UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended January 2,October 1, 2004

OR

For the transition period from            to            

Commission file number 1-5517

SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

770-236-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  x    No  ¨

As of January 30,October 29, 2004, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. had outstanding 152,523,836153,313,670 shares of common stock.

PART I –- FINANCIAL INFORMATION

SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

(UNAUDITED)

SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES

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SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)

(UNAUDITED)

SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES

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SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES

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SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES

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NOTES:

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)

During fiscal year 2004, we identified certain cash equivalents and short-term investments which were misclassified. We have reclassified $8,111 from Short-term investments to Cash and cash equivalents at October 3, 2003 and $27,514 from Cash and cash equivalents to Short-term investments at June 27, 2003. The Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended October 3, 2003 has been restated to reflect these adjustments.

Scientific-Atlanta’s fiscal year ends on the Friday closest to June 30 of each year. Fiscal year 2004,2005, which ends on July 2, 2004,1, 2005, will include fifty threefifty-two weeks. The secondfirst quarter of fiscal year 2005 included thirteen weeks while the first quarter of fiscal year 2004 and 2003 each included thirteen weeks. The six months ended January 2, 2004 included twenty seven weeks while the six months ended December 27, 2002 included twenty sixfourteen weeks.

Basic and diluted earnings per share are computed as follows:

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The following information pertains to options to purchase shares of common stock which were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share because the option’s exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares:

The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model which resulted in a weighted-averageweighted average fair value of $19.09$16.98 and $7.87$20.40 per option for grants in the secondfirst quarter of fiscal years 20042005 and 2003, and $19.84 and $7.93 per option for grants in the six months ended January 2, 2004, and December 27, 2002, respectively. The following weighted-average assumptions were used in the pricing model for grants in the threefirst quarter of fiscal years 2005 and six months ended January 2, 2004 and December 27, 2002:2004:

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In addition toOther (income) expense of $901 in the gainquarter ended October 3, 2003 included charges of $1,831 from the sale of shares of Kabelnetzother-than-temporary decline in investments in privately-held companies and the loss from the settlement of purchase price adjustments with ViaSat described above, other income of $1,307 for the six months ended January 2, 2004 includedmiscellaneous charges, which more than offset a gain of $1,907 fromon the sale of a marketable security, charges of $1,831 from other-than-temporary declines in the value of investments in privately-held companies, foreign exchange losses and losses from various other items, none of which was individually significant.

Other expense of $6,604 for the quarter ended December 27, 2002 included $6,465 of losses from other-than-temporary declines in the market value of marketable securities and investments in privately-held companies. Other expense of $12,118 for the six months ended December 27, 2002 included losses of $11,042 from other-than-temporary declines in the market value of marketable securities and investments in privately-held companies and $1,899 from the decline in the cash surrender value of life insurance. These losses were partially offset by net gain of $2,491 from the settlement of a collar on a warrant to purchase common stock of a public company and the related warrant. There were no other significant items in other (income) expense for the three or six months ended December 27, 2002.security.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2005, we made a contribution of $3,594 to the defined benefit pension plan. We believe no additional contributions will be made to the defined benefit pension plan in fiscal year 2005.

We also have unfunded defined benefit retirement plans for certain key officers and non-employee directors. Pension expense for these plans consists of the following:

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In addition to providing pension benefits, we have contributory plans that provide certain health care and life insurance benefits to retired employees. The components of postretirement benefit expense consist of the following:

In addition, we acquired the software, technology and other assets of ChanneLogics, Inc. (ChanneLogics) for $1,600 of cash. The acquired assets were recorded at their estimated fair value at the date of acquisition. The purchase price of ChanneLogics has been allocated to the assets acquired including $539 of goodwill and $550 of other identifiable intangible assets (primarily existing technology, which are being amortized over varying periods of up to five years).

In July 2002, we acquired a portion of the shares held by the minority shareholders of PowerTV, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary, for $4,580 of cash. The entire purchase price was recorded as goodwill.

During the six monthsquarter ended January 2,October 1, 2004, severance costs of $1,193$20 were paid to approximately 40 employees whose positions had been eliminated under the restructuring plan.

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The following reconciles the beginning restructuring liability at June 27, 2003July 2, 2004, which consisted of an accrual for contractual obligations under a canceled lease, to the restructuring liability at January 2,October 1, 2004:

Since the initiation of these restructurings, we have incurred expenses of $5,857$5,898 from the write-off of fixed assets, $6,625$6,528 from contractual obligations under canceled leases, $27,411$27,516 from severance and $7,030$6,989 from other miscellaneous costs.

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warranty period at no cost to the customer. We record an estimate for warranty-related costs based on our actual historical failure rates and repair costs at the time of sale. We repair products in our manufacturing facilities and also outsource warranty repairs. Historical failure rates and repair costs are reviewed and the estimated warranty liability is adjusted, if required, quarterly. In addition, for certain purchased products, such as cable modems and hard drives, included in our set-tops, we provide the same warranty coverage to our customers as the supplier of the products provides to us. Expenses related to unusual product warranty problems and product defects are recorded in the period the problem is identified.

We offer extended warranties on certain products. Revenue from these extended warranty agreements is deferred at the time of the sale and recognized in future periods according to the terms of the warranty agreement. The warranty liability at January 2,October 1, 2004 consisted of $13,276$14,373 in Accrued liabilities and $20,757$23,511 in Other liabilities in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

The following reconciles the beginning warranty liability at June 27, 2003July 2, 2004 to the warranty liability at January 2,October 1, 2004:

In the second quarter of fiscal year 2004, we identified transactions which had resulted in charges to paid in capital in excess of credits from treasury stock transactions and reclassified $31,131 from paid in capital to retained earnings. This reclassification of $31,131 included $10,507 and $20,624 related to treasury stock transactions in fiscal years 2004 and 2003, respectively.

In addition to our annual impairment test, Scientific-Atlanta continually evaluates whether events and circumstances have occurred that indicate that the remaining balance of goodwill may not be recoverable. The results of our assessments did not result in any determination of an impairment of goodwill during the first quarter of fiscal year 2005.

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Adelphia Communications Corporation (Adelphia), a significant customer of Scientific-Atlanta, filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in June 2002. In the third quarter of fiscal year 2002, during the 90 days prior to such filing by Adelphia, we received payments from Adelphia for goods sold and delivered of approximately $67,000. We$67,000, and we are unable to predict the portion, if any, of this amount which might be the subject of avoidance claims by the Chapter 11 estate of Adelphia in connection with its bankruptcy proceeding. During fiscal year 2004, we entered into a tolling agreement for any potential claims by the Adelphia estate where the statute of limitation has not yet run.

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In September 2002, Communications Dynamics, Inc. (Communications Dynamics), parent of TVC Communications (TVC), a distributor of our products in Latin America, also filed for bankruptcy. During the 90 days prior to the bankruptcy filing, we received payments from TVC for goods sold and delivered of approximately $2,000, a portion of which might be the subject of avoidance claims by the Chapter 11 estate of Communications Dynamics in connection with its bankruptcy proceeding. We believe we have provided appropriate reserves for such avoidance claims.

FSPIn October 2004, the FASB concluded that Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 106-1 provides guidance related123R, “Share-Based Payment,” which would require all companies to the accountingmeasure compensation cost for and disclosure of,all share-based payments, including the deferral of recognition of, a federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a benefit that isemployee stock options, at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare Part D provided under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the ACT). FSP No. 106-1 isfair value, would be effective for public companies for interim or annual financial statementsperiods beginning after June 15, 2005. Scientific-Atlanta will adopt SFAS No. 123R in fiscal year 2006.

On October 22, 2004, President Bush signed the “American Jobs Creation Act of fiscal years ending after December 7, 2003.2004” (the Act) which has various tax implications to Scientific-Atlanta, including the repeal of the extraterritorial income exclusion. We are currently evaluatingassessing the impact of the ACT and the alternatives provided in FSP No. 106-1. We are unable to predict at this time the impactvarious provisions of the ACT and the provisions of FSP No. 106-1Act on our results of operations or financial position.

SFAS No. 132 requires additional disclosures about assets, obligations, cash flows and net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plans and other postretirement benefit plans. The provisions of this Statement are effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2003 and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2003. We plan to adopt the interim period disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 132 in the third quarter of fiscal year 2004.

