Fair Isaac Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results

(Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) - Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC), the leading provider of analytics and decision management technology, today announced the financial results for its third quarter ended June 30, 2008.

"We achieved targeted earnings results despite significant weakness in our primary market - U.S. financial services. As conditions in that market are likely to remain challenging in the near term, we are staying focused on protecting earnings through strict cost management and prudent expansion into selected growth industries and international markets. We remain committed to our Decision Management strategy, which is especially relevant to clients in this era of heightened defaults, fraud, and uncollectible receivables," said Mark Greene, Chief Executive Officer.

Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results from Continuing Operations
The company reported third quarter revenues from continuing operations of USD 183,3 million in fiscal 2008 versus USD 196,6 million reported in the prior year period. Net income from continuing operations for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 totaled USD 18,8 million, or USD 0,38 per diluted share, versus USD 26,1 million, or USD 0,46 per diluted share, reported in the prior year period.

Third quarter fiscal 2008 results from continuing operations included after-tax charges of USD 1,4 million, or USD 0,03 per diluted share, from the continuation of company's previously announced reengineering plan. The charges relate to a further reduction in workforce and facility consolidation.

Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Revenues from Continuing Operations Highlights
Revenues for third quarter fiscal 2008 across each of the company's four operating segments were as follows:

• Strategy Machine^® Solutions revenues were USD 94,8 million in the third quarter compared to USD 104,1 million in the prior year quarter, or a decrease of 8,9 %, primarily due to a decline associated with collections and recovery, fraud and marketing solutions, offset by an increase in revenues derived from consumer and originations products.
• Scoring Solutions revenues were USD 37,6 million in the third quarter compared to USD 47,2 million in the prior year quarter, or a decrease of 20,5 %, primarily due to a decrease in the volume of credit bureau risk scores, including a one-time true-up relating to the previously announced agreement with Equifax, and a decrease in revenues derived from our PreScore^® Service.
• Professional Services revenues were USD 39,1 million in the third quarter compared to USD 35,2 million in the prior year quarter, or an increase of 11,3 %, primarily due to an increase in revenues derived from collections and recovery, fraud and Blaze Advisor™ implementation services.
• Analytic Software Tools revenues were USD 11,8 million in the third quarter compared to USD 10,1 million in the prior year quarter, or an increase of 16,6 %, due to an increase in revenues generated from sales of the Xpress MP and Model Builder products.

Fiscal 2008 Year-to-date Results from Continuing Operations
The company reported year-to-date revenues from continuing operations of USD 566,7 million in fiscal 2008 versus USD 585,5 million reported in the prior year period. Net income from continuing operations for year-to-date fiscal 2008 totaled USD 57,4 million, or USD 1,16 per diluted share, versus USD 79,4 million, or USD 1,36 per diluted share, reported in the prior year period.

Year-to-date fiscal 2007 results from continuing operations included USD 7,7 million in revenues from the mortgage product line, which was sold in March 2007.

Fiscal 2008 Year-to-date Revenues from Continuing Operations Highlights
Revenues for year-to-date fiscal 2008 across each of the company's four operating segments were as follows:

• Strategy Machine^® Solutions revenues were USD 293,6 million compared to USD 306,4 million in the prior year, or a decrease of 4,2 %, primarily due to the divestiture of the mortgage product line in the second quarter of fiscal 2007 and a decline associated with marketing solutions and analytics products, partially offset by an increase in revenues derived from collections and recovery, and consumer products.
• Scoring Solutions revenues were USD 119,6 million compared to USD 134,5 million in the prior year, or a decrease of 11,1 %, primarily due to a decrease in revenues derived from our PreScore^® Service as well as a decrease in the volume of credit bureau risk scores, including a one-time true-up relating to the previously announced agreement with Equifax.
• Professional Services revenues were USD 114,6 million compared to USD 110,8 million in the prior year, or an increase of 3,4 %, primarily due to an increase associated with collections and recovery, customer management, fraud and Blaze Advisor™ implementation and consulting services, partially offset by a decrease in revenues derived from originations and healthcare and analytic implementation and consulting services.
• Analytic Software Tools revenues were USD 38,8 million compared to USD 33,7 million in the prior year, or and increase of 15 %, due to an increase in revenues generated from the sale of the Blaze Advisor™, model builder and Xpress MP products.

