Freescale's quarterly earnings call is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time on July 23, 2015. The company will offer a live webcast of the conference call over the Internet at www.freescale.com/investor.
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About Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL) enables secure, embedded processing solutions for the Internet of Tomorrow. Freescales solutions drive a more innovative and connected world, simplifying our lives and making us safer. While serving the worlds largest companies, Freescale is also committed to supporting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, enabling the next generation of innovators. www.freescale.com
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations | ||||||||||||
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Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||
(in millions, except per share amounts) |
Jul 3,
2015 |
Apr 3,
2015 |
Jul 4,
2014 |
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Net sales | $ | 1,198 | $ | 1,169 | $ | 1,191 | ||||||
Cost of sales | 622 | 616 | 654 | |||||||||
Gross margin | 576 | 553 | 537 | |||||||||
Research and development | 216 | 222 | 219 | |||||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 123 | 121 | 128 | |||||||||
Amortization expense for acquired intangible assets | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
Reorganization of business, merger expenses and other | 6 | 26 | 6 | |||||||||
Operating earnings | 226 | 179 | 180 | |||||||||
Loss on extinguishment or modification of long-term debt | (9 | ) | (21 | ) | - | |||||||
Other expense, net | (71 | ) | (78 | ) | (83 | ) | ||||||
Earnings before income taxes | 146 | 80 | 97 | |||||||||
Income tax expense | 24 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||
Net earnings | $ | 122 | $ | 70 | $ | 86 | ||||||
Earnings per common share: | ||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.39 | $ | 0.23 | $ | 0.28 | ||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.38 | $ | 0.22 | $ | 0.28 | ||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||
Basic | 310 | 307 | 303 | |||||||||
Diluted | 318 | 315 | 308 |