Interpretation No. 46 addresses the consolidation by a reporting entity of variable interest entities with certain characteristics. This Interpretation was effective in January 2003 for variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003 and in the first fiscal year or interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. The FASB has issued FSPs which have deferred the effective date for applying the provisions of Interpretation No. 46 for interests in certain variable interest entities or potential variable interest entities created before February 1, 2003 until the end of the first interim period ending after March 15, 2004. These FSPs also require certain disclosures about variable interest entities and potential variable interest entities.

We are still assessing the impact of Interpretation No. 46 on arrangements that we have with certain entities and therefore, are deferring the application of its provisions until the third quarter of fiscal year 2004. We have tentatively identified two entities that might require consolidation as variable interest entities under the provisions of Interpretation No. 46. One entity is a limited liability company, in which we have an equity interest, which licenses certain technology, receives a commission and remits the residual to the intellectual property owners. During the first six months of fiscal year 2004 and 2003, we made royalty payments of $4,743 and $4,349, respectively, to this company and received royalty payments of $4,965 and $5,974, respectively, from this company. We also recorded our equity in the income of the company of $483 and $500 in the first six months of fiscal years 2004 and 2003, respectively. Our equity investment in this limited liability company was $0 at January 2, 2004.

The second entity, Scientific-Atlanta of Shanghai, Ltd. (SASL), is a partially-owned subsidiary of Scientific-Atlanta that manufactures certain transmission products. During the first six months of fiscal years 2004 and 2003, we purchased $2,418 and $812, respectively, of transmission products from this subsidiary. We also sold $1,052 and $527 of components for transmission products to this company during the first six months of fiscal years 2004 and 2003, respectively. In addition, we recorded income of $241 in the first six months of fiscal year 2004 and losses of $179 in the first six months of fiscal year 2003 from our equity in the net earnings and losses of this company. Our equity investment in SASL was $2,232 at January 2, 2004.

Based on our initial assessment of the impact of Interpretation No. 46, we believe that our equity investment in each of these entities constitutes our maximum exposure to loss at January 2, 2004 from our involvement with the entity.

EITF No. 00-21 provides guidance on determining units of accounting in a revenue arrangement with multiple deliverables and the allocation of the consideration received from the arrangement. EITF No. 00-21, which was effective for revenue arrangements entered into in the first annual or interim period after June 15, 2003, was adopted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2004. The adoption of EITF No. 00-21 did not have a significant impact on the recognition of revenue or result in the deferral of a significant amount of revenue in the first or second quarters of fiscal year 2004.

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In EITF Issue No. 03-5, the EITF concluded that, in an arrangement that includes software that is more than incidental to the products or services as a whole, the software and software-related elements are included in the scope of Statement of Position (SOP) 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition.” EITF Issue No. 03-5, which was adopted in the second quarter of fiscal year 2004, was effective for arrangements entered into in the first annual or interim reporting period after August 13, 2003. The adoption of EITF Issue No. 03-5 did not have a significant impact on the recognition of revenue or result in the deferral of a significant amount of revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2004.tax rate.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

OVERVIEW

Sales for the three months ended January 2,October 1, 2004 were $416.6$452.7 million, an increase of 1814 percent fromover the comparable quarterperiod of the prior year. The year-over-year increase was driven by higher sales volume of Explorer^® digital set-tops, including our Explorer 8000 set-top,certain models which provide digital video recording and / or high-definition functionality. Gross margins of 37.836.6 percent improved 6.2were 0.6 percentage points overlower than the prior yearyear. Operating expenses increased $3.0 million due primarily to the higher levelincremental hiring of sales volume, material cost reductionsengineers related to new set-top designs. The increase in research and improved efficienciesdevelopment expense was offset in manufacturing. The settlement with German cable operator ish discussed below negatively impacted gross marginspart by approximately $6.5 million, or 2.3 percentage points. Operating expenses declined slightly due primarily to lower restructuring costs in the secondfirst quarter of fiscal year 20042005 as compared to the prior year. Net earnings for the three months ended January 2,October 1, 2004 of $51.1$55.9 million were $36.0$13.2 million higher than the prior year due todriven primarily by the higher sales volume and improved gross margins in the secondfirst quarter of fiscal year 20042005 as compared to the prior year.

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY

WeScientific-Atlanta had stockholders’ equity of $1.6$1.9 billion and cash on hand was $450.5$268.3 million at January 2, 2004. Cash increased $90.7 million during the first six months of fiscal yearOctober 1, 2004. Cash provided by operating activities for the six monthsquarter ended January 2,October 1, 2004 of $118.2$40.2 million included net earnings of $93.8$55.9 million and increasesan increase of $19.5 million in income taxes payablepayable. During the quarter, we received $22.7 million of $23.7 millionincome tax refunds and in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $13.9 million.related interest from a federal income tax settlement for certain fiscal years prior to 2003. These receipts were offset partially by increases in accounts receivable and inventory of $47.2$29.1 million and gains$15.2 million, respectively, and a reduction in accrued liabilities of $25.0 million. The increase in accounts receivable relates primarily to the timing of shipments in the first quarter of fiscal year 2005 as compared to the preceding quarter. The increase in inventory relates to the building of set-tops for international markets. Accrued expenses decreased primarily due to the payment of fiscal year 2004 incentives on the sale of marketable securities and investments in privately-held companies of $9.2 million.performance-based plans.

During the six monthsquarter ended October 1, 2004, we increased our short-term investments by $58.6$166.4 million and acquired machineryproperty, plant and equipment for $11.6$45.8 million, received proceedsincluding a cash payment of $13.6$36.0 million fromfor the salepurchase of marketable securities and made a $9.0 million payment to settle purchase price adjustments related to the sale of the satellite networks businesses to ViaSat. We also received $41.4 million from the issuance of common stock underbuildings we had previously leased at our employee stock option and other benefit plans.office site in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

The current ratio of Scientific-Atlanta was 5.2:5.8:1 at January 2,October 1, 2004, up from 4.8:5.6:1 at June 27, 2003.July 2, 2004. At January 2,October 1, 2004, we had debt of $10.3$8.7 million, primarily mortgages on facilities we assumed in connection with the acquisition of BarcoNet NV (BarcoNet) during fiscal year 2002.

We believe that funds generated from operations, and existing cash balances and our available senior credit facility will be sufficient to support operations and fund capital expenditures. We do not anticipate borrowing on our available senior credit facility to support operations or fund capital expenditures.operations.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Sales for the quarter ended October 1, 2004 were $452.7 million, up $57.0 million or 14 percent over the prior year. International sales for the first quarter of fiscal year 2005 were $98.1 million, up 21 percent over the prior year. Year-over-year international sales were up in all regions except the Asia / Pacific region.

Sales of subscriber products for the quarter ended January 2, 2004 increased 2921 percent from the priorlast year’s secondfirst quarter to $296.2$333.2 million. In the secondfirst quarter of fiscal year 2004,2005, we sold 958 thousand1.0 million Explorer digital set-tops as compared to 804 thousand in the prior year. The 958 thousand digital set-tops sold included 260 thousand Explorer 8000 set-tops, an increase from 31 thousand sold the second quarter of the prior year. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2004, we also sold 226and 416 thousand WebSTAR^™ cable modems, up from 189 thousandmodems. Sales of transmission products were $119.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2005, flat as compared to the prior year.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2003, we shipped Explorer set-tops and associated headend equipment to Cablevision Systems Corporation (Cablevision), for which we deferred the recognition of approximately $18 million of sales, pending the execution of an agreement supplementing the original binding agreement. During the second quarter of last year, we executed a supplemental agreement with Cablevision which enabled us to recognize $16 million of the sales that had been previously deferred.

Also during the second quarter of the prior year, we reached an agreement with German cable operator ish related to work orders which had been suspended or cancelled during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2002 and our exposure in accounts receivable and inventory related to ish. We received a cash payment of $22.0 million, notes denominated at $19.0 million which we sold for $11.5 million, and preferred equity in a newly formed entity, Kabelnetz. In connection with this transaction, we recorded sales of $4.4 million and charged $10.9 million to cost of sales for in-process inventory retained by ish. We also removed from backlog approximately $19 million of orders from ish. During the second quarter of fiscal yearended October 1, 2004, we sold 397 thousand set-tops with digital video recording capability (DVRs), including 248 thousand units of our standard-definition model and 149 thousand units of our high-definition DVR model. We also sold 92 thousand high-definition set-tops without DVR capability. Together with the shareshigh-definition DVRs mentioned previously, we sold 241 thousand high-definition set-tops in Kabelnetz and recognized a gain of $6.8 million from the transaction.quarter, four times the number sold in last year’s first quarter.

