To: PaperChase who wrote (71723 ) 10/26/1999 7:39:00 AM From: Cynic 2005 Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 86076
They have a column (a) for guys who want to hear what they want to hear and another column with real results. Snake oil salesmen everywhere! Look at the punch line - these earnings are "NM - Not meaningful" -g- LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES Fourth Fiscal Quarter Income Statement (Unaudited; Millions of Dollars, except per share amounts) For Three Months Ended 9/30/99 9/30/99(a) 9/30/98(b) Change(c) Revenues 10,575 10,575 8,574 23.3% Costs 5,778 5,706 4,443 28.4% Gross Margin 4,797 4,869 4,131 17.9% Selling, General and Administrative 2,423 2,251 1,972 14.1% Research and Development 1,145 1,131 1,050 7.7% Total Operating Expenses 3,568 3,382 3,022 11.9% Operating Income 1,229 1,487 1,109 34.1% Other Income (Expense), net 366 92 (43) NM Interest expense 114 114 71 60.6% Income before income taxes 1,481 1,465 995 47.2% Income tax expense 533 493 348 41.7% Net Income 948 972 647 50.2% Earnings per share - Basic 0.31 0.32 0.21 52.4% Earnings per share - Diluted 0.30 0.31 0.21 47.6% Effective tax rate (%) 36.0 33.7 35.0 (1.3) pts. (a) Excludes one-time, pre-tax costs of $258 million ($191 million, after-tax) associated with asset impairments, integration-related charges and merger expenses in connection with Ascend Communications and Nexabit Networks business combinations. These costs principally include the write-off of Livingston goodwill and existing technology, certain product and system integration and direct merger expenses related to Nexabit. In addition, excludes a $274 million pre-tax ($167 million, after-tax) gain on the sale of an investment in Juniper Networks. (b) Excludes one-time, pre-tax charges of $431 million ($427 million, after-tax) for in-process research and development related to the Company's acquisitions of SDX, MassMedia, LANNET, JNA and Stratus. (c) Change is between the three-month period ending 9/30/99 and the corresponding 1998 period, excluding one-time items. NM - not meaningful