EX-15.1 2 dex151.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 15.1

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   LOGO

 

Editorial Contacts:

 

Joe Greenhalgh, Vice President, Investor Relations – USA (510) 713-4430

Ben Starkie, Public Relations Manager – Europe +41-(0) 21-863-5195

Nancy Morrison, Director, Corporate Communications – USA (510) 713-4948

 

Logitech Delivers Record Q3 Results

 

Strong growth in audio, video, remotes propels quarterly revenue past half billion dollar

mark for the first time in the Company’s history

 

FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 18, 2006 and ROMANEL-SUR-MORGES, Switzerland, Jan. 19, 2006 — Logitech International (SWX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI) today posted record financial results for the third quarter of FY 2006, its twenty-ninth consecutive quarter of double-digit sales growth.

 

For Logitech’s third quarter of FY 2006, ended December 31, 2005, sales were $574 million, up 19 percent from $484 million in the same quarter last year. Operating income was $80.7 million, up 10 percent from $73.6 million last year. Net income for the quarter was $71.3 million ($.71 per share), up 11 percent from $64.2 million ($.66 per share) in the prior year. Gross margin was 32.3 percent, down from 34.8 percent in Q3 FY 2005, and up sequentially from 31.4 percent in Q2 FY 2006.

 

Logitech’s retail sales in the third quarter were up 19 percent over the prior year, driven by strong demand for audio, video and remote-control products. Retail sales growth was 15 percent in EMEA, 26 percent in the Americas and 20 percent in Asia Pacific. The Company’s OEM sales were up 15 percent over last year, primarily due to sales of mice.

 

“Our strong sales growth during the important holiday-buying season confirms that Logitech is successfully executing our strategy to ride the wave of key consumer trends – the popularity of digital music, the pervasiveness of broadband connectivity, and the evolving role of the PC as an entertainment and communication platform,” said Guerrino De Luca, Logitech president and chief executive officer. “Our audio and video products continue to be key growth drivers. And the Harmony remotes product line has established itself as an additional driver, with significant future opportunities.

 

“Even with audio representing a higher proportion of the retail product mix compared to the previous two quarters, we still achieved a sequential increase in gross margin of nearly 100 basis points, due in part to continued improvements in the audio category.”


Highlights for Logitech’s Q3 FY 2006

 

    Retail sales of Logitech’s video products grew 44 percent year-over-year, reflecting the increasing use of video communications over the Internet and demand across the full line of Logitech’s webcams, including the new QuickCam® Fusion.

 

    Fueled by the growing popularity among consumers of audio communications over the Internet, using services such as Skype’s, Logitech’s retail sales of PC headsets grew by 90 percent year-over-year.

 

    Retail sales of Logitech speakers grew by 144 percent compared to the same quarter last year. The mm50 portable speakers for iPod® were a significant growth driver for the Company’s booming speaker business, achieving the highest-ever revenue for any Logitech speaker product in a single quarter.

 

    Retail sales momentum continued to accelerate across the range of Logitech® Harmony® universal remote controls, with the Harmony 880 remaining the strongest performer.

 

    Enthusiastic market response to the Logitech G7 Laser Cordless Mouse and the G5 Laser Mouse resulted in retail sales of Logitech’s gaming mice nearly doubling, compared to the same quarter last year.

 

Outlook

 

For the current fiscal year, ending March 31, 2006, the Company targets sales growth of at least 20 percent for the full fiscal year, compared to its previous target of 18-20 percent. The Company continues to expect operating income growth for the full fiscal year to exceed 15 percent and gross margin to be at the low end of the company’s long-term target range of 32 to 34 percent.

 

The company also provided preliminary financial targets for Fiscal Year 2007, ending March 31, 2007, of 15 percent year-over-year growth in sales and operating income, excluding the impact of new accounting for expensing stock-related compensation.

 

Earnings Teleconference

 

Logitech will hold an earnings teleconference on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006 at 14:00 Central European Time/8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time/5:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. A live webcast and replay of the teleconference, including presentation slides, will be available at http://ir.logitech.com. Please visit the Web site at least 10 minutes early to register for the teleconference webcast.

 

About Logitech

 

Founded in 1981, Logitech designs, manufactures and markets personal peripherals that enable people to effectively work, play, and communicate in the digital world. Logitech International is a Swiss public company traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and in the U.S. on the Nasdaq National Market System (LOGI). The company has manufacturing facilities in Asia and offices in major cities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

 

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This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding expected sales, operating income and gross margin for Fiscal Year 2006, long-term gross margin target range and sales and operating income growth for Fiscal Year 2007. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause Logitech’s actual performance to differ materially from that anticipated in these


forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include our ability to introduce successful products in a timely manner, the effect of pricing, product, marketing and other initiatives by our competitors and our reaction to them on our sales, gross margins and profitability, our ability to match production to demand and to coordinate the worldwide manufacturing and distribution of our products in a timely and cost-effective manner, the sales mix between our lower- and higher-margin products, consumer demand for our products and our ability to accurately forecast it, as well as those additional factors set forth in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, and our quarterly reports on Form 6-K, available at www.sec.gov. Logitech does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements.

 

The operating income target for Fiscal Year 2007 excluding stock-related compensation is a non-GAAP financial measure under new accounting rules that require the expensing of stock-related compensation effective for Logitech beginning with its next fiscal year, starting April 1, 2006. Under these rules, the Company is required to determine the appropriate fair value model to be used to value share-based payments, the amortization method for compensation cost and the transition method to be used at the date of adoption. Logitech is in the process of making these determinations and as a result at this time management is unable to provide a non-GAAP to GAAP reconciliation of its Fiscal Year 2007 operating income target.

