8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 11, 2015

DIODES INCORPORATED

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	002-25577	95-2039518
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)
4949 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 200, Plano, TX		75024
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (972) 987-3900

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 11, 2015, Diodes Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its fourth quarter and fiscal 2014 financial results. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

On February 11, 2015, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as well as Richard D. White, Chief Financial Officer, Mark King, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Laura Mehrl, Director of Investor Relations, participated in a conference call to discuss the Company’s fourth quarter and fiscal 2014 financial results. A recording of the conference call has been posted on the Company’s website at www.diodes.com, and copy of a transcript of the conference call is furnished as Exhibit 99.2.

In the press release and earnings conference call, the Company utilizes financial measures and terms not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) in order to provide investors with an alternative method for assessing the Company’s operating results in a manner that enables investors to more thoroughly evaluate its current performance as compared to past performance. The Company also believes these non-GAAP measures provide investors with a more informed baseline for modeling the Company’s future financial performance. Management uses these non-GAAP measures for the same purpose. The Company believes that investors should have access to the same set of tools that management uses in analyzing results. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results and may differ from similar measures used by other companies. See Exhibit 99.1 for a description and reconciliation with GAAP of the non-GAAP measures used.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The press release in Exhibit 99.1 also provides an update on the Company’s business outlook, that is intended to be within the safe harbor provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”) as comprising forward looking statements within the meaning of the Act.

From time to time, the Company may give corporate presentations to its customers, suppliers and other related interested parties. A copy of the Company’s corporate presentation slides, updated on February 11, 2015, is furnished as Exhibit 99.3.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press release dated February 11, 2015
99.2	Transcript of earnings conference call held on February 11, 2015
99.3	Corporate presentation slides

The information in this Form 8-K and the exhibits furnished hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

	DIODES INCORPORATED
Dated: February 17, 2015	By	/s/ Richard D. White
		RICHARD D. WHITE
		Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press release dated February 11, 2015
99.2	Transcript of earnings conference call held on February 11, 2015
99.3	Corporate presentation slides

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Diodes Incorporated Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2014

Financial Results

Achieves Continued Gross Margin Improvement Year-Over-Year with Record Revenue and

Gross Profit

Plano, Texas – February 11, 2015 -- Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.

Year 2014 Highlights

· Revenue grew to a record $890.7 million, an increase of 7.7 percent over the $826.8 million in 2013;

· Gross profit was a record $277.3 million compared to $237.8 million in 2013;

· GAAP gross margin was 31.1 percent compared to 28.8  percent in 2013;

· GAAP net income was $63.7 million, or $1.31 per diluted share, compared to $26.5 million, or $0.56 per diluted share in 2013;

· Non-GAAP adjusted net income was $70.1 million, or $1.44 per diluted share, compared to $50.1 million, or $1.05 per diluted share in 2013;

· Excluding $9.2 million, net of tax,  share-based compensation expense, both GAAP net income and non-GAAP adjusted net income would have increased by $0.19 per diluted share; and

· Achieved $134.3 million cash flow from operations and $76.5 million free cash flow, including $57.8 million of capital expenditures. Net cash flow was $46.4 million, which includes the pay down of $42.7 million of long-term debt.  

Fourth Quarter Highlights

· Revenue was $223.7 million, an increase of 6.0 percent from the $211.0 million in the fourth quarter 2013, and a decrease of 4.3 percent from the $233.8 million in the third quarter 2014;

· Gross profit was $70.7 million, compared to $60.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2013 and $74.7 million in the third quarter 2014;

· Gross profit margin was 31.6 percent, compared to 28.8 percent in the fourth quarter 2013 and 32.0 percent in the third quarter 2014;

· GAAP net income was $16.7 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, compared to fourth quarter 2013 of $6.2 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, and third quarter 2014 of $19.4 million, or $0.40 per diluted share;

· Non-GAAP adjusted net income was $18.3 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared to $11.3 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, in fourth quarter 2013 and $21.2 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, in third quarter 2014;

· Excluding $2.4 million, net of tax, share-based compensation expense, GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted net income would have increased by $0.05 per diluted share; and

· Achieved $26.9 million of cash flow from operations, and $6.3 million of free cash flow, including $20.7 million of capital expenditures. Net cash flow was $6.2 million, which includes the pay down of $6.8 million of long-term debt.

Commenting on the results, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Diodes once again achieved another year of solid results with record revenue and gross profit driving the highest net income and earnings per share since 2010. 2014 concluded Diodes’ 24^th consecutive year of profitability. Gross margin increased 230 basis points over 2013, while operating expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased 200 basis points. Together, these factors resulted in GAAP net income increasing $37 million, or more than double 2013 results, and non-GAAP net income improving $20 million, or 40 percent.

“BCD’s margins improved from 2013 to 2014, but still impacted our gross margin by approximately 160 basis points in 2014 as compared to approximately 120 basis points in 2013. Margins for Diodes without BCD more than offset this impact as we continue to make progress with loading and performance improvements at our manufacturing facilities and expect utilization to gradually improve our margins over time, especially as we further ramp BCD’s fabs and transition the manufacturing in our Chengdu assembly-test facility from pilot-line to full production mode in second half 2015.

“Also during the year, we strengthened our balance sheet by reducing long-term debt by approximately $42 million. When combined with our reduction in capital expenditures to 6.6 percent of revenue for the year, we generated approximately $76 million of free cash flow in 2014.

“Looking forward to the coming year, we remain focused on generating profitable growth by further refining product mix to maximize gross profit and deliver increased earnings and cash flow.”

Fiscal 2014

For 2014, revenue increased to a record $890.7 million, an increase of 7.7 percent over the $826.8 million in 2013. Gross profit was a record $277.3 million, or 31.1 percent of revenue, compared to $237.8 million, or 28.8 percent of revenue, in the prior year.

GAAP net income was $63.7 million, or $1.31 per diluted share, compared to $26.5 million, or $0.56 per diluted share in 2013. Non-GAAP adjusted net income for 2014 was $70.1 million, or $1.44 per diluted share, which excluded, net of tax, $6.3 million of non-cash acquisition related intangible asset amortization costs, compared to non-GAAP adjusted net income of $50.1 million, or $1.05 per diluted share, in the prior year. The following is a summary reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP adjusted net income and per share data, net of tax (in thousands, except per share data):

	Twelve Months Ended
	December 31, 2014
GAAP net income	$	63,678
GAAP diluted earnings per share	$	1.31
Adjustments to reconcile net income to adjusted net income:
Retention costs		1,093
Gain on sale of assets		(976	)
Amortization of acquisition related intangible assets		6,287
Non-GAAP adjusted net income	$	70,082
Non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share	$	1.44

(See the reconciliation tables of net income to adjusted net income near the end of the release for further details.)

Included in 2014 GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted net income was approximately $9.2 million, net of tax, non-cash share-based compensation expense. Excluding this expense, both GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted diluted EPS would have increased by an additional $0.19 per diluted share.  Included in 2013 GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted net income was approximately $8.8 million, net of tax, non-cash share-based compensation expense. Excluding this expense, both GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted diluted EPS would have increased by an additional $0.18 per diluted share.

EBITDA, which represents earnings before net interest expense, income tax provision, depreciation and amortization, for 2014 was $163.7 million, compared to $118.9 million for 2013. For a reconciliation of GAAP net income to EBITDA (non-GAAP), see the table near the end of the release for further details.

For the year ended December 31, 2014, net cash provided by operating activities was $134.3 million. Net cash flow was $46.4 million. Free cash flow was $76.5 million, which included $57.8 million of capital expenditures.

Fourth Quarter 2014

Revenue for the fourth quarter 2014 was $223.7 million, an increase of 6.0 percent from the $211.0 million in the fourth quarter 2013, and a decrease of 4.3 percent from the $233.8 million in the third quarter 2014. Revenue was down sequentially due primarily to normal seasonality.

Gross profit for the fourth quarter 2014 was $70.7 million, or 31.6 percent of revenue, compared to the fourth quarter 2013 of $60.8 million, or 28.8 percent of revenue, and compared to the third quarter 2014 of $74.7 million, or 32.0 percent of revenue.  Gross profit margin declined sequentially attributed primarily to lower BCD wafer fab loadings.

Operating expenses for the fourth quarter 2014 were $48.6 million, or 21.7 percent of revenue, compared to $52.8 million, or 25.0 percent of revenue in the fourth quarter 2013 and $49.7 million, or 21.3 percent of revenue in the third quarter 2014.  

Fourth quarter 2014 GAAP net income was $16.7 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, compared to fourth quarter 2013 of $6.2 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, and third quarter 2014 of $19.4 million, or $0.40 per diluted share.

Fourth quarter 2014 non-GAAP adjusted net income was $18.3 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, which excluded, net of tax, $1.6 million of non-cash, acquisition related intangible asset amortization costs.  This compares to non-GAAP adjusted net income of $11.3 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter 2013 and $21.2 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, in the third quarter 2014.

The following is a summary reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP adjusted net income and per share data, net of tax (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2014
GAAP net income	$	16,665
GAAP diluted earnings per share	$	0.34
Adjustments to reconcile net income to adjusted net income:
Retention costs		106
Amortization of acquisition related intangible assets		1,562
Non-GAAP adjusted net income	$	18,333
Non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share	$	0.38

(See the reconciliation tables of net income to adjusted net income near the end of the release for further details.)

Included in the fourth quarter of 2014 GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted net income was approximately $2.4 million, net of tax, of non-cash share-based compensation expense.  Excluding share-based compensation expense, both GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted diluted EPS would have increased by an additional $0.05 per share for each of the fourth-quarter 2014, the fourth quarter 2013 and the third quarter 2014.

EBITDA, which represents earnings before net interest expense, income tax, depreciation and amortization, for the fourth quarter 2014, was $42.7 million, compared to $28.9 million for the fourth quarter 2013 and $45.3 million for the third quarter 2014.  For a reconciliation of GAAP net income to EBITDA (non-GAAP), see the table near the end of the release for further details.

For the fourth quarter 2014, net cash provided by operating activities was $26.9 million. Net cash flow was $6.2 million, which reflects the pay down of $6.8 million of long-term debt. Free cash flow was $6.3 million, which includes $20.7 million of capital expenditures.

Balance Sheet

As of December 31, 2014, the Company had approximately $255 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, long-term debt totaled approximately $141 million, and working capital was approximately $538 million.  

