UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
January 28, 2009
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
QUALCOMM Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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| 000-19528
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95-3685934 |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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| 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA
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92121 |
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| (address of principal executive offices)
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858-587-1121
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On January 28, 2009, QUALCOMM Incorporated (“Qualcomm” or the “Company”) issued a press
release regarding the Company’s financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended December 28,
2008. The full text of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The attached press release presents pro forma financial information that is used by
management (i) to evaluate, assess and benchmark the Company’s operating results on a consistent
and comparable basis, (ii) to measure the performance and efficiency of the Company’s ongoing
core operating businesses, including the Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, Qualcomm Technology
Licensing and Qualcomm Wireless & Internet segments and (iii) to compare the performance and
efficiency of these segments against each other and against competitors outside the Company. Pro
forma measurements of the following financial data are used by the Company’s management:
revenues, research and development (R&D) expenses, selling, general and administrative (SG&A)
expenses, total operating expenses, operating income, net investment income (loss), income before income
taxes, effective tax rate, net income, diluted earnings per share, operating cash flow and free
cash flow. Management is able to assess what it believes is a more meaningful and comparable set
of financial performance measures for the Company and its business segments by using pro forma
information. As a result, management compensation decisions and the review of executive
compensation by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors focus primarily on pro forma
financial measures applicable to the Company and its business segments.
Pro forma information used by management, as presented in the attached press release,
excludes the Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI) segment, certain estimated share-based
compensation, certain tax items related to prior years and acquired in-process R&D. The QSI
segment is excluded because the Company expects to exit its strategic investments at various
times, and the effects of fluctuations in the value of such investments are viewed by management
as unrelated to the Company’s operational performance. Estimated share-based compensation, other
than amounts related to share-based awards granted under a bonus program that may result in the
issuance of unrestricted shares of the Company’s common stock, is excluded because management
views such share-based compensation as unrelated to the Company’s operational performance.
Moreover, it is generally not an expense that requires or will require cash payment by the
Company. Further, share-based compensation related to options is affected by factors that are
subject to change, including the Company’s stock price, stock market volatility, expected option
life, risk-free interest rates and expected dividend payouts in future years. Certain tax items
related to prior years are excluded in order to provide a clearer understanding of the Company’s
ongoing pro forma tax rate and after tax earnings. The Company decided to include the benefit of
the retroactive extension of the federal research and development tax credit in pro forma results
starting in fiscal 2009 because it recurs with relative frequency and would have been included in
the Company’s pro forma results for the prior year if it had been reenacted in the prior fiscal
year. Acquired in-process R&D is excluded because such expense is viewed by management as
unrelated to the operating activities of the Company’s ongoing core businesses.
The attached press release presents free cash flow, defined as net cash provided by operating
activities less capital expenditures, to facilitate an understanding of the amount of cash flow
generated that is available to grow the Company’s business and to create long-term shareholder
value. The Company believes that this presentation is useful in evaluating its operating
performance and financial strength. In addition, management uses this measure to evaluate the
Company’s performance, to value the Company and to compare its operating performance with other
companies in the industry.
The non-GAAP pro forma financial information presented in the attached press release should be
considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In addition, “pro forma” is not
a term defined by GAAP, and, as a result, the Company’s measure of pro forma results might be
different than similarly titled measures used by other companies. Reconciliations between total
Qualcomm (GAAP) results and Qualcomm pro forma results and between total Qualcomm (GAAP) cash flow and Qualcomm pro forma cash flow are presented in
the attached press release.