Bookings from Continuing Operations Highlights
The bookings from continuing operations for the third quarter were USD 64,2 million compared to USD 78,7 million in the same period last year. Year-to-date fiscal 2008 bookings from continuing operations were USD 256,1 million compared to USD 208,5 million for the prior year. The company defines a "new booking" as estimated future contractual revenues, including agreements with perpetual, multi-year and annual terms. Management regards the volume of new bookings achieved as one indicator of future revenues, but they are not comparable to, nor should they be substituted for, an analysis of the company's revenues.

Impact from Discontinued Operations
The company completed the sale of its Insurance Bill Review business unit on April 30, 2008, and the results for that business unit have been reported as a discontinued operation within this press release and in the accompanying financial statements.

The net gain associated with the discontinued operation for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 totaled USD 7,7 million, or USD 0,16 per diluted share, versus a net loss of USD 2,3 million, or USD 0,04 per diluted share, in the prior year period. The third quarter of fiscal 2008 gain is comprised of a USD 7,6 million gain related to tax deductions associated with intangible assets of the business unit and USD 100.000 of income from operations.

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Highlights
Cash and cash equivalents, and investments were USD 244,7 million at June 30, 2008, as compared to USD 246,8 million at September 30, 2007. Significant changes in cash and cash equivalents from September 30, 2007 include cash provided by operations of USD 113,8 million, proceeds from the issuance of Senior Notes of USD 275 million, proceeds from the sale of the Insurance Bill Review business unit of USD 14,2 million, and USD 19,6 million received from the exercise of stock options and stock issued under an employee stock purchase plan. Cash used during fiscal 2008 includes USD 17,6 million related to purchases of property and equipment, USD 33,3 million related to the acquisition of Dash Optimization Limited, USD 122,8 million related to repurchases of Senior Convertible Notes, USD 132 million in repayments on the revolving credit facility, and USD 116,6 million to repurchase common stock.

Outlook of Continuing Operations
The company expects revenues from continuing operations for the last quarter of fiscal 2008 to be approximately USD 187 million and earnings per diluted share to be approximately USD 0.36.

Company to Host Conference Call
The company will host a conference call today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (4:00 p.m. Central Time/2:00 p.m. Pacific Time) to discuss its third quarter fiscal 2008 results, and outlook for the remainder of fiscal 2008. The call can be accessed live on the Investor Relations section of the company's Web site at www.fairisaac.com, and a webcast replay will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call through August 20, 2008.

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About Fair Isaac
Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC) transforms business by making every decision count. Fair Isaac's Decision Management solutions combine trusted advice, world-class analytics and innovative applications to give organizations the power to automate, improve and connect decisions across their business. Clients in 80 countries work with Fair Isaac to increase customer loyalty and profitability, cut fraud losses, manage credit risk, meet regulatory and competitive demands, and rapidly build market share. Fair Isaac also helps millions of individuals manage their credit health through the www.myFICO.com website.

Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Information
Except for historical information contained herein, the statements contained in this news release that relate to Fair Isaac or its business are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the success of the Company's Decision Management strategy, its ability to recruit and retain key technical and managerial personnel, the maintenance of its existing relationships and ability to create new relationships with customers and key alliance partners, its ability to continue to develop new and enhanced products and services, competition, regulatory changes applicable to the use of consumer credit and other data, the possibility that the anticipated benefits of acquisitions, including expected synergies, will not be realized and other risks described from time to time in Fair Isaac's SEC reports, including its Annual Report on Form 10 K/A for the year ended September 30, 2007, and its last quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2008. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, Fair Isaac's results could differ materially from its expectations. Fair Isaac disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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