Nortel Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter 2008

Aug 01, 2008 (Hugin via COMTEX) --

Increases Revenue and Improves Margins

- Revenue of $2.62 billion, up 2 percent year-over-year and 7 percent on a year-to-date basis

- Gross margin at 43.1 percent, up 204 bps from prior year period

- Management operating margin(a) at 4.3 percent, up 302 bps from prior year period

- Maintains full year guidance, in an increasingly challenging business environment

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - August 01, 2008) - Nortel(1) Networks Corporation (TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT) announced its results for the second quarter of 2008, demonstrating continued progress against the Company's financial targets. Results were prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in U.S. dollars. "Nortel's financial performance in the first half of 2008 has been consistent and disciplined. We have achieved our objectives and are on track to meet our targets for the year," said Nortel president and CEO Mike Zafirovski. "In the second quarter, the company focused on the work at hand and improved productivity, stepped-up cost reduction activities and enhanced margin performance. We delivered gross margin of 43.1%, the seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year improvement, and management operating margin of 4.3%, the eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year improvement."

"We continue to see strong customer momentum in key growth areas of our business. In recent months, we've signed a comprehensive global managed services telepresence agreement with Deloitte, have secured approximately 20 wins for our innovative 40G offering, and earlier this week signed on as the official network infrastructure partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games," said Zafirovski. "In the second half, faced with a challenging business environment, we will continue our focus on execution and on delivering accelerated growth in key segments in order to achieve our financial objectives for the year."

Financial Highlights

- Revenue in the second quarter of $2.62 billion, up 2 percent year over year and up 7 percent on a year-to-date basis.

- Gross margin in the second quarter of 43.1 percent, increasing over the prior year period for the seventh consecutive quarter.

- Management operating margin in the second quarter of 4.3 percent, increasing over the prior year period for the eighth consecutive quarter.

- Cash balance, as at June 30, 2008 of $3.07 billion, included an outflow of cash from operations in the quarter of $74 million. On May 28, 2008, Nortel successfully completed the issuance of $675 million in a Senior Notes offering and used the net proceeds together with cash on hand to redeem at par the $675 million outstanding principal amount of convertible notes due September 2008.

Business Highlights

- Another Olympic win. Nortel was awarded the contract to be the Official Network Infrastructure Partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Nortel will provide an end-to-end information infrastructure with everything from a metro area network to the wireless network down to the call center and the telephones that will be used.

- Unified communications offer continues to strengthen. Nortel announced carrier hosted solutions with Microsoft and IBM. The solutions are designed to enhance productivity and offer powerful unified communications to small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Nortel received the IBM IMPACT Innovation Award for its key IBM SOA foundation resource, the Nortel Agile Communications Environment.

- 4G progress continued. Nortel announced a strategic agreement with Alvarion to create an end-to-end WiMAX solution to meet the needs of the evolving wireless broadband market. This alliance allows Nortel to drive growth in WiMAX while focusing R&D resources on 4G LTE and wireless applications.

- 40G continues to gain market momentum with 20 customer wins. Rascom and Southern Cross Cables selected Nortel 40G solution in the U.S., while Virgin Media teamed with Nortel to successfully trial 40G on its existing 10G network in the U.K.

- Carrier Ethernet chosen by Verizon. Nortel will provide Verizon Telecom with new generation switching equipment to help Verizon expand its metro Ethernet backbone. The Nortel carrier Ethernet solution chosen by Verizon includes industry-leading PBB and Ethernet OAM technologies, and provides Verizon with flexibility and scalability to support new applications and requirements.

- Deloitte signs Telepresence contract. Focused on saving costs, improving internal collaboration and driving down their global carbon footprint. Deloitte selected Nortel as a global managed services provider for telepresence, video conferencing and associated multimedia services. The new managed services agreement with Nortel will enable Deloitte's global organization and as many as 130 Deloitte member firm locations around the world to obtain telepresence and open standards-based video conferencing services.

- Energy consumption message resonates with wide customer audience. Customers such as Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, Sweetwater Sound, Earth Rangers and partners like Ronco Communications and Electronics Inc., have adopted energy-efficient Nortel communications solutions, which offer significant energy consumption benefits vs. key global competitors.

