EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press release

Exhibit 99.1

CONTACT:

Teri Klein

Vice President, Investor Relations

408.617.8825

teri.klein@palm.com

Palm Reports Q4 and FY 2009 Results

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 25, 2009 — Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) today reported that total revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009, ended May 29, 2009, were $86.8 million. Gross profit was $20.1 million and gross margin was 23.1 percent. These results include the effects of subscription accounting treatment required by GAAP.(1) In accordance with this methodology, revenues and cost of revenues for the Palm® Pre™ smartphone are deferred and recognized over the product’s estimated economic life.

To facilitate comparisons to Palm’s historical results, Palm has included non-GAAP adjusted measures, which exclude the impact of subscription accounting, stock-based compensation and other items detailed later in this release. The Company believes this information will help investors better evaluate its current period performance and trends in its business.

On a non-GAAP basis, Adjusted Revenues in the fourth quarter totaled $113.2 million, Adjusted Gross Profit was $30.4 million and Adjusted Gross Margin was 26.8 percent.

“The launch of Palm webOS™ and Palm Pre was a major milestone in Palm’s transformation; we have now officially reentered the race,” said Jon Rubinstein, Palm’s chairman and chief executive officer. “We have more to accomplish, but the groundwork is laid for a very promising future here at Palm. Our senior management team is capable, motivated and focused on execution; there is a large group of developers waiting to build great applications for Palm webOS; and we have a new product pipeline that we think will set a standard for the industry.”

The company shipped a total of 351,000 smartphone units during the quarter, representing a 6 percent increase from the third quarter of fiscal year 2009 and a year-over-year decline of 62 percent. Smartphone sell-through for the quarter was 460,000 units, down 5 percent vs. the third quarter of fiscal year 2009 and down 52 percent year-over-year.

Net loss applicable to common shareholders for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 was $(105.0) million, or $(0.78) per diluted common share. This compares to a net loss applicable to common shareholders for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008 of $(43.4) million or $(0.40) per diluted common share.

 

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On a non-GAAP basis, Adjusted Net Loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 was $(53.4) million, or $(0.40) per diluted share. This compares to an Adjusted Net Loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008 of $(23.9) million, or $(0.22) per diluted share.

The company’s cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments balance was $255.1 million at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009. This total includes the $103.5 million in net proceeds from the company’s public equity offering, which took place in March. Cash used in operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 was $72.4 million.

Fiscal Year 2009 Results

Total revenues for the full fiscal year 2009 were $735.9 million. Gross profit for fiscal year 2009 was $159.8 million and gross margin was 21.7 percent. The company shipped a total of 2,407,000 smartphone units during the year, representing a 25 percent decline vs. the prior year. Smartphone sell-through for the full year was 2,570,000 units, down 19 percent year-over-year.

Net loss applicable to common shareholders was $(753.5) million, or $(6.51) per diluted common share, which included a net non-cash charge of approximately $397 million pertaining to an increase in the reserves for the company’s U.S. deferred tax asset. This compares to a net loss applicable to common shareholders for fiscal year 2008 of $(110.9) million, or $(1.05) per diluted common share.

On a non-GAAP basis, Adjusted Revenues totaled $762.3 million, Adjusted Gross Profit was $171.1 million and Adjusted Gross Margin was 22.4 percent for the full fiscal year 2009.

On a non-GAAP basis, Adjusted Net Loss for fiscal year 2009 was $(241.1) million, or $(2.08) per diluted share. This compares to an Adjusted Net Loss for fiscal year 2008 of $(36.2) million, or $(0.34) per diluted share.

 

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Investor’s Note

Palm will host a conference call to review its fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2009 financial results at 4:30 p.m. Eastern (1:30 p.m. Pacific). Investors and other interested parties are encouraged to listen to the call via audio webcast at Palm’s Investor Relations website (http://investor.palm.com). Investors and other interested parties wishing to listen to the conference call via telephone may dial 866.356.4441 (domestic) or 617.597.5396 (international). There is no pass code required for the live call. A telephone replay of the conference call will be available through July 2, 2009. The dial-in number for the replay will be 888.286.8010 (domestic) and 617.801.6888 (international). The pass code 26667932 is required for the replay. An archive of the audio webcast of the conference call will be posted on Palm’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.palm.com.

About Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc. is a leading mobile products company, creating instinctive yet powerful mobile products that enable people to better manage their lives on the go. The company’s products for consumers, mobile professionals and businesses include Palm® Treo™, Pre™ and Centro™ phones, as well as software, services and accessories.

Palm products are sold through select Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels throughout the world, and at Palm online stores (http://www.palm.com/store).

More information about Palm, Inc. is available at http://www.palm.com.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES: Palm utilizes a number of different financial measures, both GAAP and non-GAAP, in analyzing and assessing its overall business performance, for making operating decisions and for forecasting and planning future periods. Palm considers the use of non-GAAP financial measures helpful in assessing its current financial performance, ongoing operations and prospects for the future. Ongoing operations are the ongoing revenues and expenses of the business, excluding certain costs that Palm does not anticipate to recur on a quarterly basis and eliminating the effect of the revenues and cost of revenues deferrals under subscription accounting for Palm webOS (Palm Pre) products. While Palm uses non-GAAP financial measures as a tool to enhance its understanding of certain aspects of its financial performance and to provide incremental insight into the underlying factors and trends affecting both the Company’s performance and its cash-generating potential, Palm does not consider these measures to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial measures. Consistent with this approach, Palm believes that disclosing non-GAAP financial measures to the readers of its financial statements provides such readers with useful supplemental data that, while not a substitute for GAAP financial measures, allows for greater transparency in the review of its financial and operational performance and enables investors to more fully understand trends in its current and future performance. In assessing the overall health of its business during the three months and fiscal years ended May 31, 2009 and 2008, Palm excluded items in the following general categories, each of which are described below:

 

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Subscription Accounting/Deferred Revenues and Deferred Cost of Revenues. Palm began selling Palm Pre smartphones, the first Palm webOS product, during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009. Because Palm may provide unspecified services and additional software products to customers of its Palm webOS products in the future free of charge, GAAP requires that Palm recognize revenues and cost of revenues for these products on a straight-line basis over the currently estimated economic product life, or 24 months, with any loss recognized at the time of sale. This accounting treatment, referred to as subscription accounting, results in the deferral of most of the revenues and cost of revenues during the quarter in which Palm Pre smartphones are sold to the customer. Other costs related to Palm webOS products, including costs for warranty, engineering, sales and marketing, are expensed as incurred. The amount of revenues and cost of revenues related to Palm webOS smartphone sales that Palm deferred for recognition in future periods under subscription accounting is significant to Palm’s results of operations. Palm eliminates the effect of subscription accounting (current sales deferred to future periods) to provide more transparency into Palm’s underlying sales trends. Management uses the non-GAAP measure Adjusted Revenues to evaluate growth rate, revenue mix and performance relative to competitors. Management uses the non-GAAP measures of Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Margin to measure operating performance based on current period sales and to facilitate ongoing operating decisions. These financial measures are not consistent with GAAP because they do not reflect deferral of revenues and product costs for recognition in later periods.

While the GAAP results provide insight into Palm’s operations and financial position, management continues to supplement its analysis of its business using the non-GAAP results to review the total revenues, related product costs, warranty and resulting margin for Palm webOS smartphone products sold to customers during the period. Further, management uses the total revenues, related product costs, warranty and operating results to forecast future cash flows and to facilitate ongoing and future operating decisions.

Acquisition-related Expenses. Palm excluded amortization of intangible assets resulting from acquisitions to allow more transparent comparisons of its financial results to its historical operations, forward-looking guidance and the financial results of peer companies. In recent years, Palm has completed the acquisition of the Palm brand and the acquisition of other assets and technologies, which resulted in operating expenses that would not otherwise have been incurred. Palm believes that providing non-GAAP information for amortization of intangible assets allows the users of its financial statements to review both the GAAP expenses in the period, as well as the non-GAAP expenses, thus providing for enhanced understanding of historic and future financial results. Additionally, had Palm internally developed these intangible assets, the amortization of intangible assets would have been expensed historically, and Palm believes the assessment of its operations excluding these amortization costs is relevant to the assessment of internal operations.

Stock-based Compensation. Palm believes that because of the variety of equity awards used by companies, varying methodologies for determining stock-based compensation and the assumptions and estimates involved in those determinations, the exclusion of non-cash stock-based compensation enhances the ability of management and investors to understand the impact of non-cash stock-based compensation on our operating results. Further, Palm believes that excluding stock-based compensation allows for a more transparent comparison of its financial results to previous periods. Palm prepares and maintains its budgets and forecasts for future periods on a basis consistent with this non-GAAP financial measure.

