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This excerpt taken from the SIRI 8-K filed Mar 11, 2009. NEW YORK – March 10, 2009 – SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced full year 2008 results, including pro forma full year 2008 revenue of $2.44
billion up 18% over 2007 pro forma revenue of $2.06 billion; total subscribers of more than 19 million up 10% from 2007 subscribers of 17.3 million; and positive pro forma adjusted income from operations in the fourth quarter of 2008.
“In the fourth quarter 2008, the company’s first full quarter of combined operations, SIRIUS XM made remarkable financial progress,” said Mel Karmazin, CEO of SIRIUS. “For the first time in company history, we reached positive pro forma adjusted income from operations of $32 million, as compared with a loss of $224 million one year ago. Fourth quarter 2008 revenue of $644 million grew 16% over the year ago quarter while total cash operating expenses declined by 22%, a clear demonstration of our focus on improving profitability. Despite challenges in the overall economy and in the auto sector, we look forward to continuing to deliver on the synergies of the merger. We are also very pleased to report that we have closed the second and final phase of the previously announced investment by Liberty Media Corporation. These transactions resolve the uncertainty surrounding the company’s and its subsidiaries’ debt maturing in 2009.” SIRIUS XM ended the fourth quarter 2008 with 19,003,856 subscribers, up 10% from 17,348,622 subscribers at year end 2007. In the fourth quarter 2008, pro forma average revenue per subscriber (ARPU) grew to $10.60 from $10.42 in 2007. The monthly self-pay customer churn rate was 1.8% in the fourth quarter 2008, as compared with 1.7% in the fourth quarter 2007. Fourth quarter 2008 pro forma revenue was $644 million, up 16% from fourth quarter 2007 pro forma revenue of $558 million. Subscriber acquisition costs (SAC) per gross subscriber addition was $70 in the fourth quarter of 2008, an improvement of 16% over the $83 in SAC per gross subscriber addition in the fourth quarter of 2007. In the fourth quarter 2008, SIRIUS XM achieved positive pro forma adjusted income from operations of $31.8 million as compared with a pro forma adjusted loss from operations of ($224.1) million in the fourth quarter 2007. The pro forma fourth quarter 2008 net loss was ($248.5) million as compared with a pro forma net loss of ($405.0) million in the fourth quarter 2007. On a GAAP basis, the fourth quarter 2008 net loss was ($245.8) million or ($0.08) per share. |
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