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Sales of transmission products duringScientific-Atlanta’s “overlay” solution was launched by Time Warner Cable in Houston and several smaller cities. This launch demonstrates the quarter ended January 2, 2004 totaled $120.3 million, approximatelyability to introduce Explorer set-tops into systems, both large and small, that previously had not been using our set-top products. Through the same as in the comparable periodend of the prior year. Increased sales to customers in North America and Latin America were partially offsetfirst quarter, we had shipped more than 46 thousand Explorer 8000 set-tops into overlay systems.

Scientific-Atlanta’s new set-top for the Japanese market reached full product acceptance from one customer, but the product has not yet been accepted by a decline in sales to customers in Europe.

Because there is considerable cross-over between satellite products and certain transmission products assecond, larger customer. As a result, we were able to recognize revenue for approximately 10 thousand of the BarcoNet acquisition, and because bookings and sales ofthese set-tops during this quarter. We have a plan to complete acceptance with our satellite products have been consistently less than five percent of company totals, we have included satellite products together with transmission products.

International salesother customer in the second quarter of fiscal year 2004 were $91.2 million, an increase2005.

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Gross margin in the first quarter was 36.6 percent of sales, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points from the second quarter of last year. The increaseLower selling prices in international sales was due primarilythe quarter ended October 1, 2004 as compared to an increase in shipments to customers in Canadalast year were partially offset by cost reductions and insurance proceeds related to a declinefire at a vendor’s production facility in shipments to customers in the Asia Pacific region.

Sales for the six months ended January 2, 2004 were $812.2 million, up 22fiscal year 2004. The selling prices of digital set-top models declined on average by approximately 10 percent from $663.6 million in the first six monthsquarter of fiscal year 2005 as compared to the prior year. Salesfirst quarter of subscriber products were $572.1 million, an increasefiscal year 2004. Although the price of 35 percent from the prior year. We sold approximately 1.9 millionindividual models of digital set-tops during the six months ended January 2, 2004, compared to approximately 1.3 million during the first six months of the prior fiscal year. Includedmay decline in the approximately 1.9 million digital set-tops shipped were more than 437 thousand Explorer 8000 digital set-tops, an increase from approximately 123 thousand Explorer 8000 digital set-tops shipped during the six months ended December 27, 2002. Sales of transmission products were $240.1 million, approximately the same as in the first six months of last year. International sales totaled $172.2 million, an increase of 2 percent from last year. The increase from the prior year was due primarily to an increase in shipments to customers in both Canada and Asia, partially offset by a decline in sales to customers in Europe and Latin America.

Gross margins were 37.8 percent of sales for the three months ended January 2, 2004, 6.2 percentage points higher than the comparable quarter of the prior year. During the second quarter of last year, the ish settlement discussed above negatively impacted gross margins by approximately $6.5 million, or 2.3 percentage points. The increase in gross margin percent relative to last year was primarily the result of the increase in sales volume, material cost reductions achieved through the re-design of products, increased effectiveness of procurement, and improved efficiencies in manufacturing. These improvements more than offset the negative impact of declines infuture, the average selling price of products anddigital set-tops will vary based on the shift to a higher mix of Explorer 8000 digital set-top shipments, which have a gross margin lower thanmodels sold during the company average. In addition, gross marginsperiod. We continue to focus on transmission products in the three months ended January 2, 2004 improved over the prior year due primarily to favorable product mix, reductions in material costs and the consolidation of certain BarcoNet product lines into our Juarez, Mexico factory.

Gross margins were 37.5 percent of sales for the six months ended January 2, 2004, 3.7 percentage points higher than the prior year. The leverage associated with a 22 percent increase in sales, coupled with the continued benefits of cost reductions through product redesign, the increased effectiveness ofdesign, procurement and improved manufacturing efficiencies, more than offset the negative impact of shipping a greater number of Explorer 8000 digital set-tops that currently have a lower gross margin than the company average. In addition, the gross margins of transmission products improved during the first six months of this year compared to the prior year. This improvement was related primarily to an increase in the shipments of higher margin BarcoNet and traditional access products from the first six months of last year, combined with material costs savings gained through the efficiencies of procurement and other costs savings obtained from the various restructuring actions taken over the last eighteen months.manufacturing.

Sales and administrative expenses of $48.0 million and $96.0 million in the three and six months ended January 2, 2004 were both approximately the same as in the comparable periods of the prior year due to higher incentive accruals related to our improved profitability which were offset by lower professional fees and reductions in amortization expense of intangible assets.

Research and development expenses for the quarter ended January 2,October 1, 2004 were $36.0$38.3 million, down slightly from the prior year. Research and development expenses for the six months ended January 2, 2004 were $71.3up $3.0 million down $5.3 million or 7 percent fromover the prior year. The year-over-year declineprimary driver of the year-to-year increase was dueincremental hiring related to new set-top designs, including DVR product designs for both Europe and Asia/Pacific. This increase was partially offset by higher capitalization of software development costs in the first six monthsquarter of fiscal year 20042005 as compared to the prior year and the benefits realized from previously announced restructurings. During the first six months of fiscal year 2004, we capitalized $9.8 million of software development costs, compared to $2.2 million in the comparable period of the prior year. The year-over- year increase in the capitalization of software development costs was driven primarily by increased development costs related to the Explorer 8300 Multi-Room^™ DVR (digital video recorder) product, product enhancements for customers and products for expansion into new markets, such as a version of the Explorer interactive digital set-top for the Japanese market. Research and development efforts continue to focus on advanced models of digital set-tops, network software enhancements and upgrades, data products, satellite products and transmission products.

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In August 2002, we announced a restructuring of our worldwide operations to align our costs with reduced sales levels. The restructuring included a reduction of our workforce by 400 positions, or approximately 6 percent of our total workforce, and was substantially completed by December 27, 2002. The positions eliminated were from manufacturing, engineering, marketing, sales, service and administrative functions. The restructuring also included the consolidation of certain office and manufacturing facilities. In addition, during the third quarter of fiscal year 2003, we reduced our workforce by approximately 120 positions, primarily in sales and other functions within the transmission sector, and reduced our workforce by an additional 30 positions in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2003. We recorded restructuring charges of $0.6 million and $1.3$0.7 million, primarily for severance, during the quarter and six months ended January 2, 2004, respectively.October 3, 2003. We do not anticipate recording additionalsignificant restructuring charges in fiscal year 2004 that will total approximately $0.3 million.2005.

Interest income of $4.2 million and $8.0$5.8 million in the three and six months ended January 2, 2004 declined $1.6first quarter of fiscal year 2005 was $1.9 million and $3.6 million, respectively, from the comparable periods ofhigher than the prior year. These declines wereThe year-over-year increase was due primarily to lowerhigher average interest ratescash and short-term investment balances in the first quarter of fiscal year 20042005 as compared to the prior year.

Other income(income) expense of $2.2$(0.2) million for the three monthsquarter ended January 2,October 1, 2004 included a gain of $6.8 million from the sale of shares of Kabelnetz, which had been received as part of the termination settlement with German cable operator ish in the second quarter of fiscal year 2003, foreign exchange gains, gains from the increase in the cash surrender value of life insurance, and gains from various other items, none of which was individually significant. We also recorded a loss of $6.1 million from the settlement of purchase price adjustments, which included a cash payment of $9.0 million, related to the sale of the satellite networks business to ViaSat. In connection with this transaction, we utilized $2.9 million of liabilities which had been previously established related to indemnifications to ViaSat, primarily for warranty.

In addition to the gain from the sale of shares of Kabelnetz and the loss from the settlement of purchase price adjustments with ViaSat described above, otherpartnership income, of $1.3 million for the six months ended January 2, 2004 included a gain of $1.9 million from the sale of a marketable security, charges of $1.8 million from other-than-temporary declines in the value of investments in privately-held companies, foreign exchange losses and losses from various other items, none of which was individually significant.

Other (income) expense of $6.6$0.9 million forin the quarter ended December 27, 2002October 3, 2003 included $6.5 millioncharges of losses from other-than-temporary declines in the market value of marketable securities and investments in privately-held companies. Other expense of $12.1 million for the six months ended December 27, 2002 included losses of $11.0$1.8 million from the other-than-temporary declinesdecline in the market value of marketable securities and investments in privately-held companies and other miscellaneous charges, which more than offset a $1.9 million gain on the sale of a marketable security.

Earnings before income taxes were $84.5 million in the quarter ended October 1, 2004, up $18.6 million from the declineprior year. The year-over-year improvement was due to higher sales volume in the cash surrender valuefirst quarter of life insurance. These losses were partially offset by a net gain of $2.5 million fromfiscal year 2005 as compared to the settlement of a collar on a warrant to purchase common stock of a public company and the related warrant. There were no other significant items in other (income) expense for the three or six months ended December 27, 2002.prior year.

