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Diodes Incorporated Reports Record Third Quarter Financial Results

Record revenue up 13.7 percent YOY to $105.3 million
Record net income up 26.1 percent YOY to $16.1 million

DALLAS, TEXAS - November 1, 2007 -- Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq:DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, today reported record financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007.
 
Third Quarter Highlights:
 
·
Revenues increased 13.7 percent year-over-year and 9.3 percent sequentially to a record $105.3 million
 
·
Gross profit margin increased 50 basis points sequentially to 32.4 percent
 
·
Net income increased 26.1 percent year-over-year to a record $16.1 million
 
·
Adjusted net income increased to a record $17.1 million, or $0.40 per share, up from $14.2 million, or $0.33 per share on a stock split-adjusted basis, in the third quarter of 2006
 
Revenues for the third quarter of 2007 increased 13.7 percent to a record $105.3 million, compared to $92.6 million reported in the third quarter of 2006. Sequentially, revenues were 9.3 percent higher than the second quarter of 2007 due to a 7 percent increase in units sold and a 2 percent increase in average selling price.
 
Gross profit for the third quarter of 2007 increased 11.3 percent to $34.2 million, or 32.4 percent of revenue, as compared to $30.7 million, or 33.2 percent of revenue in the prior-year quarter and 31.9 percent in the second quarter of 2007.
 
Commenting on the quarter, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, President and CEO of Diodes Incorporated, said, “The third quarter marks another record quarter of revenues for Diodes, which was further highlighted by a 26 percent year-over-year improvement to the record bottom line. Market share for our discrete products was at an all time high driven by continued gains in Asia and Europe. Additionally, our strategic initiatives targeting our analog business as well as our aggressive new product introductions, that target the high growth electronics markets, continue to deliver positive results, which have consistently outperformed the industry. We believe that our continued focus on revenue expansion, combined with increased scale and cost efficiencies, will result in sustainable, profitable growth for the Company.”
 
Third quarter net income was a record $16.1 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared to $12.8 million, or $0.30 on a split-adjusted basis, in the third quarter of 2006 and $12.2 million, or $0.29 per share on a split adjusted basis, in the prior quarter.
 
 
 

 
 
Adjusted net income for the third quarter of 2007, which primarily excludes $1.3 million SFAS 123R stock option expense, was a record $17.1 million, or $0.40 per share, an increase of 20.8 percent compared to the $14.2 million, or $0.33 per share on a split adjusted basis, reported in the year-ago quarter and an increase of 14.2 percent compared to the $15.0 million, or $0.35 per share on a split adjusted basis, reported in the second quarter of 2007.
 
On July 10, 2007, the Company announced a 3-for-2 stock split in the form of a 50 percent stock dividend payable on July 30 to stockholders of record on July 20; therefore, in accordance with GAAP financial reporting, the split-adjusted earnings per share is reflected on the income statement included herein.
 
At September 30, 2007, Diodes had approximately $363 million in total cash and short-term investments, $436 million in working capital, $238 million in long-term debt (including the convertible note), and unused and available credit facilities of $52 million.
 
Product and Market Highlights
“During the quarter, we continued to make notable progress with our new product road map in discrete, analog and hall sensors,” stated Mark King, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “In Asia in particular, there was a broad-based advance in key end equipment of notebook computers, digital audio players, LCD TVs and set-top boxes. In Europe, our revenues reached a new record, and we believe this market will continue to be a growth driver for Diodes in the coming year. In terms of overall design activity, it was another strong quarter with multiple design wins at 80 accounts globally. Global design wins and in-process activity is centered around several of our new products, including hall sensors for cell phones and notebooks.”

During the quarter, Diodes introduced several new products that included the AP1533 high efficiency DC-DC buck converter as well as several breakthrough 300-volt Super Barrier Rectifiers. Additionally, the Company expanded its SOT-223 line with the release of 19 medium power bipolar junction transistors, which served as an example of Diodes’ ability to leverage its analog package capabilities in order to further broaden the discrete product line.

