2 The tax impact of the non-GAAP adjustments is calculated using the applicable tax rates in the jurisdictions where the adjustments occurred in the three and twelve months ended March 31, 2018.
Microchip will host a conference call today, May 8, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss this release. This call will be simulcast over the Internet at www.microchip.com. The webcast will be available for replay until May 22, 2019.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available at approximately 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on May 8, 2019 and will remain available until 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on May 22, 2019. Interested parties may listen to the replay by dialing 719-457-0820 and entering access code 69550033.
Cautionary Statement:
The statements in this release relating to the strength of our business model, our belief that our distributors are carrying an appropriate level of inventory to support end-market demand, that the integration of Microsemi with Microchip continues to progress at a rapid pace, achieving synergies in the business units, sales, operations and support functions, while we relentlessly march toward the long-term synergy targets, that we will continue to use substantially all of our excess cash generation after dividends to reduce the amount of debt on our balance sheet as quickly as possible, that 25% duties on $200 billion of Chinese goods are expected to go into effect this Friday, that the uncertainty related to U.S. China trade relations continues, that we expect weaker than seasonal business conditions for Microchip, that we continue to operate our business prudently for long-term shareholder value and we believe end market demand will continue to be stronger than GAAP sell-in revenue in the June quarter, and the channel and customer inventory will continue to decrease, that we expect net sales for our products to be about flat sequentially plus or minus five percent in the June 2019 quarter, our first quarter fiscal 2020 guidance for GAAP and non-GAAP net sales, gross margin, operating expenses, operating income, other expense, net, income taxes, net income, diluted common shares outstanding, earnings per diluted share, inventory days in the June 2019 quarter expected to be in the range of 120 to 139 days, capital expenditures for the June 2019 quarter and for all of fiscal 2020, continuing to invest to support the growth of our production capabilities for fast-growing new products and technologies and to bring in-house more of the assembly and test operations that are currently outsourced, our belief that our end-market demand metric reflects true end-market demand based on when product is sold to direct customers or by our distributors to an end customer and our assumed average stock price in the June 2019 quarter are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to: any economic uncertainty due to monetary policy, political, trade or other issues in the U.S. or internationally, any unexpected fluctuations or weakness in the U.S. and global economies (including China), changes in demand or market acceptance of our products and the products of our customers; our ability to successfully integrate the operations and employees, retain key employees and customers and otherwise realize the expected synergies and benefits of our acquisitions (including our acquisition of Microsemi Corporation); the impact of current and future changes in U.S. corporate tax laws (including the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), foreign currency effects on our business; the mix of inventory we hold and our ability to satisfy short-term orders from our inventory; changes in utilization of our manufacturing capacity and our ability to effectively manage and expand our production levels; competitive developments including pricing pressures; the level of orders that are received and can be shipped in a quarter; changes or fluctuations in customer order patterns and seasonality; the impact of any future significant acquisitions that we may make; our ability to obtain a sufficient supply of wafers from third party wafer foundries and the cost of such wafers, the costs and outcome of any current or future litigation or other matters involving our Microsemi acquisition, the Microsemi business, intellectual property, customers, or other issues; the costs and outcome of any current or future tax audit or investigation regarding our business or the business of Microsemi, our actual average stock price in the June 2019 quarter and the impact such price will have on our share count; fluctuations in our stock price and trading volume which could impact the number of shares we acquire under our share repurchase program and the timing of such repurchases; disruptions in our business or the businesses of our customers or suppliers due to natural disasters (including any floods in Thailand), terrorist activity, armed conflict, war, worldwide oil prices and supply, public health concerns or disruptions in the transportation system; and general economic, industry or political conditions in the United States or internationally.
For a detailed discussion of these and other risk factors, please refer to Microchip's filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. You can obtain copies of Forms 10-K and 10-Q and other relevant documents for free at Microchip's website (www.microchip.com) or the SEC's website (www.sec.gov) or from commercial document retrieval services.
Stockholders of Microchip are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date such statements are made. Microchip does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or new information after this May 7, 2019 press release, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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