 

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Income Tax Provision (Benefit). For purposes of calculating its non-GAAP financial measures during fiscal year 2009, Palm excluded the non-cash net impact on the tax provision pertaining to the increase of the valuation allowance for the Company’s U.S. deferred tax assets. The resulting non-GAAP tax provision, excluding the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, represents amounts that Palm believes it will pay for foreign and state taxes. Palm believes this is appropriate because management considers the amount of taxes that will be paid when evaluating Palm’s overall business performance, making operational decisions or forecasting and planning future periods, and does not include the charges from establishing a valuation allowance on its U.S. deferred tax assets in this consideration. Additionally, Palm believes the exclusion of these charges is useful because it allows more transparent comparisons of its financial results to historical operations. For purposes of calculating its non-GAAP financial measures for the three months and fiscal year ended May 31, 2008, Palm assumed a 40 percent annual effective tax rate to provide a more appropriate view of these periods.

Other Expenses. Palm excludes certain other items that are the result of unplanned or infrequent events to measure its operating performance. Included in these items are restructuring charges, a casualty recovery, patent acquisition cost (refund), a gain on sale of land, an impairment of non-current auction rate securities, a loss on a series C derivative and accretion of convertible preferred stocks, as these amounts relate to items that are unplanned and/or are not expected to recur on a quarterly basis. Therefore, by providing this information, Palm believes its management and the users of its financial statements are better able to understand the financial results of what Palm considers to be its current financial performance, ongoing operations and prospects for the future.

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization. EBITDA is defined as earnings before net interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Palm considers this measure to be an important indicator of its operational strength to incur and repay indebtedness. Palm excludes net interest and taxes to allow a creditor to assess Palm’s ability to repay different debt instruments. Palm excludes depreciation and amortization because while tangible and intangible assets support Palm’s business, Palm does not believe the related depreciation and amortization costs are directly attributable to Palm’s ability to repay debt. This measure is used by some investors when assessing the performance of the company. In addition, Palm further excludes other non-GAAP items, such as eliminating the revenues and cost of revenues deferrals under subscription accounting for its Palm webOS products, stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, casualty recovery, patent acquisition cost (refund), a gain on sale of land, an impairment of non-current auction rate securities and a loss on a series C derivative listed above, to determine Adjusted EBITDA. Palm believes the assessment of its operations further excluding these items and net other income (expense) is relevant to the assessment of internal operations and comparisons to industry performance.

 

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Each of the non-GAAP financial measures described above, and used in this press release, should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, a measure of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Further, investors are cautioned that there are inherent limitations associated with the use of each of these non-GAAP financial measures as an analytical tool. In particular, these non-GAAP financial measures are not based on a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and many of the adjustments to the GAAP financial measure reflect the exclusion of items that are recurring and will be reflected in the Company’s financial results for the foreseeable future. Palm compensates for these limitations by providing specific information in the reconciliation included in this press release regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures. In addition, as noted above, Palm evaluates the non-GAAP financial measures together with the most directly comparable GAAP financial information.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation, statements regarding Palm Pre’s estimated economic life, Palm’s future, applications for Palm webOS, Palm’s new product pipeline, Palm’s ability to set standards for its industry, providing services and additional software products to customers of Palm webOS products and expected tax payments. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially, including, without limitation, the following: acceptance of Palm Pre by wireless carriers and end users; the effect of current recessionary economic and financial market conditions and investment in Palm’s corporate transformation, including the transition to the Palm webOS platform, on Palm’s liquidity and ability to raise additional funding; fluctuations in the demand for Palm’s existing and future products and services and growth in Palm’s industries and markets; Palm’s ability to forecast demand for its products; possible defects in products and technologies developed; Palm’s ability to introduce new products and services successfully and in a cost-effective and timely manner; Palm’s ability to timely and cost-effectively obtain components and elements of its technology from suppliers; Palm’s ability to obtain other key technology from third parties free from errors and defects, integrate it with Palm’s products and meet certification requirements, all on a timely basis; Palm’s ability to compete with existing and new competitors; Palm’s dependence on wireless carriers and ability to meet wireless-carrier certification requirements; Palm’s dependence on a concentrated number of significant customers; and Palm’s ability to adjust to changing market conditions. A detailed discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from such forward-looking statements is included in Palm’s most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Palm’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended February 27, 2009 under the caption Risk Factors and elsewhere. Palm undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release.