Business Outlook

Dr. Lu concluded, “For the first quarter of 2015, we expect revenue to range between $206 million and $220 million, or down 1.6 percent to 7.9 percent sequentially due to normal seasonality combined with the currency impact from a stronger U.S. dollar. We expect gross margin to be 30.5 percent, plus or minus 2 percent. Operating expenses are expected to be approximately 23.2 percent of revenue, plus or minus 1 percent. We expect our income tax rate to be 28 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, and shares used to calculate diluted EPS for the first quarter are anticipated to be approximately 49 million.”

Conference Call

Diodes will host a conference call on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Central Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal year financial results. Investors and analysts may join the conference call by dialing 1-855-232-8957 and providing the confirmation code 65797313. International callers may join the teleconference by dialing 1-315-625-6979 and enter the same confirmation code at the prompt. A telephone replay of the call will be made available approximately two hours after the call and will remain available until Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at midnight Central Time. The replay number is 1-855-859-2056 with a pass code of 65797313. International callers should dial 1-404-537-3406and enter the same pass code at the prompt. Additionally, this conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by all interested parties on the Investors section of Diodes' website at http://www.diodes.com. To listen to the live call, please go to the Investors section of Diodes’ website and click on the conference call link at least 15 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), a Standard and Poor's SmallCap 600 and Russell 3000 Index company, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets. Diodes serves the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial, and automotive markets. Diodes' products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, single gate logic, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect and temperature sensors; power management devices, including LED drivers, AC-DC converters and controllers, DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, and voltage references along with special function devices, such as USB power switches, load switches, voltage supervisors, and motor controllers. Diodes’ corporate headquarters and Americas' sales office are located in Plano, Texas. Design, marketing, and engineering centers are located in Plano; San Jose, California; Taipei, Taiwan; Manchester, England; and Neuhaus, Germany. Diodes’ wafer fabrication facilities are located in Kansas City, Missouri and Manchester, with two additional facilities located in Shanghai, China. Diodes has assembly and test facilities located in Shanghai and in Chengdu, China, as well as in Neuhaus and in Taipei. Additional engineering, sales, warehouse, and logistics offices are located in Taipei; Hong Kong; Manchester; Shanghai; Shenzhen, China; Seongnam-si, South Korea; and Munich, Germany, with support offices throughout the world. For further information, including SEC filings, visit Diodes’ website at 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: we continue to make progress with loading and performance improvements at our manufacturing facilities and expect utilization to gradually improve our margins over time, especially as we further ramp BCD’s fabs and transition the manufacturing in our Chengdu assembly-test facility from pilot-line to full production mode in second half 2015; looking forward to the coming year, we remain focused on generating profitable growth by further refining product mix to maximize gross profit and deliver increased earnings and cash flow; for the first quarter of 2015, we expect revenue to range between $206 million and $220 million, or down 1.6 percent to 7.9 percent sequentially due to normal seasonality combined with the strong dollar impact; we expect gross margin to be 30.5 percent, plus or minus 2 percent; operating expenses are expected to be approximately 23.2 percent of revenue, plus or minus 1 percent; and we expect our income tax rate to be 28 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, and shares used to calculate diluted EPS for the first quarter are anticipated to be approximately 49 million.Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, such factors as: the risk that such expectations may not be met; the risk that the expected benefits of acquisitions may not be realized; the risk that we may not be able to maintain our current growth strategy or continue to maintain our current performance, costs and loadings in our manufacturing facilities; risks of domestic and foreign operations, including excessive operation costs, labor shortages, higher tax rates and our joint venture prospects; the risk of unfavorable currency exchange rates; our future guidance may be incorrect; the global economic weakness may be more severe or last longer than we currently anticipated; and other information including the “Risk Factors,” detailed from time to time in Diodes’ 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	Investor Relations Contact
Diodes Incorporated	Shelton Group
Laura Mehrl	Leanne Sievers
Director of Investor Relations	EVP, Investor Relations
P: 972-987-3959	P: 949-224-3874
E: laura_mehrl@diodes.com	E: lsievers@sheltongroup.com

DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

	Three Months Ended						Twelve Months Ended
	December 31,						December 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
NET SALES	$	223,671		$	210,993		$	890,651		$	826,846
COST OF GOODS SOLD		153,009			150,192			613,372			589,010
Gross profit		70,662			60,801			277,279			237,836
OPERATING EXPENSES
Selling, general and administrative		34,183			32,840			133,701			132,106
Research and development		12,571			12,466			52,136			48,302
Amortization of acquisition related intangible assets		1,954			2,003			7,914			8,078
Impairment of goodwill					5,318						5,318
Restructuring		—			—			—			1,535
Gain (loss) on sale of assets		(67	)		169			(983	)		216
Total operating expenses		48,641			52,796			192,768			195,555
Income from operations		22,021			8,005			84,511			42,281
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES)
Interest income		312			295			1,470			1,274
Interest expense		(843	)		(1,430	)		(4,332	)		(5,580	)
Gain (loss) on securities carried at fair value		(410	)		(511	)		1,364			601
Other		2,113			(80	)		2,979			9
Total other income (expenses)		1,172			(1,726	)		1,481			(3,696	)
Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interest		23,193			6,279			85,992			38,585
INCOME TAX PROVISION		5,988			2,828			20,359			14,481
NET INCOME		17,205			3,451			65,633			24,104
Less:  NET INCOME attributable to noncontrolling interest		(540	)		2,753			(1,955	)		2,428
NET INCOME attributable to common stockholders	$	16,665		$	6,204		$	63,678		$	26,532
EARNINGS PER SHARE attributable to common stockholders
Basic	$	0.35		$	0.13		$	1.35		$	0.57
Diluted	$	0.34		$	0.13		$	1.31		$	0.56
Number of shares used in computation
Basic		47,587			46,666			47,184			46,363
Diluted		48,739			47,909			48,594			47,658

Note: Throughout this release, we refer to “net income attributable to common stockholders” as “net income.”

DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED NET INCOME

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

For the three months ended December 31, 2014:

	Operating Expenses		Other Income (Expense)		Income Tax Provision			Net Income
Per-GAAP								$	16,665
Earnings per share (Per-GAAP)
Diluted								$	0.34
Adjustments to reconcile net income to adjusted net income:
Retention costs		125		—		(19	)		106
Amortization of acquisition related intangible assets		1,954		—		(392	)		1,562
Adjusted (Non-GAAP)								$	18,333
Diluted shares used in computing earnings per share									48,739
Adjusted earnings per share (Non-GAAP)
Diluted								$	0.38

Note:  Included in GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted net income was approximately $2.4 million, net of tax, non-cash share-based compensation expense.  Excluding share based compensation expense, both GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share would have improved by $0.05 per share.

DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED NET INCOME – Cont.

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

For the three months ended December 31, 2013:

	Operating Expenses		Other Income (Expense)		Income Tax Provision			Noncontrolling Interest			Net Income
Per-GAAP											$	6,204
Earnings per share (Per-GAAP)
Diluted											$	0.13
Adjustments to reconcile net income to adjusted net    income:
Retention costs		906		—		(136	)					770
Impairment of goodwill		5,318		—					(2,606	)		2,712
Amortization of acquisition related intangible assets		2,003		—		(419	)					1,584
Adjusted (Non-GAAP)											$	11,270
Diluted shares used in computing earnings per share												47,909
Adjusted earnings per share (Non-GAAP)
Diluted											$	0.24

Note:  Included in GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted net income was approximately $2.3 million, net of tax, non-cash share-based compensation expense.  Excluding share based compensation expense, both GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share would have improved by $0.05 per share.

DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED NET INCOME – Cont.

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2014:

	Operating Expenses			Other Income (Expense)		Income Tax Provision			Net Income
Per-GAAP									$	63,678
Earnings per share (Per-GAAP)
Diluted									$	1.31
Adjustments to reconcile net income to adjusted net    income:
Retention costs		1,286			—		(193	)		1,093
Gain on sale of assets		(1,176	)		—		200			(976	)
Amortization of acquisition related intangible assets		7,914			—		(1,627	)		6,287
Adjusted (Non-GAAP)									$	70,082
Diluted shares used in computing earnings per share										48,594
Adjusted earnings per share (Non-GAAP)
Diluted									$	1.44

Note:  Included in GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted net income was approximately $9.2 million, net of tax, non-cash share-based compensation expense.  Excluding this expense, both GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share would have improved by $0.19 per share.

DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED NET INCOME – Cont.

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2013:

	Cost of Goods Sold		Operating Expenses		Other Income (Expense)		Income Tax Provision			Noncontrolling Interest			Net Income
Per-GAAP													$	26,532
Earnings per share (Per-GAAP)
Diluted													$	0.56
Adjustments to reconcile net income to adjusted net    income:
Inventory valuations		5,484		-		-		(823	)					4,661
Acquisition costs		-		600		-		110						710
Retention costs		-		3,021		-		(453	)					2,568
Restructuring costs		-		1,533		-		(406	)					1,127
Impairment of goodwill				5,318							(2,606	)		2,712
Amortization of acquisition related intangible assets		-		8,078		-		(1,704	)					6,374
Tax expense related to tax audit		-		-		-		5,447						5,447
Adjusted (Non-GAAP)													$	50,131
Diluted shares used in computing earnings per share														47,658
Adjusted earnings per share (Non-GAAP)
Diluted													$	1.05

Note:  Included in GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted net income was approximately $8.8 million, net of tax, non-cash share-based compensation expense.  Excluding this expense, both GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share would have improved by $0.18 per share.

ADJUSTED NET INCOME (Non-GAAP)

This measure consists of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) net income attributable to common stockholders (“net income”), which is then adjusted solely for the purpose of adjusting for retention costs, amortization of acquisition related intangible assets, gain on sale of assets, inventory valuations, acquisition costs, restructuring and tax payments related to tax audit, as discussed below. Excluding retention costs, gain on sale of assets, inventory valuations, acquisition costs, restructuring and tax payments related to tax audit provides investors with a better depiction of the Company’s operating results and provides a more informed baseline for modeling future earnings expectations.  Excluding the amortization of acquisition related intangible assets allows for comparison of the Company’s current and historic operating performance. The Company excludes the above listed items to evaluate the Company’s operating performance, to develop budgets, to determine incentive compensation awards and to manage cash expenditures.  Presentation of the above non-GAAP measures allows investors to review the Company’s results of operations from the same viewpoint as the Company’s management and Board of Directors.  The Company has historically provided similar non-GAAP financial measures to provide investors an enhanced understanding of its operations, facilitate investors’ analyses and comparisons of its current and past results of operations and provide insight into the prospects of its future performance.  The Company also believes the non-GAAP measures are useful to investors because they provide additional information that research analysts use to evaluate semiconductor companies.  These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results and may differ from measures used by other companies.  For example, we do not adjust for any amounts attributable to noncontrolling interest except for one-time non-cash items outside the course of ordinary business, such as impairment of goodwill.  The Company recommends a review of net income on both a GAAP basis and non-GAAP basis be performed to get a comprehensive view of the Company’s results. The Company provides a reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP adjusted net income.