- GSM-R gains traction in EMEA. Nortel secured two contracts in Germany with Deutsche Bahn and in Algeria with Agence Nationale d'Etudes et de Suivi de la Realisation des Investissements Ferroviaires (ANESRIF). The GSM-R upgrades are expected to improve safety and enable faster train speeds while reducing operational costs.

Revenue

Revenue was $2.62 billion for the second quarter of 2008, compared to $2.56 billion for the second quarter of 2007 and $2.76 billion for the first quarter of 2008.

Revenue B/(W)

-------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Q2 2008 YoY QoQ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carrier Networks $1,038 (2%) (15%) Enterprise Solutions $ 610 3% (5%) Global Services $ 536 9% 4% Metro Ethernet Networks $ 378 4% 16% Other $ 60 5% 7% -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total $2,622 2% (5%) -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------

Carrier Networks (CN) revenue in the second quarter of 2008 was $1,038 million, a decrease of 2 percent compared with the year ago quarter and a decrease of 15 percent sequentially. Compared to the year ago quarter, CN revenue benefited from an LG-Nortel joint venture contract completion, offset by a decline in CDMA and legacy switching sales. Compared to the previous quarter, CN revenues were unfavourably impacted by the decline in the LG-Nortel joint venture and in North American CDMA revenue, partially offset by an increase in GSM revenue.

Enterprise Solutions (ES) revenue in the second quarter of 2008 was $610 million, an increase of 3 percent compared with the year ago quarter and a decrease of 5 percent sequentially. Compared to the year ago quarter, ES revenue continued to be positively impacted by higher voice and applications revenue, with flat data networking business, reflecting increases in EMEA and Asia, offset by lower sales in the North American region.

Global Services (GS) revenue in the second quarter of 2008 was $536 million, an increase of 9 percent compared with the year ago quarter and an increase of 4 percent sequentially. The second quarter showed solid growth in network implementation services, support services and managed services.

Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) revenue in the second quarter of 2008 was $378 million, an increase of 4 percent compared with the year ago quarter and an increase of 16 percent sequentially. The year over year increase was primarily due to increases in optical and services edge revenue, partially offset by declines in legacy products. Compared to the previous quarter, MEN revenues benefited from the completion of an optical contract in EMEA and increased optical volume in North America.

Orders

Orders were $2,153 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to $2,683 million for the second quarter of 2007, and $2,548 million for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, orders were primarily impacted by lower CDMA orders in North America and lower orders from the LG-Nortel joint venture.

Deferred Revenue

The deferred revenue balance, as at June 30, 2008 of $2,529 million, decreased by $314 million during the second quarter of 2008 and decreased by $580 million year-to-date.

Gross margin

Gross margin was 43.1 percent of revenue in the second quarter of 2008. This compared to gross margin of 41.1 percent for the second quarter of 2007 and 41.6 percent for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, gross margins benefited primarily from customer mix, due to the recognition of higher margin deferred revenues, and cost reduction initiatives, partially offset by the negative impacts of price erosion and product mix.

Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) Expenses

SG&A Expenses B/(W)

-------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Q2 2008 YoY QoQ -------------------------------------------------------------------- SG&A $ 575 3% 4% -------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Revenue 21.9% 129 bps (28 bps) -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------

SG&A expenses were $575 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to $595 million for the second quarter of 2007, and $597 million for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, SG&A was favourably impacted primarily by savings from previously announced restructuring programs, partially offset by investments in sales and marketing and negative foreign exchange impacts of $18 million.

Research and Development (R&D) Expenses

R&D Expenses B/(W)

-------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Q2 2008 YoY QoQ -------------------------------------------------------------------- R&D $ 441 (4%) (5%) -------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Revenue 16.8% (31 bps) (159 bps) -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------

R&D expenses were $441 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to $423 million for the second quarter of 2007 and $420 million for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, R&D was impacted by negative foreign exchange impacts of $15 million and investments in new technologies, partially offset by savings from previously announced restructuring programs.

Management Operating Margin

Management operating margin was 4.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008, compared to 1.3 percent for the second quarter of 2007 and 4.7 percent for the first quarter of 2008. The second quarter of 2008 management operating margin increased by 302 basis points compared to the year ago quarter, marking the eighth consecutive quarter of year over year improvement. The improvement was driven primarily by higher gross margin and lower SG&A.

