EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE, DATED OCTOBER 25, 2005 Press Release, dated October 25, 2005

Exhibit 99.1

 

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Flextronics contacts:

Thomas J. Smach

Chief Financial Officer

+1.408.576.7722

investor_relations@flextronics.com

 

Renee Brotherton

Senior Director of Corporate Marketing

+1.408.576.7189

renee.brotherton@flextronics.com

 


 

FLEXTRONICS ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER RESULTS

 

- Gross Margin up 30 Basis Points Year-Over-Year;

- Eighth Consecutive Quarter of Year-Over-Year Operating Margin Improvement

Cash Conversion Cycle Decreases to 16 days;

- Record High Cash Increases by $320 million; Debt Decreases by $197 million

 

Singapore, October 25, 2005 – Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX) today announced results for its second quarter ended September 30, 2005 as follows:

 

(USD in millions, except EPS)   

Three Months Ended

September 30,


  

Six Months Ended

September 30,


     2005

    2004

   2005

   2004

Net sales

   $ 3,884.2     $ 4,138.2    $ 7,781.8    $ 8,018.7

GAAP net income (loss)

   $ (2.4 )   $ 92.6    $ 56.3    $ 166.9

Net income, excluding intangible amortization, restructuring and other charges (1)

   $ 101.3     $ 98.5    $ 201.0    $ 176.8

Diluted GAAP EPS

   $ —       $ 0.16    $ 0.09    $ 0.29

Diluted EPS, excluding intangible amortization, restructuring and other charges (1)

   $ 0.17     $ 0.17    $ 0.33    $ 0.31

(1) The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in this press release exclude certain amounts that are included in the most directly comparable measures under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Non-GAAP results exclude after-tax intangibles amortization, results from divestitures, restructuring and other charges. The Company recorded intangible amortization expense of $14.6 million and $29.3 million during the three- and six-month periods ended September 30, 2005, respectively, and $8.7 million and $17.3 million during the three- and six-month periods ended September 30, 2004, respectively. The Company also recorded pre-tax restructuring charges of $50.3 million and $83.0 million during the three- and six-month periods ended September 30, 2005, respectively, and $33.5 million and $57.1 million during the three- and six-month periods ended September 2004, respectively, which were primarily related to the closures and consolidations of various manufacturing facilities. The Company also recorded a $15.0 million bad debt reserve in the quarter ended September 30, 2005 associated with accounts receivable from Delphi, who recently filed for bankruptcy. The divestiture of the Semiconductor and Network Services operations resulted in a pre-tax gain of $70.7 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2005. The tax impacts related to all of these items and other non-operational tax adjustments amounted to $94.5 million and $88.1 million of tax expense during the three- and six-month periods ended September 30, 2005, respectively, and a tax benefit of $36.3 million and $64.6 million during the three- and six-month periods ended September 30, 2004, respectively. The reconciliation of non-GAAP results to GAAP results is illustrated in Schedules I and II attached to this press release.


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Second Quarter 2006 Results

 

Net sales for the second quarter ended September 30, 2005 were $3.9 billion compared to $4.1 billion in the year ago quarter.

 

Excluding intangibles amortization, restructuring and other charges, net income for the second quarter ended September 30, 2005 increased 3% to $101.3 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, compared with $98.5 million, or $0.17 per diluted share in the year ago quarter. After-tax amortization, restructuring and other charges amounted to $103.8 million in the second quarter ended September 30, 2005 compared to $5.9 million in the year ago quarter, resulting in a GAAP net loss of $2.4 million, or nil earnings per diluted share in the second quarter ended September 30, 2005, as compared to net income of $92.6 million, or $0.16 per diluted share in the year ago quarter.

 

Return on Invested Tangible Capital (“ROITC”) increased to 27% in the second quarter ended September 30, 2005 from 24% in the year ago quarter. The Company’s cash conversion cycle decreased to 16 days in the second quarter ended September 30, 2005 from 20 days in the previous sequential quarter. Excluding intangibles amortization, restructuring and other charges, operating margin increased 20 basis points to 3.4% in the second quarter ended September 30, 2005 from 3.2% in the year ago quarter, representing the 8th consecutive quarter of year-over-year operating margin improvement.

