DALLAS, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced third-quarter revenue of $3.47 billion, net income of $601 million and earnings per share of 51 cents.  EPS includes 9 cents in charges associated with the company's acquisition of National Semiconductor.

"The highlight of the third quarter was the completion of the purchase of National Semiconductor.  We welcome the people of National to TI, and together we're already taking our combined portfolio of almost 45,000 Analog products to customers all over the world," said Rich Templeton, chairman, president and chief executive officer.

"Our revenue for the third quarter was higher than we expected though, overall, the quarter was below the seasonal average.  We expect the same in the fourth quarter as economic uncertainty continues to weigh on demand in almost every major market segment in which we operate.  We are well prepared to continue to gain share in our core businesses, no matter the economic conditions."

3Q11 financial summary

Amounts are in millions of dollars, except per-share amounts.  

TI closed its acquisition of National Semiconductor on September 23, 2011, and from that date began to consolidate the results of the acquired operations into TI's Analog segment under the name Silicon Valley Analog.  Silicon Valley Analog revenue for that limited time was $18 million and operating profit was $2 million.  

Acquisition-related charges of $154 million are included in the Other segment's results.  As required by the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations, these charges include $7 million in cost of revenue attributable to the fair value write-up of acquired inventory that was sold after the date of acquisition.  The remainder, $147 million, includes restructuring costs, transaction costs, retention bonuses and amortization of intangibles.  In addition, there was a $10 million discrete tax charge.

TI's third-quarter 2011 gross profit and operating profit were negatively impacted by costs associated with lower levels of factory utilization in the quarter as the company lowered production in response to weaker demand, as well as charges for inventory obsolescence on certain custom programs.  These were partially offset by a net benefit resulting from proceeds from ongoing insurance claims associated with the March earthquake in Japan.  

Operating profit declined from a year ago primarily due to lower gross profit, as well as acquisition costs.  Compared with the prior quarter, operating profit was lower due to acquisition costs, which were partially offset by lower operating expenses.  

3Q11 segment results

Analog:  (includes High Volume Analog & Logic, High Performance Analog, Power Management and Silicon Valley Analog)  

• Compared with the year-ago quarter, revenue declined due to High Performance Analog.  
• Compared with the prior quarter, revenue declined due to High Performance Analog and Power Management.    
• Operating profit decreased from the year-ago and prior quarters due to lower gross profit.

Embedded Processing:  (includes digital signal processor and microcontroller catalog products that are sold across a wide variety of markets as well as application-specific products that are used in communications infrastructure and automotive electronics)

• Compared with the year-ago and prior quarters, the decline in revenue was primarily due to catalog products.  Revenue from products sold into communications infrastructure applications also declined from the prior quarter.  
• Operating profit declined from the year-ago and prior quarters due to lower gross profit.  

Wireless:  (includes connectivity products, OMAP™ applications processors and baseband products)  

• Compared with the year-ago quarter, revenue declined due to baseband products.
• Compared with the prior quarter, revenue increased due to baseband products, as well as OMAP applications processors, while revenue from connectivity products was down.  
• Operating profit decreased from the year-ago and prior quarters due to lower gross profit.  

Other:   (includes DLP® products, custom ASIC products, calculators and royalties as well as products sold under transitional supply agreements associated with recently acquired factories)

• Compared with the year-ago quarter, the decline in revenue was due to the sale of a cable modem product line in the fourth quarter of 2010, as well as declines across most product areas.  
• Compared with the prior quarter, the increase in revenue was primarily from DLP products as well as from earthquake-related insurance proceeds.
• Operating profit decreased from the year-ago and prior quarters due to higher acquisition-related costs.  Also, the quarter included a net benefit from earthquake-related insurance proceeds compared with net costs in the prior quarter.  