Detail of non-GAAP adjustments:

Retention costs – The Company excluded costs accrued within operating expenses in regard to the $5 million employee retention plan in connection with the BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited (“BCD”) acquisition.  The retention payments are payable at the 12, 18 and 24 month anniversaries of the acquisition with the majority of the expense occurring in the second 12 months.  Although these retention costs will be recurring every quarter until the final retention payment has been made, they are not part of the employees’ normal annual salaries and therefore are being excluded.  The Company believes the exclusion of retention costs related to the BCD acquisition provides investors with a more accurate reflection of costs likely to be incurred in the absence of an unusual event such as an acquisition and facilitates comparisons with the results of other periods that may not reflect such costs.

Amortization of acquisition related intangible assets – The Company excluded the amortization of its acquisition related intangible assets including developed technologies and customer relationships. The fair value of the acquisition related intangible assets, which was recognized through acquisition accounting, is amortized using straight-line methods which approximate the proportion of future cash flows estimated to be generated each period over the estimated useful lives of the applicable assets.  The Company believes the exclusion of the amortization expense of acquisition related assets is appropriate as a significant portion of the purchase price for its acquisitions was allocated to the intangible assets that have short lives and exclusion of the amortization expense allows comparisons of operating results that are consistent over time for both the Company’s newly acquired and long-held businesses.  In addition, the Company excluded the amortization expense as there is significant variability and unpredictability among companies with respect to this expense.

Gain on sale of assets –During the second quarter of 2014, the Company sold a building located in Taiwan and this gain was excluded from management’s assessment of the Company’s core operating performance.  The Company believes the exclusion of the gain on sale of assets provides investors an enhanced view of a gain the Company may incur from time to time and facilitates comparisons with results of other periods that may not reflect such gains.

Inventory valuations– The Company excluded cost incurred for inventory valuations.  The Company adjusted the inventory acquired from the BCD acquisition to account for the reasonable profit allowance for the selling effort on finished goods inventory and the reasonable profit allowance for the completing and selling effort on the work–in-progress inventory.  This non-cash adjustment to inventory is not recurring in nature, however it could be recurring to the extent there are additional acquisitions.  The Company believes the exclusion of the BCD inventory valuation provides investors with a more accurate reflection of costs likely to be incurred in the absence of an unusual event such as an acquisition and facilitates comparisons with the results of other periods that may not reflect such costs.  

Acquisition costs – The Company excluded costs associated with acquiring BCD, which consisted of advisory, legal and other professional and consulting fees.  These costs were expensed in the second quarter of 2013 when the costs were incurred and services were received, and in which the corresponding tax adjustments were made for the non-deductible portions of these expenses.  The Company believes the exclusion of the acquisition related costs provides investors with a more accurate reflection of costs likely to be incurred in the absence of an unusual event such as an acquisition and facilitates comparisons with the results of other periods that may not reflect such costs.

Restructuring – The Company has recorded restructuring charges to reduce its cost structure in order to enhance operating effectiveness and improve profitability. These restructuring activities related to our UK development team and the closure of our New York sales office.  These restructuring charges are excluded from management’s assessment of the Company’s operating performance. The Company believes the exclusion of the restructuring charges provides investors an enhanced view of the cost structure of the Company’s operations and facilitates comparisons with the results of other periods that may not reflect such charges or may reflect different levels of such charges.

Tax expense related to tax audit – The Company excluded additional tax expense in regard to a tax audit of the China tax authorities.  The China government audited the Company’s High and New Technology Enterprise (“HNTE”) status for the years 2009 through 2014 and determined there was an underpayment for the tax year 2013.  The Company has been approved for the HNTE status for 2013 through 2014.  Given that 2013 is an isolated occurrence, the additional tax and any penalties and interest associated with the audit are being excluded.  The Company believes the exclusion of tax expense related to this tax audit provides investors with a more accurate indication of tax expense likely to be incurred on an ongoing basis and facilitates comparisons with the results of other periods that may not reflect such audit determinations.

ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE (Non-GAAP)

This non-GAAP financial measure is the portion of the Company’s GAAP net income assigned to each share of stock, excluding retention costs, amortization of acquisition related intangible assets, inventory valuations, acquisition costs and tax payments related to tax audit, as discussed above. Excluding retention costs, inventory valuations, acquisition costs and tax payments related to tax audit provides investors with a better depiction of the Company’s operating results and provides a more informed baseline for modeling future earnings expectations.  Excluding the amortization of acquisition related intangible assets allows for comparison of the Company’s current and historic operating performance, as described in further detail above.  This non-GAAP measure should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results and may differ from measures used by other companies.  For example, we do not adjust for any amounts attributable to noncontrolling interest except for one-time non-cash items outside the course of ordinary business, such as impairment of goodwill.  The Company recommends a review of diluted earnings per share on both a GAAP basis and non-GAAP basis be performed to obtain a comprehensive view of the Company’s results. Information on how these share calculations are made is included in the reconciliation tables provided.

CASH FLOW ITEMS

Free cash flow (FCF) (Non-GAAP)

FCF for the fourth quarter of 2014 is a non-GAAP financial measure, which is calculated by subtracting capital expenditures from cash flow from operations.  For the fourth quarter of 2014, FCF was $6.3 million ($26.9 million less $20.6 million). FCF represents the cash and cash equivalents that we are able to generate after taking into account cash outlays required to maintain or expand property, plant and equipment. FCF is important because it allows us to pursue opportunities to develop new products, make acquisitions and reduce debt.

CONSOLIDATED RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO EBITDA

EBITDA represents earnings before net interest expense, income tax provision, depreciation and amortization. Management believes EBITDA is useful to investors because it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties, such as financial institutions in extending credit, in evaluating companies in our industry and provides further clarity on our profitability. In addition, management uses EBITDA, along with other GAAP and non-GAAP measures, in evaluating our operating performance compared to that of other companies in our industry. The calculation of EBITDA generally eliminates the effects of financing, operating in different income tax jurisdictions, and accounting effects of capital spending, including the impact of our asset base, which can differ depending on the book value of assets and the accounting methods used to compute depreciation and amortization expense.  EBITDA is not a recognized measurement under 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 used by other companies. For example, our EBITDA takes into account all net interest expense, income tax provision, depreciation and amortization without taking into account any attributable to noncontrolling interest. Furthermore, EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow for management’s discretionary use, as it does not consider certain cash requirements such as tax and debt service payments.

The following table provides a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA (in thousands, unaudited):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2014		2013
Net income (per-GAAP)	$	16,665	$	6,204
Plus:
Interest expense, net		531		1,135
Income tax provision		5,988		2,828
Depreciation and amortization		19,517		18,713
EBITDA (Non-GAAP)	$	42,701	$	28,880

	Twelve Months Ended
	December 31,
	2014		2013
Net income (per-GAAP)	$	63,678	$	26,532
Plus:
Interest expense, net		2,862		4,306
Income tax provision		20,359		14,481
Depreciation and amortization		76,771		73,607
EBITDA (Non-GAAP)	$	163,670	$	118,926

DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

ASSETS

(in thousands)

	December 31,		December 31,
	2014		2013
	(unaudited)
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$	243,000	$	196,635
Short-term investments		11,726		22,922
Accounts receivable, net		188,248		192,267
Inventories		182,026		180,396
Deferred income taxes, current		11,295		10,513
Prepaid expenses and other		50,510		47,352
Total current assets		686,805		650,085
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net		309,931		322,013
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES, non current		32,550		28,237
OTHER ASSETS
Goodwill		81,229		84,714
Intangible assets, net		45,028		53,571
Other		23,614		23,638
Total assets	$	1,179,157	$	1,162,258

DIODES INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

(in thousands, except share data)

	December 31,			December 31,
	2014			2013
	(unaudited)
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Lines of credit	$	1,064		$	5,814
Accounts payable		79,390			89,212
Accrued liabilities		60,436			60,684
Income tax payable		8,381			1,206
Total current liabilities		149,271			156,916
LONG-TERM DEBT, net of current portion		140,787			182,799
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES		78,932			78,866
Total liabilities		368,990			418,581
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
EQUITY
Diodes Incorporated stockholders' equity
Preferred stock - par value $1.00 per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or    outstanding		-			-
Common stock - par value $0.66 2/3 per share; 70,000,000 shares authorized; 47,591,092 and    46,680,973 issued and outstanding at  December 31, 2014 and  December 31, 2013, respectively		31,729			31,120
Additional paid-in capital		314,942			289,668
Retained earnings		490,006			426,328
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(68,402	)		(44,374	)
Total Diodes Incorporated stockholders' equity		768,275			702,742
Noncontrolling interest		41,892			40,935
Total equity		810,167			743,677
Total liabilities and equity	$	1,179,157		$	1,162,258

EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Call Participants: Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, Richard White, Mark King and Laura Mehrl

Operator:

Good afternoon and welcome to Diodes Incorporated’s fourth quarter and fiscal 2014 financial results conference call.  At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode.  At the conclusion of today’s conference call, instructions will be given for the question and answer session.  If anyone needs assistance at any time during the conference call, please press the star key followed by the zero on your touchtone phone.

As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded today, Wednesday, February 11, 2015.  I would now like to turn the call over to Leanne Sievers of Shelton Group Investor Relations.  Leanne, please go ahead.  

Introduction:  Leanne Sievers,EVP of Shelton Group

Good afternoon and welcome to Diodes’ fourth quarter and fiscal 2014 financial results conference call.  I’m Leanne Sievers, executive vice president of Shelton Group, Diodes’ investor relations firm.Joining us today from Taiwan are Diodes’ President and CEO, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu; Chief Financial Officer, Rick White; Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Mark King; and Director of Investor Relations, Laura Mehrl.

Before I turn the call over to Dr. Lu, I would like to remind our listeners that management’s prepared remarks contain forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties, and management may make additional forward-looking statements in response to your questions. Therefore, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements that is contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ from those discussed today, and therefore we refer you to a more detailed discussion of the risks and uncertainties in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.In addition, any projections as to the Company’s future performance represent management’s estimates as of today, February 11, 2015.  Diodes assumes no obligation to update these projections in the future as market conditions may or may not change.

