SEATTLE, Jul 22, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

Operating cash flow was $2.56 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.88billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2009. Free cash flow increased 29% to $1.99 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.54 billion for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2009.

Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards totaled 465 million on June 30, 2010, compared with 451 million a year ago.

Net sales increased 41% to $6.57 billion in the second quarter, compared with $4.65 billion in second quarter 2009. Excluding the $48 million unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales would have grown 42% compared with second quarter 2009.

Operating income increased 71% to $270 million in the second quarter, compared with $159 million in second quarter 2009. The unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter on operating income was $10 million. Second quarter 2009 operating income was negatively impacted by a $51 million legal settlement.

Net income increased 45% to $207 million in the second quarter, or $0.45 per diluted share, compared with net income of $142 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, in second quarter 2009.

"We're seeing rapid growth in Kindle, Amazon Web Services, third-party sales, and retail. We're also encouraged by what we see in mobile. In the last twelve months, customers around the world have ordered more than $1 billion of products from Amazon using a mobile device," said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "The leading mobile commerce device today is the smartphone, but we're excited by the potential of the new category of wireless tablet computers. Over time, tablet computers could become a meaningful additional driver for our business."

Highlights

 

  • Readers are responding to Kindle's uncompromising approach to the reading experience. Weighing 10.2 ounces, Kindle can be held comfortably in one hand for hours, has an e-ink display that is easy on the eyes even in bright daylight, has two weeks of battery life, and has free 3G wireless with no monthly fees or annual contracts--all at a $189 price.
  • Amazon.com is now selling more Kindle books than hardcover books. Over the past three months, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, the Company has sold 143 Kindle books. Over the past month, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, the Company has sold 180 Kindle books. This is across Amazon.com's entire U.S. book business and includes sales of hardcover books where there is no Kindle edition. Free Kindle books are excluded and if included would make the number even higher.
  • Amazon sold more than 3x as many Kindle books in the first half of 2010 as in the first half of 2009.
  • The Association of American Publishers' latest data reports that e-book sales grew 163 percent in the month of May and 207 percent year-to-date through May. Kindle book sales in May and year-to-date through May exceeded those growth rates.
  • On July 6, Hachette announced that James Patterson had sold 1.14 million e-books to date. Of those, 867,881 were Kindle books.
  • Five authors--Charlaine Harris, Stieg Larsson, Stephenie Meyer, James Patterson, and Nora Roberts--have each sold more than 500,000 Kindle books.
  • Amazon.com continues to expand Kindle's "Buy once, read everywhere" strategy with this quarter's launch of Kindle for Android. Like all Kindle apps, Kindle for Android includes Whispersync technology, which automatically synchronizes your last page read, bookmarks, notes and highlights across your Kindle, Kindle DX, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, and Android-based devices.
  • Kindle offers the largest selection of the most popular books people want to read. The U.S. Kindle Store now has more than 630,000 books, including New Releases and 106 of 110 New York Times Best Sellers. Over 510,000 of these books are $9.99 or less, including 75 New York Times Best Sellers. Over 1.8 million free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are also available to read on Kindle.
  • North America segment sales, representing the Company's U.S. and Canadian sites, were $3.59 billion, up 46% from second quarter 2009.
  • International segment sales, representing the Company's U.K., German, Japanese, French and Chinese sites, were $2.98 billion, up 35% from second quarter 2009. Excluding the unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, sales grew 38%.
  • Worldwide Media sales grew 18% to $2.87 billion.
  • Worldwide Electronics & Other General Merchandise sales grew 69% to $3.49 billion. Excluding the unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, sales grew 70%.
  • The Company introduced Textbook Buyback, an easy-to-use program that helps students lower their textbook costs, giving them great value for their used textbooks.
  • The Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de websites each launched Grocery stores offering customers free delivery on thousands of new items from brands such as Kraft, Nestlé, Mars, PepsiCo, Proctor & Gamble, and Unilever.
  • Businesses and developers in over 190 countries are taking advantage of Amazon Web Services (AWS). In the first half of 2010, AWS continued significant geographic expansion, launching the first Asia Pacific Region in Singapore as well as extending additional services including Amazon Virtual Private Cloud and Amazon Relational Database Service into the EU.
  • AWS announced a new storage option within the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS), which enables customers to reduce their costs by storing non-critical, reproducible data at lower levels of redundancy than Amazon S3's standard storage.
  • AWS introduced Cluster Compute Instances, an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance type specifically tailored for high-performance computing.

