Micron Technology Inc 8-K, filed Dec 1, 2020
Micron Technology Inc (MU)
8-K
2020-12-01
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About this 8-K
Micron Technology Inc filed this 8-K on December 1, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 7.01: Regulation FD disclosure
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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FORM 8-K
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. | ||||
On December 1, 2020, Micron Technology, Inc. issued a press release updating its guidance for the first fiscal quarter ending December 3, 2020. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information set forth in this Item 7.01 is intended to be furnished under Item 7.01 of Form 8-K (Regulation FD Disclosure). This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. In addition, this information shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless it is specifically incorporated by reference in such filing.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||
| (d) Exhibits. | |||||
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 99.1 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
SIGNATURE
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, hereunto duly authorized.
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: | December 1, 2020 | By: | /s/ David A. Zinsner | ||||||||
| Name: | David A. Zinsner | ||||||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||
Exhibit 99.1
Micron Updates First Quarter Fiscal 2021 Guidance
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 1, 2020 – Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) (the “Company”), today announced that it is increasing its revenue, gross margin and EPS guidance for the first quarter of fiscal 2021, which ends Dec. 3, 2020, as set forth in the tables below.
Micron President and Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Mehrotra will share further updates in a fireside chat at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference scheduled to take place at 8:30 a.m. Pacific time on Dec. 1, 2020. The live webcast and subsequent replay of the event can be accessed from Micron’s Investor Relations website at investors.micron.com.
| Previous Guidance | Updated Guidance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GAAP Outlook | Adjustments | Non-GAAP Outlook | GAAP Outlook | Adjustments | Non-GAAP Outlook | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue | $5.0 bn - $5.4 bn | — | $5.0 bn - $5.4 bn | $5.70 bn - $5.75 bn | — | $5.70 bn - $5.75 bn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross margin | 25.5% - 27.5% | 1% | A | 26.5% - 28.5% | 28.5% - 29.5% | 1% | A | 29.5% - 30.5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted earnings per share(1) | $0.32 - $0.46 | $0.08 | A,B,C,D | $0.40 - $0.54 | $0.61 - $0.65 | $0.08 | A,B,C,D | $0.69 - $0.73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP Adjustments (in millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
A | Stock-based compensation – cost of goods sold | $ | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A | Other – cost of goods sold | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B | Stock-based compensation – sales, general, and administrative | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B | Stock-based compensation – research and development | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
C | Amortization of debt discount and other costs | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
D | Tax effects of the above items and non-cash changes in net deferred income taxes | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)GAAP earnings per share based on approximately 1.14 billion diluted shares and non-GAAP earnings per share based on approximately 1.15 billion diluted shares.
The tables above reconcile our GAAP to non-GAAP guidance based on the current outlook. The guidance does not incorporate the impact of any potential business combinations, divestitures, restructuring activities, balance sheet valuation adjustments, strategic investments, financing transactions, and other significant transactions. The timing and impact of such items are dependent on future events that may be uncertain or outside of our control.
About Micron Technology, Inc.
We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. Through our global brands — Micron® and Crucial® — our broad portfolio of high-performance memory and storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND, 3D XPoint™ memory, and NOR, is transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. Backed by more than 40 years of technology leadership, our memory and storage solutions enable disruptive trends, including artificial intelligence, 5G, machine learning, and autonomous vehicles, in key market segments like mobile, data center, client, consumer, industrial, graphics, automotive, and networking. Our common stock is traded on Nasdaq under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit micron.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the Company’s financial and operating results. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Please refer to the documents the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically its most recent Form 10-K. These documents contain and identify important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements. These certain factors can be found at www.micron.com/certainfactors. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. The Company is under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release to conform these statements to actual results.
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