Form 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of February, 2012

Commission File Number: 1-11130

 

 

 

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(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

3, avenue Octave Gréard 75007 Paris - France

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

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Alcatel-Lucent delivers full-year 2011 results in line with guidance, strong Q4 2011 cash-flow generation and well positioned for a better year in 2012

 

   

Free cash-flow of 541 million in Q4 2011

 

   

Significant sequential improvement to cash and costs position

 

   

Higher margin and strong positive net cash position targeted for 2012

 

   

Strategic decision to leverage the strength of Alcatel-Lucent’s patent portfolio

Key numbers for the fourth quarter 2011

 

 

    Revenues of Euro 4,256 million, up 9.5% sequentially and down 11.2% year-over-year at constant currency

 

    Adjusted2 gross profit of Euro 1,514 million or 35.6% of revenues

 

    Adjusted2 operating income1 of Euro 316 million or 7.4% of revenues

 

     Published net profit of Euro 868 million or Euro 0.29 per share

 

     Operating cash-flow3 of Euro 863 million

 

    Net (debt)/cash of Euro (31) million as of December 31,2011

 

Key numbers for the year 2011

 

 

    Revenues of Euro 15,696 million, up 1.9% year-over-year at constant currency

 

    Adjusted2 gross profit of Euro 5,646 million or 36.0% of revenues

 

    Adjusted2 operating income1 of Euro 610 million or 3.9% of revenues

 

     Published net profit of Euro 1,095 million or Euro 0.42 per share

 

     Operating cash-flow3 of Euro 979 million

 

    Net (debt)/cash of Euro (31) million as of December 31, 2011

 

All figures in this document include the Genesys business in order to provide meaningful comparable information, except the mentioned Published figures; all Published figures report Genesys in discontinued operations. In addition to the Published results and consistent with previous publications, Alcatel-Lucent is providing adjusted results which exclude the main non-cash impacts from PPA entries in relation to the Lucent business combination and report Genesys as continued operations. Operating cash-flow is defined as cash-flow after changes in working capital and before interest/tax paid, restructuring and pension & OPEB cash outlay.

 

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Paris, February 10, 2012 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced today 2011 full year results in line with its guidance, and in the fourth quarter of 2011, a free cash-flow of 541 million and annualized fixed costs savings of 300 million.

Commenting on the results, Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent said: “I’m very pleased by the responsiveness of our company to adapt to a changing business environment. This has resulted in a significant improvement in free-cash-flow and an acceleration of cost-reduction actions.

“Overall, this concludes a second year of strong improvement in our results, and leads to the first positive full-year net results for Alcatel-Lucent since the merger. We have strengthened our financial flexibility with the Genesys divestment, while taking the strategic decision to realize the full value of our existing and future patent portfolio.”

Mr Verwaayen added: “We were operating in a challenging environment in 2011. Looking ahead, we target, in 2012, additional savings of 200m in fixed costs and 300m in variable costs. We will continue to strengthen our portfolio, drawing upon an innovation pipeline of software assets and breakthroughs in wireless and fixed-line technologies such as lightRadio, 100G coherent technology, IP and vectoring – innovations that enable operators to quickly adapt to the continuing explosion of data and content.

“Although visibility remains limited, our aim for 2012 is to achieve an adjusted operating margin higher than the level reached in 2011, and reach a strong positive net cash position at the end of 2012.”

MAIN POINTS

Fourth quarter revenue decreased 12.5% year-over-year and increased 12.1% sequentially to Euro 4,256 million. At constant currency exchange rates and perimeter, revenue decreased 11.2% year-over-year and increased 9.5% sequentially. Networks saw a double digit decrease this quarter. Within that segment, the IP business while declining at a low double digit rate due to a high comparison base, recorded the second highest quarter in revenues ever. The slight growth in submarine activity was more than offset by the decline in terrestrial optics. In the wireline business, the strong sequential catch up has been driven by all the product lines. The double digit decline in Wireless activities mainly results from lower spending after several quarters of strong activity. Software, Services & Solutions decreased at a mid-single digit rate with high single digit growth in Managed Services. Finally, Enterprise segment was flat this quarter, data posting another quarter of growth. From a geographic standpoint, also adjusted for constant currency, there was a weaker fourth quarter in North America after several strong previous quarters. Central and Latin America maintained a double digit growth rate while Europe and Asia Pacific regions declined at a double digit rate.

Adjusted2 operating1 income of Euro 316 million or 7.4% of revenue. Gross margin came in at 35.6% of revenue for the quarter, compared to 36.2% in the year ago quarter and 36.3% in the third quarter 2011. The year-over-year decline in gross margin mainly results from geographical & product mix, somewhat compensated by a decrease in fixed operating costs. The sequential decline in gross margin mainly results from geographical & product mix. Operating expenses decreased 12.3% year-over-year on a reported basis and adjusted for constant currency, decreased 12.7% year-over-year. This decrease is a further result of our actions to improve operational efficiency. On a sequential basis, operating expenses decreased 0.7% as reported and decreased 3.2% at constant currency reflecting the back-end loaded nature of our 2011 costs savings program.

Published net income (group share) of Euro 868 million or Euro 0.29 per share. This includes an Euro 353 million benefit associated with the increase of the deferred tax assets in the USA and Purchase Price Adjustments to Euro (69) million pre-tax or Euro (42) million after tax.

Net (debt)/cash of Euro (31) million, versus Euro (620) million of net debt as of September 30, 2011. The sequential decrease in net debt of Euro 589 million primarily reflects the positive operating cash-flow of Euro 863 million, interest expenses of Euro (10) million, restructuring cash outlays of Euro (84) million,

 

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contribution to pensions and OPEB of Euro (45) million and capital expenditures of Euro (167) million. The positive operating cash-flow results from the level of adjusted operating income and a positive contribution from the operating working capital requirements of Euro 278 million.

