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EMC Reports First Quarter Results.


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, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2002

EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.  (NYSE NYSE

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:EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. ) today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2002. The results reflect continued progress in lowering EMC's cost structure and strong early customer adoption of EMC's AutoIS (Automated au·to·mate  
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 Information Storage) strategy.

Revenue for the quarter was $1.3 billion, 14% lower than the $1.5 billion reported in the fourth quarter of 2001. Net loss for the first quarter, excluding the after-tax af·ter-tax also af·ter·tax
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 effects of a $28 million reversal to the third-quarter 2001 restructuring charge restructuring charge

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, was $97 million or $0.04 per diluted di·lute  
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 share, compared with a fourth-quarter 2001 net loss of $70 million or $0.03 per diluted share. Consolidated net loss for the first quarter, including the after-tax benefit of the $28 million reversal, was $77 million or $0.03 per diluted share. In the year-ago first quarter, total revenue was $2.3 billion and net income was $399 million or $0.18 per diluted share.

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, EMC'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. , said, "Our first-quarter results reflect across-the-board operational improvements that make us even more competitive during this prolonged pro·long  
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. The well for new application deployment remains fairly dry, suppressing demand for major new IT projects. Customers' purchasing activity during the first quarter was heavily focused on automating the management of their information and accelerating the consolidation of existing IT infrastructures. We saw a more than four-fold Adj. 1. four-fold - having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire"
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 increase in licenses for our new AutoIS software applications compared with the fourth quarter, representing the most rapid adoption of new software in EMC's history. Our leading storage platforms, advanced software functionality, automated management tools, and storage services expertise are helping EMC to capture the current opportunities and further drive our market leadership."

Bill Teuber, EMC's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, said, "We have reduced the company's quarterly break-even level by more than $200 million over the last nine months -- exceeding our expense reduction goals a full quarter ahead of schedule. This progress contributed to an increase during the first quarter of more than $200 million in cash and investments, bringing our total cash and investments to approximately $5.3 billion. While our progress on the cost side of the equation has been excellent, we continue to invest in significantly more storage-focused R&D than any other company in the industry."

With more than 1,000 licenses sold since their October October: see month.  2001 introduction, AutoIS open software applications such as ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory.

(2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing.
 StorageScope and ECC Replication In database management, the ability to keep distributed databases synchronized by routinely copying the entire database or subsets of the database to other servers in the network.

There are various replication methods.
 Manager have advanced EMC's position as the market leader in open storage management. During the first quarter EMC also delivered the WideSky Developers Suite, enabling software vendors and other developers to access and manage various elements of a networked storage environment; and announced ESN (Electronic Serial Number) A unique identification number built into a cellphone for security purposes.  Manager support for 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  StorageWorks, delivering on the AutoIS promise of open storage management across EMC and non-EMC storage platforms. Among the many customers who chose to implement EMC's AutoIS strategy during the first quarter were Quest Diagnostics Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX) is a United States corporation which provides clinical laboratory services . The company also has a business presence in England and Mexico.

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EMC had other key customer wins during the quarter at Citigroup Citigroup

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Highlights of the first quarter included EMC's introduction of several new hardware, software and service offerings. In January January: see month.  EMC launched "Rapid Results," a new business continuity offering combining the expertise and strength of EMC Global Services with EMC's industry-leading business continuity technologies. In February February: see month.  EMC significantly increased the capacity, performance, connectivity and manageability man·age·a·ble  
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man
 of its industry-leading Celerra File Server, providing greater networked storage consolidation and NAS/SAN integration; and extended the delivery of its storage networking services through qualified partners with the introduction of EMC's Authorized au·thor·ize  
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 software to simplify networked storage management, reduce customer costs and increase data protection.

