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LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2012.

"Our fourth quarter financial results were highlighted by revenue that exceeded expectation, solid cash flow generation, and ongoing growth in Perceptive Software and managed print services revenue," said Paul Rooke, Lexmark chairman and chief executive officer. 

"In 2012 we strengthened our solutions portfolio through four software company acquisitions, and launched one of Lexmark's most significant laser line advancements with solutions-enabled devices that extend our smart MFP and managed print services leadership. 

"We are expecting to deliver savings of $85 million in 2013 from the actions announced last August, and we are well positioned to generate positive free cash flow as we have for each of the past 11 years," added Rooke. "We continue to execute on our capital allocation strategy of rewarding shareholders through share repurchases and dividends while pursuing acquisitions that further expand and strengthen our solutions offerings." 

Fourth Quarter Results

GAAP revenue of $967 million includes $1 million of acquisition-related adjustments. Non-GAAP¹ revenue of $968 million declined 9 percent compared with last year.

Fourth quarter EPS were negatively impacted by $0.25 per share ($17 million) from higher than expected taxes. A mix shift of earnings toward higher tax geographies resulted in an unfavorable impact of $11 million ($0.16 per share) as compared to the company's October guidance.

Also, because the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 was not completed until 2013, certain provisions of the Act benefitting the company's 2012 federal taxes, including the extension of the research and experimentation (R&E) tax credit for 2012, cannot be recognized in the company's 2012 financial results and instead will be reflected in the company's 2013 financial results. This delay unfavorably impacted earnings by $6 million ($0.09 per share).

GAAP earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2012 were $0.10, compared with GAAP earnings of $0.94 per share in the fourth quarter of 2011. Non-GAAP earnings were $0.61 per share compared with non-GAAP earnings of $1.25 per share in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Imaging Solutions and Services (ISS) revenue of $925 million declined 10 percent compared to the same period last year. Within ISS, Managed Print Services (MPS) revenue² of $170 million grew 3 percent, Non-MPS revenue³ of $608 million declined 9 percent and Inkjet Exit revenue⁴ of $147 million declined 26 percent year to year. Inkjet Exit revenue represented 15 percent of total company revenue and is expected to decline as a percentage of total revenue with the company's decision to exit its remaining inkjet hardware for improved profitability.

Perceptive Software revenue was $42 million. Perceptive Software revenue, excluding acquisition-related adjustments of $1 million, was $43 million and grew 37 percent compared to the same period in 2011.

Hardware revenue of $222 million and Supplies revenue of $656 million declined 15 percent and 10 percent, respectively. Software and Other revenue of $89 million grew 27 percent, or 25 percent excluding acquisition-related adjustments.

Lexmark continues to focus on growing workgroup laser hardware and supplies, MPS, and software revenue as inkjet continues to become a less significant portion of the company's revenue mix.

Fourth Quarter 2012 GAAP results:

• Revenue was $967 million compared to $1.060 billion last year.
• Gross profit margin was 34.1 percent versus 37.4 percent in 2011.
• Operating expense was $304 million compared to $303 million last year. 
• Operating income margin was 2.6 percent compared to 8.8 percent in 2011.
• Net earnings were $6 million compared to 2011 net earnings of $69 million.

Fourth Quarter 2012 Non-GAAP results:

• Revenue was $968 million compared to $1.061 billion last year.
• Gross profit margin was 36.0 percent versus 38.3 percent in 2011.
• Operating expense was $275 million compared to $283 million last year.
• Operating income margin was 7.7 percent compared to 11.6 percent last year.
• Net earnings were $40 million compared to $93 million in 2011.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, net cash provided by operating activities was $138 million, free cash flow⁵ was $101 million, capital expenditures were $38 million, and depreciation and amortization was $76 million.  

Full Year 2012 Results

GAAP revenue of $3.798 billion includes $5.5 million of acquisition-related adjustments. Non-GAAP¹ revenue of $3.803 billion declined 9 percent compared with last year. As with fourth quarter results, full year 2012 EPS were impacted by a higher overall tax rate resulting from the geographic mix of earnings and the delay in passage of the R&E tax credit.

GAAP earnings per share for the full year of 2012 were $1.53, compared with GAAP earnings of $4.12 per share in the full year of 2011. Non-GAAP earnings were $3.51 per share, compared with non-GAAP earnings of $4.71 per share in the full year of 2011.

ISS revenue of $3.642 billion declined 11 percent compared to the same period last year. Within ISS, MPS revenue² of $624 million grew 7 percent, Non-MPS revenue³ of $2.377 billion declined 9 percent and Inkjet Exit revenue⁴ of $640 million declined 27 percent year to year.

Perceptive Software revenue was $156 million. Perceptive Software revenue, excluding acquisition-related adjustments of $5.5 million, was $162 million and grew 62 percent compared to the full year of 2011.

Hardware revenue of $827 million and Supplies revenue of $2.640 billion declined 17 percent and 9 percent, respectively. Software and Other revenue of $337 million grew 22 percent, including and excluding acquisition-related adjustments.

