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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 3, 1996 -- Gensym Corp. (NASDAQ:GNSM), a leading provider of software products for intelligent systems, today reported that its revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 1996 are expected to be approximately $8.9 million, 18 percent above those of the corresponding quarter last year, with earnings per share of approximately $.03, the same as the corresponding quarter last year. For the first nine months of 1996, revenues are expected to be approximately $26.8 million, an increase of 39 percent over the corresponding period last year. Net income for the first nine months of 1996 are expected to be approximately $1.2 million, or $.20 per share, compared to a net loss of $46,000, or ($.01) for the same period last year.
"During the quarter," said Lowell Hawkinson, chairman and chief executive officer, "we continued to invest significantly in market development and in new products and product enhancements, especially in the directions of emerging technology standards and total product solutions for our customers. However, we did not close a number of significant orders that we had expected to close this past quarter." |