CDC Corporation Reports 17 Percent Increase in First Quarter 2010 Adjusted EBITDA Compared to First Quarter 2009

CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), a leading global hybrid enterprise software, IT services and new media company, today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. For the first quarter of 2010, CDC Corporation reported Adjusted EBITDA(a) from continuing operations(b) or Adjusted EBITDA* of $8.4 million, a 17 percent increase from Adjusted EBITDA of $7.2 million for the first quarter of 2009. For the first quarter of 2010, Non-GAAP revenue(a) was $79.0 million compared to $78.8 million in the first quarter of 2009.

“Overall, we are pleased with CDC Corporation’s first quarter results, especially the double digit growth in revenue and application sales from CDC Games and CDC Software, respectively, compared to the first quarter 2009,” said Peter Yip, CEO of CDC Corporation. “CDC Corporation’s improvement in Adjusted EBITDA reflects the ongoing execution of our previously announced strategic growth alternatives for all of our businesses. CDC Software is making great progress in establishing itself as one of the leading global providers of hybrid enterprise software solutions offering on-premise and cloud deployments. CDC Global Services is continuing the expansion of its offshore service delivery capabilities in China, which it plans to accomplish both organically and through acquisitions. CDC Games has recently launched a new local game, with more planned throughout the year, including The Lord of the Rings Online scheduled for release by the end of the year. We believe these strategies will help position our businesses for higher growth and improved metrics this year.”

The company's balance sheet as of March 31, 2010 remained solid, with Non-GAAP Cash and Cash Equivalents(a) of $121.9 million.

Subsidiary Revenue and Operating Metrics Summary

CDC Software

On a standalone basis, CDC Software had the following results for the three months ended March 31, 2010:

First quarter 2010 application sales, which is comprised of license revenue plus new Total Contract Value (TCV) for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) sales secured, increased 14 percent to $8.2 million during the first quarter of 2010, from $7.2 million in the first quarter of 2009. Total contracted and unrecognized recurring revenue at the end of the first quarter of 2010 was $52.5 million compared to $49.2 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2009.

Total Non-GAAP recurring revenue(a), which CDC Software defines as Non-GAAP maintenance(a) plus SaaS revenue, increased 14 percent to $27.5 million in the first quarter of 2010 from $24.2 million in the first quarter of 2009. Maintenance retention rate continued to be strong at 90 percent for the first quarter of 2010.

“We saw solid growth in application sales and recurring revenue,” said Bruce Cameron, president of CDC Software. “We are currently focused on expanding our business as a pure-play enterprise software company offering hybrid deployment options that include on-premise and SaaS. As we have previously stated, our growth strategy is to develop recurring revenue streams reaching closer to 70 percent of total revenue over the next few years, after completion of our planned SaaS acquisitions and our strategic investments in SaaS companies. In fact, we expect our SaaS revenue to reach close to 20 percent of total revenue by the end of 2011. Already, we have been seeing solid SaaS sales momentum at this early stage, and in fact, have already closed more than $800,000 in SaaS business early in the second quarter. This week, we have just completed the previously announced investment of eBizNET Solutions, Inc., a provider of SaaS supply chain execution solutions. We are also in final negotiations for completing the investment in Marketbright, a SaaS marketing automation software company, and to acquire a leading SaaS supply chain company, representing our largest cloud acquisition to date.”

CDC Software is now trading as a separately listed public company on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol: CDCS. For more information regarding the financial performance of CDC Software during the first quarter, please see CDC Software's First Quarter press release located at the company's website: www.cdcsoftware.com.

CDC Global Services

On a standalone basis, CDC Global Services had the following results for the three months ended March 31, 2010:

For the first quarter of 2010, CDC Global Services reported Adjusted EBITDA of $1.5 million, an improvement of 114% as compared to Adjusted EBITDA $0.7 million in the first quarter of 2009. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 9 percent in the first quarter of 2010, a 300% improvement as compared to Adjusted EBITDA margin of 3 percent in the first quarter of 2009.

Total staff utilization was 84 percent in each of the first quarter of 2010 and the fourth quarter of 2009.

