PTC Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results
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PTC Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results

NEEDHAM, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — July 19, 2017PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today reported financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended July 1, 2017.

“PTC delivered total revenue and earnings per share at or near the high-end of our guidance,” said James Heppelmann, President and CEO, PTC. “Led by subscription revenue growth of 135% and recurring software revenue growth of 11%, total software revenue grew 4% year-over-year, despite a higher mix of subscription bookings than last year. We remain focused on creating long-term shareholder value by driving growth, expanding margins and transitioning to a subscription-based business model.”

Heppelmann continued, “We are excited about both the transformation we are driving in our core business and our leadership position in IoT. In addition to attracting over 8,000 in-person and virtual attendees to LiveWorx, we recently received two 2017 Compass Intelligence IoT Awards, and our strong technology and market position received further validation in IDC’s MarketScape report, which placed PTC squarely in the IoT platform leadership category and also recognized PTC as the market share leader.”

Additional third quarter operating and financial highlights are set forth below. Information about our bookings and other reporting measures is provided beginning on page four. For additional details, please refer to the prepared remarks and financial data tables that have been posted to the Investor Relations section of our website at investor.ptc.com.

Fiscal 2017 Business Outlook
For the fourth quarter and fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, the company expects:

                               
In millions except per share amounts
Operating Measures(1)

Q4’17
Low

Q4’17
High

FY’17
Low

FY’17
High

 
Subscription ACV $ 41 $ 44 $ 133 $ 136
License and Subscription Bookings $ 120 $ 130 $ 395 $ 405
Subscription % of Bookings   68 %   68 %   67 %   67 %
 

(1) An explanation of the metrics included in this table is provided below.

 
Financial Measures

Q4’17
Low

Q4’17
High

FY’17
Low

FY’17
High

Subscription Revenue $ 84 $ 86 $ 280 $ 282
Support Revenue 138 138 572 572
Perpetual License Revenue   38     41     132     135  
Total Software Revenue(2) 260 265 984 989
Professional Services Revenue   43     43     179     179  
Total Revenue(2) $ 303   $ 308   $ 1,163   $ 1,168  
 
Operating Expense (GAAP) $ 195 $ 198 $ 783 $ 786
Operating Expense (Non-GAAP) 173 176 680 683
Operating Margin (GAAP) 8 % 9 % 4 % 4 %
Operating Margin (Non-GAAP) 18 % 19 % 16 % 17 %
Tax Rate (GAAP) 0 % 0 % 66 % 66 %
Tax Rate (Non-GAAP) 10 % 8 % 8 % 7 %
Shares Outstanding (GAAP) 117 117 117 117
Shares Outstanding (Non-GAAP)   117     117     117       117  
EPS (GAAP) $ 0.09 $ 0.14 $ (0.01 ) $ 0.04
EPS (Non-GAAP) (2) $ 0.33   $ 0.38   $ 1.17     $ 1.22  
Free Cash Flow $ 115     $ 125  
Adjusted Free Cash Flow(3) $ 158 $ 168

(2 ) We estimate that, on an annual basis, every 1% change in subscription mix will impact annual revenue by $4 million, and annual non-GAAP EPS by $0.03. We cannot estimate the effect on GAAP EPS due to the number of unknown items, including tax items, included in GAAP EPS.
(3) Adjusted Free Cash Flow is net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less capital expenditures, excluding restructuring payments of approximately $40 million and legal payments of approximately $3 million.

The fourth quarter and fiscal 2017 non-GAAP operating margin and non-GAAP EPS guidance exclude the estimated items outlined in the table below, as well as any tax effects and discrete tax items (which are not known or reflected).

In millions         Q4’17         FY’17
 
Effect of acquisition accounting on fair value of acquired deferred revenue $ - $ 3
Stock-based compensation expense 17 73
Intangible asset amortization expense 15 58
Restructuring charges - 8
Acquisition-related charges - 1
Non-operating credit facility refinancing charges   -   1
Total Estimated Pre-Tax GAAP adjustments $ 32 $ 144
 

PTC’s Fiscal 2017 Third Quarter Results Conference Call, Prepared Remarks and Financial Data Tables
Prepared remarks and financial data tables have been posted to the Investor Relations section of our website at ptc.com. The Company will host a management presentation to discuss results at 5:00 pm ET on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. To access the live webcast, please visit PTC’s Investor Relations website at investor.ptc.com at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start time to download any necessary audio or plug-in software. To participate in the live conference call, dial 800-857-5592 or 773-799-3757 and provide the passcode PTC. The call will be recorded and a replay will be available for 10 days following the call by dialing 800-813-5525 and entering the pass code 6125. The archived webcast will also be available on PTC’s Investor Relations website.