Excluding Genesys business, net debt is Euro (40) million as of December 31, 2011, as presented in the reconciliation table in page 12 and following.

Funded status of Pensions and OPEB of Euro (1,830) million at end of December, compared to Euro (1,213) million as of September 30, 2011. Excluding currency impact, this deficit widening mainly results from an increase of our obligations of Euro 1,019 million, due to the decrease of around 25 bps in the discount rates used for pensions and post-retirement healthcare plans. This was partly offset by an increase of the fair value of the plan assets for Euro 716 million. The net effect of currency change was negligible on the funded status this quarter. From a regulatory perspective – which determines the funding requirements – the preliminary assessment of the company’s US plans suggest that no extra funding contribution should be required through at least early 2014.

On Feb. 1, 2012, the closing of Genesys business disposal for USD 1.5 Bn has been announced.

The board has recommended not to pay a dividend for fiscal year 2011.

 

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PUBLISHED RESULTS

Note: all published figures report Genesys in discontinued operations as it is published in the Consolidated Financial Statements available on our website http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/4q2011.

In the fourth quarter, the published net income (group share) was Euro 868 million or Euro 0.29 per diluted share (USD 0.38 per ADS) including the negative after tax impact from Purchase Price Allocation entries of Euro (42) million.

 

 

Published Profit & Loss   Fourth   Fourth       % change        Third       % change              Full                Full              % change     

 

Statement

      Quarter            Quarter        y-o-y       Quarter        q-o-q   Year   Year   y-o-y

 

(In Euro million except for EPS)

  2011   2010   (% or pt)   2011   (% or pt)   2011   2010   (% or pt)

 

Revenues

 

  4,150   4,763   -12.9%   3,704   12.0%   15,327   15,658   -2.1%

Gross profit

 

  1,428   1,672   -14.6%   1,308   9.2%   5,360   5,302   1.1%

In % of revenues

 

  34.4%   35.1%   -0.7 pt   35.3%   -0.9 pt   35.0%   33.9%   1.1 pt

Operating income / (loss)(1)

 

  210   281   -25.3%   83   ca 2.5x   251   (70)   Nm

In % of revenues

 

  5.1%   5.9%   -0.8 pt   2.2%   2.9 pt   1.6%   -0.4%   2.0 pt

Net income (loss) (Group share)

 

  868   340   ca 2.5x   194   ca 4.5x   1,095   (334)   Nm

EPS diluted (in Euro)

 

  0.29   0.13   Nm   0.08   Nm   0.42   (0.15)   Nm

E/ADS* diluted (in USD)

 

  0.38   0.17   Nm   0.11   Nm   0.54   (0.20)   Nm
Number of diluted shares (million)   3,089.6   2,956.6   4.5%   2,873.7   7.5%   2,865.9   2,259.9   26.8%

*E/ADS calculated using the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York noon Euro/dollar buying rate of USD 1.2973 as of December 30, 2011; 1.3269 as of December 30, 2010 and USD 1.3449 as of September 30, 2011

ADJUSTED RESULTS

In addition to the published results, Alcatel-Lucent is providing adjusted results in order to provide meaningful comparable information, which exclude the main non-cash impacts from Purchase Price Allocation (PPA) entries in relation to the Lucent business combination and report Genesys as continued operations. Reconciliation table are presented in table page 12 and following. The fourth quarter 2011 adjusted2 net profit (group share) was Euro 572 million or Euro 0.19 per diluted share (USD 0.25 per ADS), which includes a restructuring charge of Euro (65) million, a net financial gain of Euro 34 million, an adjusted tax gain of Euro 292 million and a non controlling interests charge of Euro (4) million.

 

Adjusted Profit & Loss   Fourth   Fourth       % change        Third       % change              Full                Full              % change     

 

Statement

      quarter            quarter        y-o-y       quarter        q-o-q   year   year   y-o-y

 

(In Euro million except for EPS)

  2011   2010   (% or pt)   2011   (% or pt)   2011   2010   (% or pt)

 

Revenues

 

  4,256   4,862   -12.5%   3,797   12.1%   15,696   15,996   -1.9%

Gross profit

 

  1,514   1,760   -14.0%   1,380   9.7%   5,646   5,572   1.3%

In % of revenues

 

  35.6%   36.2%   -0.6 pt   36.3%   -0.7 pt   36.0%   34.8%   1.2 pt

Operating income / (loss)(1)

 

  316   394   -19.8%   173   82.7%   610   288   ca 2x

In % of revenues

 

  7.4%   8.1%   -0.7 pt   4.6%   2.8 pt   3.9%   1.8%   2.1 pt

Net income (loss) (Group share)

 

  572   385   48.6%   235   ca 2.5x   921   (159)   Nm

EPS diluted (in Euro)

 

  0.19   0.14   35.7%   0.09   Nm   0.36   (0.07)   Nm

E/ADS* diluted (in USD)

 

  0.25   0.19   32.7%   0.12   Nm   0.47   (0.09)   Nm

Number of diluted shares (million)

 

  3,089.6   2,956.6   4.5%   2,873.7   7.5%   2,865.9   2,259.9   26.8%

* E/ADS calculated using the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York noon Euro/dollar buying rate of USD 1.2973 as of December 30, 2011; 1.3269 as of December 30, 2010 and USD 1.3449 as of September 30, 2011

 

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Key figures

 

 Geographic breakdown    Fourth    Fourth       % change      Third       % change      Full    Full      % change  

 

 of revenues

     quarter        quarter      y-o-y      quarter      q-o-q      year        year      y-o-y

 

 (In Euro million)

   2011    2010    (% or pt)    2011    (% or pt)    2011    2010    (% or pt)
 North America    1,452    1,669    -13.0%    1,474    -1.5%    6,039    5,750    5.0%

