UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 17, 2010
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Massachusetts | 000-23599 | 04-2741391 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
201 Riverneck Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (978) 256-1300
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
The management of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (Mercury) will present an overview of Mercurys business on
May 17-18, 2010, at meetings with William Blair & Company in San Francisco, California. Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (the Report) is a copy of the slide presentation to be made by
Mercury at the meetings.
This information is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Report and shall not be deemed to be filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by Mercury under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified as being incorporated therein by reference. This Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Report that is being disclosed pursuant to Regulation FD.
Please refer to page 1 of Exhibit 99.1 for a discussion of certain forward-looking statements included therein and the risks and uncertainties related thereto, as well as the use of non-GAAP financial measures included therein.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. |
Description | |
99.1 | Presentation materials dated May 17-18, 2010 (filed herewith). |
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: May 17, 2010 | MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ ROBERT E. HULT | |||
Robert E. Hult | ||||
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer |
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No. |
Description | |
99.1 | Presentation materials dated May 17-18, 2010 (filed herewith). |
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William Blair & Company
San Francisco
Mark Aslett
President & CEO
Bob Hult
SVP, CFO
May 17 -
18, 2010
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Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement
This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements, as that term is
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those
relating to anticipated fiscal 2010 business performance and beyond. You can identify these statements by our use
of the words "may," "will," "should," "plans,"
"expects," "anticipates," "continue," "estimate," "project," "intend," and similar expressions.
These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Such
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, including unforeseen
weakness in the Company's markets, effects of continued geopolitical unrest and
regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing,
delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs, changes in customer order patterns, changes
in product mix, continued success in technological advances and delivering
technological innovations, continued funding of defense programs, the timing of
such funding, changes in the U.S. Government's interpretation of federal procurement rules and regulations,
market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components, production delays
due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, the inability to
fully realize the expected benefits from acquisitions or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges
in
integrating
acquired
businesses
and
achieving
anticipated
synergies,
and
difficulties
in
retaining
key
customers.
These
risks
and
uncertainties also include such additional risk factors as are discussed in the
Company's recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission,
including
its
Annual
Report
on
Form
10-K
for
the
year
ended
June
30,
2009.
The
Company
cautions
readers
not
to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.
Use
of
Non-GAAP
(Generally
Accepted
Accounting
Principles)
Financial Measures
In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, or GAAP, the Company provides non-GAAP financial
measures adjusted to exclude certain specified charges, which the Company believes are useful to help investors
better understand its past financial performance and prospects for the future. However,
the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be
considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information provided in accordance with GAAP. Management
believes these non-GAAP financial measures assist in providing a more complete
understanding of the Company's underlying operational results and trends, and
management uses these measures, along with their corresponding GAAP financial measures, to manage the
Company's business, to evaluate its performance compared to prior periods and the
marketplace, and to establish operational goals. A reconciliation of GAAP to
non-GAAP financial measures discussed in this presentation is contained in the Companys most recent
earnings release, which can be found on our website at
www.mc.com/mediacenter/pressreleaseslist.aspx. |
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Mercury is a platform-independent, best-of-breed
ISR systems and services company
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Note:
$189M
Total
Revenue
includes
$2M
interco
eliminations
Founded in 1981
HQ in Massachusetts;
R&D in MA, VA, AL
513 employees
Leading provider of commercial
high-performance signal,
image and sensor processing
Focused on growing
defense ISR market
FY2009 revenues of $189M
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Phases of Mercury's transformation
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Overlapping
Phases
Parallel
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5 key business growth drivers
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Product
Portfolio
Refresh
Application
Expansion
Platform
