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20-Oct-2009
Results of Operations and Financial Condition
• Because we have recognized the full potential amount of the transaction
(sales) tax expense in prior periods, any recovery of that expense
resulting from the expiration of the state sales tax statutes or the
collection of the taxes from our customers would overstate the current
period net income derived from our core operations as the recovery is not
a result of anything occurring within our control during the current
period.
• Because stock option expense is determined in significant part by the trading price of our common stock and the volatility thereof, over which we have no direct control, the impact of such expense is not subject to effective management by us. We believe excluding the impact of stock option expense in adjusted operating income, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share is consistent with similar practice by our competitors and other companies within our industry.
• We do not believe that the asset impairment charges recorded in the third quarter of 2008 are common costs that result from normal operating activities because, among reasons, the company does not regularly invest in the particular types of assets that were impaired. We do not include the impairments in the assessment of our operating performance.
• We do not believe that the restructuring charge incurred in 2009 and 2008 related to our reductions in force, or future restructuring charges related to staff reductions, are common costs that result from normal operating activities; rather, we believe these staff rationalizations relate to the extremely depressed economic conditions that have pervaded global markets since last year. Thus, we have not included these restructuring charges in the assessment of our operating performance.
• Lastly, we do not include the unusual tax adjustments in our evaluation of our operating results as they do not relate to our core operations. Thus, we have excluded these tax adjustments from adjusted non-GAAP results. During the third quarter of 2009 and 2008, we released income tax reserves due to the expiration of tax audit statutes for U.S. federal income tax returns filed for 2005 and prior. Because we recorded the majority of the income tax reserves through retained earnings in conjunction with the adoption of ASC 740, Income Taxes, on January 1, 2007, the release of the reserves would overstate the current period net income derived from our core operations. The reserve reversal during the quarter ended September 30, 2009 is partially offset by the establishment in tax reserves associated with the treatment of currency gains under the Company's transfer pricing policy with one of its foreign subsidiaries. The reserve reversal during the quarter ended September 30, 2008 is partially offset by tax expense on the repatriation of cash from a foreign subsidiary associated with the settlement of several large intercompany balances in order to reduce the unrealized foreign exchange gain/loss volatility in other income, respectively. The majority of the large intercompany balances were associated with a non-operating legal entity in Europe.
For these reasons, we have developed our internal reporting, compensation and
planning systems using non-GAAP measures which adjust for these amounts.
We believe the reporting of adjusted operating income, adjusted net income
and adjusted earnings per share facilitates investors' understanding of our
historical operating trends, because it provides important supplemental
measurement information in evaluating the operating results of our business, as
distinct from results that include items that are not indicative of ongoing
operating results, and thus provide the investors with useful insight into our
profitability exclusive of unusual adjustments. While these adjusted items may
not be considered as non-recurring in nature in a strictly accounting sense,
management regards those items as infrequent and not arising out of the ordinary
course of business and finds it useful to utilize a non-GAAP measure in
evaluating the performance of our underlying core business.
We also believe that adjusted operating income, adjusted net income and
adjusted earnings per share provide a basis for more relevant comparisons to
other companies in the industry, enable investors to evaluate our operating
performance in a manner consistent with our internal basis of measurement and
also present our investors our operating results on the same basis as that used
by our management. Management refers to adjusted operating income, adjusted net
income and adjusted earnings per share in making operating decisions because we
believe they provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our
operational performance and our ability to invest in research and development
and fund acquisitions and capital expenditures. In addition, adjusted operating
income, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share facilitate
management's internal comparisons to our historical operating results and
comparisons to competitors' operating results. Further, we rely on adjusted
operating income, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share
information as primary measures to review and assess the operating performance
of our company and our management team in connection with our executive
compensation and bonus plans. Since most of our employees are not directly
involved with decisions surrounding acquisitions or severance related activities
and other items that are not central to our core operations, we do not believe
it is appropriate or fair to have their incentive compensation affected by these
items.
Excluding the Effect of Foreign Currency Exchange
In the press release, we have presented certain information on a 'constant
currency' basis. Such constant currency financial data is not a GAAP financial
measure. Constant currency removes from financial data the impact of changes in
exchange rates between the U.S. dollar (our financial reporting currency) and
the functional currencies of our foreign subsidiaries, by translating the
current period financial data into U.S. dollars using the same foreign currency
exchange rates that were used to translate the financial data for the previous
period. We believe presenting certain information on a constant currency basis
is useful to investors because it allows a more meaningful comparison of the
performance of our foreign operations from period to period. Constant currency
information should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to
financial information that reflects current period exchange rates, or to other
financial information calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
99.1 Press Release, dated October 20, 2009.
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