 Asia Pacific

   787    893    -11.9%    703    11.9%    2,697    2,928    -7.9%

 Europe

   1,309    1,532    -14.6%    1,085    20.6%    4,671    5,081    -8.1%

 RoW

   708    768    -7.8%    535    32.3%    2,289    2,237    2.3%
 Total group revenues    4,256    4,862    -12.5%    3,797    12.1%    15,696    15,996    -1.9%

 

 Group breakdown    Fourth    Fourth      % change      Third      % change      Full    Full      % change  

 

 of revenues

     quarter        quarter      y-o-y      quarter      q-o-q      year        year      y-o-y

 

 (In Euro million)

   2011    2010    (% or pt)    2011    (% or pt)    2011    2010    (% or pt)

 Networks

   2,476    2,952    -16.1%    2,285    8.4%    9,654    9,643    0.1%

  - o/w IP

   454    508    -10.6%    376    20.7%    1,585    1,464    8.3%

  - o/w Optics

   724    815    -11.2%    582    24.4%    2,605    2,655    -1.9%

  - o/w Wireless

   893    1,156    -22.8%    1,032    -13.5%    4,122    4,064    1.4%

  - o/w Wireline

   419    488    -14.1%    308    36.0%    1,393    1,548    -10.0%

  - o/w eliminations

   (14)    (15)    Nm    (13)    Nm    (51)    (88)    Nm

 Software, Services & Solutions

   1,315    1,391    -5.5%    1,100    19.5%    4,461    4,537    -1.7%

  - o/w Services

   1,158    1,211    -4.4%    996    16.3%    3,963    4,006    -1.1%

  - o/w Network Applications

   157    180    -12.8%    104    51.0%    498    531    -6.2%

 Enterprise

   325    324    0.3%    319    1.9%    1,213    1185    2.4%

 Other & eliminations

   140    195    Nm    93    Nm    368    631    Nm

 Total group revenues

   4,256    4,862    -12.5%    3,797    12.1%    15,696    15,996    -1.9%

 

Breakdown of group    Fourth    Fourth      % change      Third      % change      Full    Full      % change  

 

operating income (1) (loss)

     quarter        quarter      y-o-y      quarter      q-o-q      year        year      y-o-y

 

(in Euro million)

   2011    2010    (% or pt)    2011    (% or pt)    2011    2010    (% or pt)
 Networks    82    229    -64.2%    70    17.1%    263    187    40.6%

 In % of revenues

   3.3%    7.8%    -4.5 pt    3.1%    0.2 pt    2.7%    1.9%    0.8 pt

 Software, Services & Solutions

   170    98    73.5%    55    ca 3x    227    30    ca 7.5x

 In % of revenues

   12.9%    7.0%    5.9 pt    5.0%    7.9 pt    5.1%    0.7%    4.4 pt

 Enterprise

   45    37    21.6%    29    55.2%    108    83    30.1%

 In % of revenues

   13.8%    11.4%    2.4 pt    9.1%    4.7 pt    8.9%    7.0%    1.9 pt

 Other & eliminations

   19    30    Nm    19    Nm    12    (12)    Nm

 Total group op. income (loss)

   316    394    -19.8%    173    82.7%    610    288    ca 2x

 In % of revenues

   7.4%    8.1%    -0.7 pt    4.6%    2.8 pt    3.9%    1.8%    2.1 pt

 

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Cash-flow highlights    Fourth quarter     Third  quarter     Fourth  quarter     Full  Year     Full Year  
(In Euro million )    2011   2011   2010   2011   2010

 

Net (debt)/cash at beginning of period

   (620)   (376)   (249)   362   903

Adjusted operating income / (loss)

   316   173   394   610   288

 

Depreciation & Amort; OP non cash; other**

   126   199   116   652   690

 

Op. Cash-flow before change in WCR*

   442   372   510   1
262
  978

 

Change in operating WCR

   278   (288)   2   (191)   (63)

 

Change in other working capital**

   143   (119)   190   (92)   (64)

 

Operating Cash-flow (3)

   863   (35)   702   979   851

Interest

   (10)   (105)   (12)   (251)   (257)

 

Taxes

   (16)   (11)   12   (81)   (117)

 

Cash contribution to pension & OPEB

   (45)   (45)   (62)   (186)   (226)

Restructuring cash outlays

   (84)   (99)   (91)   (345)   (377)
Cash-flow from operating activities    708   (295)   549   116   (126)

 

Capital expenditures (incl. R&D cap.)

   (167)   (141)   (230)   (574)   (692)
Free Cash-flow    541   (436)   319   (458)   (818)

 

Discontinued, Cash from financing & Forex

   48   192   292   65   277

 

Change in net(debt)/cash position

   589   (244)   611   (393)   (541)
Net (debt)/cash at end of period    (31)   (620)   362   (31)   362

* Before changes in working capital, interest/tax paid, restructuring cash outlay and pension & OPEB cash outlay

** Changes compare to past figures coming from netting FX impact

 

Statement of position - Assets           Dec 31,                    Sept 30,                       Dec 31,        
(In Euro million)   2011   2011   2010

 

Total non-current assets

  12,727   12,088   12,097

 

    of which Goodwill & intangible assets, net

 

6,260

 

6,159

 

6,426

 

    of which Prepaid pension costs

 

2,765

 

2,753

 

2,746

 

    of which Other non-current assets

 

3,702

 

3,176

 

2,925

 

Total current assets

  11,116   10,631   12,779
    of which OWC assets  

5,501

 

5,760

 

6,034

 

    of which other current assets

 

1,133

 

1,114

 

1,056

    of which marketable securities, cash & cash equivalents  

4,482

 

3,757

 

5,689

 

Total assets

  23,843   22,719   24,876
     
Statement of position - Liabilities and equity           Dec 31,                    Sept 30,                   Dec 31,        
(In Euro million)   2011   2011   2010