Penetration
Customer
Expansion
Expand Total
Addressable
Market to $3.5B
Increased
System Content
Platform
Penetration
Application
Expansion
Expand Total
Addressable
Market to $30B
Defense
Electronics
Market
Focus on
Persistent ISR
Growth in
Federal Services
Filed $100M
Universal Shelf
Complementary
ISR Businesses
Semiconductor
Market
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Success in semiconductor equipment
position controller for lithography
Application Requirement:
Low-latency, deterministic
processing for precision control
in Stepper/Scanners
Initial Deal:
$10M pre-production orders booked
and partially shipped
Starting to receive production orders
Integrated platforms for production
(immersion/EUV, new/upgrades)
Advanced processing technology:
AdvancedTCA utilizing serial RapidIO
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Note:
Potential is 5 year probable value based on customer-supplied information at time design
win awarded. Actual program value may be higher or lower
Total Opportunity Potential: ~$100M over 5 years |
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ACS 5-year design win value increased 22% overall in
FY09 with 51% growth in defense
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Defense Highlights
Aegis
Naval BMD, C4I
Missile Defense
Ground Radar
Argon
Naval SIGINT
Predator
Airborne Radar
JCREW
Ground SIGINT
Rivet Joint
Airborne SIGINT
Gorgon Stare
Airborne ISR
NASP
Airborne Sonar
Guardrail
Airborne SIGINT
Commercial Highlights
KLA Tencor
Semiconductor
Hughes
Satellite Comms
Rapiscan
Baggage Scanning
L3
Baggage Scanning
ASML
Semiconductor
Note:
Potential is 5 year probable value based on customer-supplied information at time design
win awarded. Actual program value may be higher or lower |
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AEGIS BMD radar processing
Selected for BMD Radar
Most powerful deployed embedded computer
for digital beam-forming
Extend to Radar Control System
Addressable market 60 ships out of 92
Plan of Record for ship upgrade:
7
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Total
6
6
6
6-8
6-8
30-34
Additional 8 ships to be built
Upside with sales and additional ships in out years
Total 5 year opportunity: $100M |
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Services and Systems Integration drove significant
revenue growth in its first full year of operation
Expand ACS total
addressable market
From startup in FY08, FY09
bookings growth +106%,
revenue growth +157%
FY09 proved the business
model and potential
Enables
substitute
and
3
rd
party technologies e.g. blade
computing
Enables faster time to
revenue on programs and
increased deal sizes
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Success in Services & System Integration
Radar Digital Processor
Project Requirement:
Phased Array Radar for Ground
Missile Defense (FMS)
Initial Deal:
$12M engineering services and
system integration
$6M production order (1 country)
Advanced processing technology:
OpenVPX
embedded computing
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Note:
Potential is 5 year probable value based on customer-supplied information at time design
win awarded. Actual program value may be higher or lower
Future Opportunity Potential:
$12M total production for next 2 countries;
~15-20 countries expected to follow |
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Strong revenue ($5.7M) and
bookings ($11.9M) in FY09
Concurrently, generating
new opportunities for ACS
8 active engagements;
3 direct prime contracts
Recognized by the DoD as
advanced processing
architects for next-gen
airborne ISR systems
Mercury Federal Systems (MFS) delivered significant
first year bookings and revenue
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MFS success story
Wide Area Airborne Surveillance
Project Requirement:
Concurrent near real-time
situational awareness for
MQ-9 Reaper UAV
(Gorgon Stare)
Initial Deal:
$7M bookings
1/2 hardware / software
1/2 engineering services
Advanced processing technology:
Embedded GPUs w/IO
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Note:
Potential is 5 year probable value based on customer-supplied information at time design
win awarded. Actual program value may be higher or lower
Total Opportunity Potential: ~ $20M |
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Strength in ACS defense markets
Radar (32% CAGR FY07-09) and EW (9% CAGR) driving growth
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Key defense platforms and programs driving growth
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Global Hawk
Predator/Reaper
Rivet Joint
Gorgon Stare
F-16
F-35 JSF
BAMS
MESA
P8-MMA
MP-RTIP
Aegis
RDP -
Ground Missile
Defense Radar
THAAD
JCREW
Software
Defined Jammer
Guardrail
SSEE(F)
CADF
Deepwater
Airborne ISR
Airborne ISR
Airborne ISR
Representative Program List
Counter IED
Counter IED
Counter IED
Electronic Warfare (EW)
Electronic Warfare (EW) |
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Military electronics is a market sweet spot
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Retrofit and upgrades remain
strong for legacy programs
Increased need for EW;
intelligence, surveillance,
reconnaissance assets
Networked nodal platforms,
time to information
Next-gen onboard processing,
exploitation and dissemination
architecture critical
Sources
:
The
Military
Electronics
Briefing,
2008
Ed.
,
The
TEAL
Group,
Frost
&
Sullivan,
U.S
C4ISR
Market
2007 |
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To the warfighter, time to information is critical
to address the growing gap between:
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Whats collected?
100TB per mission
Force Protection
Mission Critical
Real-time
Forensics
Last 18 hours
Recent minutes
For decision makers who need timely, actionable,
and relevant information
Whats
actionable?
?
Whats analyzed?