Additionally, the Company’s press release and management’s statements during this conference call will include discussions of certain measures and financial information in GAAP and non-GAAP terms. Included in the Company’s press release are definitions and reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP items, which provide additional details.  Also, throughout the Company’s press release and management’s statements during this conference call, we refer to “net income attributable to common stockholders” as “GAAP net income.”

For those of you unable to listen to the entire call at this time, a recording will be available via webcast for 60 days in the investor relations section of Diodes’ website at www.diodes.com.

And now I will turn the call over to Diodes’ President and CEO, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu. Dr. Lu, please go ahead.

Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, President and CEO

Thank you, Leanne. Welcome everyone, and thank you for joining us today.

Diodes once again achieved another year of solid results with record revenue and gross profit driving the highest net income and earnings per share since 2010. 2014 concluded Diodes’ 24^th consecutive year of profitability.  Gross margin increased 230 basis points over 2013, while operating expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased 200 basis points. Together, these factors resulted in GAAP net income increasing by $37 million, or more than double 2013, and non-GAAP net income improving by $20 million, or 40 percent.

BCD’s margins improved from 2013 to 2014, but still impacted our gross margin by approximately 160 basis points in 2014 as compared to approximately 120 basis points in 2013. Margins for Diodes without BCD more than offset this impact as we continue to make progress with loading and performance improvements at our manufacturing facilities and expect utilization to gradually improve our margins over time, especially as we further ramp BCD’s fabs and transition the manufacturing in our Chengdu assembly-test facility from pilot-line to full production mode in second half this year.

Also during the year, we strengthened our balance sheet by reducing long-term debt by approximately $42 million. When combined with our reduced capital expenditures of 6.6 percent of revenue for the year, we generated approximately $76 million of free cash flow in 2014.

Overall, I’m very pleased with our significant progress and continued efforts in 2014 toward achieving our target operating model of 35 percent gross margin and 20 percent combined SG&A and R&D, and we expect to make additional progress in 2015. In support of these goals, we remain focused on generating profitable growth by further refining product mix to maximize gross profit and to deliver increased earnings and cash flow.

With that, I will now turn the call over to Rick to discuss our fourth quarter financial results as well as first quarter guidance in more detail.

Rick White, CFO

Thanks, Dr. Lu, and good afternoon everyone.  

Revenue for the full year 2014 increased 7.7 percent to a record $890.7 million from $826.8 million in 2013. For the fourth quarter of 2014, revenue was $223.7 million, an increase of 6.0 percent from the $211.0 million in the fourth quarter 2013, and a decrease of 4.3 percent from the $233.8 million in the third quarter 2014. Revenue was down sequentially primarily due to normal seasonality.

Gross profit for the full year 2014 was a record $277.3 million, or 31.1 percent of revenue, compared to $237.8 million, or 28.8 percent of revenue in 2013. For the fourth quarter 2014, gross profit was $70.7 million, or 31.6 percent of revenue, compared to the fourth quarter 2013 of $60.8 million, or 28.8 percent of revenue, and compared to the third quarter 2014 of $74.7 million, or 32.0 percent of revenue.  Gross profit margin declined sequentially primarily due to lower BCD wafer fab loadings.

GAAP operating expenses for the fourth quarter were $48.6 million, or 21.7 percent of revenue, compared to $52.8 million, or 25.0 percent of revenue in the fourth quarter 2013 and $49.7 million, or 21.3 percent of revenue in the third quarter 2014.

Looking specifically at Selling, General and Administrative expenses, SG&A was approximately $34.2 million for the fourth quarter, or 15.3 percent of revenue, compared to $32.8 million, or 15.6 percent of revenue, in the fourth quarter 2013 and $33.9 million, or 14.5 percent of revenue, in the third quarter of 2014.

Investment in Research and Development for the fourth quarter was approximately $12.6 million, or 5.6 percent of revenue, compared to $12.5 million, or 5.9 percent of revenue, in the fourth quarter 2013 and $13.9 million, or 5.9 percent of revenue, last quarter.

Combined, SG&A plus R&D equaled $46.8 million, or 20.9 percent of revenue, which was down 60 basis points from $45.3 million, or 21.5 percent in the fourth quarter 2013. Versus third quarter, the total was down $1.0 million, but up 50 basis points from 20.4 percent due to the sequential revenue decline.

Total Other Income amounted to $1.2 million for the quarter. We had approximately $1.7 million of currency gains and other income, approximately $300,000 of interest income, and approximately $800,000 of interest expense.  

Income Before Taxes and Noncontrolling Interest in the fourth quarter 2014 amounted to $23.2 million, compared to the income of $6.3 million in the fourth quarter 2013, and $26.3 million in the third quarter 2014.

Turning to income taxes, our effective income tax rate for the fourth quarter and full year 2014 was approximately 25.8 percent and 23.7 percent, respectively.

GAAP net income for the full year 2014 was $63.7 million, or $1.31 per diluted share, compared to $26.5 million, or $0.56 per diluted share in 2013. 2014 represented our 24th consecutive year of profitability. The share count used to compute GAAP diluted EPS for 2014 was 48.6 million shares.

Non-GAAP adjusted net income for the year was $70.1 million, or $1.44 per diluted share, which excluded, net of tax, $6.3 million of non-cash acquisition related intangible asset amortization costs, compared to non-GAAP adjusted net income of $50.1 million, or $1.05 per diluted share, in the prior year.

GAAP net income for the fourth quarter 2014 was $16.7 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, compared to fourth quarter 2013 of $6.2 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, and third quarter 2014 of $19.4 million, or $0.40 per diluted share. The share count used to compute GAAP diluted EPS for the fourth quarter 2014 was 48.7 million shares.

Fourth quarter non-GAAP adjusted net income was $18.3 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, which excluded, net of tax, $1.6 million of non-cash acquisition related intangible asset amortization costs.  This compares to non-GAAP adjusted net income of $11.3 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter 2013 and $21.2 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, in the third quarter 2014.

We have included in our earnings release a reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP adjusted net income, which provides additional details.  Included in the fourth quarter and full year 2014 GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted net income was approximately

$2.4 million and $9.2 million, respectively, net of tax, non-cash share-based compensation expense. Excluding share based compensation expense, both GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted diluted EPS would have increased by an additional $0.05 per diluted share in the fourth quarter and $0.19 for the full year.

Cash flow generated from operations for the full year 2014 was $134.3 million and $26.9 million for the fourth quarter.

Free cash flow for 2014 was $76.5 million, which included approximately $58.9 million of capital expenditures.  Free cash flow was $6.3 million for the fourth quarter, which included $16.6 million of capital expenditures and a $7.1 million reduction in inventory.

Net cash flow for the year was a positive $46.4 million, which includes the pay-down of approximately $42.7 million of long-term debt. Fourth quarter net cash flow was a positive $6.2 million, including the pay-down of approximately $6.8 million of long-term debt.

Turning to the balance sheet, at the end of the fourth quarter, cash and cash equivalents totaled approximately $255 million, including $12 million in short-term investments. Working capital was approximately $538 million compared to $493 million for 2013.

At the end of the fourth quarter, inventory decreased by $7 million to approximately $182 million, compared to approximately $189 million at the end of the third quarter 2014.  Inventory in the quarter reflects a $3.3 million decrease in work-in-process, a $2 million decrease in finished goods, and a $1.7 million decrease in raw materials.  Inventory days were 112 in the fourth quarter, compared to 108 days last quarter.

At the end of the fourth quarter, Accounts Receivable was approximately $188 million, down over $5 million from the third quarter.  A/R days were 79, compared to 75 last quarter.

Our long term debt totaled approximately $140.8 million, down $6.7 million from the third quarter and down $42 million for the year.

Capital expenditures on an accrual basis for 2014 totaled $58.9 million, or 6.6 percent of revenue.  This is below the mid-point of our reduced CapEx spending target of 5 to 9 percent of revenue due to the delay of the receipt of some assembly-test equipment into 2015 which may push 2015 CapEx into the upper end of our target range. Fourth quarter capital expenditures were $16.6 million, or 7.4 percent of revenue.

Depreciation and amortization expense for the fourth quarter was $19.5 million, and $73.6 million for the year.

Now, turning to our Outlook…

For the first quarter of 2015, we expect revenue to range between $206 million and $220 million, or down 1.6 percent to 7.9 percent sequentially due to normal seasonality combined with the currency impact from a stronger U.S. dollar. We expect gross margin to be 30.5 percent, plus or minus 2 percent. Operating expenses are expected to be approximately 23.2 percent of revenue, plus or minus 1 percent. We expect our income tax rate to be 28 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, and shares used to calculate diluted EPS for the first quarter are anticipated to be approximately 49.0 million.

One final comment before turning the call over to Mark….starting this quarter, we will no longer be providing mid-quarter guidance updates. Our business has grown in size and is now sufficiently diverse across markets and customers that we believe a mid-quarter

update is no longer necessary.  In fact, in our last eight mid-quarter guidance updates, on a revenue basis, we either maintained or narrowed to the middle of the range in seven of them and raised the guidance in the one when we purchased BCD.

With that said, I will now turn the call over to Mark King.

Mark King, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing

Thank you, Rick, and good afternoon.

Revenue in the fourth quarter was down 4.3 percent sequentially primarily due to seasonality across our end markets as well as weakness in Europe coming off a strong Q3. OEM sales were down 3.6 percent, while distributor POP and POS were down 4.7 percent and 5.4 percent, respectively. Distributor inventory was up 1.3 percent and remained in line.

Turning to Global Sales, Asia represented 81 percent of revenue, North America 10 percent and Europe 9 percent.

In terms of our end markets, consumer represented 34 percent of revenue, communications 22, computing 20, industrial also 20 percent, and automotive was 4 percent. The computing market experienced the largest decline in the quarter, while on the positive side, the industrial market was supported by new business in solar, communications was solid at specific customers, and automotive maintained momentum going into 2015.

Customer activity level remained strong in all regions and product lines, with a growing number of design wins across our end markets.Q4 was a record quarter for our MOSFET products, while we also saw solid performance from our load switches, logic and SBR products. Diodes once again built upon its broad-based product offering by developing and launching products for diverse high volume, high growth market segments and customer applications.

Let me know talk about our business in more detail within each of our end markets. And unlike past quarters, I’m going to talk about product updates across discrete, analog and logic within each of our target end markets rather than separately.

