Seagate Technology updates Financial Outlook for Fiscal Third Quarter 2012

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Seagate Technology updates Financial Outlook for Fiscal Third Quarter 2012

Seagate Technology has provided preliminary financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended December 30, 2011. The acquisition of Samsung hard disk drive business closed on December 19, 2011 and these preliminary financial results include Samsung operating activity from that date.

The company shipped approximately 47 million disk drives, which included approximately 700,000 Samsung disk drives, and expects to report revenue for its fiscal second quarter 2012 of $3.1 - $3.2 billion. Before giving effect to charges related to the acquisition of Samsung's hard disk drive business that are not yet determinable, the company expects gross margin as a percentage of revenue to be at least 30.5%, operating expenses to be approximately $390 million, and diluted shares to be 440 million.

"The better than expected results for the December quarter are attributed to the company's outstanding operational performance and overall strong execution. Due to our best-in-class operations, diversified supply-chain and differentiated manufacturing footprint, we continuously optimized our builds for customers during the quarter. This is best evidenced by our company's ability to increase the average capacity per drive shipped quarter-over-quarter to a record 653 gigabytes, despite the significant supply chain disruption. These results also reflect the hard work and resiliency of the Seagate teams and our strategic suppliers who are working to help the industry recover from the massive disruption caused by the flooding in Thailand," said Steve Luczo, CEO & Chairman, Seagate.

Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities at the end of the December quarter totalled more than $2.1 billion, inclusive of substantial outflows of approximately $1.2 billion during the quarter for matured debt and cash consideration for the Samsung transaction.


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