 

Total equity

  4,238   3,470   4,205

 

    of which attributable to the equity owners of the parent

 

3,491

 

2,765

 

3,545

 

    of which non controlling interests

 

747

 

705

 

660

 

Total non-current liabilities

  11,242   11,170   10,587

 

    of which pensions and other post-retirement benefits

 

5,709

 

5,769

 

5,090

 

    of which long term debt

 

4,290

 

4,178

 

4,112

    of which other non-current liabilities

 

1,243

 

1,223

 

1,385

 

Total current liabilities

  8,363   8,079   10,084

 

    of which provisions

 

1,582

 

1,615

 

1,858

    of which short term debt  

329

 

320

 

1,266

 

    of which OWC liabilities

 

4,548

 

4,495

 

5,128

 

    of which other current liabilities

 

1,904

 

1,649

 

1,832

 

Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity

  23,843   22,719   24,876

 

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BUSINESS COMMENTARY

NETWORKS

For the fourth quarter 2011, revenues for the Networks segment were Euro 2,476 million, a decrease of -16.1% compared to Euro 2,952 million in the year-ago quarter and an increase of 8.4% compared to Euro 2,285 million in the third quarter 2011. At constant currency exchange rates, Networks revenues decreased 16.8% year-over-year and increased 5.5% sequentially. The segment posted an adjusted2 operating1 profit of Euro 82 million or an operating margin of 3.3% compared to an adjusted2 operating1 profit of Euro 229 million or a margin of 7.8% in the year ago period.

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Revenues for the IP division were Euro 454 million, a 10.6% decrease from the year-ago quarter with Europe being the main driver behind the year-over-year weakness. However, this still represented our second highest quarter of revenue ever in the IP division, growing 20.7% sequentially, with double-digit growth across all regions, led by Europe which grew more than 30%. As we exited 2011, our IP division saw a very healthy book-to-bill ratio. Full-year revenue for the IP division increased 9.9%, at constant currency, in 2011, with a 10%+ increase in service routing. During the fourth quarter, we were selected by Bouygues Telecom, in France, to deploy an IP-based network to support video, high-speed internet access and voice services to customers. Our momentum in high performance IP networking continued, with 25 customers having deployed 100Gigabit Ethernet on their service routers by year-end. We also expanded the multi-service capabilities of our IP offering capabilities with the integration of Arbor’s Threat Management System (TMS) software into our IP routers to address the growing threat of “distributed denial-of-service” (DDoS) attacks.

 

   

Revenues for the Optics division were Euro 724 million, a decrease of 11.2% from the year-ago quarter, driven by a double-digit decrease in our terrestrial business, partially offset by mid-single-digit growth in our submarine business. Sequentially, revenues in our optics division grew 24.4% with double-digit growth across most of our portfolio, led by WDM, which saw very strong quarter-over quarter growth in all regions, led by the Americas and Europe. Full year optics revenues were down 2.1% year-over-year at constant currency, with our terrestrial business declining slightly, while our submarine business grew at a mid-single-digit rate driven by new builds and upgrades. Our single-carrier 100G optical coherent technology continued its success in the market with wins at France Telecom-Orange, Sky in the UK, Cablevision Argentina, H3G in Austria and Oni Communications in Portugal, bringing the total number of customers currently deploying 100G optics to more than 50. We also announced the 100G eXtended Reach (XR) card, to be offered in our 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) that is capable of extending the range, performance and capacity of 100G optical networks. In the submarine business, Alcatel-Lucent and Bezeq International commercially launched a submarine cable link between Israel and Italy that can operate at 100 gigabits-per-second speeds.

 

   

Revenues for the Wireless division were Euro 893 million, a decrease of 22.8% from the year-ago quarter. We saw weakness across most parts of this business after several quarters of strong activity, with the exception of small/femto cells as well as GSM in APAC. Sequentially, growth was fairly strong in Europe and APAC, with both regions growing in the double digits, driven by GSM and small cells as well as W-CDMA in APAC. This growth was more than offset by weakness in the Americas as spending slowed down towards the end of the year. Full-year wireless revenues increased 4.6% at constant currency, with CDMA and LTE driving a majority of this growth. In the fourth quarter, we continued our success in 4G LTE, announcing wins with Saudi Telecom Company (STC) as well as Antel in Uruguay, complementing the already announced wins with Etisalat and the City of Charlotte in 2011, bringing our total to more than 20 LTE contracts. We were also chosen by Asia Pacific Telecom to deploy a 3G mobile broadband network based around CDMA-EVDO and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) technologies. Our lightRadio portfolio is now in trials with operators in the Americas and EMEA, with both LTE and W-CDMA metrocells deployed in live networks and more than 5 operators participating in Alcatel-Lucent’s lightRadio co-creation program.

 

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Revenues in the Wireline division declined 14.1% from their year-ago level, to Euro 419 million. We did, however, see a strong sequential increase of 36.0%. The year-over-year decline in Wireline was driven by our legacy businesses, partially offset by strong overall growth in APAC. Our fiber access portfolio continued to show strength, growing in excess of 80%, mainly driven by GPON growth in the APAC and Americas regions. Full year wireline revenue fell 7.9% at constant currency as strong double-digit growth in broadband access equipment was not enough to offset double-digit declines in our legacy businesses. In the fourth quarter, we were selected as the largest supplier for China Unicom’s expansion of its broadband access network based on GPON technology in 29 provinces.

 

   

Sales of our next-generation Networks products decreased 11% from the year-ago quarter but increased 19% compared to the prior quarter at constant currency, reaching Euro 1,193 million in the fourth quarter 2011. This accounts for 48% of Networks sales. Orders for our next-generation products increased in the double digits compared to the year-ago quarter in Q4’11.