Let me start with the consumer market… in Q4 Diodes launched a number of discrete products for high volume TV and monitor power supply applications. Our new proprietary Trench SBR technology yielded products targeted at TV power applications, providing designers with a Schottky rectifier alternatives that helps meet higher energy efficiency requirements and space constraints. This proprietary Trench SBR technology enables Diodes to produce rectifiers achieving application-specific blends of ultra-low forward voltage and low leakage.

Also further expanding our analog content in the consumer market, we released a family of 4A and 5A adaptive constant on-time synchronous buck converters for low output voltage power regulation in large consumer electronics such as digital TVs and monitors. These devices have attracted very favorable early market attention from a wide range of TV suppliers who are currently running system tests with these recently released products.   Our focus in the large scale consumer products space resulted in more than 10 significant design wins across several product lines, including class-D audio amplifiers, voltage references, low dropout regulators and load switches.  

In addition, we released a family of PWM controllers designed to improve operating efficiency and significantly reduce no-load losses in offline AC-DC converters.  

In the communications market and specific for the portable device market, Diodes launched products from a number of families highlighted by the release of a secondary-side Active/Synchronous Rectification Controller, which is ideal for quick charge applications such as USB Power Delivery.   Addressing portables further, we expanded our TVS portfolio with a range of devices for battery quick-chargers that require special high surge protection against in-rush current, as well as a range of Schottky diodes in tiny Chip Scale Packages for space-constrained portable applications. Also in the communications market, we had major designs wins in WiFi modules, routers and repeaters leveraging our DC to DC converters, load switches, and voltage references.  

In the computing space, we also saw strong design-in activity led by multiple Logic wins in tablets, notebooks as well as continued momentum in load switches and MOSFET products.  

Now turning to the industrial end market where efficient power management is critical, Diodes launched a series of industrial MOSFETs with a breakdown voltage range of 100 volts to 250 volts, and the first in a new series of power factor correction (PFC) diodes using proprietary Diodes process technology.

We also continued to expand our portfolio in support of our LED lighting strategy, including a constant-current LED driver targeted at LED signage, strip lighting and low-current retrofit lamps. We also saw an uptick in activity and notable design wins for hall sensors in door locks, brushless DC fans, and e-meters and significant ramp in revenue for our proprietary solar diode.   

And finally in the automotive market, Diodes capitalized on its recent gains by launching automotive qualified devices from its MOSFET, BJT, and TVS product families. Most significant were the first products in a range of 175 degree C MOSFETs designed specifically for ruggedness and high temperature to meet the demands of under-hood operation. Utilizing Diodes recently established shielded gate MOSFET process, these devices are well-suited for driving automotive inductive loads, such as DC motors and relays. Also launched in Q4 were the first devices in a series of Automotive grade LIN and CAN bus protection TVS devices. Our LED drivers also saw increased acceptance with headlamp, running lights, and interior lighting socket wins.  

In summary, Diodes once again achieved another year of solid results with continued gross margin improvement as well as record revenue and gross profit. It was also a record year for new product introductions and design wins across our end markets.  As we look forward, we remain focused on further advancing our process technology and investment in chip scale packaging, in support of our focus on the portable space and future application opportunities. We also continue to place a strong emphasis on the automotive market, where we have gained strong momentum going into the new year. In conclusion, we have a robust pipeline of new products and design wins and are well positioned to support our near-term and future growth, both with the addition of BCD’s facilities and the ramp up of Chengdu for back-end assembly.

With that, I’ll open the floor to questions - Operator?

Upon Completion of the Q&A…

Dr. Lu:  Thank you for your participation today. Operator, you may now disconnect.

Diodes 4Q 2014 EARNINGS CALL

QUESTION AND ANSWER

Operator

(Operator Instructions)

The first question comes from Steve Smigie from Raymond James.

Steve Smigie - Raymond James & Associates, Inc. - Analyst

Great, thanks a lot guys. I appreciate the opportunity to ask questions. Dr. Lu, congratulations on a solid 2014. As you look out to 2015, can you talk a little bit about whether you think you can see a growth for 2015 that's roughly similar to 2014? Say maybe a high single digit type growth? Just curious if that would make sense?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Steve, thank you for the comment. I believe 2015, it will be similar to 2014. Look at the trend, look at the comparison, I think 2015 will be another strong year for us, especially as we will focus on the profitable growth, which is -- I have been focused on gross profit. It's very important for us. So if you look at 2014 versus 2013, we have 16.6% growth, between -- [after] gross profit, and we're hoping 2015 has another improvement, a strong improvement, at the gross profit area.

Steve Smigie - Raymond James & Associates, Inc. - Analyst

Great, thanks. And just to follow up on your gross margin comments. I know you guys focus on gross profit dollars. But just for our modeling purposes, as we think about gross margin percentage, would it be fair to assume that Q1 is probably the bottom here for the year? And then, you should have pretty good tail winds, as you mix in more of the auto and industrial into 2015, for the gross margin percentage?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

The answer is yes. And it is because our -- right now, I think during the speech, I mentioned about our BCD fab, which is a Shanghai fab, we acquired from BCD. And they are ramping up on the fab 2, and they offloaded some of the fab 1 loading to fab 2. So due to that, both fab 1 and fab 2 is under-loaded right now. And we -- all our new products is really designed, used in fab 2. At the same time, we tried to bring some of the wafer loading from outside to the fab 2.

For example, some of our SBR loading right now outside, we tried to adapt the process, and qualify that process, and move from outside loading to the fab 2. And we believe, it will be somewhere around probably second half of this year, our -- it's a fab 2 should be started to ramp for the SBR requirement. And so -- and at the same time, we tried to see, maybe, we can put up an eight inch fab in the -- eight inch equipment in the fab 2. And all those efforts should be improved, sfab 2 loading, at the same time sfab 1 loading should be, gradually improved back.

And from there, I think we should expect 1Q will be the lowest one. And then for all of the loading improvement for the BCD fab should start to improve. So the answer is yes, and we still focus on the gross profit improvement.

Steve Smigie - Raymond James & Associates, Inc. - Analyst

Great, thank you very much. And if I could just sneak one more in. Rick, I was [hoping] if you could give a little bit of color on what you think tax rate might look like this year. So 28% for Q1. Would it stay at that level? Or do you get some improvement going forward? And does that include the benefit of the tax credit?

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

Yes. I think the Q1 number of 28% is probably the high. I think we'll probably end up being somewhere around where we were in 2014.

Steve Smigie - Raymond James & Associates, Inc. - Analyst

Okay. And that doesn't include the R&D tax (inaudible) that came back in? So like end of the year next year, you'd maybe see a benefit in that quarter as an additional benefit, right?

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

Right.

Steve Smigie - Raymond James & Associates, Inc. - Analyst

Thank you very much.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Thank you.

Operator

The next question comes from Christopher Longiaru from Sidoti & Company.

Christopher Longiaru - Sidoti & Company - Analyst

Hi guys, I'll echo my congratulations, great year.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Thank you.

Christopher Longiaru - Sidoti & Company - Analyst

So just piggybacking on some of what you just said, could you guys comment on what your utilization was in the quarter? And specifically, what it was at fab 2?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

The fab 2 is about 50%, right?

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

Yes, hang on a second. Let me -- yes, so in the fourth quarter, fab 2 was about 50%, which is basically what it was in the third quarter.

Christopher Longiaru - Sidoti & Company - Analyst

And as you bring more of BCD in house, how does that look as you exit 2015? What is your expectation there?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Okay, so we are taking two actions. One is try to develop and qualify the SBR technology or process, into sfab 2. And we believe we should be able to bring everything -- or bring in the planner SBR into sfab 2, about probably second half. Okay, we are targeting the June/July time frame.

Christopher Longiaru - Sidoti & Company - Analyst

Okay.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

That action, it should be -- give us probably improved outlook. I won't say -- I was hoping somewhere around improved another 10% to 20% loading, okay? When we finish the year. But at the same time, our new product will be starting to ramp, and that will be helping improvement, too. And then the third one, the second technology development is, we are looking at putting the eight inch capacity of capability inside sfab 2. And -- but that will take a while.

That one is really trying to fully loaded Sfab in 2016. Because it will probably take 1 year to get equipment, develop the process, and -- or install the equipment, prepare for [some] process, okay? And so we were hoping that one would be start to impact the loading, probably next year. First half of next year, we should start to impact the loading.

Christopher Longiaru - Sidoti & Company - Analyst

That's very helpful.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Okay.

Christopher Longiaru - Sidoti & Company - Analyst

My other question is just, on the operating expenses for the year, still kind of 22%, 24% of revenue is where you guys expect to be?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

For this year? 2015?

Christopher Longiaru - Sidoti & Company - Analyst

For 2015.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

I think we should be, if the revenue going up, you know the way we did, right?

Christopher Longiaru - Sidoti & Company - Analyst

Yes.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Remember the revenue going up, we are holding up the R&D and SG&A, so as a percent, will improve. And if you look at from 2014 -- 2013 improvement to 2014, we significantly improved that operational expense. And we will continue that kind of effort. So it depends on how much revenue growth in 2015. If we are able to achieve another year similar to the growth of 2013 to 2014, then we should be able to similarly decrease significantly of operational cost.

Christopher Longiaru - Sidoti & Company - Analyst

All right, that's all for me, guys. Thank you.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Thank you.

Operator

The next question comes from Gary Mobley from The Benchmark Company.

Gary Mobley - The Benchmark Company - Analyst

Hi guys, good morning to you. Did you say, Rick, that you had the currency gains in the quarter of $1.7 million?

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

No, that was currency gains plus other income, including interest expense. Let me see here. I can tell you how much the currency gains were.

Gary Mobley - The Benchmark Company - Analyst

The point of my question is, is that I'm sure that you're translating less US dollars from Taiwan in Asia. And I'm just curious to know how much of a headwind that created for the revenue, versus when you guided the revenue initially? And are you going to hit a one-for-one offset, with currency hedging, from the top line, to a gain in the OpEx line?

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

The major impact was not in the Taiwan dollar, or the China currency. It was mainly in the Euro and the pound. And basically, we have a natural hedge in Europe, because we have a lot of expenses in our wafer fab that are in local currency. So if you look at the way it works, you would have some headwind on revenue, but you'd also make it up on cost of goods. The other income line is based on the translation of your local currency balance sheet into dollars. And so it really depends on how much local currency cash, and receivables and things, that you have. So it can vary. But from a P&L standpoint -- from a revenue standpoint, it was a headwind. From a P&L standpoint, it wasn't that much of a headwind at the bottom line.

