IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), the leading provider of integrated circuits enabling broadband communications, today reported financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and year ended December 31, 2001.
Net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2001 was $226.8 million, an increase of 6.2% over the $213.6 million reported in the third quarter of 2001 and a decrease of 33.3% from the $340.2 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2000. Pro forma net loss for the fourth quarter of 2001 was $28.8 million, or $.11 per share (basic and diluted). This compares with pro forma net loss of $34.0 million, or $.13 per share (basic and diluted), in the third quarter of 2001, and pro forma net income of $58.0 million, or $.21 per share (diluted), in the fourth quarter of 2000.
Broadcom reports net income (loss) and diluted earnings (loss) per share on a pro forma basis, which excludes the effects of acquisition-related expenses, payroll taxes on certain stock option exercises, certain non-recurring charges, such as goodwill impairment, restructuring costs and loss on strategic investments, non-operating gains, and related income tax effects. Including these charges, gains and effects, substantially all of which were non-cash, net loss for the fourth quarter of 2001 was $329.6 million, or $1.27 per share (basic and diluted), compared with a net loss of $1,619.2 million, or $6.36 per share (basic and diluted), in the third quarter of 2001, and a net loss of $768.3 million, or $3.28 per share (basic and diluted), in the fourth quarter of 2000. Broadcom uses pro forma reporting internally to evaluate its operating performance and believes this presentation provides its investors with additional insight on its underlying operating results.
Both net loss and pro forma net loss per share for the fourth quarter were based on 259.5 million weighted average shares outstanding (basic and diluted), compared to 254.5 million weighted average shares outstanding (basic and diluted) in the third quarter of 2001. Net loss and pro forma net income per share for the fourth quarter of 2000 were based on 234.1 million weighted average shares outstanding (basic and diluted) and 274.1 million weighted average shares outstanding (diluted), respectively.
For the year ended December 31, 2001, net revenue was $961.8 million, a decrease of 12.3% from the $1,096.2 million reported for the year 2000. Pro forma net loss for the year 2001 was $85.8 million, compared to pro forma net income of $242.7 million reported for the year 2000. Pro forma net loss per share for the year 2001 was $.34 (basic and diluted) versus pro forma net income of $.93 per share (diluted) for the same period in 2000. Including the charges, gains and effects excluded in pro forma reporting, net loss for the full year 2001 was $2,742.0 million, or $10.79 per share (basic and diluted), compared to a net loss of $687.8 million, or $3.13 per share (basic and diluted), for the year 2000. Both net loss and pro forma net loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2001 were based on 254.0 million weighted average shares outstanding (basic and diluted); net loss and pro forma net income per share for the year ended December 31, 2000 were based on 220.1 million weighted average shares outstanding (basic and diluted) and 261.4 million weighted average shares outstanding (diluted), respectively.
"Once again Broadcom delivered strong quarterly results, with revenue, gross margin and operating margin all improving over the prior quarter," said Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III, Broadcom's President and CEO. "We are seeing improvement in our end markets and we continue to generate a strong flow of new products for both existing and new markets. We plan to continue to leverage our breadth and core competencies in broadband to drive convergence of various markets."
"On the access side of the business, we demonstrated our ability to leverage our engineering strengths by effectively launching new products into three large broadband access markets: Wireless LAN, ADSL and Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS)," Nicholas said. "In addition, we continued to develop products that add features and functionality across our principal markets, including, for example, Personal Video Recorder (PVR) products for cable and DBS markets, switching products for the business enterprise, and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) products that reach across both home and enterprise networks. We will continue to drive the convergence of once separate broadband networks, as the only chip vendor capable of providing end-to-end solutions for all areas of broadband connectivity."
Following is a review of selected key accomplishments and progress during the quarter in the principal markets served by Broadcom:
Broadcom's wireless initiatives made significant advances during the quarter, specifically in Wireless LAN and Bluetooth™. In Wireless LAN, Broadcom started sampling the industry's first direct-conversion, all-CMOS two-chip solution for the IEEE 802.11b wireless networking standard. This product has recently secured design wins at leading industry equipment manufacturers. In Bluetooth, Broadcom and Palm Inc. agreed to collaborate in developing advanced Bluetooth solutions for next-generation handheld computers. This collaboration demonstrates the increasing importance for Personal Area Networks that allow for robust communication and data sharing among cell phones, PDAs, handheld computers, laptops, desktops, wireless printers, servers and Internet web sites. Broadcom has been developing products in the wireless area for over a year and continues to focus significant engineering resources on the design of wireless products and their integration into enterprise and home networks.
