News Release
Investor Contact:
Jack McHale, 215-986-6050
Jack.McHale@unisys.com
Media Contacts:
Jim Kerr, 215-986-5795
Jim.Kerr@unisys.com
Gail Ferrari Marold, 919-302-1620
Gail.Ferrari@unisys.com
UNISYS ANNOUNCES THIRD-QUARTER 2007 FINANCIAL RESULTS
OPERATING PROFIT INCREASES TO $44 MILLION AS COMPANY CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM
REPOSITIONING PROGRAM
BLUE BELL, Pa., October 23, 2007 - Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today
reported improved financial results for the third quarter of 2007 as the
company continues to make progress in its multi-year repositioning program.
Highlights of the quarter include:
* Operating profit increased to $43.6 million compared to an operating loss of
$42.9 million a year ago;
* Services operating profit margin improved to 3.6 percent, up from a negative
1.3 percent a year ago; and
* Services orders showed continued growth.
Tax expense in the quarter increased to $36.8 million from $16.0 million in the
third quarter of 2006. The company's third-quarter 2007 results also included
$19.3 million in Other Expense, compared with $0.4 million of Other Income in
the year-ago quarter. Including these items, Unisys reported a third-quarter
2007 net loss of $31.0 million, or 9 cents per share. These results compared
with a third-quarter 2006 net loss of $77.5 million, or 23 cents per share,
which included a pre-tax restructuring charge of $36.4 million. Pre-tax
retirement-related expense in the third quarter of 2007 was $22.8 million
compared with $47.5 million a year ago.
Revenue for the third quarter of 2007 declined 1 percent to $1.39 billion from
$1.41 billion in the year-ago quarter. Foreign currency exchange rates had an
approximately 3 percentage-point positive impact on revenue in the quarter.
COMMENTS FROM PRESIDENT AND CEO JOSEPH W. MCGRATH
"We continue to make progress in enhancing the profitability of our business,"
said Joseph W. McGrath, Unisys president and chief executive officer. "Our
operating profit rose to $44 million in the quarter, an $87 million improvement
year-over-year. In our services business, which represented 87 percent of our
revenue in the quarter, we achieved an operating profit margin of 3.6 percent.
This is a 490 basis-point improvement from the third quarter of 2006. Equally
important, our services orders continued to grow, and we enter the fourth
quarter with a strong pipeline of opportunities.
"We are laying the foundation for improved revenue trends in 2008," McGrath
said. "We are focused on continuing to enhance our profitability in the fourth
quarter and we continue to drive toward our goal of an 8-10 percent operating
profit margin, excluding retirement expense."
Major wins in the third quarter included:
* A five-year global outsourcing contract with Ciba Specialty Chemicals, under
which Unisys will provide a comprehensive range of IT services to 12,000 Ciba
employees throughout Europe, the Americas, and Asia; the services include end-
user services and data center services;
* A five-year, multi-million dollar contract with Sprint to help the
communications leader enhance its voicemail infrastructure; under the contract,
Unisys will develop a next-generation platform that will give Sprint the
flexibility to deliver enhanced services to its millions of customers;
* A four-year contract extension from Malayan Bank Berhard (Maybank) under
which Unisys will expand the check processing outsourcing services that it
provides to the bank; Unisys will establish additional processing centers in
Malaysia and help Maybank transition to an image-based, paperless environment.
THIRD-QUARTER COMPANY RESULTS
Unisys reported low single-digit growth in its services orders in the third
quarter. The company reported order gains in outsourcing and infrastructure
services, offset by order declines in systems integration and consulting and in
core maintenance. Year to date in 2007, services orders are also up low single-
digits over the first nine months of 2006.
U.S. revenue declined 5 percent in the quarter to $608 million, while revenue
in international markets increased 2 percent to $785 million. On a constant
currency basis, international revenue declined 4 percent in the quarter.
The company's gross profit margin and operating profit margin in the third
quarter of 2007 improved to 22.2 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively. These
compared with gross and operating profit margins of 18.3 percent and (3.0)
percent, respectively, in the third quarter of 2006, including the year-ago
restructuring charge.
THIRD-QUARTER BUSINESS SEGMENT RESULTS
Unisys has a long-standing policy to evaluate business segment performance on
operating income exclusive of restructuring charges and unusual and non-
recurring items. Therefore, the comparisons below exclude the third-quarter
2006 restructuring charge.
Customer revenue in the company's services segment was flat in the third
quarter of 2007 compared with the year-ago period. The company reported
continued revenue growth in outsourcing, which was offset by revenue declines
in infrastructure services and in core maintenance. Gross profit margin in the
services business improved to 17.7 percent compared with 13.9 percent a year
ago. Services operating margin improved to 3.6 percent compared with (1.3)
percent a year ago.