Full Year 2012 GAAP results:

• Revenue was $3.798 billion compared to $4.173 billion last year.
• Gross profit margin was 36.9 percent versus 37.9 percent in 2011.
• Operating expense was $1.213 billion compared to $1.138 billion last year. 
• Operating income margin was 4.9 percent compared to 10.6 percent in 2011.
• Net earnings were $106 million compared to 2011 net earnings of $321 million.

Full Year 2012 Non-GAAP results:

• Revenue was $3.803 billion compared to $4.178 billion last year.
• Gross profit margin was 38.9 percent versus 38.4 percent in 2011.
• Operating expense was $1.106 billion compared to $1.104 billion last year.
• Operating income margin was 9.9 percent compared to 12.0 percent last year.
• Net earnings were $244 million compared to $367 million in 2011.

During the full year of 2012, net cash provided by operating activities was $413 million, free cash flow⁵ was $251 million, capital expenditures were $162 million, and depreciation and amortization was $276 million. The company ended the year with $906 million in cash and current marketable securities.

Maintaining Capital Allocation Discipline to Deliver Shareholder Value

Lexmark is continuing to execute on its stated capital allocation framework of returning more than 50 percent of free cash flow⁵ to shareholders, on average, through quarterly dividends and share repurchases while building and growing its solutions and software business through expansion and acquisitions. Lexmark has returned more than $500 million to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases since July 2011.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, Lexmark paid a dividend of $0.30 per share totaling $19 million. Also, 0.7 million of share repurchases executed in the third quarter settled in the fourth quarter.

In the full year 2012, Lexmark paid a dividend of $1.15 per share totaling $79 million. The company also repurchased 8.1 million of the company's shares for $190 million during the year. The company's remaining share repurchase authorization is currently $251 million.

Also in the fourth quarter, the company acquired Acuo Technologies, a recognized leader in high performance medical software and services. Acuo was the fourth acquisition in 2012, showcasing Lexmark's transition to being a key solutions provider to enterprise-sized businesses and organizations across the globe.

Lexmark's Perceptive Software Expands Healthcare Presence and Expertise

Perceptive Software's expanded healthcare sector presence and expertise are evident in the acquisition of Acuo Technologies, the U.S. Department of Defense's selection of its Universal Clinical Platform, and Perceptive Software's ranking as the top healthcare Document Management and Imaging software product by a leading industry research firm.

• Acuo Technologies Acquisition - Lexmark recently announced the acquisition of Acuo Technologies for a cash purchase price of approximately $45 million. A leading software provider of clinical content management, data migration and vendor neutral archives (VNA), Acuo Technologies is now a part of Perceptive Software. Together the companies will offer a unique set of technologies to the healthcare sector—enterprise content management (ECM), VNA with clinical content viewing, and database conversion—that combine to manage the entire range of content within the healthcare enterprise. With this acquisition, Perceptive Software becomes the only vendor to own this technology to provide this powerful healthcare solution, driving better patient care, an enhanced clinician experience and cost savings through a single, enterprise-wide and content-based medical record that is accessible via any electronic medical records system.
• Department of Defense Selection - In the fourth quarter, Acuo announced that the Defense Logistics Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has selected the Acuo Universal Clinical Platform (UCP) as a new VNA solution for enterprise patient imaging logistics. UCP will consolidate imaging studies from 39 U.S. Army picture archiving and communication system (PACS) sites and 23 U.S. Navy PACS sites located at military healthcare facilities throughout the world. The nine-year contract, worth approximately $40 million, comprises products and services from BRIT Systems, Dell™ Computer Systems and Acuo.
• 2012 Best in KLAS - Also in the fourth quarter, Perceptive Software announced its healthcare products and solutions have been ranked the top healthcare Document Management and Imaging (DMI) software product, according to the 2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report, an independent ranking based on customer feedback on top healthcare information technology vendors. Perceptive Software has ranked among the top five vendors in the DMI category every year since 2007.

Lexmark's Demonstrated Leadership Continues with Global MPS Wins and Industry Accolades

Lexmark continues to reinforce ISS' global MPS expertise and smart MFP technology through the announcements of geographic expansion with a well-recognized, global brewer and also once again being ranked as a leader by one of the industry's most prominent research firms.

• Anheuser-Busch InBev MPS Win - Lexmark recently signed a new, five-year agreement with Anheuser-Busch InBev that extends its services into Europe to drive improved productivity and cost savings for the leading global brewer. In January 2012, the company announced a similar deal with Anheuser-Busch that covered locations across North America. This new multi-country services contract calls for world-class MPS, a standardized fleet of innovative printers and multifunction products (MFPs) and improved business processes to be provided to Anheuser-Busch InBev. The scope of services includes corporate offices in addition to breweries.
• Lexmark's Leadership Positioning - Lexmark has again garnered notable distinctions from leading industry analyst firm Gartner, Inc. by earning Leader positions in two Magic Quadrants, attesting to the company's knowledge and expertise in the MPS and printer/MFP arenas.
  • Lexmark recently announced its positioning in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner's "Magic Quadrant: Managed Print Services Worldwide" report⁶. Lexmark offers a comprehensive set of MPS and capabilities that provide a consistent, global infrastructure to manage devices effectively and drive significant cost reductions. In addition, Lexmark's dynamic solutions are customized to bring unique value to each customer when deployed in an MPS environment. By streamlining complex and dysfunctional business processes, Lexmark's MPS has the capacity to deliver an immediate return on investment through increased worker productivity and effectiveness – enabling Lexmark's customers to better focus on their core business and clients at the point of service.
  • Lexmark also has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of its 2012 MFP and Printer Magic Quadrant⁷. As evidenced by Lexmark's 2012 laser product announcement, the company is extending its leadership in smart MFPs with several next-generation devices, that when combined with the Perceptive Software portfolio, increase productivity by enabling users to capture and access their data at the right time and in the right format. With a wide breadth of laser product offerings, Lexmark can provide the best product to address a customer's unique requirements.

