-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Qc4bxtgecW8XmLN7EPwpjbC24jUYP4OEaEIR87Hb8vnkzaiyimn8aO1iGhgHjJjF Dptev3baOu9VlDByENb5lQ== 0001193125-10-037645.txt : 20100223 0001193125-10-037645.hdr.sgml : 20100223 20100223163735 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-037645 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100223 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100223 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100223 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STEC, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001102741 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES [3572] IRS NUMBER: 330399154 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-31623 FILM NUMBER: 10626381 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3001 DAIMLER ST CITY: SANTA ANA STATE: CA ZIP: 92705-5812 BUSINESS PHONE: 8003677330 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3001 DAIMLER ST CITY: SANTA ANA STATE: CA ZIP: 92705 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SIMPLETECH INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010507 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SIMPLE TECHNOLOGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000106 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

February 23, 2010

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

STEC, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

California   000-31623   33-0399154
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

3001 Daimler Street

Santa Ana, California 92705-5812

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(949) 476-1180

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 23, 2010, STEC, Inc. (the “Registrant”) reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. A copy of the press release issued by the Registrant on February 23, 2010 concerning the foregoing results is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, unless the Registrant specifically incorporates the foregoing information into those documents by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is furnished as part of this report:

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Exhibit

99.1    Press Release of STEC, Inc., dated February 23, 2010, reporting its financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2009 (furnished and not filed herewith solely pursuant to Item 2.02).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 23, 2010   By:  

/s/    RAYMOND COOK        

    Raymond Cook
    Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Exhibit

99.1    Press Release of STEC, Inc., dated February 23, 2010, reporting its financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2009 (furnished and not filed herewith solely pursuant to Item 2.02).
EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

STEC Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Results – ZeusIOPS SSD Initial Adoption Enables Record Revenue, Margin and EPS for Full-Year 2009

Board of Directors Has Approved the Repurchase of Up to $80 Million of Company’s Common Shares

SANTA ANA, Calif., February 23, 2010 — STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC) announced today the Company’s financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2009.

Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009 was $106.0 million, an increase of 86.3% from $56.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2008.

GAAP gross profit margin was 50.9% for the fourth quarter of 2009, compared to 27.8% for the fourth quarter of 2008. GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $0.47 for the fourth quarter of 2009, compared to $0.00 for the fourth quarter of 2008.

Non-GAAP gross profit margin was 51.0% for the fourth quarter of 2009, compared to 32.3% for the fourth quarter of 2008.

Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $0.51 for the fourth quarter of 2009, compared to $0.05 for the fourth quarter of 2008. GAAP results in the fourth quarter of 2009 included employee stock compensation, restructuring costs and class action securities and shareholder derivative litigation expenses.

Revenue for full-year 2009 was $354.2 million, an increase of 55.8% from $227.4 million for 2008. GAAP gross profit margin was 47.7% for 2009, compared to 31.3% for 2008. GAAP full-year 2009 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $1.41, compared to full-year 2008 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.08. Non-GAAP gross profit margin was 48.4% for the full-year 2009. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $1.61 for the full-year 2009.

On February 22, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors reaffirmed its plan to proceed from time to time, depending on market conditions and other factors, with repurchases of up to $80 million of the Company’s common stock under previously authorized share repurchase programs. Share repurchases will be made in open market or privately negotiated transactions in compliance with Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. There is no guarantee as to the exact number of shares, if any, that will be repurchased by the Company and the Company may discontinue purchases at any time that the Company determines that additional purchases are not warranted.

Business Outlook

“During 2009 we achieved the highest revenue, gross profit margin and earnings per share in our Company’s nearly 20-year history,” said Manouch Moshayedi, STEC’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

“Among our accomplishments for 2009 were: successfully transferring our manufacturing capacity to Malaysia, resulting in lower overhead and a lower corporate effective tax rate; expanding and advancing the development of our SSD product portfolio and successfully qualifying our SSD products at many of the key original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in the Enterprise-Storage markets.

“We believe that the first half of 2010 will be a trough period for our business due to an inventory carryover by our largest customer. Although, we believe the marketing programs that we implemented last quarter have had a positive effect on the sell-through of SSDs, based on our best estimates we now anticipate this inventory carryover to continue to negatively impact our sales to this customer during the first half of 2010, as we do not expect any meaningful production orders from this customer during that time.


