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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

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): January 27, 2016

 

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

DELAWARE

 

001-03761

 

75-0289970

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

12500 TI BOULEVARD

DALLAS, TEXAS 75243

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 479-3773

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

ITEM 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

The Registrant’s news release dated January 27, 2016, regarding its fourth-quarter and 2015 results of operations and financial condition is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

The attached news release includes references to the following financial measures that were not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (non-GAAP measures): free cash flow and ratios based on free cash flow. The company believes these non-GAAP measures provide insight into its liquidity, cash generating capability and the amount of cash potentially available to return to investors, as well as insight into its financial performance. These non-GAAP measures are supplemental to the comparable GAAP measures. Reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is included in the “Non-GAAP financial information” section of the news release.

ITEM 9.01. Exhibits

 

Designation
of Exhibit
in this
Report

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

99

 

Registrant’s News Release

 

 

Dated January 27, 2016 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02)

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

Date: January 27, 2016

 

By:

 

/s/ KEVIN P. MARCH

 

 

 

 

Kevin P. March

 

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

txn-ex99_31.htm

 

Exhibit 99

TI reports 4Q15 and 2015 financial results and shareholder returns

Conference call on TI website at 4:30 p.m. Central time today

www.ti.com/ir

DALLAS (Jan. 27, 2016) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today reported fourth-quarter revenue of $3.19 billion, net income of $836 million and earnings per share of 80 cents. Earnings per share included 9 cents for two items that were not in the company’s prior guidance for the quarter.

Regarding the company’s performance and returns to shareholders, Rich Templeton, TI’s chairman, president and CEO, made the following comments:

“Revenue declined 2 percent from a year ago and was in line with our expectations, even though we experienced slowing demand within a sector of the personal electronics market late in the quarter.

“Our combined core businesses of Analog and Embedded Processing performed well in the quarter and comprised 87 percent of fourth-quarter revenue.

“Gross margin of 58.5 percent, a new record, reflects the quality of our product portfolio as well as the efficiency of our manufacturing strategy, including the benefit of 300-millimeter Analog production.

“Our cash flow from operations once again underscored the strength of our business model. Free cash flow for the trailing 12 months was up 6 percent from a year ago to $3.7 billion. This represents 28.6 percent of revenue, up from 26.9 percent a year ago, and is consistent with our targeted range of 20-30 percent of revenue.

“We have returned $4.2 billion to shareholders in the past 12 months through stock repurchases and dividends.

“Our strategy to return to shareholders 100 percent of free cash flow plus proceeds from exercises of equity compensation minus net debt retirement reflects our confidence in the long-term sustainability of our business model.

“Our balance sheet remains strong with $3.2 billion of cash and short-term investments at the end of the quarter, 82 percent of which was owned by the company’s U.S. entities. Inventory ended the quarter at 115 days.

“TI’s first-quarter outlook is for revenue in the range of $2.85 billion to $3.09 billion, and earnings per share between 57 and 67 cents. This outlook includes about a $150 million decline in revenue from a year ago within a sector of the personal electronics market. Aside from this, overall expectations for the remainder of our business are about even with the first quarter of 2015.

“For 2016, TI’s annual effective tax rate is expected to be about 30 percent.”

TI also announced its intentions to phase out a small, older manufacturing facility in Greenock, Scotland, over the next three years. Plans are to move production from this facility to more cost-effective 200-millimeter TI fabs in Germany, Japan and Maine.

Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure. Free cash flow is cash flow from operations less capital expenditures.

Earnings summary

Amounts are in millions of dollars, except per-share amounts.

 

 

 

4Q15

 

 

4Q14

 

 

Change

 

Revenue

 

$

3,189

 

 

$

3,269

 

 

 

-2

%

Operating profit

 

$

1,142

 

 

$

1,100

 

 

 

4

%

Net income

 

$

836

 

 

$

825

 

 

 

1

%

Earnings per share

 

$

0.80

 

 

$

0.76

 

 

 

5

%

 

Earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2015 included a 9-cent benefit for two items not included in the company’s prior outlook: 5 cents due to a net tax benefit as a result of the reinstatement of the R&D tax credit and 4 cents for Restructuring charges/other, which included gains on sales of assets and a charge for the planned site closure.