CDC Global Services plans to expand its offshore service delivery capabilities in China through organic growth of its existing engineering centers and the strategic acquisition of local IT service firms in several of China’s key cities. These centers are equipped to offer four categories of services to CDC Global Services’ international and domestic clients. These service categories are:

(i) consulting services in business process re-engineering, IT strategic studies and system architecture design;

(ii) solution implementation and software development services

(iii) offshore development center (ODC) services for product R&D and maintenance work; and

(iv) staff augmentation services for selected domestic clients in China.

Currently, one of CDC Global Services’ goals is to quickly access high growth industry sectors of the China market, including the oil and gas, automotive manufacturing and the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. The company has been evaluating several potential acquisitions in the IT services industry in the cities of Shenzhen, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing. `

Some additional highlights in the CDC Global Services business during the first quarter of 2010 included several significant new engagements:

• A $6.0 billion mortgage appraisal service company contracted with CDC Global Services to provide IT consulting and staffing services.
• A multi-million dollar U.K.-based diversified financial services company signed an exclusive multi-year contract with CDC Global Services to provide business process outsourcing services and solutions at multiple operating centers and facilities globally.
• A $3.5 billion global producer of data storage products contracted with CDC Global Services to implement SAP supply chain management (SCM)/ Extended Warehouse Management solutions (EWM) at its main distribution facility in Shanghai, China.
• A $3.3 billion global food processor, with dairy, pasta, and rice-milling operations, contracted with CDC Global Services to perform a proof of concept project to assess and recommend whether to implement SAP SCM EWM or SAP warehouse management system.
• An $8.9 billion global producer of bread, cookies, tortillas, snack foods and candies contracted with CDC Global Services to implement Microsoft’s System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) solution at its U.S. headquarters.
• Various Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes in Australia, two located in Victoria and two in New South Wales, have contracted with CDC Global Services to develop a solution to improve their interactions with their current and prospective students.
• An Australian city council, with a population of more than 961,000 residents, contracted with CDC Global Services to enhance their IT waste management system.

“We have been laying the groundwork for growing our business, particularly in the offshore development market,” said CK Wong, CEO of CDC Global Services. “As we have said previously, our goal is to expand to 5,000 professional staff in China over the next few years and derive at least 35 percent of CDC Global Services’ revenue from the China domestic service market. CDC Global Services also believes it can offer value to its customers through competitively priced, high quality, IT services. With these strategies and our planned acquisitions, we believe we are well positioned for improved metrics and growth.”

CDC Games

On a standalone basis, CDC Games had the following results for the three months ended March 31, 2010:

Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2010 was $1.2 million compared to negative Adjusted EBITDA of ($0.9) million in the first quarter of 2009. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 15 percent in the first quarter of 2010 compared to negative Adjusted EBITDA margin of (15) percent in the first quarter of 2009.

GAAP revenue for CDC Games during the first quarter of 2010 was $8.0 million, an increase of approximately 27 percent from $6.3 million in the first quarter of 2009.

Total peak concurrent users (PCU) in the first quarter of 2010 was up approximately four percent from the fourth quarter of 2009, and total average concurrent users (ACU) increased approximately five percent in the first quarter compared to the fourth quarter of 2009.

In April 2010, CDC Games launched a new domestic game in China called East Fantasy Online, a cartoon type 3D massive multiplayer online action role playing game (MMOARPG). CDC Games plans to launch another domestic game, Richman Universe Online, a casual MMORPG, this summer. Another local game also is planned for later this year.

In the first quarter of 2010, CDC Games launched a new version of Yulgang, version 4.0. Since its launch, the game has shown strong increases in PCU. Another new update for Yulgang is planned for later this year, and major updates for Shaiya and Eve Online are also planned later in the second quarter. We also believe that LOTRO is on track for commercial launch later this year.

“We are very pleased with our double digit growth in revenue and our strong improvement in Adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter,” said Simon Wong, CEO of CDC Games. “We also are excited to hear that Turbine, the developer of LOTRO, was acquired by Time Warner, a leader in the publishing and entertainment industry, and look forward to our partnership with them as we continue our progress towards the commercial launch of LOTRO. We have exciting new domestic games planned for the remainder of the year and we expect to launch new updates for several of our existing games. With these new upcoming games and updates planned for the rest of the year, we believe we are well-positioned for continued improvement in our metrics.”