 

The Company ended the quarter with a record high $1.2 billion in cash, up from $830 million at the end of the previous sequential quarter. Total debt has decreased by $197 million since the end of the previous sequential quarter. Net debt amounted to $439 million at the end of the September 2005 quarter and has been reduced by $517 million since the end of the previous sequential quarter. Free cash flow, which is cash flow from operations less capital expenditures, generated $327 million in the second quarter ended September 30, 2005, which closely approximated the $339 million used to fund acquisitions during the quarter. The previously announced divestitures of the Network Services and Semiconductor divisions generated $519 million, which closely approximated the $197 million reduction in debt and the $320 million increase in cash in the second quarter ended September 30, 2005.

 

With regard to the September quarter operating results, Michael E. Marks, Chief Executive of Flextronics stated, “We are extremely pleased with our working capital management and cash flows for the quarter. To this end, we are pleased that we were able to reduce our cash conversion cycle to 16 days from 20 days in the previous quarter. Our cash also increased by $320 million and our debt decreased by $197 million from the end of the previous quarter while our cash flow from operations of $381 million was sufficient to fund our capital expansion and acquisition activity during the quarter. We were also able to increase operating margins for the eighth consecutive quarter on a year-over-year basis.”

 

As previously announced, Flextronics merged its Network Services division with Telavie, a company wholly-owned by Altor 2003 Fund, a Nordic private equity firm. Flextronics received an upfront cash payment along with deferred and contingent payments, and has retained a 30% ownership stake in the merged company. Flextronics has also sold its semiconductor division to AMIS Holdings, the parent company of AMI Semiconductor. Both divestitures closed during the September 2005 quarter. Flextronics received cash payments of $519 million in the quarter for these divestitures which resulted in a pretax gain of $71 million. In connection with these


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divestitures, the Company recognized a non-cash tax expense of $99 million associated with the utilization of deferred tax assets, resulting in an after-tax non-cash loss of $28 million.

 

Marks concluded by saying, “Our year-over-year revenue comparisons are adversely impacted by the divestitures of our Network Services and Semiconductor divisions along with the impact from two European OEM customers divesting their cell phone businesses during the past year. We expect the December 2005 quarter revenue comparison to be the last quarter adversely impacted by these customer actions.”

 

Guidance

 

Management provided guidance for quarterly earnings per diluted share (excluding amortization, restructuring and other charges) of $0.18 to $0.20 on revenues of $4.0 billion to $4.2 billion for the December 2005 quarter. The Company also provided guidance for its March 2006 quarter of earnings per diluted share (excluding amortization, restructuring and other items) of $0.16 to $0.18 on revenues of $3.6 billion to $3.8 billion. Quarterly GAAP earnings per diluted share are expected to be lower than the guidance provided herein by approximately $0.03 per diluted share reflecting quarterly amortization expense. The timing and amount of restructuring and other charges cannot be estimated.

 

Conference Call and Web Cast

 

A conference call hosted by Flextronics’ management will be held today at 1:30 p.m. PDT to discuss the Company’s financial results and its outlook. This call will be broadcast via the Internet and may be accessed by logging on to the Company’s website at www.flextronics.com. Additional information in the form of a slide presentation that summarizes the quarterly results may also be found on the Company’s site. A replay of the broadcast will remain available on the Company’s website after the call.

 

Minimum requirements to listen to the broadcast are Microsoft Windows Media Player software (free download at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp) and at least a 28.8 Kbps bandwidth connection to the Internet.

 

About Flextronics

 

Headquartered in Singapore (Singapore Reg. No. 199002645H), Flextronics is a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on delivering innovative design and manufacturing services to automotive, industrial, medical, and technology companies. With fiscal year 2005 revenues of USD$15.9 billion, Flextronics helps customers design, build, ship, and service electronics products through a network of facilities in over 30 countries on five continents. This global presence provides customers with complete design, engineering, and manufacturing resources that are vertically integrated with components to optimize their operations by lowering their costs and reducing their time to market. For more information, please visit www.flextronics.com.