 

   

The decline in adjusted operating margin from the year-ago quarter was largely due to lower revenues across all businesses.

S3 (SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS)

For the fourth quarter 2011, revenues for the S3 segment were Euro 1,315 million, a decrease of 5.5% compared to Euro 1,391 million in the year-ago quarter and an increase of 19.5% compared to Euro 1,100 million in the third quarter 2011. At constant currency exchange rates, S3 revenues decreased 5.2% year-over-year and increased 17.9% sequentially. The segment posted an adjusted2 operating1 profit of Euro 170 million or 12.9% of revenues compared to an adjusted2 operating1 profit of Euro 98 million or a margin of 7.0% in the year ago quarter.

Key highlights:

 

   

Revenues in our Services business were Euro 1,158 million, a 4.4% decrease compared to the year-ago quarter. Growth continued in our Managed Services business in the fourth quarter with revenues increasing at a high-single digit rate compared to the year-ago quarter. Our Application services business, which focuses on software customization, increased at a double-digit rate in the fourth quarter driven by growth in Europe and North America. These areas of growth were offset by a double digit decline in our Network Build & Implementation (NBI) business driven by continued political unrest in the Middle East and Africa as well as project closeouts. Services revenues in 2011 were flat, at constant currency, with strong growth in Managed and Outsourcing Solutions and NSI, as well as stable maintenance revenues, offset by declines in NBI. In addition to the LTE contract announced with Saudi Telecom Company (STC), we also announced that this deal includes managed services of all sites that we will deploy to this customer.

 

   

Network Applications revenues of Euro 157 million declined 12.8% from the year-ago quarter in the fourth quarter. The decrease was mainly due to the termination of a resale activity. Motive, our remote customer management business grew at a double-digit rate in the fourth quarter. Building on our Motive brand, we recently launched an extended portfolio of software solutions and services, designed to help service providers improve the experience that consumers have with smartphones, tablets and other connected devices and are now currently deployed with more than 175 service providers around the world, supporting more than 180 million self-install/self-help end points. Also in the fourth quarter, we announced a new solution, called CloudBand, which enables service providers to deliver networking services to their customers, from the cloud. We also featured, with Verizon Wireless, a number of mobile commerce applications over 4G LTE at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). For the full year, Network Applications revenues declined 3.6%, at constant currency, as a consequence of the termination of a resale activity more than offsetting double-digit growth in Motive and Unified Communications.

 

   

The “Strategic Industries” end market (including transportation, energy, and the public sector) continued to be an area of opportunity for us, with a number of new wins. During the quarter we were chosen, with Bechtel, a global engineering, construction and project management company, to deliver communications and security systems for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in remote Western Australia. We also collaborated with the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP Group) to provide a range of broadband communications services to improve security, safety and the passenger experience on Line 1 of the Paris Metro.

 

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The improvement in adjusted operating margin of our S3 business from the year-ago quarter mainly reflects the impact of ongoing actions to reduce expenses in our Services business and good improvement in the profitability of Network Applications.

ENTERPRISE

Revenues in our Enterprise business increased 0.3% compared to the year-ago quarter, at Euro 325 million in the fourth quarter 2011 and increased 1.9% compared to the third quarter 2011. At constant currency exchange rates, our Enterprise business was flat compared to both the year-ago quarter and the previous quarter. The segment posted an adjusted2 operating1 profit of Euro 45 million or 13.8% of revenues compared to an adjusted2 operating1 profit of Euro 37 million or a margin of 11.4% in the year ago quarter.

Key highlights:

 

   

Revenues from Enterprise Solutions increased at a low-single-digit rate at constant currency, driven by growth in data networks across all regions. Our voice telephony business declined slightly in the fourth quarter with economic uncertainties impacting the spending of small and medium sized businesses. Full year Enterprise Solutions revenues increased at a low-single digit rate driven mainly by growth in data networks. In the fourth quarter, Slovenské Elekrárne, a subsidiary of Enel Group in Slovakia, chose us to enhance its communications and emergency broadcast system at its nuclear power plant, including our OmniPCX IP telephony solution. During the quarter, we introduced a high-capacity 40 gigabit Ethernet (GigE) switching module for the OmniSwitch 6900 that increases data capacity, speed and performance of corporate data center networks. We also announced the HP and Alcatel-Lucent Data Center Network Connect, a jointly developed solution that integrates data center infrastructure technology and high-performance communications networks.

 

   

Genesys, our customer contact center software business, declined at a low-single-digit rate primarily due to weakness in APAC. On February 1, 2012, we announced the closure of the definitive agreement for the transfer of our Genesys business to Permira for a cash payment of US$ 1.5 billion.

 

   

The adjusted operating margin of the Enterprise business benefitted from positive contributions from both the Enterprise Solutions and Genesys businesses as well as improvements driven by better mix and good fixed costs absorption compared to the year-ago quarter.

Alcatel-Lucent will host a press and analyst conference at its headquarters at 1:00 p.m. CET which can be followed through audio webcast at http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/4q2011

 

 

Notes

All published figures are currently being audited. All adjusted figures are unaudited. Consolidated Financial Statements available on our website http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/4q2011

 

1- Operating income (loss) is the Income (loss) from operating activities before restructuring costs, impairment of assets, gain (loss) on disposals of consolidated entities, litigations and post-retirement benefit plan amendments.

 

2- “Adjusted” refers to the fact that it excludes the main impacts from Lucent’s purchase price allocation and includes Genesys business in continued operations.

 

3- “Operating cash-flow” is defined as cash-flow after changes in working capital and before interest/tax paid, restructuring cash outlay and pension & OPEB cash outlay

2012 Upcoming events

April 26, 2012: first quarter 2012 results

 

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ABOUT ALCATEL-LUCENT (EURONEXT PARIS AND NYSE: ALU)

The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leading innovator in the field of networking and communications technology, products and services. The company is home to Bell Labs, one of the world’s foremost R&D organizations, responsible for breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry. Alcatel-Lucent is committed to making communications more sustainable, more affordable and more accessible as we pursue our mission - Realizing the Potential of a Connected World.