Palm, Treo, Centro, Palm Pre and Palm webOS are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.

 

 

(1) GAAP stands for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

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Palm, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended     Years Ended  
     May 31, 2009     May 31, 2008     May 31, 2009     May 31, 2008  

Revenues

   $ 86,773      $ 296,155      $ 735,872      $ 1,318,691   

Cost of revenues (a)

     66,706        221,613        576,113        916,810   
                                

Gross profit

     20,067        74,542        159,759        401,881   

Operating expenses:

        

Sales and marketing (a)

     33,304        54,132        174,052        229,702   

Research and development (a)

     37,893        48,025        177,210        202,764   

General and administrative (a)

     14,384        12,131        55,923        60,778   

Amortization of intangible assets

     404        883        3,054        3,775   

Restructuring charges (a)

     2,619        1,299        16,134        30,353   

Casualty recovery

     (5,250     —          (268     —     

Patent acquisition cost (refund)

     —          —          (1,537     5,000   

Gain on sale of land

     —          —          —          (4,446
                                

Total operating expenses

     83,354        116,470        424,568        527,926   
                                

Operating loss

     (63,287     (41,928     (264,809     (126,045

Impairment of non-current auction rate securities

     (2,707     (6,693     (35,885     (32,175

Interest (expense)

     (4,778     (7,375     (25,299     (20,397

Interest income

     729        2,300        5,840        21,860   

Loss on series C derivative

     (23,088     —          (2,515     —     

Other income (expense), net

     (547     (575     (5,255     (1,471
                                

Loss before income taxes

     (93,678     (54,271     (327,923     (158,228

Income tax provision (benefit)

     (2,160     (13,205     404,265        (52,809
                                

Net loss

     (91,518     (41,066     (732,188     (105,419

Accretion of series B and series C redeemable convertible preferred stock

     13,456        2,379        21,285        5,516   
                                

Net loss applicable to common shareholders

   $ (104,974   $ (43,445   $ (753,473   $ (110,935
                                

Net loss per common share:

        

Basic and diluted

   $ (0.78   $ (0.40   $ (6.51   $ (1.05
                                

Shares used to compute net loss per common share:

        

Basic and diluted

     134,383        107,564        115,725        105,891   
                                

 

        

(a) Costs and expenses include stock-based compensation as follows:

 

        

Cost of revenues

   $ 238      $ 307      $ 1,306      $ 1,716   

Sales and marketing

     752        1,184        3,774        6,607   

Research and development

     2,250        2,443        10,288        10,267   

General and administrative

     1,238        1,549        7,296        12,500   

Restructuring charges

     —          —          1,189        1,091   
                                
   $ 4,478      $ 5,483      $ 23,853      $ 32,181   
                                

Palm’s fiscal periods are generally 13 weeks in length and end on a Friday. For presentation purposes, the periods are presented as ending on May 31.

 

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Palm, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except par value amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     May 31, 2009     May 31, 2008  
ASSETS     

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 152,400      $ 176,918   

Short-term investments

     102,733        81,830   

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $350 and $1,169, respectively

     66,452        116,430   

Inventories

     19,716        67,461   

Deferred income taxes

     174        82,011   

Prepaids and other

     12,104        15,436   
                

Total current assets

     353,579        540,086   

Restricted investments

     9,496        8,620   

Non-current auction rate securities

     6,105        29,944   

Deferred costs

     14,896        —     

Property and equipment, net

     31,167        39,636   

Goodwill

     166,320        166,332   

Intangible assets, net

     48,914        61,048   

Deferred income taxes

     331        318,850   

Other assets

     12,428        15,746   
                

Total assets

   $ 643,236      $ 1,180,262   
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)     

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 105,628      $ 161,642   

Income taxes payable

     475        1,088   

Deferred revenues

     18,429        4,080   

Accrued restructuring

     6,090        8,058   

Current portion of long-term debt

     4,000        4,000   

Other accrued liabilities

     207,820        232,478   
                

Total current liabilities

     342,442        411,346   

Non-current liabilities:

    

Long-term debt

     390,000        394,000   

Non-current deferred revenues

     13,077        —     

Non-current tax liabilities

     5,783        6,127   

Other non-current liabilities

     —          2,098   

Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 325 shares authorized and outstanding; aggregate liquidation value: $325,000