 

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements include statements relating to success of long-term initiatives, new customer opportunities, revenue contribution from new customers, margin expansion, growth rate, profitability, anticipated use of available cash, and cash flow and cash reserves. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. These risks include our ability to respond to changes in economic trends and to fluctuations in demand for customers’ products and changes in customers’ orders; the challenges of effectively managing our operations; not obtaining anticipated new customer programs, or if we do obtain them, their delay or inability to contribute to our revenue or profitability as expected or at all; the challenges of integrating acquired companies and assets, particularly the assets we have agreed to acquire from Nortel Networks; our inability to generate or support


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increased ODM and design activity; our need to take reserves for doubtful accounts of customers and the effects of customer bankruptcies; our dependence on a small number of large customers; competition in our industry; supply shortages of required electronic components; the challenges of international operations; the possible need for future restructurings and impairments of assets, and the other risks described under “Business – Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on current expectations and Flextronics assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.


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SCHEDULE 1

 

FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended September 30, 2005

    Three Months Ended September 30, 2004

 
     Non-GAAP(1)

  

Required

Adjustments


    GAAP

    Non-GAAP(1)

  

Required

Adjustments


    GAAP

 

Net sales

   $ 3,884,231            $ 3,884,231     $ 4,138,249            $ 4,138,249  

Cost of sales

     3,622,025              3,622,025       3,867,385              3,867,385  

Restructuring and other charges

     —        38,463       38,463       —        25,704       25,704  
    

  


 


 

  


 


Gross profit

     262,206      (38,463 )     223,743       270,864      (25,704 )     245,160  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     131,975              131,975       139,022              139,022  

Restructuring and other charges

     —        26,883       26,883       —        7,798       7,798  
    

  


 


 

  


 


Operating income

     130,231      (65,346 )     64,885       131,842      (33,502 )     98,340  

Intangibles amortization

     —        14,629       14,629       —        8,683       8,683  

Interest and other expense, net

     23,018              23,018       22,429              22,429  

Gain on divestiture of operations

     —        (70,695 )     (70,695 )     —                —    
    

  


 


 

  


 


Income before income taxes

     107,213      (9,280 )     97,933       109,413      (42,185 )     67,228  

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     5,896      94,484       100,380       10,941      (36,335 )     (25,394 )
    

  


 


 

  


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 101,317    $ (103,764 )   $ (2,447 )   $ 98,472    $ (5,850 )   $ 92,622  
    

  


 


 

  


 


Earnings (loss) per share:

                                              

Basic

   $ 0.18            $ 0.00     $ 0.18            $ 0.17  
    

          


 

          


Diluted

   $ 0.17            $ 0.00     $ 0.17            $ 0.16  
    

          


 

          


Shares used in computing per share amounts:

                                              

Basic

     572,376              572,376       551,875              551,875  
    

          


 

          


Diluted

     602,147              572,376       582,206              582,206  
    

          


 

          



(1) The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in this release exclude certain amounts that are included in the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Non-GAAP results exclude after-tax intangibles amortization, results from divestitures, restructuring and other charges. The Company recorded intangible amortization expense of $14.6 million and $8.7 million during the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004, respectively. The Company recorded restructuring charges of $50.3 million and $33.5 million during the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004, respectively, which were primarily related to the closures and consolidations of various manufacturing facilities. The Company also recorded a $15.0 million bad debt reserve in the quarter ended September 30, 2005 associated with accounts receivable with Delphi, who recently filed for bankruptcy. The divestiture of the Semiconductor and Network Services divisions resulted in pre-tax income of $70.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2005. The tax impacts related to all of these items


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and other non-operational tax adjustments amounted to $94.5 million of tax expense in the quarter ended September 30, 2005 and a tax benefit of $36.3 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2004.


