Revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 were $3.266 billion, a decrease of 0.5 percent as compared with $3.283 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2007. Total gross margin as a percent of revenues was 44.9, an increase of 0.4 percentage points, as compared with the third quarter of fiscal 2007.
Net loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 on a GAAP basis was $34 million, or $(0.04) per share, as compared with net income of $67 million, or $0.07 per share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2007. In the third quarter of fiscal 2008, the company recorded a $52 million dollar tax provision, as compared to a tax benefit of $3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2007. Net loss for the third quarter included charges related to the acquisition of MySQL, which reduced earnings per share by approximately $0.04.
Cash generated from operations for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 was $329 million, and the cash and marketable debt securities balance at the end of the quarter was $3.801 billion. During the third quarter, Sun continued to leverage its cash position, spending $300 million to repurchase 17.5 million shares of its common stock. There is currently $500 million remaining of the $3 billion share repurchase program announced in the company's fiscal fourth quarter of 2007.
"The U.S. economy presented Sun with significant challenges in the third quarter, masking our progress in developing nations and economies across the world," said Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems. "With double digit year-over-year growth in India and Brazil, and triple digit year-over-year billings growth in our energy-efficient, SolarisTM-based Chip Multi-Threading (CMT) systems, Sun made considerable progress during the quarter. We continue to invest in the future created by open alternatives to proprietary technologies, best exemplified by the acquisition of MySQL. The world is moving to open source innovation, and Sun continues to lead that revolution."
Third Quarter Highlights
- Sun reported year-over-year revenue growth in 12 out of its 16 sales geographies during the third quarter, with double-digit revenue growth in key international markets across EMEA, Asia Pacific and the International Americas.
- From a product perspective, SolarisTM-based Chip Multi-Threading (CMT) systems billings more than doubled year-over-year, with the Company's blade systems also delivering impressive billings growth fueled by Sun's comprehensive portfolio spanning AMD OpteronTM, Intel Xeon® and Sun UltraSPARC® offerings.
- Furthering its presence in the open source software marketplace, Sun announced the close of two significant acquisitions: MySQL, the world's most popular open source database provider, and innotek, whose VirtualBoxTM products provide free desktop virtualization.
- Sun signed a landmark collaboration agreement with The People's Republic of China Ministry of Education to cultivate integrated circuit engineering talent and industry development based upon Sun's OpenSPARCTM open source silicon platform.
- Sun was awarded significant contracts including funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for a five and a half year research project focused on microchip interconnectivity via on-chip optical networks enabled by silicon photonics and proximity communication.
Sun has scheduled a conference call today to discuss its financial results for the third quarter fiscal year 2008 at 1:30 p.m. (PT), which is being broadcast live at www.sun.com/investors.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the ComputerTM" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Sun Fire, Java, innotek, VirtualBox, MySQL and The Network is the Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
AMD and Opteron are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices.
Intel and Intel Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.
All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company, Ltd.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the future results and performance of Sun Microsystems, Inc., including statements regarding future investments and industry trends. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from those predicted in any such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Sun's actual results to differ materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements include: risks associated with developing, designing, manufacturing and distributing new products; lack of success in technological advancements; pricing pressures; lack of customer acceptance and implementation of new products and technologies; the possibility of errors or defects in new products; a material acquisition, restructuring or other event that results in significant charges; competition; adverse business conditions; failure to retain key employees; the cancellation or delay of projects; Sun's reliance on single-source suppliers; risks associated with Sun's ability to purchase a sufficient amount of components to meet demand; inventory risks; risks associated with Sun's international customers and operations; delays in product development; Sun's dependence on significant customers and specific industries; and Sun's dependence on channel partners. Please also refer to Sun's periodic reports that are filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2007 and December 30, 2007. Sun assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update these forward-looking statements.