In the digital cable and satellite set-top box markets, Broadcom's products continued to drive new functions, such as PVR, and higher levels of integration of set-top boxes. The list of partners utilizing its PVR technology grew with the additions of EchoStar and Liberate Technologies. EchoStar's DishPVR 721 satellite set-top box, powered by a graphics and video recorder chip from Broadcom, won "Best of Show" at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month. Broadcom and Liberate partnered in PVR by combining Liberate's next generation software with Broadcom's silicon solutions.
In the server solutions market, the company's ServerWorks subsidiary announced SystemI/O™ technology that supports ultra low voltage Pentium® III processors. These SystemI/O products are the only core logic products that support the ultra low voltage processors, PC 133 and 64-bit PCI. They have been validated by major server OEMs and began shipping in the fourth quarter.
In the cable modem market, Broadcom announced that ADC, ARRIS, Cadant and Motorola are all planning to adopt Broadcom's new Media Access Controller (MAC) for their next-generation Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTS). Separately, three of Broadcom's customers received certification from CableLabs® for their Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS™) 1.1 high-speed cable modems. DOCSIS 1.1 provides a platform that includes Quality of Service (QoS) and other capabilities that enable VoIP telephony, streaming media and layered data services to cable modem subscribers.
During the quarter, Broadcom advanced its leadership position in the enterprise networking market with the introduction of its new 0.13-Micron QuadSquad™ Gigabit Transceiver that reduces design complexity, lowers system cost and accelerates time-to-market for customers, all with the industry's lowest power consumption of less than one watt per port. Broadcom's line of high performance and low power 0.13-Micron Gigabit Ethernet products continues to drive the transition of enterprise networks from Fast Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet at compelling price points.
Broadcom also made progress with its enterprise switching products. Several tier one networking equipment vendors commenced volume production of Ethernet switches based on Broadcom's StrataSwitch™ products, which integrate 24 Fast Ethernet plus two Gigabit Ethernet ports on a single chip. Networking equipment based on StrataSwitch chips is able to switch, route and perform advanced Layer 4-7 packet filtering on all Fast and Gigabit Ethernet packets simultaneously at wire speed. Broadcom's StrataSwitch products are a driving force in the convergence of voice and data networks within the corporate enterprise, reducing two separate networks into one.
In the ADSL market, Broadcom sampled and received design wins for its 12-port ADSL chip for Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) line cards. Broadcom's entry into this market comes with the industry's highest performance, lowest power and most integrated solution, all in the smallest package, which is critical to DSL service providers. Broadcom expects this new market will represent a significant opportunity in 2002.
In the broadband processor market, Broadcom expanded its SiByte™ family of products by introducing a new line of industry-leading, high-performance single-core MIPS® processors. These highly-integrated products scale up to one gigahertz clock speed, with power consumption below four watts, and are targeted at high volume applications in communications, storage and imaging. This product line follows the continued success of Broadcom's dual MIPS-based system-on-a-chip solution shipping in the market today. Using a single-core in the new products allows them to target a wider range of high volume applications that require high performance to process, manage and move data at very high rates, while meeting strict power and space requirements.
For the e-Commerce security market, Broadcom initiated integrated plug-and-play support for its e-Commerce security adapters and processors for Red Hat® Linux™, making them the first open source SSL hardware accelerators supported in Red Hat Linux. Linux-based open source servers represent the fastest web-server platform for secure applications, and are continuing to gain share in the marketplace. Broadcom's adapters and e- Commerce processors enable secure e-Commerce transactions at peak volumes with no impact to performance.
"In summary, we believe that our fourth quarter demonstrated Broadcom's fundamental strengths, as we closed out a very challenging year on a strong note," Nicholas concluded. "We continued to introduce market-leading products, we secured important design wins and we continued to invest resources to secure leadership positions in both our core and emerging markets. We believe we are well positioned to take advantage of growing opportunities in the broadband marketplace."
Broadcom will conduct a conference call with analysts and investors to discuss its fourth quarter and year 2001 financial results and current financial prospects today at 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time (1:45 p.m. Pacific Time). The company will broadcast the conference over the Internet. To listen to the call, please visit the Investor Information section of the Broadcom Website at www.broadcom.com/investor . The Webcast will be recorded and available for replay until 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on January 30, 2002.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is the leading provider of highly integrated silicon solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services. Using proprietary technologies and advanced design methodologies, Broadcom designs, develops and supplies complete system-on-a-chip solutions and related applications for digital cable set-top boxes and cable modems, high-speed local, metropolitan and wide area and optical networks, home networking, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), carrier access, residential broadband gateways, direct broadcast satellite and terrestrial digital broadcast, digital subscriber lines (xDSL), wireless communications, SystemI/O™ server solutions and network processing. Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and may be contacted at 949-450-8700 or at www.broadcom.com .
