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To: Mark Orsi who wrote (3641)4/1/1998 9:41:00 AM
From: Len White  Respond to of 4453
 
NETWORK COMPUTING DEVICES INC files 12/31/97 10-K.
IFN Smart Edgar News - March 31, 1998 17:16
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Excerpted from 10-K405 filed on 03/31 by NETWORK COMPUTING DEVICES INC:

NETWORK COMPUTING DEVICES INC files 12/31/97 10-K. Reports $133.4 mil tot rev, $2.6 mil NI, $0.16 EPS.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth certain items in the Company's consolidated
statements of operations as a percentage of net revenues for the periods
indicated. Figures are rounded to the nearest whole percentage, and line
items presenting subtotal and total percentages may therefore differ, due to
rounding, from the sum of the percentages for each line item.

TABLE
CAPTION
Years Ended December 31,

1997 1996 1995

S C C C
Net revenues:
Hardware products and services 75% 79% 79%
Software licenses and services 25% 21% 21%

Total net revenues 100% 100% 100%

Cost of revenues:
Hardware products and services 53% 60% 59%
Software licenses and services 7% 6% 3%

Total cost of revenues 61% 67% 62%

Gross profit 39% 33% 38%

Operating expenses:
Research and development 11% 12% 9%
Marketing and selling 23% 27% 25%
General and administrative 5% 9% 6%
Charge (credit) for business restructuring -- (1)% 3%
Litigation settlement (0)% 1% --

Total operating expenses 38% 48% 43%

Operating income (loss) 1% (14)% (5)%

Non-operating income and gains, net 2% 7 % 1%

Income (loss) before income taxes 3% (7)% (4)%

Provision for income taxes (income tax benefit) 1% (3)% (2)%
Net income (loss) 2% (4)% (3)%

TABLE

As mentioned above under "Overview," the Company determined to recombine its
two former business units (i.e., "Systems" and "Software") into a single
operation in June 1996. Although the Company is now managed as one operating
entity, the Company is reporting hardware and software revenues
independently. Revenues, cost of revenues and gross margins relating to prior
operating periods have been conformed to the current presentation, and the
following discussions of net revenues and gross margins address the revised
presentation.

TOTAL NET REVENUES
Total net revenues for 1997 were $133.4 million, an increase of 11% from 1996
net revenues of $120.6 million. Net revenues for 1996 decreased by 13%
compared to 1995 net revenues of $139.3 million. International revenues were
34% of total net revenues for 1997, representing a slight increase from 33%
in 1996 and 1995. Sales to IBM accounted for 26% of revenues in 1997. No
single customer of the Company accounted for more than 10% of the Company's
net revenues during 1996 or 1995.

HARDWARE REVENUES
Hardware revenues consist primarily of revenues from the sale of thin client
products, related hardware, and to a lesser extent, fees for related service
activities. Hardware revenues were $100.6 million for 1997, an increase of 6%
compared to revenues

of $95.0 million in 1996. Hardware revenues for 1996 decreased 13% compared
to revenues of $109.7 million in 1995. The increase in revenues in 1997
reflects the increased shipments related to the IBM Agreement, offset by
lower average selling prices ("ASPs"). The decline in revenues for 1996
was due to a decline in units shipped and a decline in the ASPs of the
Company's hardware products due to the Company's introduction of lower-priced
EXPLORA thin clients and pricing competition.
(End of item excerpt.)

----------FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE--------

MULTIPLIER 1,000

PERIOD-TYPE YEAR
FISCAL-YEAR-END DEC-31-1997
PERIOD-START JAN-01-1997
PERIOD-END DEC-31-1997

CASH 21,240
SECURITIES 10,240
RECEIVABLES 27,754
ALLOWANCES 2,606
INVENTORY 15,412
CURRENT-ASSETS 79,646
DEPRECIATION 22,540
TOTAL-ASSETS 86,514
CURRENT-LIABILITIES 25,835
BONDS 0
PREFERRED-MANDATORY 0
PREFERRED 0
COMMON 58,630
OTHER-SE 1,889
TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY 86,514
SALES 133,400
TOTAL-REVENUES 133,400
CGS 81,075
TOTAL-COSTS 81,075
OTHER-EXPENSES 50,589
LOSS-PROVISION 26
INTEREST-EXPENSE 51
INCOME-PRETAX 3,831
INCOME-TAX 1,150
INCOME-CONTINUING 2,681
DISCONTINUED 0
EXTRAORDINARY 0
CHANGES 0
NET-INCOME 2,681
EPS-PRIMARY 0.16
EPS-DILUTED 0.15

