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ATI Technologies Inc. Announces Strong Second Quarter Results; Sales Increase 63 Percent.


TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1999--ATI Technologies Inc(NASDAQ NASDAQ
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Adjusted earnings increase 45 percent

ATI Technologies “ATI” redirects here. For other uses, see Ati.
ATI Technologies U.L.C. ATI is a major Canadian designer and supplier of graphics processing units, motherboard chipsets, and video display cards.
 Inc. (TSE:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) the world leader in 3D graphics/video acceleration and multimedia solutions, today continued a consistent record of strong quarterly reports and announced financial results for the Company's second quarter ended February February: see month.  28, 1999. All financial results are expressed in US dollars. Historical US dollar financial statements can be found on the Company's website at www.atitech.com.

Sales for the three months ended February 28, 1999 were US$297.2 million, an increase of 63 percent from US$182.0 million for the same period last year. Adjusted net income for the second quarter, which excludes the amortization of purchased in-process R&D and other acquired intangibles as discussed below, rose 45 percent to US$39.0 million or 18 cents US per share compared with US$27.0 million or 13 cents US per share for the same period last year. All per share amounts are expressed on a fully diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 basis.

On November November: see month.  20, 1998, ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs.  completed the acquisition of Chromatic chromatic /chro·mat·ic/ (kro-mat´ik)
1. pertaining to color; stainable with dyes.

2. pertaining to chromatin.


chro·mat·ic
adj.
1. Relating to color or colors.
 Research, Inc. (Chromatic) a developer of system-on-a-chip System-on-a-chip or system on chip (SoC or SOC) refers to integrating all components of a computer or other electronic system into a single integrated circuit (chip).  technology for approximately US$70.9 million including acquisition related costs (see Note 1). As a result, the Company took a charge of US$17.3 million or eight cents US per share on an after-tax basis After-tax basis

The comparison basis used to analyze the net after-tax returns on a corporate taxable bond and a municipal tax-free bond.
 for the amortization of purchased in-process R&D and other acquired intangibles related to its purchase of Chromatic during the second quarter.

Actual net income for the second quarter, including the above-mentioned A`bove´-men`tioned

a. 1. Mentioned or named before; aforesaid; mentioned or named earlier in the same text (in written documents).

Adj. 1.
 amortization of purchased in-process R&D and other acquired intangibles related to the purchase of Chromatic, was US$21.7 million or ten cents Ten Cents has several meanings:
  • Ten Cents, a worth of a dime
  • Ten Cents, a fictional character in TUGS
 US per share, compared with US$27.0 million or 13 cents US per share for the same period last year.

"Our second quarter continues the momentum of our consistent financial performance", said K.Y. Ho, ATI's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We are pleased to be on track to meet our fiscal 1999 objectives, including increasing total market share."

Financial Highlights

Sales in the second quarter continued to be strong, illustrating ATI's comprehensive product lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. . The Company began volume shipments of its RAGE 128 products to robust demand and positive analysts' reviews, at the same time seeing increasing sales for its RAGE LT PRO-based products and maintaining solid gains from its previous-generation RAGE PRO family. Gross margins were within Company objectives at 36.7 percent for the second quarter and compares with 37.9 percent in the same quarter last year. The overall gross margin percentage can change with fluctuating fluc·tu·ate  
v. fluc·tu·at·ed, fluc·tu·at·ing, fluc·tu·ates

v.intr.
1. To vary irregularly. See Synonyms at swing.

2. To rise and fall in or as if in waves; undulate.

v.
 material costs and differences in product mix.

Operating costs operating costs nplgastos mpl operacionales  (excluding acquisition amortization costs of US$17.3 million) in the second quarter increased 84 percent year-over-year to US$57.1 million up from US$31.0 million for the second quarter of fiscal 1998. This was largely due to the expected increase in R&D expenses relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

relating to relate prepbezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 
 the acquisition of the Chromatic development team. Earnings after taxes, excluding amortization related costs, rose to US$39.0 million or 13.1 percent of sales versus US$27.0 million or 14.8 percent of sales for the corresponding quarter of 1998.