3Q11 additional financial information

• Orders were $3.07 billion, down 10 percent from the year-ago quarter and down 15 percent from the prior quarter.
• Inventory was $1.97 billion at the end of the quarter, up $541 million from a year ago and up $203 million from the prior quarter.  The increase from a year ago was due to the company rebuilding inventory to support higher customer service levels with shorter lead times, as well as $215 million of inventory associated with the acquisition of National Semiconductor.  The increase from the prior quarter was due to the acquisition.  Inventory acquired from National Semiconductor is valued at fair value, in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations.
• Capital expenditures were $193 million in the quarter compared with $396 million a year ago and $276 million in the prior quarter.  Capital expenditures in the quarter were primarily for assembly/test and wafer manufacturing equipment.
• The company ended the quarter with $2.62 billion in cash.  During the quarter, the company issued $1.2 billion in commercial paper, which remains outstanding.
• The company used $450 million in the quarter to repurchase 14.1 million shares of its common stock and paid dividends of $148 million.

Outlook

For the fourth quarter of 2011, TI expects:

• Revenue:  $3.26 – 3.54 billion
• Earnings per share:  $0.28 – 0.36

EPS will be negatively impacted by about 15 cents from acquisition-related costs in the fourth quarter.  These will include about $160 million of acquisition costs and, additionally, about $100 million included in cost of revenue.  

TI will update its fourth-quarter outlook on December 8, 2011.

For the full year of 2011, TI expects approximately the following:

• R&D expense:  $1.7 billion
• Capital expenditures:  $0.9 billion
• Depreciation:  $0.9 billion
• Annual effective tax rate:  25%

Certain amounts in prior periods' financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.

Safe Harbor Statement  

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

This release includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by phrases such as TI or its management "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "foresees," "forecasts," "estimates" or other words or phrases of similar import.  Similarly, statements herein that describe TI's business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals also are forward-looking statements.  All such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements.  

We urge you to carefully consider the following important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations of TI or its management:

• Market demand for semiconductors, particularly in key markets such as communications, computing, industrial and consumer electronics;
• TI's ability to maintain or improve profit margins, including its ability to utilize its manufacturing facilities at sufficient levels to cover its fixed operating costs, in an intensely competitive and cyclical industry;
• TI's ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative products in a rapidly changing technological environment;
• TI's ability to compete in products and prices in an intensely competitive industry;
• TI's ability to maintain and enforce a strong intellectual property portfolio and obtain needed licenses from third parties;
• Expiration of license agreements between TI and its patent licensees, and market conditions reducing royalty payments to TI;
• Economic, social and political conditions in the countries in which TI, its customers or its suppliers operate, including security risks, health conditions, possible disruptions in transportation networks and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;
• Natural events such as severe weather and earthquakes in the locations in which TI, its customers or its suppliers operate;
• Availability and cost of raw materials, utilities, manufacturing equipment, third-party manufacturing services and manufacturing technology;
• Changes in the tax rate applicable to TI as the result of changes in tax law, the jurisdictions in which profits are determined to be earned and taxed, the outcome of tax audits and the ability to realize deferred tax assets;
• Changes in laws and regulations to which TI or its suppliers are or may become subject, such as those imposing fees or reporting or substitution costs relating to the discharge of emissions into the environment or the use of certain raw materials in our manufacturing processes;
• Losses or curtailments of purchases from key customers and the timing and amount of distributor and other customer inventory adjustments;
• Customer demand that differs from our forecasts;
• The financial impact of inadequate or excess TI inventory that results from demand that differs from projections;
• Impairments of our non-financial assets;
• Product liability or warranty claims, claims based on epidemic or delivery failure or recalls by TI customers for a product containing a TI part;
• TI's ability to recruit and retain skilled personnel;
• Timely implementation of new manufacturing technologies, installation of manufacturing equipment and the ability to obtain needed third-party foundry and assembly/test subcontract services; and
• TI's obligation to make principal and interest payments on its debt.

For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see the Risk Factors discussion in Item 1A of TI's most recent Form 10-K and of TI's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.  The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date of this release, and TI undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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