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- Revenues of $79.7 Million, Increase of 29% over First Quarter 2008
- Earnings Per Share of $0.50 per Basic Share and $0.49 per Diluted Share, Increases of 14% and 20% over First Quarter 2008, respectively
SILVER SPRING, Md., May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR) today announced its results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. Total revenues for the first quarter of 2009 were $79.7 million, up from $62.0 million for the first quarter of 2008. Net income for the first quarter of 2009 was $13.2 million, or $0.50 per basic share, compared to $9.9 million, or $0.44 per basic share, for the first quarter of 2008. Gross margins from sales were $70.4 million for the first quarter of 2009, compared to $54.5 million for the first quarter of 2008. Earnings before non-cash charges, defined as net income before non-cash interest and income taxes, depreciation, amortization, impairment charges and share-based compensation (stock option and share tracking award expense), were $37.1 million for the first quarter of 2009, up 44% from $25.8 million for the first quarter of 2008.
Results for the first quarter of 2008 have been adjusted for the retrospective adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position No. APB 14-1 (FSP APB 14-1), which became effective January 1, 2009. The retrospective adoption of FSP APB 14-1 resulted in the recognition of additional non-cash interest expense of approximately $2.7 million. Also, net income was reduced by approximately $(1.5) million, representing a reduction in earnings per share of $(0.07) per basic share and $(0.06) per diluted share, from what was previously reported.
"I am pleased that we started the year with an extremely strong first quarter," said Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., United Therapeutics'
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