CISCO REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL YEAR 2009 EARNINGS

 

• Q4 Net Sales: $8.5 billion (decrease of 18% year over year)
• Q4 Net Income: $1.1 billion GAAP*; $1.8 billion non-GAAP
• Q4 Earnings per Share: $0.19 GAAP*; $0.31 non-GAAP
• FY 2009 Net Sales: $36.1 billion (decrease of 9% year over year)
• FY 2009 Net Income: $6.1 billion GAAP*; $8.0 billion non-GAAP
• FY 2009 Earnings per Share: $1.05 GAAP*; $1.35 non-GAAP

SAN JOSE, Calif. – August 5, 2009 – Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, today reported its fourth quarter and fiscal year results for the period ended July 25, 2009. Cisco reported fourth quarter net sales of $8.5 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $1.1 billion or $0.19 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $1.8 billion or $0.31 per share.  

“Cisco delivered very solid quarterly and annual results in a challenging economic environment, as we continued our focus on disciplined execution and our customers’ success,” said John Chambers, chairman and chief executive officer, Cisco. “We are confident in our strategic position in both existing and thirty adjacent markets.  We saw a number of positive signs this quarter in the economy and in our business, especially comparing our sequential quarter-over-quarter order trends.  If we continue to see these positive order trends for the next one to two quarters, we believe there is a good chance we will look back and see that the tipping point occurred in our business in Q4.”

Chambers continued, “Cisco’s goal is transformational: to become a next-generation company and continue to enhance our market position by executing on our growth opportunities.  We see the network truly becoming the platform for innovation and new business models which are enabled by collaboration technologies.”

Q4 GAAP Results
	Q4 2009	Q4 2008	Vs. Q4 2008
Net Sales	$8.5 billion	$10.4 billion	-17.6%
Net Income	$1.1 billion*	$2.0 billion	-46.3%
Earnings per Share	$0.19*	$0.33	-42.4%

Q4 Non-GAAP Results
	Q4 2009	Q4 2008	Vs. Q4 2008
Net Income	$1.8 billion	$2.4 billion	-23.2%
Earnings per Share	$0.31	$0.40	-22.5%

Fiscal Year GAAP Results
	FY 2009	FY 2008	Vs. FY 2008
Net Sales	$36.1 billion	$39.5 billion	-8.7%
Net Income	$6.1 billion*	$8.1 billion	-23.8%
Earnings per Share	$1.05*	$1.31	-19.8%

Fiscal Year Non-GAAP Results
	FY 2009	FY 2008	Vs. FY 2008
Net Income	$8.0 billion	$9.6 billion	-17.0%
Earnings per Share	$1.35	$1.56	-13.5%

* GAAP net income and GAAP earnings per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 and for fiscal year 2009 include a tax charge of $174 million or $0.03 per share and a charge for enhanced early retirement benefits of $138 million or $0.02 per share. A reconciliation between net income on a GAAP basis and non-GAAP net income is provided in the table on page 7. 
 
Cisco will discuss fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 results and business outlook on a conference call and webcast at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time today. Call information and related charts are available at http://www.cisco.com/go/investors. 

 

Other Financial Highlights

• Cash flows from operations were $2.0 billion for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, compared with $3.5 billion for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, and compared with $2.0 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2009. Cash flows from operations were $9.9 billion for fiscal 2009, compared with $12.1 billion for fiscal 2008.

• Cash and cash equivalents and investments were $35.0 billion at the end of fiscal 2009, compared with $26.2 billion at the end of fiscal 2008, and compared with $33.6 billion at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

• Deferred revenue was $9.4 billion at the end of fiscal 2009, compared with $8.9 billion at the end of fiscal 2008, and compared with $8.8 billion at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

• During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, Cisco repurchased 42 million shares of common stock at an average price of $19.02 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $800 million.  During fiscal 2009, Cisco repurchased 202 million shares of common stock at an average price of $17.89 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $3.6 billion. As of July 25, 2009, Cisco had repurchased and retired 2.8 billion shares of Cisco common stock at an average price of $20.41 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $57.2 billion since the inception of the stock repurchase program. The remaining authorized repurchase amount as of July 25, 2009 was $4.8 billion with no termination date.

• Days sales outstanding in accounts receivable (DSO) at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 were 34 days, compared with 34 days at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, and compared with 27 days at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

• Inventory turns on a GAAP basis were 11.7 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, compared with 11.9 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, and compared with 11.0 in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.  Non-GAAP inventory turns were 11.3 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, compared with 11.6 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, and compared with 10.7 in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

“Today’s results validate that our business strategy and disciplined expense management enabled continued profitability in a tough worldwide economic environment,” said Frank Calderoni, chief financial officer, Cisco.  “Our strategy and execution in operational excellence, our strong financial position as evidenced by $35 billion in cash and investments, and our continued focus on innovation are delivering results.”

 

Select Q4 Global Business Highlights:

Cisco launched its Smart+Connected Communities initiative, the first business initiative incubated from the Globalisation Centre East in Bangalore, India, which provides a network-enabled blueprint for successful smart cities of the future that run on networked information.

