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Foundry Reports Second Quarter Results and Tenth Profitable Quarter.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States
San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850.
, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2001

Landmark Quarter For Launching New Products and Features;

Profitability Continues For The Tenth Consecutive Quarter

Foundry Networks Foundry Networks is a network system vendor selling high-end managed ethernet switches and routers. The company was founded in 1996 by Bobby R. Johnson, Jr. and is based in Santa Clara, California, USA. (TM), Inc. (Nasdaq: FDRY), today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2001.

Net revenue for the second quarter was $88.6 million, which compares to $88.8 million reported for the same period last year. Pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts.

The phrase pro forma
 net income for the second quarter of 2001, excluding non-cash charges Non-Cash Charge

A charge off, made by a company against earnings, that does not require an initial outlay of cash.

Notes:
Non-cash charges are typically against the depreciation, amortization, and depletion accounts on a company's balance sheet.
 for amortization of deferred stock compensation, was $8.3 million or $0.07 per diluted share, compared to pro forma net income of $23.9 million or $0.19 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2000. This marks the tenth consecutive quarter of profitability for the Company.

Net revenue for the first six months of 2001 was $171.1 million, which compares to $158.8 million reported for the first six months of 2000. Pro forma net income for the first six months of 2001 was $13.6 million or $0.11 per diluted share, compared to pro forma net income of $43.7 million or $0.34 per share for the same period in 2000.

During the second quarter, Foundry successfully introduced more products and features than any other quarter in the history of the Company. During the period, the Company debuted its third generation JetCore ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor.  chipset A group of chips designed to work as a unit to perform a function. For example, a modem chipset contains all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiving. A PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems (see PC chipset for illustration). , demonstrated its MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS.

(2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network.
 Draft-Martini, introduced its 10 Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub.  products for LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , MAN, and WAN, and delivered its second generation platform for the NetIron product. The Company also experienced increased sales activity in the Asia-Pacific region with customers such as China Telecom and WIDE (Widely Integrated Distributed Environments) of Japan. These customers were among the new customers that chose the scalability, availability, and performance leadership of Foundry's solutions.

"It is the tremendous effort, dedication, and commitment of every Foundry employee that has allowed us to execute on our core fundamentals and maneuver through the challenges of the current market environment," said Bobby Johnson
See also: Bob Johnson


Bobby Johnson (b. Columbia, South Carolina) is the head football coach at Vanderbilt University. He became the Commodores' coach in December 2001 after leading Furman University to the Division I-AA national championship game.
, 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.  and President of Foundry Networks. "We have also clearly benefited from our product and customer diversification initiatives, introducing many new products and adding over 300 new customers worldwide, with significant wins in metropolitan area networks (MAN). Foundry remains focused on intelligently building our organization, and delivering the highest degree of customer satisfaction as we aggressively pursue global opportunities."

Second Quarter Highlights:
-- On June 25, 2001, Foundry delivered an industry leading Ethernet stackable,
the FastIron 4802.

-- On June 25, 2001, Foundry announced technology breakthrough and industry
leading features with third generation JetCore ASIC chipset.

-- On June 7, 2001, Foundry and Adam Net teamed up to support the largest
Internet exchange in Japan.

-- On June 5, 2001, Lucent Technologies and Foundry joined forces to accelerate
the development of Optical Ethernet Metropolitan Area Networks.

-- On June 4, 2001, Foundry demonstrated Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Draft-Martini at SuperComm 2001.

-- On May 16, 2001, Foundry announced a complete suite of standards-based 10
Gigabit Ethernet products for high performance LAN, MAN and WAN.

-- On May 15, 2001, Foundry appointed new Vice President of Customer Support to
further extend customer service leadership.

-- On May 7, 2001, Foundry and Applied Innovation demonstrated Optical Gigabit
Ethernet solution for Metropolitan Area Ethernet network.

-- On May 7, 2001, Foundry delivered bandwidth provisioning, accounting, and
billing for metro service providers with new Velocity Management module.

-- On May 1, 2001, Foundry demonstrated multivendor Multi Protocol Label
Switching (MPLS) for IP traffic engineering.

-- On April 5, 2001, Foundry was named a 2001 finalist by Network Computing for
Well-Connected Award.


Business Outlook

"We continue to have strong confidence in the resilient, long term demand for networking products and the Company's growth potential," noted Mr. Johnson. "However, because the macroeconomic mac·ro·ec·o·nom·ics  
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The study of the overall aspects and workings of a national economy, such as income, output, and the interrelationship among diverse economic sectors.
 picture for the technology sector in the short term remains cloudy, we will not be providing financial guidance for the current quarter."

Conference Call

Foundry Networks will host a conference call today to further discuss these results at 2:00 p.m. PDT PDT
abbr.
Pacific Daylight Time


PDT Pacific Daylight Time

PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico

PDT 
. The call can be accessed via a webcast at www.foundrynet.com. A Web replay will also be available after the call at this same Web address.

About Foundry Networks

Foundry Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: FDRY) is a leader in high-performance, end-to-end switching and routing solutions, including Internet routers (1) A router in the Internet that forwards IP packets between local, regional and national providers. Same as "IP router."