100GB per mission |
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Airborne ISR R&D costs
Signal Processing /
Systems Integration
Platform
Sensor
Datalink
Ground
Station
10%
40%
30%
5%
15%
45%
10%
15%
10%
10%
5%
5%
Datalink
Platform
Sensor
Ground Station
Application Acceleration/
Systems Integration
Warfighter
Terminals
Warfighter
Terminals
Broadcast
Provision
Broadcast Provision
Source: DoD
Budget Request FY93 and FY2008
1993
2008
Mercurys
Opportunity
Mercurys
Opportunity
Budget priorities being realigned to maintain technology edge |
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Mercury's new Converged Sensor Network
(CSN)
vision for persistent ISR
A revolutionary open architecture that combines
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Multi-Sensor
Signal
Processing
Information
Management
Technologies
Transformational
Access to
Information in the
Tactical Edge
Radar
Video
SIGINT
Signal
Processing
Image
Processing
Signal
Processing
Data
Exploitation
Information
Dissemination
SAN
Global
Information
Grid
Become the governments trusted partner for next-generation
ISR platform signal processing and computing |
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Government/DoD
frustration leads to defense
procurement reform
Todays Model
Government frustrated
with current model
Platform-centric approach
Proprietary closed system
architectures
Significant cost overruns
Significant schedule slips
Emerging Model
Best-of-breed model
emerging
More commercial items
Open platform-independent
architectures
QRC
rapid deployment,
lower cost and risk
Likely to occur for signal
processing and computing
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Budget pressure and significant schedule slippage is leading
to Defense procurement reforms that could benefit Mercury |
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Positioned for growth
Focused on growing ISR market segment
Creating a platform-independent, best-of-breed ISR
systems and services company
Unique capabilities in commercial high-performance
embedded signal, image and sensor processing
Building government amenable business model in line
with expected Defense procurement reform
Delivering strong organic growth in defense with robust
target business model
Will pursue complementary ISR acquisitions to scale
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FY07
FY10 YTD: Restored profitability
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Note:
All
historical
income
statement
figures
are
as
reported
in
the
Companys
earnings
press
release
at
the
end
of
the
applicable
fiscal
year
and have not been restated for operations that have been discontinued subsequent to that
time. |
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Strong defense revenue
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Note:
All historical figures adjusted for discontinued operations
14% Defense CAGR
FY07
FY09
Revenue ($M)
Commercial
Defense
$23
$26
$29
$33
$27
$31
$35
$37
$33
$34
$38
$40
$41
$35
$34
$21
$25
$23
$21
$16
$16
$15
$13
$11
$11
$13
$8
$7
$10
$9
$43
$51
$52
$54
$43
$47
$51
$50
$45
$45
$51
$48
$47
$45
$44
$59
Q107
Q207
Q307
Q407
Q108
Q208
Q308
Q408
Q109
Q209
Q309
Q409
Q110
Q210
Q310
Q410
Q410 Mid-Point Guidance |
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Strong growth in bookings and backlog
FY07-FY09:
Total Company
11% Bookings CAGR
18% Backlog CAGR
Defense
28% Bookings CAGR
28% Backlog CAGR
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23
Note:
Historical figures adjusted for discontinued operations
Bookings
Total Company $M
Ending Backlog
170
199
210
70
78
98
0
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
200
225
FY07
FY08
FY09
Defense
$107
Defense
$145
Defense
$174
Defense
$58
Defense
$67
Defense
$94 |
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Improved working capital efficiencies
Supply chain
transformation
Operational efficiencies
Manufacturing lead times
Cost of quality
Competitive advantage
for Mercury and
customers
Inventory reduced $8.6M
from Q3 FY08 to Q3 FY10
Customer satisfaction
Blue chip customers
End-of-quarter
shipment skew
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Much improved cash conversion cycle
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Note:
Cash
conversion
calculation
=
DSOs
+
Inventory
Days
A/P
Days |
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Repaid debt and improved cash balance
Note:
ARS settlement at par ($38M) with UBS 6/30/10 |
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Strong and unencumbered balance sheet
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Q3'10
($M)
Cash and Marketable Securities
93
Total Current Assets
152
Total Assets
225
Debt
25
Total Liabilities
67
Shareholders' Equity
158
Generated $7M free cash flow in 3Qs10
Zero cost ARS loan of $25M
$38M ARS balance repaid at par 6/30/10
23.2M diluted weighted average shares outstanding for the
3 months ending 3/31/10 |
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Notes:
Target Business Model assumes organic growth. ACS /MFS approx 90%/10% revenue split
Adj
EBITDA adjusts for Depreciation 2-3% of revenue and Stock Based Comp 2-3% of