The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended January 2, 2004first quarter of fiscal year 2005 was 35.233.9 percent of pre-tax earnings, updown from approximately 34.035.2 percent in the prior year. The increasedecrease in the effective tax rate was due to revisions to the diminished impactestimates of foreign net operating loss carryforwards; the utilization of foreign net operating loss carryforwards, for which we had previously recorded deferred tax valuation allowances; and additional refunds of income tax and related interest from the IRS. These reductions were partially offset by the absence of the research tax credit, which expired in June 2004, in the tax provision for the first quarter of fiscal year 2005.

On October 4, 2004, President George W. Bush signed the “Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004”, which retroactively reinstated the research tax credit to the June 30, 2004 expiration date. If this change in the law had occurred on or before October 1, 2004, we would have reduced our tax provision in the first quarter of fiscal year 2005 by approximately $1.0 million, or 1.2 percentage points. We believe that our effective tax rate will be approximately 34 percent of pre-tax earnings for fiscal year 2005 with the reinstatement of the research tax credit.

U.S. income taxes, net of applicable credits, have been provided on the undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries, except in those instances where the earnings are expected to be indefinitely reinvested. Scientific-Atlanta currently intends to indefinitely reinvest approximately $37.0 million of undistributed earnings of a foreign subsidiary; however, this amount may be adjusted based on changes in business, economic or other conditions. At October 1, 2004, approximately $10.0 million of such undistributed earnings had been indefinitely reinvested.

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On October 22, 2004, President Bush signed the “American Jobs Creation Act of 2004” (the Act) which has various tax rateimplications to Scientific-Atlanta, including the repeal of research and development creditsthe extraterritorial income exclusion. We are currently assessing the impact of the various provisions of the Act on higher levels of pretax earnings and an increase in state income taxes.our effective tax rate.

Critical Accounting Policies

Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 20032004 includes a summary of the significant accounting policies or methods used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Some of those significant accounting policies or methods require us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported by us. We believe the following items require the most significant judgments and often involve complex estimates.

General

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and various other factors we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The most significant estimates and assumptions relate to revenue recognition, the adequacy of receivable, inventory and tax reserves, deferred tax allowances, asset impairments and accrued liabilities and other liabilities, principally relating to warranty provisions and the pension benefit liability.

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Revenue Recognition

Our principal sources of revenues are from sales of digital interactive subscriber systems, broadband transmission networks and content distribution networks. We recognize revenue when (1) there is persuasive evidence of an agreement with the customer, (2) product is shipped and title has passed, (3) the amount due from the customer is fixed and determinable, (4) collectibility is reasonably assured, and (5) we have no significant future performance obligation. At the time of the transaction, we assess whether the amount due from the customer is fixed and determinable and collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured. We assess whether the amount due from the customer is fixed and determinable based on the terms of the agreement with the customer, including, but not limited to, the payment terms associated with the transaction. We assess collection based on a number of factors, including past transaction history with the customer and credit-worthiness of the customer. If we determine that collection of an amount due is not reasonably assured, we defer recognition of revenue until collection becomes reasonably assured.

The standard terms and conditions under which we ship allow a customer the right to return product for refund only if the product does not conform to product specifications; the non-conforming product is identified by the customer; and the customer rejects the non-conforming product and notifies us within ten days of receipt. If an agreement contains a non-standard right of return, we defer recognizing revenue until the conditions of the agreement are met. From time to time, our agreements include acceptance clauses. If an agreement includes an acceptance clause, revenue is recorded at the timedeferred until acceptance is deemed to have occurred.

Certain agreements also include multiple deliverables or elements for products and/or services. We recognize revenue from these agreements based on the relative fair value of the products and services. The determination of the fair value of the elements, which is based on a variety of factors, including the amount we charge other customers for the products or services, price lists or other relevant information, requires judgment by management. If an undelivered element is essential to the functionality of the delivered element or required under the terms of the contract to be delivered concurrently, we defer the revenue on the delivered element until that undelivered element is delivered.

We adopted EITF No. 00-21, “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables”Deliverables,” for agreements entered into in the first quarter of fiscal year 2004. Agreements with multiple deliverables are reviewed and the deliverables are separated into units of accounting under the provisions of EITF No. 00-21. The total consideration received is allocated over the relative fair value of the units of accounting. As indicated above, the determination of fair value requires judgment by management. Revenue is recognized as the elements are delivered, assuming all the other conditions for recognition of revenue discussed in the preceding paragraphs have been met.

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For certain products where software is more than an incidental component of the hardware, we recognize software license revenue under SOP No. 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition”,Recognition,” as amended by SOP No. 98-9, “Software Revenue Recognition, with Respect to Certain Transactions”.Transactions.” Software revenue recognition rules are very complex. Although we follow very specific and detailed guidelines in measuring revenue, the application of those guidelines requires judgment, including whether the software is more than an incidental component of the hardware and whether a software arrangement includes multiple elements, and if so, whether vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value exists for any undelivered elements.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Management judgments and estimates are made in connection with establishing the allowance for doubtful accounts. Specifically, we analyze the aging of accounts receivable balances, historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit-worthiness, current economic trends and changes in our customer payment terms. Significant changes in customer concentration or payment terms, deterioration of customer credit-worthiness, as in the case of the bankruptcy of Adelphia, or weakening in economic trends could have a significant impact on the collectibility of receivables and our operating results. Generally, we do not require collateral or other security to support accounts receivable.

Inventory Reserves

We regularly review inventory quantities on hand and record a provision for excess and obsolete inventory based primarily on our estimated forecast of product demand and production requirements for the next twelve months. In addition, our industry is characterized by rapid technological change, frequent introductions of new product developmentproducts and rapid product obsolescence that could result in an increase in the amount of obsolete inventory on hand. Recently, the rate at which we introduce new products has accelerated, which also may result in an increase in the amount of obsolete inventory on hand. Any significant, unanticipated changes in demand or technological developments could have a significant impact on the value of our inventory and operating results.

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Non-Current Marketable SecuritiesIncome Taxes

Non-current marketable securities consistWe recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of investmentsassets and liabilities. We regularly review our deferred tax assets for recoverability and establish a valuation allowance based on historical taxable income, projected future taxable income, the expected timing of the reversals of existing temporary differences and the implementation of tax planning strategies. If we are unable to generate sufficient future taxable income in common stock, primarily technology companies, and warrants of publicly traded companies and are stated at market value. We have market risks associated with the volatilitycertain tax jurisdictions, or if there is a material change in the value ofactual effective tax rates or time period within which the underlying temporary differences become taxable or deductible, we could be required to increase the valuation allowance against our non-current marketable securities. All investmentsdeferred tax assets, resulting in common stockan increase in the effective tax rate and an adverse impact on operating results.

Management judgments and estimates are classified as “available for sale” under the provisions of SFAS No. 115,made in connection with establishing valuation allowances on deferred tax assets, estimated tax payments and thus, changestax reserves. Changes in these estimates could have a significant impact on our operating results.

Goodwill Impairment

We perform annual goodwill impairment tests to identify potential impairment by comparing the fair value of these securities are not included in our Consolidated Statementsthe reporting unit with its net book value, including goodwill. We test for impairment at the operating segment level (subscriber and transmission). Estimates of Earnings until realized. Unrealized holding gains and losses are included, net of taxes, in accumulated other comprehensive income. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary are included in Other (income) expense. We periodically evaluate the carrying value of our investments in common stock to determine if declines in fair value are other-than-temporary. This evaluation requires judgmentdetermined using discounted cash flows and market comparisons. We perform internal valuation analyses and consider other market information that is publicly available. These analyses use significant estimates and assumptions, including projected future cash flows (including timing), discount rates reflecting the risk inherent in future cash flows, determination of appropriate comparables and the determination of whether a premium or discount should be applied to comparables. These estimates and assumptions are reviewed and updated annually based on several factors including the market price of the security generally over the preceding six months, analysts’ reportsactual results and future projections. Changes in these estimates and assumptions may result in a determination that goodwill is impaired and could have a significant impact on the security, the performance of the stock market index of the security and the overall economic environment. Unrealized gains and losses on warrants are included in Other (income) expense.our operating results.