Other

Special charges in the second quarter of 2008 of $67 million related to costs associated with previously announced restructuring plans.

Other income (expense) - net was $33 million of income for the second quarter of 2008, compared to income of $110 million in the second quarter of 2007 and income of $37 million in the first quarter of 2008. Other income included interest and dividend income of $30 million, foreign exchange gains of $34 million and a $21 million mark-to-market loss on an interest rate swap.

Minority interest was an expense of $55 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to an expense of $11 million for the second quarter of 2007 and an expense of $78 million for the first quarter of 2008. Minority interest expense included an expense of $9 million related to the ongoing payment of preferred shares dividends, but was primarily driven by the profitability of the LG-Nortel joint venture.

Interest expense was $76 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to $98 million for the second quarter of 2007 and $80 million for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, interest expense was positively impacted by lower debt levels and lower variable interest rates.

Income tax expense was $61 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to an expense of $11 million for the second quarter of 2007 and an expense of $36 million for the first quarter of 2008. Compared to the second quarter of 2007, income tax expense was negatively impacted primarily by the increased profitability of the LG-Nortel joint venture.

Earnings

The Company reported a net loss in the second quarter of 2008 of $113 million, or $0.23 per common share on a basic and diluted basis, compared to a net loss of $37 million, or $0.07 per common share on a basic and diluted basis, in the second quarter of 2007 and a net loss of $138 million, or $0.28 per common share on a diluted basis, in the first quarter of 2008.

Significant Impact Items and Tax Impact

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q2 2008 Q2 2007 Q1 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Earnings / (Loss) ($113) ($37) ($138) Restructuring Charges $67 $36 $88 Regulatory Investigation Expense $35 Loss (Gain) on Sale ($2) ($10) ($2) Currency Exchange Loss (Gain) ($34) ($69) $19 Investment Impairment $8 Patent Litigation Settlement ($1) $12 Other Income - Loss (Gain) from Swap $21 ($16) Amortization of Intangibles $11 $13 $12 Total Tax Impact of above items ($2) ($1) ($6) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

The net loss in the second quarter of 2008 of $113 million included special charges of $67 million for restructurings, a loss of $21 million primarily from mark-to-market losses on interest rate swaps and a gain of $34 million due to changes in foreign exchange rates. The net loss in the second quarter of 2007 of $37 million included a regulatory investigation expense of $35 million, a gain of $69 million due to changes in foreign exchange rates and special charges of $36 million for restructuring. The net loss in the first quarter of 2008 of $138 million included special charges of $88 million for restructurings, a loss of $19 million due to changes in foreign exchange rates, a charge of $12 million related to a patent lawsuit settlement and a gain of $16 million primarily from mark-to-market gains on interest rate swaps.

Cash

Cash balance at the end of the second quarter of 2008 was $3.07 billion, down from $3.22 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2008. The decrease in cash was primarily driven by a cash outflow from operating activities of $74 million, cash used in investing activities of $40 million and cash used in financing activities of $30 million. The cash outflow from operating activities of $74 million included a net loss of $113 million, an outflow from changes in operating assets and liabilities of $184 million, partially offset by non-cash additions including $86 million of amortization and depreciation, and $55 million of minority interest primarily related to profitability of the LG-Nortel joint venture.

Environment and Outlook (b)

Nortel faces a challenging business environment with increasing risk due to general macro-economic weakness, continuing competitive pressures and potential of further reduced capex spending by key North American CDMA customers.

Accelerated growth in Nortel's Enterprise and Metro Ethernet businesses in the second half and the expected completion of wireless contracts in the fourth quarter, representing approximately $350 million of previously deferred revenue, are key to the company achieving its financial objectives for this year.

