Adaptec, Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  • download
  • Print
  • Recommend
  • 0

2008-08-25 09:50:27.0

Tags: Adaptec Inc.

Question-and-Answer Session

Operator

Thank you. (Operator instructions) We'll go first to Michael Coady with B. Riley.

Mike Bradford B. Riley & Company

Hello?

Sundi Sundaresh

Hi, Michael.

Mike Bradford B. Riley & Company

Hello, this is actually Mike Bradford [ph] calling in for Michael.

Sundi Sundaresh

Okay.

Mike Bradford B. Riley & Company

Had a question about your working capital. Was just curious, what changes do you expect as a result of the sale of the Snap business going forward?

Mary Dotz

I think if you look in terms of the working capital needs of the company, certainly as Sundi mentioned, the Snap business had been a drag on our fundamentals and since we weren't able to really invest further in terms of sales and marketing, it was prudent at that time for the company to go ahead and sell the business. As you know, we don't give guidance out past a quarter, but again, we expect that, that sale of that business to help stabilize our working capital and I think as I mentioned, I think on a cash flow from operations basis, we should probably be slightly positive next quarter.

Mike Bradford B. Riley & Company

Okay. And can you give any more color into your cash position the end of next quarter?

Mary Dotz

Again, I think since our operating cash flow is going to remain either flat to slightly positive, and as you did see, we repurchased some of our bond, so that will have an effect by it. It's going to go down, based on that. But other than that, other than bond repurchases, again, our cash should stay relatively stable.

Mike Bradford B. Riley & Company

Okay. And can you comment on the sequential decline from the – in revenues from the Snap business and declines with IBM?

Mary Dotz

So, again, as the company has been reporting for the last few quarters, as the IBM business – the platform that they're on transitions, we're going to see a continued decline.

Mike Bradford B. Riley & Company

Okay. And then as far as the Snap business?

Sundi Sundaresh

Well, that's been divested, so there's no future Snap revenues.

Mike Bradford B. Riley & Company

Yes.

Sundi Sundaresh

In our reported numbers for this quarter, there were no Snap revenues. It was recorded in discontinued operation.

Mary Dotz

So the guidance that I'm giving you now and all the comparatives that we've given you are excluding Snap.

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement
Click Here