Most recently, Diodes continued to make progress towards focusing its analog line more towards mobility and portability with the introduction of its first high efficiency charge pump white LED driver for small size LCD display panels found in cellular phones, PDAs, and smart phones, as well as other portable electronic devices. This product is a first of a new series that will address the portable display market, which complements the Company’s existing analog power, Hall sensors and discrete product solutions.

Business Outlook
"As we look to the fourth quarter, we are projecting an increase in revenue to a range of $106 to $109 million with continued sequential gross profit margin improvement in the range of 60 to 110 basis points,” stated Dr. Lu. “We expect to accelerate new product introductions in the fourth quarter and into 2008 and further expand our market share in both the discrete and analog markets. We believe that our focus on the high volume, high growth electronics markets combined with our manufacturing efficiencies and cross-selling synergies will continue to deliver consistent profitable growth for Diodes.”
 
 
 

 
 
Conference Call
Diodes will host a conference call on Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time) to discuss its third quarter 2007 financial results. This conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by all interested parties on the Investor section of Diodes' website at http://www.diodes.com. To listen to the live call, please go to the Investor section of Diodes website and click on the Conference Call link at least fifteen minutes prior to the start of the call to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. For those unable to participate during the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call on Diodes' website for approximately 60 days.

About Diodes Incorporated
Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD), an S&P SmallCap 600 Index company, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, serving the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial and automotive markets. Diodes’ products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, power management devices including DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, amplifiers and comparators, and Hall-effect sensors. The Company has its corporate offices in Dallas, Texas, with a sales, marketing, engineering and logistics office in Southern California; design centers in Dallas, San Jose and Taipei; a wafer fabrication facility in Missouri; two manufacturing facilities in Shanghai; a fabless IC plant in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan; engineering, sales, warehouse and logistics offices in Taipei and Hong Kong, and sales and support offices throughout the world. With its recent asset acquisition of APD Semiconductor, a privately held U.S.-based fabless semiconductor company, Diodes acquired proprietary SBR® technology. Diodes, Inc.'s product focus is on high-growth end-user equipment markets such as TV/Satellite set-top boxes, portable DVD players, datacom devices, ADSL modems, power supplies, medical devices, wireless notebooks, flat panel displays, digital cameras, mobile handsets, DC to DC conversion, wireless 802.11 LAN access points, brushless DC motor fans, and automotive applications. For further information, including SEC filings, visit the Company's website at http://www.diodes.com.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Any statements set forth above that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such statements include statements regarding our expectation that: continued focus on revenue expansion, combined with increased scale and cost efficiencies will result in sustainable profitable growth; we can continue to make progress with our new product road map; Europe will continue to be a growth driver; we will be able to leverage our packaging capabilities; we will realize revenue growth and gross profit margin improvement; we will continue to accelerate new product introductions and expand our market share. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, such factors as the introduction and market reception to new product announcements, fluctuations in product demand, the introduction of new products, the Company's ability to maintain customer and vendor relationships, technological advancements, impact of competitive products and pricing, growth in targeted markets, successful integration of acquired companies and/or assets, the Company’s ability to successfully make additional acquisitions, risks of foreign operations, availability of tax credits, and other information detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
 
 

 
 
Recent news releases, annual reports, and SEC filings are available at the Company's website: http://www.diodes.com. Written requests may be sent directly to the Company, or they may be e-mailed to: diodes-fin@diodes.com.

 
Company Contact:  
Carl Wertz    
Chief Financial Officer
Diodes, Inc.
(805) 446-4800
carl_wertz@diodes.com 
Investor Contact: 
Leanne Sievers
EVP, IR
Shelton Group
(949) 224-3874
lsievers@sheltongroup.com
 
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT and BALANCE SHEET FOLLOW
 
 
 

 
 
DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine months ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
     
2006
 
 
2007
 
 
2006
 
 
2007
 
                           
Net sales
   
$ 92,575
   
$ 105,264
   
$ 248,876
   
$ 293,567
 
Cost of goods sold
   
61,879
   
71,112
   
166,532
   
199,214
 
                           
Gross profit
   
30,696
   
34,152
   
82,344
   
94,353
 
                           
Selling, general and administrative
   
11,825
   
14,607
   
34,883
   
40,682
 
expenses 
                         
Research and development expenses 
   
1,941
   
3,554
   
5,985
   
9,654
 
Restructuring costs and fixed asset impairment
   
32
   
-
   
152
   
1,770
 
Total operating expenses
   
13,798
   
18,161
   
41,020
   
52,107
 
                           
                           