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This release and the earnings conference call may contain forward-looking statements based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will" and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. These statements speak only as of the date hereof, and are based upon the information available to us now. Such information is subject to change, and we will not necessarily inform you of such changes. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.
Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom include, but are not limited to, general economic and political conditions and specific conditions in the markets we address, including the recent significant economic slowdown in the technology sector and semiconductor industry; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders and the ability of our customers to manage their inventory; the loss of a key customer; the effectiveness of our expense and product cost control and reduction efforts; changes in our product or customer mix; the volume of our product sales and pricing concessions on volume sales; our ability to specify, develop or acquire, complete, introduce, market and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a timely manner; the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt Broadcom's technologies and products in our target markets; delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards in the foregoing markets; the timing of customer-industry qualification and certification of our products and the risks of non-qualification or non-certification; the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products; intellectual property disputes and customer indemnification claims and other types of litigation risk; the risks inherent in our acquisitions of technologies and businesses, including the successful completion of technology and product development through volume production, integration issues and costs, related accounting charges, and contractual, intellectual property and other issues; our ability to renegotiate or terminate on acceptable terms the product purchase and development agreements and performance-based warrants assumed in certain acquisitions; fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; the risks of producing products with new suppliers and at new fabrication and assembly facilities; problems or delays that we may face in shifting our products to smaller geometry process technologies and in achieving higher levels of design integration; the availability and pricing of third party semiconductor foundry and assembly capacity and raw materials; the effects of new and emerging technologies; the risks and uncertainties associated with our international operations, particularly in light of recent events; our ability to retain and hire key executives, technical personnel and other employees in the numbers, with the capabilities, and at the compensation levels needed to implement our business and product plans; the quality of our products and any remediation costs; the effects of natural disasters, international conflicts and other events beyond our control; the level of orders received that can be shipped in a fiscal quarter; and other factors.
Our forthcoming Annual Report on Form 10-K, recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Forms 8-K and 8-K/A, and other SEC filings discuss some of the important risk factors that may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
Broadcom®, the pulse logo®, QuadSquad™, SiByte™, StrataSwitch™ and SystemI/O™ are trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. Bluetooth™ is a trademark owned by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB and licensed to participants in the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) in the United States and certain other countries. CableLabs® and DOCSIS™ are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. Linux™ is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Red Hat® is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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Corporate Communications Department
949-585-5555 or 949-585-5971
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BROADCOM CORPORATION
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2001 2000 2001 2000
Net revenue $226,821 $340,237 $961,821 $1,096,160
Cost of revenue 115,614 159,863 489,887 476,359
Gross profit 111,207 180,374 471,934 619,801
Operating expense:
Research and
development 109,399 85,851 445,205 239,841
Selling, general
and administrative 41,448 30,699 154,414 98,244
Income (loss) from
operations (39,640) 63,824 (127,685) 281,716
Interest income, net 4,156 9,149 23,019 24,299
Other expense, net (562) (527) (2,602) (2,693)
Income (loss) before
income taxes (36,046) 72,446 (107,268) 303,322
Provision (benefit)
for income taxes (7,210) 14,490 (21,454) 60,665
Pro forma net income
(loss) $(28,836) $57,956 $(85,814) $242,657
Pro forma basic earnings
(loss) per share $(.11) $.25 $(.34) $1.10
Pro forma diluted
earnings (loss) per share $(.11) $.21 $(.34) $.93
Weighted average shares
(basic) 259,471 234,073 254,021 220,101
Weighted average shares
(diluted) 259,471 274,103 254,021 261,359
Pro Forma Only
The above pro forma statements are based upon our unaudited consolidated
statements of operations for the periods shown, with certain adjustments.
This presentation is not in accordance with, or an alternative for,
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") and may not be
consistent with the presentation used by other companies.However, the
Company believes this presentation provides its investors with additional
insight on its underlying operating results, and the Company uses this
presentation internally to evaluate its operating performance.
In reporting pro forma results for the fourth quarter of 2000 we had
reported gross revenue before the reduction of the contra-revenue charge
related to performance-based warrants.In the second quarter of 2001 we
began reporting pro forma revenue net of this contra-revenue amount. As a
result, net revenue as reported for pro forma and GAAP purposes will be
the same.This change has been reflected in the reported results for both
the twelve month periods ended December 31, 2000 and 2001.
BROADCOM CORPORATION
Unaudited Reconciliation of Pro Forma Adjustments
(In thousands)
The following represents a reconciliation (unaudited) of pro forma net
income (loss) to GAAP net loss.The amounts below are substantially
non-cash and relate primarily to the Company's acquisitions.