In the context of the foregoing, Nortel reiterates its financial outlook for the full year 2008, and continues to expect:

- Revenue to grow in the low single digits compared to 2007

- Gross margin to be about the business model target of 43 percent of revenue

- Management operating margin as a percentage of revenue to increase by about 300 basis points compared to 2007

(a) The company has changed the terminology of our performance measurement of operating margin to management operating margin. There is no change in the measure itself. Management Operating Margin is a non-GAAP measure defined as Gross Profit less SG&A and R&D expenses. Management Operating Margin percentage is a non-GAAP measure defined as Management Operating Margin divided by Revenue. Nortel's management believes that these measures are meaningful measurements of operating performance and provides greater transparency to investors with respect to Nortel's performance and supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision making. These non-GAAP measures may also facilitate comparisons to Nortel's historical performance and competitors' operating results. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information contained in Nortel's financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. These measures may not be synonymous to similar measurement terms used by other companies. No reconciliation of the projected non-GAAP management operating margin measure is provided to the comparable projected GAAP measure because Nortel does not predict special items that might occur in the future, and Nortel's forecasts are developed at a level of detail different than that used to prepare GAAP-based financial measures. Thus, such a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable efforts.

(b) The Company's financial outlook contains forward-looking information and as such, is based on certain assumptions, and is subject to important risk factors and uncertainties (which are summarized in italics at the end of this press release) that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from this outlook.

About Nortel

Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for our customers. Our next generation technologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and business critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news.

Certain statements in this press release may contain words such as "could", "expects", "may", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "targets", "envisions", "seeks" and other similar language and are considered forward-looking statements or information under applicable securities legislation. These statements are based on Nortel's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the operating environment, economies and markets in which Nortel operates. These statements are subject to important assumptions, risks and uncertainties, that are difficult to predict, and the actual outcome may be materially different. Nortel has made various assumptions in the preparation of its financial outlook in this press release, including the following company-specific assumptions: successful development, delivery and acceptance of new Software Releases required for completion of several large projects, no further negative impact to Nortel's results of operations, financial condition and liquidity arising from Nortel's prior restatements of its financial results; increase in sales in 2008 over 2007 to Nortel's enterprise customers and wireless service provider customers in the Asia Pacific region as a result of Nortel's joint venture with LG Electronics Inc.; improvement in Nortel's product costs due to favorable supplier pricing, partially offset by higher costs associated with customer deployments in emerging markets; cost reductions resulting from the 2008 and 2007 restructuring plans; increased employee costs relative to expected cost of living adjustments and employee bonuses; and the effective execution of Nortel's strategy, including the execution of Nortel's supply chain strategy and the implementation of its Business Transformation initiatives in 2008. Nortel has also made certain macroeconomic and general industry assumptions in the preparation of its financial outlook including: global service provider capital expenditures in 2008 reflecting low single digit growth and key North American service provider capital spending to not significantly decrease from first half 2008 spending levels; global growth rate to remain stable with investments in next generation products and services to exceed declines in purchases of legacy equipment; and a moderate impact as a result of expected industry consolidation among service providers in various geographic regions, particularly in North America and EMEA. The above assumptions, although considered reasonable by Nortel at the date of this press release, may prove to be inaccurate and consequently Nortel's actual results could differ materially from its expectations set out in this press release.

Further, actual results or events could differ materially from those contemplated in forward-looking statements as a result of the following (i) risks and uncertainties relating to Nortel's business including: significant competition, competitive pricing practice, cautious capital spending by customers as a result of factors including current economic uncertainties, industry consolidation, rapidly changing technologies, evolving industry standards, frequent new product introductions and short product life cycles, and other trends and industry characteristics affecting the telecommunications industry; any material, adverse affects on Nortel's performance if its expectations regarding market demand for particular products prove to be wrong; the sufficiency of recently announced restructuring actions; any negative developments associated with Nortel's suppliers and contract manufacturing agreements including our reliance on certain suppliers for key optical networking solutions components; potential penalties, damages or cancelled customer contracts from failure to meet delivery and installation deadlines and any defects or errors in Nortel's current or planned products; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; potential higher operational and financial risks associated with Nortel's efforts to expand internationally; potential additional valuation allowances for all or a portion of Nortel's deferred tax assets if market conditions deteriorate or future results of operations are less than expected; a failure to protect Nortel's intellectual property rights, or any adverse judgments or settlements arising out of disputes regarding intellectual property; any negative effect of a failure to maintain integrity of Nortel's information systems; changes in regulation of the telecommunications industry or other aspects of the industry; any failure to successfully operate or integrate strategic acquisitions, or failure to consummate or succeed with strategic alliances; Nortel's potential inability to attract or retain the personnel necessary to achieve its business objectives or to maintain an effective risk management strategy;