(2) (InterNet Router) Macintosh software from Apple that internetworks different access methods (LocalTalk, EtherTalk, TokenTalk, etc.
, Layer 3 switches and Layer 4-7 Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks.  and content management switches. Foundry products are installed in the world's largest ISPs, including AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services.  (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: AOL), EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK ELNK EarthLink, Inc. (stock symbol)
ELNK Ethernet Link
), AT&T WorldNet, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory).  and Cable & Wireless (NYSE: CWP CWP Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, see there ). Foundry products are also installed in large enterprise, entertainment, pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies as well as search engines, e-commerce sites, universities and government organizations. Some of these customers include: The University of Washington, University of Washington, University of, at Seattle; state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1861 as the Territorial Univ. of Washington, renamed 1889. There are noted schools of medicine and engineering, and the university operates laboratories for the marine  Miami, LucasFilm, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), Incyte Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INCY), U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NASA
 in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Independent U.S.
 and NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak.

NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health.
. For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBO.LAN or visit our web site at www.foundrynetworks.com.

Note to Editors: Foundry Networks, ServerIron, BigIron, FastIron, IronWare, and NetIron are trademarks of Foundry Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the sole property of their respective holders.

Safe Harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 Statement

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.
 within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by that section. These forward-looking statements include a statement by Bobby Johnson regarding the Company's long term growth potential and demand for technology products. The forward looking statements in this press release are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the strength of the overall economy and the high-technology arena in particular, continued demand for Internet related equipment and acceptance of Foundry's current and future products, Foundry's ability to introduce new and superior products and predict future industry standards. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in our forward looking statements. Investors should review the risk factors described in more detail in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 and most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 available from Foundry or from the SEC at www.sec.gov. Foundry assumes no obligation to update the forward looking statements contained in this press release.

                        FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC.

        CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Unaudited)
                 (in thousands, except per share data)


                              Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended
                                   June 30,              June 30,
                               2001       2000       2001       2000
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
Revenue, net                 $ 88,569   $ 88,790   $171,120   $158,805
Cost of revenue                41,318     30,472     80,206     55,317
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
  Gross profit                 47,251     58,318     90,914    103,488
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
Operating expenses:
  Research and development      8,251      6,393     16,151     10,334
  Sales and marketing          23,266     15,028     48,083     25,121
  General and administrative    5,095      2,070     11,042      3,888
  Amortization of deferred
   stock compensation             833      1,581      1,968      3,533
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
  Total operating expenses     37,445     25,072     77,244     42,876
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
Income from operations          9,806     33,246     13,670     60,612
Interest income, net            2,304     2,700       5,169      4,741
                             --------   --------   --------   --------

Income before provision
 for income taxes              12,110     35,946     18,839     65,353
Provision for income taxes      4,602     13,492      7,159     24,813
                             --------   --------   --------   --------
Net income                   $  7,508   $ 22,454   $ 11,680   $ 40,540
                             ========   ========   ========   ========

Basic net income per share   $   0.06   $   0.21     $ 0.10    $  0.38
                             ========   ========   ========   ========
Weighted average shares used
 in computing basic net
 income per share             117,324    109,420    116,457    107,041
                             ========   ========   ========   ========

Diluted net income per share $   0.06   $   0.18    $ 0.09     $  0.32
                             ========   ========   ========   ========
Weighted average shares
 used in computing diluted
 net income per share         126,241    126,640    125,448    126,760
                             ========   ========   ========   ========


                        FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC.

                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                            (in thousands)

                                               June 30,   December 31,
                                                 2001         2000
                                              ---------    ---------
                                              (unaudited)      (1)
                ASSETS
Current assets:
    Cash and cash equivalents                 $ 189,706    $ 168,429
    Short-term investments                       70,218       83,816
    Accounts receivable, net                     68,968       64,573
    Inventories                                  50,801       51,593
    Deferred tax assets                          14,397       13,715
    Prepaids and other current assets             2,794       10,693
                                              ---------    ---------
              Total current assets              396,884      392,819

    Property and equipment, net                   6,489        4,866
    Other long-term assets                        4,297          781
                                              ---------    ---------
                                              $ 407,670    $ 398,466
                                              =========    =========

    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
    Accounts payable                          $   8,480    $  20,432
    Accrued payroll and related benefits         10,210       11,130
    Accrued warranty                              2,999        2,841
    Other accrued liabilities                     6,740        5,642
    Deferred support revenue                     10,287       13,405
                                              ---------    ---------
              Total current liabilities          38,716       53,450
                                              ---------    ---------

Stockholders' equity:
    Common stock and additional paid-in
        capital                                 272,944      263,245
    Note receivable from stockholder             (3,270)      (3,270)
    Deferred stock compensation                  (3,021)      (5,580)
    Retained earnings                           102,301       90,621
                                              ---------    ---------
              Total stockholders' equity        368,954      345,016
                                              ---------    ---------
                                              $ 407,670    $ 398,466
                                              =========    =========

(1)  Derived from audited financial statements
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