Cisco introduced a new 'Cultivated Innovation Model' to accelerate local innovation in China, and announced the opening of a green technology research and development lab with Tsinghua University.

 

Acquisitions

• Cisco completed its acquisition of Pure Digital Technologies, Inc., the creator of the Flip VideoTM brand and a pioneer in developing consumer-friendly video solutions with mass-market appeal. 

• Cisco completed its acquisition of Tidal Software, Inc., a developer of intelligent application management and automation solutions.

 

Cisco Innovation

• Cisco® Collaboration in Motion brings together the power of collaboration with the performance of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network to extend collaborative experiences to the mobile workspace.

• Cisco introduced new programs and products, including the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6900 Series and Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 7.0, designed to enable its channel partners to participate in the $34 billion collaboration market.

• AT&T, BT and Tata Communications, together with Cisco, demonstrated the technical ability for a Cisco TelePresence® user to call others on any carrier network with high levels of security and reliability.

• Cisco announced the expansion of the Cisco Unified Computing System® family to include the new C-Series of Rack-Mount Servers designed to help accelerate the adoption of unified computing and data center virtualization solutions. 
• Cisco unveiled a set of security solutions, including embedded RSA Data Loss Prevention technology, designed to prevent loss of data across corporate networks while users are in motion.

• Cisco announced Smart Connected Buildings as its newest emerging technology, providing the intelligence to interconnect and enable building systems over the IP network.

Select Customer Announcements

• Cisco announced that the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys and Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays have each deployed the Cisco Connected Sports solution.

• Starwood Hotels and Tata Communications announced an agreement to roll out Cisco TelePresence rooms in selected Starwood hotels in major cities around the world.  Marriott International and AT&T also announced plans to roll out Cisco TelePresence suites in 25 major cities.  

• UnitedHealth Group and Cisco launched the Connected Care program, a national telehealth network initiative to expand health care access with remote video technology.
• In Australia, University of Queensland is working with Cisco to create a collaborative academic experience with one of the world's largest 802.11n wireless networks across 49 sites located throughout Queensland.
• SEACOM and Cisco unveiled a new undersea fibre optic network designed to deliver unprecedented capacity and connectivity to Africa by linking south and east Africa to global networks via India and Europe.

• Cisco and IBM teamed to help Dutch utility Nuon and the City of Amsterdam focus on smarter use of energy by enabling consumers to make more informed decisions about their energy consumption.

• Cisco and JSC Kazakhtelecom extended their cooperation to accelerate Kazakhstan's national broadband development to help bridge the gap between urban and rural areas.

 

Editor’s Note:

• Q4 and FY 2009 conference call to discuss Cisco’s results along with its business outlook will be held at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Wednesday, August 5, 2009.  Conference call number is 888-848-6507 (United States) or 212-519-0847 (international).

• Conference call replay will be available from 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time, August 5, 2009 to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time, August 12, 2009 at 866-357-4205 (United States) or 203-369-0122 (international).  The replay also will be available via webcast from August 5, 2009 through October 16, 2009 on the Cisco Investor Relations website at http://www.cisco.com/go/investors.

• Additional information regarding Cisco’s financials, as well as a webcast of the conference call with visuals designed to guide participants through the call, will be available at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time, August 5, 2009. Text of the conference call’s prepared remarks will be available within 24 hours of completion of the call. The webcast will include both the prepared remarks and the question-and-answer session. This information, along with GAAP reconciliation information, will be available on the Cisco Investor Relations website at http://www.cisco.com/go/investors.

• A Q&A with Cisco’s Chairman and CEO John Chambers and CFO Frank Calderoni about Q4 and FY 2009 results will be available at http://newsroom.cisco.com .  A video of CFO Frank Calderoni discussing the quarter can be viewed at        http:// blogs.cisco.com.

 

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This release includes non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income per share data, shares used in non-GAAP net income per share calculation, and non-GAAP inventory turns.

These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for measures prepared in accordance with, generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Cisco believes that non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with Cisco’s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used to evaluate Cisco’s results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.

Cisco believes that the presentation of non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income per share data and shares used in non-GAAP net income per share calculation, when shown in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures, provides useful information to investors and management regarding financial and business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations. In addition, Cisco believes that the presentation of non-GAAP inventory turns provides useful information to investors and management regarding financial and business trends relating to inventory management based on the operating activities of the period presented.

For its internal budgeting process, Cisco’s management uses financial statements that do not include, when applicable, employee share-based compensation expense, in-process research and development, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, other acquisition-related costs, enhanced early retirement benefits, the income tax effects of the foregoing, significant effects of retroactive tax legislation, and significant transfer pricing adjustments related to share-based compensation.  Cisco’s management also uses the foregoing non-GAAP measures, in addition to the corresponding GAAP measures, in reviewing the financial results of Cisco. In prior periods, Cisco has excluded other items that it no longer excludes for purposes of its non-GAAP financial measures; for example, effective in the third quarter of fiscal 2009, Cisco no longer excludes payroll tax on stock option exercises.  From time to time in the future, there may be other items that Cisco may exclude for purposes of its internal budgeting process and in reviewing its financial results.

