Earnings Call Excerpt
Symantec (SYMC)
Q3 2006 Earnings Conference Call
January 31st 2006, 5:00 PM.
Executives:
Helyn Corcos, Vice President, Investor Relations
John Thompson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Steve Markowski, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President of Finance
Analysts:
Peter Kuper, Morgan Stanley
Phil Winslow, CSFB
Chris Hovis, Morgan, Keegan & Co.
Sarah Friar, Goldman Sachs
Ed Maguire, Merrill Lynch
Alan Weinfeld, Kaufman Brothers
Tom Berquist, Citigroup
Todd Raker, Deutsche Bank
Chris Russ, Wachovia Securities
Adam Holt, JP Morgan
Heather Bellini, UBS
Michael Turits, Prudential Securities
Israel Hernandez, Lehman Brothers
Kevin Buttigieg, A.G. Edwards
Daniel Ives, Friedman Billings Ramsey
Presentation
Operator
Good day, and welcome to Symantec's third quarter 2006 earnings release conference call. Today's call is being recorded At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Ms. Helyn Corcos, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Helyn Corcos, Vice President Investor Relations
Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. With me today are John Thompson, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Symantec; and Steve Markowski, Vice President of Finance, Chief Operating Officer and Acting CFO, in addition to Gary Bloom. In a moment, I will turn the call over to John. He will discuss our financial results for the fiscal third quarter which ended December 30, 2005. He will also review Symantec's guidance for the March 2006 quarter and fiscal year 2007, as outlined in the press release. Steve will discuss highlights of our quarterly performance. This will be followed by a Q&A session. Today's call is being record and will be available for replay on Symantec's Investor Relations home page at www.symantec.com/invest. In addition to today's press release, a copy of our prepared remarks and supplemental financial information are available on the IR website.
Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that some of the information discussed this call, including our projections regarding revenue and operating results for the coming quarter and fiscal year, contain forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the statement. Additional information concerning these risks and uncertainties can be found in the Company's most recent periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Symantec assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP, Symantec reports non-GAAP financial results.
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