revenue Robust target business model
Target
Business
Model |
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3Q YTD10 prior year comparison (GAAP)
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Notes:
1)All historical income statement figures have been restated for operations that have been
discontinued subsequent to that time. 2) Adj EBITDA is earnings before impairment
charges, interest, taxes, restructuring, stock compensation, amortization and depreciation. |
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Last 11 quarters revenues and EPS exceeded
or met the top end of guidance
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2008
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Reported
Guidance
Reported
Guidance
Reported
Guidance
Reported
Guidance
Revenue
($M)
49.2
48.0
52.6
51.0
56.5
53.0-55.0
55.2
53.0-56.0
EPS
($)
0.09
(0.08)
0.04
(0.05)
0.04
(0.04)-0.00
0.01
(0.05)-
0.01
2009
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Revenue
($M)
49.1
47.0-49.0
50.7
47.0-49.0
50.6
48.0-50.0
48.4
46.0-48.0
EPS
($)
0.07
(0.07)-(0.03)
0.03
(0.05)-0.00
0.20
0.05-0.09
0.13
0.05-0.08
2010
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Revenue
($M)
47.4
43.0-45.0
45.2
40.0-42.0
43.6
41.0-43.0
EPS
($)
0.19
0.03-0.08
0.08
(0.08)-(0.04)
0.16
(0.15)-(0.11)
Note:
Non-GAAP
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Q410 guidance ($M)
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Quarter Ending June 30, 2010
Low
High
Revenues
$58
$60
GAAP EPS
$0.25
$0.28
Adj EBITDA
$9.3
$9.9
Note - Adj EBITDA Adjustments:
Net Income
5.9
6.5
Stock compensation
1.2
1.2
Interest Expense
0.1
0.1
Interest Income
(0.2)
(0.2)
Taxes
0.3
0.3
Amortization
0.4
0.4
Depreciation
1.5
1.5
Adj EBITDA
9.3
9.9 |
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Financial summary
Returned to profitability
11% bookings and 18% backlog growth (CAGR)
Improved working capital efficiencies
Healthy cash flows from operations
Strong and unencumbered balance sheet
Robust target business model 17-18% Adj. EBITDA
$100M shelf registration effective
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Thank You
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GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation ($M)
Year Ended
Year Ended
Year Ended
June 30, 2007
June 30, 2008
June 30, 2009
GAAP net income (loss)
($37.8)
($35.4)
($1.3)
Adjustment to exclude stock-based compensation
10.6
10.4
4.6
Adjustment to exclude inventory write-down
0.0
0.8
0.0
Adjustment to exclude in-process research and development
3.1
0.0
0.0
Adjustment to exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets
7.2
7.3
2.4
Adjustment to exclude impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
0.1
18.0
0.0
Adjustment to exclude restructuring
5.5
5.2
1.7
Adjustment to exclude gain on sale of long-lived assets
0.0
(3.2)
0.0
Adjustment for tax impact
5.2
0.2
(5.6)
Non-GAAP net income (loss)
($6.2)
$3.3
$1.8
Adjustment to exclude taxes and other income (expense)
7.8
2.8
0.2
Non-GAAP Income (loss) from operations
($14.0)
$0.5
$1.6
GAAP net income (loss)
($37.8)
($35.4)
($1.3)
Adjustment to exclude loss from disco ops, net of income taxes
(8.9)
(30.0)
(20.3)
Adjustment to exclude gain (loss) on sale of disco ops
0.0
(1.0)
11.1
GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations
($28.9)
($4.4)
$7.9
Adjustment to exclude GAAP related items
(3)
3.1
Non-GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations
$11.0
Adjustment to exclude taxes and other income (expense)
5.4
Non-GAAP Income (loss) from continuing operations
$16.4
Net income (loss) per share -
Diluted -
GAAP
($1.78)
($1.64)
($0.06)
($0.29)
$0.15
$0.08
($1.36)
($0.21)
$0.35
$0.49
21.2
21.6
22.4
21.2
22.0
22.4
Net income (loss) per share - Diluted - Non-GAAP
Net income (loss) per share - continuing operations - Diluted - Non-GAAP
Weighted average shares - Diluted - GAAP
Weighted average shares - Diluted - Non-GAAP
Net income (loss) per share - continuing operations - Diluted - GAAP
Notes:
1)FY07 FY08 income statement figures are as reported in the Companys earnings
press release at the end of the applicable fiscal period 2)FY09 income statement figures
are restated for discontinued operations as reported 3)GAAP related items: stock comp,
amortization, restructuring and adjustment to taxes |
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Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation ($M)
Three Quarters Ended
Three Quarters Ended
March 31, 2009
March 31, 2010
Income from operations before income taxes
$5.2
$8.1
Other expense (income)
0.3
(0.9)
Income tax expense (benefit)
0.1
(1.0)
Income from continuing operations
$4.8
$10.0
Stock-based compensation expense
4.7
3.0
Impairment of long-lived assets
0.0
0.2
Interest Expense
2.3
0.3
Interest Income
(1.9)
(0.4)
Income tax expense (benefit)
0.1
(1.0)
Restructuring
0.7
0.2
Amortization of acquired intangible assets
1.9
1.3
Depreciation
4.3
3.8
Adjusted EBITDA
$16.9
$17.4
All historical income statement figures have been restated for operations that have been
discontinued subsequent to that time. Note: |