Bookings Metrics
We offer both perpetual and subscription licensing options to our customers, as well as monthly software rentals for certain products. Given the difference in revenue recognition between the sale of a perpetual software license (revenue is recognized at the time of sale) and a subscription (revenue is deferred and recognized ratably over the subscription term), we use bookings for internal planning, forecasting and reporting of new license and cloud services transactions. In order to normalize between perpetual and subscription licenses, we define subscription bookings as the subscription annualized contract value (subscription ACV) of new subscription bookings multiplied by a conversion factor of 2. We arrived at the conversion factor of 2 by considering a number of variables including pricing, support, length of term, and renewal rates. We define subscription ACV as the total value of a new subscription booking divided by the term of the contract (in days) multiplied by 365. If the term of the subscription contract is less than a year, the ACV is equal to the total contract value.

License and subscription bookings equal subscription bookings (as described above) plus perpetual license bookings plus any monthly software rental bookings during the period. Total ACV equals subscription ACV (as described above) plus the annualized value of incremental monthly software rental bookings during the period.

Because subscription bookings is a metric we use to approximate the value of subscription sales if sold as perpetual licenses, it does not represent the actual revenue that will be recognized with respect to subscription sales or that would be recognized if the sales were perpetual licenses, nor does the annualized value of monthly software rental bookings represent the value of any such booking.

Total Deferred Revenue
Total Deferred Revenue consists of Billed Deferred Revenue and Unbilled Deferred Revenue. We define Unbilled Deferred Revenue as contractually committed orders for license, subscription and support with a customer for which the associated revenue has not been recognized and the customer has not been invoiced. We do not record Unbilled Deferred Revenue on our Consolidated Balance Sheet until we invoice the customer. Billed Deferred Revenue primarily relates to software agreements invoiced to customers for which the revenue has not yet been recognized.

Software Revenue
Any reference to “total recurring software revenue” or “recurring software revenue” means the sum of subscription revenue and support revenue. Any reference to “total software revenue” or “software revenue” means the sum of subscription revenue, support revenue and perpetual license revenue. “Subscription revenue” includes cloud services revenue.

Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR)
To help investors understand and assess the success of our subscription transition, we provide an Annualized Recurring Revenue operating measure. Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR) for a given quarter is calculated by dividing the portion of non-GAAP software revenue attributable to subscription and support for the quarter by the number of days in the quarter and multiplying by 365. (A related metric is Subscription ARR, which is calculated by dividing the portion of non-GAAP revenue attributable to subscription for the quarter by the number of days in the quarter and multiplying by 365.) ARR should be viewed independently of revenue and deferred revenue as it is an operating measure and is not intended to be combined with or to replace either of those items. ARR is not a forecast of future revenue, which can be impacted by contract expiration and renewal rates, and does not include revenue reported as perpetual license or professional services revenue in our consolidated statement of income. Subscription and support revenue and ARR disclosed in a quarter can be impacted by multiple factors, including but not limited to (1) the timing of the start of a contract or a renewal, including the impact of on-time renewals, support win-backs, and support conversions, which may vary by quarter, (2) the ramping of committed monthly payments under a subscription agreement over time, and (3) multiple other contractual factors with the customer including other elements sold with the subscription or support contract. These factors can result in variability in disclosed ARR.

Navigate Allocation
In fiscal 2016, we launched Navigate, a ThingWorx-based IoT solution for PLM. In fiscal 2017, revenue and bookings for Navigate are being allocated 50% to Solutions and 50% to IoT. Fiscal 2016 reported amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current presentation. The impact of the reclassification on fiscal 2016 revenue was immaterial.

Constant Currency Change Metric
Year-over-year changes in revenue and bookings on a constant currency basis compare reported results excluding the effect of any hedging converted into U.S. dollars based on the corresponding prior year’s foreign currency exchange rates to reported results for the comparable prior year period.

Important Information about Non-GAAP References
PTC provides non-GAAP supplemental information to its financial results. We use these non-GAAP measures, and we believe that they assist our investors, to make period-to-period comparisons of our operational performance because they provide a view of our operating results without items that are not, in our view, indicative of our operating results. We believe that these non-GAAP measures help illustrate underlying trends in our business, and we use the measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicated internally and externally, for managing our business and evaluating our performance. We believe that providing non-GAAP measures affords investors a view of our operating results that may be more easily compared to the results of peer companies. In addition, compensation of our executives is based in part on the performance of our business based on these non-GAAP measures. However, non-GAAP information should not be construed as an alternative to GAAP information as the items excluded from the non-GAAP measures often have a material impact on PTC’s financial results and such items often recur. Management uses, and investors should consider, non-GAAP measures in conjunction with our GAAP results.