Gary Mobley - The Benchmark Company - Analyst

Then neutral to the bottom line. But nevertheless, maybe it was coming toward the high end of your revenue guide, you wouldn't have had that currency headwind. Is that a fair way to think about it?

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

I think so. The currency caused us some problems, but we were able to hit our guidance. So without that currency headwind, we would have been a little higher. (laughter)

Gary Mobley - The Benchmark Company - Analyst

Sure.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

So you're right. Okay? We tried very hard to get to the guidance, and we are able to do it.

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

Yes. So basically, currency is just one of the issues we have. So we don't look at currency as that much of a significant factor, overall. We just try and hit our guidance, no matter what the currency.

Gary Mobley - The Benchmark Company - Analyst

Okay, all right, good enough. All right. Dr. Lu, when you and I met at the consumer electronics show, I think one of the items that you were talking about was growth and profitability, and trying to draw a distinction between prior commentary about profitable growth. And I think the implication is, is that the idea is to grow the mix of higher margin business, in particular, auto. So can you share with us what auto was at the end of the fourth quarter? If I'm not mistaken, it was probably, what, 4%? And what anticipated going to, by the time we exit 2015? And how this emphasis on higher margin business shapes your CapEx outlook for the 2015 time frame?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Yes, I think you can see two areas, not just automotive. Industrial and automotive. Those are two areas you can see as a percent of revenue is increased in 2014, okay? And automotive actually, in 2013, is about 3% of our revenue, and 2014 is 4%. You might say 3% to 4% is not that big, but our revenue is growing up, too. And as a percent, is growing up. So you can see automotive is growing faster than our average growth on the revenue. Industrial is similar.

If you -- now, industrial and computing is almost the same, 20%. And so this is what we have been working on is, if you remember, I always talk about our mix. We improved the mix, because we are focused more on the industrial and automotive areas. And we'll continue that effort. And you remember back to 2013, I formed automotive BU. And the whole purpose is, try to focus more on automotive business. So if you ask me, in 2015, what would be the automotive? I don't have the full number yet.

But if you see from 3% 2013 to 4% 2014, 2015 should be continue increase, okay? And especially automotive design wins, take it to the revenue, takes a long time. And if we start to focus on 2013, 2015 should be a year of the harvest of our strategy there. And therefore, I believe 2015, we should see a good improvement as a percent of the revenue in 2015. I cannot -- I don't know the number yet, but I believe it will be another strong growth year for automotive business. And at the same time, industrial should be continually improved too.

Gary Mobley - The Benchmark Company - Analyst

All right, that's it for me, thanks guys.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Thank you.

Operator

Your next question comes from Harsh Kumar from Stephens.

Harsh Kumar - Stephens Inc. - Analyst

Hi Dr. Lu -- or actually, a question for Rick, maybe. Rick, as I look at the margins, gross margins, for this March quarter guidance, how much of it do you think was BCD versus FX? I know you said FX wasn't much, and just simply lower revenue. Is there a way we should think about that split?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Why don't you just (inaudible) -- look, we make that statement, 2014 versus 2013, BCD affected us.

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

160 versus 120 basis points. It's affecting us, but the revenue decreased, the loading in sfab 2, those are all factors. But I really don't want to split it between the two pieces.

Harsh Kumar - Stephens Inc. - Analyst

Got it. Thanks. If I can ask something else, I look at the OpEx increase, if I did the guidance run through my model, and I think OpEx is going up -- correct me if I'm wrong, if I miscalculated -- almost $3 million sequentially in the March quarter, from the December quarter. First of all, is that a correct number? And then secondly, is the OpEx going to stay elevated here? What's causing it to go up? Or should we moderate and bring it down, as time goes on? And what's happening with the OpEx line?

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

So I think there may be a calculation error. If you look at fourth quarter, OpEx was about $48.6 million, 21.7%. And in the first quarter, we said that it's going to be 23.2%, plus or minus. And if you just use that midpoint, that gives you $49.5 million, which is about $700,000, $800,000, $900,000 increase. And that increase is in R&D.

Harsh Kumar - Stephens Inc. - Analyst

Got it, thank you. Thanks for the color. And then, so Dr. Lu, you also mentioned, in your commentary, in the second half, there would be a pilot line in Chengdu that will be going to full production. Could you just elaborate, with respect to, are you starting the ramp in Chengdu? Or is this moving manufacturing around?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

We will start to ramp it in Chengdu. I think this quarter, we will get the power completed at the end of this quarter, our power will be completed. And then we'll install the equipment, which, I think Rick mentioned, slightly behind. Some of the equipment came in, but they already -- it should be in this quarter. And we will install the equipment after the power is finished. And then we will do the qualification, do the PCN. And that's why. And then we will start to ramp the Chengdu facility. So that's why we said second half, we will start to ramp. And finish the power this quarter, to move in the equipment, do the qualification, and do the PCN. And start to ramp in the second half.

Harsh Kumar - Stephens Inc. - Analyst

Got it. Thanks, guys. Thank you so much.

Operator

The next question comes from Suji De Silva from Topeka.

Suji De Silva - Topeka Capital Markets - Analyst

Hi guys, congrats on the strong year there. In terms of the gross margin target at 35% that you've outlined, is there a revenue run rate that that hits at? Or if that's not the way you think about it, how much of that can you gap can you close through the manufacturing improvements in BCD and Chengdu? Or mix, versus needing revenue growth, to get there?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Actually, coming from two portions. One is a continued product mix improvement. And that is going to continue. And then we just look at, how do we improve from 2013 to 2014? And we'll continue that movement -- or that improvement. That's one. And that really is a significant one, product mix improvement. The other one is the loading, and our other fab loading is almost there. And we now try to focus more on how to improve the loading from BCD fab, Shanghai fab.

And those is the Management focus. And assembly site is not that much. We still are a little bit behind, or a little bit below, our model. But that will continue and improvement. And so -- and then Chengdu -- Chengdu, at the beginning, could be a headwind, because its capacity will be small, and then you put the equipment. But if – from long term, that will be a plus. So if you look at it, our major focus is actually product mix improvement, including the new product as a percent of revenue, those are our Management focus. And then another operational focus is how to improve the loading for BCD fab.

Suji De Silva - Topeka Capital Markets - Analyst

Okay, great. That's great color, Dr. Lu. And then in terms of the end markets, can you talk about which end markets are driving above average growth? You think even in the first quarter, across digital televisions, computing, smartphones? And is the tablet market stable, or is that continuing to decline? Thanks.

Mark King - Diodes Incorporated - SVP of Sales and Marketing

Yes, I think the first quarter is actually a little hard to make a lot of statements on, because everybody is retrenching a little bit. I think we still -- we maintain some strong, in the automotive area, and industrial. And then everything else is just going along, at the guidance level. So some things are down a little bit more. I think computer is down a little bit more than we would expect another thing. I think maybe the tablets are a little bit down. That's more of a Christmas item. So I think we're seeing some [there]. I think it's really hard to tell exactly how that's going to roll in at this point.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

1Q, we really affect is the Chinese New Year. That's why every year, if you -- every time you look at 1Q, that is really more effect, especially -- almost 80% of revenue coming from Asia. That means our customer produced the product in Asia to support worldwide and local market both. And the Chinese New Year applies to almost all the manufacturing segment in the Asia.

And if they shut down one week, then one week out of the quarter, it affects the revenue -- of our growth of our revenue -- quite significantly. That's why we always say, this is [cyclical] or seasonal effect by -- and it actually affects Diodes more than other Company. It's because it was 80% of our revenue coming from the customer in Asia.

Suji De Silva - Topeka Capital Markets - Analyst

That makes sense. Last question for me, for Rick or perhaps Dr. Lu. In terms of the use of cash, if there -- for the desire to reduce the debt? Or can you talk about the acquisition environment? Whether that's changed for your targets and environments in the last three months?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Well actually, if we can find a good M&A target, then obviously, we want to use the money to do that. But if we cannot find it, we just continue, and return the money to the debt. And then whenever we see it, we can always borrow back, because we -- that's the --

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

That long-term debt is a revolver, so we can pay it back or borrow it again. It's got like 3 years left, 4 years left on it. So it's not an issue borrowing it and paying it back. We're trying to pay it back as quickly as possible, to reduce our costs. But we can certainly use it again, if Keh-Shew comes up with the right target.

Suji De Silva - Topeka Capital Markets - Analyst

Understood. Thanks, guys.

Operator

The next question comes from Vijay Rakesh from Sterne Agee.

Vijay Rakesh - Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. - Analyst

Hi guys. Dr. Lu, looks like early in Taiwan, so [prices] still awake. (inaudible) Just looking at the gross margin, so I just want to go back to that. What's the headwinds for gross margins in 2015 from BCD? How many bips is that? And I know your long-term target is 35%. When do you see Diodes getting to that -- closer to that long-term gross margin?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

I usually want to give to you, long-tern gross margin of this model is 35%. And we'll continue to move, to get to that number. And so it just depends on how long is the long term. But I don't have that much patience to wait for --

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

Forever.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Forever, okay. So that's really my focus is try to get to the 35% ASAP. Now if you are talking about 2015, I think we still have [a lot of] work to get there. So I don't think 2015, we can get there. But you know, I already talking about, we will put the planner SBR loading to BCD fab. I predict that ramp is in second half this year. And that will significantly improve the BCD loading. At the same time, I try to look at, is eight inch fab. Because if I can put -- move in some eight inch equipment inside there, and convert some of the BCD six inch capacity into eight inch capacity, then we can bring in some of the eight inch loading outside into the BCD fab.

And those will be in 2016, what I am saying is that it will be impact the loading in 2016. And so I think if we continue doing that, continue the product mix change, and look at how much we improve from 2013 to 2014, then you can expect similar improvements in 2015. And then you can project about when we should be back to our business model. That might be better than me telling you.

Vijay Rakesh - Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. - Analyst

All right. And just looking at, you said Chengdu, [waiting] second half next year. Do you expect, by then, the BCD loading should be fully loaded? So that for the 140, 160 bip drag is completely out of the way? So -- or do you think that will still be there? And then Chengdu fab adds some more on the loading? How do you see that?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

No, I think -- I already tell you that BCD -- so BCD won't be fully loaded until after we do all this one until next year. So then Chengdu, we start to ramp. But Chengdu ramp is to help the growth of the Company. Not just BCD, okay? And we try to do it, ramp up Chengdu, and keep our Shanghai AT about where the capacity now. And our future growth will be coming from --majority is coming from Chengdu.