 

Financial Guidance

The following forward-looking statements reflect Amazon.com's expectations as of July 22, 2010. Our results are inherently unpredictable and may be materially affected by many factors, such as fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, changes in global economic conditions and consumer spending, world events, the rate of growth of the Internet and online commerce and the various factors detailed below.

Third Quarter 2010 Guidance

 

  • Net sales are expected to be between $6.900 billion and $7.625 billion, or to grow between 27% and 40% compared with third quarter 2009.
  • Operating income is expected to be between $210 million and $310 million, or between 16% decline and 24% growth compared with third quarter 2009.
  • This guidance includes approximately $130 million for stock-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets, and it assumes, among other things, that no additional business acquisitions or investments are concluded and that there are no further revisions to stock-based compensation estimates.

 

A conference call will be webcast live today at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET, and will be available for at least three months at http://www.amazon.com/ir. This call will contain forward-looking statements and other material information regarding the Company's financial and operating results.

These forward-looking statements are inherently difficult to predict. Actual results could differ materially for a variety of reasons, including, in addition to the factors discussed above, the amount that Amazon.com invests in new business opportunities and the timing of those investments, the mix of products sold to customers, the mix of net sales derived from products as compared with services, the extent to which we owe income taxes, competition, management of growth, potential fluctuations in operating results, international growth and expansion, the outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, risks of inventory management, seasonality, the degree to which the Company enters into, maintains and develops commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, and risks of fulfillment throughput and productivity. Other risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks related to new products, services and technologies, system interruptions, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. In addition, the current global economic climate amplifies many of these risks. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle and Kindle DX are the revolutionary portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle and Kindle DX utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1 bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.

Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.comwww.amazon.co.ukwww.amazon.dewww.amazon.co.jpwww.amazon.frwww.amazon.ca, and www.amazon.cn. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in millions)
(unaudited)
             
             
             
  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
  June 30, June 30, June 30,
  2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009
             
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD$1,844  $1,701  $3,444  $2,769  $1,936  $1,548 
             
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:            
Net income  207   142   505   319   1,088   663 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:

            

Depreciation of fixed assets, including internal-use software and website development, and other amortization

 129   84   249   171   456   323 
Stock-based compensation  111   85   196   152   386   300 
Other operating expense (income), net  25   60   51   71   83   86 
Losses (gains) on sales of marketable securities, net -   -   -   (2)  (2)  (1)
Other expense (income), net  (22)  (14)  (27)  (12)  (31)  (53)
Deferred income taxes  (8)  6   (28)  7   49   30 
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation (75)  (20)  (161)  (70)  (196)  (122)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:            
Inventories  (141)  (23)  180   84   (435)  (261)
Accounts receivable, net and other  (42)  16   412   183   (252)  (149)
Accounts payable  (81)  56   (1,972)  (1,073)  959   625 
Accrued expenses and other  200   (6)  (161)  (128)  265   182 
Additions to unearned revenue  161   207   349   413   990   696 
Amortization of previously unearned revenue  (214)  (125)  (441)  (232)  (799)  (441)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 250   468   (848)  (117)  2,561   1,878 
             
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:            

Purchases of fixed assets, including internal-use software and website development

 (196)  (78)  (336)  (133)  (575)  (336)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and other  (21)  (19)  (40)  (35)  (45)  (129)
Sales and maturities of marketable securities and other investments 1,208   378   2,080   692   3,354   1,545 
Purchases of marketable securities and other investments (1,466)  (560)  (2,721)  (951)  (5,661)  (1,877)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (475)  (279)  (1,017)  (427)  (2,927)  (797)
             
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:            
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation 75   20   161   70   196   122 
Common stock repurchased  -   -   -   -   -   (100)
Proceeds from long-term debt and other  5   2   67   6   133   44 
Repayments of long-term debt, capital lease, and finance lease obligations (37)  (25)  (98)  (368)  (186)  (663)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 43   (3)  130   (292)  143   (597)
             
Foreign-currency effect on cash and cash equivalents (33)  49   (80)  3   (84)  (96)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (215)  235   (1,815)  (833)  (307)  388 
             
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD$1,629  $1,936  $1,629  $1,936  $1,629  $1,936 
             