China.com

GAAP revenue for the first quarter of 2010 was $2.9 million, compared to $2.4 million in the first quarter of 2009. China.com reported first quarter 2010 earnings per share of $0.0022 compared to loss per share of ($.0073) in the first quarter of 2009.

China.com’s Portal business continued to expand its Automobiles and Games channels and added some major global brand clients. During the first quarter, China.com’s portal won three awards at the Internet Market China 2010 annual convention. The portal received the “Innovative Enterprise of the Year (2009)” award, while the Automobiles and Games channels won “Best New Media of the Year for Integrated Broadcasting (2009)” and “Best Web Platform of the Year for Network Operators (2009).”

TTG, China.com’s publishing business, managed the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Industry & Primary Resources, Brunei Darussalam. In addition, TTG organized several publishing projects that included ATF 2010 Daily in Brunei, and ITB 2010 Daily in Berlin, Germany and the Hong Kong Tourism Bureau and Meetings and Exhibitions Hong Kong advertorial.

Bbmf

CDC Corporation also holds a 20 percent equity interest in Bbmf, one of the largest independent operators of 3G comics in Japan. CDC Corporation expects Bbmf to continue to expand in this exciting 3G mobile content/Internet social networking space.

CDC Corporation Consolidated

• Total Non-GAAP revenue for CDC Corporation in the first quarter of 2010 was $79.0 million, compared to $78.8 million in the first quarter of 2009.
• Adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2010 was $8.4 million, a 17 percent increase from Adjusted EBITDA of $7.2 million in the third quarter of 2009.
• For the first quarter of 2010, Non-GAAP net income(a) was $3.3 million compared to $16.7 million in the first quarter of 2009. Non-GAAP earnings per share(a) (EPS) for the first quarter of 2010 was $0.03 compared to Non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.16 in the first quarter of 2009. Non-GAAP earnings per share in first quarter of 2009 included $17.2 million or $0.16 per share in other income. This other income was attributed to the company’s ability to redeem convertible notes below par during the first quarter of 2009, creating an adjustment to the value of the derivative.

Concluding Remarks

Peter Yip, CEO of CDC Corporation concluded, “Overall, we are pleased that all our business units reported either positive EPS or have posted strong positive EBITDA margin. We believe that CDC Corporation has a sum-of-parts valuation and that the current market price of its shares is not reflective of the value contained in the company’s business units. As we announced last quarter, we are carefully evaluating the most tax efficient and orderly manner to distribute shares of our underlying publicly listed subsidiaries as dividends on a regular basis to our shareholders and plan to seek the necessary approvals to proceed with that plan.

“Finally, I have been very pleased with the outstanding performance of our recent appointments of Simon Wong as CEO of CDC Games and CK Wong as CEO of CDC Global Services. Under their respective leadership, as compared to the same period last year, CDC Games has seen double digit growth in revenue and major improvement in EBITDA margin in the first quarter of this year, while CDC Global Services’ has posted over 114 percent in EBITDA improvement also in the first quarter. We continue to remain cautiously optimistic with regard to our long-term prospects since we believe we now have an optimal business and technology platform in place for all of our key businesses.”

Conference Call

The company's senior management will host a conference call for financial analysts and investors on Tuesday, May 11, at 9:00AM EDT.

USA-based Toll Free Number: +1-(888) 603-6873
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Call Leader: Monish Bahl

Investors are invited to listen to a live webcast of the conference call which can be accessed through the investor section of the CDC Corporation website at www.cdccorporation.net. The call can also be accessed through www.streetevents.com. To listen to the call, please go to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call and download any necessary audio software.

