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Profile - Pliant Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:PLNS.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($0.03)
Location
4024 Stirrup Creek Drive, Suite 700
Durham, NC 27703
Phone: (919) 544-0015
Fax: (919) 544-3459
Email: investors@pliantsystems.com
Employees (last reported count): 254
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Communications Equipment
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 28%
·Institutional: 0% (0% of float)
(10 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 182.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Pliant Systems, Inc. is engaged principally in designing, engineering, manufacturing and marketing an electronics hardware and software product for operators of local exchange telephone networks in the United States. The Company's product development efforts focus on its Pliant 3000 Integrated Access Platform. The Company seeks to provide products and services to facilitate strong, flexible and economical electronic connections between network customers and service providers. These connections will provide residential and business customers with advanced voice services, high-speed data and digital video capabilities. The services will allow network customers to communicate and participate in e-commerce, and to access online information, entertainment and other multi-media services. In April 2001, the Company announced that it intends to seek Chapter 11 protection in order to facilitate an orderly sale of substantially all of its business and assets.
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Financial Summary
Pliant Systems is engaged in the design and engineering of electronics and software platforms for operators of local exchange telephone networks in North America. For the six months ended 6/01, revenues rose 39% to $14.7 million. Net loss fell 10% to $14.6 million. Revenues reflect increased sales of the Company's Pliant 3000 product. Lower loss reflects reduced headcount resulting from workforce reductions.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

John Hutchins, III, 66
Chairman
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David Orr, 49
Pres and CEO
$548K
John Autrey, 50
CFO, VP, Sec., Treasurer
159K
J. Richard Jones, 53
Exec. VP, Assistant Sec., and CTO
--  
Leonard Hayes, 50
VP of Operations
175K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- OTC BB:PLNS.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$0.03 
Recent Price$0.033
52-Week High
on 6-Sep-2000
$6.438
Beta1.60 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)54.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)30.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-99.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-99.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$456.0K
Shares Outstanding13.8M
Float9.90M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$6.99 
Earnings (ttm)-$2.56 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.47 
Sales (ttm)$1.67 
Cash (mrq)$0.59 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.02 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$22.9M
EBITDA (ttm)-$26.0M
Income available to common (ttm)-$35.0M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating MarginN/A 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-77.07%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.16 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$8.18M
Short Interest
As of 8-Mar-1999
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
438.0K
Daily Volume0 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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