Income from operations
   
16,898
   
15,991
   
41,324
   
42,246
 
                           
Other income (expense)
                         
Interest income
   
1,069
   
4,712
   
2,807
   
13,032
 
Interest expense
   
(89
)
 
(1,706
)
 
(363
)
 
(5,127
)
Other
   
(1,563
)
 
(13
)
 
(1,699
)
 
(70
)
     
(583
)
 
2,993
   
745
   
7,835
 
                           
Income before income taxes and minority interest
   
16,315
   
18,984
   
42,069
   
50,081
 
Income tax provision 
   
(3,212
)
 
(2,243
)
 
(7,778
)
 
(7,122
)
                           
Income before minority interest
   
13,103
   
16,741
   
34,291
   
42,959
 
                           
Minority interest in joint venture earnings
   
(333
)
 
(640
)
 
(824
)
 
(1,601
)
                           
Net income
   
$ 12,770
   
$ 16,101
   
$ 33,467
   
$ 41,358
 
                           
Earnings per share
                         
Basic *
   
$ 0.33
   
$ 0.40
   
$ 0.87
   
$ 1.05
 
Diluted *
   
$ 0.30
   
$ 0.38
   
$ 0.80
   
$ 0.98
 
                           
Number of shares used in computation
                         
Basic *
   
38,530
   
39,845
   
38,280
   
39,430
 
Diluted *
   
42,229
   
42,445
   
42,083
   
42,099
 
                           
* Adjusted for the effect of a 3-for-2 stock split in July 2007.
                         
 
 
 

 
 
DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED NET INCOME
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine months ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
     
2006
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
 
                           
Net income
   
$ 12,770
   
$ 16,101
   
$ 33,467
   
$ 41,358
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income
                         
to adjusted net income:
                         
Stock option expense
                         
included in cost of goods sold:
   
133
   
59
   
399
   
219
 
Stock option expense
                         
included in selling and general
                         
administrative expenses:
   
1,355
   
1,173
   
4,112
   
3,680
 
Stock option expense
                         
included in research and
                         
development expenses:
   
146
   
112
   
439
   
355
 
 
                         
Total stock option expense
   
1,634
   
1,344
   
4,950
   
4,254
 
                           
Restructuring costs
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
1,770
 
 
                         
Other adjustments
   
-
   
55
   
-
   
95
 
                           
Income tax benefit related to
                         
stock option expense, restructuring costs and other adjustments
   
228
   
344
   
661
   
1,150
 
                           
Adjusted net income
   
$ 14,176
   
$ 17,156
   
$ 37,756
   
$ 46,327
 
                           
Diluted shares used in computing
                         
earnings per share
   
42,229
   
42,445
   
42,083
   
42,099
 
Incremental shares considered
                         
to be outstanding: *
   
749
   
832
   
746
   
1,056
 
Adjusted diluted shares used in computing
                         
Adjusted earnings per share
   
42,978
   
43,277
   
42,829
   
43,155
 
                           
Adjusted earnings per share
                         
Basic *
   
$ 0.37
   
$ 0.43
   
$ 0.99
   
$ 1.17
 
Diluted *
   
$ 0.33
   
$ 0.40
   
$ 0.88
   
$ 1.07
 
                           
* Adjusted for the effect of a 3-for-2 stock split in July 2007.
                         
 
 
 

 
 
DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO EBITDA
 
EBITDA represents earnings before net interest expense, income tax provision, depreciation and amortization. Our management believes EBITDA is useful to investors because it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in evaluating companies in our industry. In addition, our management believes that EBITDA is useful in evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry because the calculation of EBITDA generally eliminates the effects of financing and income taxes and the accounting effects of capital spending, which items may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance. As a result, our management uses EBITDA as a measure to evaluate the performance of our business. However, EBITDA is not a recognized measurement under generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, and when analyzing our operating performance, investors should use EBITDA in addition to, and not as an alternative for, income from operations and net income, each as determined in accordance with GAAP. Because not all companies use identical calculations, our presentation of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Furthermore, EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow for our management’s discretionary use, as it does not consider certain cash requirements such as a tax and debt service payments.
 