(ii) risks and uncertainties relating to Nortel's liquidity, financing arrangements and capital including: any inability of Nortel to manage cash flow fluctuations to fund working capital requirements or achieve its business objectives in a timely manner or obtain additional sources of funding; high levels of debt, limitations on Nortel capitalizing on business opportunities because of senior notes covenants, or on obtaining additional secured debt pursuant to the provisions of indentures governing certain of Nortel's public debt issues; Nortel's below investment grade credit rating; any increase of restricted cash requirements for Nortel if it is unable to secure alternative support for obligations arising from certain normal course business activities, or any inability of Nortel's subsidiaries to provide it with sufficient funding; any negative effect to Nortel of the need to make larger defined benefit plans contributions in the future or exposure to customer credit risks or inability of customers to fulfill payment obligations under customer financing arrangements; or any negative impact on Nortel's ability to make future acquisitions, raise capital, issue debt and retain employees arising from stock price volatility and any declines in the market price of Nortel's publicly traded securities; and

(iii) risks and uncertainties relating to Nortel's prior restatements and related matters including: any negative impact on Nortel and NNL of such restatements; legal judgments, fines, penalties or settlements related to the ongoing criminal investigation of Nortel in the U.S.; or any significant pending or future civil litigation actions not encompassed by Nortel's class action settlement. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, see Nortel's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other securities filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, Nortel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

(1)Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks.

Nortel will host a teleconference/audio webcast to discuss Second Quarter 2008 Results:

Date: Friday, August 1, 2008 Time: 8:30 a.m. ET

To take part in the audio Webcast, please visit: www.nortel.com/q2earnings2008

To participate in the audio teleconference and Q&A, please call: - North America 1-866-225-6564 - International 1-416-641-6139

--- Please dial in at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the event ---

Replay: A replay of the audio teleconference will be available at 11:00 a.m. ET at: - North America 1-800-408-3053 Passcode: 3265567# - International 1-416-695-5800 Passcode: 3265567#

Audio webcast replay: www.nortel.com/q2earnings2008

NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (U.S. GAAP; Millions of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

Revenues: Products $ 2,288 $ 2,471 $ 2,246 $ 4,759 $ 4,415 Services 334 287 316 621 630 ------------------------------------------------------- 2,622 2,758 2,562 5,380 5,045 -------------------------------------------------------

Cost of revenues Products 1,320 1,459 1,337 2,779 2,640 Services 172 153 173 325 351 ------------------------------------------------------- 1,492 1,612 1,510 3,104 2,991 ------------------------------------------------------- Gross profit 1,130 1,146 1,052 2,276 2,054 43.1% 41.6% 41.1% 42.3% 40.7% Selling, general and administrative expense 575 597 595 1,172 1,199 Research and development expense 441 420 423 861 832 ------------------------------------------------------- Management operating margin 114 129 34 243 23 4.3% 4.7% 1.3% 4.5% 0.5%

Amortization of intangibles 11 12 13 23 25 Special charges 67 88 36 155 116 Gain on sale of businesses and assets (2) (2) (10) (4) (11) Shareholder litigation settlement recovery - - - - (54) Regulatory investigation expense - - 35 - 35 Other operating charges (income) - net (7) 13 (12) 6 (22) ------------------------------------------------------- Operating earnings (loss) 45 18 (28) 63 (66)

Other income - net (33) (37) (110) (70) (176) Interest expense Long-term debt 73 74 91 147 176 Other 3 6 7 9 18 ------------------------------------------------------- Loss from operations before income taxes, minority interests and equity in net earnings (loss) of associated companies 2 (25) (16) (23) (84) Income tax expense 61 36 11 97 24 ------------------------------------------------------- (59) (61) (27) (120) (108) Minority interests - net of tax 55 78 11 133 33 Equity in net loss of associated companies - net of tax (1) (1) (1) (2) (1) ------------------------------------------------------- Net loss $ (113) $ (138) $ (37) $ (251) $ (140) ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

