Stratasys provided the following information regarding its financial guidance for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008:
- Maintaining revenue guidance of $125 million to $130 million.
- Maintaining non-GAAP earnings guidance, which excludes stock-based compensation expenses required under SFAS 123R, of $0.79 to $0.84 per share.
- Maintaining GAAP earnings guidance of $0.75 to $0.80 per share.
- Stock-based compensation expenses required under SFAS 123R are estimated at $0.04 to $0.05 per share.
Appropriate reconciliations between non-GAAP and GAAP financial measures are provided in a table at the end of this press release.
The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its third quarter financial results on Monday, November 3, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The investor conference call will be available via live webcast on the Stratasys web site at www.stratasys.com under the "Investors" tab. To participate by telephone, the domestic dial-in number is 888-680-0890, and the international dial-in is 617-213-4857. The access code is 27205667. Investors are advised to dial into the call at least ten minutes prior to the call to register.
Participants may pre-register for the call at www.theconferencingservice.com/prereg/key.process?key=PR7FXLFVV.
Pre-registrants will be issued a pin number to use when dialing into the live call which will provide quick access to the conference by bypassing the operator upon connection.
The webcast will be available for 90 days on the “Investors” page of the Stratasys website.
Stratasys, Inc., Minneapolis, manufactures office-based rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing systems and 3D printers and offers rapid prototyping and manufacturing parts services. According to Wohlers Report 2008, Stratasys supplied 44 percent of all systems installed worldwide in 2007, making it the unit market leader, for the sixth consecutive year. Stratasys developed the rapid prototyping process known as fused deposition modeling (FDM). The process creates functional prototypes and end-use parts directly from any 3D CAD program using ABS plastic, polycarbonate, PPSF, and blends. The company holds over 180 granted or pending rapid prototyping patents globally. Stratasys products are used in the aerospace, defense, automotive, medical, education, electronic, architecture and consumer product industries. For more information on the company, go to www.Stratasys.com; www.DimensionPrinting.com; www.RedEyeRPM.com; www.RedEyeARC.com.
Forward Looking Statements
All statements herein that are not historical facts or that include such words as “expects”, “anticipates”, “projects”, “estimates”, “vision”, “planning” or “believes” or similar words are forward-looking statements that we deem to be covered by and to qualify for the safe harbor protection covered by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our belief that we have the largest part-building service is based on the number of dedicated machines. Except for the historical information herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties; these include the continued market acceptance and growth of our DimensionTM 3D printer line and our FDM 200mcTM, 360mcTM, 400mcTM, 900mcTM, MaxumTM, TitanTM, and VantageTM productivity lines; the size of the 3D printing market; our ability to penetrate the 3D printing market; our ability to maintain the growth rates and positive momentum experienced in this and preceding quarters; our ability to introduce, produce and market new materials such as ABS-Plus and ABS-M30; and the market acceptance of these and other materials; the impact of competitive products and pricing; the timely development and acceptance of new products and materials; the success of our recent R&D initiative to expand the direct digital manufacturing capabilities of our core FDM technology; the success of our RedEyeRPMTM and other paid parts services; and the other risks detailed from time to time in our SEC Reports, including the quarterly reports to be filed on Form 10-Q throughout 2008; and our annual report on Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2007.
Non-GAAP Discussion
The information discussed within this release includes financial
results and forward-looking financial guidance that are in accordance
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In
addition, certain non-GAAP financial measures and guidance have been
included that excludes certain expenses. The non-GAAP financial
measures are provided in an effort to give information that investors
may deem relevant to the company ’ s operations
and comparative performance, primarily the identification and exclusion
of expenses associated with stock-based compensation required under SFAS
123R. In addition, the company uses these non-GAAP financial
measures for evaluating comparable financial performance against prior
periods.