During the quarter, working capital increased from US$171.1 million at the end of the first quarter to US$208.5 million at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 1999. Accounts receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying  and inventory balances increased slightly during the quarter to US$185.1 million and US$118.4 million, respectively. Cash position (defined as cash and cash equivalents and short-term Short-term

Any investments with a maturity of one year or less.


short-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss on the value of an asset that has been held less than a specified period of time.
 investments less bank indebtedness INDEBTEDNESS. The state, of being in debt, without regard to the ability or inability of the party to pay the same. See 1 Story, Eq. 343; 2 Hill. Ab. 421.
     2.
) after payments for capital assets capital assets n. equipment, property, and funds owned by a business. (See: capital, capital account) , decreased during the quarter by US$15.1 million to US$73.6 million.

Operational Highlights

During the quarter, a new report by Mercury Research Inc., of Scottsdale Scottsdale, city (1990 pop. 130,069), Maricopa co., central Ariz.; settled in 1895 by Winfield Scott, inc. 1951. It is a resort and retirement center in the Phoenix metropolitan area. , AZ acclaimed ac·claim  
v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims

v.tr.
1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise.

2.
 ATI's RAGE Fury 32 MB accelerator board An add-in board that replaces the existing CPU with a higher performance CPU. See graphics accelerator.  as the fastest graphics card on the market. According to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 the report released in February, the highly respected industry research firm scored the Company's RAGE 128 chip on a RAGE Fury board at 743 Winmarks on the Ziff-Davis 3DWinBench 99 benchmark test. With these results, the RAGE Fury was the first graphics accelerator A display adapter that performs a specialized set of graphics functions to render an image on screen. Today, all display adapters provide basic rendering functions in hardware, but many have graphics processing units (GPUs) that are sophisticated computers.  to break the 700 Winmark A unit of measurement of the WinBench benchmark. See PC Magazine benchmarks.  barrier.

Also this quarter and close on the heels of shipping its newest chip, the RAGE 128, ATI announced several additional products to round out its 128 family of components and boards. The All-in-Wonder The ATI All-In-Wonder (also abbreviated to AIW) is a hybrid graphics card and TV/Radio Tuner. ATI had previously used the Wonder ?moniker? on other graphics cards, however, they were not full TV/graphics combo cards.  128 continues the success of the Company's All-in-Wonder boards and incorporates its RAGE 128 component to include the best multimedia features on a single add-in card. ATI's Xpert 99 board completes the Company's board lineup with a value-packed version of the RAGE 128 card. XPERT 99 is the most affordable 128-bit 2D, 3D and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 accelerator accelerator: see particle accelerator.


(1) A key combination such as Alt-G or Ctrl-Shift H that is used to activate a task.

(2) An incubator that expects to develop the company considerably faster than normal. See incubator.
 on the market, but offers the full-feature functionality of higher-end cards.

On the component side, ATI this quarter announced its RAGE XL and XC and its RAGE 128 4X AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard.  components. The RAGE XL and XC bring industry-leading 3D, 2D and DVD acceleration to the value PC platform with high quality, full AGP acceleration for corporate computing computing - computer  systems. Stepping up once again to maintain its AGP lead, ATI announced its RAGE 128 GL 4X and RAGE 128 VR 4X graphics chips this quarter to provide unmatched performance for AGP 4X enabled PCs.

During the quarter ATI again increased its presence in the notebook segment. The Company's RAGE LT PRO was selected by Compaq (Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX, www.compaq.com) Compaq was the leading PC manufacturer when it was acquired by HP in 2002. Founded in 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto, one year later the company shipped 53,000 PC-compatible COMPAQ Portables, resulting in $111  for its Armada An earlier brand name for laptop computers from Compaq. The line was noted for its quality and innovative features.  1750, Prosignia 142, 144 and 162, and Presario 1675, 1670 and 1270 value-line of internet notebook PCs. With these announcements ATI now powers all ranges of Compaq notebooks and illustrates the demand for 3D in all types of notebooks. ATI now sells to eight out of the top ten notebook PC OEMs.

This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may be materially different from those contained in such forward-looking statements. The markets for the Company's products are characterized char·ac·ter·ize  
tr.v. character·ized, character·iz·ing, character·iz·es
1. To describe the qualities or peculiarities of: characterized the warden as ruthless.

2.
 by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, frequent new product introductions, emerging competitors and significant price competition. In the event that the Company is unsuccessful in identifying, developing, manufacturing or marketing new products or enhancing its existing products or maintaining its historic prices or margins, its operating results will be adversely affected. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those in such forward-looking statements is contained in the Company's filings with securities regulatory authorities Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest
regulatory agency

administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities
.