 

Logitech, the Logitech logo and other Logitech marks are owned by Logitech and may be registered. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Logitech and its products, visit the Company’s Web site at www.logitech.com.

 

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LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.

 

(In thousands, except per share / ADS) - Unaudited

 

     Quarter Ended December 31,

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME


   2005

    2004

 

Net sales

   $ 573,856     $ 483,816  

Cost of goods sold

     388,349       315,488  
    


 


Gross profit

     185,507       168,328  
    


 


% of net sales

     32.3 %     34.8 %

Operating expenses:

                

Marketing and selling

     66,380       61,020  

Research and development

     22,380       19,160  

General and administration

     16,074       14,547  
    


 


Total operating expenses

     104,834       94,727  
    


 


Operating income

     80,673       73,601  

Interest income, net

     1,182       233  

Other income, net

     1,108       1,682  
    


 


Income before income taxes

     82,963       75,516  

Provision for income taxes

     11,615       11,327  
    


 


Net income

   $ 71,348     $ 64,189  
    


 


Shares used to compute net income per share and ADS:

                

Basic

     92,897       87,657  

Diluted

     100,190       98,353  

Net income per share and ADS:

                

Basic

   $ 0.77     $ 0.73  

Diluted

   $ 0.71     $ 0.66  

 

Note:

 

Share and per-share data for all periods presented have been adjusted to give effect to the two-for-one stock split that took effect on June 30, 2005.


LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.

 

(In thousands, except per share / ADS) - Unaudited

 

     Nine Months Ended December 31,

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME


   2005

    2004

 

Net sales

   $ 1,330,659     $ 1,079,978  

Cost of goods sold

     905,418       711,515  
    


 


Gross profit

     425,241       368,463  
    


 


% of net sales

     32.0 %     34.1 %

Operating expenses :

                

Marketing and selling

     170,376       149,822  

Research and development

     64,889       53,342  

General and administration

     45,836       40,575  
    


 


Total operating expenses

     281,101       243,739  
    


 


Operating income

     144,140       124,724  

Interest income (expense), net

     2,460       (282 )

Other income, net

     4,545       3,831  
    


 


Income before income taxes

     151,145       128,273  

Provision for income taxes

     21,163       19,240  
    


 


Net income

   $ 129,982     $ 109,033  
    


 


Shares used to compute net income per share and ADS:

                

Basic

     90,267       88,521  

Diluted

     100,040       99,035  

Net income per share and ADS:

                

Basic

   $ 1.44     $ 1.23  

Diluted

   $ 1.31     $ 1.12  

 

Note:

 

Share and per-share data for all periods presented have been adjusted to give effect to the two-for-one stock split that took effect on June 30, 2005.


LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.

 

(In thousands) - Unaudited

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


   December 31, 2005

   March 31, 2005

   December 31, 2004

Current assets

                    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 276,872    $ 341,277    $ 245,967

Accounts receivable

     370,048      229,234      295,816

Inventories

     257,577      175,986      186,003

Other current assets

     49,631      50,364      46,229
    

  

  

Total current assets

     954,128      796,861      774,015

Investments

     16,703      16,793      16,715

Property, plant and equipment

     68,886      52,656      47,674

Intangible assets

                    

Goodwill

     135,399      134,286      134,807

Other intangible assets

     12,335      15,816      17,504

Other assets

     1,856      2,460      3,275
    

  

  

Total assets

   $ 1,189,307    $ 1,018,872    $ 993,990
    

  

  

Current liabilities

                    

Short-term debt

   $ 14,061    $ 9,875    $ 10,283

Accounts payable

     242,641      177,748      189,063

Accrued liabilities

     174,864      156,575      157,362
    

  

  

Total current liabilities

     431,566      344,198      356,708

Long-term debt

     16      147,788      155,485

Other liabilities

     949      737      876
    

  

  

Total liabilities

     432,531      492,723      513,069

Shareholders’ equity

     756,776      526,149      480,921
    

  

  

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 1,189,307    $ 1,018,872    $ 993,990
    

  

  


LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.

 

(In thousands) - Unaudited

 

     Quarter Ended
December 31,


   Nine Months Ended
December 31,


SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION


   2005

   2004

   2005

   2004

Depreciation

   $ 7,720    $ 6,702    $ 23,475    $ 18,858

Amortization of other acquisition-related intangibles

     1,160      1,654      3,481      4,635

Operating income

     80,673      73,601      144,140      124,724

Operating income before depreciation and amortization

     89,553      81,957      171,096      148,217

Capital expenditures

     13,531      9,194      37,617      27,522

Net sales by channel:

                           

Retail

   $ 516,575    $ 433,840    $ 1,169,645    $ 942,235

OEM

     57,281      49,976      161,014      137,743
    

  

  

  

Total net sales

   $ 573,856    $ 483,816    $ 1,330,659    $ 1,079,978
    

  

  

  

Net sales by product family:

                           

Retail - Cordless

   $ 148,336    $ 158,625    $ 333,706    $ 336,275

Retail - Corded

     86,821      91,000      233,126      220,201

Retail - Video

     82,401      57,309      192,238      151,188

Retail - Audio

     117,602      51,405      247,000      106,011

Retail - Gaming

     56,552      66,639      108,136      107,823

Retail - Other

     24,863      8,862      55,439      20,737

OEM

     57,281      49,976      161,014      137,743
    

  

  

  

Total net sales

   $ 573,856    $ 483,816    $ 1,330,659    $ 1,079,978