     265,412        255,671   

Series C redeemable convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 100 shares authorized; outstanding: 51 shares and 0 shares, respectively; aggregate liquidation value: $51,000 and $0, respectively

     40,387        —     

Stockholders’ equity (deficit):

    

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 125,000 shares authorized:

    

Series A: 2,000 shares authorized; none outstanding

     —          —     

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 2,000,000 shares authorized; outstanding: 139,687 shares and 108,369 shares, respectively

     140        108   

Additional paid-in capital

     854,649        659,141   

Accumulated deficit

     (1,269,672     (537,484

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     1,018        (10,745
                

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

     (413,865     111,020   
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)

   $ 643,236      $ 1,180,262   
                

Palm’s fiscal periods are generally 13 weeks in length and end on a Friday. For presentation purposes, the periods are presented as ending on May 31.

 

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Palm, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended  
     May 31, 2009     May 31, 2008  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net loss

   $ (91,518   $ (41,066

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows from operating activities:

    

Depreciation

     4,579        5,330   

Stock-based compensation

     4,478        5,483   

Amortization of intangible assets

     2,583        3,417   

Amortization of debt issuance costs

     784        785   

Deferred income taxes

     (10,567     (28,658

Realized loss on short-term investments

     312        320   

Recognized loss on property and equipment

     619        —     

Excess tax benefit related to stock-based compensation

     (23     (3

Impairment of non-current auction rate securities

     2,707        6,693   

Loss on series C derivative

     23,088        —     

Changes in assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     (12,716     42,084   

Inventories

     (4,098     (26,653

Prepaids and other

     1,051        (2,022

Accounts payable

     7,027        702   

Income taxes payable

     8,695        14,470   

Accrued restructuring

     (1,269     (2,596

Deferred revenues/costs, net

     12,962        —     

Other accrued liabilities

     (21,095     9,620   
                

Net cash used in operating activities

   $ (72,401   $ (12,094
                

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Purchase of property and equipment

     (3,853     (3,349

Purchase of short-term investments

     (50,867     (77,303

Sale of short-term investments

     35,874        3,452   

Sale of restricted investments

     262        165   

Principal received from investment in non-current auction rate securities

     485        —     
                

Net cash used in investing activities

   $ (18,099   $ (77,035
                

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     104,049        —     

Proceeds from issuance of common stock; employee stock plans

     9,081        4,534   

Proceeds (costs) from issuance of preferred stock, net

     (31     —     

Excess tax benefit related to stock-based compensation

     23        3   

Repayment of debt

     (1,891     (1,272

Cash distribution to stockholders

     (180     (180
                

Net cash provided by financing activities

   $ 111,051      $ 3,085   
                

Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     1,082        266   

Change in cash and cash equivalents

     21,633        (85,778

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     130,767        262,696   
                

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 152,400      $ 176,918   
                

Other cash flow information:

    

Cash paid for taxes

   $ 731      $ 1,221   
                

Cash paid for interest

   $ 3,881      $ 6,438   
                

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

    

Liability for property and equipment acquired

   $ —        $ 3,334   
                

Palm’s fiscal periods are generally 13 weeks in length and end on a Friday. For presentation purposes, the periods are presented as ending on May 31.

 

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Palm, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP Items to Non-GAAP Items

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended May 31, 2009     Three Months Ended May 31, 2008  
     GAAP     Adjustments     Non-GAAP/
Adjusted
    GAAP     Adjustments     Non-GAAP/
Adjusted
 

Revenues

   $ 86,773     $ 26,446   (a)   $ 113,219     $ 296,155     $ —       $ 296,155  

Cost of revenues

     66,706       16,162   (b)(c)     82,868       221,613       (307 ) (c)     221,306  

Gross profit

     20,067       10,284   (d)     30,351       74,542       307   (d)     74,849  

Operating expenses

     83,354       (2,013 ) (c)(e)     81,341       116,470       (7,358 ) (c)(e)     109,112  

Net loss

     (91,518 )     38,092       (53,426 )     (41,066 )     17,118       (23,948 )

Net loss applicable to common shareholders

   $ (104,974 )   $ 51,548     $ (53,426 )   $ (43,445 )   $ 19,497     $ (23,948 )

Net loss per common share:

            

Basic and diluted

   $ (0.78 )   $ 0.38   (f)   $ (0.40 )   $ (0.40 )   $ 0.18   (f)   $ (0.22 )