With operations in more than 130 countries and one of the most experienced global services organizations in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The Company achieved revenues of Euro 15.3 billion in 2011 and is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.

For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow the Company on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.

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SAFE HARBOR FOR FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Except for historical information, all other information in this presentation consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These forward looking statements include statements regarding the future financial and operating results of Alcatel-Lucent such as, for example, “additional savings” and “higher margin and strong positive net cash position targeted for 2012”. Words such as “expects,” “looks to,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “projects,” “intends,” “guidance”, “maintain”, “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “aim,” “goal,” “outlook,” “momentum,” “continue,” “reach,”, “confident in,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements which are not statements of historical facts. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to assess. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are based upon a number of factors including, among others: our ability to realize the full value of our existing and future patent portfolio in a complex technological environment, our ability to operate effectively in a highly competitive industry with many participants and to correctly identify and invest in the technologies that become commercially accepted, demand for our products, and acceptance of the technologies we seek to pioneer; difficulties and delays in our ability to execute on our strategic plan to adjust our product portfolio by boosting investment in certain segments and reducing spending in others, co-source certain business processes, focus on cash, and reduce costs; market fluctuations in the telecommunications industry; exposure to the pricing pressures in the regions in which we sell; the pricing, cost and other risks inherent in long-term sales agreements; exposure to the credit risk of customers; reliance on a limited number of suppliers for the components we need or a tight market for commodity components; the social, political and economic risks of our global operations; the costs and risks associated with pension and postretirement benefit obligations; changes to existing regulations or technical standards; existing and future litigation; difficulties and costs in protecting intellectual property rights and exposure to infringement claims by others; compliance with environmental, health and safety laws; the economic situation in general (including exchange rate fluctuations) and uncertainties in Alcatel-Lucent’s customers’ businesses in particular; control of costs and expenses; and the impact of each of these factors on sales and income. For a more complete list and description of such risks and uncertainties, refer to Alcatel-Lucent’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010, as well as other filings by Alcatel-Lucent with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required under the US federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Alcatel-Lucent disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the distribution of this presentation, whether as a result of new information, future events, developments, changes in assumptions or otherwise.

 

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ADJUSTED PROFORMA RESULTS (1/2)

 

In Euro million
except for EPS
  Q1-2011     Q2-2011     Q3-2011  
(unaudited)   With
Genesys
    PPA     Adjusted     Genesys
discontinued
    As
published
    With
Genesys
    PPA     Adjusted     Genesys
discontinued
    As
published
    With
Genesys
    PPA     Adjusted     Genesys
discontinued
    As
published
 
     (A)     (B)    

(C) = (A)-

(B)

    (D)     (E) =
(A)+(D)
    (A)     (B)    

(C) = (A)-

(B)

    (D)     (E) =
(A)+(D)
    (A)     (B)    

(C) = (A)-

(B)

    (D)     (E) =
(A)+(D)
 

Revenues

    3,740          3,740        (84     3,656        3,903            3,903        (86     3,817        3,797            3,797        (93     3,704   

Cost of sales (a)

    (2,386       (2,386     22        (2,364     (2,505         (2,505     20        (2,485     (2,417         (2,417     21        (2,396

 

Gross Profit

    1,354        0        1,354        (62     1,292        1,398            1,398        (66     1,332        1,380            1,380        (72     1,308   

 

Administrative and selling expenses (b)

    (746     30        (716     37        (709     (709     28        (681     33        (676     (670     29        (641     35        (635

Research and Development costs (c)

    (663     38        (625     16        (647     (646     37        (609     12        (634     (603     37        (566     13        (590

 

Operating income (loss) (1)

    (55     68        13        (9     (64     43        65        108        (21     22        107        66        173        (24     83   

 

Restructuring costs

    (31       (31     0        (31     (50         (50     0        (50     (57         (57     0        (57

Impairment of assets

          0        0        0        0            0        0        0        0            0        0        0   

Post-retirement benefit plan amendment

    69          69        0        69        (2         (2     0        (2     (1         (1     0        (1

Litigations

    4          4        0        4        0            0        0        0        0            0        0        0   

Gain/(los) on disposal of consolidated entities

    4          4        0        4        (2         (2     0        (2     (4         (4     0        (4

Income (loss) from operating activities

    (9     68        59        (9     (18     (11     65        54        (21     (32     45        66        111        (24     21   
                                 

Financial result (net)

    17          17        2        19        19            19        0        19        (3         (3     (3     (6

Share in net income(losses) of equity affiliates

    0          0        0        0        2            2        0        2        0            0        0        0   

Income tax benefit (expense) (d)

    (12     (26     (38     4        (8     47        (26     21        (10     37        177        (25     152        1        178   

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

    (4     42        38        (3     (7     57        39        96        (31     26        219        41        260        (26     193   

 

Income (loss) from discontinued activities

    (1       (1     3        2        1            1        31        32        0            0        26        26   

Net Income (loss)

    (5     42        37        0        (5     58        39        97        0        58        219        41        260        0        219   
                                 

 

of which : Equity owners of the parent

    (10     42        32        0        (10     43        39        82        0        43        194        41        235        0        194   

Non-controlling interests

    5                5                5        15                15        0        15        25                25                25   
                               

Earnings per share : basic

    (0.00             0.01                (0.00     0.02                0.04                0.02        0.09                0.10                0.09   

Earnings per share : diluted

    (0.00             0.01                (0.00     0.02                0.04                0.02        0.08                0.09                0.08   

 

(1) Income (loss) from operating activities before restructuring costs, impairment of assets, gain / (loss) on disposal of consolidated entities, litigations and post-retirement benefit plan amendment

Adjusted Operating Income (loss) corresponds to the measure of operating income (loss) of the segments (refer to note 5 of the consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2011).