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||||
| (in millions, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||||||||
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Nine Months Ended |
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| March 30, | April 1, | March 30, | April 1, | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| Net revenues: | |||||||||||||||||
| Products | $ | 2,003 | $ | 2,060 | $ | 6,232 | $ | 6,279 | |||||||||
| Services | 1,263 | 1,223 | 3,868 | 3,759 | |||||||||||||
| Total net revenues | 3,266 | 3,283 | 10,100 | 10,038 | |||||||||||||
| Cost of sales: | |||||||||||||||||
| Cost of sales-products (1) | 1,106 | 1,148 | 3,296 | 3,499 | |||||||||||||
| Cost of sales-services (1) | 692 | 674 | 2,022 | 2,086 | |||||||||||||
| Total cost of sales | 1,798 | 1,822 | 5,318 | 5,585 | |||||||||||||
| Gross margin | 1,468 | 1,461 | 4,782 | 4,453 | |||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||
| Research and development (1) | 457 | 514 | 1,366 | 1,494 | |||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative (1) | 989 | 957 | 2,923 | 2,893 | |||||||||||||
| Restructuring charges and related impairment of long-lived assets | 14 | 35 | 159 | 82 | |||||||||||||
| Purchased in-process research and development | 24 | - | 25 | - | |||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 1,484 | 1,506 | 4,473 | 4,469 | |||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | (16 | ) | (45 | ) | 309 | (16 | ) | ||||||||||
| Gain on equity investments, net | - | 5 | 22 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Interest and other income, net | 34 | 104 | 145 | 209 | |||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 18 | 64 | 476 | 198 | |||||||||||||
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | 52 | (3 | ) | 161 | 54 | ||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (34 | ) | $ | 67 | $ | 315 | $ | 144 | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) per common share-basic | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.08 | (2) | $ | 0.38 | $ | 0.16 | (2) | ||||||
| Net income (loss) per common share-diluted | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.07 | (2) | $ | 0.38 | $ | 0.16 | (2) | ||||||
| Shares used in the calculation of net income (loss) per common share-basic | 785 | 887 | (2) | 821 | 881 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Shares used in the calculation of net income (loss) per common share-diluted | 785 | 915 | (2) | 837 | 900 | (2) | |||||||||||
| (1) Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: | |||||||||||||||||
| Cost of sales-products | $ | 3 | $ | 3 | $ | 8 | $ | 10 | |||||||||
| Cost of sales-services | $ | 10 | $ | 8 | $ | 28 | $ | 24 | |||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 17 | $ | 15 | $ | 47 | $ | 49 | |||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | $ | 27 | $ | 24 | $ | 74 | $ | 83 | |||||||||
| (2) Amounts have been restated to reflect the one-for-four reverse stock split effective November 12, 2007. | |||||||||||||||||
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||
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| March 30, | June 30, | |||||
| 2008 | 2007(1) | |||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 2,363 | $ | 3,620 | ||
| Short-term marketable debt securities | 664 | 962 | ||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 2,405 | 2,964 | ||||
| Inventories | 735 | 524 | ||||
| Deferred and prepaid tax assets | 223 | 200 | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,106 | 1,058 | ||||
| Total current assets | 7,496 | 9,328 | ||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,584 | 1,533 | ||||
| Long-term marketable debt securities | 774 | 1,360 | ||||
| Goodwill | 3,288 | 2,514 | ||||
| Other acquisition-related intangible assets, net | 611 | 633 | ||||
| Other non-current assets | 509 | 470 | ||||
| $ | 14,262 | $ | 15,838 | |||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 1,306 | $ | 1,381 | ||
| Accrued payroll-related liabilities | 724 | 842 | ||||
| Accrued liabilities and other | 1,128 | 961 | ||||
| Deferred revenues | 1,979 | 2,047 | ||||
| Warranty reserve | 204 | 220 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | 5,341 | 5,451 | ||||
| Long-term debt | 1,275 | 1,264 | ||||
| Long-term deferred revenues | 627 | 659 | ||||
| Other non-current obligations | 1,229 | 1,285 | ||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 5,790 | 7,179 | ||||
| $ | 14,262 | $ | 15,838 | |||
| (1) Derived from audited financial statements. | ||||||
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| CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS | ||||||||
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| Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 30, | April 1, | |||||||
| 2008 | 2007 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | 315 | $ | 144 | ||||
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| Depreciation and other amortization | 353 | 388 | ||||||
| Amortization of acquisition related intangible assets | 225 | 239 | ||||||
| Deferred taxes | 8 | (20 | ) | |||||
| Impairment of long-lived assets | - | 16 | ||||||
| Gain on investments and other, net | (54 | ) | - | |||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 157 | 166 | ||||||
| Purchased in-process research and development | 25 | - | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 603 | 265 | ||||||
| Inventories | (205 | ) | (51 | ) | ||||
| Prepaid and other assets | (105 | ) | (104 | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable | (114 | ) | (222 | ) | ||||
| Other liabilities | 31 | (427 | ) | |||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 1,239 | 394 | ||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Decrease (increase) in restricted cash, net | 22 | (4 | ) | |||||
| Purchases of marketable debt securities | (1,292 | ) | (2,465 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from sales of marketable debt securities | 1,404 | 1,041 | ||||||
| Proceeds from maturities of marketable debt securities | 764 | 523 | ||||||
| Proceeds from sales of equity investments, net | 25 | 8 | ||||||
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment, net | (297 | ) | (73 | ) | ||||
| Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired | (923 | ) | (10 | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (297 | ) | (980 | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Purchase of common stock call options | - | (228 | ) | |||||
| Sale of common stock warrants | - | 145 | ||||||
| Purchase of common stock under 2007 Stock Repurchase Plan | (2,300 | ) | - | |||||
| Proceeds from the exercise of common stock options, net | 121 | 176 | ||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes, net | - | 692 | ||||||
| Principal payments on borrowings and other obligations | (20 | ) | (476 | ) | ||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (2,199 | ) | 309 | |||||
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (1,257 | ) | (277 | ) | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 3,620 | 3,569 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 2,363 | $ | 3,292 | ||||
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