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To: Mark Orsi who wrote (3641)4/2/1998 9:03:00 AM
From: Just4fun2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4453
 
I can't believe you guys (and gals) haven't picked this up yet...

( BW)(NETWORK-COMPUTING-DEVICES)(NCDI) NCD Is Undisputed Leader
In Worldwide Thin Client/Enterprise NC Units Shipped in 1997

Business Editors & Computer Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1998--According to market figurescompiled by Zona Research, Network Computing Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCDI) was the thin client market leader in 1997.

NCD shipped more than 40% of the thin clients sold, when you include sales of the IBM Network Station, manufactured for IBM by NCD.
This finding was confirmed by IDC research No. 15519 (2/98) which reported that when you combine NCD's and IBM's unit shipments, the thin client pioneer shipped over 140,000 units in 1997, representing
more than a third of all thin clients sold. Based on its ten years of thin client experience and over 500,000 installed units, NCD delivers the broadest range of thin client solutions in the industry. These include the NCD Explora family of universal thin clients that access a broad range of computing environments and network computers including the IBM Network Station 1000. In addition, NCD is the only company that has publicly demonstrated a Microsoft-compliant Windows-based terminal, the NCD ThinSTAR, employing the Windows CE
operating system kernel.
In publishing the shipment figures confirming NCD's leadership, Eileen O'Brien, Director of the Enterprise NC Program at IDC, stated, "NCD's solid technology has resulted in significant sales success,
as reflected by their number one position in total unit shipments in 1997. These shipment numbers combine both NCD's own brand together with IBM's Network Station shipments."
"OEM sales through strategic partners like IBM are an important part of our channel strategy," stated Lorraine Hariton, NCD's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. "However, we
are also reinforcing our channel for the NCD branded products that have established themselves as the standard for excellence over the past decade."
In addition to NCD's published market leadership in thin client devices, NCD announced in early
March, a three year agreement with Intel. "With this announcement, Intel and NCD have embarked on a
voyage to standardize thin-clients terminals. Intel's investment in NCD recognizes NCD's key strengths as
a thin-client technology supplier, strengths that IBM has also confirmed by extending its Network Station
agreement with NCD for another two years," stated Zona Research, March 9, 1998 Quinielas release.
NCD's position is affirmed by their long-term agreements with computing giants IBM, Microsoft, Citrix
and Intel. According to Audrey Apfel, Local Area Networking Director for Gartner Group, "Although its
relationship with Intel is not exclusive, NCD's ability to lead in partnerships with the larger players,
including IBM, will position it as a leading provider of private label and OEM products."
About NCD: Founded in 1988, Network Computing Devices Inc. provides thin client hardware and
software that delivers simultaneous, high-performance, easy-to-manage access to any application from
thin client, UNIX and PC desktops. NCD's products include the Explora family of thin clients, WinCenter
multi-user Windows NT server software and PC-Xware software that delivers PC access to UNIX and
multi-user Windows NT. Over 500,000 NCD thin clients are installed with over 2 billion hours of
operation. NCD's technology is incorporated into products sold by companies such as IBM, Sun and
Novell. The company can be reached on the Internet at www.ncd.com.

--30--ari/sf* lmm/sf

CONTACT: Network Computing Devices
Arlene Dickson, 650/903-7444
arlene@ncd.com
or
Phase Two Strategies
Michelle Stevens, 415/772-8437
michelle_stevens@p2pr.com

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