Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

1. Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Business

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) is a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platform solutions for communications, Internet of Things (“IoT”) applications, consumer, industrial and automotive applications. The Company provides technology platforms for analog, mixed signal, power, high voltage, non-volatile memory and Radio Frequency (“RF”) applications.

On March 30, 2020, the Company entered into a definitive Business Transfer Agreement (the “BTA”) for the sale of its Foundry Services Group business and its fabrication facility located in Cheongju (“Fab 4”), the larger of the Company’s two 8-inch manufacturing facilities, to Magnus Semiconductor, LLC, a Korean limited liability company, or one of its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Buyer”) for a purchase price equal to the KRW equivalent of $344.7 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments set forth in the BTA. The Buyer is a special purpose company formed by Alchemist Capital Partners Korea Co., Ltd. and Credian Partners, Inc. This planned divestiture of the Foundry Services Group business and Fab 4 will allow the Company to strategically shift its operational focus to its standard products business. The Foundry Services Group was historically a reportable segment. As a result of the entry into the BTA, the results of the Foundry Services Group were classified as discontinued operations in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and excluded from both continuing operations and segment results for all periods presented. Accordingly, commencing with the first quarter of 2020, the Company has one reportable segment: its standard products business, together with transitional foundry services associated with its fabrication facility located in Gumi, Korea, known as “Fab 3,” that it expects to perform for the Buyer for a period of up to three years (the “Transitional Fab 3 Foundry Services”). The Company’s standard products business includes its Display Solutions and Power Solutions business lines. The Company’s Display Solutions products provide panel display solutions to major suppliers of large and small rigid and flexible panel displays, and mobile, automotive applications and home appliances. The Company’s Power Solutions products include discrete and integrated circuit solutions for power management in communications, consumer and industrial applications.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”). These interim consolidated financial statements include normal recurring adjustments and the elimination of all intercompany accounts and transactions which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to provide a fair statement of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations for the periods presented. These interim consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 270, “Interim Reporting” and, accordingly, do not include all of the information and note disclosures required by US GAAP for complete financial statements, except for the changes below. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full year or for any other periods.

The Company has reclassified certain prior year amounts to conform to the current year’s presentation for discontinued operations to reflect the anticipated divestiture of its Foundry Services Group business and Fab 4. The assets to be acquired and liabilities to be transferred to the Buyer, as specified in the BTA, have been classified as assets and liabilities held for sale in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, subject to adjustments set forth in the BTA. See Note 2 “Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale” for additional information. The consolidated statements of cash flows have not been adjusted to separately disclose cash flows related to discontinued operations, but the material items in the operating and investing activities of cash flows relating to discontinued operations are disclosed in Note 2. Unless otherwise stated, information in these notes to consolidated financial statements relates to the Company’s continuing operations and excludes the discontinued operations.

There have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2020, except for those related to discontinued operations and assets held for sale as described below, as compared to the significant accounting policies described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale

The Company reports the results of operations of a business as discontinued operations if a disposal represents a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results when the business is sold and classified as held for sale, in accordance with the criteria of Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 205, “Presentation of Financial Statements” (“ASC 205”) and ASC 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment” (“ASC 360”). Assets and liabilities of a business classified as held for sale are recorded at the lower of its carrying amount or estimated fair value less costs to sell. If the carrying amount of the business exceeds its estimated fair value less costs to sell, a loss is recognized. Assets and liabilities related to discontinued operations classified as held for sale are segregated in the current and prior balance sheets in the period in which the business is classified as held for sale. The results of discontinued operations are reported in “Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the current and prior periods commencing in the period in which the business meets the criteria.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes” (“ASU 2019-12”). ASU 2019-12 removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and improves consistent application of and simplifies GAAP for other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. ASU 2019-12 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2019-12 to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” (“ASU 2016-13”). ASU 2016-13 amends the impairment model by requiring entities to use a forward-looking approach based on expected losses to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables. In April 2019, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2019-04, “Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments” (“ASU 2019-04”), and in November 2019, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2019-11, “Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses” (“ASU 2019-11”) to clarify and address certain items related to the amendments in ASU 2016-13. In February 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-02, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326)” (“ASU 2020-02”), which incorporates SEC SAB 119 (updated from SAB 102) into the ASC by aligning SEC recommended policies and procedures with ASC 326.The Company adopted ASU 2016-13, ASU 2019-04, ASU 2019-11 and ASU 2020-02 as of January 1, 2020, and the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-13 “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” (“ASU 2018-13”). ASU 2018-13 amends existing fair value measurement disclosure requirements by adding, changing, or removing certain disclosures. The Company adopted ASU 2018-13 as of January 1, 2020, and the adoption of ASU 2018-13 did not impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements.