EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

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Thomas J. Smach

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FLEXTRONICS ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER

AND FISCAL YEAR RESULTS

Singapore, April 27, 2006 – Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX) today announced results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. As announced last week, Flextronics entered into a definitive agreement to sell its software development and solutions business to an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. As such, the software business and the semiconductor division, which was divested by Flextronics in September 2005, are being treated as discontinued operations in the accompanying financial statements. The network services division that was also divested by Flextronics in September 2005 does not meet the criteria for discontinued operations treatment under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and as such its historical results remain in continuing operations.

 

(USD in millions, except EPS)

 

   Three Months
Ended March 31,
   Twelve Months
Ended March 31,
   2006    2005    2006    2005

Non-GAAP total net sales

   $ 3,597    $ 3,613    $ 15,566    $ 15,908

Net sales attributable to discontinued operations

   $ 66    $ 73    $ 278    $ 177

GAAP net sales from continuing operations

   $ 3,531    $ 3,540    $ 15,288    $ 15,731

GAAP net income

   $ 43    $ 74    $ 141    $ 340

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

   $ 98    $ 95    $ 417    $ 388

Diluted GAAP EPS

   $ 0.07    $ 0.12    $ 0.24    $ 0.58

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

   $ 0.16    $ 0.16    $ 0.69    $ 0.66

(1) See Note 1 on Schedule IV attached to this press release

Quarterly and Fiscal Year Results

Net sales from continuing operations amounted to $3.5 billion in the fourth quarters ended March 31, 2006 and 2005. Excluding the net sales from the divested Network Services division of $207 million in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2005, net sales from continuing operations grew 6% on a year-over-year basis in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2006.

Net sales from continuing operations amounted to $15.3 billion in the year ended March 31, 2006 as compared to $15.7 billion in the year ended March 31, 2005. Excluding the net sales from the divested Network Services division of $275 million and $766 million in the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, net sales from continuing operations amounted to $15.0 billion in the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005.


Excluding intangible amortization, restructuring and other charges, net income for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2006 increased 3% to $98 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared with $95 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, in the year ago quarter. After-tax amortization, restructuring and other charges amounted to $55 million in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2006, compared to $21 million in the year ago quarter. As a result, GAAP net income amounted to $43 million, or $0.07 earnings per diluted share, in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2006, as compared to $74 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the year ago quarter.

Excluding intangible amortization, restructuring and other charges, net income for the year ended March 31, 2006 increased 7% to $417 million, or $0.69 per diluted share, compared with $388 million, or $0.66 per diluted share, for the year ended March 31, 2005. After-tax amortization, restructuring and other charges amounted to $276 million in the year ended March 31, 2006, compared to $49 million in the year ended March 31, 2005. As a result, GAAP net income amounted to $141 million, or $0.24 earnings per diluted share, in the year ended March 31, 2006, as compared to $340 million, or $0.58 per diluted share, in the year ended March 31, 2005.

During the current fiscal year, the Company increased its cash and certificates of deposit by $129 million to $1 billion as of March 31, 2006 and reduced its net debt by $270 million to $596 million. The Company generated cash flow from operations of $591 million in the year ended March 31, 2006.

Mike McNamara, Chief Executive Officer of Flextronics stated, “We are extremely pleased with our working capital management for the quarter, as we were able to reduce our cash conversion cycle to 10 days compared with 15 days in the year ago quarter. Overall, we feel fiscal 2006 was very successful for the Company as we executed on our plan to divest non-core assets and focus our efforts and resources on the reacceleration of the significant growth opportunities in our core EMS business. As a result, during the year we divested our network services and semiconductor businesses and recently announced a definitive agreement to sell our software business. By monetizing these non-core assets at substantial gains over carrying values, Flextronics will have generated cash proceeds in excess of $1.1 billion, assuming the software transaction closes as expected this summer.”

McNamara concluded by saying, “Fiscal 2006 was a very strong year in terms of new business wins from both new and existing customers. We think this should start showing up in our revenue growth rates in the second half of calendar 2006.”

Guidance

Management provided guidance for total earnings per diluted share of $0.16 to $0.17 (including discontinued operations but excluding amortization of intangibles and stock-based compensation expense) and revenues from continuing operations of $3.7 billion to $3.9 billion for the June 2006 quarter. 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 intangible amortization and stock-based compensation expense.