Non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP operating expense, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS exclude the effect of the following items:

A reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to GAAP results is provided within this press release.

PTC also provides information on “free cash flow” and “adjusted free cash flow” to enable investors to assess our ability to generate cash without incurring additional external financings and to evaluate our performance against our announced long term goal of returning approximately 40% of our free cash flow to shareholders via stock repurchases. Free cash flow is net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less capital expenditures; adjusted free cash flow is free cash flow excluding restructuring payments and certain identified non-ordinary course payments. Free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow are not measures of cash available for discretionary expenditures.

Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not historic facts, including statements about our fourth quarter and full fiscal 2017 targets and other future financial and growth expectations and targets, and anticipated tax rates, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks include: the macroeconomic and/or global manufacturing climates may not improve or may deteriorate; customers may not purchase our solutions when or at the rates we expect; our businesses, including our Internet of Things (IoT) business, may not expand and/or generate the revenue we expect; foreign currency exchange rates may vary from our expectations and thereby affect our reported revenue and expense; the mix of revenue between license & subscription solutions, support and professional services could be different than we expect, which could impact our EPS results; our customers may purchase more of our solutions as subscriptions than we expect, which would adversely affect near-term revenue, operating margins, and EPS; customers may not purchase subscriptions as we expect, which could impact our ability to achieve targeted subscription bookings and subscription mix; sales of our solutions as subscriptions may not have the longer-term effect on revenue that we expect; we may be unable to improve performance in Japan when or as we expect; we may be unable to generate sufficient operating cash flow to return 40% of free cash flow to shareholders and other uses of cash or our credit facility limits could preclude share repurchases; and any repatriation of cash held outside the U.S., which constitutes a significant portion of our cash, could be subject to significant taxes. In addition, our assumptions concerning our future GAAP and non-GAAP effective income tax rates are based on estimates and other factors that could change, including the geographic mix of our revenue, expenses and profits and loans and cash repatriations from foreign subsidiaries. Other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected are detailed from time to time in reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

PTC and the PTC logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of PTC Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries.

About PTC (NASDAQ: PTC)
PTC has the most robust Internet of Things technology in the world. In 1986 we revolutionized digital 3D design, and in 1998 were first to market with Internet-based PLM. Now our leading IoT and AR platform and field-proven solutions bring together the physical and digital worlds to reinvent the way you create, operate, and service products. With PTC, global manufacturers and an ecosystem of partners and developers can capitalize on the promise of the IoT today and drive the future of innovation.

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UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands, except per share data)

 
        Three Months Ended         Nine Months Ended
July 1,         July 2, July 1,         July 2,
2017 2016 2017 2016
 
Revenue:
Subscription $ 74,859 $ 31,822 $ 195,001 $ 77,657
Support   140,428     161,881     433,624     494,262  
Total recurring revenue 215,287 193,703 628,625 571,919
Perpetual license   32,348     44,648     94,099  

 

132,100  
Total subscription, support and license revenue 247,635 238,351 722,724 704,019
Professional services   43,658     50,301     134,936     148,277  
Total revenue   291,293     288,652     857,660     852,296  
 
Cost of revenue:
Cost of license and subscription revenue (1) (2) 21,648 17,809 62,333 50,621
Cost of support revenue (1) (2)   23,635     21,055     69,028     63,670  
Total cost of software revenue 45,283 38,864 131,361 114,291
Cost of professional services revenue(1)   36,985     43,606     114,852     128,518  
Total cost of revenue   82,268     82,470     246,213     242,809  
 
Gross margin   209,025     206,182     611,447     609,487  
 
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing (1) 93,101 94,874 271,568 264,480
Research and development (1) 59,850 57,118 175,474 171,397
General and administrative (1) 35,294 35,485 108,789 107,968
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 7,973 8,294 23,986 25,040
Restructuring charges   1,551     2,815     8,300     44,541  
Total operating expenses   197,769     198,586     588,117     613,426  
 
Operating income (loss) 11,256 7,596 23,330 (3,939 )
Other expense, net   (10,557 )   (8,300 )   (30,190 )   (19,880 )
Income (loss) before income taxes 699 (704 ) (6,860 ) (23,819 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes   1,650     (3,777 )   4,336     2,173  
Net income (loss) $ (951 ) $ 3,073   $ (11,196 ) $ (25,992 )
 
