Websense – WBSN – Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2012 Financial Results Exceeds Guidance
Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) announced that its board of directors has named John McCormack as the company’s chief executive officer and as a board member, effective immediately. He succeeds Gene Hodges, who is retiring after serving as both CEO and a board member since January 2006. Websense also announced record fourth quarter billings performance, Charles Boesenberg’s appointment to the board of directors, and Russ Dietz as the company’s chief technology officer.
WBSN – Preliminary Fourth Quarter Financial Results
Websense also released its preliminary fourth quarter 2012 results. WBSN expects billings to be approximately $122 million, up 5 percent year-over-year, exceeding its guidance range of $112 to $117 million for the fourth quarter. Also for the fourth quarter, Websense expects revenues of $91.5 to $92.0 million, versus guidance of $90 to $92 million.
Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share are expected to be in the range of $0.27 to $0.28, versus guidance of $0.32 to $0.35, primarily reflecting the increased sales commissions incurred with the higher-than-expected billings during the quarter.
WBSN expects fourth quarter cash flow from operations to be approximately $11 million, versus guidance of $8 to $11 million, also reflecting the higher level of billings.
“With solid sales of our TRITON™ products across all global markets, we were able to achieve billings results above our expectations,” said John McCormack, Websense CEO. “I look forward to continuing this momentum as we expand our sales coverage and reach more customers with our innovative content security solutions.”
Complete financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2012 will be released after the market close on January 29, 2013.
About Websense, Inc. – WBSN
Websense, Inc. (WBSN), a global leader in unified web security, email security, mobile security, and data loss prevention (DLP), delivers the best content security for modern threats at the lowest total cost of ownership to tens of thousands of enterprise, mid-market and small organizations around the world. Distributed through a global network of channel partners and delivered as appliance-based software or SaaS-based cloud services, Websense TRITON content security solutions help organizations leverage social media and cloud-based communication, while protecting from advanced persistent threats and modern malware, preventing the loss of confidential information, and enforcing internet use and security policies. Websense is headquartered in San Diego, California with offices around the world.
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