EX-99.1 2 adbeex991q412.htm EX-99.1 ADBE EX 99.1 Q412

Exhibit 99.1
Investor Relations Contact
Mike Saviage
Adobe Systems Incorporated
408-536-4416
ir@adobe.com
Public Relations Contact
Jodi Sorensen
Adobe Systems Incorporated
408-536-2084
jsorensen@adobe.com


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Adobe Reports Record Quarterly and Annual Revenue
Company Drives Strong Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Marketing Cloud Adoption in Fiscal 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Dec. 13, 2012 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Nov. 30, 2012.
Adobe achieved revenue in Q4 FY2012 of $1.153 billion, exceeding its targeted range of $1.075 billion to $1.125 billion. During the quarter, the Company continued to accelerate adoption of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ as it migrates to a subscription model. Adobe also achieved record Adobe Marketing Cloud and Document Services revenue during the fourth quarter.
For fiscal year 2012, Adobe achieved record revenue of $4.4 billion.
Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights
Diluted earnings per share were $0.44 on a GAAP-basis, and $0.61 on a non-GAAP basis.
Operating income was $307.8 million and net income was $222.3 million on a GAAP basis. Operating income was $414.7 million and net income was $307.9 million on a non-GAAP basis.
Cash flow from operations was $473.7 million.
Deferred revenue grew by $59.3 million to a record $619.6 million.
Adobe added approximately 10,000 Creative Cloud subscriptions per week during the quarter, versus the addition of 8,000 subscriptions per week in the third quarter.
In Document Services, which includes the Adobe Acrobat® product family, Adobe also achieved record revenue of $210.2 million during the quarter.
Adobe Marketing Cloud achieved record quarterly revenue of $220.4 million, which represents 32 percent year-over-year growth.
A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP results is provided at the end of this press release.
Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Highlights
Adobe achieved record revenue of $4.404 billion. Annual GAAP diluted earnings per share for fiscal 2012 were $1.66, and annual non-GAAP diluted earnings per share were $2.35.
Annual operating income was $1.180 billion and net income was $833 million on a GAAP basis. Annual operating income was $1.597 billion and net income was $1.183 billion on a non-GAAP basis.
Adobe generated $1.5 billion in cash flow during the year.
Creative Cloud paid subscriptions grew to 326,000 as of the end of the year, with exiting annualized recurring revenue of $153 million for the Creative business.
Document Services achieved record annual revenue of $786 million.
Adobe Marketing Cloud achieved a record $777 million in reported annual revenue, representing 35 percent year-over-year growth.
The company repurchased 11.5 million shares during the year, returning approximately $372 million of cash to stockholders.





Executive Quotes
“We beat our Creative Cloud subscription goals and established Adobe Marketing Cloud as the leader in the exploding category of Digital Marketing during fiscal 2012,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer, Adobe. “In fiscal 2013 we intend to accelerate our pace of innovation, and drive integration between Creative Cloud and Adobe Marketing Cloud.”
“We're driving migration to a subscription model in our Creative business faster than we predicted a year ago, and we are confident fiscal 2013 will be the pivotal year for the transition,” said Mark Garrett, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Adobe. “This will yield a stronger, more predictable recurring revenue model with higher long-term revenue growth.”
Adobe to Webcast Earnings Conference Call
Adobe will webcast its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 earnings conference call today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time from its investor relations website: www.adobe.com/ADBE. The company will discuss financial targets for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 as well as fiscal year 2013 on its Q4 and FY2012 earnings call. A copy of Adobe management's prepared remarks, including financial targets and conference call slides, has been posted to Adobe's investor relations website in advance of the conference call for reference.
A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP financial targets is also provided on the website.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including those related to the transition of our business as we migrate to a subscription model, increases in recurring revenue, long-term revenue growth and our ability to continue to innovate and execute against our strategy in our key growth areas and drive integration between those areas, which involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: failure to develop, market and distribute products and services that meet customer requirements, introduction of new products and business models by competitors, failure to successfully manage transitions to new business models and markets, including our increased emphasis on a cloud and subscription strategy, fluctuations in subscription renewal or upgrade rates, continued uncertainty in economic conditions and the financial markets, difficulty in predicting revenue from new businesses and the potential impact on our financial results from changes in our business models, and failure to realize the anticipated benefits of past or future acquisitions.
For a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, please refer to Adobe's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 2, 2011 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 2, 2012, June 1, 2012 and Aug. 31, 2012.
The financial information set forth in this press release reflects estimates based on information available at this time. These amounts could differ from actual reported amounts stated in Adobe's Annual Report on Form 10-K for our year ended Nov. 30, 2012, which Adobe expects to file in Jan. 2013.
Adobe assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update these forward-looking statements.
About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.
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© 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Creative Cloud and Acrobat are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.





