News Release-- November 09, 2004

CSC REPORTS SECOND QUARTER REVENUE UP 9.6%; EARNINGS PER SHARE OF 68 CENTS

El Segundo, California (USA - Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) today reported results for its fiscal 2005 second quarter, ended Oct. 1, 2004. Revenue was $3.93 billion, up 9.6% over last year’s second quarter. Net earnings per share (diluted) were 68 cents, compared with last year’s 57 cents including a three-cent after-tax special charge.

Both of CSC’s reporting segments, global commercial and U.S. federal government, delivered solid contributions to the quarter’s revenue growth. Over the 12 months ending Oct. 1, 2004, $18.2 billion in announced awards served as an important catalyst for this performance. Global commercial revenue also benefited from favorable currency movements.

For the second quarter (ended Oct. 1):
• Revenue was $3.93 billion, up 9.6% (approximately 6% in constant currency);
• Net income was $130.5 million;
• Earnings per share (diluted) were 68 cents;
• and announced major new business awards were $3.9 billion.

For the six months (ended Oct. 1):
• Revenue was $7.67 billion, up 7.3% over the comparable six-month period of fiscal 2004 (approximately 4% in constant currency);
• Net income was $240.9 million;
• Earnings per share (diluted) were $1.26;
• and announced major new business awards totaled $8.8 billion.

“We are pleased with our second quarter results, which have positioned us well as we enter the second half of fiscal 2005,” said CSC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Van B. Honeycutt. “We have strong momentum from the high level of announced awards over the past 18 months, and both the global commercial and U.S. federal pipelines for the remainder of this year are solid. Our focus on managing costs, improving contract execution and exercising disciplined new business processes with stringent operating hurdles continues to drive our commitment to grow market share and improve returns.

“We have continued our success in winning new business in the global commercial and U.S. federal markets. During the 12 months since the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2004, we won 31 awards valued at $100 million or greater. Of those, five exceeded $1 billion. The awards during that period were well balanced between global commercial and U.S. federal at approximately 50% each.

“As one of the top U.S. federal information technology contractors and a leader in the federal IT systems integration market, we are well positioned to capitalize on the growth of IT services within the federal government,” Honeycutt continued. “We anticipate continued demand for the modernization of infrastructure for the government’s agencies and departments, improvement of homeland security technology and business/organizational change within the Department of Defense.

“The 17-month federal pipeline of opportunities is approximately $37 billion, constituting potential awards across multiple clients from the DoD to the Department of Homeland Security and other civil agencies. Nearly $15 billion of this total is scheduled for award during the remainder of our current fiscal year.

“The demand environments for short-term commercial consulting and systems integration services continue to differ based on geography,” added Honeycutt. “In North America, second quarter revenue improved slightly both sequentially and year-over-year while the demand for similar services in Europe and Asia Pacific remains soft with engagements remaining very price competitive. Revenue generated from new, large and long-term engagements in Europe continues to offset the effect of soft demand for shorter-term project work in that market.

“Announced awards for the second quarter were $3.9 billion. So far in the current quarter, which ends December 31, we have announced approximately $2.6 billion in awards, including a $1.35 billion IT services agreement with Ascension Health and a $1.1 billion infrastructure support services contract with Textron. This brings our fiscal year-to-date announced awards to approximately $11.4 billion slightly more than halfway through the year.

“For the third quarter, ending December 31, 2004, we anticipate revenue growth of approximately 8% to 10%, and we are comfortable with the current range of analysts’ earnings per share, diluted, estimates of 77 cents to 82 cents,” said Honeycutt. “For full fiscal 2005, our expectations remain unchanged. We anticipate revenue to be up approximately 8% to 10%, which would be from just under $16 billion to about $16.25 billion, and earnings per share, diluted, to be in the range of $3.10 to $3.20.”


BUSINESS RESULTS

For the second quarter, revenue derived from CSC’s U.S. federal government activities continued to reflect positive demand for CSC’s broad range of services. Revenue increased to $1.67 billion, up 8.2% from last year’s $1.55 billion. Revenue generated from CSC’s civil agencies activities grew to $664.2 million, up 31.5% from $505.0 million in last year’s second quarter. The gain for the quarter was primarily derived from work for the U.S. Department of State and intelligence community-related activities. CSC’s DoD-related revenue declined to $956.0 million from $977.2 million recorded in the comparable quarter a year ago. The decline was principally attributable to the previously disclosed completion of the Ft. Rucker helicopter maintenance contract and the negative impact of a previously consolidated joint venture’s revenue no longer being reported because CSC is now a minority owner. Other federal revenue, comprised of state and local government as well as commercial contracts performed by the U.S. federal sector reporting segment, declined to $52.4 million from $63.3 million in last year’s second quarter.

Global commercial revenue was up 10.6% (approximately 5% in constant currency) to $2.26 billion from $2.05 billion in last year’s second quarter. U.S. commercial revenue was $929.2 million, up 2.4%, compared with $907.1 million last year. European revenue rose 21.5% (approximately 10% in constant currency) to $1.03 billion from $851.9 million in last year’s second quarter. Global commercial and European revenue were the beneficiaries of meaningful new IT services engagements and favorable currency exchange rate movements. CSC's non-European international revenue was $297.8 million, up 3.9% (down approximately 2% in constant currency), compared with last year’s $286.7 million.


Fondata nel 1959, Computer Sciences Corporation è un leader mondiale tra le società di servizi di Information Technology.
La sua missione è assicurare ai clienti, del settore privato come di quello pubblico, soluzioni di business focalizzate sulle loro peculiari esigenze e in grado di trarre profitto dall’utilizzo strategico dell’IT.
Con un organico di circa 91.000 addetti, CSC fornisce soluzioni innovative a clienti di tutto il mondo, combinando le migliori tecnologie con le proprie consolidate capacità in molteplici ambiti. Tra queste: progettazione e integrazione di sistemi; outsourcing IT e di processi di business (BPO); sviluppo di software applicativo; Web e application hosting; consulenza.
Nell’arco dei dodici mesi chiusi l’1/10/2004, CSC ha conseguito ricavi per 15,3 miliardi di dollari.
La sede corporate si trova a El Segundo, California; la sede europea è ad Aldershot, in Gran Bretagna.
In Italia, CSC è protagonista ai massimi livelli nel mercato ICT, con una offerta specifica e strategica per il settore finanziario e per servizi e telecomunicazioni, industria e commercio, trasporti e utility, pubblica amministrazione e sanità.