Customer revenue in the company's technology segment declined 9 percent from
the third quarter of 2006. Gross profit margin in the technology business
declined to 44.6 percent from 46.3 percent a year ago while operating margin
declined to 4.0 percent compared to 5.5 percent a year ago. The revenue and
margin declines reflected lower volume of enterprise server sales.
CASH FLOW AND BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS
Unisys generated $7 million of cash from operations in the third quarter of
2007 compared with $27 million in the year-ago quarter. The company used
approximately $37 million of cash in the third quarter of 2007 for
restructuring payments compared to approximately $71 million in the year-ago
period.
Capital expenditures in the third quarter of 2007 increased to $71 million
compared to $60 million in the year-ago quarter due to increased investments in
outsourcing assets related to new outsourcing engagements. After deducting for
capital expenditures, Unisys used $64 million of free cash in the quarter
compared with free cash usage of $33 million in the third quarter of 2006.
The company ended the third quarter with $449 million of cash.
CONFERENCE CALL
Unisys will hold a conference call today at 8:15 am EDT to discuss its results.
The listen-only Webcast, as well as the accompanying presentation materials,
can be accessed via a link on the Unisys Investor Web site at
www.unisys.com/investor. Following the call, an audio replay of the Webcast,
and accompanying presentation materials, can be accessed through the same link.
ABOUT UNISYS
Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company.
We provide consulting, systems integration, outsourcing and infrastructure
services, combined with powerful enterprise server technology. We specialize
in helping clients use information to create efficient, secure business
operations that allow them to achieve their business goals. Our consultants
and industry experts work with clients to understand their business challenges
and create greater visibility into critical linkages throughout their
operations. For more information, visit www.unisys.com
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Any statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited
to, any projections of earnings, revenues, or other financial items; any
statements of the company's plans, strategies or objectives for future
operations; statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; and
any statements of belief or expectation. All forward-looking statements rely
on assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Risks and
uncertainties that could affect the company's future results include general
economic and business conditions; the effects of aggressive competition in the
information services and technology markets on the company's revenues, pricing
and margins and on the competitiveness of its product and services offerings;
the level of demand for the company's products and services and the company's
ability to anticipate and respond to changes in technology and customer
preferences; the company's ability to grow outsourcing and infrastructure
services and its ability to effectively and timely complete the related
solutions implementations, client transitions to the new environment and work
force and facilities rationalizations; the company's ability to effectively
address its challenging outsourcing operations through negotiations or
operationally and to fully recover the associated outsourcing assets; the
company's ability to drive profitable growth in consulting and systems
integration; the level of demand for the company's high-end enterprise servers;
the company's ability to effectively rightsize its cost structure; the risks of
doing business internationally and the potential for infringement claims to be
asserted against the company or its clients. Additional discussion of these
and other factors that could affect Unisys future results is contained in its
periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unisys assumes
no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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UNISYS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Millions, except per share data)
Three Months Nine Months
Ended September 30 Ended September 30
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2007 2006 2007 2006
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Revenue
Services $1,217.6 $1,217.6 $3,579.1 $3,618.5
Technology 175.5 192.5 537.7 586.7
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1,393.1 1,410.1 4,116.8 4,205.2
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenue:
Services 994.5 1,058.9 2,980.6 3,271.7
Technology 89.5 92.5 270.3 310.0
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1,084.0 1,151.4 3,250.9 3,581.7
Selling, general and
administrative 225.8 256.1 717.8 834.2
Research and development 39.7 45.5 131.6 184.7
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1,349.5 1,453.0 4,100.3 4,600.6
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Operating profit (loss) 43.6 (42.9) 16.5 (395.4)
Interest expense 18.5 19.0 56.1 57.9
Other income
(expense), net (19.3) 0.4 (2.5) 153.1
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Income (loss) before
income taxes 5.8 (61.5) (42.1) (300.2)
Provision (benefit) for
income taxes 36.8 16.0 50.8 (0.2)
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Net loss ($31.0) ($77.5) ($92.9) ($300.0)
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Loss per share
Basic ($ .09) ($ .23) ($ .27) ($ .87)
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Diluted ($ .09) ($ .23) ($ .27) ($ .87)
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Shares used in the per share
computations (thousands):
Basic 350,765 344,182 348,715 343,351
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Diluted 350,765 344,182 348,715 343,351
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UNISYS CORPORATION
SEGMENT RESULTS
(Millions)
Elimi-
Total nations Services* Technology*
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Three Months Ended
September 30, 2007
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Customer revenue $1,393.1 $1,217.6 $175.5
Intersegment ($61.2) 3.4 57.8
