UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 10, 2009 (March 10, 2009)

 

Information Services Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Four Stamford Plaza

107 Elm Street

Stamford, CT 06902

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(203) 517-3100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

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ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

On March 10, 2009, Information Services Group, Inc. (“ISG” or the “Company”) released its earnings for the fourth quarter 2008 which ended on December 31, 2008 and is furnishing a copy of the earnings release to the Securities and Exchange Commission under Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. In addition, ISG will discuss its financial results during a teleconference call on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 2 p.m. (EDT). To access the teleconference call, go to ISG’s website at www.informationsg.com.  The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of the Exchange Act.

 

ISG reports all financial information required in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).  ISG believes, however, that evaluating its ongoing operating results will be enhanced if it also discloses certain non-GAAP information.  These non-GAAP financial measures exclude non-cash and certain other special charges that many investors believe may obscure the user’s overall understanding of ISG’s current financial performance and the Company’s prospects for the future.  ISG believes that these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to investors because they improve the comparability of the financial results between periods and provide for greater transparency of key measures used to evaluate the Company’s performance. 

 

ISG provides adjusted EBITDA (defined as net income plus income taxes, net interest income/(expense), depreciation, amortization of intangible assets resulting from acquisitions and non-cash impairment charges for goodwill and intangible assets) and cash earnings (defined as net income plus amortization of intangible assets, non-cash stock based compensation and non-cash impairment charges for goodwill and intangible assets) and selected financial data on a constant currency basis (using foreign currency exchange rates as of November 16, 2007), which are non-GAAP measures that the Company believes provide useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain expenses and financial implications of foreign currency translations, which management believes are not indicative of ISG’s core operations.  These non-GAAP measures are used by ISG to evaluate the Company’s business strategies and management’s performance. 

 

Non-GAAP financial measures, when presented, are reconciled to the most closely applicable GAAP measure.  Non-GAAP measures are provided as additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. 

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d)                                 Exhibit.

 

99.1                           Press Release dated March 10, 2009

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: March 10, 2009	INFORMATION SERVICES GROUP, INC.
	By:	/s/ Michael P. Connors
		Michael P. Connors
		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated March 10, 2009

 

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