Average shares outstanding (millions) - Basic 498 498 497 498 470 Average shares outstanding (millions) - Diluted 498 498 497 498 470

------------------------------------------------------- Basic and diluted loss per common share ($0.23) ($0.28) ($0.07) ($0.50) ($0.30) ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (U.S. GAAP; Millions of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)

--------------------------------------- June 30, March 31, December 31, 2008 2008 2007 ---------------------------------------

ASSETS Current assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,071 $ 3,223 $ 3,532 Restricted cash and cash equivalents 67 58 76 Accounts receivable - net 2,161 2,338 2,583 Inventories - net 1,828 1,818 2,002 Deferred income taxes - net 476 535 487 Other current assets 525 472 467 --------------------------------------- Total current assets 8,128 8,444 9,147

Investments 178 193 194 Plant and equipment - net 1,477 1,510 1,532 Goodwill 2,568 2,570 2,559 Intangible assets - net 169 188 213 Deferred income taxes - net 2,809 2,774 2,868 Other assets 545 574 555 --------------------------------------- Total assets $ 15,874 $ 16,253 $ 17,068 --------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities Trade and other accounts payable $ 1,107 $ 1,070 $ 1,187 Payroll and benefit-related liabilities 621 545 690 Contractual liabilities 243 259 272 Restructuring liabilities 132 143 100 Other accrued liabilities 3,151 3,497 3,825 Long-term debt due within one year 21 696 698 --------------------------------------- Total current liabilities 5,275 6,210 6,772

Long-term debt 4,476 3,838 3,816 Deferred income taxes - net 31 30 17 Other liabilities 2,688 2,706 2,875 --------------------------------------- Total liabilities 12,470 12,784 13,480 --------------------------------------- Minority interests in subsidiary companies 907 883 830

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Common shares, without par value - Authorized shares: unlimited; Issued and outstanding shares: 496,537,262 as of June 30, 2008, 438,029,916 as of March 31, 2008 and 437,423,006 as of December 31, 2007 35,557 34,043 34,028 Additional paid-in capital 3,540 5,033 5,025 Accumulated deficit (36,813) (36,705) (36,532) Accumulated other comprehensive loss 213 215 237 --------------------------------------- Total shareholders' equity 2,497 2,586 2,758 --------------------------------------- Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 15,874 $ 16,253 $ 17,068 --------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------

NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (U.S. GAAP; Millions of U.S. dollars)

Three months ended Six months ended ------------------------------------------------------- June 30, March 31, June 30, June 30, June 30, 2008 2008 2007 2008 2007 ------------------------------------------------------- Cash flows from (used in) operating activities Net loss $ (113) $ (138) $ (37) $ (251) $ (140) Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash from (used in) operating activities, net of effects from acquisitions and divestitures of businesses: Amortization and depreciation 86 82 73 168 152 Non-cash portion of shareholder litigation settlement expense (recovery) - - - - (54) Non-cash portion of special charges and related asset write downs 9 2 3 11 3 Equity in net (earnings) loss of associated companies (1) (1) (1) (2) (1) Share based compensation expense 21 21 30 42 55 Deferred income taxes 35 12 (2) 47 3 Pension and other accruals 28 32 44 60 136 Loss (gain) on sale or write down of investments, businesses and assets - 6 (5) 6 (6) Minority interests 55 78 11 133 33 Other - net (10) (23) (86) (33) (68) Change in operating assets and liabilities, excluding Global Class Action Settlement - net (184) (331) (150) (515) (209) Global Class Action Settlement net - - - - (585) ------------------------------------------------------- Net cash from (used in) operating activities (74) (260) (120) (334) (681) -------------------------------------------------------

Cash flows from (used in) investing activities Expenditures for plant and equipment (36) (51) (53) (87) (109) Proceeds on disposals of plant and equipment - - 70 - 84 Restricted cash and cash equivalents (9) 18 (3) 9 592 Acquisitions of investments and businesses - net of cash acquired (3) (29) (12) (32) (26) Proceeds on sale of investments and businesses 8 18 21 26 (18) ------------------------------------------------------- Net cash from (used in) investing activities (40) (44) 23 (84) 523 -------------------------------------------------------

