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Cash flows from investing activities: The changes in cash flows from investing activities primarily relate to
acquisitions and the timing of purchases, maturities and sales of our investments in marketable debt securities.
We also use cash to invest in capital and other assets to support our growth.
Fiscal 2011 Compared to Fiscal 2010: Net cash used for investing activities decreased in fiscal 2011 due to a
decrease in cash used for acquisitions, net of cash acquired (refer to Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report for additional information regarding our acquisitions) and a
decrease in cash used to purchase marketable securities (net of proceeds received from sales and maturities),
partially offset by an increase in net capital expenditures.
Fiscal 2010 Compared to Fiscal 2009: Net cash used for investing activities increased in fiscal 2010 due to an
increase in cash used for acquisitions, primarily our acquisition of Sun, and an increase in cash used to purchase
marketable debt securities (net of proceeds received from sales and maturities).
Cash flows from financing activities: The changes in cash flows from financing activities primarily relate to
borrowings and payments under debt facilities as well as stock repurchases, dividend payments and proceeds
from stock option exercises.
Fiscal 2011 Compared to Fiscal 2010: Net cash provided by financing activities in fiscal 2011 decreased due
to a reduction in the amount of debt that we issued in fiscal 2011 ($1.15 billion borrowed pursuant to our
revolving credit facilities and $3.25 billion of long-term senior notes issued) in comparison to fiscal 2010 ($4.5
billion of long-term senior notes and $2.8 billion of commercial paper notes issued). This unfavorable impact to
our financing cash flows was partially offset by a cash favorable reduction in debt repayments during fiscal 2011
(repayments of $2.25 billion of senior notes in January 2011 and $881 million of commercial paper notes) in
comparison to fiscal 2010 (repayments of $1.9 billion of commercial paper notes, $1.0 billion of floating rate
senior notes and $700 million of Sun’s legacy convertible notes) and an increase in proceeds from stock option
exercises during fiscal 2011.
Fiscal 2010 Compared to Fiscal 2009: Net cash provided by financing activities in fiscal 2010 increased
compared to cash used by financing activities in fiscal 2009 due to our issuance of $4.5 billion of senior notes,
our issuances of $2.8 billion of commercial paper notes, net of repayments, and a significant reduction in our
common stock repurchases. These fiscal 2010 increases in cash flows from financing activities were partially
offset by additional cash used for fiscal 2010 dividend payments and the fiscal 2010 repayment of $700 million
of Sun’s legacy convertible notes.
Free cash flow: To supplement our statements of cash flows presented on a GAAP basis, we use non-GAAP
measures of cash flows on a trailing 4-quarter basis to analyze cash flows generated from our operations. We
believe free cash flow is also useful as one of the bases for comparing our performance with our competitors. The
presentation of non-GAAP free cash flow is not meant to be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net
income as an indicator of our performance, or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a
measure of liquidity. We calculate free cash flows as follows:
Year Ended May 31,
(Dollars in millions) 2011 Change 2010 Change 2009
Cash provided by operating activities .................. $ 11,214 29% $ 8,681 5% $ 8,255
Capital expenditures(1) .............................. (450) 96% (230) -57% (529)
Free cash flow .................................... $ 10,764 27% $ 8,451 9% $ 7,726
Net income ...................................... $ 8,547 39% $ 6,135 10% $ 5,593
Free cash flow as a percent of net income .............. 126% 138% 138%
(1) Represents capital expenditures as reported in cash flows from investing activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows presented
in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Long-Term Customer Financing: We offer certain of our customers the option to acquire our software
products, hardware systems products and services offerings through separate long-term payment contracts. We
generally sell these contracts that we have financed on a non-recourse basis to financial institutions within 90
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