Sun Microsystems Reports Results for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2007Revenue Growth and Strong Gross Margin Affirm Sun's Business Strategy and Focus on Innovation SANTA CLARA, CALIF. October 26, 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) reported results today for its fiscal first quarter, which ended October 1, 2006.
Revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 were $3.189 billion, an increase of 17 percent as compared with $2.726 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2006. Year over year revenue increase resulted from both acquisitions and increasing acceptance of the Solaris 10 Operating System, as well as growth in the services business. Computer Systems Products revenues increased 15 percent year over year, the third consecutive quarter of year over year revenue increase. Net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 on a GAAP basis was $56 million or a net loss of ($0.02) per share, as compared with a net loss of $123 million, or net loss of ($0.04) per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2006. GAAP net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 included: $21 million of restructuring and related impairment of asset charges and a $7 million benefit for related tax effects, $58 million of stock-based compensation charges and $79 million of intangible asset amortization relating to recent acquisitions. The net impact of these four items was approximately ($0.04) per share. Cash generated from operations for the first quarter was $157 million, and cash and marketable debt securities balance at the end of the quarter was $4.671 billion. "It's great to grow faster than the competition, maintain strong gross margins and see continued adoption of Solaris on HP, Dell and IBM computers," said Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems. "Customers across the world are turning to Sun as the safe choice for open source innovation, for industry leading identity and security management platforms and for the most eco-responsible infrastructure to power the network." Sun has scheduled a conference call today to discuss its financial results for Q1 fiscal year 2007 at 1:30 p.m. (PT), which is being broadcast live at www.sun.com/investors. About Sun Microsystems, Inc.A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.
To supplement Sun's consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, Sun provides non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per share data. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to Sun's GAAP results and is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
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