Taleo Reports 36 Percent Year-over-Year Revenue Growth

Record Application Revenue Growth Drives Record Profits


DUBLIN, Calif., Nov. 1, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Taleo (Nasdaq:TLEO), the leading provider of on demand talent management solutions, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007.

Third Quarter Highlights Include:



 * Total revenues of $33.7 million, an increase of 36% year-over-year,
   and 9% quarter-over-quarter, driven by a record 35% year-over-year
   increase in application revenue and a 37% year-over-year increase
   in services revenue.
 * GAAP net income of $2.2 million, or $0.08 per fully diluted share,
   as compared to a GAAP net loss of $(0.8) million or $(0.04) per
   fully diluted share in the third quarter of 2006.
 * Non-GAAP net income of $4.2 million, or $0.15 per fully diluted
   share, as compared to non-GAAP net income of $0.9 million, or $0.04
   per fully diluted share reported in the third quarter of 2006.
 * Customer base grew to over 1,380 customers with more than one
   million application users.

"We are extremely pleased with the company's performance," commented Michael Gregoire, president and CEO of Taleo. "Demand for Taleo's leading talent management solution is robust and initial reaction to our innovative new performance management product has been very positive. The company continues to experience strong organic growth across a wide range of verticals. We now serve over 1,000 small and medium-size businesses, 35 of the Fortune 100 and 103 of the Fortune 500, reinforcing our position of strength in this growing talent management market."

Additional Third Quarter Business Highlights:



 * Signed 208 new customers, including 17 new Taleo Enterprise Edition
   customers, and 191 new Taleo Business Edition (TBE) customers,
   bringing Taleo's customer base to over 1,380 organizations around
   the world.
 * Taleo's TBE group surpassed the 1000th customer milestone.
 * New customers include: Abercrombie and Fitch, AT Kearney, Boston
   Medical Center, the City of Edmonton, Jefferson Wells, Macy's Inc.,
   Southern Company and Tesoro Corporation.
 * Strong international customer acquisition including Ericsson and
   Barco in Europe, and Qantas Airlines and Rio Tinto in the
   Asia-Pacific region.
 * Hosted its largest annual customer event to date, Taleo WORLD 2007,
   where over 740 attendees gathered to discuss strategies for winning
   the war for talent, aligning talent to business goals and driving
   higher performance.
 * Taleo built and delivered a TBE application on Facebook(r) Platform
   to allow TBE customers to source passive candidates through their
   trusted networks.
 * Strengthened leading position within the retail industry with the
   acquisition of WetFeet.
 * Processed more than 316,000 hires from over 9.4 million applicants.

"Taleo continues to lead the on-demand talent management market by delivering deep functionality along with our enterprise class scalability, availability and high level of service and support," stated Gregoire. "Our SMB Business Unit continues to accelerate its growth and reach new milestones, surpassing the 1,000 customer mark during the third quarter. Taleo's strength and momentum allows us to focus on innovation and execution in the fourth quarter and throughout 2008 as we bring our performance management product, Taleo Performance, to market."

Taleo delivered the following results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007:

Revenue: Total revenue for the third quarter was $33.7 million, representing an increase of 36% on a year-over-year basis. Application revenue for the third quarter was $27.4 million, an increase of 35% on a year-over-year basis. Services revenue for the third quarter was $6.3 million, an increase of 37% on a year-over-year basis, driven by milestone-based engagements for which milestones were met in the third quarter.

Net Income / (Loss) and Net Income / (Loss) Per Share to Common Stockholders: Net income in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, was $2.2 million for the third quarter of 2007. This compares to a GAAP net loss of $(0.8) million in the same period last year. Net income per fully diluted share was $0.08 for the third quarter of 2007 based on 28.8 million weighted average shares outstanding compared to net loss per fully diluted share of $(0.04) for the same period in 2006 based on 20.4 million weighted average shares outstanding.