About ATI

ATI Technologies Inc., the world's largest supplier of 3D graphics and multimedia technology, designs, manufactures and markets innovative and award-winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles"  multimedia solutions and graphics components for the personal computer, set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support.  and consumer electronics appliance A stand-alone hardware device or software environment dedicated to a specific task. See hardware appliance and software appliance.  markets. An ISO (1) See ISO speed.

(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI.
 9002 company, ATI is the world's leading supplier of video and 2D/3D graphics accelerators to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and  and retail customers. Founded in l985, ATI employs more than 1,600 people at headquarters in Thornhill, Ontario Thornhill (2006 population 106,394) is an upscale community in Ontario, Canada, directly north of Toronto. It is considered the most affluent of Toronto suburbs. It straddles two municipalities, the city of Vaughan having the portion west of Yonge Street and the town of Markham , and in offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Barbados, Malaysia, Japan and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . ATI is a public company whose shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)

Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options.
 and NASDAQ.

For other ATI news releases visit our web site at http://www.atitech.com.

Copyright (C) ATI Technologies Inc., 1999. All company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice.
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND RETAINED EARNINGS
(Thousands of US dollars, except per share amounts)

                               Three months ended
                                  February 28
---------------------------------------------------------------
                             1999               1998
---------------------------------------------------------------
                                    (unaudited)
Sales                 $297,180  100.0       $181,958 100.0
                                percent              percent
Cost of goods  sold    187,996   63.3        112,941  62.1
                                percent              percent
---------------------------------------------------------------
                       109,184   36.7         69,017  37.9
                                percent              percent

Expenses
  Research and
   development          25,863    8.7         10,222   5.6
                                percent              percent
  Selling and
   marketing            23,385    7.9         16,456   9.0
                                percent              percent
  Administrative         7,870    2.6          4,287   2.4
                                percent              percent
  Amortization of
   intangible assets    17,320    5.8              -     -
                                percent
---------------------------------------------------------------
                        74,438   25.0         30,965  17.0
                                percent              percent
---------------------------------------------------------------
Income from operations  34,746   11.7         38,052  20.9
                                percent              percent

Interest and other
 income                    867    0.2          1,051   0.6
                                percent              percent
Interest expense          (206)     -            (16)    -
---------------------------------------------------------------
Income before income
 taxes                  35,407  11.9          39,087  21.5
                                percent              percent
Income taxes            13,709   4.6          12,117   6.7
                                percent              percent
---------------------------------------------------------------
Net income             $21,698   7.3         $26,970  14.8
                                percent              percent

Retained earnings-
 beginning of period  $218,753               $85,849
---------------------------------------------------------------
Retained earnings-
 end of period        $240,451              $112,819
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------

Net income per share
    Basic                $0.11                 $0.14
    Fully diluted        $0.10                 $0.13
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------

Weighted average
 number of shares
 (000's)
    Basic              200,967               195,533
    Fully diluted      220,682               215,257
Issued number of
 shares at the end of
 the quarter  (000's)  201,711               195,993
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements


ADJUSTED NET INCOME
(Thousands of US dollars, except per share amounts)

Adjusted net income
 (1)                   $39,018              $26,970

Adjusted net income
 per share
    Basic                $0.19                $0.14
    Fully diluted        $0.18                $0.13
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Adjusted net income per share excludes the after-tax
effect of amortization of purchased in-process R&D and other
acquired intangibles related to the acquisition of Chromatic
Research, Inc.

ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND RETAINED EARNINGS
(Thousands of US dollars, except per share amounts)

                                 Six months ended
                                  February 28
---------------------------------------------------------------
                             1999                     1998
---------------------------------------------------------------
                                     (unaudited)
Sales                    $624,568   100.0    $349,784   100.0
                                    percent             percent
Cost of goods  sold       395,429    63.3     219,628    62.8
                                    percent             percent
---------------------------------------------------------------
                          229,139    36.7     130,156    37.2
                                    percent             percent
Expenses
  Research and development 43,605     7.0      19,112     5.6
                                    percent             percent
  Selling and marketing    49,480     7.9      29,560     8.4
                                    percent             percent

  Administrative           15,042     2.4       8,464     2.4
                                    percent             percent
  Amortization of
   intangible assets       19,245     3.1           -       -
                                    percent
---------------------------------------------------------------
                          127,372    20.4      57,136    16.3
                                    percent             percent
---------------------------------------------------------------
Income from operations    101,767    16.3      73,020    20.9
                                    percent             percent

