BroadVision, Inc. to Convert All Secured Notes to Equity
Tuesday December 20, 5:27 pm ET 
Company Also Plans Rights Offering and Possible Reverse Stock Split


REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2005--BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq:BVSN - News), a global provider of web self-service solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the conversion of approximately $15.5 million of principal and interest on outstanding secured convertible notes into common shares of the Company. The notes are currently held by Dr. Pehong Chen, Chairman and CEO of BroadVision. Under the agreement with Dr. Chen, the Company will issue 34.5 million common shares, representing approximately 50% of the post-conversion shares outstanding, at a price of $0.45 per share in exchange for cancellation of the notes. The conversion is anticipated to take place within the coming two weeks. The closing price of the Company's common stock on the NASDAQ National Market on December 20, 2005 was $0.60 per share.
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In conjunction with the conversion, the Company today also announced its intention to effect, as soon as practicable, a rights offering under which all stockholders of record at the close of business on December 20, 2005 will receive nontransferable rights to purchase approximately 5.9 additional common shares at $0.45 per share for each common share then held. Dr. Chen and his affiliates have waived any right to purchase shares in the rights offering. The rights offering will be made only by means of a prospectus anticipated to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a registration statement. A registration statement relating to the rights offering has not yet been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in the rights offering, nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.

In order to put the Company in a favorable liquidity position promptly while maintaining its NASDAQ listing, the Company has requested a waiver of NASDAQ's stockholder approval requirement with respect to the conversion of the notes. Should this request not be approved within the anticipated timetable for the conversion, the Company may elect to voluntarily delist its shares from the NASDAQ National Market, in which case its shares would begin trading over-the-counter on the OTC Bulletin Board operated by NASDAQ.

As previously announced, the Company has received notice from NASDAQ that its shares are subject to potential delisting as of March 6, 2006, if the bid price of the Company's common stock continues to trade below $1.00 per share through that date. The Company may choose to seek stockholder approval of a reverse stock split of its shares to regain compliance with the minimum bid price rule.

"In follow-up to our announcement in late November, we've been working diligently to restructure the secured notes under terms that we believe are beneficial to our stockholders," said Bill Meyer, BroadVision's Chief Financial Officer. "This restructuring, which relieves the Company of approximately $3.4 million of amortization and debt service costs and $500,000 of interest expense per quarter, is a major step towards our goal of generating consistent profitability and positive cash flows."

About BroadVision

BroadVision (Nasdaq:BVSN - News) is a global provider of web self-service solutions. Its agile commerce and portal applications enable customers to quickly create and adapt online processes to keep pace with changing business requirements. Over 1,000 organizations, serving nearly 75 million registered users, rely on BroadVision's open solutions to power and personalize their mission-critical web initiatives. Additional information about BroadVision can be obtained at www.broadvision.com.

Information Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Information in this release that involves expectations, beliefs, hopes, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties. Examples of these forward-looking statements include expectations regarding the restructuring of the secured notes to relieve short-term liquidity concerns and future stability, profitability and growth. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to BroadVision as of the date of this release, and BroadVision assumes no obligation to update or correct any such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results could differ materially from BroadVision's current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: difficulty in attracting or retaining customers or employees; generating sufficient working capital to operate the business as a going concern; and general economic and market conditions. These and other factors and risks associated with BroadVision's business are discussed in its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



Contact:
BroadVision, Inc.
Bill Meyer, 650-542-5100

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Broadvision in debt-to-equity swap; mulls split
Tue Dec 20, 2005 05:46 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Web software supplier BroadVision Inc. (BVSN.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it has agreed to convert about $15.5 million of secured convertible notes held by the company's chairman and CEO into common stock.
The notes are held by Dr. Pehong Chen, chairman and chief executive of BroadVision. Under the deal with Dr. Chen, the company said it plans to issue 34.5 million common shares, representing about 50 percent of the post-conversion shares at a price of $0.45 per share in order to cancel the notes.

The conversion is anticipated to take place within the coming two weeks. BroadVision shares closed at 60 cents on Nasdaq in regular session trading on Tuesday.

It also plans a rights offering and reverse stock split. It has requested a waiver of Nasdaq's stockholder approval requirement in conjunction with the note conversion, it said.

Reparem que no comunicado acima a Broadvision para além de referir que vão entrar mais acções no mercado, ao preço de 0,45 $, anuncia que prevê efectuar um stock split (o que obrigará alguns institucionais a comprá-la, representando tal cenário uma oportunidade de investimento, além de que o preço regressará acima de 1 $ o que é sempre em termos de Nasdaq mais um estímulo para a acção - embora se possa questionar por quanto tempo !).
Por outro lado, é sempre de ponderar que o aspecto técnico, neste momento, não é favorável pois o Macd já desceu, embora ligeiramente, abaixo de 0, sem que, contudo, o RSI revele alguma divergência, embora se apresente instável, e tendo o Chaikin Money Flow cortado, em baixa, a escala 0.
Assim, não é de excluir um regresso a valores à volta dos 0,45, sendo de considerar que o efeito split, previsivelmente, irá forcá-la a subir.
Assim o espero.