Non-GAAP Net Income and Non-GAAP Net Income Per Share to Common Stockholders: Non-GAAP net income, which excludes restructuring charges, share-based compensation expense pursuant to SFAS 123(R), amortization of acquired intangibles, and non-cash income tax and tax valuation adjustments, was $4.2 million for the third quarter of 2007, compared to non GAAP net income of $0.9 million for the same period last year. Non-GAAP net income per fully diluted share was $0.15 for the third quarter of 2007 based on 28.8 million weighted average shares outstanding compared to non-GAAP net income per fully diluted share of $0.04 for the same period in 2006 based on 25.7 million weighted average shares outstanding.

Conference Call Details

In conjunction with this announcement, Taleo will host a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. EDT to discuss the company's third quarter 2007 financial results. To access this call, dial 866-825-1692 using passcode 82408371. A replay of this conference call will be available through November 8, 2007 at 888-286-8010. The replay passcode is 27992920. A live webcast of this conference call will be available on the "Investor Relations" page of the company's Web site, (www.taleo.com) and a replay will be archived on the Web site as well.

About Taleo

Taleo (Nasdaq:TLEO) is the leader in on demand, web-based talent management solutions that empower organizations of all sizes, around the world to assess, acquire, develop and align their workforce for improved business performance. More than 1,380 organizations use Taleo, including 35 of the Fortune 100, for talent acquisition and performance management, with over 1 million users processing 71 million candidates from over 100 countries. Requiring no capital investment, Taleo's software as a service and on demand delivery offers 99.9% availability.

Forward-looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Taleo's future performance, new product development and market growth. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon Taleo's historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Taleo's expectations as of the date of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and Taleo disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the long sales cycle for our software; failure to develop new software products or enhance existing products; failure to retain key staff; and the failure to properly protect our proprietary rights and intellectual property. Further information on potential factors that could affect actual results is included in Part I, Item 1A of Taleo's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2007, in Part II, Item 1A of Taleo Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC on August 9, 2007, and in other reports filed by Taleo with the SEC.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Taleo has provided in this release financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with GAAP. This information includes non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share. Taleo uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results and believes they are useful to investors, as a supplement to GAAP measures, in evaluating Taleo's ongoing operational performance. Taleo believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing its financial measures with other companies in Taleo's industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. As noted, the non-GAAP financial measures discussed above exclude restructuring charges, share-based compensation expense pursuant to SFAS 123(R), amortization of acquired intangibles, and non-cash income tax and tax valuation adjustments.

Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measure as detailed above. As previously mentioned, a reconciliation of GAAP to the non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the tables included as part of this press release.



                           Taleo Corporation

                 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
                      (All amounts in thousands)
                              (Unaudited)

                                          September 30,   December 31,
                                              2007            2006
                                          -------------   ------------
 ASSETS
  Current assets:
   Cash and cash equivalents                $  78,667       $  58,785
   Restricted cash                                288           2,722
   Accounts receivable, net                    31,167          25,952
   Prepaid expenses and other current 
    assets                                      4,850           3,657
   Investment credit receivable                 4,511           4,395
                                            ---------       ---------
   Total current assets                       119,483          95,511

  Property and equipment, net                  18,947          12,928
  Restricted Cash                                 838           1,048
  Other assets                                  2,643           1,448
  Goodwill                                      9,749           6,028
  Other Intangibles, net                        1,515             457
                                            ---------       ---------
  Total assets                              $ 153,175       $ 117,420
                                            =========       =========

 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
  Current liabilities:
   Accounts payable and accrued 
    liabilities                             $  22,362       $  18,708
   Customer deposits                              824              80
   Deferred revenue                            29,871          18,547
   Capital lease obligation, short-term            69             381
                                            ---------       ---------
   Total current liabilities                   53,126          37,716

  Customer deposits and long term deferred 
   revenue                                         --             360
  Other liabilities                             5,502           1,101
  Capital lease obligation, long-term              21              17
  Class B Redeemable Common Stock                  --              --
                                            ---------       ---------
  Total liabilities                            58,649          39,194
                                            ---------       ---------
                                            ---------       ---------
  Exchangeable share obligation                   367             796
                                            ---------       ---------