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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(In thousands, except per share data; unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
November 30,
2012
 
December 2,
2011
 
November 30,
2012
 
December 2,
2011
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Products
$
852,843

 
$
931,895

 
$
3,342,843

 
$
3,416,483

Subscription
194,537

 
128,437

 
673,206

 
458,634

Services and support
106,048

 
91,829

 
387,628

 
341,141

Total revenue
1,153,428

 
1,152,161

 
4,403,677

 
4,216,258

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Products
28,687

 
34,048

 
121,663

 
125,640

Subscription
59,308

 
51,334

 
219,102

 
194,033

Services and support
36,983

 
30,997

 
143,017

 
118,200

Total cost of revenue
124,978

 
116,379

 
483,782

 
437,873

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross profit
1,028,450

 
1,035,782

 
3,919,895

 
3,778,385

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Research and development
195,047

 
195,403

 
742,823

 
738,053

Sales and marketing
402,181

 
368,330

 
1,516,159

 
1,385,822

General and administrative
111,449

 
119,586

 
434,982

 
414,605

Restructuring and other related charges
(275
)
 
94,502

 
(2,917
)
 
97,773

Amortization of purchased intangibles
12,283

 
11,830

 
48,657

 
42,833

Total operating expenses
720,685

 
789,651

 
2,739,704

 
2,679,086

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income
307,765

 
246,131

 
1,180,191

 
1,099,299

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-operating income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest and other income (expense), net
(718
)
 
(1,351
)
 
(3,414
)
 
(2,974
)
Interest expense
(16,767
)
 
(16,774
)
 
(67,487
)
 
(66,952
)
Investment gains (losses), net
351

 
5,174

 
9,504

 
5,857

Total non-operating income (expense), net
(17,134
)
 
(12,951
)
 
(61,397
)
 
(64,069
)
Income before income taxes
290,631

 
233,180

 
1,118,794

 
1,035,230

Provision for income taxes
68,298

 
59,461

 
286,019

 
202,383

Net income
$
222,333

 
$
173,719

 
$
832,775

 
$
832,847

Basic net income per share
$
0.45

 
$
0.35

 
$
1.68

 
$
1.67

Shares used to compute basic net income per share
494,906

 
491,523

 
494,731

 
497,469

Diluted net income per share
$
0.44

 
$
0.35

 
$
1.66

 
$
1.65

Shares used to compute diluted net income per share
502,154

 
496,288

 
502,721

 
503,921


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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except par value; unaudited)
 
November 30,
2012
 
December 2,
2011
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,425,052

 
$
989,500

Short-term investments
2,113,301

 
1,922,192

Trade receivables, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $12,643 and $15,080,
     respectively
617,233

 
634,373

Deferred income taxes
59,537

 
91,963

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
116,237

 
133,423

Total current assets
4,331,360

 
3,771,451

 
 
 
 
Property and equipment, net
664,302

 
527,828

Goodwill
4,133,259

 
3,849,217

Purchased and other intangibles, net
545,036

 
545,526

Investment in lease receivable
207,239

 
207,239

Other assets
93,327

 
89,922

Total assets
$
9,974,523

 
$
8,991,183

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Trade payables
$
49,759

 
$
86,660

Accrued expenses
590,140

 
554,941

Capital lease obligations
11,217

 
9,212

Accrued restructuring
9,287

 
80,930

Income taxes payable
49,886

 
42,634

Deferred revenue
561,463

 
476,402

Total current liabilities
1,271,752

 
1,250,779

 
 
 
 
Long-term liabilities:
 
 
 
Debt and capital lease obligations
1,496,938

 
1,505,096

Deferred revenue
58,102

 
55,303

Accrued restructuring
12,263

 
7,449

Income taxes payable
155,096

 
156,958

Deferred income taxes
265,106

 
181,602

Other liabilities
50,084

 
50,883

Total liabilities
3,309,341

 
3,208,070

 
 
 
 
Stockholders' equity:
 
 
 
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 2,000 shares authorized

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value
61

 
61

Additional paid-in-capital
3,038,665

 
2,753,896

Retained earnings
7,003,003

 
6,528,735

Accumulated other comprehensive income
30,712

 
29,950

Treasury stock, at cost (106,702 and 109,294 shares, respectively), net of reissuances
(3,407,259
)
 
(3,529,529
)
Total stockholders' equity
6,665,182

 
5,783,113

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$
9,974,523

 
$
8,991,183


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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands; unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended
 
November 30,
2012
 
December 2,
2011
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
Net income
$
222,333

 
$
173,719

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation, amortization and accretion
78,621

 
73,290

Stock-based compensation expense
73,535

 
72,527

Unrealized investment gains
(281
)
 
(5,811
)
Changes in deferred revenue
59,232

 
47,399

Changes in other operating assets and liabilities
40,219

 
135,629

Net cash provided by operating activities
473,659

 
496,753

 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
Purchases, sales and maturities of short-term investments, net
(33,250
)
 
18,826

Purchases of property and equipment
(81,789
)
 
(74,897
)
Purchases of long-term investments, intangibles and other assets, net of sales
(14,436
)
 
(51,684
)
Acquisitions, net of cash

 
(151,925
)
Net cash used for investing activities
(129,475
)
 
(259,680
)
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
Purchases of treasury stock
(100,000
)
 

