SAN JOSE, Calif. — October 23, 2013 — 8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT), provider of cloud communications and collaboration solutions, today announced operating results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2013.

The Company posted record revenue of $30.8 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2014, excluding $0.7 million in revenue related to the Company's dedicated server hosting business that was divested on September 30, 2013. This represents an increase of 22% from comparable revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2013. The divested business has been classified as discontinued operations.

GAAP net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 was $2.2 million, or $0.03 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $4.1 million, or $0.05 per share, an increase of 10% compared with the second quarter of fiscal 2013.

• Revenue from business customers increased 25% year-over-year to a record $30.3 million and represented 98% of total revenue.
• GAAP net income was $2.2 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared with $1.7 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the same period last year.
• Non-GAAP net income (as outlined in the reconciliation table below) was $4.1 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared with $3.7 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, in the same period last year.
• Service margin was 81%, compared with 77% in the same period a year ago; overall gross margin was 71%, compared with 69% in the same year ago period.
• Average number of subscribed services per new business customer added during the quarter grew to 17.7 from 14.7 in the same period last year.
• Average number of subscribed services per business customer over 8x8's entire customer base grew to 12.2 from 10.8 in the same period last year.
• Average monthly service revenue per business customer was $268, compared with $247 in the same period last year.
• Channel and mid-market sales comprised 33% of new monthly recurring revenue sold in the quarter, compared with 21% in the same period last year, an 80% year over year increase.

• Monthly business customer churn was a 1.5%, compared with 2.4% in the second quarter of fiscal 2013; monthly business service revenue churn was 1.2%, compared to 0.9% in the same period last year.
• Cash, cash equivalents and investments increased $3.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014 to $61.3 million, without including $3 million in proceeds from the sale of the dedicated hosting business during the quarter which was received on October 1, 2013.

"8x8 delivered a solid quarter with a record 25% increase in revenue from business customers, a record 22% increase in overall revenue and a record $30.8 million in total revenue," said 8x8 CEO Vik Verma. "Our mid-market and channel teams set a new quarterly record comprising 33% of our new revenue sold during the quarter, an 80% increase compared with the same period last year. At the same time, we saw further improvements in our customer operating metrics as our existing customers continue to subscribe to increasing numbers of services each quarter."

"Going forward, we will continue to focus on revenue growth by leveraging our proven strength in the domestic SMB and mid-market segments, upselling our existing customers with new products and services and expanding our market internationally," Verma continued. "To accomplish this, we will be increasing our investments in R&D, sales and marketing and will target non-GAAP net income as a percentage of revenue in the high single digit range. As always, we remain committed to profitable growth and maximizing shareholder value."

• Number of new services sold during the second quarter was a record 52,412 vs. 47,318 in the prior quarter and 42,853 in the same period last year.
• Ended the quarter with 34,674 business customers, compared with 33,374 customers in the prior quarter and 30,191 customers in the same period a year ago.
• Introduced our cloud Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution, an enterprise-grade management platform for desktop virtualization.
• Launched our private-label VDI service offering with telecom partner SoftBank.
• Awarded three new U.S. patents related to distributed conferencing, communications technologies, and contact center technologies.
• Extended the reach of our cloud services to Europe with the opening of a new data center facility in London.
• Named to Forbes 2013 list of "America's Best Small Companies."
• Announced appointment of Ian Potter to the Board of Directors.
• Transitioned senior leadership and streamlined management structure: named Vik Verma as CEO and Bryan Martin as CTO; announced departure of Kim Niederman as President.
• Sold dedicated server hosting business to The IRC Company, Inc. (dba Black Lotus Communications).

Six Months Year to Date Fiscal 2014 Financial Highlights:

• Total revenue for the six months ended September 30, 2013 increased 21% year over year to $60.1 million, from $49.6 million in the same period of fiscal 2013.
• Non-GAAP net income (as outlined in the reconciliation table below) for the six months ended September 30, 2013, was $8.3 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, compared with $7.1 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, for the same period last year.
• GAAP net income for the six months ended September 30, 2013, was $4.4 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, compared with $10.4 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, for the same period last year.
• Gross margin for the six months ended September 30, 2013 was 71% compared with 68%, for the same period last year.
• Cash, cash equivalents and investments increased $9 million in the six months ended September 30, 2013 to $61.3 million, not including approximately $3 million proceeds from the sale of the dedicated hosting business during the second quarter.