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic $ (0.01 ) $ 0.03 $ (0.10 ) $ (0.23 )
Weighted average shares outstanding 115,615 114,795 115,511 114,499
 
Diluted $ (0.01 ) $ 0.03 $ (0.10 ) $ (0.23 )
Weighted average shares outstanding 115,615 115,698 115,511 114,499
 
 

(1) The amounts in the tables above include stock-based compensation as follows:

 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
July 1, July 2, July 1, July 2,
2017 2016 2017 2016
Cost of license and subscription revenue $ 347 $ 195 $ 954 $ 552
Cost of support 1,139 963 3,638 3,611
Cost of professional services revenue 1,505 1,342 4,500 4,072
Sales and marketing 3,296 3,195 11,047 11,254
Research and development 2,805 2,531 9,753 7,578
General and administrative   7,482     5,570     26,247     24,754  
 
Total stock-based compensation $ 16,574   $ 13,796   $ 56,139   $ 51,821  

(2) In the third quarter of 2017, PTC began reporting cost of support revenue separate from cost of license and subscription revenue.  Costs for previous periods have also been separately reported to conform to the current period presentation.

 
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NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RECONCILIATIONS (UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except per share data)
                                     
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
July 1, July 2, July 1, July 2,
2017 2016 2017 2016
 
GAAP revenue $ 291,293 $ 288,652 $ 857,660 $ 852,296
Fair value adjustment of acquired deferred subscription revenue 373 746 1,430 1,711
Fair value adjustment of acquired deferred services revenue   258     277     788     873  
Non-GAAP revenue $ 291,924   $ 289,675   $ 859,878   $ 854,880  
 
GAAP gross margin $ 209,025 $ 206,182 $ 611,447 $ 609,487
Fair value adjustment of acquired deferred revenue 631 1,023 2,218 2,584
Fair value adjustment to deferred services cost (108 ) (121 ) (329 ) (378 )
Stock-based compensation 2,991 2,500 9,092 8,235
Amortization of acquired intangible assets included in cost of revenue   6,517     6,383     19,294     18,235  
Non-GAAP gross margin $ 219,056   $ 215,967   $ 641,722   $ 638,163  
 
GAAP operating income (loss) $ 11,256 $ 7,596 $ 23,330 $ (3,939 )
Fair value adjustment of acquired deferred revenue 631 1,023 2,218 2,584
Fair value adjustment to deferred services cost (108 ) (121 ) (329 ) (378 )
Stock-based compensation 16,574 13,796 56,139 51,821
Amortization of acquired intangible assets included in cost of revenue 6,517 6,383 19,294 18,235
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 7,973 8,294 23,986 25,040
Acquisition-related charges included in general and administrative costs 264 937 987 3,215
US pension plan termination-related costs 285 - 285 -
Restructuring charges   1,551     2,815     8,300     44,541  
Non-GAAP operating income (1) $ 44,943   $ 40,723   $ 134,210   $ 141,119  
 
GAAP net income (loss) $ (951 ) $ 3,073 $ (11,196 ) $ (25,992 )
Fair value adjustment of acquired deferred revenue 631 1,023 2,218 2,584
Fair value adjustment to deferred services cost (108 ) (121 ) (329 ) (378 )
Stock-based compensation 16,574 13,796 56,139 51,821
Amortization of acquired intangible assets included in cost of revenue 6,517 6,383 19,294 18,235
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 7,973 8,294 23,986 25,040
Acquisition-related charges included in general and administrative costs 264 937 987 3,215
US pension plan termination-related costs 285 - 285 -
Restructuring charges 1,551 2,815 8,300 44,541
Non-operating credit facility refinancing costs - - 1,152 2,359
Income tax adjustments (2)   (171 )   (6,202 )   (2,810 )   (6,481 )
Non-GAAP net income $ 32,565   $ 29,998   $ 98,026   $ 114,944  
 
GAAP diluted earnings (loss) per share $ (0.01 ) $ 0.03 $ (0.10 ) $ (0.23 )
Fair value of acquired deferred revenue 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02
Stock-based compensation 0.14 0.12 0.48 0.45
Amortization of acquired intangibles 0.12 0.13 0.37 0.38
Acquisition-related charges - 0.01 0.01 0.03
Restructuring charges 0.01 0.02 0.07 0.39
Non-operating credit facility refinancing costs - - 0.01 0.02
Income tax adjustments   -     (0.05 )   (0.02 )   (0.06 )
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share $ 0.28   $ 0.26   $ 0.84   $ 1.00  
 
