third quarter, compared to net income of $2.2 million for the same period last year, driven primarily from restructuring charges and amortization expense related to the acquisition of Vurv. Net income (loss) for the third quarter of 2008 and 2007 includes share-based compensation expense of $3.3 million and $1.8 million, respectively, pursuant to the adoption on January 1, 2006 of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment" (SFAS 123(R)), which requires companies to expense the fair value of employee stock options and similar stock based compensation awards. Net loss per fully diluted share was $(0.28) for the third quarter of 2008 based on 29.4 million weighted average shares outstanding compared to a net income per fully diluted share of $0.08 for the same period in 2007 based on 28.8 million weighted average shares outstanding.

Non-GAAP Net Income and Non-GAAP Net Income Per Share: Non-GAAP net income, which includes the non-GAAP revenue related to the write down of the deferred revenue associated with the Vurv acquisition, and excludes share-based compensation expense pursuant to SFAS 123(R), amortization and impairment of acquired intangibles, restructuring and severance expense, non-cash tax valuation adjustment, and non-cash income tax reserve, was $5.6 million for the third quarter of 2008, compared to a non-GAAP net income of $4.2 million in the same period last year. Non-GAAP net income per fully diluted share was $0.17 for the third quarter of 2008 based on 34.1 million weighted average shares outstanding compared to non-GAAP net income per fully diluted share of $0.15 for the same period in 2007 based on 28.8 million weighted average shares outstanding.

Conference Call Details

In conjunction with this announcement, Taleo will host a conference call 4:30pm EST today to discuss the Company's third quarter 2008 financial results. A live and replay Webcast of the call will be available at the Investor Relations section of Taleo's website at www.taleo.com. The live call may be accessed by dialing 866-543-6407 (domestic) or 617-213-8898 (international) and referencing passcode: 2472-1786. A replay of the call can also be accessed by dialing 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international), and referencing passcode: 5389-7474.

About Taleo

Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO) is the leader in on demand unified talent management solutions that empower organizations of all sizes to assess, acquire, develop and align their workforces for improved business performance. More than 3,800 organizations use Taleo, including 47 of the Fortune 100 and 3,000 small and medium sized businesses, for talent acquisition and performance management, in 200 countries and territories. Known for its strong configurability and usability, Taleo's talent management platform runs on a world-class infrastructure and offers 99.9% availability. Taleo's Talent Grid harnesses the resources of the Taleo community of customers, candidates, and partners to power the talent needs of companies around the world.

Forward-looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Taleo's future financial performance, new product development, market growth, the demand for Taleo's solutions, the impact of Taleo's acquisition of Vurv, and general business conditions. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon Taleo's historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Taleo's expectations as of the date of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and Taleo disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Further information on potential factors that could affect actual results is included in Part I, Item 1A of Taleo's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 14, 2008, in Part II, Item 1A of Taleo's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC on August 11, 2008, and in other reports filed by Taleo with the SEC.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Taleo has provided in this release financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with GAAP. This information includes non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share. Taleo uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results and believes they are useful to investors, as a supplement to GAAP measures, in evaluating Taleo's ongoing operational performance. Taleo believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing its financial measures with other companies in Taleo's industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. As noted, the non-GAAP financial measures discussed above includes non-GAAP revenues related to the write down of the deferred revenue associated with the Vurv acquisition, and excludes share-based compensation expense pursuant to SFAS 123(R), amortization and impairment of acquired intangibles, restructuring and severance expense, non-cash tax valuation adjustment and non-cash income tax reserve. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measure as detailed above. As previously mentioned, a reconciliation of GAAP to the non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the tables included as part of this press release.

 