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:           
Cash paid for interest $3  $2  $5  $28  $9  $43 
Cash paid for income taxes  43   23   46   34   60   64 
Fixed assets acquired under capital leases  83   19   142   37   252   118 
Fixed assets acquired under build-to-suit leases  60   61   120   117   191   173 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
         
         
         
  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
  June 30, June 30,
  2010 2009 2010 2009
         
Net sales $6,566  $4,651  $13,697  $9,541 
         
Operating expenses (1):        
Cost of sales  4,957   3,518   10,458   7,260 
Fulfillment  582   409   1,128   831 
Marketing  211   129   412   257 
Technology and content  408   299   773   575 
General and administrative  113   77   210   145 
Other operating expense (income), net (2)  25   60   51   71 
Total operating expenses  6,296   4,492   13,032   9,139 
         
Income from operations  270   159   665   402 
         
Interest income  12   8   23   20 
Interest expense  (9)  (7)  (16)  (19)
Other income (expense), net  24   19   27   24 
Total non-operating income (expense)  27   20   34   25 
         
Income before income taxes  297   179   699   427 
         
Provision for income taxes  (88)  (39)  (189)  (108)
Equity-method investment activity, net of tax  (2)  2   (5)  - 
Net income $207  $142  $505  $319 
         
Basic earnings per share $0.46  $0.33  $1.13  $0.74 
         
Diluted earnings per share $0.45  $0.32  $1.11  $0.73 
         
         
Weighted average shares used in computation of earnings per share:        
Basic  447   431   446   430 
Diluted  455   440   455   438 
__________________________        
(1) Includes stock-based compensation as follows:        
Fulfillment $24  $20  $42  $35 
Marketing  7   5   12   9 
Technology and content  58   46   103   82 
General and administrative  22   14   39   26 
         
(2) Q2 2009 was negatively impacted by a $51 million legal settlement.      
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Segment Information
(in millions)
(unaudited)
         
         
         
  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
  June 30, June 30,
  2010 2009 2010 2009
North America        
Net sales $3,590  $2,451  $7,370  $5,030 
Operating expenses        
Cost of sales  2,570   1,779   5,332   3,664 
Direct segment operating expenses (1)  820   547   1,565   1,091 
Segment operating income $200  $125  $473  $275 
         
International        
Net sales $2,976  $2,200  $6,327  $4,511 
Operating expenses        
Cost of sales  2,387   1,739   5,126   3,596 
Direct segment operating expenses (1)  383   282   762   565 
Segment operating income $206  $179  $439  $350 
         
Consolidated        
Net sales $6,566  $4,651  $13,697  $9,541 
Operating expenses        
Cost of sales  4,957   3,518   10,458   7,260 
Direct segment operating expenses  1,203   829   2,327   1,656 
Segment operating income  406   304   912   625 
Stock-based compensation  (111)  (85)  (196)  (152)
Other operating income (expense), net (2)  (25)  (60)  (51)  (71)
Income from operations  270   159   665   402 
Total non-operating income (expense), net  27   20   34   25 
Provision for income taxes  (88)  (39)  (189)  (108)
Equity-method investment activity, net of tax  (2)  2   (5)  - 
Net income $207  $142  $505  $319 
         
Segment Highlights:        
Y/Y net sales growth:        
North America  46%  13%  47%  17%
International  35   16   40   16 
Consolidated  41   14   44   16 
Y/Y segment operating income growth:        
North America  61%  30%  72%  22%
International  15   20   25   27 
Consolidated  34   24   46   24 
Net sales mix:        
North America  55%  53%  54%  53%
International  45   47   46   47 
   100%  100%  100%  100%
__________________________        

(1) A significant majority of our costs for "Technology and content" are incurred in the United States and most of these costs are allocated to our North America segment.

