- Revenue expected between $3.33 billion and $3.46 billion
- EPS expected between $0.43 and $0.47
Conference call on TI web site at 4 p.m. Central time today
www.ti.com/ir
DALLAS (June 9, 2008) – In a scheduled update to its business
outlook for the second quarter of 2008, Texas Instruments Incorporated
(TI) (NYSE: TXN) today narrowed its expected ranges for revenue and earnings
per share (EPS).
The company’s expectations for revenue are:
- Total revenue between $3.33 billion and $3.46 billion, compared with
the prior range of $3.24 billion to $3.50 billion;
- Semiconductor revenue between $3.17 billion and $3.28 billion, compared
with the prior range of $3.08 billion to $3.32 billion; and
- Education Technology revenue between $160 million and $180 million,
unchanged from the prior range.
TI expects EPS between $0.43 and $0.47, compared with the previous range
of $0.42 to $0.48.
The company will hold a conference call at 4 p.m. Central time today to
discuss this update. This conference call will be available live at www.ti.com/ir.
TI’s original second-quarter outlook was published in the company’s
first-quarter 2008 earnings release on April 21, available at www.ti.com/ir.
TI’s second quarter ends on June 30.
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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 for analog chips and
digital signal processors in key markets such as communications, entertainment
electronics and computing;
- 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;
- 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;
- TI's ability to access its bank accounts and lines of credit or otherwise
access the capital markets;
- 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; and
- Timely implementation of new manufacturing technologies, installation
of manufacturing equipment and the ability to obtain needed third-party
foundry and assembly/test subcontract services.
For a more detailed discussion of these factors see the Risk Factors
discussion in Item 1A of our most recent Form 10-K. 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.
About Texas Instruments
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new electronics that make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener
and more fun. A global semiconductor company, TI innovates through manufacturing,
design and sales operations in more than 25 countries. For more information,
go to www.ti.com.
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