“We have been working diligently to increase SSD sales to other major customers by introducing new marketing incentive programs for 2010. We expect to start experiencing the benefits of these efforts during the second half of this year.”

“We firmly believe that we are still in the beginning stages of the adoption of SSDs by the Enterprise markets. Despite the near-term challenges, we believe that as the benefits of SSDs become more widely understood, and the growth curve of SSD adoption accelerates we will be in an ideal position to take full advantage and make significant gains.”

“The management and the Board of Directors believe in the long-term value of our Company, and have approved the repurchase of up to $80 million of Company’s common shares on the open market.”

Guidance

“We currently expect first quarter of 2010 revenue to range from $33 million to $35 million with diluted non-GAAP loss per share to range from $0.11 - $0.13.”

Conference Call

STEC will hold an open conference call to discuss results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009. The call will take place today at 1:30 p.m., Pacific/ 4:30 p.m., Eastern. The call-in numbers for the conference are (877) 645-6380 (United States and Canada) and (914) 495-8562 (International).

Webcast

This call will be webcast. The webcast can be accessed by clicking on the gray “Nasdaq:STEC” tab at the top of the home page at www.stec-inc.com. The webcast will be archived and available for replay beginning approximately two hours after the live call concludes.

About STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC)

STEC, Inc. is a leading global provider of solid-state drive technologies and solutions tailored to meet the high-performance, high-reliability needs of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). With headquarters in Santa Ana, California and locations worldwide, STEC leverages almost two decades of solid-state drive knowledge and experience to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive line of solid-state drives to the storage industry.

For information about STEC and to subscribe to the Company’s “Email Alerts” service, please visit our web site at

www.stec-inc.com, click the “Nasdaq:STEC” tab at the top of the page and then click “Email Alerts.”


Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

To supplement the consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), we use non-GAAP financial measures (non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes, non-GAAP income from continuing operations and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations) that exclude start-up costs related to the Company’s Malaysia facility, employee stock compensation, employee severance, a warranty claim, global tax restructuring expenses, IP litigation costs, hiring and recruiting fees incurred for key research and development employees, special charges for restructuring, class action securities and derivative action litigation costs, Malaysian government incentive grant income and the short-term impact of the global tax restructuring on the Company’s effective tax rate. Management excludes these items because it believes that the non-GAAP measures enhance an investor’s overall understanding of the Company’s financial performance and future prospects by being more reflective of the Company’s core, recurring operational activities and to be more comparable with the results of the Company over various periods. Management uses non-GAAP financial measures internally for strategic decision making, forecasting future results and evaluating current performance. Guidance is provided only on a non-GAAP basis due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing or amount of such items. Difficulties in forecasting the non-GAAP items include the timing of customer audit approvals for the Malaysia facility which would impact the ramp up of production, registration costs for new entities related to our global tax restructuring and unexpected delays in shipping new products developed by our foreign subsidiaries in lower tax jurisdictions than the United States. These items could be materially significant in our GAAP results in any period. By disclosing non-GAAP financial measures, management intends to provide investors with a more meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company’s core operating results and trends for the periods presented. Non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP; therefore, the information is not necessarily comparable to other companies’ financial information and should be considered as a supplement to, not a substitute for, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. A complete reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP information referred to in this release is provided in tables included in this release. Certain amounts reported in prior releases may have been reclassified to conform to the current quarter’s non-GAAP presentation.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, statements concerning future Company and SSD growth, customers’ acceptance of SSDs, the impact of customer inventory on STEC in the first and second quarters of 2010, the effectiveness of sales and marketing initiatives, and expected first quarter 2010 revenue and earnings per share. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current expectations. Although STEC believes that the forward looking statements contained in this release are reasonable, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be fulfilled. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements are detailed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by STEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. The information contained in this press release is a statement of STEC’s present intention, belief or


expectation. STEC may change its intention, belief, or expectation, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, in STEC’s assumptions or otherwise. STEC undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

STEC, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

     December 31,
2009
   December 31,
2008
ASSETS:      

Current Assets:

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 135,658    $ 33,379

Short-term investments

     10,000      —  

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $3,557 at December 31, 2009 and $1,196 at December 31, 2008