Investments in Privately-Held CompaniesSegments

InvestmentsWe operate in privately-held companies consist primarilyone reportable segment, the Broadband segment, which consists of securitiesour subscriber and transmission operating segments. We have combined these operating segments into a single reportable segment under the aggregation criteria of emerging technology companiesSFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.” Operating segments may be aggregated into a single operating segment if the segments have similar economic characteristics, and if the segments are similar in 1) the nature of products and services; 2) the nature of production processes; 3) the type or class of customer for which readily determinable fair values are not available. These investments are carried at costtheir products and are evaluated periodicallyservices; 4) the methods used to determine if declines in fair value are other-than-temporary. This evaluation requires judgmentdistribute their products or provide their services; and is based on several factors including recent private offerings by5) the company, the performancenature of the stock market indexregulatory environment. We believe our subscriber and transmission operating segments meet all of similar publicly traded securitiesthese criteria and that aggregation is consistent with the overall economic environment. Declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary are included in Other (income) expense. Investments in privately-held companiesobjective and basic principles of $7.8 million and $8.6 million were included in Other assets in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at January 2, 2004 and June 27, 2003, respectively.SFAS No. 131.

Warranty Costs

We offer warranties of various lengths to our customers depending on the specific product and the terms of the agreements with the customer. Our standard warranties require us to repair or replace defective product returned to us during the warranty period at no cost to the customer. We record an estimate for warranty-related costs based on our actual historical failure rates and repair costs at the time of sale. We repair products in our manufacturing facilities and also outsource warranty

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repairs. Historical failure rates and repair costs are reviewed and the estimated warranty liability is adjusted, if required, quarterly. Expenses related to unusual product warranty problems and product defects are recorded in the period the problem is identified. A significant increase in product failure rates, in the costs to repair our products or in the amount of warranty repairs outsourced could have a significant impact on our operating results. For certain purchased products, such as cable modems and hard drives, included in our set-tops, we provide the same warranty coverage to our customers as the supplier of the products provides to us. Failure of the supplier to honor its warranty commitment to us could also have a significant impact on our operating results. The warranty liability was $34.0$37.9 million and $36.0$36.2 million at JanuaryOctober 1, 2004 and July 2, 2004, and June 27, 2003, respectively.

Pension Assumptions

The pension benefit liability and the related effects on our operating results are calculated using actuarial models. We use March 31 as a measurement date for all actuarial calculations of asset and liability values and significant actuarial assumptions. Two critical assumptions, discount rate and expected return on assets, are important elements of plan expense and / and/or liability measurement. We evaluatere-evaluate these assumptions annually. Other assumptions involve demographic factors such as retirement, mortality, rate of compensation increase and turnover. These assumptions are also evaluatedre-evaluated annually and are updated to reflect our experience. The discount rate is required to represent the market rate for high-quality fixed income investments. We reduced our discount rate from 7.50 percent at June 28, 2002 to 6.50 percent at June 27, 2003 to reflect market interest conditions. To determine the expected long-term rate of return on pension plan assets, we consider the historical and expected returns on the plan assets, as well as the current and expected allocation of the plan assets. We assumed that long-term returns on

At March 31, 2004, we reduced the discount rate used to calculate the pension benefit liability and expense from 6.50 percent to 6.00 to reflect the lower market interest conditions. This change in our pension plan assets would be 8.00 percent in fiscal year 2004 and 10.00 percent in fiscal year 2003. The changes in these assumptions will increaseincreased our pension expense by approximately $1.9$0.3 million in fiscal year 2004.2005 over the preceding year. The expected long-term rate of return on pension assets was 8.00 percent, unchanged from the preceding year.

Actual results in any given year will often differ from actuarial assumptions because of economic and other factors. The actual results could have a significant impact on our operating results.

Goodwill ImpairmentAllowance for Doubtful Accounts

We perform an annual goodwill impairment test to identify potential impairment by comparingManagement judgments and estimates are made in connection with establishing the fair valueallowance for doubtful accounts. Specifically, we analyze the aging of accounts receivable balances, historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit-worthiness, current economic trends and changes in our customer payment terms. Significant changes in customer concentration or payment terms, deterioration of customer credit-worthiness, as in the case of the reporting unit with its net book value, including goodwill. Estimatesbankruptcy of fair value are determined using discounted cash flows and market comparisons. We perform internal valuation analyses and consider other market information that is publicly available. These analyses use significant estimates and assumptions, including projected future cash flows (including timing), discount rates reflecting the risk inherentAdelphia, or weakening in future cash flows, determination of appropriate comparables and the determination of whether a

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premium or discount should be applied to comparables. These estimates and assumptions are reviewed and updated annually based on actual results and future projections. Changes in these estimates and assumptions may result in a determination that goodwill is impaired andeconomic trends could have a significant impact on the collectibility of receivables and our operating results. Generally, we do not require collateral or other security to support accounts receivable.

Non-Current Marketable Securities

Non-current marketable securities consist of investments in common stock, primarily stock of technology companies, and warrants of publicly traded companies and are stated at market value. We have market risks associated with the volatility in the value of our non-current marketable securities. All investments in common stock are classified as “available-for-sale” under the provisions of SFAS No. 115, and thus, changes in the fair value of these securities are not included in our Consolidated Statements of Earnings until realized. Unrealized holding gains and losses are included, net of taxes, in Accumulated other comprehensive income. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary are included in Other (income) expense. We periodically evaluate the carrying value of our investments in common stock to determine if declines in fair value are other-than-temporary. This evaluation requires judgment and is based on several factors, including the market price of the security generally over the preceding six months, analysts’ reports on the security, the performance of the stock market index of the security and the overall economic environment. Unrealized gains and losses on warrants are included in Other (income) expense.

Investments in Privately-Held Companies

Investments in privately-held companies consist primarily of securities of emerging technology companies for which readily determinable fair values are not available. These investments are carried at cost and are evaluated periodically to determine if declines in fair value are other-than-temporary. This evaluation requires judgment and is based on several factors, including recent private offerings by the company, the performance of the stock market index of similar publicly traded securities and the overall economic environment. Declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary are included in Other (income) expense. Investments in privately-held companies of $6.5 million were included in Other assets in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at October 1, 2004 and July 2, 2004.

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Stock-Based Compensation

We have adopted the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”Compensation,” but elected to continue to account for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic method prescribed in APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”Employees,” and related interpretations. Accordingly, compensation cost for stock options is measured as the excess, if any, of the quoted market price of our stock at the date of grant over the amount an employee must pay to acquire the stock.

Pro forma stock-based compensation expense, net of tax, was $20.8$7.8 million and $35.1$11.5 million for the six months ended January 2,first quarter of fiscal years 2005 and 2004, and December 27, 2002, respectively. These amounts are significant and fluctuate significantly due to the relatively high and increasing volatility of our stock price. In addition, the amount of stock-compensation expense is impacted by our amortization of the compensation expense over a relatively short vesting period of three years and an increase in the number of options granted as we have shifted more of our compensation to options from restricted stock.granted.

New Accounting Pronouncements

TheDuring fiscal year 2004, the FASB recently issued FASB Staff Position (FSP)FSP No. 106-1106-2, “Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003”, SFAS No. 132 (revised 2003) “Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits”, Interpretation No. 46 “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” and EITF No. 00-21 “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” and ratified the consensus reached by the EITF on Issue 03-5, “Applicability of AICPA Statement 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, to Non-Software Deliverables in an Arrangement Containing More-Than-Incidental Software.2003.”

FSP No. 106-1106-2 provides guidance related to the accounting for and disclosure of, including the deferral of recognition of, a federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare Part D provided under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. FSP No. 106-1106-2 is effective for interim or annual financial statements of fiscal years endingbeginning after December 7, 2003.June 15, 2004. We are currently evaluatinghave elected to defer the recognition of the impact of the ACT and the alternatives provided in FSP No. 106-1. We are unable to predict at this time the impact of the ACT and thenew Medicare provisions under a provision of FSP No. 106-1 on our results106-2 until fiscal year 2006. The effect of operations or financial position.the subsidy is to reduce the plan’s accumulated postretirement benefit obligation by approximately $1.1 million and the net periodic postretirement benefit cost by approximately $0.1 million for fiscal year 2005.

In October 2004, the FASB concluded that SFAS No. 132 requires additional disclosures about assets, obligations, cash flows and net periodic benefit123R, “Share-Based Payment,” which would require all companies to measure compensation cost of defined benefit plans and other postretirement benefit plans. The provisions of this Statement arefor all share-based payments, including employee stock options, at fair value, would be effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2003 andpublic companies for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2003. We plan to adopt the interim period disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 132 in the third quarter of fiscal year 2004.