GAAP diluted weighted average shares outstanding 115,615 115,698 115,511 114,499
Dilutive effect of stock based compensation plans   1,962     -     1,812     807  
Non-GAAP diluted weighted average shares outstanding   117,577     115,698     117,323     115,306  
 
(1)Operating margin impact of non-GAAP adjustments:
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
July 1, July 2, July 1, July 2,
2017 2016 2017 2016
GAAP operating margin 3.9 % 2.6 % 2.7 % -0.5 %
Fair value of acquired deferred revenue 0.2 % 0.4 % 0.3 % 0.3 %
Fair value adjustment to deferred services cost 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 %
Stock-based compensation 5.7 % 4.8 % 6.5 % 6.1 %
Amortization of acquired intangibles 5.0 % 5.1 % 5.0 % 5.1 %
Acquisition-related charges 0.1 % 0.3 % 0.1 % 0.4 %
US pension plan termination-related costs 0.1 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 %
Restructuring charges   0.5 %   1.0 %   1.0 %   5.2 %
Non-GAAP operating margin   15.4 %   14.1 %   15.6 %   16.5 %
 

(2) We have recorded a full valuation allowance against our U.S. net deferred tax assets and a valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets in certain foreign jurisdictions. As we are profitable on a non-GAAP basis, the 2017 and 2016 non-GAAP tax provisions are being calculated assuming there is no valuation allowance. Income tax adjustments reflect the tax effects of non-GAAP adjustments which are calculated by applying the applicable tax rate by jurisdiction to the non-GAAP adjustments listed above. For the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017 and July 2, 2016 our non-GAAP tax provision is based on our annual expected non-GAAP tax rate applied to our year-to-date non-GAAP earnings.

           
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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
 
July 1, September 30,
2017 2016
 
ASSETS
 
Cash and cash equivalents $ 260,695 $ 277,935
Marketable securities 50,189 49,616
Accounts receivable, net 128,561 161,357
Property and equipment, net 63,443 67,113
Goodwill and acquired intangible assets, net 1,445,453 1,480,118
Other assets 343,420 309,590
   
Total assets $ 2,291,761 $ 2,345,729
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
Deferred revenue $ 465,316 $ 413,657
Debt, net of deferred issuance costs 712,191 751,601
Other liabilities 278,874 337,805
Stockholders' equity 835,380 842,666
   
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 2,291,761 $ 2,345,729
 
 
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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
                                 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
July 1, July 2, July 1, July 2,
2017 2016 2017 2016
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss) $ (951 ) $ 3,073 $ (11,196 ) $ (25,992 )
Stock-based compensation 16,574 13,796 56,139 51,821
Depreciation and amortization 21,504 21,817 64,187 64,721
Accounts receivable 19,540 (5,118 ) 34,913 58,499
Accounts payable and accruals (7,338 ) 7,831 (47,924 ) (9,861 )
Deferred revenue 18,528 20,573 45,985 44,592
Income taxes (3,152 ) (8,644 ) (17,832 ) (17,470 )
Excess tax benefits from stock-based awards (258 ) (38 ) (397 ) (94 )
Other   9,208     6,167     (21,809 )   3,380  
Net cash provided by operating activities 73,655 59,457 102,066 169,596
 
Capital expenditures (4,544 ) (7,766 ) (19,333 ) (16,632 )
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired (1) (4,960 ) - (4,960 ) (164,191 )
Proceeds (payments) on debt, net - (60,000 ) (40,000 ) 110,000
Proceeds from issuance of common stock - 18 3,978 19
Payments of withholding taxes in connection with vesting of stock-based awards
(7,078 ) (5,165 ) (26,244 ) (20,636 )
Excess tax benefits from stock-based awards 258 38 397 94
Proceeds from sales of investments - - 15,218 -
Contingent consideration (8,343 ) (9,371 ) (11,054 ) (10,621 )
Proceeds (purchases) of marketable securities, net (2,013 ) (44,605 ) (733 ) (44,605 )
Repurchases of common stock (34,994 ) - (34,994 ) -
Other financing & investing activities - (5,709 ) (184 ) (6,759 )
Foreign exchange impact on cash   5,398     (727 )   (1,397 )   4,944  
 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents 17,379 (73,830 ) (17,240 ) 21,209
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   243,316     368,456     277,935     273,417  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 260,695   $ 294,626   $ 260,695   $ 294,626  
 

(1) We acquired a company on April 5, 2017 for $5.0 million (net of cash acquired). We acquired Kepware, Inc. on January 11, 2016 for $99 million (net of cash acquired) and Vuforia on November 3, 2015 for $65 million (net of cash acquired).



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