Reissuance of treasury stock
19,089

 
1,191

Repayment of debt and capital lease obligations
(2,985
)
 
(2,243
)
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
3,477

 
853

Net cash used for financing activities
(80,419
)
 
(199
)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
(1,093
)
 
(16,586
)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
262,672

 
220,288

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
1,162,380

 
769,212

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
1,425,052

 
$
989,500


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Non-GAAP Results
(In thousands, except per share data)
The following tables show Adobe's GAAP results reconciled to non-GAAP results included in this release.
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
November 30,
2012
 
December 2,
2011
 
August 31,
2012
 
November 30,
2012
 
December 2,
2011
Operating income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP operating income
$
307,765

 
$
246,131

 
$
278,304

 
$
1,180,191

 
$
1,099,299

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense
76,248

 
75,450

 
80,682

 
300,277

 
286,048

Restructuring and other related charges
(275
)
 
94,502

 
2,374

 
(2,917
)
 
97,773

Amortization of purchased intangibles
30,912

 
28,444

 
30,410

 
119,890

 
104,005

Non-GAAP operating income
$
414,650

 
$
444,527

 
$
391,770

 
$
1,597,441

 
$
1,587,125

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP net income
$
222,333

 
$
173,719

 
$
201,357

 
$
832,775

 
$
832,847

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense
76,248

 
75,450

 
80,682

 
300,277

 
286,048

Restructuring and other related charges
(275
)
 
94,502

 
2,374

 
(2,917
)
 
97,773

Amortization of purchased intangibles
30,912

 
28,444

 
30,410

 
119,890

 
104,005

Investment (gains) losses
(351
)
 
(5,174
)
 
(944
)
 
(9,504
)
 
(5,857
)
Income tax adjustments
(20,962
)
 
(34,347
)
 
(22,685
)
 
(57,290
)
 
(131,400
)
Non-GAAP net income
$
307,905

 
$
332,594

 
$
291,194

 
$
1,183,231

 
$
1,183,416

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted net income per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP diluted net income per share
$
0.44

 
$
0.35

 
$
0.40

 
$
1.66

 
$
1.65

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense
0.15

 
0.15

 
0.16

 
0.60

 
0.57

Restructuring and other related charges

 
0.19

 

 
(0.01
)
 
0.19

Amortization of purchased intangibles
0.06

 
0.06

 
0.06

 
0.24

 
0.21

Investment (gains) losses

 
(0.01
)
 

 
(0.02
)
 
(0.01
)
Income tax adjustments
(0.04
)
 
(0.07
)
 
(0.04
)
 
(0.12
)
 
(0.26
)
Non-GAAP diluted net income per share
$
0.61

 
$
0.67

 
$
0.58

 
$
2.35

 
$
2.35

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares used in computing diluted net income per share
502,154

 
496,288

 
499,757

 
502,721

 
503,921


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Non-GAAP Results (continued)
(In thousands, except percentages)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
November 30,
2012
 
December 2,
2011
 
August 31,
2012
 
November 30,
2012
 
December 2,
2011
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP operating expenses
$
720,685

 
$
789,651

 
$
682,655

 
$
2,739,704

 
$
2,679,086

Stock-based and deferred compensation expense
(70,658
)
 
(71,435
)
 
(75,762
)
 
(280,746
)
 
(270,268
)
Restructuring and other related charges
275

 
(94,502
)
 
(2,374
)
 
2,917

 
(97,773
)
Amortization of purchased intangibles
(12,283
)
 
(11,830
)
 
(12,331
)
 
(48,657
)
 
(42,833
)
Non-GAAP operating expenses
$
638,019

 
$
611,884

 
$
592,188

 
$
2,413,218

 
$
2,268,212



 
Three Months
Ended
 
November 30,
2012
Effective income tax rate:
 
 
 
GAAP effective income tax rate
23.5
 %
 
Stock-based and deferred compensation expense
(0.7
)
 
Amortization of purchased intangibles
(0.3
)
 
Non-GAAP effective income tax rate
22.5
 %
 


Adobe continues to provide all information required in accordance with GAAP, but believes evaluating its ongoing operating results may not be as useful if an investor is limited to reviewing only GAAP financial measures. Accordingly, Adobe uses non-GAAP financial information to evaluate its ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. Adobe's management does not itself, nor does it suggest that investors should, consider such non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Adobe presents such non-GAAP financial measures in reporting its financial results to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate Adobe's operating results in a manner that focuses on what Adobe believes to be its ongoing business operations. Adobe's management believes it is useful for itself and investors to review, as applicable, both GAAP information that includes the stock-based and deferred compensation expenses, restructuring charges, amortization of purchased intangibles, investment gains and losses and the related tax impact of all of these items, income tax adjustments, the income tax effect of the non-GAAP pre-tax adjustments from the provision for income taxes, and the non-GAAP measures that exclude such information in order to assess the performance of Adobe's business and for planning and forecasting in subsequent periods. Whenever Adobe uses such a non-GAAP financial measure, it provides a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure to the most closely applicable GAAP financial measure. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measure as detailed above.

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