Interpretation No. 46 addresses the consolidation by a reporting entity of variable interest entities with certain characteristics. This Interpretation was effective in January 2003 for variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003 and in the first fiscal year or interim periodannual periods beginning after June 15, 2003. The FASB has issued FSPs which have deferred the effective date for applying the provisions of Interpretation2005. Scientific-Atlanta will adopt SFAS No. 46 for interests123R in certain variable interest entities or potential variable interest entities created before February 1, 2003 until the end of the first interim period ending after March 15, 2004. These FSPs also require certain disclosures about variable interest entities and potential variable interest entities.

We are still assessing the impact of Interpretation No. 46 on arrangements that we have with certain entities and therefore, are deferring the application of its provisions until the third quarter of fiscal year 2004. We have tentatively identified two entities that might require consolidation as variable interest entities under the provisions of Interpretation No. 46. One entity is a limited liability company, in which we have an equity interest, which licenses certain technology, receives a commission and remits the residual to the intellectual property owners. During the first six months of fiscal year 2004 and 2003, we made royalty payments of $4,743 and $4,349, respectively, to this company and received royalty payments of $4,965 and $5,974, respectively, from this company. We also recorded our equity in the income of the company of $483 and $500 in the first six months of fiscal years 2004 and 2003, respectively. Our equity investment in this limited liability company was $0 at January 2, 2004.

The second entity, Scientific-Atlanta of Shanghai, Ltd. (SASL), is a partially-owned subsidiary of Scientific-Atlanta that manufactures certain transmission products. During the first six months of fiscal years 2004 and 2003, we purchased $2,418 and $812, respectively, of transmission products from this subsidiary. We also sold $1,052 and $527 of components for transmission products to this company during the first six months of fiscal years 2004 and 2003, respectively. In addition, we recorded income of $241 in the first six months of fiscal year 2004 and losses of $179 in the first six months of fiscal year 2003 from our equity in the net earnings and losses of this company. Our equity investment in SASL was $2,232 at January 2, 2004. Based on our initial assessment of the impact of Interpretation No. 46, we believe that our equity investment in each of these entities constitutes our maximum exposure to loss at January 2, 2004 from our involvement with the entity.

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EITF No. 00-21 provides guidance on determining units of accounting in a revenue arrangement with multiple deliverables and the allocation of the consideration received from the arrangement. EITF No. 00-21, which was effective for revenue arrangements entered into in the first annual or interim period after June 15, 2003, was adopted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2004. The adoption of EITF No. 00-21 did not have a significant impact on the recognition of revenue or result in the deferral of a significant amount of revenue in the first or second quarters of fiscal year 2004.

In EITF Issue No. 03-5, the EITF concluded that, in an arrangement that includes software that is more than incidental to the products or services as a whole, the software and software-related elements are included in the scope of SOP 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition.” EITF Issue No. 03-5, which was adopted in the second quarter of fiscal year 2004, was effective for arrangements entered into in the first annual or interim reporting period after August 13, 2003. The adoption of EITF Issue No. 03-5 did not have a significant impact on the recognition of revenue or result in the deferral of a significant amount of revenue in the second quarter of fiscal year 2004.2006.

Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements

In July 1997, we entered into a long-term operating lease arrangement, which provided $36.0 million to finance the construction of the initial phase of our consolidated office site in Gwinnett County, Georgia, which was completed in the third quarter of fiscal year 1999.Georgia. The initial occupancy term iswas seven years and expiresexpired in July 2004. Three five-year extensions of the lease term are available to Scientific-Atlanta. Lease payments were equal to the interest on the $36.0 million financed at a fixed rate of 6.51 percent per annum. A final lease payment of $36.0 million is due at the termination of the lease. We can also purchasepurchased the buildings financed withunder this long-term operating lease arrangement at any time for $36.0 million. We are currently evaluating whether we will extendmillion at the lease term or makeexpiration of the final lease payment of $36.0 million in July 2004.

The lease qualified as an operating lease under SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases,” as amended. The lessor iswas a non-bank, general-purpose corporation owned by a financial institution that has engaged in many types of transactions with parties other than Scientific-Atlanta and activities other than lease transactions. Scientific-Atlanta hashad no ownership interest in the lessor or the financial institution.

The lease qualifies as an operating lease under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13 “Accounting for Leases”, as amended. We believe thatevaluated the provisions of Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” doEntities,” and concluded that these provisions did not apply to this arrangement. Accordingly, the assets, liabilities, results of operations and cash flows of the lessor have not been included in the consolidated financial statements of Scientific-Atlanta.

After the completion of the initial phase of our consolidated office site, all facility expansions were financed with existing cash balances and cash generated from operations.

Scientific-Atlanta has no other off-balance sheet financing arrangements.

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Any statements in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations that are not statements about historical facts are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations but involve risks and uncertainties. Investors are referred to the Cautionary Statements contained in Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 10-Q for a description of the various risks and uncertainties that could cause Scientific-Atlanta’s actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in Scientific-Atlanta’s forward- looking statements. Such Exhibit 99.1 is hereby incorporated by reference into Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Scientific-Atlanta, the Scientific-Atlanta logo, Explorer and ExplorerPowerKey are registered trademarks of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. Multi-Room and WebSTAR are trademarksis a trademark of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. PowerTV is a registered trademark of PowerTV, Inc.

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ITEM 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISKS

(Amounts in thousands)

We are exposed to market risks from changes in foreign exchange rates and have a process to monitor and manage these risks. Scientific-Atlanta enters into foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge certain forecasted transactions, firm commitments and assets denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. These contracts, which qualify as cash flow or fair value hedges, are designated as hedging instruments at inception, are for periods consistent with the exposure being hedged and generally have maturities of one year or less. Contracts are recorded at fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded in other comprehensive income until the underlying transaction affects earnings.earnings for cash flow hedges and in Other (income) expense for fair value hedges.

The effectiveness of the hedge is based on a high correlation between the changes in its value and the value of the underlying hedged item. Any ineffectiveness is recorded through earnings.

In We recorded charges of $24 for ineffectiveness in the fourthfirst quarter of fiscal year 2002, ish GmbH & Co. KG (ish), a customer in Germany, suspended or canceled a number of orders issued to the Cable upgrade Consortium, of which we were a member and through which we furnished our products and services. A significant portion of these orders was denominated in Euros, and we had forward contracts to sell approximately 33,220 Euros at June 28, 2002, which were designated as cash flow hedges. During fiscal year 2003, we reached a settlement with ish. As a result of the settlement, we no longer needed the forward contracts. We settled the portion of these contracts related to ish and recorded charges of $2,359 for ineffectiveness in Other (income) expense in the first six months of fiscal year 2003. We also recorded charges of $102 for ineffectiveness of other forward contracts in the first six months of fiscal year 2003.2005. There were no such charges to earnings for ineffectiveness in the first six monthsquarter of fiscal year 2004.

Our foreign exchange forward contracts do not significantly subject our results of operations to risk due to exchange rate fluctuations because gains and losses on these contracts generally offset losses and gains on the exposure being hedged.

Firmly committed purchase exposure and related hedgingHedging instruments, which were designated as cash flow or fair value hedges, at January 2,October 1, 2004 were as follows:

At January 2,October 1, 2004, we had unrealized gainslosses of $117,$61, net of tax benefits of $72,$39, related to these derivatives,cash flow hedges, which were included in accumulatedAccumulated other comprehensive income. Scientific-Atlanta has no derivative exposure beyond the secondfirst quarter of fiscal year 2005.2006.

Unrealized gains and losses on foreign exchange forward contracts which do not meet the criteriaare accounted for hedge accounting in accumulated other comprehensive incomeas fair value hedges are recognized in Other (income) expense. During the six monthsquarters ended January 2,October 1, 2004 and December 27, 2002,October 3, 2003, we recorded gainslosses of $423$427 and $1,014,$468, respectively, related to these contracts. At January 2, 2004, we had forward contracts to buy 4,690 Euros and sell 1,600 British sterling which do not meet the criteria for hedge accounting in accumulated other comprehensive income. These contracts hedged our exposure on Euro-based payablesEuro- and sterling-basedSterling-based receivables.