  Stockholders' equity: 
   Capital stock                                   --              --
   Additional paid-in capital                 146,358         133,610
   Accumulated deficit                        (53,882)        (56,329)
   Treasury stock                                (158)           (158)
   Accumulated other comprehensive income       1,841             307
                                            ---------       ---------
   Total stockholders' equity                  94,159          77,430
                                            ---------       ---------
  Total liability and stockholders' equity  $ 153,175       $ 117,420
                                            =========       =========


                           Taleo Corporation
            Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
           (All amounts in thousands except per share data)
                              (Unaudited)

                                  Three Months        Nine Months 
                                   Year Ended          Year Ended
                                  September 30        September 30
                               ------------------  ------------------
                                 2007      2006      2007      2006
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
 Revenue:
  Application                  $ 27,429  $ 20,274  $ 76,680  $ 57,521
  Consulting                      6,315     4,609    16,735    12,998
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
   Total revenue                 33,744    24,883    93,415    70,519
                               --------  --------  --------  --------

 Cost of revenue (note 1):
  Application                     5,476     4,754    15,845    13,563
  Amortization of acquired
   intangibles                       36       250       107       748
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
   Total cost of application
    revenue                       5,512     5,004    15,952    14,311
  Consulting                      4,799     3,084    13,258     9,617
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
   Total cost of revenue         10,311     8,088    29,210    23,928
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
 Gross profit                    23,433    16,795    64,205    46,591
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
 Operating expenses (note 1):
  Sales and marketing             9,949     7,391    26,937    21,663
  Research and development        5,620     4,844    16,515    14,444
  General and administrative      6,267     5,792    18,143    15,566
  Restructuring cost and other
   charges                           --       426        --       426
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
   Total operating expenses      21,836    18,453    61,595    52,099
                               --------  --------  --------  --------

                               --------  --------  --------  --------
 Income / (loss) from
  operations                      1,597    (1,658)    2,610    (5,508)
                               --------  --------  --------  --------

 Other income / (expense):
  Interest income                   757       746     2,106     2,232
  Interest expense                  (42)      (24)      (71)      (67)
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
   Total other income               715       722     2,035     2,165
                               --------  --------  --------  --------

 Income / (loss) before
  provision / (benefit) for
  income tax                      2,312      (936)    4,645    (3,343)

  Provision / (benefit) for
   income taxes                      79      (179)    3,257      (164)
                               --------  --------  --------  --------

 Net income / (loss)
  attributable to Class A
  common stockholders          $  2,233  $   (757) $  1,388  $ (3,179)
                               ========  ========  ========  ========

 Net income / (loss) per share
  attributable to Class A
  common stockholders - basic  $   0.09  $  (0.04) $   0.06  $  (0.16)
                               ========  ========  ========  ========
 Net income / (loss) per share
  attributable to Class A
  common stockholders -
  diluted                      $   0.08  $  (0.04) $   0.05  $  (0.16)
                               ========  ========  ========  ========

 Weighted average Class A
  common shares - basic          24,638    20,384    23,790    19,477
                               ========  ========  ========  ========
 Weighted average Class A
  common shares - diluted        28,771    20,384    28,225    19,477
                               ========  ========  ========  ========

 NOTES

 1. Includes share-based
     compensation expense
     pursuant to SFAS 123(R)
     Application COS           $     95  $     55  $    237  $    143
     Service COS                    126        68       337       159
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
     COS Subtotal                   221       123       574       302

     Sales & Marketing
      Operating Cost                470       287     1,233       750
     R&D Operating Cost             308       217       836       494
     G&A Operating Cost             832       555     2,153     1,848
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
     SG&A Subtotal                1,610     1,059     4,222     3,092

                               --------  --------  --------  --------
    Total share-based
     compensation expense      $  1,831  $  1,182  $  4,796  $  3,394
                               ========  ========  ========  ========


                           Taleo Corporation
      Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Continued)
           (All amounts in thousands except per share data)

 Reconciliation of GAAP net income / (loss) and non-GAAP net income:

