Adobe reports fourth quarter and fiscal 2009 results

“We experienced an improvement in customer demand for our products in Q4,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and CEO of Adobe. “We believe the investments we have made in the past year, and the new products we will deliver in the coming year, will drive top line growth as the economy improves.”

Included in Adobe’s fourth quarter results was revenue of $26.3 million as a result of the close of the acquisition of Omniture on Oct. 23, 2009. In accordance with business combination accounting guidelines, $8.3 million of Omniture deferred revenue was excluded from Adobe’s fourth quarter results and Adobe will not recognize this revenue going forward.

GAAP operating income was $153.6 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, compared to $273.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 and $167.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2009. As a percent of revenue, GAAP operating income in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 was 20.3 percent, compared to 29.8 percent in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 and 24.0 percent in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, GAAP net loss was $32.0 million, compared to net income of $245.9 million reported in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 and net income of $136.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

GAAP diluted loss per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 was $0.06, based on 532.0 million weighted average shares. This compares with GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.46 reported in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 based on 534.9 million weighted average shares, and GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.26 reported in the third quarter of fiscal 2009 based on 531.8 million weighted average shares.

Adobe’s non-GAAP operating income was $265.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, compared to $374.9 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 and $237.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2009. As a percent of revenue, non-GAAP operating income in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 was 35.0 percent, compared to 41.0 percent in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 and 34.0 percent in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

Non-GAAP net income was $206.8 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, compared to $320.9 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 and $186.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 were $0.39. This compares with non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.60 reported in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.35 reported in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.