Summary
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) filed an 8-K on January 13, 2016, to report preliminary, unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015. This filing primarily serves to furnish a press release and supplementary tables detailing revenue and procedure information. Investors should note that this information is preliminary and has not been subject to a full audit. The company is providing this update to give stakeholders an early look at its performance metrics ahead of its official earnings release.
Key Highlights
- 1Intuitive Surgical announced preliminary unaudited financial results for Q4 and FY 2015.
- 2The report includes a press release (Exhibit 99.1) detailing these results.
- 3Additional preliminary revenue and procedure information is provided in Exhibit 99.2.
- 4This information was posted on the company's Investor Relations website.
- 5The filing is informational, providing advance notice of financial performance.
- 6The reported information is preliminary and unaudited.
- 7The filing does not include audited financial statements.
Frequently Asked Questions
The main purpose of this 8-K filing is to publicly announce Intuitive Surgical's preliminary, unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015, along with related revenue and procedure information, via a press release and supplementary tables.
No, the financial information disclosed in this 8-K filing is explicitly stated as preliminary and unaudited. Investors should await the audited financial statements for the official results.
The detailed preliminary revenue and procedure information can be found in Exhibit 99.2 attached to the 8-K filing. This information has also been posted to the Investor Relations section of Intuitive Surgical's website.
The filing states that the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, shall not be deemed 'filed' for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or incorporated by reference into any other Intuitive filing under the Securities Act or Exchange Act. It is provided for informational purposes only.