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Full Transcript of Amazon’s 3Q05 Conference Call — Prepared Remarks (AMZN)

2005-11-08 19:30:11.0

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Here’s the entire text of the prepared remarks from Amazon’s (ticker: AMZN) Q3 2005 conference call. The Q&A is here. We recognize that this transcript may contain inaccuracies - if you find any, please post a comment below and we’ll incorporate your corrections. And please note: this conference call transcript is a Seeking Alpha product, so feel free to link to it but reproduction is not permitted without the explicit permission of Seeking Alpha.

Executives

Executives:

Tim Stone, Vice President of Investor Relations
Tom Szkutak, Senior Vice President and CFO
Jeff Bezos, President, CEO and Chairman

Analysts:

Doug Anmuth, Lehman Brothers, Analyst
Jeetil Patel, Deutsche Bank, Analyst
Brian Pitz, Morgan Stanley, Analyst
Anthony Noto, Goldman Sachs, Analyst
Justin Post, Merrill Lynch, Analyst
Imran Khan, JPMorgan, Analyst
Safa Rashtchy, Piper Jaffray, Analyst
Bob Peck, Bear Stearns, Analyst
Scott Devitt, Legg Mason, Analyst
Mark Rowen, Prudential, Analyst
Mark Mahaney, Citigroup, Analyst
Heath Terry, Credit Suisse First Boston, Analyst

[Operator]: Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Amazon.com Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results Conference Call. Today’s call is being recorded.

At this time, I would like to turn the call over to the Vice President of Investor Relations, Mr. Tim Stone. Please go ahead, sir.

[Tim Stone, Vice President of Investor Relations]

Hello, and welcome to our Q3 '05 financial results conference call. Joining us today is Tom Szkutak, our CFO. Jeff Bezos, our Founder and CEO, and Tom will both be available for Q&A.

The following discussion or responses to your questions reflect management's views as of today, October 25, 2005 only and will include forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially. Additional information about factors that could potentially impact our financial results is included in today's press release and our filings with the SEC, including our 2004 annual report on Form 10-K. As you listen to today's call, we encourage you to have our press release in front of you, which includes our financial results as well as metrics and commentary on the quarter.

During this call, I will discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures. In our press release, slides accompanying this webcast and our filings with the SEC, each of which is posted on IR website, you'll find additional disclosures regarding these non-GAAP measures, including reconciliation to these measures of comparable GAAP measures.

Finally, unless otherwise stated, all comparisons in this call will be against the results for the comparable period of 2004.

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