Interest and other income   2,288     0.3       1,619     0.5
                                    percent             percent
Interest expense             (288)      -         (26)      -
---------------------------------------------------------------
Income before income
 taxes                    103,767    16.6      74,613    21.3
                                    percent             percent
Income taxes               31,983     5.1      23,130     6.6
                                    percent             percent
---------------------------------------------------------------
Net income                $71,784    11.5     $51,483    14.7
                                    percent             percent
Retained earnings-
 beginning of period     $168,667             $61,336
---------------------------------------------------------------
Retained earnings-
 end of period           $240,451            $112,819
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------

Net income per share
    Basic                   $0.36              $0.26
    Fully diluted           $0.33              $0.24
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted average number
 of shares (000's)
    Basic                 200,184            195,155
    Fully diluted         219,089            214,499
Issued number of
 shares at the end of
 the quarter  (000's)     201,711            195,993
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements


ADJUSTED NET INCOME
(Thousands of US dollars, except per share amounts)

Adjusted net income
 (1)                     $91,029             $51,483

Adjusted net income per
 share
    Basic                  $0.45               $0.26
    Fully diluted          $0.42               $0.24
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Adjusted net income per share excludes the after-tax
effect of amortization of purchased in-process R&D and other
acquired intangibles related to the acquisition of Chromatic
Research, Inc.


ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Thousands of US dollars)

                            At February 28      At August 31
---------------------------------------------------------------
                               1999       1998       1998
                                  (unaudited)      (audited)
Assets
Current Assets
 Cash and cash equivalents    $73,890    $66,290    $4,716
 Short-term investments             -          -    39,192
 Accounts receivable          185,137    108,305   150,256
 Inventories                  118,352     82,124   110,340
 Prepayments and sundry
  receivables                  16,760      6,222    12,267
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total current assets          394,139    262,941   316,771

Capital assets                 47,774     26,610    35,282
Intangible assets              51,624          -         -
Long-term investments          31,764     22,506    28,528
---------------------------------------------------------------
     Total assets            $525,301   $312,057  $380,581
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current liabilities
 Bank indebtedness               $316     $9,091         -
 Accounts payable             104,993     82,835    73,139
 Accrued liabilities           53,082     12,269    24,328
 Income taxes payable          27,224     19,137    29,604
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total current liabilities     185,615    123,332   127,071

Deferred income taxes           5,700      2,230     5,417

Shareholders' equity
 Share capital                 85,261     73,676    79,426
 Retained earnings            240,451    112,819   168,667
 Currency translation
  adjustment                    8,274          -         -
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total shareholders' equity    333,986    186,495   248,093
---------------------------------------------------------------
 Total liabilities and
  shareholders' equity       $525,301   $312,057  $380,581
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements



ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN FINANCIAL POSITION
(Thousands of US dollars)

                        Three months          Six months
                        ended                 ended
                        February 28           February 28
---------------------------------------------------------------
                        1999     1998        1999      1998
---------------------------------------------------------------
                         (unaudited)          (unaudited)
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities:
Net income            $21,698    $26,970     $71,784   $51,483
Add items not affecting
 working capital:
  Deferred income taxes     -       (606)        283      (956)
  Depreciation          3,138      1,538       5,592     2,784
  Amortization of
   intangible assets   17,320          -      19,245         -
Net changes in non-cash
 working capital
  balances relating to
   operations:
    Accounts
     receivable       (20,388)     7,371     (33,678)  (35,820)
    Inventories        (3,294)   (38,488)     (4,684)  (55,619)
    Prepayments and sundry
     receivables       (3,027)    (2,219)     (4,056)   (2,352)
    Accounts payable  (32,328)    31,382       2,068    47,443
    Accrued liabilities 6,833       (800)     10,580       998
    Income taxes payable (313)     9,122      (2,380)   14,350
---------------------------------------------------------------
                      (10,361)    34,270      64,754    22,311
---------------------------------------------------------------

Financing activities:
Increase (decrease) in
 bank indebtedness     (1,966)    (9,344)        316     9,091
Issuance of common
 shares                 5,275      2,043       5,835     3,735
---------------------------------------------------------------
                        3,309     (7,301)      6,151    12,826
---------------------------------------------------------------