The following table provides a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA (in thousands, unaudited):

   
Three Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
 
     
2006
 
 
2007
 
               
Net Income
   
$ 12,770
   
$ 16,101
 
Plus:
             
Interest expense, net
   
(980
)
 
(3,316
)
Income tax provision
   
3,212
   
2,243
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
4,383
   
7,391
 
EBITDA
   
$ 19,385
   
$ 22,419
 
 
   
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
 
September 30,
 
     
2006
 
 
2007
 
               
Net Income
   
$ 33,467
   
$ 41,359
 
Plus:
             
Interest expense, net
   
(2,445
)
 
(8,846
)
Income tax provision
   
7,778
   
7,122
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
14,053
   
20,417
 
EBITDA
   
$ 52,853
   
$ 60,052
 
 
 
 

 
 
DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
 
ASSETS
(in thousands, except share data)

 
   
December 31,
 
 
September 30,
 
 
 
 
2006
 
 
2007
 
CURRENT ASSETS
         
(unaudited)
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents
   
$ 48,888
   
$ 45,144
 
Short-term investments
   
291,008
   
317,726
 
Total cash and short-term investments
   
339,896
   
362,870
 
               
Accounts receivable
             
Customers
   
72,175
   
82,779
 
Related parties
   
6,147
   
7,186
 
     
78,322
   
89,965
 
Less: Allowance for doubtful receivables
   
(617
)
 
(485
)
     
77,705
   
89,480
 
               
Inventories
   
48,202
   
48,379
 
Deferred income taxes, current
   
4,650
   
8,195
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
8,393
   
10,778
 
 
             
Total current assets
   
478,846
   
519,702
 
               
               
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, at cost, net
             
of accumulated depreciation and amortization
   
95,469
   
119,218
 
               
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES, non current
   
5,428
   
6,735
 
               
OTHER ASSETS
             
Intangible assets
   
10,669
   
9,842
 
Goodwill
   
25,030
   
25,018
 
Other
   
6,697
   
6,387
 
               
TOTAL ASSETS
   
$ 622,139
   
$ 686,902
 
 
 
 

 
 
DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(in thousands, except share data)

 
   
December 31,
 
 
September 30,
 
 
 
 
2006
 
 
2007
 
         
(unaudited)
 
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES
             
Line of credit
   
$ -
   
$ 920
 
Accounts payable
             
Trade
   
40,030
   
37,198
 
Related parties
   
12,120
   
13,383
 
Accrued liabilities
   
24,966
   
26,580
 
Income tax payable
   
3,433
   
3,355
 
Long-term debt, current portion
   
2,802
   
2,111
 
Capital lease obligations, current portion
   
141
   
144
 
               
Total current liabilities
   
83,492
   
83,691
 
               
LONG-TERM DEBT, net of current portion
             
2.25% convertible senior notes due 2026
   
230,000
   
230,000
 
Others
   
7,115
   
6,125
 
               
CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS, net of current portion
   
1,477
   
1,363
 
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
   
1,101
   
5,610
 
MINORITY INTEREST IN JOINT VENTURE
   
4,787
   
6,389
 
               
Total liabilities
   
327,972
   
333,178
 
               
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
             
Preferred stock - par value $1.00 per share;
             
1,000,000 shares authorized;
             
no shares issued and outstanding
   
-
   
-
 
Common stock - par value $0.66 2/3 per share;
             
70,000,000 shares authorized; 38,941,901 and 39,962,300
             
shares issued at December 31, 2006
             
and September 30, 2007, respectively (1)
   
17,308
   
26,642
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
113,449
   
124,155
 
Retained earnings
   
162,802
   
202,205
 
Accumulated other comprehensive gain
   
608
   
722
 
               
Total stockholders' equity
   
294,167
   
353,724
 
               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
   
$ 622,139
   
$ 686,902
 
               
(1) Adjusted for the effect of a 3-for-2 stock split in July 2007 (Note O)