Also during the first quarter, Gartner (Gartner, Inc., Stamford, CT, www.gartner.com) The largest information technology consulting firm that specializes in research and analysis. Founded in 1979 by Gideon Gartner, it has grown through acquisitions, including Dataquest in 1995 and Techrepublic in 2000.  Dataquest (Dataquest Inc., San Jose, CA, www.dataquest.com) A major market research and analysis firm in the information field. Dataquest offers market intelligence on more than 25 topics and provides conferences, annual subscriptions and custom research.  reported that EMC widened its lead as the #1 provider of storage management software in 2001, capturing 30.4% of the $4.9 billion market; and EMC was named "Channel Champion" by the readers of CRN CRN Computer Reseller News
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 (Computer Reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers.  News), a leading magazine for the reseller and solution provider market, being rated #1 in every category for "Enterprise Network Attached Storage."

EMC Corporation is the world leader in information storage systems, software, networks and services, providing the information infrastructure for a connected world. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at http://www.EMC.com.

EMC, CLARiiON, Celerra, AutoIS, ControlCenter, StorageScope, ESN, ESN Manager and WideSky are either registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

This 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.
" as defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) further adverse changes in general economic conditions; (ii) further delays or reductions in information technology spending; (iii) the company's ability to effectively manage operating costs operating costs nplgastos mpl operacionales  and increase operating efficiencies; (iv) further declines in revenues; (v) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory Obsolete Inventory

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; (vi) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures; (vii) component quality and availability; (viii) rapid technological and market change and the transition to new products; (ix) the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new products; (x) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines; (xi) the effects of war or acts of terrorism, including the effect on the economy generally, on particular industry segments, on transportation and communication systems and on the company's ability to manage logistics in such an environment, including receipt of components and distribution of products; (xii) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (xiii) the uneven pattern of quarterly sales; (xiv) fluctuating fluc·tu·ate  
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 currency exchange rates; (xv) risks associated with strategic investments and acquisitions; (xvi) the Company's ability to execute on its plans; and (xvii) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


                            EMC CORPORATION
                 Consolidated Statements of Operations
                   Three Months Ended March 31, 2002
               (in thousands, except per share amounts)
                              (unaudited)


                                       Restructuring
                         As Reported      Reversal        Adjusted
Revenues:
 Net sales               $ 1,024,623                     $ 1,024,623
 Services                    277,355                         277,355

                           1,301,978                       1,301,978

Costs and expenses:
 Cost of sales               634,599         28,071(1)       662,670
 Cost of services            166,334                         166,334
 Research and development    200,951                         200,951
 Selling, general and
  administrative             454,668                         454,668

Operating loss              (154,574)       (28,071)        (182,645)

Investment income             55,525                          55,525
Interest expense              (2,861)                         (2,861)
Other expense, net            (7,890)                         (7,890)

Loss before taxes           (109,800)       (28,071)        (137,871)
Income tax benefit           (32,941)        (8,421)(1)      (41,362)

Net loss                 $   (76,859)    $  (19,650)     $   (96,509)

Net loss per weighted
 average share, basic    $     (0.03)    $    (0.01)     $     (0.04)

Net loss per weighted
 average share, diluted  $     (0.03)    $    (0.01)     $     (0.04)


Weighted average shares,
 basic                     2,221,685      2,221,685        2,221,685

Weighted average shares,
 diluted                   2,221,685      2,221,685        2,221,685

As a % of total revenue:
 Gross margin                   38.5%                           36.3%
 Selling, general and
  administrative                34.9%                           34.9%
 Research and development       15.4%                           15.4%
 Operating loss                -11.9%                          -14.0%
 Net loss                       -5.9%                           -7.4%


(1) Reversal of restructuring inventory provision taken in the third
quarter of 2001 and related tax impact.