                                  Three Months        Nine Months 
                                   Year Ended          Year Ended
                                  September 30        September 30
                               ------------------  ------------------
                                 2007      2006      2007      2006
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
 GAAP net income / (loss)
  reported above               $  2,233  $   (757) $  1,388  $ (3,179)
 Add back:
  Restructuring Cost and other
   charges                           --       426        --       426
  Loss on disposal of fixed
   assets                            --        --        --       181
  Share-based compensation
   expense (SFAS 123(R))          1,831     1,182     4,796     3,394
  Amortization of acquired
   intangibles                      108       250       257       748
  Non-cash income tax reserve        --      (183)    2,899      (183)
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
                                  1,939     1,675     7,952     4,566

                               --------  --------  --------  --------
 Non-GAAP net income           $  4,172  $    918  $  9,340  $  1,387
                               ========  ========  ========  ========

 Non-GAAP net income per share
  Basic                        $   0.17  $   0.05  $   0.39  $   0.07
                               ========  ========  ========  ========
  Diluted                      $   0.15  $   0.04  $   0.33  $   0.05
                               ========  ========  ========  ========


 Reconciliation of basic and 
  fully diluted share count:
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
 Basic                           24,638    20,384    23,790    19,477
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
 Add: Weighted Average -
       Series B common stock        804     2,919     1,249     3,567
      Weighted Average -
       warrants & options         3,329     2,381     3,186     2,534
                               --------  --------  --------  --------
 Diluted                         28,771    25,684    28,225    25,578
                               --------  --------  --------  --------


                           Taleo Corporation

                 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
                      (all amounts in thousands)
                              (Unaudited)

                                                    Nine Months Ended 
                                                      September 30,
                                                    2007       2006
                                                  --------   --------

 Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income / (loss)                             $  1,388   $ (3,179)
  Adjustments to reconcile net income / (loss) to
   net cash provided by operating activities:
   Depreciation and amortization                     4,683      3,505
   Loss on disposal of fixed assets                     --        398
   Amortization of tenant inducements                 (167)      (170)
   Stock-based compensation expense                  4,796      3,394
   Director fees settled with stock                    177         --
   Bad debt expense                                    512         85
   Interest earned on restricted cash                    1         --
   Changes in working capital accounts:
    Accounts receivable                             (5,287)    (9,197)
    Prepaid expenses and other assets                 (969)      (971)
    Investment credit receivable                       587      1,145
    Accounts payable and accrued liabilities         3,806        314
    Deferred revenues and customer deposits         11,139      6,193
                                                  --------   --------
     Net cash provided by operating activities      20,666      1,517
                                                  --------   --------
 Cash flows from investing activities:
  Acquisition of property and equipment             (7,645)    (8,777)
  Restricted cash - decrease                         2,657         31
  Acquisition of business                           (3,301)        --
                                                  --------   --------
     Net cash used in investing activities          (8,289)    (8,746)
                                                  --------   --------
 Cash flows from financing activities:
  Principal payments on capital lease 
   obligations                                        (319)      (444)
  Proceeds from stock options and warrants
   exercised                                         7,268      1,255
                                                  --------   --------
     Net cash provided by financing activities       6,949        811
                                                  --------   --------
 Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and
  cash equivalents                                     556         61
                                                  --------   --------
 Increase in cash and cash equivalents              19,882     (6,357)
 Cash and cash equivalents:
  Beginning of period                               58,785     59,346
                                                  --------   --------
  End of period                                   $ 78,667   $ 52,989
                                                  ========   ========
 Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
  Cash paid for interest                          $      9   $     34
                                                  --------   --------
  Cash paid for income taxes                      $    124   $     --
                                                  --------   --------
 Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing
  and investing activities:
   Property and equipment purchases included in
    accounts payable and accrued liabilities      $  2,637   $    615
   Contingent shares issuable                     $     --   $     80
   Contingent shares issued                       $     --   $     81
   Class B common stock exchanged for Class A
    common stock                                  $ 21,508   $ 22,752
   Treasury stock issued to employees under ESPP  $    450   $     --
   Treasury stock acquired to settle payroll
     taxes                                        $    451   $     86

            

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