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Total revenue $1,393.1 ($61.2) $1,221.0 $233.3
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Gross profit percent 22.2% 17.7% 44.6%
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Operating profit
percent 3.1% 3.6% 4.0%
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Three Months Ended
September 30, 2006
- ------------------
Customer revenue $1,410.1 $1,217.6 $192.5
Intersegment ($76.5) 3.6 72.9
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Total revenue $1,410.1 ($76.5) $1,221.2 $265.4
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Gross profit percent 18.3% 13.9% 46.3%
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Operating profit
(loss) percent (3.0%) (1.3%) 5.5%
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Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2007
- ------------------
Customer revenue $4,116.8 $3,579.1 $537.7
Intersegment ($148.7) 10.9 137.8
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Total revenue $4,116.8 ($148.7) $3,590.0 $675.5
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Gross profit percent 21.0% 16.7% 43.7%
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Operating profit
percent 0.4% 1.7% 2.4%
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Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2006
- ------------------
Customer revenue $4,205.2 $3,618.5 $586.7
Intersegment ($172.3) 10.8 161.5
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Total revenue $4,205.2 ($172.3) $3,629.3 $748.2
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Gross profit percent 14.8% 14.4% 42.1%
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Operating loss
percent (9.4%) (1.0%) (3.6%)
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* Results exclude cost reduction actions
UNISYS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Millions)
September 30, December 31,
2007 2006
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Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $448.5 $719.3
Accounts and notes receivable, net 1,093.0 1,164.6
Inventories
Parts and finished equipment 99.9 95.0
Work in process and materials 96.0 81.2
Deferred income taxes 30.0 30.0
Prepaid expense and other
current assets 155.1 148.4
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Total 1,922.5 2,238.5
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Properties 1,320.1 1,233.4
Less accumulated depreciation
and amortization 982.7 892.1
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Properties, net 337.4 341.3
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Outsourcing assets, net 426.1 401.1
Marketable software, net 282.7 304.3
Prepaid postretirement assets 338.2 250.1
Deferred income taxes 182.4 191.3
Goodwill 199.3 193.9
Other long-term assets 124.9 117.4
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Total $3,813.5 $4,037.9
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Liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)
Current liabilities
Notes payable $0.0 $1.2
Current maturities of long-term debt 200.3 0.5
Accounts payable 420.9 460.9
Other accrued liabilities 1,286.2 1,469.1
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Total 1,907.4 1,931.7
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Long-term debt 849.4 1,049.1
Long-term postretirement liabilities 629.7 667.7
Other long-term liabilities 414.0 453.6
Stockholders' equity (deficit)
Common stock 3.5 3.5
Accumulated deficit (2,479.7) (2,386.8)
Other capital 3,999.7 3,945.1
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (1,510.5) (1,626.0)
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Stockholders' equity (deficit) 13.0 (64.2)
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Total $3,813.5 $4,037.9
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UNISYS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Millions)
Nine Months Ended
September 30
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2007 2006
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Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss ($92.9) ($300.0)
Add (deduct) items to reconcile
net loss to net cash used for
operating activities:
Equity loss 4.3
Employee stock compensation expense 8.6 4.8
Company stock issued for U.S. 401(k) plan 34.3 13.4
Depreciation and amortization
of properties 83.9 88.1
Depreciation and amortization of
outsourcing assets 102.4 100.5
Amortization of marketable software 90.1 98.7
Gain on sale of assets (23.4) (153.2)
Decrease (increase) in deferred
income taxes, net 8.9 (44.0)
Decrease in receivables, net 111.7 8.0
(Increase) decrease in inventories (15.6) 5.2
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable
and other accrued liabilities (286.8) 69.8
Decrease in other liabilities (68.8) (64.8)
(Increase) decrease in other assets (28.7) 21.2
Other 2.1 9.3
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Net cash used for operating activities (74.2) (138.7)
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Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from investments 5,785.7 5,617.8
Purchases of investments (5,793.4) (5,620.7)
Investment in marketable software (73.0) (81.2)
Capital additions of properties (56.4) (48.2)
Capital additions of outsourcing assets (108.4) (68.9)
Purchases of businesses (2.0)
Proceeds from sale of assets 28.0 380.6
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Net cash (used for) provided by
investing activities (219.5) 179.4
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Cash flows from financing activities
Net reduction in short-term borrowings (1.1) (17.3)
Minority shareholder dividends (5.8)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 12.3 .9
Payments of long-term debt (57.9)
Cost of credit agreement (4.6)
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Net cash provided by (used for) financing
activities 5.4 (78.9)
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
and cash equivalents 17.5 7.7
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(Decrease) increase in cash
and cash equivalents (270.8) (30.5)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of
period 719.3 642.5
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $448.5 $612.0
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