Shares used to compute net loss per common share:

            

Basic and diluted

     134,383       —         134,383       107,564       —         107,564  
     Year Ended May 31, 2009     Year Ended May 31, 2008  
     GAAP     Adjustments     Non-GAAP/
Adjusted
    GAAP     Adjustments     Non-GAAP/
Adjusted
 

Revenues

   $ 735,872     $ 26,446   (a)   $ 762,318     $ 1,318,691     $ —       $ 1,318,691  

Cost of revenues

     576,113       15,094   (b)(c)     591,207       916,810       (1,716 ) (c)     915,094  

Gross profit

     159,759       11,352   (d)     171,111       401,881       1,716   (d)     403,597  

Operating expenses

     424,568       (38,741 ) (c)(e)     385,827       527,926       (64,056 ) (c)(e)     463,870  

Net loss

     (732,188 )     491,044       (241,144 )     (105,419 )     69,250       (36,169 )

Net loss applicable to common shareholders

   $ (753,473 )   $ 512,329     $ (241,144 )   $ (110,935 )   $ 74,766     $ (36,169 )

Net loss per common share:

            

Basic and diluted

   $ (6.51 )   $ 4.43   (f)   $ (2.08 )   $ (1.05 )   $ 0.71   (f)   $ (0.34 )

Shares used to compute net loss per common share:

            

Basic and diluted

     115,725       —         115,725       105,891       —         105,891  

Palm’s fiscal periods are generally 13 weeks in length and end on a Friday. For presentation purposes, the periods are presented as ending on May 31.

 

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Palm, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP Items to Non-GAAP Items (continued)

 

 

(a) Non-GAAP adjustments to revenues reflect (i) the inclusion of amounts generally due to Palm at the time of the sale related to Palm webOS units delivered in the current period and (ii) the reversal of the current period’s amortization of deferred revenue derived from Palm webOS units delivered in the current period.
(b) Non-GAAP adjustments to cost of revenues reflect (i) the inclusion of the total cost of Palm webOS units delivered in the current period and (ii) the reversal of the current period’s amortization of deferred cost related to Palm webOS units delivered in the current period. In addition, the non-GAAP adjustment to cost of revenues reflects the estimate of the warranty expense in the period when the related products are delivered to the customer, rather than when the expense is incurred. The non-GAAP adjustment to cost of revenues does not reflect the costs to develop any future unspecified features and additional software products that may eventually be provided to customers and are expensed as incurred.
(c) Non-GAAP adjustments relate to the elimination of stock-based compensation.
(d) Non-GAAP adjustments to gross margin are the difference between non-GAAP adjustments to revenues and non-GAAP adjustments to cost of revenues [(a) – (b) – (c)].
(e) Non-GAAP adjustments to operating expenses include the elimination of amortization of intangible assets, restructuring charges, casualty recovery, patent acquisition cost (refund) and gain on sale of land, as applicable.
(f) Represents the per share impact of the non-GAAP adjustments to net loss.

 

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Palm, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended     Years Ended  
     May 31, 2009     May 31, 2008     May 31, 2009     May 31, 2008  

Net loss, as reported

   $ (91,518   $ (41,066   $ (732,188   $ (105,419

Interest (income) expense, net

     4,049        5,075        19,459        (1,463

Taxes

     (2,160     (13,205     404,265        (52,809

Depreciation/amortization

     7,162        8,747        31,811        36,209   
                                

EBITDA

     (82,467     (40,449     (276,653     (123,482

Adjustments:

        

Effect of subscription accounting

     10,046        —          10,046        —     

Stock-based compensation (a)

     4,478        5,483        22,664        31,090   

Other (income) expense, net

     547        575        5,255        1,471   

Restructuring charges

     2,619        1,299        16,134        30,353   

Casualty recovery

     (5,250     —          (268     —     

Patent acquisition cost (refund)

     —          —          (1,537     5,000   

Gain on sale of land

     —          —          —          (4,446

Impairment of non-current auction rate securities

     2,707        6,693        35,885        32,175   

Loss on series C derivative

     23,088        —          2,515        —     
                                

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ (44,232   $ (26,399   $ (185,959   $ (27,839
                                

 

(a) Stock-based compensation related to workforce reductions are included in restructuring charges.

Palm’s fiscal periods are generally 13 weeks in length and end on a Friday. For presentation purposes, the periods are presented as ending on May 31.

 

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