     78,373      43,516

Inventory

     42,739      63,985

Deferred income taxes

     —        1,302

Other current assets

     2,840      7,872
             

Total current assets

     269,610      150,054
             

Leasehold interest in land

     2,543      2,587

Property, plant and equipment

     39,911      44,406

Intangible assets

     292      573

Goodwill

     1,682      1,682

Other long-term assets

     5,076      2,720

Deferred income taxes

     6,448      4,407
             

Total assets

   $ 325,562    $ 206,429
             
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:      

Current Liabilities:

     

Accounts payable

   $ 29,911    $ 13,097

Accrued and other liabilities

   $ 14,070    $ 10,339
             

Total current liabilities

     43,981      23,436
             

Long-term income taxes payable

     2,986      1,430

Commitments and contingencies

     —        —  

Shareholders’ Equity:

     

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, no shares outstanding

     —        —  

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 50,284,438 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2009 and 48,429,348 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2008

     50      48

Additional paid-in capital

     154,087      129,670

Retained earnings

     124,458      51,845
             

Total shareholders’ equity

     278,595      181,563
             

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 325,562    $ 206,429
             


STEC, INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     Quarter Ended December 31,     Year Ended December 31,
     2009     2008     2009    2008

Net revenues

   $ 106,004      $ 56,915      $ 354,183    $ 227,445

Cost of revenues

     52,078        41,070        185,236      156,358
                             

Gross profit

     53,926        15,845        168,947      71,087

Sales and marketing

     5,387        4,803        20,352      19,045

General and administrative

     8,157        7,499        28,543      25,476

Research and development

     9,969        6,190        27,481      21,081

Special charges

     (125     —          3,408      —  
                             

Total operating expenses

     23,388        18,492        79,784      65,602

Operating income (loss)

     30,538        (2,647     89,163      5,485

Other income (loss)

     (15     66        601      1,380
                             

Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes

     30,523        (2,581     89,764      6,865

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     6,015        (2,407     18,221      2,714
                             

Income (loss) from continuing operations

     24,508        (174     71,543      4,151

Discontinued operations:

         

Income from operations of Consumer Division (including gain on disposal of $8,005 in 2007)

     2,194        9        1,838      238

Provision for income taxes

     909        6        768      97
                             

Income from discontinued operations

     1,285        3        1,070      141
                             

Net income (loss)

   $ 25,793      $ (171   $ 72,613    $ 4,292
                             

Net income per share:

         

Basic:

         

Continuing operations

   $ 0.49      $ —        $ 1.45    $ 0.09

Discontinued operations

     0.02        —          0.02      —  
                             

Total

   $ 0.51      $ —        $ 1.47    $ 0.09
                             

Diluted:

         

Continuing operations

   $ 0.47      $ —        $ 1.41    $ 0.08

Discontinued operations

     0.03        —          0.02      —  
                             

Total

   $ 0.50      $ —        $ 1.43    $ 0.08
                             

Shares used in per share computation:

         

Basic

     50,264        50,125        49,350      49,956
                             

Diluted

     51,601        50,547        50,896      51,132
                             

The non-GAAP financial measures included in the following tables are non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes, non-GAAP income from continuing operations and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, which adjust for the following items: (a) start-up costs related to the Company’s Malaysia facility, (b) employee stock compensation expense, (c) employee severance, (d) warranty claim, (e) global tax structuring costs, (f) IP litigation costs, (g) hiring and recruiting fees incurred for key research and development employees, (h) special charges related to restructuring costs, (i) class action securities and derivative action litigation costs, (j) Malaysia government incentive


grant income and (k) the short-term impact of the global tax restructuring on the Company’s effective tax rate. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures enhance an investor’s overall understanding of the Company’s financial performance and future prospects by being more reflective of the Company’s core operational activities and to be more comparable with the results of the Company over various periods. Management uses non-GAAP financial measures internally for strategic decision making, forecasting future results and evaluating current performance. By disclosing non-GAAP financial measures, management intends to provide investors with a more meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company’s core, recurring operating results and trends for the periods presented. Non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP; therefore, the information is not necessarily comparable to other companies’ financial information and should be considered as a supplement to, not a substitute for, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

The items excluded from GAAP financial results in calculating non-GAAP financial results, are set forth below:

 

  a) The Malaysia facility start-up costs relate primarily to expenses associated with our manufacturing facility in Penang, Malaysia in which construction was completed in 2008. During 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, we used this facility to train production employees, obtain facility certifications such as ISO certification, install the necessary accounting and information systems and conduct customer audits to better prepare for the full-scale transition of our U.S. operations to Malaysia in 2009. As full-scale production was not completely transitioned to Malaysia until the second quarter of 2009, management believes excluding Malaysia start-up costs from our operations for the reporting periods through the first quarter of 2009 provides investors with a better means of evaluating our current operations. Starting in the second quarter of 2009, we no longer treat costs incurred for our Malaysia operations as a non-GAAP item since the transition of operations and integration of the Malaysia facility was substantially completed during the second quarter of 2009.