We have market risks associated with the volatility in the value of our non-current marketable securities, which consist of investments in common stock, primarily technology companies, and warrants of publicly traded companies and are stated at market value. Non-current marketable securities are included in Other assets in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. All investments in common stock are classified as “available for sale”“available-for-sale” under the provisions of SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,” and thus, changes in the fair value of these securities are not included in our Consolidated Statements of Earnings until realized. Unrealized holding gains and losses are included, net of taxes, in accumulatedAccumulated other comprehensive income. We recorded after-tax, unrealized holding gains of $459$4 and losses of $162$300 in the first six monthsquarter of fiscal years 20042005 and 2003,2004, respectively. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary are included in Other (income) expense. We recorded a realized gainsgain of $2,444$1,907 on the sale of a non-current marketable securitiessecurity in the first six monthsquarter of fiscal year 2004. No such gains or losses were recorded in the first six monthsquarter of fiscal year 2003.2005. We recorded no losses of $6,818 in the first six monthsquarter of fiscal year 20032005 or 2004 from the other-than-temporary decline in the market value of marketable securities. No such losses were recorded in the first six months of fiscal year 2004.

Scientific-Atlanta holds warrants to purchase common stock that are recorded at fair value. The warrants, which are included in Non-current marketable securitiesOther assets in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, were valued using the Black-Scholes pricing model. Fluctuations in the volatility of the market price of the common stock for which we hold a

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warrant, risk-free rate of return and expiration date of the warrant impact the valuation. During the first six monthsquarter of fiscal yearyears 2005 and 2004, we recorded unrealized losses of $35$52 and $12, respectively, related to the decline in the fair value of warrants in Other (income) expense. During the first six months of fiscal year 2003, we recorded unrealized losses of $632 related to the decline in the fair value of the warrants and a realized gain of $2,491 from the settlement of a collar and related warrant in Other (income) expense.

We also have market risks associated with the volatility of our investments in privately-held companies, which consist primarily of securities of emerging technology companies. These investments are carried at cost and are evaluated periodically to determine if declines in fair value are other-than-temporary. Declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary are included in Other (income) expense. We recorded losses of $1,831 and $4,224 in the first six monthsquarter of fiscal yearsyear 2004 and 2003, respectively, from other-than-temporary

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declines in the fair value of our investments in privately-held companies. No such losses were recorded in the first quarter of fiscal year 2005. Investments in privately-held companies of $6,464 were included in Other assets in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at October 1, 2004 and July 2, 2004.

ITEM 4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Within the 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Scientific-Atlanta’s management, with the participation of our management, including our Chairman of the Board, President andits Chief Executive Officer James F. McDonald, and our Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, Julian W. Eidson, ofhas evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of Scientific-Atlanta’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) ofunder the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)amended (Exchange Act), as of the end of the fiscal quarterperiod covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, Scientific-Atlanta’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, Scientific-Atlanta’sthe Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by Scientific-Atlanta in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act.

(b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have not been any changes in Scientific-Atlanta’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) ofunder the Exchange Act) that occurred during the secondfirst quarter of fiscal year 20042005 that hashave materially affected, or isare reasonably likely to materially affect, Scientific-Atlanta’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

Adelphia Matters

Adelphia Communications Corporation (Adelphia) is one of Scientific-Atlanta’s customers. Adelphia and several members of its former management are the subjects of civil and/or criminal charges brought by the SEC and the Justice Department; two of Adelphia’s former senior executives were recently found guilty of criminal charges. One aspect of the charges concerns Adelphia’s marketing support agreement with Scientific-Atlanta and the manner in which Adelphia accounted for such arrangement. The SEC and the Justice Department have subpoenaed records of Scientific-Atlanta, and the government has interviewed Scientific-Atlanta personnel with respect to the Adelphia agreement. Scientific-Atlanta continues to cooperate in these investigations. There can be no assurance as to the outcome of these investigations and their effects on Scientific-Atlanta.

We were added asare a co-defendant in January 2004four individual actions and one putative class action that relate to, among other issues, the marketing support agreement between Adelphia and Scientific-Atlanta. Motorola has also been named as a defendant in a previously-filed purportedthese suits. The suits allege that Scientific-Atlanta should be liable to investors in Adelphia’s securities actionbased on the marketing support agreement and Adelphia’s accounting treatment for that arrangement. These actions do not allege any impropriety as to our financial statements or statements made to our investors. The damages sought in these actions are in an unspecified amount. There are three suits pending in the United StatesU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (MDL No. 03-MD-1529 (LMM)(03 MD 1529 (LLM)). TheIn the individual suit is an individual action brought by W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., LLC, reportedlyLLC., we were added as a co-defendant in January 2004. TheHuff suit purports to be on behalf of and as an investment advisor and attorney-in-fact for certain unnamed purchasers of debt securities issued by Adelphia Communications Corporation and Arahova Communications Inc. The complaint alleges thatnames certain of Adelphia’s underwriters, banks, auditors, law firms, and vendorsvendors. Scientific-Atlanta is alleged to have violated Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“1934 Act”). Scientific-Atlanta filed a motion to dismiss theHuff suit on March 8, 2004. We were also added as a co-defendant in December 2003 in an individual action brought by Joseph and Evelyn Stocke who purportedly are liable to plaintiff for various alleged securities laws violations bypurchasers of Adelphia andCommunications Corporation common stock. The complaint names certain of Adelphia’s former officers and directors, underwriters, banks, auditors, and vendors. Scientific-Atlanta is alleged to have violated Section 10(b) of the 1934 Act and/or “aided and abetted” the common law fraud of Adelphia and its former management. ItScientific-Atlanta filed a motion to dismiss theStocke suit on April 12, 2004. In July 2004, a putative securities class action was filed by Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage Fund L.P., et al. purportedly on behalf of investors in securities of Adelphia Communications Corporation. The suit names Scientific-Atlanta and two of its officers, and alleges that Scientific-Atlanta violated Section 10(b) of the 1934 Act and that the officers violated Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act. Scientific-Atlanta filed a motion to dismiss theArgent suit on October 12, 2004. In September 2004, a fourth suit was filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court by the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (“LACERA”) and several other Adelphia investors alleging that Scientific-Atlanta and two of its officers aided and abetted and conspired with Adelphia and its former management to commit common law fraud. We removed theLACERAcase to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on October 6, 2004. We are seeking to have the suit transferred to the multi-district proceedings in New York. On October 25, 2004, a fifth suit was filed in Fulton County, Georgia Superior Court by AIG DKR Soundshore Holdings, Ltd. (“Soundshore Holdings”)and several other Adelphia investors alleging that Scientific-Atlanta and two of its officers committed common law fraud as to investors in Adelphia securities and conspired with Adelphia and its former management to defraud Adelphia investors.

Charter Matters

Charter Communications, Inc. (Charter) is one of Scientific-Atlanta’s major customers. Several members of its former management are the subjects of criminal charges brought by the Justice Department. In January 2003, the Justice Department subpoenaed records concerning Scientific-Atlanta’s marketing support and advertising agreements with Charter. In February 2003, the SEC issued a similar subpoena concerning Charter. The government has interviewed Scientific-Atlanta personnel with respect to the Charter agreements. In July 2003, a federal grand jury indicted certain former Charter officers. In July 2004, Charter settled all civil charges brought by the SEC. Charter’s accounting for its advertising agreement with Scientific-Atlanta in calendar year 2000 is one aspect of the charges contained in the indictment and the recent SEC settlement. Scientific-Atlanta continues to cooperate in these investigations. There can be no assurance as to the outcome of these investigations and their effects on Scientific-Atlanta.

We became a co-defendant on June 17, 2003 in previously-filed purported securities class actions pending against Charter and certain of Charter’s present/former officers and directors in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri. Plaintiffs in these cases seek to represent a putative class of investors in Charter stock from November 8, 1999 to July 17, 2002, and allege various securities law violations by Charter and its management. The consolidated complaint further alleges that certain

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commercial transactions between AdelphiaCharter and Scientific-Atlanta relating to Adelphia’sCharter’s purchase of digital set-top boxes and a marketing support arrangement and the related accounting treatment by Adelphia resulted in violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws with respectas to the purchasers of Adelphia’s securitiesinvestors in whose interest the plaintiff purports to act.Charter’s securities. The consolidated complaint does not allege any impropriety as to our financial statements or statements made to our investors. The plaintiff isPlaintiffs are seeking to recover damages from us in an unspecified amount. Scientific-Atlanta intendsfiled a motion to vigorously defenddismiss on September 9, 2003. On August 5, 2004, Charter announced that it had reached a tentative settlement agreement with the claim.plaintiffs in these cases, which must be approved by the court. On October 12, 2004, the court dismissed the claims against Scientific-Atlanta. The plaintiffs have filed a motion for reconsideration and are seeking to amend the complaint.

