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Profile - System Software Assocs. (OTC BB:SSAXQ.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
500 West Madison, 32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60661
Phone: (312) 258-6000
Fax: (312) 641-3737
Email: mbergstr@ssax.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,500
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Software & Programming
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 43%
·Institutional: 0% (0% of float)
(17 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 225.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
System Software Associates, Inc. currently operates as a debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. On May 3, 2000, the Company entered into a definitive Asset Purchase Agreement with Gores Technology Group (Gores) providing for the sale by the Company of substantially all of its assets to a newly-formed subsidiary of Gores for cash and 25% of the common stock of the newly-formed subsidiary. Prior to this transaction, the Company was a global systems solution provider and developer of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for companies ranging in size from $50 million to multibillion dollar global 100 corporations. The Company provided customers with a comprehensive ERP system and services as well as third-party "best of breed" products that include customer relationship management, supply chain management, business intelligence and e-commerce solutions, which were designed to address its customers' enterprise application requirements.
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Financial Summary
System Software Associates operates as a debtor-in-possession under Chapter 11. Formerly, the Company was a global systems solution provider and developer of enterprise resource planning software. For the six months ended 4/00, revenues fell 41% to $104.2 million. Net loss applicable to Common totalled $92.3 million, up from $13.1 million. Revenues reflect lower volume of available service work. Higher loss reflects a provision for write-down of assets held for sale.
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Officers
FY1999 Pay

Robert Carpenter, 45
Chairman and CEO
$668K
Chuck Biebighauser, 53
Sr. VP, Global Services and Marketing
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Joseph Skadra, 58
VP Fin. and Controller
333K
Lorraine Fenton, 54
VP-Research and Devel.
468K
William Weaver, Jr., 65
Assistant Sec.
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Oct-1999 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:SSAXQ.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 9-Apr-2001
$0.001
Recent Price$0.002
52-Week High
on 6-Sep-2000
$0.047
Beta1.97 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)4,500 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1,000 
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-93.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-91.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$24.0K
Shares Outstanding12.0M
Float6.90M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 1 for 4 on 2-Sep-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$14.01 
Earnings (ttm)-$14.05 
Earnings (mrq)-$6.45 
Sales (ttm)$20.24 
Cash (mrq)$0.86 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$243.5M
EBITDA (ttm)-$29.6M
Income available to common (ttm)-$168.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-68.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)-21.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsOct 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-74.38%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.86 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$10.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Oct-1999
Shares Short217.0K
Percent of Float3.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
170.0K
Short Ratio1.82 
Daily Volume119.0K
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-Apr-2000)

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