Aware, Inc. – News & Events

BEDFORD, Mass. - May 8, 2008 – Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), a leading supplier of broadband technology and biometrics software, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008.

Revenues for the first quarter of 2008 were $5.9 million, an increase of 1% compared to $5.8 million in the same quarter last year.

The Company reports its net income and basic and diluted net income per share in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and additionally, on a non-GAAP basis. Non-GAAP net income, where applicable, excludes the effect of stock-based compensation expense. The company uses the non-GAAP information internally to evaluate its operating performance and believes these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors as they provide additional insight into the underlying operating results. However, non-GAAP measures are not stated in accordance with, should not be considered in isolation from, and are not a substitute for, GAAP measures. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results has been provided in the attached financial tables.

The GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2008 was $1.3 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, which included $0.3 million of stock-based compensation charges in accordance with the provisions of FAS 123(R). This compared to a GAAP net loss of $0.1 million, or $0.00 per diluted share, for the same period a year ago.

The Non-GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2008, excluding the effect of stock-based compensation, was $1.0 million, or $0.04 per diluted share.

Michael Tzannes, Aware’s chief executive officer, said, “We are pleased with the progress in our biometrics software and DSL test and diagnostics product lines this quarter. Favorable trends in both of these markets have driven demand for our products and our business performance. While we are not pleased with our overall financial performance, we are focused on improving the outlook for our licensing product line by expanding into new communications applications that leverage our DSL technology assets and diversify our customer base.”

Note: Aware’s conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet today, May 8, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.To listen to the call, please go to www.aware.com/ir. The conference call may also be heard by calling 617-213-4852 and referencing the confirmation number 86740432. A replay of the call will be archived on our website after the call.

About Aware
Aware is a leading technology supplier for the telecommunications industries. For more than ten years, Aware has pioneered innovations at telecommunications standards-setting organizations and continues to develop and market DSL silicon intellectual property and test and diagnostics products. Its StratiPHY™ IP product line supports DSL standards, including ADSL2+ and VDSL2, and has been broadly licensed to leading semiconductor companies. Telecom equipment vendors and phone companies use Aware's DSL test and diagnostics modules and Dr. DSL® software to help provision DSL circuits globally. Aware is also a veteran of the biometrics industry, providing biometric and imaging software components used in government systems worldwide since 1992. Aware's interoperable, standard-compliant, field-proven imaging products are used in a number of applications, from border management to criminal justice to medical imaging. Aware is a publicly held company (NASDAQ: AWRE) based in Bedford, Massachusetts. www.aware.com

Safe Harbor Warning
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates or projections of future revenue and earnings and the growth of the DSL and biometrics markets. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements. The DSL factors include, but are not limited to: we have a unique business model, our quarterly results are difficult to predict, our DSL licensing and DSL test and diagnostic businesses depend upon a limited number of customers, we derive a significant amount of revenue from a small number of customers, we depend on equipment companies to incorporate our technology into their products, we face intense competition from other DSL vendors, DSL technology competes with other technologies for broadband access, our business could be harmed if our test and diagnostic hardware and software products have quality problems, we depend on a single source contract manufacturer for the manufacture of our DSL hardware products, our manufacturing systems may not be adequate for our DSL test and diagnostics hardware products, we depend on single source suppliers for components in our DSL hardware products, and our business is subject to rapid technological change. The biometric factors include, but are not limited to: market acceptance of our biometric products, changes in contracting practices of government or law enforcement agencies, announcements or introductions of new products by our competitors, delays, failures or problems in our biometric products, delays in the adoption of new industry biometric standards, and competitive pressures resulting in lower software product revenues. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Aware, StratiPHY and Dr. DSL are trademarks or registered trademarks of Aware, Inc.