AUSTIN, TX, Oct 28, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Asure Software (NASDAQ: ASUR), a leading provider of workforce management software, today announced financial results for the 2009 fiscal fourth quarter, ended July 31, 2009.

Q4 Highlights:

• Q4 '09 Revenue of $2.4M showed positive growth of 1% vs. Q3 '09 in
  spite of several onetime negative events. Growth in NetSimplicity's
  Meeting Room Manager product of 14% was partially offset by the divestiture
  of the Visual Asset Manager product in Q3 '09. iEmployee's Q4 '09 revenue
  of $1.2M declined 3% from Q3 '09, driven largely by a strategic deviation
  away from customization partially offset by growth in hardware sales.
• Operating expenses increased $4.0 to $7.3M in Q4 '09 versus Q3 '09 due
  to approximately $4.4M in one-time costs, including the Jenkens & Gilchrist
  loss reported by the prior Board and CEO, significant proxy contest and
  litigation costs spent against the Red Oak group and other shareholders, a
  lease impairment charge, and severance.
• EBITDA loss of $799K; net of one-time costs of $4,355K.

"Asure experienced a tough 2009, highlighted by a large cash loss in the Jenkens litigation, two difficult proxy contests, and litigation against some of its shareholders," stated David Sandberg, Asure's Chairman. "These significant one-time costs were realized in the fourth quarter and we will see additional related costs realized in fiscal Q1 2010, but to a lesser extent. Because of these expenses and Asure's 2009 losses before we were elected to the Board, we have inherited a balance sheet with approximately $3.0 million in cash as of October 28, 2009. However, we have also inherited two businesses with excellent products which have maintained their revenue levels, we have brought on a highly capable interim-CEO who is off to a great start, and we have drastically reduced Asure's cost structure since our new Board was voted in. We believe the Company is cash-flow breakeven today and we are excited about what we think our businesses can do in this coming year."

Mr. Sandberg continued, "We also announced our Annual Meeting date and wish to note we are adding several important proposals up for shareholder approval at the coming meeting, including: a) approval of a 10-for-1 reverse stock split in order to maintain NASDAQ listing compliance; b) ratification of our recently announced rights plan designed to protect our tax-loss carryforwards, which are in excess of $150 million; and c) approval of Forgent's name change to Asure Software, Inc. Our Board believes all of these will be beneficial to shareholder value."

Pat Goepel, Asure's Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We have worked hard to manage costs in a difficult environment while improving features and functionality to already strong products. Despite poor current market conditions, we expect revenue to hold flat due to new business we have won, and we anticipate that EBITDA in Q1 will be neutral after excluding the aforementioned one-time charges and despite $375K in quarterly negative cash flows related to our Austin headquarters lease. We are cautiously optimistic about both of our businesses in the upcoming fiscal Q1 and beyond." Mr. Goepel continued, "We are going to put the turbulent 2009 fiscal year behind us and focus on improvements in our core businesses going forward, and will update our shareholders on fiscal Q2 '10 progress during our next earnings call."

Conference Call Details

Asure Software has scheduled a conference call for Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. CT) to discuss its most recent financial results and outlook. Participating in the call will be Pat Goepel, Chief Executive Officer and David Sandberg, Chairman of the Board.

To take part, please dial 866-362-4829 ten minutes before the conference call begins, ask for the Asure Software event and use passcode 99901801. International callers should dial 617-597-5346 and reference the same passcode, 99901801. Investors, analysts, media and the general public will also have the opportunity to listen to the conference call in listen-only mode via the Internet by visiting the investor relations page of Asure's web site at www.asuresoftware.com. To monitor the live call, please visit the web site at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, an archived replay will be available shortly after the call on the investor relations page of the Company's web site at www.asuresoftware.com.

About Asure Software

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Asure Software (ASUR), (a d/b/a of Forgent Networks, Inc.), empowers small to mid-size organizations and divisions of large enterprises to operate more efficiently, increase worker productivity and reduce costs through a comprehensive suite of on-demand workforce management software and services. Asure's market-leading suite includes products that optimize workforce time and attendance tracking, benefits enrollment and tracking, pay stubs and W2 documentation, and meeting and event management. With additional offices in Warwick, Rhode Island, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Mumbai, India, Asure serves 3,500 customers around the world. For more information, please visit www.asuresoftware.com.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Asure's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties, which include those associated with continued listing of the Company's securities on the NASDAQ Capital Market, could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.