Instant Replay

For those unable to call in, a digital instant replay will be available after the call until May 18, 2010. U.S. based Toll Free Number: +1 800 642 1687, U.S.-based Toll Number: +1 706 645 9291 Passcode or PIN #: #68538655

Footnotes:

All dollar amounts are in U.S. dollars

* CDC Corporation has recently changed the composition of its Adjusted EBITDA measurement, as provided herein, to be consistent with the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA for its subsidiary, CDC Software Corporation. CDC Corporation believes this revised presentation is a useful measure of operating performance. A reconciliation of this revised Adjusted EBITDA measurement to our historical Adjusted EBITDA measurement is provided below.

(a) Adjusted Financial Measures

This press release includes Non-GAAP Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Non-GAAP Cash and Cash Equivalents, Non-GAAP Net Income, and Non-GAAP Earnings Per Share, which are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) (collectively, the "Non-GAAP Financial Measures"). Non-GAAP Financial Measures are not alternatives for measures such as revenue, net income, earnings per share and cash and cash equivalents prepared under GAAP. These Non-GAAP Financial measures may also be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. Non-GAAP Financial Measures should not be used as a substitute for, or considered superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Investors should be aware that these Non-GAAP Financial Measures have inherent limitations, including their variance from certain of the financial measurement principals underlying GAAP, should not be considered as a replacement for GAAP performance measures, and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. These supplemental Non-GAAP Financial Measures should not be construed as an inference that the Company's future results will be unaffected by similar adjustments to net earnings determined in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to GAAP are provided herein immediately following the financial statements included in this press release.

(b) Adjustment for Discontinued Businesses

During the second and first quarter of 2008, the mobile value added business of China.com and operations of CDC Games International, respectively, were discontinued. The operations of CDC Games International, a subsidiary of CDC Games Corporation, included operations in the U.S., Japan and Korea. All historical results related to these two businesses have been included in discontinued operations.

(c) SFAS 160 Adoption

As of January 2009, the company adopted SFAS 160, Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements. After the adoption of SFAS 160, net income (loss) is now referred to as net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest on the consolidated statement of operations.

(d) 2009 Revised Quarterly Information

Results provided herein for certain quarters of 2009 may be different than those previously reported in our press releases due to certain year-end adjustments required to be made in connection with the audit of our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.

About CDC Corporation

The CDC family of companies includes CDC Software (NASDAQ: CDCS) focused on hybrid enterprise software and services, CDC Global Services focused on IT consulting services, and outsourced R&D and application development, CDC Games focused on online games, and China.com, Inc. (HKGEM:8006) focused on portals for the greater China markets. For more information about CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), please visit www.cdccorporation.net.

About CDC Software

CDC Software (NASDAQ: CDCS), The Customer-Driven Company™, is a hybrid enterprise software provider of on-premise and cloud deployments. Leveraging a service-oriented architecture (SOA), CDC Software offers multiple delivery options for their solutions including on-premise, hosted, cloud-based SaaS or blended-hybrid deployment offerings. CDC Software’s solutions include enterprise requirements planning (ERP), manufacturing operations management, enterprise manufacturing intelligence, supply chain management (demand management, order management and warehouse and transportation management), e-Commerce, human capital management, customer relationship management (CRM), complaint management and aged care solutions.

CDC Software’s recent acquisitions are part of its “acquire, integrate, innovate and grow” strategy. Fueling the success of this strategy is the company’s global scalable business and technology infrastructure featuring multiple complementary applications and services, domain expertise in vertical markets, cost effective product engineering centers in India and China, a highly collaborative and fast product development process utilizing Agile methodologies, and a worldwide network of direct sales and channel operations. This strategy has helped CDC Software deliver innovative and industry-specific solutions to more than 6,000 customers worldwide within the manufacturing, distribution, transportation, retail, government, real estate, financial services, health care, and not-for-profit industries. For more information, please visit www.cdcsoftware.com

About CDC Global Services

CDC Global Services, a business unit of CDC Corporation, provides IT consulting services, including platform-specific services for Microsoft and SAP, as well as project management, IT staffing, managed help desk solutions and a full range of outsourced service offerings. CDC Global Services provides hardware for data collection and RFID, through partnerships with some of the industry's most reputable vendors. CDC Global Services customers benefit from streamlined vendor management and the ability to control project costs, while being able to access the right IT resources through a singular point of contact. For more information on CDC Global Services, visit: www.cdcglobalservices.com.