PPA : Purchase Price Allocation entries related to Lucent business combination

Nature of PPA - non cash amortization charges included in Reported Accounts but excluded from Adjusted Accounts (cf. Note 3 to our Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2009)

These impacts are non recurring due to the different amortization periods depending of the nature of the adjustments, as indicated herefater.

 

(a) Depreciation of the reevaluation to fair value of productive tangible assets

 

(b) Amortization of intangibles assets - long term customer relationship (5-8 years)

 

(c) Amortization of intangibles assets : Acquired technologies (5-10 years) and In Process R&D (5-7 years)

 

(d) Normative tax impact at 39% on above PPA adjustments excluding goodwill impairment

 

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ADJUSTED PROFORMA RESULTS (2/2)

 

In Euro million except for EPS   Q4-2011     2011  

(unaudited)

  With Genesys     PPA     Adjusted     Genesys
discontinued
    As published     With Genesys     PPA     Adjusted     Genesys
discontinued
    As published  
     (A)     (B)     (C) = (A)-(B)     (D)     (E) = (A)+(D)     (A)     (B)     (C) = (A)-(B)     (D)     (E) = (A)+(D)  

 

Revenues

    4,256        0        4,256        (106     4,150        15,696            15,696        (369     15,327   

Cost of sales (a)

    (2,742     0        (2,742     20        (2,722     (10,050     0        (10,050     83        (9,967

Gross Profit

    1,514        0        1,514        (86     1,428        5,646        0        5,646        (286     5,360   

 

Administrative and selling expenses (b)

    (659     29        (630     37        (622     (2,784     116        (2,668     142        (2,642

Research and Development costs (c)

    (608     40        (568     12        (596     (2,520     152        (2,368     53        (2,467

Operating income (loss) (1)

    247        69        316        (37     210        342        268        610        (91     251   

 

 

Restructuring costs

    (65     0        (65     0        (65     (203         (203     0        (203

Impairment of assets

    0        0        0        0        0        0            0        0        0   

Post-retirement benefit plan amendment

    1        0        1        0        1        67            67        0        67   

Litigations

    0        0        0        0        0        4            4        0        4   

Gain/(los) on disposal of consolidated entities

 

   

 

0

 

  

 

   

 

0

 

  

 

   

 

0

 

  

 

   

 

0

 

  

 

   

 

0

 

  

 

   

 

(2

 

 

       

 

(2

 

 

   

 

0

 

  

 

   

 

(2

 

 

Income (loss) from operating activities

    183        69        252        (37     146        208        268        476        (91     117   

 

                               

Financial result (net)

    34        0        34        (1     33        67          67        (2     65   

Share in net income(losses) of equity affiliates

    2        0        2        0        2        4          4        0        4   

Income tax benefit (expense) (d)

    319        (27     292        18        337        531        (104     427        13        544   

Income (loss) from continuing operations

    538        42        580        (20     518        810        164        974        (80     730   

Income (loss) from discontinued activities

    (4     0        (4     358        354        (4         (4     418        414   

Net Income (loss)

    534        42        576        338        872        806        164        970        338        1,144   

 

                                     

of which : Equity owners of the parent

    530        42        572        338        868        757        164        921        338        1,095   

Non-controlling interests

    4        0        4        0        4        49            49        0        49   
                                                                     
                     

Earnings per share : basic

    0.23                0.25                0.38        0.33                0.41                0.48   

Earnings per share : diluted

    0.18                0.19                0.29        0.31                0.36                0.42   

 

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RECONCILIATION BETWEEN PUBLISHED AND COMPARABLE FIGURES

 

Cash-flow highlights   

Fourth

  quarter  

   Genesys   

Fourth

quarter

  

Third

  quarter  

  

Fourth

  quarter  

       2011    Genesys    2011
      2011      discontinued       2011    2011 *    2010 *          published         discontinued         comparable   
(In Euro million)      published              comparable                                

Net (debt) cash at beginning of period

   (620)    0    (620)    (376)    (249)      362    0    362

Adjusted operating income / (loss)

   279    37    316    173    394      519    91    610

Depreciation & Amort; OP nin cash; other***

   123    3    126    199    116      630    22    652

Op. Cash-flow before change in WCR**

   402    40    442    372    510      1,149    113    1,262

Change in operating WCR

   289    (11)    278    (288)    2      (200)    9    (191)

Change in other working capital ***

   133    10    143    (119)    190      (93)    1    (92)

Operating Cash-flow (3)

   824    39    863    (35)    702      856    123    979

Interest

   (12)    2    (10)    (105)    (12)      (253)    2    (251)

Taxes

   2    (18)    (16)    (11)    12      (55)    (26)    (81)

Cash contribution to pension & OPEB

   (84)    39    (45)    (45)    (62)      (185)    (1)    (186)

Restructuring cash outlays

   (45)    (39)    (84)    (99)    (91)      (344)    (1)    (345)

Cash from operating activities

   685    23    708    (295)    549      19    97    116

Capital expenditures (incl. R&D cap.)

