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LinkedIn’s Q3 2011 Earnings Announcement

We’d like to share with you the announcement related to our Q3 2011 earnings. We’ll also be live sharing the earnings call both from our @linkedin account, starting 2PM Pacific Time later today. – Ed.

Today, we report our financial results for a strong third quarter, with significant, broad-based growth across all of our revenue streams, member engagement metrics, geographies, and sales channels. Our results underscore the long-term strength of our global platform and our business model.

Here are the key highlights:

  • Revenue for the third quarter was $139.5 million, an increase of 126% compared to $61.8 million for the third quarter of 2010
  • Net loss for the third quarter was $1.6 million, compared to net income of $4.0 million for the third quarter of 2010; Non-GAAP net income for the third quarter was $6.6 million, compared to $6.0 million for the third quarter of 2010. Non-GAAP measures exclude tax-effected stock-based compensation expense and tax-effected amortization of acquired intangible assets
  • Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter was $24.7 million, or 18% of revenue, compared to $11.1 million for the third quarter of 2010, or 18% of revenue
  • GAAP EPS for the third quarter was $(0.02); Non-GAAP EPS for the third quarter was $0.06
  • Members grew to 131.2 million, an increase of 63% from the third quarter of 2010
  • Average comScore unique visitors of 87.6 million per month, an increase of 64% from the third quarter of 2010; total comScore page views of 7.6 billion, an increase of 51% from the third quarter of 2010

I highly encourage you to review associated materials, including our GAAP and non-GAAP reconciliation. [1]

We’re also hosting a webcast / conference call to discuss our second quarter 2011 financial results and business outlook today at 2:00PM Pacific Time.

I will co-host the webcast with Jeff Weiner, which can be viewed on the investor relations section of the LinkedIn website as well.

See slides below.

[slideshare id=10013748&doc=done-earningsdeck2011q3final-111103144046-phpapp02]

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