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National TechTeam, Inc. Announces Revised Q4, 1996 and Q1-3, 1997 Results

21 November 1997

National TechTeam, Inc. Announces Revised Results For Fourth Quarter 1996 and the First Three Quarters of 1997

    DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 21 -- National TechTeam, Inc.,
, announced on November 20 restated results of operations for
the fourth quarter 1996 and the first two quarters 1997.  The restatements
relate to:  (1) certain revenues related to contemporaneous purchase/sale
transactions between the Company and the licensees of its software products
occurring in the fourth quarter 1996 and the first quarter 1997; (2) the
impact of those restatements on subsequent quarters; and (3) certain
compensation related adjustments.
    Additionally, the Company's July 1997 acquisition of Compuflex Systems,
Inc., which has been accounted for as a pooling of interests, required that
the consolidated financial statements be restated to include the accounts of
Compuflex for all periods.
    The schedule that follows summarizes the impact of the foregoing
restatements.
    The Company also announced that its Form 10-Q for the third quarter 1997
was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 19, 1997.
The following table sets forth the revised results for the third quarter 1997
and first nine months of 1997.

                           National TechTeam, Inc.
                     Third Quarter Results of Operations
                       As Revised on November 20, 1997

    Quarter Ended September 30                     1997            1996
    Revenues                                    $20,494,586     $19,687,472
    Income/(Loss) Before Tax Provisions         (1,523,206)       1,887,692
    Tax Provisions                                (533,364)         792,000
    Net Income/(Loss)                             (969,842)       1,095,692
    Primary and Fully Diluted Earnings/(Loss)
     Per Share                                       (0.06)            0.09
    Weighted Average Number of Common
     Shares and Common Share
     Equivalents Outstanding
      Primary                                   15,887,531       12,500,426
      Fully Diluted                             15,887,531       12,594,440


    First Nine Months                               1997            1996
    Revenues                                   $56,287,288       52,755,210
    Income Before Tax Provisions                (1,567,369)       5,156,879
    Tax Provisions                                (343,164)       2,532,300
    Net Income/(Loss)                           (1,224,205)       2,624,579
    Primary and Fully Diluted Earnings
     Per Share                                       (0.08)            0.22
    Weighted Average Number of Common
     Shares and Common Share
     Equivalents Outstanding
      Primary                                    16,053,730      12,151,408
      Fully Diluted                              16,053,730      12,189,941

    The foregoing contains forward-looking statements.  The matters expressed
in such statements are subject to numerous uncertainties and risks including
but not limited to general economic conditions in the markets in which
TechTeam operates, fluctuation in demand for computer related services and
products, and current expectations of TechTeam or its management.  Should one
or more of those uncertainties or risks materialize, or should underlying
assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those
described as forward-looking statements.  TechTeam does not intend to update
those forward-looking statements.
    National TechTeam, Inc. is a leading provider of information technology
outsourcing support services to large national and multi-national
corporations, government agencies and service organizations.  The Company
offers its services through two global units: (i) Call Center Services, which
provides its clients with inbound telephone support for their computer product
and end-users and (ii) Corporate Computer Services, which provides
corporations with technical staffing (principally on-site help desk support),
systems integration, instructor-led and computer-based training.  National
TechTeam is traded under the symbol "TEAM."

                           National TechTeam, Inc.
                           Summary of Restatements
                         Announced November 20, 1997

                                                                      Calendar
                                   1996 Quarters Ended                  Year
                    March 31,    June 30,    Sept. 30,    Dec. 31,      1996

    Consolidated Statement of Operations
    Revenues
    As previously
     reported  $14,407,611  $15,831,227  $18,390,472  $20,521,686  $69,150,996
    Effect of
     correction of
     previously
     issued
     financial
     statements      --           --          --      (2,263,840)  (2,263,840)
    Effect of
     Compuflex
     pooling of
     interests    1,166,000    1,662,900    1,297,000   1,203,000    5,328,900
    As restated $15,573,611 $17,494,127  $19,687,472  $19,460,846  $72,216,056


    Net income/(loss):
    As previously
     reported   $865,731    $1,044,156      $962,692  $1,901,053  $4,773,632
    Effect of
     correction of previously
     issued financial
     statements    --             --             --   (1,833,243) (1,833,243)
    Effect of Compuflex
     pooling of
     interests       80,000    (461,000)      133,000      50,000   (198,000)
     As restated   $945,731    $583,156    $1,095,692    $117,810  $2,742,389


    Net income/(loss)
     per share:
    As previously
     reported        $0.08       $0.09         $0.08       $0.13      $0.38
    Effect of correction
     of previously
     issued financial
     statements        --          --            --        (0.12)     (0.12)
    Effect of Compuflex
     pooling of
     interest          --        (0.04)         0.01         0.01     (0.02)
    As restated      $0.08       $0.05         $0.09        $0.02     $0.24


                               1997 Quarters Ended                Year to Date
                               March 31         June 30          June 30, 1997
    Revenues:
    As previously reported   $20,715,682      $18,450,825          $39,166,507
    Effect of correction
     of previously issued
     financial statements    (3,485,990)          112,185          (3,373,805)
    Effect of Compuflex
     pooling of interests     1,346,900         4,745,940           6,092,840
    As restated             $18,576,592       $23,308,950         $41,885,542


    Net income/(loss):
    As previously reported   $1,817,827           $79,766          $1,897,593
    Effect of correction
     of previously issued
     financial  statements  (2,187,290)           35,334           (2,151,956)
        Effect of Compuflex
     pooling of interests       5,100         (194,796)           (189,696)
        As restated         $(364,363)        $(79,696)          $(444,059)

    Net income/(loss) per share:
    As previously reported      $0.12              $0.01              $0.13
    Effect of correction of
     previously issued
     financial statements       (0.15)              0.00              (0.15)
    Effect of Compuflex
     pooling of interests        0.00              (0.02)             (0.02)
    As restated                $(0.03)            $(0.01)            $(0.04)


    Consolidated Statement
     of Financial Position  December 31,        March 31,          June 30,
                               1996              1997                1997
    Current assets:
    As previously reported   $98,900,418       $96,571,229         $94,739,463
    Effect of correction
     of  previously issued
     financial statements        494,060           435,660             415,660
    Effect of Compuflex
     pooling of interests      1,079,300          1,216,000          1,250,568
    As restated             $100,473,778        $98,222,889        $96,405,691

    Current liabilities:
    As previously reported    $8,340,959         $7,596,316         $6,023,040
    Effect of correction of
     previously issued
     financial statements       748,600            404,800             404,800
    Effect of Compuflex
     pooling of interests       796,400            861,400           1,669,803
    As restated              $9,885,959         $8,862,516          $8,097,643

    Retained earnings:
    As previously reported  $10,856,604         $12,674,431        $12,754,197
    Effect of correction
     of previously issued
     financial statements    (1,833,243)         (4,020,533)       (3,985,199)
    Effect of Compuflex
     pooling of interests    (2,556,500)         (2,551,400)       (2,892,887)
    As restated              $6,416,861          $6,102,498         $5,876,121

    Total assets/liabilities and shareholders' equity:
    As previously reported  $111,962,058       $117,465,200       $116,436,798
    Effect of correction
     of previously issued
     financial statements     1,028,270          2,155,047          2,136,947
    Effect of Compuflex
     pooling of interests     3,845,200          3,879,300          4,131,013
    As restated            $116,835,528       $123,499,547       $122,704,658

SOURCE  National TechTeam, Inc.