Class Action-Related Legal Proceedings

On April 8,July 24, 2001, a purported class action alleging violations of the federal securities laws by us and certain of our officers was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. After July 24, 2001, several actions with similar allegations were filed. A lead plaintiff and lead counsel were selected by the court in December 2001, and a consolidated complaint was filed by the lead counsel in January 2002. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia denied on December 23, 2002 our motion to dismiss the consolidated complaint. The District Court then certified for appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals an issue related to its decision on the motion to dismiss. On June 22, 2004, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the District Court’s order denying our motion to dismiss and the case will now proceed in the District Court. Plaintiffs are seeking to recover damages in an unspecified amount.

Paul Thompson, a shareholder, Paul Thompson, filed a putative shareholder’s derivative action purportedly on behalf of Scientific-Atlanta in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, against certain directors and officers of the Company. Although a courtesy copy of the complaintScientific-Atlanta in April 2002, which was supplied tonot served on us by counsel to the plaintiff shareholder, neither we noror the other defendants were served with the complaint.defendants. The complaint was dismissed onin June 27, 2003, and then refiled onre-filed in November 14, 2003, and subsequently served on the Company.Scientific-Atlanta. This action iswas based upon substantially the same facts alleged in the securities class action litigation filed in July 2001. This plaintiff shareholder iswas seeking to recover damages in an unspecified amount. Scientific-Atlanta filed a motion to dismiss on March 18, 2004. On November 2, 2004, the court granted Scientific-Atlanta’s motion and dismissed the complaint with prejudice.

Gemstar-Related Legal Proceedings

We have filed several lawsuits as plaintiff against Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and affiliated and/or related companies. Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and/or its affiliated entities are referred to hereafter as “Gemstar.”

Multi-District Proceedings

On JanuaryDecember 3, 2003, a purported class1998, we filed an action alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was also filedagainst Gemstar in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.Georgia (Atlanta). The suit alleges that Gemstar has violated federal antitrust laws and has misused certain patents. We seek damages, an injunction and a declaration that eight Gemstar patents related to interactive program guides are invalid, unenforceable and not infringed by our products. On December 4, 1998, Gemstar filed a responsive action as amended, was brought against us in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California alleging infringement of two of the same patents involved in the Atlanta suit filed by us on December 3, 1998. The suit asks for damages and severalinjunctive relief.

We have been granted summary judgment of non-infringement of seven Gemstar patents challenged in the Georgia action, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,508,815; 5,568,272; 4,751,578; 5,038,211; 5,293,357; 5,915,068 and 4,908,713. The parties have also filed a consent order to dismiss all claims of infringement and invalidity related to the eighth Gemstar patent in this action, U.S. Patent No. 4,963,994.

On March 14, 2003, in the Atlanta antitrust action, Gemstar filed three motions for partial summary judgment on three of our officers and directors alleging breaches of fiduciary obligations to participants in Scientific-Atlanta’s 401(k) plan and was based on substantially the same factual allegations as the class action described above. On November 10, 2003, theantitrust claims. The court granted Plaintiff’s motionthese motions in March of 2004. Discovery on the remaining issues of antitrust damages suffered by Scientific-Atlanta is currently scheduled to amend his complaint. Plaintiff filed his amended complaint on November 18, 2003 andclose in January 2005.

Scientific-Atlanta Patents Proceedings

On April 23, 1999, we filed a motionpatent infringement action against Gemstar in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. On July 23, 1999, we filed a patent infringement action against StarSight Telecast, Inc. (“StarSight”), a subsidiary of Gemstar International Group Ltd., in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta. These suits allege that Gemstar and StarSight infringe three Scientific-Atlanta patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 4,885,775, 4,991,011, and 5,477,262, relating to dismiss this amended complaintinteractive program guides, and seek damages and injunctive relief. The court issued a “Markman” order on January 21, 2003. BriefingApril 8, 2004 construing the claims of this motionthe Scientific-Atlanta patents. Discovery is ongoing. The Plaintiff seeks unspecified equitableproceeding and monetary relief.

The following information is furnished with respectprojected to matters submitted to a vote of security holders through the solicitation of proxies:close in early 2005.

James I. Cash, Jr., David W. Dorman, William E. Kassling, Mylle H. Mangum, James F. McDonald and Terence F. McGuirk continue as directors.

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International Trade Commission and Related Proceedings

We had previously announcedOn June 25, 1999, we filed an action against StarSight in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta, seeking a declaratory judgment of invalidity and non-infringement of two StarSight patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 4,706,121 and 5,479,268, which StarSight asserts are related to interactive program guides. Thereafter, Gemstar sought to assert claims under these same patents in an investigation by the International Trade Commission (ITC) (described in more detail below). The District Court action involving these patents has now been stayed by agreement of the parties, pending the outcome of Gemstar’s appeal of the Final Determination of the ITC.

On February 14, 2001, Gemstar initiated an investigation in the ITC under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 against Scientific-Atlanta, Pioneer Corporation and related entities, Echostar Communications Corporation and SCI Systems, Inc. (the “337 Action”). The investigation was based on Gemstar’s allegation that we planned a joint developmentcertain imported set-top boxes, including those manufactured by Scientific-Atlanta in Mexico, infringe certain Gemstar patents. Two of these patents have been in dispute between the parties in connection with the June 25, 1999 action in the federal court in Atlanta. Immediately prior to filing the 337 Action, Gemstar filed separate actions against Scientific-Atlanta, Pioneer and Echostar in the federal court in Atlanta alleging infringement of the patents asserted in the 337 Action not already raised in the 1999 action against StarSight. Scientific-Atlanta moved to stay any proceedings in these actions pending the outcome of the 337 Action.

On June 21, 2002, the Administrative Law Judge in the ITC action issued an Explorer MC home media center with Digeo Inc.,Initial Determination finding in favor of Scientific-Atlanta as to non-infringement and unenforceability of Gemstar’s patents. The Administrative Law Judge found that Scientific-Atlanta does not infringe the three Gemstar patents in suit; that one of the three patents in suit is unenforceable for failure to name an inventor; and that Charter Communications would deployGemstar had engaged in patent misuse rendering one of its patents unenforceable. On August 29, 2002, the Explorer MC set-topfull ITC concluded that there is no violation of the Tariff Act of 1930 by Scientific-Atlanta. The ITC adopted the findings of the Initial Determination that Scientific-Atlanta’s products do not infringe the patents in calendar year 2003. In accordance with our agreement with Digeo, we timely deliveredissue, but took no position on the necessary PowerTV Operating System application programming interfacesissue of Gemstar’s patent misuse. On March 6, 2003, Gemstar appealed the decision of the ITC to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). All briefs have been filed by all parties in the appeal and associated documentation to Digeo during 2003, but Charter did not deploy this set-top during calendar yearoral argument took place on October 10, 2003.

On September 16, 2004, the CAFC issued an opinion in which it affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded the case to the ITC for further consideration. More particularly, a two-judge panel of the court affirmed the finding of no infringement by Scientific-Atlanta as to one of the patents. The court revised the legal construction of certain claims in two patents and returned the case back to the ITC to determine whether Scientific-Atlanta infringes in light of the Court’s revised legal claim construction. On November 1, 2004, Scientific-Atlanta filed a Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc with the CAFC requesting the full court to reconsider the opinion of the two-judge panel with respect to the two patents in which claim construction was revised.

In the cases involving our patents, we seek both damages and an injunction against the Gemstar defendants’ deployment of infringing program guides. In the cases challenging the Gemstar defendants’ patents, we seek an injunction against Gemstar’s enforcement of these patents. In those cases where Gemstar’s patents are at issue, they have sought damages and injunctive relief against us for infringement of certain of those patents. The party or parties prevailing on their patents in these actions could be entitled to damages measured either as actual lost profits or as a reasonable royalty for the past sale of infringing interactive program guides, and potentially a trebling of damages if the court determines that the losing party acted willfully. The prevailing party also may be entitled to an injunction against the future sale of infringing interactive program guides. Accordingly, an adverse judgment against either us or the Gemstar defendants could result in an injunction against the future sale by us or the Gemstar defendants of infringing interactive program guides and could cause the offending party to have to redesign its program guide to avoid infringement. There can be no assurance that we will prevail in these Gemstar legal proceedings given the complex technical issues and inherent uncertainties in litigation. Regardless of merit, these Gemstar legal proceedings are time-consuming and result in costly litigation, and could cause product shipment delays, or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements, which could seriously harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Item 2. Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds.

During the first three months of fiscal year 2005, no purchases of our common stock were made by or on behalf of Scientific-Atlanta. In February 2003, we announced a program to buy back up to 10,000,000 shares of our common stock. As of October 1, 2004, there were 9,441,000 available that may yet be purchased under the February 2003 stock repurchase plan.

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Item 6. Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.