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Profile - Agere Systems, Inc. (NYSE:AGRa)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
555 Union Boulevard
Allentown, PA 18109
Phone: (610) 712-4323
Email: investor@agere.com
Employees (last reported count): 16,500
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 56%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 5,000  shares
 · one insider sell; 90.0M shares
  (9.0% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 37% (83% of float)
(280 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 399.2M shares (+40.04%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Agere Systems, Inc. (Agere) sells communications semiconductors, which include both optoelectronic components and integrated circuits, worldwide. Communications semiconductors are basic building blocks of electronic and photonic products and systems for terrestrial and submarine, or undersea, communications networks and for communications equipment. Agere primarily offers active optoelectronic components as opposed to passive components. Agere offers integrated circuits for use in a broad range of communications networks and computer equipment. Integrated circuits (chips) are made using semiconductor wafers imprinted with a network of electronic components. The Company also sells wireless local area networking products, which facilitate the transmission of data and voice signals within a localized area without cables or wires. The Company was spun off from Lucent Technologies Inc. in March 2001.
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Financial Summary
Agere Systems is engaged in the manufacturing of optoelectronic components and integrated circuits. The Co.'s products are used to transmit, process, change, amplify and receive light that carries data and voice over optical networks. For the nine months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 8% to $3.48 billion. Net loss before acct. change totaled $1.26 billion, up from $206 million. Results reflect growth in the metro and submarine lines, offset by a $536 million restructuring charge.
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Officers
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

John Young, 68
Chairman
--  --  
John Dickson, 54
Pres, CEO, Director
$838K$6.5M
Ahmed Nawaz, 51
Exec. VP of Sales
631K8.3M
Daniel Dileo, 53
Exec. VP, Optoelectronics
643K--  
Sohail Khan, 46
Exec. VP, Integrated Circuits
562K--  
Dollar amounts are as of 30-Sep-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:AGRaAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Apr-2001
$4.094
Recent Price$5.10 
52-Week High
on 22-May-2001
$9.50 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)5.84M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)4.43M
Stock Performance
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13-Week Change-25.1%
13-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-16.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$8.34B
Shares Outstanding1.64B
Float719.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.58 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.70 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.68 
Sales (ttm)$4.20 
Cash (mrq)$2.00 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.43 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.22 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$4.97B
EBITDA (ttm)-$478.0M
Income available to common (ttm)-$1.13B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-22.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)-18.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsSep 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-14.42%
Return on Equity (ttm)-19.36%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.17 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.44 
Total Cash (mrq)$3.26B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3.46M
Percent of Float0.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3.02M
Short Ratio0.76 
Daily Volume4.53M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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