Vijay Rakesh - Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. - Analyst

Got it. And then last question, as you look at your gross margin profile, what are the puts and takes between product mix utilization and BCD? How do you see those three? If you look at the next one, two years, let's say, on a mid- to longer-term basis?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Our long-term growth is 35%, so we are 31.1% now. We are about 4% away from that number. And that, we should get there.

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

Sooner or later.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Sooner or later. But our hope is sooner instead of later. And I think we already said, we would improve that on the sfab loading, we will continue to improve the SKE loading, and will ramp up Chengdu. I think all those is all target at the business model of 35%. Just cannot give you the timing, exact timing.

Vijay Rakesh - Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. - Analyst

Got it. Thanks.

Operator

Our next question comes from Tristan Gerra from Robert W. Baird.

Tristan Gerra - Robert W. Baird & Company, Inc. - Analyst

Dr. Lu, as you are in Taiwan currently, how would you characterize the environment? Do you see anything that's out of the ordinary, as we get into the Chinese New Year? Is there any visibility into margin? What type of channel feedback are you getting, in terms of inventory management and demand trend?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Actually, Taiwan exchange rate doesn’t affect and is the really -- the total Asia exchange rates from RMB to Japanese yen to Korean, everybody is going down on the exchange rate. So I don't think --

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

I think he's asking more about the market.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

I know, that's what I'm going to get into. And that really -- does not really affect that much on the market. And the market in Asia, actually, I think Mark King is already in his statement. That 1Q is actually went down. And then in 2015, I think I already said, if you look at -- the bright spot is in US. So if you look at it, will be Asia producing their production for the US, is the area I see the bright spot. European, so-so, and Asia internal consumption, so-so. So it would be -- that's why I'm hoping -- and I said, it was similar to 2013 changing to 2014. The bright spot is really US or North America consumptions.

Tristan Gerra - Robert W. Baird & Company, Inc. - Analyst

Okay, and then you talked on the call about the Chengdu initial headwind. Any way you could quantify, and also provide some timing, in terms of the headwind? And when it starts actually becoming accretive instead?

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

That headwind is not really very significant. Because Chengdu assembly you don’t need to put back a wafer fab -- put a lot of capacity. And in wafer fab, you cannot just put the line by line, floor by floor. So in the wafer fab, when you put it, it's big headwind. And it takes awhile to fully load. Fortunately, [assembly] is not that way.

Assembly, you can put it one line by one line, then one floor by one floor. And then, if you fill out the floor, then you go to one building by one building. So you can gradually add that capacity. And so if you do it right, then it should not be a big headwind. I'm just saying, it will affect some. But we are not really putting that in our business model that it would hurt us so much, it's -- we just be careful of expansion. That's what we are doing.

Tristan Gerra - Robert W. Baird & Company, Inc. - Analyst

Okay, thank you very much.

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

Plus the ramp-up time is a lot quicker, from an assembly test standpoint, than it is from a wafer fab.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Yes, that's another [goodie] is, the ramp-up time is much shorter, and the development time is even almost zero. Because we just transfer that technology from Shanghai assembly to Chengdu. And they can duplicate, and then qualify, install equipment, qualify, then we can go to production. So it should not be a major effect.

Tristan Gerra - Robert W. Baird & Company, Inc. - Analyst

Okay. Very helpful, thanks a lot.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Thank you.

Operator

The next question comes from Shawn Harrison from Longbow Research.

Shawn Harrison - Longbow Research - Analyst

Hi, I guess good morning, everyone. A few quick questions. The currency impact, sequentially, in terms of dollars, Rick, how much is that, on the first-quarter guidance?

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

First-quarter guidance, we assume that the currency is going to remain the same as it was in the fourth quarter.

Shawn Harrison - Longbow Research - Analyst

So the guidance just assumes a continuation of that fourth-quarter headwind?

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

Sure, yes.

Shawn Harrison - Longbow Research - Analyst

Okay. Second, I guess with sell-in matching sell-through in the fourth quarter, a bit anomalous from, maybe, what other semiconductors companies saw. Do you expect any divergence between sell-in versus sell-through, here, during the first quarter?

Mark King - Diodes Incorporated - SVP of Sales and Marketing

No, not really. I think we'll be pretty much right in the same areas. I don't think any divergence there.

Shawn Harrison - Longbow Research - Analyst

Got you, and final question. Rick, accounts payable days, it seemed to, I guess, dip a little bit abnormally, at least when looking at my model. Is there anything within that I should take away? Or it was just timing?

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

No, I think if you go back and look at the fourth quarter every year, those accounts payable days go down. So it's nothing specific.

Shawn Harrison - Longbow Research - Analyst

Okay. Thanks so much.

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

Okay.

Operator

The next question comes from Liwen Zhang from Blaylock.

Liwen Zhang - Blaylock Robert Van, LLC - Analyst

Hi, thank you for taking my question. I only have one. Can you talk about your utilization rates at your assembly and testing facility in Shanghai? Thank you.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

The utilization in Shanghai assembly is about 90 --

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

97% in the fourth quarter, which is about where it was in the third quarter. So basically, fully loaded. It will never be 100%, but --

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

It means certain package is already fully loaded. Certain package is not. That's why there's 37%.

Rick White - Diodes Incorporated - CFO

Okay?

Liwen Zhang - Blaylock Robert Van, LLC - Analyst

Yes, thanks, that's all I have.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Okay, thank you.

Operator

I am showing no further questions. I'd like to turn the call back over to Management for closing remarks.

Keh-Shew Lu - Diodes Incorporated - President & CEO

Thank you for your participation today. Operator, you may now disconnect.

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, that does conclude the conference for today. Again, thank you for your participation. You may all disconnect. Have a good day.

EX-99.3

Investor Relations Presentation February, 2015 Exhibit 99.3

Safe Harbor Statement Page Any statements set forth herein 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 forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding update to Diodes Incorporated’s first quarter 2015 business outlook as of February 11, 2015, which includes the following: expect revenue to be range between $206 million and $220 million, or down 1.6 percent to 7.9 percent sequentially due to normal seasonality combined with the currency impact from a stronger U.S. dollar; expect gross profit margin to be 30.5 percent, plus or minus 2 percent; operating expenses are expected to be approximately 23.2 percent of revenue, plus or minus 1 percent; expect income tax rate to be 28 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, and shares used to calculate diluted EPS for the first quarter to be approximately 49 million; and other statements identified by words such as “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “plans,” “will” and similar expressions. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, such factors as: the risk that such expectations may not be met: the risk that the expected benefits of acquisitions may not be realized; Diodes’ business and growth strategy; the introduction and market reception to new product announcements; fluctuations in product demand and supply; prospects for the global economy; continued introduction of new products; Diodes’ 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; Diodes’ ability to successfully make additional acquisitions; risks of domestic and foreign operations, including excessive operation costs, labor shortages, higher tax rates and joint venture prospects; unfavorable currency exchange rates; availability of tax credits; Diodes’ ability to maintain its current growth strategy or continue to maintain its current performance and loadings in manufacturing facilities; our future guidance may be incorrect; the global economic weakness may be more severe or last longer than Diodes currently anticipate; and other information, including the “Risk Factors,” detailed from time to time in filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. This presentation also contains non-GAAP measures. See the Company’s press release on February 11, 2015 titled, “Diodes Incorporated Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2014 Financial Results” for detailed information related to the Company’s non-GAAP measures and a reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP net income.

Management Representative Page Dr. Keh-Shew Lu President and CEO President and CEO Since 2005 Texas Instruments 28 years Experience: Senior Vice President of TI Worldwide Analog and Logic President of Texas Instruments – Asia Education: Master's Degree and Doctorate in Electrical Engineering Texas Tech University Bachelor's Degree in Engineering National Cheng Kung University - Taiwan

Company Representative Page Laura Mehrl Director of Investor Relations Since May 2010 Experience: Director of Investor Relations, Diodes Incorporated, Plano, Texas Senior Business Development Manager, STMicroelectronics, Carrollton, Texas Sales Director for Analog Devices Inc., Shanghai, China Product Marketing Manager at Texas Instruments (TI), Dallas, Texas Senior Engineer at Lattice Semiconductor Inc., Hillsboro, Oregon Wafer fab design engineer and product engineer at TI, Lubbock, Texas Education: MBA with concentration in International Marketing, Texas Tech University BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa

Page A leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific, standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog markets, serving the consumer, computing, communications, Industrial and automotive segments. About Diodes Incorporated

Business Objective To consistently achieve above-market profitable growth, utilizing our innovative and cost-effective packaging and silicon technology, suited for high volume, high growth markets by leveraging process expertise and design excellence to deliver high quality semiconductor products. Page

2014 Total Semiconductor Market ($336 bn) Significant Market Opportunity Page $142 bn $30 bn $79 bn $44 bn $20 bn Diodes’ SAM: $10 - $12 bn Diodes’ SAM: $14 - $16 bn Opto $20 bn Std Logic Analog Discrete Micro/Special Memory Diodes’ SAM: $2 - $4 bn

Diodes Growth Strategy Page Many Paths for Growth: Product Portfolio Product arena Product line expansion Performance enhancement Application Space Targeted end equipment Broad customer base Increased product coverage Packaging Breadth Broad packaging portfolio Increased power density Small form factor

2006 2010 Product Portfolio Progression Page Discrete Diodes MOSFETs Rectifiers Transistors Protection Devices Analog Power Management Power Switches Standard Linear Sensors LED Drivers AC-DC Converters Logic Low Voltage CMOS High Speed CMOS Advanced Ultra-Low Power CMOS

SKY Rectifiers MOSFETs Bipolar LDO DC-DC (Asynchronous) AC-DC (Secondary side controllers) LED Drivers (DC Input) Performance Enhancement Page Diodes’ product upgrade has expanded our SAM. SBR® (Super Barrier Rectifiers) (Vb < 400v) DIOFETTM (Low RDS(on), Vb < 100V) CMOS LDO (Low power) DC-DC (Asynchronous, high current) AC-DC (Primary side controllers, Secondary side controllers) LED Drivers (AC Input) DIODESTARTM Rectifiers (Vb > 600v) DIODESTARTM MOSFETs (Ultra low RDS(on), Vb > 600V) Low Noise LDO DC-DC (Synchronous, with low & high current) AC-DC (Quick Charging Controller solutions) LED Drivers (Full-Voltage Range, Triac-Dimmable/Non-Dimmable)

