Volcano Reports 22 Percent Increase in Third Quarte...( SAN DIEGO Nov. 5 /- Volcano Corporati...),Health

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC), a leader in the development, manufacture and sales of products for the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease, today reported revenues of $53.9 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

The results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, represent an increase of 22 percent over revenues of $44.1 million in the third quarter of 2008. Revenues for the third quarter of 2009 include $4.6 million from Axsun Technologies, Inc., which Volcano acquired at the end of 2008, and for which the company recorded no revenues in the third quarter a year ago.

For the third quarter of 2009, the company reported a GAAP net loss of $4.0 million, or $0.08 per share, versus GAAP net income of $744,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2008. Weighted average shares for the third quarter of 2009 were 48.5 million.

Excluding stock-based compensation expense of $2.6 million and commissions of $1.4 million paid to a former distributor related to the company's transition to a direct sales initiative in Japan, the company reported non-GAAP net income of $7,000, or $0.00 per diluted share. In the third quarter of 2008, excluding stock-based compensation expense of $2.5 million, the company reported non-GAAP net income of $3.3 million, or $0.06 per diluted share. A reconciliation of the company's GAAP to non-GAAP results is included below.

For the first nine months of 2009, Volcano reported revenues of $156.9 million, a 28 percent increase over revenues of $122.2 million in the same period a year ago. Revenues for the first nine months of 2009 include $12.2 million from Axsun. The company reported a GAAP net loss of $16.9 million, or $0.35 per share, compared with a GAAP net loss of $15.1 million, or $0.32
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