About CDC Games

CDC Games is a market leader in online and mobile games in China with more than 160 million registered users. The company pioneered the "free-to-play, pay-for-merchandise" online games model in China with Yulgang and launched the first free-to-play, pay for merchandise FPS (first person shooter) game in China with Special Force. For more information on CDC Games, visit: www.cdcgames.net

About China.com Inc.

China.com is a leading operator of Internet portals, serving a broad range of audiences in China. In 2006, it was chosen as the second company to host Google's Video Adsense which serves video ads targeted at China's English-speaking audience. China.com also was appointed by the Jilin government as the exclusive web sponsor of the 2007 Asian Winter Games. China.com was listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on March 9, 2000. In December 2000, China.com Inc. was admitted as a constituent stock of the Hang Seng IT and IT Portfolio Indices.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding our beliefs and expectations about our strategic growth alternatives at our businesses and our progress with respect thereto, our beliefs regarding sales momentum and the continuation thereof, our plans for expansion and the consummation of strategic investments and acquisitions, our beliefs regarding the potential for improved metrics, our beliefs, plans and expectations regarding the launch of additional games and upgrades in the future, our beliefs regarding CDC Corporation’s value as a sum of its parts and the value of our shares, our beliefs and plans regarding any distributions to shareholders, our beliefs regarding any trends we may see and the continuation thereof, the performance of our core businesses, our beliefs about strategic alternatives we are considering and the potential benefits related thereto, including strategies related to CDC Global Services, our beliefs about anticipated future growth and the competitive position of our businesses, our beliefs about unlocking shareholder value at our subsidiaries, our beliefs regarding our plans for growth both organically and through acquisitions, our beliefs and plans relating to our expansion in China for CDC Global Services and the utilization of IT outsourcing firms, our plans to leverage CDC Software’s customer base for CDC Global Services, our beliefs regarding value that can be provided to our customers and potential customers, our expectations regarding future expansion in China and the potential benefits to us, our customers and shareholders, our beliefs regarding the current performance of our games and the continuation any increases we may have experienced, our plans with respect to updates for our games and the timing thereof, our beliefs and expectations regarding continued improvement in our operating metrics at CDC Games during 2010, our beliefs regarding our business and technology platform, our beliefs regarding our “sum-of-parts” valuation, our expectations regarding any of our strategies to help unlock shareholder value, our plans with respect to any matters to be put to our shareholders, and the expected benefits thereof, our beliefs regarding our competitive positioning in the event of a recovery in the global economy, our beliefs regarding the utility of the pro forma financial information provided herein, our beliefs regarding staff utilization rates at CDC Global Services, our beliefs regarding factors that may have negatively affected performance at our businesses, our expectations and estimates regarding our financial performance for future periods including those related to revenue and Adjusted EBITDA, and other statements that are not historical fact, the achievement of which involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties and changes in circumstances. There are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements, including the following: (a) the ability to realize strategic objectives by taking advantage of market opportunities in targeted geographic markets; (b) the ability to make changes in business strategy, development plans and product offerings to respond to the needs of current, new and potential customers, suppliers and strategic partners; (c) the effects of restructurings and rationalization of operations in our companies; (d) the ability to address technological changes and developments including the development and enhancement of products; (e) the ability to develop and market successful products and services; (f) the entry of new competitors and their technological advances; (g) the need to develop, integrate and deploy enterprise software applications to meet customer's requirements; (h) the possibility of development or deployment difficulties or delays; (i) the dependence on customer satisfaction with the company's games, software products and services; (j) continued commitment to the deployment of the products, including enterprise software solutions; (k) risks involved in developing software solutions and integrating them with third-party software and services; (l) the continued ability of the company's products and services to address client-specific requirements; (m) demand for and market acceptance of new and existing enterprise software and services and the positioning of the company's solutions; (n) risks associated with our convertible debt; and (o) the ability of staff to operate the enterprise software and extract and utilize information from the company's products and services. 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