Sapiens Reports Strong Q4 2008 Performance with Increased Net Income and Sales Growth

Q4/2008 Net Income of $1 million or $0.05 per share

Q4/2008 Revenues up 8% to $11.0 million

Full Year 2008 Operating Income quadruples to $3.4 million (on non-GAAP)

Mr. Roni Al-Dor, CEO: “We are proud of thevote of confidence by our existing and new customers, worldwide, in Sapiens and its evolving value proposition”

March 4, 2009

Cary, N.C. – March 4, 2009 - Sapiens International Corporation N.V. (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of innovative business solutions that modernize business processes and enable insurance organizations to adapt quickly to change, and a member of the Formula Group (NASDAQ: FORTY and TASE: FORT), today announced its results of operations for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008.

Highlights for Q4 2008

• Net income totaled $1.0 million, a second consecutive quarter of net income, compared to a $1.1 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2007.
• This is the ninth consecutive quarter of operating profit, which amounted to $1.0 million (on a non- GAAP basis), an increase of 160% compared to $386,000 (on a non -GAAP basis) in the fourth quarter of 2007.
• Revenue in the fourth quarter of 2008 reached $11 million, an increase of 8% compared to $10.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Highlights for the Full Year 2008

• Operating income quadruples to $3.4 million (on a non-GAAP basis), an increase of 317% compared to $809,000 (on a non-GAAP basis) in 2007.
• Revenues increased by 3% to $43.6 million, up from $42.4 million in 2007.
• Net income totaled $549,000 (on a non-GAAP basis), or $0.03 per share, compared to a loss of $2.5 (on a non-GAAP basis) million in 2007, or $0.14 per share.
• Operational cash flow for the year amounted to $9 million.
• Total shareholders equity of $21.7 Million in December 2008 which represents 48% of total balance sheet compare to $3.9 Million shareholders equity in December 2006 which represented 8.6% of total balance sheet,  a significant improvement from the time the company started its turnaround plan.

Roni Al-Dor, President and CEO of Sapiens International Corporation, commented "I am pleased to report a good year for Sapiens with increased revenues and profitability. These positive results validate our strategy and the investments made in improving our product offering.”  

“The net profit of $1 million in our fourth quarter, which is the best we have presented for a long time, was achieved due to constant improvements made in our product offering as well as the tight control over our costs and increased interest income due to the devaluation of the New Israel Shekel vs. the U.S.Dollar in the fourth quarter. Despite the economic climate, we see a growing potential for Sapiens’ products in the IT-industry, especially in the insurance market in Israel and worldwide. We will continue to closely monitor the economic climate while maintaining focus on our long-term goals,” concluded Mr. Al-Dor.

Continued focus on enhancing global operations and core technological advantage.

Mr. Al Dor, continued: “During the year 2008, we improved the company performance in several aspects.” Mr. Al-Dor continued, “Our regional operations around the globe improved their respective profits, and our product offering improved significantly as well, in response to further development based on customer and market input. We initiated a plan to bring past customers back to Sapiens through our consistent improvement of the business-critical eMerge platform, and streamlined worldwide operations and sales with a reinforced management team in place.

In the insurance market, the company improved its product offering and won deals for its Insight products offering mainly for Re-insurance, Life and Pension, Closed books and general insurance and expects to close additional such deals in the near future.

“The growing demand for Sapiens’consistently evolving solutions signifies customers’ recognition of the inherent value to their operations, and attests to the association of our solutions with these organizations maintaining their competitive edge and cost savings. Especially in these times of global finacial challenges, Sapiens’s ability to offer cost-efficient solutions that meet the dynamic business needs of its customers, is at the base of customers choosing Sapiens over competing solutions, ” Mr. Al-Dor concluded.

In December 2008, Sapiens announced the payment of the third installment of its Series “A” Debentures, amounting to NIS14.9 million (approximately $3.7 million), of which approximately NIS13.9 million (approximately $3.5 million) against the principal amount and approximately NIS1 million (approximately $248,000) against payment of the half year interest. It should be noted that since the $20 million capital issuance  by Sapiens during 2007, the company has repurchased NIS19 million worth of its Series “A” Debentures from institutional  investors.

Reconciliation between U.S. GAAP and Non-GAAP results is summarized in the following table.  For a complete reconciliation, please refer to the tables at the end of this release.

U.S. GAAP results include amortization of capitalized software developments, capitalization of software development costs, and stock-based compensation expenses.

Comment Regarding Non-GAAP
Sapiens' management believes that the presentation of non-GAAP measures can enhance the understanding of the company’s ongoing economic performance, and provides useful information to investors regarding financial and business trends relating to the company’s financial condition and results of operations. Sapiens therefore uses internally the non-GAAP information to evaluate and manage the Company’s operations.

This non-GAAP financial measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Sapiens believes that non-GAAP financial measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with Sapiens' results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used to evaluate Sapiens' results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.

Please refer to the Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Results at the end of this release.

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About Sapiens International
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS), a member of Formula Group (NASDAQ: FORTY  and TASE: FORT), which is a member of the Emblaze Group (LSE: BLZ.L) is a leading global provider of proven IT solutions that modernize business processes and enable insurance organizations to adapt quickly to change. Sapiens' innovative solutions are widely recognized for their ability to cost-effectively align IT with the business demands for speed, flexibility and efficiency. Sapiens operates through its subsidiaries in North America, the United Kingdom, EMEA and Asia Pacific, and has partnerships with market leaders such as IBM and EDS. Sapiens' clients include AXA, ING, Liverpool Victoria, Menora Mivtachim, Norwich Union, Occidental Fire & Casualty, OneBeacon, Principal Financial Group, Santam and Texas Farm Bureau among others.

For more information, please visit http://www.sapiens.com.

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this release are forward-looking state-ments that are dependent on certain risks and uncertainties, including such factors, among others, as market accep-tance, market demand, pricing, changing regulatory environment, changing economic conditions, risks in new prod-uct and service development, the effect of the Company's accounting policies, specific system configurations and software needs of individual customers and other risk factors detailed in the Company's SEC filings.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Roni Giladi
Chief Financial Officer
Sapiens International
Tel: +972-8-938-2721
E-mail: IR.Sapiens@sapiens.com

Roni Al-Dor
Chief Executive Officer
Sapiens International
Tel: +972-8-938-2721
E-mail: IR.Sapiens@sapiens.com