2004 Award Plan for New Employees

On April 13, 2006, the Company granted options from its 2004 Award Plan for New Employees to purchase an aggregate of 512,550 ordinary shares. The options have an exercise price of $10.78 (which is equal to the closing price of our ordinary shares on the grant date, as quoted on the NASDAQ National Market), will expire 10 years after the date of grant (or upon termination of employment, if earlier), and will become exercisable over four years, with the first 25% becoming exercisable on the first anniversary of the date of grant and the remainder becoming exercisable in equal monthly installments thereafter. Also on April 13, 2006, the Company granted 100,000 share bonus awards from its 2004 Award Plan for New Employees. The share bonus awards will become vested in five equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date, and any unvested awards will expire upon termination of employment. All options and share bonus awards were granted to new employees.


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 complete design, engineering and manufacturing services to aerospace, automotive, computing, consumer digital, industrial, infrastructure, medical and mobile OEMs. With fiscal year 2006 revenues from continuing operations of USD$15.3 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 design and engineering solutions that are combined with core electronics manufacturing and logistics services, and vertically integrated with components technologies, to optimize customer operations by lowering costs and reducing 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 related to revenue growth, the opportunities for growth in our core EMS business and the proposed divestiture of our software services business. 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 that the divestiture may not be completed as planned; that we may not realize expected returns from our retained interests in divested businesses; that we may not be successful in redeploying cash proceeds from our recent and pending divestitures in a manner that achieves improved profitability; that growth in our core EMS business (including our agreement with Nortel) may not occur as expected or at all; that we may not be able to obtain new customer programs, or that if we do obtain them, the risk that they may not contribute to our revenue or profitability as expected or at all; competition in our industry; the challenges of international operations; our dependence on industries that continually produce technologically advanced products with short life cycles; our ability to respond to changes in economic trends, to fluctuations in demand for our customers’ products and to the short-term nature of our customers’ commitments; the challenges of effectively managing our operations; the challenges of integrating acquired companies or assets; our dependence on a small number of customers for the majority of our sales; our reliance on strategic relationships with major customers; the impact on our margins and profitability resulting from substantial investments and start-up and integration costs in our components, design and ODM capabilities; production difficulties, especially with new products; changes in government regulations and tax laws; our exposure to potential litigation relating to intellectual property rights, product warranty and product liability; the effects of customer bankruptcies; potential impairment of our intangible assets and the other risks described under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K that we file 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.


SCHEDULE 1

FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

    For the three months ended March 31, 2006 (2)     For the three months ended March 31, 2005 (2)  
    Non-GAAP   Discontinued
Operations
  Continuing
Operations
    Required
Adjustments
    GAAP     Non-GAAP     Discontinued
Operations
  Continuing
Operations
    Required
Adjustments
    GAAP  

Net sales

  $ 3,597,341   $ 66,452   $ 3,530,889     $ —       $ 3,530,889     $ 3,612,912     $ 73,050   $ 3,539,862     $ —       $ 3,539,862  

Cost of sales

    3,359,408     41,860     3,317,548       —         3,317,548       3,350,127       43,595     3,306,532       —         3,306,532  

Restructuring and other charges

    —       —       —         56,481       56,481       —         —       —         7,610       7,610  
                                                                         

Gross profit

    237,933     24,592     213,341       (56,481 )     156,860       262,785       29,455     233,330       (7,610 )     225,720  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    120,542     11,183     109,359       —         109,359       144,585       19,626     124,959       —         124,959  

Restructuring and other charges (income)

    —       —       —         7,668       7,668       —         —       —         —         —    
                                                                         

Operating income

    117,391     13,409     103,982       (64,149 )     39,833       118,200       9,829     108,371       (7,610 )     100,761  

Intangible amortization

    —       —       —         8,270       8,270       —         —       —         7,121       7,121  

Interest and other expense, net

    19,354     987     18,367       (18,013 )     354       26,250       2,063     24,187       1,415       25,602  

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

    —       —       —         —         —         —         —       —         16,328       16,328  
                                                                         

Income before income taxes

    98,037     12,422     85,615       (54,406 )     31,209       91,950       7,766     84,184       (32,474 )     51,710  

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

    72     2,533     (2,461 )     (3,233 )     (5,694 )     (3,334 )     2,220     (5,554 )     (19,403 )     (24,957 )
                                                                         

Net income from continuing operations

      $ 88,076       (51,173 )     36,903         $ 89,738       (13,071 )     76,667  
                               

Income from discontinued operations (net of tax of $1,790 and $1,335, respectively)

    $ 9,889       (3,844 )     6,045       $ 5,546       (7,969 )     (2,423 )
                                                   

Net income

  $ 97,965       $ (55,017 )   $ 42,948     $ 95,284         $ (21,040 )   $ 74,244  
                                                     

Earnings per share:

                   

Net income from continuing operations

                   

Basic

          $ 0.06             $ 0.14  
                               

Diluted

          $ 0.06             $ 0.13  
                               

Income from discontinued operations

                   

Basic

          $ 0.01             $ —    
                               

Diluted

          $ 0.01             $ —    
                               

Net income

                   

Basic

  $ 0.17         $ 0.07     $ 0.17           $ 0.13  
                                         

Diluted

  $ 0.16         $ 0.07     $ 0.16           $ 0.12  
                                         

Shares used in computing per share amounts:

                   

Basic

    577,741           577,741       566,912             566,912  
                                         

Diluted

    602,218           602,218       597,628             597,628  
                                         

 

(2) See Note 2 on Schedule IV attached to this press release.