Cash generation

Amounts are in millions of dollars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trailing 12 Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4Q15

 

 

4Q15

 

 

4Q14

 

 

Change

 

Cash flow from operations

 

$

1,430

 

 

$

4,268

 

 

$

3,892

 

 

 

10

%

Capital expenditures

 

$

164

 

 

$

551

 

 

$

385

 

 

 

43

%

Free cash flow

 

$

1,266

 

 

$

3,717

 

 

$

3,507

 

 

 

6

%

Free cash flow % of revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

28.6

%

 

 

26.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures for the past 12 months were 4 percent of revenue. The company’s long-term expectation is about 4 percent.

Cash return

Amounts are in millions of dollars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trailing 12 Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4Q15

 

 

4Q15

 

 

4Q14

 

 

Change

 

Dividends paid

 

$

386

 

 

$

1,444

 

 

$

1,323

 

 

 

9

%

Stock repurchases

 

$

627

 

 

$

2,741

 

 

$

2,831

 

 

 

-3

%

Total cash returned

 

$

1,013

 

 

$

4,185

 

 

$

4,154

 

 

 

1

%

 

The company’s targeted cash return is 100 percent of free cash flow plus proceeds from exercises of equity compensation minus net debt retirement.


TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Income

(Millions of dollars, except share and per-share amounts)

 

 

 

For Three Months Ended

 

 

For Years Ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Revenue

 

$

3,189

 

 

$

3,269

 

 

$

13,000

 

 

$

13,045

 

Cost of revenue (COR)

 

 

1,323

 

 

 

1,374

 

 

 

5,440

 

 

 

5,618

 

Gross profit

 

 

1,866

 

 

 

1,895

 

 

 

7,560

 

 

 

7,427

 

Research and development (R&D)

 

 

306

 

 

 

311

 

 

 

1,280

 

 

 

1,358

 

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A)

 

 

405

 

 

 

429

 

 

 

1,748

 

 

 

1,843

 

Acquisition charges

 

 

81

 

 

 

82

 

 

 

329

 

 

 

330

 

Restructuring charges/other

 

 

(68

)

 

 

(27

)

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(51

)

Operating profit

 

 

1,142

 

 

 

1,100

 

 

 

4,274

 

 

 

3,947

 

Other income (expense), net (OI&E)

 

 

19

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

21

 

Interest and debt expense

 

 

22

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

90

 

 

 

94

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

1,139

 

 

 

1,087

 

 

 

4,216

 

 

 

3,874

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

303

 

 

 

262

 

 

 

1,230

 

 

 

1,053

 

Net income

 

$

836

 

 

$

825

 

 

$

2,986

 

 

$

2,821

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per common share

 

$

.80

 

 

$

.76

 

 

$

2.82

 

 

$

2.57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average diluted shares outstanding (millions)

 

 

1,027

 

 

 

1,063

 

 

 

1,043

 

 

 

1,080

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash dividends declared per common share

 

$

.38

 

 

$

.34

 

 

$

1.40

 

 

$

1.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a result of accounting rule ASC 260, which requires a portion of Net income to be allocated to unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) on which we pay dividend equivalents, diluted EPS is calculated using the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

836

 

 

$

825

 

 

$

2,986

 

 

$

2,821

 

Income allocated to RSUs

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(13

)

 

 

(42

)

 

 

(43

)

Income allocated to common stock for diluted EPS

 

$

824

 

 

$

812

 

 

$

2,944

 

 

$

2,778

 

 


TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Millions of dollars, except share amounts)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,000

 

 

$

1,199

 

Short-term investments

 

 

2,218

 

 

 

2,342

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of ($7) and ($12)

 

 

1,165

 

 

 

1,246

 

Raw materials

 

 

109

 

 

 

101

 

Work in process

 

 

846

 

 

 

896

 

Finished goods

 

 

736

 

 

 

787

 

Inventories

 

 

1,691

 

 

 

1,784

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

850

 

Total current assets

 

 

7,074

 

 

 

7,421

 

Property, plant and equipment at cost

 

 

5,465

 

 

 

6,266

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(2,869

)

 

 

(3,426

)

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

2,596

 

 

 

2,840

 

Long-term investments

 

 

221

 

 

 

224

 

Goodwill, net

 

 

4,362

 

 

 

4,362

 

Acquisition-related intangibles, net

 

 

1,583

 

 

 

1,902

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

201

 

 

 

180

 

Capitalized software licenses, net

 

 

46

 

 

 

83

 

Overfunded retirement plans

 

 

85

 

 

 

127

 

Other assets

 

 

62

 

 

 

233

 

Total assets

 

$

16,230

 

 