 

  b) Employee stock compensation costs incurred in connection with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 123R have been excluded as management omits these expenses when evaluating its core operating activities, for strategic decision making, forecasting future results and evaluating current performance.

 

  c) Employee severance relates to one-time costs incurred related to the termination of certain U.S.-based employees. The Company provides compensation to certain employees as an accommodation upon termination of employment without cause. Management believes that excluding severance costs from operating results provides investors with a better means for measuring current Company performance.

 

  d)

The warranty claim relates to a customer reimbursement request for internally generated costs that they contend were incurred to remediate issues involving a manufacturing defect for compact flash cards purchased and rectified by the Company in prior years.


 

The Company previously acknowledged the defect in the controller design on certain of its compact flash cards and immediately put a coordinated plan in place in 2006, which was substantially completed prior to 2008, to replace all suspect cards identified by this customer with the Company bearing all costs. The Company has assessed the possible outcomes of the claim and has recorded an estimated liability in the fourth quarter of 2008. The Company views this customer claim for their internal service and repair costs incurred in prior periods as non-recurring and therefore not indicative of current Company performance.

 

  e) The global tax structuring costs relate primarily to tax consulting, legal fees and filing fees associated with establishing various corporate entities throughout the world, and establishing cost-sharing and transfer pricing agreements among the worldwide entities. These costs were included as a non-GAAP item in 2008 as we believed these expenditures were one-time set-up fees and are therefore not indicative of our recurring operational results. Beginning in the first quarter of 2009 we no longer treat global tax structuring costs as a non-GAAP item because the structuring was substantially completed by the end of 2008.

 

  f) Intellectual property litigation costs relate to a patent infringement suit filed against us by a competitor on April 14, 2008. We filed our answer to the lawsuit asserting affirmative defenses of non-infringement, invalidity and counter-claimed for a declaratory judgment of non-infringement, invalidity, and unenforceability for all patents in question plus legal fees and costs. In February 2009, the lawsuit was mutually dismissed by both parties and no further costs have been incurred by the Company related to this matter after the first quarter of 2009. Management believes that legal and consulting fees incurred in conjunction with this lawsuit for the periods presented should be excluded when evaluating core operations since management believes these costs are non-recurring.

 

  g) Research and development employee recruitment fees relate to a core group of engineers hired to begin development of a new product design. In the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company incurred recruiting fees and one-time sign-on bonuses for these core employees. Management believes that the recruiting fees and one-time bonuses incurred for the start-up of this engineering design group is non-recurring and should be excluded from its results when evaluating the Company’s current operations.

 

  h) Special charges relate to a restructuring plan that we implemented during the first quarter of 2009. These charges included expenses related to a reduction in our workforce and asset impairment charges. The special charges primarily impacted U.S. based operations and employees as part of the overall transition of certain operations to our facility in Penang, Malaysia. The restructuring plan was substantially completed by the end of 2009. Management believes that costs incurred in connection with the restructuring plan which were primarily related to workforce reduction severance costs and consolidation of facilities expenses are non-recurring in nature and should be excluded when evaluating core operations.


  i) In the fourth quarter of 2009, certain class action securities complaints and shareholder derivative actions were filed against the Company and certain officers and directors of the Company. Under our Directors and Officers insurance policies, we are required to pay a deductible of $500,000 for the initial attorneys’ fees and costs incurred related to these lawsuits. After the first $500,000 of attorneys’ fees and costs are incurred, and until our policy limits are exhausted, our insurance carriers, subject to their reservations of rights to deny or limit coverage, should be responsible for covering a substantial portion of the attorneys’ fees and costs associated with our defense of these actions. Management believes the insurance policy deductible is a non-recurring expense and should be excluded when evaluating core operations for fourth quarter of 2009.

