Presskontakt Stark utveckling för alla verksamhetsområden gav ökad omsättning med 29 procent Stockholm, 17 januari 2003 - IT-säkerhetsföretaget Symantec rapporterar resultatet för tredje kvartalet av bokslutsåret 2003, som slutade den 31 december 2002. Företagets omsättning för kvartalet var 376 miljoner USD, en ökning med 29 % jämfört med samma kvartal året innan, då omsättningen var 290 miljoner USD. Till grund för resultatet låg en tillväxt för alla regioner världen över, och fortsatt framgång både för konsument- och företagslösningarna. Pro Forma Resultat: Pro forma nettovinst för det tredje kvartalet, före engångskostnader och avdrag för uppköpsrelaterade kostnader, var 77 miljoner USD, jämfört med 59 miljoner USD samma kvartal året innan. Vinsten per aktie blev 0.47 USD, en ökning med 21 % jämfört med 0.39 USD samma kvartal förra året. Nettoresultat (GAAP): Nettovinsten för det tredje kvartalet var 72 miljoner USD, jämfört med 100 000 USD för samma period året innan. Nettovinst per aktie var 0,44 USD, jämfört med 0,00 USD för tredje kvartalet 2002. I nettoresultatet ingår engångskostnader, avskrivningar av goodwill och uppköpsrelaterade kostnader. – Vi ser en stark tillväxt över alla delar av vårt utbud av lösningar för företagssäkerhet. Vi har en tvåsiffrig ökning inom antivirus, brandväggar, VPN samt lösningar för sårbarhet. Tjänsteverksamheten har vuxit med mer än 200 %. Dessutom har vår försäljning mot konsumenter vuxit över förväntan, säger Petter Lautin, VD för Symantec i Norden. Försäljningen utanför USA ökade med 39 % jämfört med samma kvartal året innan, och svarade för 50,4 % av de totala intäkterna för det tredje kvartalet. Latinamerika ledde den regionala tillväxten med 51%, följt av 46 % i Europa, Mellanöstern och Afrika, 31 % i Japan, 28 % i APAC, 21 % i Amerika och 16 % i Kanada. Symantecs försäljning till företag växte med 26 % och nådde 42 % av de totala intäkterna. Försäljningen av brandväggar/VPN växte med 49 %, antivirus med 25 % och sårbarhetshantering växte med 20 % jämfört med samma period året innan. Företagets tjänsteförsäljning ökade med 205 %. Fullständig information om resultatet finns på: http://www.symantec.com/invest/index.html Quarterly Highlights Symantec generated a record 215 contracts worldwide each worth more than $100,000, including 59 worth more than $300,000 and 8 worth more than $1 million, during the quarter. Symantec signed new or extended agreements with customers including The Proctor & Gamble Company; Lockheed Martin; Colgate/Palmolive; Pepco Holdings Inc., a diversified energy holding company headquartered in Washington, D.C.; Ingersoll-Rand; Charter Communications, the nation's third-largest broadband communications company; Halliburton, one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries; Bollore, one of Europe's top diversified holdings companies; Michelin Tire Company; and Boehringer-Ingelheim, a German pharmaceuticals company. In the public sector, Symantec is working as a sub-contractor with Unisys to enhance the Internet security infrastructure of the Transportation Security Administration, and extended its relationship with Raytheon and the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet. In addition, Symantec initiated several key partnerships with companies including Siemens Business Services in Europe, PacificNet, Asia’s largest independent ISP and SingNet, Singapore’s largest ISP. Symantec also has been selected as the security partner for BT Home Computing, a new service from British Telecom offering consumers a stress-free way of buying and using a PC. Symantec Norton Internet Security will be pre-installed on every BT Home Computing PC. The company's success is punctuated by the continued growth of its worldwide enterprise customer base, featuring new contracts with 48 Global 500 and 18 Fortune 100 companies including 12 of the world's largest banks, three of the world's largest auto manufacturers, two of the world's largest beverage distributors, one of the world's largest health care providers, three of the world's largest petroleum companies, three of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies and four of the world's largest telecommunications companies. Symantec’s Managed Security Services business continues to expand, with 95 new or extended deals during the quarter in the United States alone. Companies in the banking, insurance, government and healthcare sectors have selected