         
(2) Q2 2009 was negatively impacted by a $51 million legal settlement.
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Net Sales Information
(in millions)
(unaudited)
         
         
         
  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
  June 30, June 30,
  2010 2009 2010 2009
North America        
Media $1,324  $1,148  $2,921  $2,454 
Electronics and other general merchandise  2,090   1,187   4,114   2,359 
Other  176   116   335   217 
Total North America $3,590  $2,451  $7,370  $5,030 
         
International        
Media $1,550  $1,294  $3,383  $2,712 
Electronics and other general merchandise  1,399   882   2,887   1,756 
Other  27   24   57   43 
Total International $2,976  $2,200  $6,327  $4,511 
         
Consolidated        
Media $2,874  $2,442  $6,304  $5,166 
Electronics and other general merchandise  3,489   2,069   7,001   4,115 
Other  203   140   392   260 
Total Consolidated $6,566  $4,651  $13,697  $9,541 
         
Y/Y Net Sales Growth:        
North America:        
Media  15%  0%  19%  4%
Electronics and other general merchandise  76   29   74   35 
Other  52   16   54   12 
Total North America  46   13   47   17 
         
International:        
Media  20%  3%  25%  4%
Electronics and other general merchandise  59   45   64   39 
Other  13   (8)  32   1 
Total International  35   16   40   16 
         
Consolidated:        
Media  18%  1%  22%  4%
Electronics and other general merchandise  69   35   70   37 
Other  45   11   51   10 
Total Consolidated  41   14   44   16 
         
Y/Y Net Sales Growth Excluding Effect of Exchange Rates:        
International:        
Media  21%  12%  22%  15%
Electronics and other general merchandise  63   60   62   55 
Other  18   10   31   22 
Total International  38   28   38   28 
         
Consolidated:        
Media  18%  7%  20%  10%
Electronics and other general merchandise  70   41   69   44 
Other  46   15   50   13 
Total Consolidated  42   20   42   22 
         
Consolidated Net Sales Mix:        
Media  44%  52%  46%  54%
Electronics and other general merchandise  53   45   51   43 
Other  3   3   3   3 
   100%  100%  100%  100%
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions, except per share data)
       
       
       
  June 30, December 31, June 30,
  2010 2009 2009
ASSETS (unaudited)   (unaudited)
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents $1,629  $3,444  $1,936 
Marketable securities  3,479   2,922   1,276 
Inventories  1,940   2,171   1,325 
Accounts receivable, net and other  805   988   584 
Deferred tax assets  265   272   183 
Total current assets  8,118   9,797   5,304 
Fixed assets, net  1,704   1,290   981 
Deferred tax assets  29   18   118 
Goodwill  1,229   1,234   451 
Other assets  1,317   1,474   821 
Total assets $12,397  $13,813  $7,675 
       
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY      
Current liabilities:      
Accounts payable $3,545  $5,605  $2,508 
Accrued expenses and other  1,705   1,759   1,128 
Total current liabilities  5,250   7,364   3,636 
Long-term debt  132   109   109 
Other long-term liabilities  1,158   1,083   674 
       
Commitments and contingencies      
       
Stockholders' equity:      
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value:      
Authorized shares -- 500      
Issued and outstanding shares -- none  -   -   - 
Common stock, $0.01 par value:      
Authorized shares -- 5,000      
Issued shares -- 464, 461 and 448      
Outstanding shares -- 448, 444 and 432  5   5   4 
Treasury stock, at cost  (600)  (600)  (600)
Additional paid-in capital  6,056   5,736   4,321 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (282)  (56)  (58)
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)  678   172   (411)
Total stockholders' equity  5,857   5,257   3,256 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $12,397  $13,813  $7,675 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
(in millions, except per share data)
(unaudited)
             
            Y/Y %
  Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Change
Cash Flows and Shares            
Operating cash flow -- trailing twelve months (TTM) $1,878  $2,253  $3,293  $2,780  $2,561  36%
Purchases of fixed assets (incl. internal-use software & website development) -- TTM $336  $337  $373  $458  $575  71%
Free cash flow (operating cash flow less purchases of fixed assets) -- TTM $1,542  $1,916  $2,920  $2,322  $1,986  29%
Free cash flow -- TTM Y/Y growth  89%  98%  114%  62%  29% N/A 
Invested capital (1) $3,666  $3,847  $4,449  $5,104  

$

5,820  N/A 
Return on invested capital (2)  42%  50%  66%  45%  34% N/A 
             
Common shares and stock-based awards outstanding  451   451   461   463   465  3%
Common shares outstanding  432   433   444   446   448  4%
Stock-based awards outstanding  19   18   17   18   17  (11%)
Stock-based awards outstanding -- % of common shares outstanding  4.4%  4.2%  3.8%  4.0%  3.8% N/A 
             