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2001 2000 2001 2000
Pro forma net income
(loss) $(28,836) $57,956 $(85,814) $242,657
Acquisition-related
and other special charges:
Stock-based
compensation 130,474 89,230 499,940 119,885
Payroll tax expense
on option exercises 449 2,066 2,681 16,912
Amortization of
goodwill 136,121 121,585 753,042 136,984
Amortization of
purchased intangible
assets 20,419 2,905 78,933 3,521
Impairment of goodwill -- -- 1,181,649 --
In-process research
and development -- 667,390 109,710 713,050
Restructuring costs -- -- 34,281 --
Litigation settlement
costs -- -- 3,000 --
Merger-related costs -- -- -- 4,745
Loss on strategic
investments -- -- 32,736 --
Non-operating gains (3,923) -- (4,463) --
Income tax effects 17,210 (56,950) (35,275) (64,618)
GAAP net loss $(329,586) $(768,270) $(2,742,048) $(687,822)
BROADCOM CORPORATION
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
December 31, December 31,
2001 2000 2001 2000
Net revenue $226,821 $340,237 $961,821 $1,096,160
Cost of revenue (1) 132,385 165,684 557,733 484,219
Gross profit 94,436 174,553 404,088 611,941
Operating expense:
Research and
development (2) (3) 109,638 87,326 446,648 250,676
Selling, general and
administrative (2) (3) 41,625 31,208 155,448 103,305
Stock-based
compensation (4) 127,124 85,342 484,039 115,307
Amortization of
goodwill (4) 136,121 121,585 753,042 136,984
Amortization of purchased
intangible assets (4) 7,031 1,054 27,192 1,255
Impairment of goodwill -- -- 1,181,649 --
In-process research and
development (4) -- 667,390 109,710 713,050
Restructuring costs -- -- 34,281 --
Litigation settlement costs -- -- 3,000 --
Merger-related costs -- -- -- 4,745
Loss from operations (327,103) (819,352) (2,790,921) (713,381)
Interest income, net 4,156 9,149 23,019 24,299
Other income
(expense), net 3,361 (527) (30,875) (2,693)
Loss before income
taxes (319,586) (810,730) (2,798,777) (691,775)
Provision (benefit)
for income taxes 10,000 (42,460) (56,729) (3,953)
Net loss $(329,586) $(768,270) $(2,742,048) $(687,822)
Basic loss per share $(1.27) $(3.28) $(10.79) $(3.13)
Diluted loss per share $(1.27) $(3.28) $(10.79) $(3.13)
Weighted average
shares (basic) 259,471 234,073 254,021 220,101
Weighted average
shares (diluted) 259,471 234,073 254,021 220,101
Notes:
(1)Cost of revenue includes the following:
Stock-based
compensation $3,350 $3,888 $15,901 $4,578
Amortization of
purchased intangible
assets 13,388 1,851 51,741 2,266
Payroll tax expense on
certain stock option
exercises 33 82 204 1,016
$16,771 $5,821 $67,846 $7,860
(2)Stock-based compensation expense is excluded from the following:
Research and
development $88,078 $62,513 $321,571 $85,302
Selling, general
and administrative 39,046 22,829 162,468 30,005
$127,124 $85,342 $484,039 $115,307
Amortization of purchased intangible assets is excluded from the
following:
Research and
development $6,809 $951 $26,314 $1,152
Selling, general
and administrative 222 103 878 103
$7,031 $1,054 $27,192 $1,255
(3)Employer payroll tax expense on certain stock option exercises is
included in the following:
Research and
development $239 $1,475 $1,443 $10,835
Selling, general
and administrative 177 509 1,034 5,061
$416 $1,984 $2,477 $15,896
(4) Represents non-cash acquisition-related expenses charged to
operations.
BROADCOM CORPORATION
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
December 31, December 31,
2001 2000
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $403,758 $523,904
Short-term marketable securities 136,028 77,682
Accounts receivable, net 57,187 172,314
Inventory 22,267 52,137
Deferred taxes 13,651 10,397
Other current assets 40,840 39,220
Total current assets 673,731 875,654
Property and equipment, net 157,336 132,870
Long-term marketable securities 109,767 1,984
Deferred taxes 275,916 351,937
Goodwill and purchased intangible
assets, net 2,338,740 3,260,464
Other assets 67,808 54,913
Total assets $3,623,298 $4,677,822
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable $103,032 $78,163
Wages and related benefits 35,839 34,720
Accrued liabilities 158,971 66,030
Short-term debt and current portion
of long-term debt 114,040 23,649
Total current liabilities 411,882 202,562
Long-term debt, less current portion 4,006 --
Shareholders' equity 3,207,410 4,475,260
Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity $3,623,298 $4,677,822
SOURCE Broadcom Corporation
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