Cash flows from (used in) financing activities Dividends paid by subsidiaries to minority interests (10) (11) (15) (21) (25) Increase in notes payable 50 28 14 78 24 Decrease in notes payable (45) (25) (15) (70) (27) Decrease in loan payable (7) - - (7) 1,150 Debt issuance costs (13) - (1) (13) (23) Decrease in capital leases payable (5) (6) (6) (11) (11) Issuance of common shares - - 2 - 9 -------------------------------------------------------

Net cash from (used in) financing activities (30) (14) (21) (44) 1,097 -------------------------------------------------------

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (8) 9 36 1 42 ------------------------------------------------------- Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (152) (309) (82) (461) 981 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 3,223 3,532 4,555 3,532 3,492 ------------------------------------------------------- Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 3,071 $ 3,223 $ 4,473 $ 3,071 $ 4,473 ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION Consolidated Financial Information (U.S. GAAP; Millions of U.S. dollars)

Segmented revenues The following table summarizes our revenue and management operating margin by segment for:

Revenues

Carrier Networks $ 1,038 $ 1,218 $ 1,058 $ 2,256 $ 2,067 Enterprise Solutions 610 641 590 1,251 1,187 Global Services 536 516 494 1,052 942 Metro Ethernet Networks 378 327 363 705 736 ------------------------------------------------------- Total reportable segments 2,562 2,702 2,505 5,264 4,932 Other 60 56 57 116 113 ------------------------------------------------------- Total revenues $ 2,622 $ 2,758 $ 2,562 $ 5,380 $ 5,045 ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

Management operating margin Carrier Networks 184 259 175 443 329 Enterprise Solutions (21) (24) (9) (45) (18) Global Services 83 72 75 155 150 Metro Ethernet Networks 17 (25) 10 (8) (10) ------------------------------------------------------- Total reportable segments 263 282 251 545 451 Other (149) (153) (217) (302) (428) ------------------------------------------------------- Total management operating margin 114 129 34 243 23

Amortization of intangible assets 11 12 13 23 25 Special charges 67 88 36 155 116 Gain (loss) on sales of businesses and assets (2) (2) (10) (4) (11) Shareholder litigation settlement (expense) recovery - - - - (54) Regulatory investigation expense - - 35 - 35 Other operating charges (income) - net (7) 13 (12) 6 (22) Other income - net (33) (37) (110) (70) (176) Interest expense 76 80 98 156 194 Income tax expense 61 36 11 97 24 Minority interests - net of tax 55 78 11 133 33 Equity in net loss of associated companies - net of tax (1) (1) (1) (2) (1) ------------------------------------------------------- Net earnings (loss) $ (113) $ (138) $ (37) $ (251) $ (140) ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

Geographic revenues The following table summarizes our geographic revenues based on the location of the customer for:

Revenues

United States $ 1,039 $ 1,081 $ 1,171 $ 2,120 $ 2,387 EMEA (a) 634 591 678 1,225 1,256 Canada 200 166 178 366 351 Asia 584 787 336 1,371 718 CALA (b) 165 133 199 298 333 ------------------------------------------------------- Total revenues $ 2,622 $ 2,758 $ 2,562 $ 5,380 $ 5,045 ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

(a) Europe, Middle East and Africa (b) Caribbean and Latin America

Network Solutions revenues The following table summarizes our revenues by category of network solutions for each of our reportable segments for:

Revenues

Carrier Networks CDMA solutions $ 446 $ 555 $ 494 $ 1,001 $ 1,062 GSM and UMTS solutions 448 536 402 984 673 Circuit and packet voice solutions 144 127 162 271 332 ------------------------------------------------------- 1,038 1,218 1,058 2,256 2,067

Enterprise Solutions Circuit and packet voice solutions 413 458 393 871 768 Data networking and security solutions 197 183 197 380 419 ------------------------------------------------------- 610 641 590 1,251 1,187

Global Services 536 516 494 1,052 942

Metro Ethernet Networks Optical networking solutions 300 247 285 547 548 Data networking and security solutions 78 80 78 158 188 ------------------------------------------------------- 378 327 363 705 736

Other 60 56 57 116 113 -------------------------------------------------------

Total revenues $ 2,622 $ 2,758 $ 2,562 $ 5,380 $ 5,045 ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

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