Results of Operations            
Worldwide (WW) net sales $4,651  $5,449  $9,519  $7,131  $6,566  41%
WW net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  20%  29%  37%  42%  42% N/A 
WW net sales -- TTM $20,509  $21,693  $24,509  $26,750  $28,664  40%
WW net sales -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  24%  24%  29%  33%  38% N/A 
             
Operating income (3) $159  $251  $476  $394  $270  71%
Operating income -- Y/Y growth (decrease), excluding F/X  

(13

%)

  69%  63%  56%  77% N/A 
Operating margin -- % of WW net sales  3.4%  4.6%  5.0%  5.5%  4.1% N/A 
Operating income -- TTM (3) $829  $925  $1,129  $1,279  $1,391  68%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  13%  22%  39%  44%  65% N/A 
Operating margin -- TTM % of WW net sales  4.0%  4.3%  4.6%  4.8%  4.9% N/A 
             
Net income (3) $142  $199  $384  $299  $207  45%
Net income per diluted share $0.32  $0.45  $0.85  $0.66  $0.45  41%
Net income -- TTM (3) $663  $743  $902  $1,024  $1,088  64%
Net income per diluted share -- TTM $1.52  $1.69  $2.04  $2.30  $2.42  59%
             
Segments            
North America Segment:            
Net sales $2,451  $2,843  $4,956  $3,780  $3,590  46%
Net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  13%  24%  36%  46%  46% N/A 
Net sales -- TTM $10,963  $11,503  $12,828  $14,030  $15,168  38%
Operating income $125  $156  $278  $273  $200  61%
Operating margin -- % of North America net sales  5.1%  5.5%  5.6%  7.2%  5.6% N/A 
Operating income -- TTM $494  $562  $709  $832  $907  84%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  8%  20%  59%  79%  84% N/A 
Operating margin -- TTM % of North America net sales  4.5%  4.9%  5.5%  5.9%  6.0% N/A 
             
International Segment:            
Net sales $2,200  $2,606  $4,563  $3,351  $2,976  35%
Net sales -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  28%  35%  37%  37%  38% N/A 
Net sales -- TTM $9,546  $10,190  $11,681  $12,720  $13,496  41%
Net sales -- TTM % of WW net sales  47%  47%  48%  48%  47% N/A 
Operating income $179  $194  $319  $234  $206  15%
Operating margin -- % of International net sales  8.1%  7.4%  7.0%  7.0%  6.9% N/A 
Operating income -- TTM $722  $773  $863  $925  $952  32%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  49%  49%  41%  33%  28% N/A 
Operating margin -- TTM % of International net sales  7.6%  7.6%  7.4%  7.3%  7.1% N/A 
             
Consolidated Segments:            
Operating expenses (4) $4,347  $5,099  $8,922  $6,624  $6,160  42%
Operating expenses -- TTM (4) $19,293  $20,358  $22,937  $24,993  $26,805  39%
Operating income $304  $350  $597  $507  $406  34%
Operating margin -- % of consolidated sales  6.5%  6.4%  6.3%  7.1%  6.2% N/A 
Operating income -- TTM $1,216  $1,335  $1,572  $1,757  $1,859  53%
Operating income -- TTM Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  29%  35%  48%  51%  51% N/A 
Operating margin -- TTM % of consolidated net sales  5.9%  6.2%  6.4%  6.6%  6.5% N/A 
AMAZON.COM, INC.
Supplemental Financial Information and Business Metrics
(in millions, except inventory turnover, accounts payable days and employee data)
(unaudited)
             
            Y/Y %
  Q2 2009 Q3 2009 Q4 2009 Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Change
Supplemental            
Supplemental North America Segment Net Sales:            
Media $1,148  $1,412  $2,099  $1,597  $1,324  15%
Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  0%  14%  19%  22%  15% N/A 
Media -- TTM $5,449  $5,616  $5,964  $6,255  $6,432  18%
Electronics and other general merchandise $1,187  $1,293  $2,662  $2,024  $2,090  76%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  29%  36%  54%  73%  76% N/A 
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $5,043  $5,385  $6,314  $7,166  $8,069  60%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of North America net sales  46%  47%  49%  51%  53% N/A 
Other $116  $138  $195  $159  $176  52%
Other -- TTM $471  $502  $550  $608  $668  42%
             