                            Taleo Corporation
              Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
             (All amounts in thousands except per share data)
                                (Unaudited)
                                    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
                                       September 30        September 30
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
                                      2008      2007      2008      2007
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
Revenue:
  Application                       $ 37,354  $ 27,429  $ 98,430  $ 76,680
  Consulting                           9,442     6,315    24,410    16,735
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
    Total revenue                     46,796    33,744   122,840    93,415
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
Cost of revenue (note 1):
  Application                          9,154     5,476    21,729    15,845
  Amortization of acquired
   intangibles                         1,169        36     1,240       107
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
    Total cost of application
     revenue                          10,323     5,512    22,969    15,952
  Consulting                           7,292     4,799    18,575    13,258
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
    Total cost of revenue             17,615    10,311    41,544    29,210
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
Gross profit                          29,181    23,433    81,296    64,205
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
Operating expenses (note 1):
  Sales and marketing                 18,083     9,949    40,585    26,937
  Research and development             8,540     5,620    22,939    16,515
  General and administrative           9,623     6,267    23,386    18,143
  Restructuring and severance          1,330         -     1,611         -
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
    Total operating expenses          37,576    21,836    88,521    61,595
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
Income / (loss) from operations       (8,395)    1,597    (7,225)    2,610
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
Other income / (expense):
  Interest income                        260       757     1,556     2,106
  Interest expense                       (58)      (42)     (144)      (71)
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
    Total other income                   202       715     1,412     2,035
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
Income / (loss) before provision /
 (benefit) for income tax             (8,193)    2,312    (5,813)    4,645
  Provision / (benefit) for income
   taxes                                 (42)       79      (338)    3,257
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
Net income / (loss) attributable to
 Class A common stockholders        $ (8,151) $  2,233  $ (5,475) $  1,388
                                    ========  ========  ========  ========
Net income / (loss) per share
 attributable to Class A common
 stockholders - basic               $  (0.28) $   0.09  $  (0.20) $   0.06
                                    ========  ========  ========  ========
Net income / (loss) per share
 attributable to Class A common
 stockholders - diluted             $  (0.28) $   0.08  $  (0.20) $   0.05
                                    ========  ========  ========  ========
Weighted average Class A common
 shares - basic                       29,388    24,638    26,818    23,790
                                    ========  ========  ========  ========
Weighted average Class A common
 shares - diluted                     29,388    28,771    26,818    28,225
                                    ========  ========  ========  ========
NOTES
1. Includes share-based compensation
    expense pursuant to 123(R)
      Application cost of revenue   $    176  $     95  $    436  $    237
      Consulting cost of revenue         263       126       637       337
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
      Cost of revenue subtotal           439       221     1,073       574
      Sales and marketing operating
       expense                           932       470     2,454     1,233
      Research and development
       operating expense                 423       308     1,009       836
      General and administrative
       operating expense               1,515       832     4,005     2,153
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
      Operating expense subtotal       2,870     1,610     7,468     4,222
                                    --------  --------  --------  --------
   Total share-based compensation
    expense                         $  3,309  $  1,831  $  8,541  $  4,796
                                    ========  ========  ========  ========
                            Taleo Corporation
        Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Continued)
             (All amounts in thousands except per share data)
                                (Unaudited)
Reconciliation of GAAP net income /
 (loss) and non-GAAP net income:
                                    Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended
                                       September 30        September 30
                                    ------------------  ------------------
                                      2008      2007      2008      2007
                                    --------  --------- --------  ---------
GAAP net income / (loss) reported
 above                              $ (8,151) $   2,233 $ (5,475) $   1,388
Add back:
Revenue
  Non-GAAP application revenue         3,619          -    3,619          -
  Non-GAAP service revenue               233          -      233          -
                                    --------  --------- --------  ---------
    Total  Non-GAAP revenue            3,852         -     3,852          -
Expenses
  Share-based compensation expense
   (SFAS 123(R))                       3,309      1,831    8,541      4,796
  Amortization and impairment of
   acquired intangibles                5,292        108    5,510        257
  Restructuring and severance
   expense                             1,330          -    1,611          -
  Non-cash tax valuation adjustment        -          -     (262)         -
  Non-cash income tax reserve              -          -        -      2,899
                                    --------  --------- --------  ---------
                                       9,931      1,939   15,400      7,952
                                    --------  --------- --------  ---------
Non-GAAP net income                 $  5,632  $   4,172 $ 13,777  $   9,340
                                    ========  ========= ========  =========
Non-GAAP net income per share
  Basic                             $   0.19  $    0.17 $   0.51  $    0.39
                                    ========  ========= ========  =========
  Diluted                           $   0.17  $    0.15 $   0.44  $    0.33
                                    ========  ========= ========  =========
Reconciliation of basic and fully
 diluted share count:
                                    --------  --------- --------  ---------
Basic                                 29,388     24,638   26,818     23,790
                                    --------  --------- --------  ---------
Add:   Weighted Average - Series B
        common stock                     462        804      495      1,249
       Weighted Average - warrants
        & options                      3,800      3,329    3,822      3,186
       Weighted Average - Vurv
        escrow shares                    478          -      160          -
                                    --------  --------- --------  ---------
Diluted                               34,128     28,771   31,295     28,225
                                    --------  --------- --------  ---------
                            Taleo Corporation
                  Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
                        (All amounts in thousands)
                                (Unaudited)
