EXHIBIT 99.1
Company contacts:
Bob Blair
Investor Relations
949.672.7834
robert.blair@wdc.com
Steve Shattuck
Public Relations
949.672.7817
steve.shattuck@wdc.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
WD ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER REVENUE OF
$824 MILLION AND NET INCOME OF $0.14 PER SHARE
Company Generates $93 Million in Cash from Operations, Ships 14.2 Million Units,
Including 1.8 Million Units for Personal Entertainment Applications
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Oct. 25, 2004 — Reflecting sustained strong financial performance and operational excellence, Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today reported revenues of $824 million on shipments of approximately 14.2 million units, and net income of $30.4 million, or $.14 per share, for its first fiscal quarter ended Oct. 1, 2004.
A year ago in the Sept. 2003 quarter, WD produced revenue of $714 million, shipped approximately 11.3 million units and earned $5.0 million, or $0.02 per share. On a year-over-year basis, revenue grew 15 percent and units increased 26 percent. Net income in the year-ago period included $50.4 million of start-up expenses and other one-time charges related to the Read-Rite asset acquisition.
Matt Massengill, chairman and chief executive officer, stated: “The WD commitment to quality, reliability and flexibility delivers a business model that advantages us in the competitive, high-volume markets we serve. This is reflected in our sustained industry-leading financial
Western Digital Announces First Quarter Revenue of
$824 Million and Net Income of $0.14 Per Share
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performance over the last several quarters and in our better-than-expected first quarter results. As a result of this commitment, we have been able to earn higher levels of business with leading OEM customers.” In the first quarter, OEM customers accounted for approximately 59 percent of revenue, versus 53 percent of revenue in both the preceding and year ago periods.
“In the first quarter, we met seasonally stronger demand from our customers in the desktop PC and personal entertainment markets,” Massengill said. “We shipped approximately 1.8 million hard drives into personal entertainment applications such as game consoles and digital video recorders, as we continued to expand our presence in markets outside our traditional stronghold of desktop PCs. As part of that same growth strategy, we successfully launched volume production of our WD Scorpio™ family of mobile hard drives to address the growing notebook PC market and of our WD Caviar® RAID Edition hard drives, which are designed and manufactured to deliver enterprise-class reliability in a host of server applications.
“From a balance sheet perspective, our cash at the end of the quarter grew to $405 million, an increase of $27 million from the June quarter. We generated $93 million in cash from operations, and we repurchased approximately 2.1 million shares of common stock for approximately $15 million, for a total of approximately 4.1 million shares repurchased at a total cost of $31 million since the program’s inception in May 2004.”
The investment community conference call to discuss these results and the company’s outlook will be broadcast live over the Internet today at 2 p.m. PDT/5 p.m. EDT and archived at the following link:http://www.westerndigital.com/invest — click on Conference Calls. A
Western Digital Announces First Quarter Revenue of
$824 Million and Net Income of $0.14 Per Share
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telephone replay will also be available at 800.876.4652 (toll-free) or 402.220.5326 (international).
About WD
WD, one of the storage industry’s pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company produces reliable, high-performance hard drives that keep users’ data close-at-hand and secure from loss.
WD was founded in 1970. The company’s storage products are marketed to leading systems manufacturers and selected resellers under the Western Digital and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company’s Web site (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.
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WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in millions, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
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| | 2003
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| Revenue, net | | $ | 823.6 | | | $ | 748.8 | | | $ | 714.2 | |
| Cost of revenue | | | 710.5 | | | | 647.9 | | | | 618.0 | |
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| Gross margin | | | 113.1 | | | | 100.9 | | | | 96.2 | |
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| Operating expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Research and development | | | 54.0 | | | | 46.8 | | | | 63.7 | |
| Selling, general and administrative | | | 27.9 | | | | 24.3 | | | | 27.6 | |
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| Total operating expenses | | | 81.9 | | | | 71.1 | | | | 91.3 | |
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| Operating income | | | 31.2 | | | | 29.8 | | | | 4.9 | |
| Net interest and other income (expense) | | | — | | | | (0.1 | ) | | | 0.3 | |
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| Income before income taxes | | | 31.2 | | | | 29.7 | | | | 5.2 | |
| Income tax expense | | | (0.8 | ) | | | (0.1 | ) | | | (0.2 | ) |
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| Net income | | $ | 30.4 | | | $ | 29.6 | | | $ | 5.0 | |
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| Net income per common share: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | $ | .15 | | | $ | .14 | | | $ | .02 | |
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| Diluted | | $ | .14 | | | $ | .14 | | | $ | .02 | |
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| Common shares used in computing per share amounts: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | | 205.2 | | | | 206.5 | | | | 204.1 | |
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| Diluted | | | 212.6 | | | | 215.5 | | | | 215.9 | |
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WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in millions)
(unaudited)
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ASSETS | | | | | | | | |
| Current assets: | | | | | | | | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 405.2 | | | $ | 377.8 | |
| Accounts receivable, net | | | 400.7 | | | | 313.1 | |
| Inventories | | | 144.3 | | | | 148.6 | |
| Other | | | 17.4 | | | | 17.8 | |
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| Total current assets | | | 967.6 | | | | 857.3 | |
| Property and equipment, net | | | 304.0 | | | | 274.7 | |
| Other assets, net | | | 23.4 | | | | 27.2 | |
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| Total assets | | $ | 1,295.0 | | | $ | 1,159.2 | |
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | | | | | | | | |
| Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
| Accounts payable | | $ | 535.6 | | | $ | 434.9 | |
| Accrued expenses | | | 160.3 | | | | 136.8 | |
| Current portion of long-term debt | | | 19.8 | | | | 15.2 | |
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| Total current liabilities | | | 715.7 | | | | 586.9 | |
| Long term debt | | | 47.7 | | | | 52.7 | |
| Other liabilities | | | 24.1 | | | | 32.0 | |
| Shareholders’ equity: | | | | | | | | |
| Common stock | | | 2.1 | | | | 2.1 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | | | 657.9 | | | | 668.4 | |
| Accumulated deficit | | | (152.5 | ) | | | (182.9 | ) |
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| Total shareholders’ equity | | | 507.5 | | | | 487.6 | |
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| Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | | $ | 1,295.0 | | | $ | 1,159.2 | |
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