Sun Microsystems wasn’t the only big name vendor to sneak its annual return into the Companies Office during that hectic final week before Christmas.
Microsoft (0.7Mb pdf) and Accenture (0.7Mb pdf) both lodged their New Zealand accounts on December 22, an effective way (whether by accident or design) of ensuring holiday-minded journalists don’t notice the filings for a while.
In Microsoft’s case, there wasn’t anything to be ashamed of. The company’s New Zealand sales for the year to June 30 were $67.8m, down a shade from the prior year’s $68.5m. Not bad given the economic turmoil. Net profit was $4.7m, down from $6.5m.
Meanwhile, Accenture – which sponsors a certain high-profile (ex?)golfer — had a bit of a shocker in the local market. Its New Zealand revenue for the year to August 31 was $6.8m, down 30% on 2008′s $9.8m. Despite that, the company managed to make a $1.9m net profit, a turn-around on 2008′s $290,000 loss. Now, what to do about the Tiger factor?