8x8 also reported, in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), that employment inducement awards were granted to five new employees in connection with their recent hiring. The employees were granted restrictive stock units for 23,750 shares of common stock, 25% of which shall vest on each of the first four anniversaries of the vesting start dates, subject to continued employment and other conditions.

We have provided in this release financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). We use these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing our financial results and believe they are useful to investors, as a supplement to GAAP measures, in evaluating our ongoing operational performance. We believe that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating our ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial results with other companies in our industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors.

Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures below. A reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included below in this press release.

Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share

We have defined non-GAAP net income as net income for GAAP plus non-cash tax adjustments, stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related costs, facility exit costs, gain on patent sale, gain on disposal of discontinued operations and management transition. We have excluded gain on patent sale and gain on disposal of discontinued operations because we consider these to have been isolated transactions and

believe these are not reflective of our ongoing operations, and this reduces comparability of periodic operating results when these are included. Non-cash tax adjustments represent the differences between the amount of taxes we expect to pay and our GAAP tax provision each period. We have excluded stock-based compensation expense because it relies on valuations based on future events, such as the market price of our common stock, that are difficult to predict and are affected by market factors that are largely not within the control of management. Amortization of acquired intangible assets is excluded because it is a non-cash expense that we do not consider part of ongoing operations when assessing our financial performance, as it relates to accounting for certain purchased assets. We have excluded acquisition-related expenses, including expenses to exit an acquired facility, and management transition expenses because these expenses are difficult to predict and are often one-time. We define non-GAAP net income per share as non-GAAP net income divided by the weighted-average diluted shares outstanding. We define non-GAAP net income percentage of revenue as non-GAAP net income divided by revenue. The GAAP and non-GAAP weighted average number of diluted shares to calculate GAAP and non-GAAP earnings per share are the same. We believe that such exclusions facilitate comparisons to our historical operating results and to the results of other companies in the same industry, and provides investors with information that we use in evaluating management's performance on a quarterly and annual basis.

Management will host a conference call to discuss these results and other matters related to the Company's business today, October 23, 2013 at 4:30 pm EDT. The call is accessible via the following numbers and webcast links:

Participants should plan to dial in or log on ten minutes prior to the start time. A telephonic replay of the call will be available three hours after the conclusion of the call until midnight October 30, 2013. The webcast will be archived on 8x8's website for a period of one year. For additional information, visit http://investors.8x8.com.

About 8x8, Inc.

8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) offers a comprehensive portfolio of unified cloud-based communications and collaboration solutions that include hosted cloud telephony, office communications, contact center, video conferencing and virtual desktop software and services. The company has been delivering business services to SMB, mid-market and distributed enterprises since 2004 and has garnered a reputation for technical excellence and outstanding reliability. In 2012, 8x8 was named a market "leader" in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) in North America and was recognized as the No. 1 Provider of Hosted IP Telephony by Frost & Sullivan and Synergy Research Group. For additional information, visit www.8x8.com, or connect with 8x8 on Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements include, without limitation, information about future events based on current expectations, potential product development efforts, near and long-term objectives, potential new business, strategies, organization changes, changing markets, future business performance and outlook. Such statements are predictions only, and actual events or results could differ materially from those made in any forward-looking statements due to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results and trends may differ materially from historical results or those projected in any such forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, customer acceptance and demand for our products and services, the reliability of our services, the prices for our services, customer renewal rates, customer acquisition costs, actions by our competitors, including price reductions for their telephone services, potential federal and state regulatory actions, compliance costs, potential warranty claims and product defects, our needs for and the availability of adequate working capital, our ability to innovate technologically, the timely supply of products by our contract manufacturers, potential future intellectual property infringement claims that could adversely affect our business and operating results, and our ability to retain our listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as well as other reports that 8x8, Inc. files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and 8x8, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as required by law, even as new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

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Investor Relations Contact:
Joan Citelli
Joan.citelli@8x8.com
(408) 654-0970

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