                                                      September  December
                                                         30,        31,
                                                        2008       2007
                                                      ---------  ---------
ASSETS
  Current assets:
    Cash and cash equivalents                        $  49,004  $  86,135
    Restricted cash                                        591        288
    Accounts receivable, net                            42,417     30,255
    Prepaid expenses and other current assets            8,321      5,912
    Investment credit receivable                         6,492      4,734
                                                      ---------  ---------
    Total current assets                                106,825    127,324
  Property and equipment, net                            25,323     23,178
  Restricted Cash                                           611        838
  Other assets                                            5,458      2,147
  Goodwill                                               89,434      9,785
  Other Intangibles, net                                 48,624      1,404
                                                      ---------  ---------
  Total assets                                        $ 276,275  $ 164,676
                                                      =========  =========
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
  Current liabilities:
    Accounts payable and accrued liabilities          $  28,798  $  20,623
    Deferred revenue & customer deposits                 52,947     36,752
    Capital lease obligation, short-term                  1,247         38
                                                      ---------  ---------
    Total current liabilities                            82,992     57,413
  Customer deposits and long term deferred revenue        1,016        273
  Other liabilities                                       3,731      4,535
  Capital lease obligation, long-term                       736         16
  Class B redeemable common stock                             -          -
                                                      ---------  ---------
  Total liabilities                                      88,475     62,237
                                                      ---------  ---------
                                                      ---------  ---------
  Exchangeable share obligation                             220        331
                                                      ---------  ---------
  Stockholders' equity:
    Capital stock                                             -          -
    Additional paid-in capital                          243,114    151,593
    Accumulated deficit                                 (56,863)   (51,387)
    Treasury stock                                         (285)      (195)
    Accumulated other comprehensive income                1,614      2,097
                                                      ---------  ---------
    Total stockholders' equity                          187,580    102,108
                                                      ---------  ---------
  Total liabilities and stockholders' equity          $ 276,275  $ 164,676
                                                      =========  =========
                            Taleo Corporation
                  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                        (All amounts in thousands)
                                (Unaudited)
                                                       Nine Months Ended
                                                         September 30,
                                                        2008      2007
                                                      --------  --------
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income / (loss)                                 $ (5,475) $  1,388
  Adjustments to reconcile net income / (loss) to
   net cash provided by operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization                       13,089     4,683
    Amortization of tenant inducements                    (114)     (167)
    Stock-based compensation expense                     8,543     4,796
    Director fees settled with stock                       172       177
    Bad debt expense                                       259       512
    Interest earned on restricted cash                       -         1
    Changes in working capital accounts:
      Accounts receivable                               (4,452)   (5,287)
      Prepaid expenses and other assets                 (2,619)     (969)
      Investment credit receivable                      (2,055)      587
      Accounts payable and accrued liabilities          (3,615)    3,806
      Deferred revenue & customer deposits               9,885    11,139
                                                      --------  --------
        Net cash provided by operating activities       13,618    20,666
                                                      --------  --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Acquisition of property and equipment                 (5,863)   (7,645)
  Restricted cash - decrease                               210     2,657
  Purchase of investment                                (2,498)        -
  Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired        (49,639)   (3,301)
                                                      --------  --------
        Net cash used in investing activities          (57,790)   (8,289)
                                                      --------  --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Principal payments on capital lease obligations         (344)     (319)
  Proceeds from stock options and warrants exercised     7,520     7,268
                                                      --------  --------
        Net cash (used in) / provided by financing
         activities                                      7,176     6,949
                                                      --------  --------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash
 equivalents                                              (135)      556
                                                      --------  --------
Increase/(Decrease) in cash and cash equivalents       (37,131)   19,882
Cash and cash equivalents:
  Beginning of period                                   86,135    58,785
                                                      --------  --------
  End of period                                       $ 49,004  $ 78,667
                                                      ========  ========
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
  Cash paid for interest                              $     33  $      9
                                                      --------  --------
  Cash paid for income taxes                          $    207  $    124
                                                      --------  --------
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing and
 investing activities:
    Property and equipment purchases included in
     accounts payable, accrued liabilities and
     capital leases                                   $  2,731  $  2,637
    Class B common stock exchanged for Class A
     common stock                                     $     96       507 *
    Treasury stock issued under ESPP                  $    701  $    450
    Treasury stock acquired to settle employee
     withholding liability                            $    791  $    451
    Stock and stock options issued in connection
     with Vurv acquisition                            $ 75,189  $      -
*  The amount previously reported in non-cash activity disclosure of the
condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the quarter ended
September 30, 2007 was erroneously based on the fair value (rather than the
book value) of such shares exchanged of $21,508,000 and such error in
disclosure has been corrected to reflect the exchange at book value of
$507,000.


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