Investing activities:
Maturity of short-term
 investments               -       4,134      39,192         -
Additions to capital
 assets               (9,870)     (6,886)    (15,249)   (9,585)
Long-term investments   (125)     (4,994)       (125)   (4,994)
Acquisition, net of cash
 acquired of $2,039
 (Note 1)                  -           -     (25,549)        -
---------------------------------------------------------------
                      (9,995)     (7,746)     (1,731)  (14,579)
---------------------------------------------------------------

Increase/(Decrease) in
 cash                (17,047)     19,223      69,174    20,558

Cash and Cash Equivalents
 - beginning of
 period               90,937      47,067       4,716    45,732
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cash and Cash
 Equivalents -
 end of period       $73,890     $66,290     $73,890   $66,290
  Short-term investments   -           -           -         -
  Bank Indebtedness     (316)     (9,091)       (316)   (9,091)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cash position -
 end of period       $73,574     $57,199     $73,574   $57,199
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cash position is defined as cash and cash equivalents and
short-term investments, net of bank indebtedness.
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Consolidated Financial Statements

The combined financial statements of a parent company and its subsidiaries.

Notes:
Because consolidated financial statements present an aggregated look at the financial position of a parent and its subsidiaries, they enable you to gauge
 February 28, 1999 (unaudited)

1. Acquisition

On November 20, 1998, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Chromatic Research, Inc. ("Chromatic"). The acquisition has been accounted for by the purchase method, whereby the results of operations of Chromatic are included in the Company's results from November 20, 1998.

The total investment of $70.9 million, consisting of $27.6 million for 100 percent of the outstanding shares and net liabilities assumed of $43.3 million, has been allocated to purchased in-process research and development of $49.3 million, identifiable intangible assets Intangible Asset

An asset that is not physical in nature.

Notes:
Examples are things like copyrights, patents, intellectual property, and goodwill. These are the opposite of tangible assets.
 consisting of core technology and workforce of $8.4 million and goodwill of $13.2 million. The total investment for the acquisition is subject to adjustment, expected to be finalized See finalization.  by the end of the fiscal year 1999. Any adjustments will be reflected in the allocation The apportionment or designation of an item for a specific purpose or to a particular place.

In the law of trusts, the allocation of cash dividends earned by a stock that makes up the principal of a trust for a beneficiary usually means that the dividends will be treated as
 described above.

Purchased in-process research and development is being charged to operations over a nine month period on a straight line basis, principally to reflect the technological uncertainty of system-on-a-chip technology, the rapid pace of change of similar semiconductor technologies and the need for further significant research and development expenditures to bring Chromatic's products to commercial availability. Identifiable intangible assets are being amortized on a straight line basis over periods ranging from five to seven years. Goodwill is being amortized over a period of seven years on a straight line basis.

ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS February 28, 1999 (unaudited)

2. U.S. GAAP GAAP

See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


GAAP

See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).


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 with Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma.  GAAP to the consolidated net income that would have been reported had the financial statements been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP:

(U.S. $000's)            Three months ended   Six months ended
                             February 28        February 28
                           1999      1998      1999      1998
----------------------------------------------------------------
                    (unaudited)(unaudited)(unaudited)(unaudited)
Net income in
 accordance with
  Canadian GAAP       $ 21,698    $ 26,970   $ 71,784  $ 51,483
Adjustment to deferred
 income taxes               30          20       (170)       40
Effect of deferral
 accounting related to
  foreign exchange
   contracts                 -         146      1,460      (259)
Write-off of purchased
 in-process research
  and development (note a)   -           -    (49,300)        -
Amortization of purchased
 in-process research
  and development
   (note a)             16,433           -     18,259         -
Foreign exchange
 translation difference
  between Canadian and
   U.S. GAAP                 -       2,548          -     5,610
----------------------------------------------------------------
Net income in accordance
 with U.S. GAAP       $ 38,161    $ 29,684   $ 42,033  $ 56,874
----------------------------------------------------------------
Net income per share
    Basic                $0.19       $0.15      $0.21     $0.29
    Diluted              $0.18       $0.14      $0.20     $0.28
----------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted average number
 of shares (000's):
    Basic              200,967     195,533    200,184   195,155
    Diluted            213,569     207,092    211,105   205,670
----------------------------------------------------------------
(a) Under Canadian GAAP, purchased in-process research and
development is amortized over its estimated useful life and asset
recoverability is reviewed on an ongoing basis. Under U.S. GAAP,
purchased in-process research and development acquired by the Company
is written off at the time of acquisition.
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