Supplemental International Segment Net Sales:            
Media $1,294  $1,517  $2,580  $1,833  $1,550  20%
Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  12%  22%  26%  23%  21% N/A 
Media -- TTM $5,849  $6,118  $6,810  $7,225  $7,480  28%
Electronics and other general merchandise $882  $1,064  $1,947  $1,489  $1,399  59%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  60%  58%  56%  61%  63% N/A 
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $3,603  $3,977  $4,768  $5,382  $5,899  64%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of International net sales  38%  39%  41%  42%  44% N/A 
Other $24  $25  $36  $29  $27  13%
Other -- TTM $94  $95  $103  $114  $117  24%
             
Supplemental Worldwide Net Sales:            
Media $2,442  $2,929  $4,679  $3,430  $2,874  18%
Media -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  7%  18%  23%  22%  18% N/A 
Media -- TTM $11,298  $11,734  $12,774  $13,480  $13,912  23%
Electronics and other general merchandise $2,069  $2,357  $4,609  $3,513  $3,489  69%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- Y/Y growth, excluding F/X  41%  45%  54%  68%  70% N/A 
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM $8,646  $9,362  $11,082  $12,548  $13,968  62%
Electronics and other general merchandise -- TTM % of WW net sales  42%  43%  45%  47%  49% N/A 
Other $140  $163  $231  $188  $203  45%
Other -- TTM $565  $597  $653  $722  $785  39%
             
Balance Sheet            
Cash and marketable securities (5) $3,504  $4,304  $6,672  $5,381  $5,419  55%
Inventory, net -- ending $1,325  $1,617  $2,171  $1,820  $1,940  46%
Inventory turnover, average -- TTM  12.4   12.1   12.2   12.6   12.5  1%
Fixed assets, net $981  $1,086  $1,290  $1,436  $1,704  74%
             
Accounts payable -- ending $2,508  $3,354  $5,605  $3,619  $3,545  41%
Accounts payable days -- ending  65   72   68   59   65  0%
             
Other            
WW shipping revenue $185  $208  $341  $248  $239  29%
WW shipping costs $332  $388  $696  $518  $487  47%
WW net shipping costs $147  $180  $355  $270  $248  69%
WW net shipping costs -- % of WW net sales  3.1%  3.3%  3.7%  3.8%  3.8% N/A 
             
             
Employees (full-time and part-time; excludes contractors & temporary personnel)  21,000   21,700   24,300   26,100   28,300  35%
             
             
(1) Average Total Assets minus Current Liabilities (excluding current portion of Long Term Debt) over five quarter ends.
(2) TTM Free Cash Flow divided by Invested Capital.
(3) Q2 2009 was negatively impacted by a $51 million legal settlement.

(4) Represents cost of sales, fulfillment, marketing, technology and content, and general and administrative operating expenses, excluding stock-based compensation.

(5) Includes restricted cash, classified within "Other Assets" on our consolidated balance sheet, of: $292 million Q2 2009, $303 million Q3 2009, $306 million in Q4 2009, $318 million in Q1 2010 and $311 million in Q2 2010.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Certain Definitions

Customer Accounts

- References to customers mean customer accounts, which are unique e-mail addresses, established either when a customer's initial order is shipped or when a customer orders from other sellers on our websites. Customer accounts exclude certain customers, including customers associated with certain of our acquisitions, Amazon Enterprise Solutions program customers, Amazon.com Payments customers, Amazon Web Services customers, and the customers of select companies with whom we have a technology alliance or marketing and promotional relationship. Customers are considered active when they have placed an order during the preceding twelve-month period.

Seller Accounts

- References to sellers means seller accounts, which are established when a seller receives an order from a customer account. Seller accounts exclude Amazon Enterprise Solutions sellers. Sellers are considered active when they have received an order from a customer during the preceding twelve-month period.

Registered Developers

- References to registered developers mean cumulative registered developer accounts, which are established when potential developers enroll with Amazon Web Services and receive a developer access key.

Units

- References to units mean physical and digital units sold (net of returns and cancellations) by us and sellers at Amazon.com domains worldwide - such as http://www.amazon.comhttp://www.amazon.co.ukhttp://www.amazon.dehttp://www.amazon.co.jphttp://www.amazon.frhttp://www.amazon.ca and http://www.amazon.cn, as well as Amazon.com-owned items sold through non-Amazon.com domains. Units sold do not include units associated with certain of our acquisitions or Amazon.com gift certificates.

SOURCE: Amazon.com, Inc.

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