For additional information on the items excluded by Cisco from one or more of its non-GAAP financial measures, refer to the Form 8-K regarding this release furnished today to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In millions, except per-share amounts)
(Unaudited)

 

	Three Months Ended						Twelve Months Ended
	July 25,  2009			July 26, 2008			July 25, 2009		July 26, 2008
NET SALES:
Product	$	6,729		$	8,640		$	29,131	$	33,099
Service		1,806			1,724			6,986		6,441
Total net sales		8,535			10,364			36,117		39,540
COST OF SALES:
Product		2,436			3,068			10,481		11,660
Service		638			665			2,542		2,534
Total cost of sales		3,074			3,733			13,023		14,194
GROSS MARGIN		5,461			6,631			23,094		25,346
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Research and development		1,280			1,350			5,208		5,325
Sales and marketing		2,009			2,249			8,403		8,690
General and administrative		488			354			1,565		1,387
Amortization of purchased intangible assets		164			149			533		499
In-process research and development		60			—			63		3
Total operating expenses		4,001			4,102			15,772		15,904
OPERATING INCOME		1,460			2,529			7,322		9,442
Interest income (expense), net		56			188			499		824
Other income (loss), net		17			(31)			(128)		(11)
Interest and other income (loss), net		73			157			371		813
INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES		1,533			2,686			7,693		10,255
Provision for income taxes		452			672			1,559		2,203
NET INCOME	$	1,081		$	2,014		$	6,134	$	8,052
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.19		$	0.34		$	1.05	$	1.35
Diluted	$	0.19		$	0.33		$	1.05	$	1.31
Shares used in per-share calculation:
Basic		5,777			5,898			5,828		5,986
Diluted		5,813			6,034			5,857		6,163

 

 

 

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period’s presentation.

 

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME
(In millions, except per-share amounts)

	Three Months Ended						Twelve Months Ended
	July 25,  2009			July 26, 2008			July 25, 2009			July 26, 2008
GAAP net income	$	1,081		$	2,014		$	6,134		$	8,052
Employee share-based compensation expense		305			258			1,140			1,025
Payroll tax on stock option exercises(1)		—			3			1			23
In-process research and development		60			—			63			3
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets		203			203			723			732
Other acquisition-related costs(2)		60			68			383			427
Enhanced early retirement benefits		138			—			138			—
Total adjustments to GAAP income before provision for income taxes		766			532			2,448			2,210
Income tax effect		(182)			(151)			(694)			(677)
Effect of retroactive tax legislation (3)		—			—			(106)			—
Transfer pricing adjustment related to share-based compensation (4)		174			—			174			—
Total adjustments to GAAP provision for income taxes		(8)			(151)			(626)			(677)
Non-GAAP net income	$	1,839		$	2,395		$	7,956		$	9,585
Diluted net income per share:
GAAP	$	0.19		$	0.33		$	1.05		$	1.31
Non-GAAP	$	0.31		$	0.40		$	1.35		$	1.56
Shares used in diluted net income per share calculation:
GAAP		5,813			6,034			5,857			6,163
Non-GAAP		5,840			6,018			5,876			6,153

 

(1)	Effective in the third quarter of fiscal 2009, Cisco no longer excludes payroll tax on stock option exercises for purposes of its non-GAAP financial measures.
(2)	Other acquisition-related costs consist primarily of cash and share-based compensation expenses related to acquisitions and investments.
(3)	In the first quarter of fiscal 2009, a $106 million tax benefit was included in the GAAP net income as a result of the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008, which reinstated the U.S. federal R&D tax credit retroactive to January 1, 2008.
(4)	In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a 2005 U.S. Tax Court ruling. The decision changes the tax treatment of share-based compensation expenses for the purpose of determining intangible development costs under a company’s research and development cost sharing arrangement.  While Cisco was not a named party to the case, the decision resulted in a change in Cisco’s tax benefits recognized in its financial statements.

• Additional reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures are provided in the tables that follow on page 11.

 

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In millions) (Unaudited)
		July 25, 2009			July 26, 2008
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	5,718		$	5,191
Investments			29,283			21,044
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $216 at July 25, 2009 and $177 at July 26, 2008			3,177			3,821
Inventories			1,074			1,235
Deferred tax assets			2,320			2,075
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			2,605			2,333
Total current assets			44,177			35,699
Property and equipment, net			4,043			4,151
Goodwill			12,925			12,392
Purchased intangible assets, net			1,702			2,089
Other assets			5,281			4,403
TOTAL ASSETS		$	68,128		$	58,734
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt		$	—		$	500
Accounts payable			675			869
Income taxes payable			166			107
Accrued compensation			2,535			2,428
Deferred revenue			6,438			6,197
Other current liabilities			3,841			3,757
Total current liabilities			13,655			13,858
Long-term debt			10,295			6,393
Income taxes payable			2,007			749
Deferred revenue			2,955			2,663
Other long-term liabilities			539			669
Total liabilities			29,451			24,332
Minority interest			30			49
Shareholders’ equity			38,647			34,353
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY		$	68,128		$	58,734