Looking Forward

In the first quarter of 2013, the company expects a continued negative impact from the decision to exit inkjet. Revenue is currently expected to decline 11 to 13 percent year on year. GAAP earnings per share in the first quarter of 2013 are expected to be around $0.43 to $0.53, compared with GAAP earnings per share of $0.84 in the first quarter of 2012. Non-GAAP earnings per share in the first quarter of 2013 are expected to be around $0.80 to $0.90, compared with non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.05 in the first quarter of 2012.

Conference Call Today

The company will be hosting a conference call with securities analysts today at 8:30 a.m. (EST). A live broadcast and a complete replay of this call can be accessed from Lexmark's investor relations website at http://investor.lexmark.com. If you are unable to connect to the Internet, you can access the call via telephone at 888-693-3477 (outside the U.S. by calling 973-582-2710) using access code 81765633.

Lexmark's earnings presentation slides, including reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, will be available on Lexmark's investor relations website prior to the live broadcast.

About Lexmark

Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) provides businesses of all sizes with a broad range of printing and imaging products, software, solutions and services that help customers to print less and save more. Perceptive Software, a Lexmark company, is a leading provider of process and content management software that helps organizations fuel greater operational efficiency. In 2012, Lexmark sold products in more than 170 countries and reported $3.8 billion in revenue.

To learn more about Lexmark, please visit www.lexmark.com. For more information on Perceptive Software, please visit www.perceptivesoftware.com.

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"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this release which are not historical facts are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties which may cause the company's actual results or performance to be materially different from the results or performance expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that may impact such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, continued economic uncertainty related to volatility of the global economy, market acceptance of new products; inability to realize all of the anticipated benefits of the Company's acquisitions; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; decreased supplies consumption; possible changes in the size of expected restructuring costs, charges, and savings; aggressive pricing from competitors and resellers; the inability to develop new products and enhance existing products to meet customer needs on a cost competitive basis; reliance on international production facilities, manufacturing partners and certain key suppliers; increased investment to support product development and marketing; the financial failure or loss of business with a key customer or reseller; periodic variations affecting revenue and profitability; excessive inventory for the Company's reseller channel; failure to manage inventory levels or production capacity; credit risk associated with the Company's customers, channel partners, and investment portfolio; entrance into the market of additional competitors focused on imaging and software solutions, including enterprise content management, intelligent capture and business process management solutions; inability to perform under managed print services contracts; increased competition in the aftermarket supplies business; changes in the Company's tax provisions or tax liabilities; fees on the Company's products or litigation costs required to protect the Company's rights; inability to obtain and protect the Company's intellectual property rights and defend against claims of infringement and/or anticompetitive conduct; the outcome of litigation or regulatory proceedings to which the Company may be a party; unforeseen cost impacts as a result of new legislation; the inability to attract, retain and motivate key employees; changes in a country's political or economic conditions; the failure of information technology systems; disruptions at important points of exit and entry and distribution centers; business disruptions; terrorist acts; acts of war or other political conflicts; or the outbreak of a communicable disease; and other risks described in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

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1. In an effort to provide investors with additional information regarding the company's results as determined by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the company has also disclosed in this press release non-GAAP earnings per share amounts and related income statement items which management believes provides useful information to investors. When used in this press release, "non-GAAP" earnings per share amounts and related income statement items exclude restructuring-related and acquisition-related adjustments.  The rationale for management's use of non-GAAP measures is included in Appendix A to the financial information attached hereto.
2. MPS revenue is defined as ISS laser hardware, supplies and fleet management solutions sold through a managed services agreement.
3. Non-MPS revenue is defined as ISS laser hardware, laser supplies, dot matrix hardware, and dot matrix supplies not sold as a part of an MPS agreement. Non-MPS also includes parts and service related to hardware maintenance.
4. Inkjet Exit revenue is defined as consumer and business inkjet hardware and supplies that the company is exiting.
5. Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash flows provided by operating activities minus purchases of property, plant and equipment plus proceeds from sale of fixed assets.
6. Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services, Worldwide, Ken Weilerstein, Cecile Drew, Yulan Li, October 25, 2012.
7. Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for MFPs and Printers, Worldwide, Sharon McNee, Federico De Silva, October 24, 2012.

SOURCE Lexmark International, Inc.