   (163)    (4)    (167)    (141)    (230)      (558)    (16)    (574)

Free Cash-flow

   522    19    541    (436)    319      (539)    81    (458)

Discontinued, Cash from financing & Forex

   58    (10)    48    192    292      137    (72)    65

Change in net (debt) / cash position

   580    9    589    (244)    611      (402)    9    (393)

Net (debt) / cash excluding Genesys

   (40)                  (40)      

Cash classified as assets held for sale

   9    9               9    9   

Net (debt) cash at end of period

   (31)         (31)    (620)    362      (31)         (31)

* as presented in previous press releases (i.e. including Genesys)

** Before changes in working capital, interest/tax paid, restructuring cash outlay and pension & OPEB cash outlay

*** Changes compare to past and published figures coming from netting FX impact

 

 

Statement of position - Assets           Dec 31,           Genesys           Dec 31,                    Sept 30,                   Dec 31,        
     2011     discontinued     2011   2011   2010
(In Euro million)      published            comparable           
Total non-current assets   12,974   (247)   12,727   12,088   12,097

    of which Goodwill & intangible assets, net

 

6,163

 

97

 

6,260

 

6,159

 

6,426

    of which Prepaid pension costs

 

2,765

 

0

 

2,765

 

2,753

 

2,746

    of which Other non-current assets

 

4,046

 

(344)

 

3,702

 

3,176

 

2,925

Total current assets   11,229   (113)   11,116   10,631   12,779

    of which OWC assets

 

5,448

 

53

 

5,501

 

5,760

 

6,034

    of which other current assets

 

1,106

 

19

 

1,125

 

1,102

 

1,053

    of which assets held for sale

 

202

 

(194)

 

8

 

12

 

3

    of which marketable securities, cash & cash equivalents

 

4,473

 

9

 

4,482

 

3,757

 

5,689

Total assets   24,203   (360)   23,843   22,719   24,876
                            
Statement of position - Liabilities and equity           Dec 31,           Genesys           Dec 31,                    Sept 30,                   Dec 31,        
     2011       discontinued        2011   2011   2010
(In Euro million)   published       comparable         
Total equity   4,601   (363)   4,238   3,470   4,205

    of which attributable to the equity owners of the parent

 

3,854

 

(363)

 

3,491

 

2,765

 

3,545

    of which non controlling interests

 

747

 

0

 

747

 

705

 

660

Total non-current liabilities   11,224   18   11,242   11,170   10,587

    of which pensions and other post-retirement benefits

 

5,706

 

3

 

5,709

 

5,769

 

5,090

    of which long term debt

 

4,290

 

0

 

4,290

 

4,178

 

4,112

    of which other non-current liabilities

 

1,228

 

15

 

1,243

 

1,223

 

1,385

Total current liabilities   8,378   (15)   8,363   8,079   10,084

    of which provisions

 

1,579

 

3

 

1,582

 

1,615

 

1,858

    of which short term debt

 

329

 

0

 

329

 

320

 

1,266

    of which OWC liabilities

 

4,482

 

66

 

4,548

 

4,495

 

5,128

    of which liabilities related to disposal groups held for sale

 

128

 

(128)

 

0

 

0

 

0

    of which other current liabilities

 

1,860

 

44

 

1,904

 

1,649

 

1,832

Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity   24,203   (360)   23,843   22,719   24,876

 

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RESTATEMENT OF 2011 BREAKDOWN BY OPERATING SEGMENTS

 

In Euro Million                                                                      
Revenues    Q1  ‘11      Q2  ‘11      Q3’  11      Q4’  11      FY’ 11      Q1  ‘10      Q2  ‘10      Q3  ‘10      Q4  ‘10      FY ‘10  

Networks

     2,418         2,475         2,285         2,476         9,654         1,928         2,304         2,459         2,952         9,643   

IP

     349         406         376         454         1,585         272         318         366         508         1,464   

Optics

     654         645         582         724         2,605         567         622         651         815         2,655   

Wireless

     1,118         1,079         1,032         893         4,122         819         1,021         1,068         1,156         4,064   

Wireline

     309         357         308         419         1,393         298         366         396         488         1,548   

Other & eliminations

     (12)         (12)         (13)         (14)         (51)         (28)         (23)         (22)         (15)         (88)   

Software, Services & Solutions

     975         1,071         1,100         1,315         4,461         921         1,071         1,154         1,391         4,537   

Services

     869         940         996         1,158         3,963         825         952         1,018         1,211         4,006   

Network Applications

     106         131         104         157         498         96         119         136         180         531   

Enterprise

     284         285         319         325         1,213         267         301         293         324         1,185   

o/w Genesys

     84         86         93         106         369         73         84         82         99         338   

Other & Eliminations

     63         72         93         140         368         131         137         168         195         631   

Total

     3,740         3,903         3,797         4,256         15,696         3,247         3,813         4,074         4,862         15,996   
                             
Adj. operating income (loss)    Q1  ‘11      Q2  ‘11      Q3’ 11      Q4’ 11      FY’ 11      Q1  ‘10      Q2  ‘10      Q3  ‘10      Q4  ‘10      FY ‘10  

Networks

     63         48         70         82         263         (128)         55         31         229         187   

in % of revenues

     2.6%         1.9%         3.1%         3.3%         2.7%         -6.6%         2.4%         1.3%         7.8%         1.9%   

Software, Services & Solutions

     (50)         52         55         170         227         (76)         (17)         25         98         30   

in % of revenues

     -5.1%         4.9%         5.0%         12.9%         5.1%         -8.3%         -1.6%         2.2%         7.0%         0.7%   

Enterprise

     14         20         29         45         108         9         19         18         37         83   

in % of revenues

     4.9%         7.0%         9.1%         13.8%         8.9%         3.4%         6.3%         6.1%         11.4%         7.0%   

o/w Genesys

     9         21         24         37         91         6         12         15         39         72   

Other & Eliminations

     (14)         (12)         19         19         12         0         (29)         (13)         30         (12)   

Total

     13         108         173         316         610         (195)         28         61         394         288   

in % of revenues

     0.3%         2.8%         4.6%         7.4%         3.9%         -6.0%         0.7%         1.5%         8.1%         1.8%   

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 10, 2012

 

By:  

/S/    PAUL TUFANO

Name:   Paul Tufano
Title:   Chief Financial Officer