2Q balancing of accounts and RHEL of Red Hat being favorable, increase both in sales and profits - - the business enlargement in Japan the primary fac

2008 accounting period 2nd quarter the United States Red Hat announces on September 25th balancing of accounts (2007 June -8 month period) according to, it continued to front quarter and "Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)" subscription sale was favorable, both the gross sales and Sumitosi benefit the extension of 2 column level was shown.

The gross sales of 2nd quarter of the same company being 1 hundred million 2,730 ten thousand dollars, 28% increased from 9,967 ten thousand dollars of the same period of last year. The profit for 1,820 ten thousand dollars of the same 64% increase, Sumitosi benefit before the correction which is based on general account principle was 3,690 ten thousand dollars (per 1 stocks 9 cents). This number almost matches the analyst estimate which Thomson Financial collected.

According to Red Hat, 2nd quarter although the sale of servicing and training extended, it continued to front quarter and the sale of the subscription exceeded those. As for the gross sales of the subscription being 1 hundred million 917 dollars, the gross sales of servicing and training 1,810 ten thousand dollars (entire 14%) was vis-a-vis occupying 86% of the whole earnings.

Red Hat in declaration for the news media, outside the United States, especially has listed the business enlargement in Japan as the primary factor of the favorable achievement. The same company puts out the result of the investigation which Nikkei market access executes in the April this year to the inquiry, it emphasized that with item of the technology vendor which you think that the customer in the future would like to transact, the same company had reached 1 rank.

Same company executive vise President and CFO (the highest financial affairs patsy) has extended in declaration, operating profit ratio and business cash flow and the business result, you say that it has become important, at the time of business developing where these primary factors are international.

For example, as for operating profit ratio of 2nd quarter with 20.7%, as for business cash flow they were 6,370 ten thousand dollars, (value before the correction where each of them is based on general account principle). Concerning cash flow among these, in comparison with the same period of last year 22% it has extended 43%, in comparison with front quarter.

Red Hat 2nd quarter, not only RHEL, expanded also the open source software for the enterprise user. Application platform "JBoss of the open source Enterprise Application Platform 4.2" and, "Eclipse" based development execution time/opening source tool set "Red Hat Developer Studio" (beta edition) hits to that.

The same company for RHEL is putting effort into also support of third party application. As for the number of applications which it was operated were verified on same OS it exceeded 3,000 types 2nd quarter.

Chairman and CEO of Red Hat, Mathieu in telephone interview, made that part it modifies business system clear making provision for the ecdysis to the enterprise software vendor which offers inclusive service.

Concretely, as for the same company after September 25th, the infrastructure, it divides into three business sections, middleware and online service. And, the general manager is arranged in each section, in them means that remuneration is paid on the basis of the profit of section.

The general manager has come to the point of product marketing generalizing, the Michael chain person was inaugurated as corporate marketing charge vise President anew. According to you say that the chain person participated to the start-up of the business in China from 3 years, ago came to the point of recently returning to the United States.