August 15 News, this morning, Lenovo Group announced the first quarter as of June 30, 2013 results. Quarterly sales reached 8.8 billion U.S. dollars, the year cloak rose 10%. Meanwhile, the group's net profit in the first quarter rose 16% per cent to $215 million trillion, earning a cloak rise of 23% to 174 million dollars a year.
In the quarter, Lenovo jumped to become the world's largest PC supplier for the first time, with global market share reaching a record high of 16.7% and cloak up 1.7%. Lenovo's global PC sales reached 12.6 million in the first quarter, while the overall industry recorded a 11% decline in the period.
In the first quarter, Lenovo continued to be the third-biggest maker of the global "smart Terminals" market (smart terminals include computers, smartphones, and the Pacific Edition), with sales rising 41% in the year cloak. For the first time in the quarter, Lenovo's smartphone-version computer sold more than its PC sales. Meanwhile, the group became the world's fourth-largest smartphone provider, with an increase of 132% in the first quarter. Lenovo Group is now China's second-largest smartphone maker, with sales of cloak up 121% in the year.
In the first quarter, the group Maori annual cloak growth of 14%, up to 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, gross margin of 13.6%. The operating profit year cloak increased 11% to 202 million dollars. The basic profit per share is 1.67 cents or 12.96 cents. On June 30, 2013, the group had a net cash reserve of USD 3.1 billion.
From the regional market point of view, in the first quarter, Lenovo in China's integrated turnover of 3.7 billion U.S. dollars, the annual cloak growth of 5.6%, accounting for the group's total global turnover of 42%, the period, mobile phones and tablets of the two businesses in the region's turnover of the total annual cloak growth of 76%. Meanwhile, Lenovo's share of the PC market in China reached 35.8% in the first quarter.
In the Asia-Pacific region, Lenovo's combined turnover in the first quarter was $1.3 billion trillion, accounting for 15% of the group's global turnover. Lenovo's PC sales in the Asia-Pacific region fell 8.1% in the year cloak. During the quarter, the group continued to be the first in the Japanese market, with a market share of 11.9% in ASEAN countries reaching a record high. At present, Lenovo is the second largest computer producer in the region, accounting for 13.2% of the market share.
Lenovo's combined turnover in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the first quarter surged 18% per cent to $1.9 billion trillion, accounting for 21% of the group's total global turnover, cloak. In the quarter, PC sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa rose by 18% in the year, while PC sales in the region's overall market fell 22% per cent in the cloak. The group's market share in the region has surged 4.4 percentage points to 13.2% in the cloak year, recording its highest ever market share. Lenovo has the largest PC maker in 10 countries, including Germany, and is the first in Eastern Europe to lead.
Lenovo Group's combined turnover in Americas is 1.9 billion U.S. dollars, with an annual cloak rise of 29%, accounting for the group's global turnover of 22%. Lenovo's market share cloak rose 2.1 percentage points to 9.7%, a record high, and continues to be Lenovo's third-largest computer maker in Americas.
In the quarter, Lenovo's production line in North Carolina, the United States, marked the return of Lenovo's PC production line to the US. The US PC production line is capable of producing some brand new and innovative brand-name products, including ThinkCentre m92p Slim desktops, ThinkPad 2 Tablet PCs and ThinkPad Helix.