                            EMC CORPORATION
                 Consolidated Statements of Operations
                 (in thousands, except per share data)
                              (unaudited)


                                            Three Months Ended
                                         March 31,        March 31,
                                           2002           2001 (1)

Revenues:
     Net sales                          $ 1,024,623      $ 2,056,926
     Services                               277,355          287,869

                                          1,301,978        2,344,795

Cost and expenses:
     Cost of sales                          634,599          876,611
     Cost of services                       166,334          175,673
     Research and development               200,951          224,040
     Selling, general and
      administrative                        454,668          593,036

Operating income (loss)                    (154,574)         475,435

Investment income                            55,525           71,609
Interest expense                             (2,861)          (3,258)
Other income (expense), net                  (7,890)           2,506

Income (loss) before taxes                 (109,800)         546,292
Income tax provision (benefit)              (32,941)         147,497

Net income (loss)                       $   (76,859)    $    398,795

Net income (loss) per weighted average
      share, basic                      $     (0.03)    $       0.18

Net income (loss) per weighted average
      share, diluted                    $     (0.03)    $       0.18

     Weighted average shares, basic       2,221,685        2,203,865

     Weighted average shares, diluted     2,221,685        2,248,773

As a % of total revenue:
     Gross margin                             38.5%            55.1%
     Selling, general and
      administrative                          34.9%            25.3%
     Research and development                 15.4%             9.6%
     Operating income (loss)                 -11.9%            20.3%
     Net income (loss)                        -5.9%            17.0%

Effective tax rate                            30.0%            27.0%


(1) Includes $11,121 in goodwill amortization classified in cost of
sales and $361 of goodwill amortization classified in research and
development that would have been excluded if Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 142 "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets"
was in effect in 2001. Excluding the goodwill amortization would have
resulted in after-tax net income of $409,822 or $0.18 per diluted
share.



                            EMC CORPORATION
                      Consolidated Balance Sheets
               (in thousands, except per share amounts)
                              (unaudited)

                                         March 31,      December 31,
                                           2002             2001
ASSETS
Current assets:
     Cash and cash equivalents          $ 1,832,031     $  2,129,019
     Short-term investments                 526,393          445,428
     Trade and notes receivable, less
      allowance for doubtful accounts
      of $45,935 and $36,169              1,072,692        1,348,569
     Inventories                            513,704          583,985
     Deferred income taxes                  271,399          287,597
     Other current assets                   117,347          128,644
Total current assets                      4,333,566        4,923,242
Long-term investments                     2,933,608        2,509,112
Property, plant and equipment, net        1,820,560        1,827,331
Intangible and other assets, net            573,952          583,110
Deferred income taxes                        43,266           46,840
           Total assets                 $ 9,704,952     $  9,889,635

LIABILITIES  &  STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
     Notes payable and current portion
      of long-term obligations          $    56,548     $     56,677
     Accounts payable                       437,807          424,132
     Accrued expenses                       927,834        1,024,211
     Income taxes payable                   267,002          315,368
     Deferred revenue                       417,373          359,026
Total current liabilities                 2,106,564        2,179,414
Other liabilities                            88,585          109,401

Commitments and contigencies
Stockholders' equity:
     Series preferred stock, par value
      $.01; authorized 25,000
      shares, none outstanding                    -                -
     Common stock, par value $.01;
      authorized 6,000,000 shares;
      issued 2,223,385 and 2,221,442         22,234           22,214
     Additional paid-in capital           3,483,184        3,470,325
     Deferred compensation                  (24,621)         (29,209)
     Retained earnings                    4,111,896        4,188,755
     Accumulated other comprehensive
      loss, net                             (64,632)         (33,007)
     Treasury stock, at cost; 1,060
      shares                                (18,258)         (18,258)
           Total stockholders' equity     7,509,803        7,600,820
           Total liabilities and
            stockholders' equity        $ 9,704,952     $  9,889,635



                            EMC CORPORATION
                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                            (in thousands)
                              (unaudited)

                                         For the Three Months Ended
                                      March 31, 2002   March 31, 2001

Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)                         $ (76,859)    $    398,795
Adjustments to reconcile net income
 (loss) to net cash provided by
 operating activities:
     Depreciation and amortization          158,814          144,931
     Non-cash restructuring, inventory
      and other special charges             (28,071)               -
     Other than temporary declines in
      equity investments                      3,315                -
     Amortization of deferred
      compensation                            4,267            5,256
     Provision for doubtful accounts         20,275            8,989
     Deferred income taxes, net              18,820           (7,743)
     Net loss on disposal of property,
      plant, and equipment                       62            1,324
     Tax benefit from stock options
      exercised                                 359           90,315
     Minority interest                            -               29
     Changes in assets and liabilities:
         Accounts and notes receivable      261,620          188,603
         Inventories                         98,359          (75,507)
         Other assets                        16,438          (85,361)
         Accounts payable                    12,475          (43,002)
         Accrued expenses                   (96,587)         (37,429)
         Income taxes payable               (48,366)        (113,949)
         Deferred revenue                    53,321           32,920
         Other liabilities                  (10,355)           3,130
             Net cash provided by
              operating activities          387,887          511,301

Cash flows from investing activities:
     Additions to property, plant, and
      equipment                            (115,128)        (281,121)
     Proceeds from sales of property,
      plant and equipment                         -           17,128
     Capitalized software development
      costs                                 (28,752)         (29,737)
     Purchases of short and long-term
      available-for-sale securities      (3,836,705)      (1,133,922)
     Sales of short and long-term
      available-for-sale securities       3,197,647          927,925
     Maturity of short and long-term
      available-for-sale securities          98,966           74,175
             Net cash used by investing
              activities                   (683,972)        (425,552)

Cash flows from financing activities:
     Issuance of common stock                12,841           54,835
     Proceeds from short-term
      borrowings, net                           718                -
     Payment of long-term obligations        (6,211)          (8,484)
     Cash portion of McDATA Corporation
      spin-off dividend                           -         (141,981)
             Net cash provided (used) by
              financing activities            7,348          (95,630)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash      (8,251)          (3,735)
Net decrease in cash and cash
 equivalents                               (288,737)          (9,881)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning
 of period                                2,129,019        1,983,221
Cash and cash equivalents at end of
 period                                 $ 1,832,031     $  1,969,605

Non-cash activity:
     Distribution of net assets in
      McData Corporation dividend       $         -     $    234,152




                            EMC Corporation
                      Supplemental Financial Data
                           Revenue Analysis
                            (in thousands)
                              (unaudited)


              Q1 2000     Q2 2000   Q3 2000     Q4 2000    YTD 2000

Storage
 Revenue
 Information
  Storage
  Systems    $1,267,164 $1,515,916 $1,646,869 $1,815,816 $ 6,245,765

 Information
  Storage
  Software      269,988    350,257    332,344    482,544   1,435,133

 Information
  Storage
  Services      116,405    134,437    161,395    199,852     612,089

Total
 Information
 Storage
  Revenues    1,653,557  2,000,610  2,140,608  2,498,212   8,292,987

 Other
  Businesses    169,041    145,317    142,397    123,074     579,829

Total
 Consolidated
 Revenues    $1,822,598 $2,145,927 $2,283,005 $2,621,286 $ 8,872,816


               Q1 2001    Q2 2001    Q3 2001    Q4 2001    YTD 2001

Storage
 Revenue
 Information
  Storage
  Systems    $1,564,312 $1,225,600 $  675,591 $  841,741 $ 4,307,244

 Information
  Storage
  Software      467,519    497,538    242,521    352,444   1,560,022

 Information
  Storage
  Services      231,986    231,995    236,734    271,559     972,274

Total
 Information
 Storage
  Revenues    2,263,817  1,955,133  1,154,846  1,465,744   6,839,540

 Other
  Businesses     80,978     65,722     57,427     46,966     251,093

Total
 Consolidated
 Revenues    $2,344,795 $2,020,855 $1,212,273 $1,512,710 $ 7,090,633


                                    Q1 2002

Storage Revenue
 Information Storage Systems       $  741,578

 Information Storage Software         282,323

 Information Storage Services         238,530

Total Information
 Storage Revenues                   1,262,431

 Other Businesses                      39,547

Total Consolidated Revenues        $1,301,978


Note:  Amounts may not foot due to rounding
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