 

  j) Malaysia government grant incentive income relates to proceeds received from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (“MITI”) in Malaysia. The grants are provided by MITI as incentive for our local subsidiary incurring research and development expenses and employee training costs for its operations in Malaysia. Since the grants represent reimbursement of expenses which were previously adjusted by us as a non-GAAP item under Malaysia start-up costs, we have reversed the related grant reimbursement income from our 2009 non-GAAP results.

 

  k) During 2008, our effective tax rate increased in excess of its base historical tax rate as the result of the implementation of a global tax structuring plan. The short-term impact of the global tax structuring plan resulted in losses being incurred in foreign jurisdictions with zero tax rates which produced less overall tax benefits for us. For non-GAAP purposes, we have made an adjustment to reflect the full-year 2008 effective tax rates at historical base rate levels. No adjustments have been made to 2009 effective tax rates as the global tax structuring was substantially completed by the end of 2008 and we expect to achieve ongoing tax benefits. Management believes that fluctuations in our effective tax rate during the 2008 implementation of the global tax structuring were temporary and should be excluded when evaluating core operations for that period.


STEC, INC.

Schedule Reconciling GAAP Income From Continuing Operations to Non-GAAP Income From Continuing Operations

($ in thousands, except per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

     For the Quarters Ended     For the Year Ended  
     December 31,
2009
    December 31,
2008
    December 31,
2009
 

GAAP income (loss) from continuing operations

   $ 24,508      $ (174   $ 71,543   
                        

The non-GAAP amounts have been adjusted to exclude the following items:

      

Excluded from cost of sales:

      

Malaysia facility start-up costs (a)

   $ —        $ 1,850      $ 2,249   

Employee stock compensation (b)

     89        21        292   

Employee severance (c)

     —          211        —     

Warranty claim (d)

     —          477        —     
                        
     89        2,559        2,541   

Excluded from operating expenses:

      

Malaysian facility start-up costs (a)

   $ —        $ 1,460      $ 1,635   

Employee stock compensation (b)

     1,824        719        4,805   

Employee severance (c)

     —          73        —     

Global tax structuring costs (e)

     —          194        —     

IP litigation costs (f)

     —          1,484        1,249   

Hiring and recruiting fees for key R&D employees (g)

     —          185        —     

Special charges - restructuring costs (h)

     (126     —          3,408   

Securities and derivative action litigation costs (i)

     500        —          500   
                        
     2,198        4,115        11,597   

Excluded from other income:

      

Malaysia government incentive grant income (j)

     —          —          (560
                        

Total non-GAAP adjustments before income tax

     2,287        6,674        13,578   

Income tax effect on non-GAAP adjustments

     (464     (2,516     (3,029
                        

Net effect of adjustments to GAAP net income

     1,823        4,158        10,549   

Global tax structuring implementation short-term income income tax impact (k)

     —          (1,464     —     
                        

Non-GAAP income from continuing operations

   $ 26,331      $ 2,520      $ 82,092   
                        

GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations

   $ 0.47      $ —        $ 1.41   

Impact of non-GAAP adjustments on diluted earnings per share

   $ 0.04      $ 0.05      $ 0.20   
                        

Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations

   $ 0.51      $ 0.05      $ 1.61   
                        

 

(a) - (k) See corresponding footnotes above.


STEC, INC.

Schedule Reconciling Reported Financial Ratios

(unaudited)

 

     For the Quarters Ended     For the Year Ended,  
     December 31,
2009
    December 31,
2008
    December 31,
2009
 

GAAP gross profit

   50.9   27.8   47.7

Effect of reconciling item on gross profit

   0.1   4.5   0.7
                  

Non-GAAP gross profit

   51.0   32.3   48.4
                  

STEC, INC.

Selected Non-GAAP Financial Information

($ in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     For the Quarters Ended    For the Year Ended,
     December 31,
2009
   December 31,
2008
   December 31,
2009

GAAP gross profit

   $ 53,926    $ 15,845    $ 168,947

Malaysia facility start-up costs (a)

     —        1,850      2,249

Employee stock compensation (b)

     89      21      292

Employee severance (c)

     —        211      —  

Warranty claim (d)

     —        477      —  
                    

Non-GAAP gross profit

   $ 54,015    $ 18,404    $ 171,488
                    

 

(a) - (d) Refer to the corresponding footnotes above.

 

CONTACT:    STEC, Inc.
   Mitch Gellman, Vice President of Investor Relations
   (949) 260-8328
   ir@stec-inc.com
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