$

17,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

$

1,000

 

 

$

1,001

 

Accounts payable

 

 

386

 

 

 

437

 

Accrued compensation

 

 

664

 

 

 

651

 

Income taxes payable

 

 

95

 

 

 

71

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

410

 

 

 

498

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

2,555

 

 

 

2,658

 

Long-term debt

 

 

3,120

 

 

 

3,630

 

Underfunded retirement plans

 

 

196

 

 

 

225

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

37

 

 

 

64

 

Deferred credits and other liabilities

 

 

376

 

 

 

405

 

Total liabilities

 

 

6,284

 

 

 

6,982

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $25 par value. Authorized – 10,000,000 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participating cumulative preferred – None issued

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $1 par value. Authorized – 2,400,000,000 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares issued – 1,740,815,939

 

 

1,741

 

 

 

1,741

 

Paid-in capital

 

 

1,629

 

 

 

1,368

 

Retained earnings

 

 

31,176

 

 

 

29,653

 

Treasury common stock at cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares: 2015 – 729,547,527; 2014 – 694,189,127

 

 

(24,068

)

 

 

(21,840

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes (AOCI)

 

 

(532

)

 

 

(532

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

9,946

 

 

 

10,390

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

16,230

 

 

$

17,372

 

 

As of December 31, 2015, we elected to early adopt and retrospectively apply two new accounting standards that require reclassification on our Consolidated Balance Sheets of: (1) deferred income taxes from current to noncurrent accounts, and (2) debt issuance costs from Other assets to Long-term debt. We have reclassified these amounts in the prior periods’ financial statements to conform to the 2015 presentation.


TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Millions of dollars)

 

 

 

For Three Months Ended

 

 

For Years Ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

836

 

 

$

825

 

 

$

2,986

 

 

$

2,821

 

Adjustments to Net income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

172

 

 

 

211

 

 

 

766

 

 

 

850

 

Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles

 

 

79

 

 

 

80

 

 

 

319

 

 

 

321

 

Amortization of capitalized software

 

 

10

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

59

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

58

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

286

 

 

 

277

 

Gains on sales of assets

 

 

(82

)

 

 

(29

)

 

 

(85

)

 

 

(73

)

Deferred income taxes

 

 

51

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

(55

)

 

 

(61

)

Increase (decrease) from changes in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

318

 

 

 

223

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

(49

)

Inventories

 

 

80

 

 

 

(33

)

 

 

93

 

 

 

(53

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

5

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

94

 

 

 

65

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

2

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

(188

)

 

 

(194

)

Accrued compensation

 

 

44

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

89

 

Income taxes payable

 

 

(10

)

 

 

9

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

(81

)

Changes in funded status of retirement plans

 

 

(88

)

 

 

(131

)

 

 

(23

)

 

 

(58

)

Other

 

 

(45

)

 

 

(32

)

 

 

(68

)

 

 

(21

)

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

1,430

 

 

 

1,272

 

 

 

4,268

 

 

 

3,892

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(164

)

 

 

(125

)

 

 

(551

)

 

 

(385

)

Proceeds from asset sales

 

 

100

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

110

 

 

 

142

 

Purchases of short-term investments

 

 

(1,054

)

 

 

(937

)

 

 

(2,767

)

 

 

(3,107

)

Proceeds from short-term investments

 

 

437

 

 

 

475

 

 

 

2,892

 

 

 

2,966

 

Other

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

7

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

(675

)

 

 

(491

)

 

 

(302

)

 

 

(377

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

498

 

 

 

498

 

Repayment of debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,000

)

 

 

(1,000

)

Dividends paid

 

 

(386

)

 

 

(356

)

 

 

(1,444

)

 

 

(1,323

)

Stock repurchases

 

 

(627

)

 

 

(698

)

 

 

(2,741

)

 

 

(2,831

)

Proceeds from common stock transactions

 

 

110

 

 

 

140

 

 

 

442

 

 

 

616

 

Excess tax benefit from share-based payments

 

 

15

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

83

 

 

 

100

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(3

)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

(888

)

 

 

(888

)

 

 

(4,165

)

 

 

(3,943

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(133

)

 

 

(107

)

 

 

(199

)

 

 

(428

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

1,133

 

 

 

1,306

 

 

 

1,199

 

 

 

1,627

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

1,000

 

 

$

1,199

 

 

$

1,000

 

 

$

1,199

 

 


4Q15 segment results

Amounts are in millions of dollars.