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SCHEDULE II

 

FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Six Months Ended September 30, 2005

    Six Months Ended September 30, 2004

 
     Non-GAAP(2)

  

Required

Adjustments


    GAAP

    Non-GAAP(2)

  

Required

Adjustments


    GAAP

 

Net sales

   $ 7,781,762            $ 7,781,762     $ 8,018,697            $ 8,018,697  

Cost of sales

     7,240,342              7,240,342       7,500,901              7,500,901  

Restructuring and other charges

     —        66,035       66,035       —        46,695       46,695  
    

  


 


 

  


 


Gross profit

     541,420      (66,035 )     475,385       517,796      (46,695 )     471,101  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     279,766              279,766       280,618              280,618  

Restructuring and other charges

     —        32,000       32,000       —        10,395       10,395  
    

  


 


 

  


 


Operating income

     261,654      (98,035 )     163,619       237,178      (57,090 )     180,088  

Intangibles amortization

     —        29,250       29,250       —        17,344       17,344  

Interest and other expense, net

     49,035              49,035       40,715              40,715  

Gain on divestiture of operations

     —        (70,695 )     (70,695 )     —                —    
    

  


 


 

  


 


Income before income taxes

     212,619      (56,590 )     156,029       196,463      (74,434 )     122,029  

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     11,655      88,114       99,769       19,646      (64,561 )     (44,915 )
    

  


 


 

  


 


Net income

   $ 200,964    $ (144,704 )   $ 56,260     $ 176,817    $ (9,873 )   $ 166,944  
    

  


 


 

  


 


Earnings per share:

                                              

Basic

   $ 0.35            $ 0.10     $ 0.33            $ 0.31  
    

          


 

          


Diluted

   $ 0.33            $ 0.09     $ 0.31            $ 0.29  
    

          


 

          


Shares used in computing per share amounts:

                                              

Basic

     570,851              570,851       541,250              541,250  
    

          


 

          


Diluted

     600,222              600,222       575,110              575,110  
    

          


 

          



(2) The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in this release exclude certain amounts that are included in the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Non-GAAP results exclude after-tax intangibles amortization, results from divestitures, restructuring and other charges. The Company recorded intangible amortization expense of $29.3 million and $17.3 million during the six months ended September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004, respectively. The Company also recorded restructuring charges of $83.0 million and $57.1 million during the six months ended September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004, respectively, which were primarily related to the closures and consolidations of various manufacturing facilities. The Company also recorded a $15.0 million bad debt reserve during the six months ended September 30, 2005 associated with accounts receivable with Delphi, who recently filed for bankruptcy. The divestiture of the Semiconductor and Network Services divisions resulted in pre-tax income of $70.7 million for the six months ended September 30, 2005. The tax impacts related to all of these items and other non-operational tax adjustments amounted to $88.1 million of tax expense in the six months ended September 30, 2005 and a tax benefit of $64.6 million during the six months ended September 30, 2004.


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SCHEDULE III

 

FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     September 30,
2005


   March 31,
2005


ASSETS

             

Current Assets:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 1,150,454    $ 869,258

Accounts receivable, net

     1,726,896      1,842,010

Inventories

     1,721,887      1,518,866

Deferred income taxes

     9,649      12,117

Other current assets

     630,555      544,914
    

  

Total current assets

     5,239,441      4,787,165

Property and equipment, net

     1,622,965      1,704,516

Deferred income taxes

     590,095      684,952

Goodwill and other intangibles, net

     3,227,069      3,502,189

Other assets

     422,984      328,750
    

  

Total assets

   $ 11,102,554    $ 11,007,572
    

  

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

             

Current Liabilities:

             

Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt

   $ 23,091    $ 17,448

Current portion of capital lease obligations

     620      8,718

Accounts payable

     2,948,934      2,523,269

Other current liabilities

     1,164,035      1,330,759
    

  

       4,136,680      3,880,194

Long-term debt, net of current portion:

             

Capital lease obligations

     1,984      9,141

Zero Coupon Convertible Junior Subordinated Notes due 2008

     195,000      200,000

1% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010

     500,000      500,000

6 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013

     399,650      399,650

6 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014

     461,748      490,270

Other

     7,659      110,509

Other liabilities

     150,146      193,760

Total shareholders’ equity

     5,249,687      5,224,048
    

  

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 11,102,554    $ 11,007,572