Efficiency, Functionality and Control for Smartphones Page LED Backlighting LED Drivers Boost Converters Schottky Diodes LCD / OLED Display Bias LCD Bias ICs OLED Bias ICs Schottky Diodes LED Flash Module Camera Flash Drivers ZXMN series MOSFETs Keypad Backlighting LED Drivers Boost Converters Schottky Diodes System Voltage Conversion Low Dropout Regulators DC-DC Converters Schottky Diodes Low-Saturation Bipolar Transistors GPS Antenna Detection Current Monitors Battery Power Management USB Power Switches Current Monitors Charger ICs Low-Saturation Bipolar Transistors ZXMP series MOSFETs RF Power Amplifier Low Dropout Regulators Audio Amplifier Class D Amplifier System Interface USB Power Switches Zener and TVS Arrays

Page Strong Relationships Drive LCD/LED TV Product Roadmaps LCD Display Buffer 40V High-gain BJT System Power Conversion Low Dropout Regulators DC-DC Converters Voltage References Synchronous MOSFET Controllers 40V/100V SBR and Schottkys Bridge Rectifier Diodes LCD LED Backlighting Current Monitors 400V High-gain NPN BJT 60V/100V High-gain NPN BJT 60V/100V N-channel MOSFETS CCFL Backlighting 30V Low On-resistance MOSFETs System Interface USB Power Switches Zener and TVS Arrays System Power Management Buck DC-DC Converters Low Dropout Regulators 20V/30V/40V SBR® and Schottkys 30V P-Channel MOSFETs 30V Low-saturation PNP BJT Antenna Tuner DC-DC Converters 40V Schottkys Audio Amplifier Buck DC-DC Converters Schottky Diodes SBR Class D Amplifier

Page Product Breadth and Performance for Computing Platforms LCD / LED Backlighting LED Drivers Boost Converters Schottky Diodes Battery Power Management Current Monitors Load Switches Low-Saturation BJT ZXMP series MOSFETs System Voltage Conversion Low Dropout Regulators DC-DC Converters Schottky Diodes Low-Saturation BJT Open / Close Detection Hall Effect Sensors Hall Effect Drivers System Power Management Buck DC-DC Converters Low Dropout Regulators Super Barrier Rectifiers Schottky Diodes P-Channel MOSFETs Low-Saturation BJT System Interface USB Power Switches Zener and TVS Arrays Audio Amplifier Buck DC-DC Converters Schottky Diodes Super Barrier Rectifiers Class D Amplifier Wireless Connectivity DC-DC Converters Low Dropout Regulators

Page Automotive Networking ESD Protection TVS Protection Seat Control Module Hall Sensor SBR IntelliFET® Voltage Reference Body Control Module Bipolar Transistors Shunt Regulator Voltage Reference IntelliFET MOSFETs Hall Sensor Braking Control Unit Voltage Reference IntelliFETs MOSFETs Hall Sensor Powertrain MOSFET Hall Sensor Super Barrier Rectifier® (SBR) Daytime Running Lights LED Drivers Schottky Diodes MOSFETs Bipolar Transistors Interior Light LED Drivers Schottky Diodes MOSFETs Bipolar Transistors SBR and IntelliFET are registered trademarks of Diodes Incorporated Automotive Quality for Demanding Automotive Applications

Page Power and Signal Management for the Broad Industrial Market Power Management AC-DC Converters DC-DC Converters LDO Regulators HV Regulators Shunt Regulators Gate Drivers Synchronous Rectifiers HV Rectifiers and Bridges SBRs HV Switches Signal Conditioning Op Amps Comparators Linear Hall Voltage Reference Logic Current Monitors ESD Protection TVS Protection Illumination LED Drivers Synchronous Rectifiers HV Rectifiers and Bridges SBRs HV Switches MOSFETs System Protection Hall Sensors ESD Protection TVS Protection Motor Control Hall Sensors Motor Control/Drivers MOSFETs H-Bridges SBR Gate Drivers Actuators/Drivers Hall Sensors Relay Drivers IntelliFET MOSFETs

Page Market Trend Complete Charger and Power Adapter Solution and Trend Primary Rectifiers Bridges Diodes Switches HV BJT PSR Controllers AP3775/6 Secondary Rectifiers Schottky Diodes SBR® Sync. Rectifiers Standby Power Cost System Efficiency New Technology PSR Accelerator AP434X

TSSOP-8/14/16L SOT89 SC59 SOD323 SOT353/363 SOT143/SC82 SOT543/553 /563/666 PM-III SOT223 ~ 2013 SOT953/963 QSOP-16/20L TSOT23-5/6 DFN0603 PowerDI-5SP Power5060-8L ITO220AC-S DFN1114-3 DFN5060-4 Power3333-8L DFN0808-4 DFN0806-3 PD-123/323 PowerDI3030 MSOP-8/10L TO263-3/5L TO220-3L DFN/QFN Series 0.4~0.8mm Thick 1.0*0.6~5*5 Body 2~32 pin DFN0910-6 DFN2030B-8 SOP-8/14/16L-EP MSOP-8/10L- EP TO252-3/4/5L SOD523 SOD323F SOIC-14/16L TO220-5L ITO220S TO262AA QFN5050-32 SOP-8L QFN4040-20 PD-5 SOT23 SOT523 SOT25/26 PowerDI3333-8 (Stack die + Clip) DFN2030B-6 DFN2050-6 (Stack Die) DFN0604-3 SOD923 PD3333-8 (Clip) SOP7L DFN2020B-2 2014 ~ TO252-4L (Stack die+Al wire) DCALGA+CLIP Flip Chip LGA SOD123 QFN3030-20 DFN1608-2 DFN0806-6 Packaging Focus: Miniaturization and Power Efficiency Page

Page Packaging Focus: Miniaturization and Power Efficiency Power Efficiency Miniaturization DDFN0402 Possibly the smallest Discrete semiconductor package. Compared to a TO252, the PowerDI®5 package delivers twice the power density from a 55% smaller footprint. PowerDI®5 TO252

Page Shanghai-based packaging with capacity approximately 30 billion units The new packaging facility in Chengdu has a potential capacity of 5X that of Shanghai Additional packaging facilities in Neuhaus, Germany and in Chengdu, China Two discrete fabs, two analog fabs in Kansas City, Missouri (5” and 6”), Oldham, United Kingdom (6”), and Shanghai (6”) respectively Bipolar, BiCMOS, CMOS & BCD process Strong engineering capabilities CapEx Model = 5% - 9% of Revenue Packaging Wafer Fabs Economies of Scale: Production Units in Shanghai (bn) 2001 – 2014 (CAGR: 28%) Efficient Manufacturing + Superior Processes

Collaborative Customer Relationships Page Quanta Hon Hai

Annual Revenue Growth Rates Outperforming the Industry Page Industry (Discrete + Analog + Logic) 2004 to 2014 Growth Diodes Inc.: 17.0% SAM Industry: 3.2% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% -10% -20% 35.60% 18.1% 15.6% -3.3% 59.9% 13.5% 16.9% 0.5% 8.0% -1.3% 4.0% -12.2% 41.1% 34.4% 3.6% -6.2% -0.20% -7.1% 30.5% 6.8% 7.7% 11.4% 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Revenue Growth ( In millions ) +41% +3.6% -0.2% +7.7% ( Acquisition Years ) * * * * * +30.5% Page

Revenue Profile – 4Q2014 By Channel By Region By End Market Page 10% 81% 9% Asia Pacific Europe North America 66% 34% Distribution OEM / EMS 20% 20% 22% 34% 4% Industrial Consumer Communications Automotive Computing

Page Year 2014 Highlights Revenue grew to a record $890.7 million, an increase of 7.7 percent over the $826.8 million in 2013; Gross profit was a record 277.3 million compared to $237.8 million in 2013; GAAP gross margin was 31.1 percent compared to 28.8 percent in 2013; GAAP net income was $63.7 million, or $1.31 per diluted share, compared to $26.5 million, or $0.56 per diluted share in 2013; Non-GAAP adjusted net income was a $70.1 million, or $1.44 per diluted share, compared to $50.1 million, or $1.05 per diluted share in 2013; Excluding $9.2 million, net of tax, share-based compensation expense, both GAAP income and non-GAAP adjusted net income would have increased by $0.19 per diluted share; Achieved $134.1 million cash flow from operations and $76.4 millions free cash flow, including $58.9 million of capital expenditures. Net cash flow was $46.4 million, which includes the pay down of $42.7million of long-term debt to $140.8 million

Fourth Quarter 2014 Financial Performance Page In millions, except per share 4Q13 3Q14 4Q14 Q/Q Y/Y Revenue $211.0 $233.8 $223.7 - $10.1 $12.7 Revenue Growth       - 4.3% 6.0% Gross Margin % (GAAP) 28.8% 32.0% 31.6% - 40bp 280bp Gross Profit (GAAP) $60.8 $74.7 $70.7 - $4.0 $9.9 Net Income (GAAP) $6.2 $19.4 $16.7 - $2.7 $10.5 Net Income (non-GAAP) $11.3 $21.2 $18.3 - $2.9 $7.0 EPS (non-GAAP) $0.24 $0.43 $0.38 -$0.05 $0.14 Cash Flow from Operations $32.1 $27.3 $26.9 -$0.4 -$5.2 EBITDA (non-GAAP) $28.9 $45.3 $42.7 -$2.6 $13.8

Balance Sheet Page Dec 31, 2013 Cash $157 $197 $243 Short-term Investments $23 $12 Inventory $153 $180 $182 Current Assets $491 $650 $687 Total Assets $920 $1162 $1179 Long-term Debt $ 44 $183 $141 Total Liabilities $200 $419 $369 Total Equity $720 $744 $810 Dec 31, 2014 In millions Dec 31, 2012

Page Expect revenue to range between $206 million and $220 million, or down 1.6 percent to 7.9 percent sequentially due to normal seasonality combined with the currency impact from a stronger U.S. dollar; Expect gross profit margin to be 30.5 percent, plus or minus 2 percent; Operating expenses are expected to be approximately 23.2 percent of revenue, plus or minus 1 percent; Expect income tax rate to be 28 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, and shares used to calculate diluted EPS for the first quarter to be approximately 49 million.   1Q 2015 Business Outlook

Diodes Strategy: Profitable Growth Page is another key milestone

Thank you Company Contact: Diodes Incorporated Laura Mehrl Director of Investor Relations P: 972-987-3959 E: laura_mehrl@diodes.com Investor Relations Contact: Shelton Group Leanne K. Sievers EVP, Investor Relations P: 949-224-3874 E: lsievers@diodes.com www.diodes.com Diodes was named one of the 10 Best Stocks of the Past 20 Years March 2012