 

 

 

4Q15

 

 

4Q14

 

 

Change

 

Analog:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

2,073

 

 

$

2,123

 

 

 

-2

%

Operating profit

 

$

787

 

 

$

822

 

 

 

-4

%

Embedded Processing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

700

 

 

$

670

 

 

 

4

%

Operating profit

 

$

164

 

 

$

114

 

 

 

44

%

Other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

416

 

 

$

476

 

 

 

-13

%

Operating profit*

 

$

191

 

 

$

164

 

 

 

16

%

 

* Includes Acquisition charges and Restructuring charges/other.

Compared with the year-ago quarter:

Analog: (includes High Volume Analog & Logic, Power Management, High Performance Analog and Silicon Valley Analog)

Revenue decreased due to Power Management and High Performance Analog. Silicon Valley Analog also declined while High Volume Analog & Logic grew.

Operating profit decreased due to lower revenue and associated gross profit.

Embedded Processing: (includes Microcontrollers, Processors and Connectivity)

Revenue increased due to Connectivity and Microcontrollers. Processors declined.

Operating profit increased due to lower operating expenses as well as higher revenue and associated gross profit.

Other: (includes DLP® products, calculators, custom ASIC products and royalties)

Revenue declined due to custom ASIC products and DLP products.

Operating profit increased primarily due to Restructuring charges/other, partially offset by lower gross profit.


Year 2015 segment results

Amounts are in millions of dollars.

 

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

Change

 

Analog:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

8,339

 

 

$

8,104

 

 

 

3

%

Operating profit

 

$

3,048

 

 

$

2,786

 

 

 

9

%

Embedded Processing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

2,787

 

 

$

2,740

 

 

 

2

%

Operating profit

 

$

596

 

 

$

384

 

 

 

55

%

Other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

1,874

 

 

$

2,201

 

 

 

-15

%

Operating profit*

 

$

630

 

 

$

777

 

 

 

-19

%

 

* Includes Acquisition charges and Restructuring charges/other.

Compared with the prior year:

Analog revenue increased primarily due to High Volume Analog & Logic. Power Management and Silicon Valley Analog also grew and High Performance Analog declined. Operating profit increased due to higher revenue and associated gross profit, and lower manufacturing costs.

Embedded Processing revenue increased due to Connectivity and Microcontrollers, which together offset a decline in Processors. Operating profit increased primarily due to lower operating expenses.

Other revenue declined primarily due to custom ASIC products. Revenue from DLP products also declined. Operating profit declined primarily due to lower revenue and associated gross profit.


Non-GAAP financial information 

This release includes references to free cash flow and ratios based on that measure. These are financial measures that were not prepared in accordance with GAAP. Free cash flow was calculated by subtracting Capital expenditures from the most directly comparable GAAP measure, Cash flows from operating activities (also referred to as cash flow from operations).

The company believes that free cash flow and the associated ratios provide insight into its liquidity, its cash-generating capability and the amount of cash potentially available to return to investors, as well as insight into its financial performance. These non-GAAP measures are supplemental to the comparable GAAP measures.

Reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP-based measures is provided in the table below.

Amounts are in millions of dollars.

 

 

 

For Years Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

Change

 

Cash flow from operations (GAAP)

 

$

4,268

 

 

$

3,892

 

 

 

10

%

Capital expenditures

 

 

(551

)

 

 

(385

)

 

 

 

 

Free cash flow (non-GAAP)

 

$

3,717

 

 

$

3,507

 

 

 

6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

13,000

 

 

$

13,045

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow from operations as a percent of revenue (GAAP)

 

 

32.8

%

 

 

29.8

%

 

 

 

 

Free cash flow as a percent of revenue (non-GAAP)

 

 

28.6

%

 

 

26.9

%

 

 

 

 

 


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Market demand for semiconductors, particularly in markets such as personal electronics and communications equipment;

 

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TI’s ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative products in a rapidly changing technological environment;

 

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TI’s obligation to make principal and interest payments on its debt;

 

TI’s ability to successfully integrate and realize opportunities for growth from acquisitions, and our ability to realize our expectations regarding the amount and timing of restructuring charges and associated cost savings; and

 

Breaches of our information technology systems or those of our customers or suppliers.


For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see the Risk Factors discussion in Item 1A of TI’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date of this release. TI undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or risks. If we do update any forward-looking statement, you should not infer that we will make additional updates with respect to that statement or any other forward-looking statement.

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