Symantec to manage their security environment. During the quarter, Symantec announced Symantec DeepSight Alert Services 4.0, an advanced alerting system that proactively alerts IT staff of Internet security threats and provides recommendations on how to protect their specific environment. Symantec DeepSight Alert Services provides comprehensive monitoring covering a broad range of products while saving companies significant time and resources. The solution aggregates and analyzes information from more than 1,600 vendors and 3,400 products with nearly 13,000 distinct versions. The company launched Symantec AntiVirus for NetApp Filers and Symantec AntiVirus for Network Appliance NetCache. Based on the award winning technology in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0, the solutions provide IT Administrators with the fast, scalable, and reliable virus protection required to confidently safeguard network resources and information stored on Network Appliance storage and content delivery appliances. Symantec also launched Norton Internet Security 2003 Professional Edition, the tightly integrated online security and privacy suite for small businesses, professionals and advanced users. The new version addresses the security needs of small business users with powerful protection against hackers, viruses, threats to information assets, and Internet productivity distractions in one solution. It includes spam filtering, automatic virus removal and a simplified user interface in addition to Symantec’s updated, best-of-breed firewall, privacy control, antivirus, and content filtering technologies in a single, easy-to-use suite. In October, Gartner Dataquest released its "2001 Security Software Market Share" report (C. Graham, Oct. 29, 2002) that reflected Symantec’s continued position as the world’s leading security software provider based on new license revenue and market share in 2001. The report showed that Symantec’s market share of the worldwide security industry increased from 14.7 percent in 2000 to 21 percent in 2001, leading the list of the world’s top security software vendors. The growth of Symantec’s market share was underscored by the seven-point lead over second-place IBM. Purdue University began taking applications for the Symantec Fellowship at the University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS), the world's foremost university center for multidisciplinary research and education in areas of information security. The Symantec Fellowship will provide up to $50,000 to cover the full tuition costs for two years and a stipend for a degree-seeking student enrolled at Purdue and working with CERIAS. The company continued to earn industry recognition during the quarter. Information Security Magazine named Symantec to its “Influence List” as a company that will have great impact on IT security over the next five years. Network World named Symantec as one of the 10 most powerful companies in networking. Symantec Enterprise Firewall with VPN 7.0 was named CRN Product of the Year. Norton Internet Security received PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice award and was named to PC Magazine’s celebrated annual Best of the year list, for the second consecutive year. Om Symantec Symantec är världsledande inom internetsäkerhet och erbjuder ett brett spektrum av lösningar för innehålls- och nätverkssäkerhet för privatpersoner och företag. Företaget är ledande leverantör av virusskydd, brandväggar och virtuella privata nätverk, sårbarhetsanalyser, intrångsskydd, filtrering av Internetinnehåll och e-post, fjärrhantering samt säkerhetslösningar till företag i hela världen. Symantecs säkerhetsprodukter för konsumentsektorn av märket Norton är marknadsledande vad gäller detaljhandelsförsäljning och branschutmärkelser världen över. Företaget har sitt huvudkontor i Cupertino, Kalifornien och bedriver verksamhet i 38 länder. Mer information finns på http://www.symantec.com. ### NOTE TO EDITORS: If you would like additional information on Symantec Corporation and its products, please view the Symantec Press Center at http://www.symantec.com/PressCenter/ on Symantec's Web site. All prices noted are in US dollars and are valid only in the United States. Symantec and the Symantec logo are trademarks or registered trademarks, in the United States and certain other countries, of Symantec Corporation. 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