SCHEDULE II

FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

    For the twelve months ended March 31, 2006 (3)     For the twelve months ended March 31, 2005 (3)  
    Non-GAAP   Discontinued
Operations
  Continuing
Operations
    Required
Adjustments
    GAAP     Non-GAAP   Discontinued
Operations
  Continuing
Operations
 

Required

Adjustments

    GAAP  

Net sales

  $ 15,565,994   $ 278,018   $ 15,287,976     $ —       $ 15,287,976     $ 15,908,223   $ 177,506   $ 15,730,717   $ —       $ 15,730,717  

Cost of sales

    14,527,208     172,747     14,354,461       —         14,354,461       14,827,860     107,328     14,720,532     —         14,720,532  

Restructuring and other charges

    —       —       —         185,631       185,631       —       —       —       78,381       78,381  
                                                                     

Gross profit

    1,038,786     105,271     933,515       (185,631 )     747,884       1,080,363     70,178     1,010,185     (78,381 )     931,804  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    525,124     61,178     463,946       —         463,946       568,533     42,926     525,607     —         525,607  

Restructuring and other charges

    —       —       —         37,815       37,815       —       —       —       16,978       16,978  
                                                                     

Operating income

    513,662     44,093     469,569       (223,446 )     246,123       511,830     27,252     484,578     (95,359 )     389,219  

Intangible amortization

    —       —       —         37,160       37,160       —       —       —       33,541       33,541  

Interest and other expense, net

    88,757     5,023     83,734       (15,688 )     68,046       94,205     4,209     89,996     (13,491 )     76,505  

Gain on divestiture of operations

    —       —       —         (23,819 )     (23,819 )     —       —       —       —         —    

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

    —       —       —         —         —         —       —       —       16,328       16,328  
                                                                     

Income before income taxes

    424,905     39,070     385,835       (221,099 )     164,736       417,625     23,043     394,582     (131,737 )     262,845  

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

    7,566     7,968     (402 )     54,620       54,218       29,234     6,588     22,646     (91,298 )     (68,652 )
                                                                     

Net income from continuing operations

      $ 386,237       (275,719 )     110,518         $ 371,936     (40,439 )     331,497  
                             

Income from discontinued operations (net of tax of $35,535 and $5,690, respectively)

    $ 31,102       (458 )     30,644       $ 16,455       (8,081 )     8,374  
                                                   

Net income

  $ 417,339       $ (276,177 )   $ 141,162     $ 388,391       $ (48,520 )   $ 339,871  
                                                   

Earnings per share:

                   

Net income from continuing operations

                   

Basic

          $ 0.19             $ 0.60  
                               

Diluted

          $ 0.18             $ 0.57  
                               

Income from discontinued operations

                   

Basic

          $ 0.05             $ 0.02  
                               

Diluted

          $ 0.05             $ 0.01  
                               

Net income

                   

Basic

  $ 0.73         $ 0.25     $ 0.70         $ 0.61  
                                       

Diluted

  $ 0.69         $ 0.24     $ 0.66         $ 0.58  
                                       

Shares used in computing per share amounts:

                   

Basic

    573,520           573,520       552,920           552,920  
                                       

Diluted

    600,604           600,604       585,499           585,499  
                                       

 

(3) See Note 3 on Schedule IV attached to this press release.


SCHEDULE III

FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

 

     March 31, 2006    March 31, 2005

ASSETS

     

Current Assets:

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 942,859    $ 869,258

Certificates of deposit

     55,672      —  

Accounts receivable, net

     1,496,520      1,787,006

Inventories

     1,738,310      1,513,715

Deferred income taxes

     10,688      10,815

Current assets of discontinued operations

     88,464      79,852

Other current assets

     564,423      526,519
             

Total current assets

     4,896,936      4,787,165

Property and equipment, net

     1,586,486      1,669,876

Deferred income taxes

     628,296      684,301

Goodwill and other intangibles, net

     2,791,791      3,047,511

Non-current assets of discontinued operations

     575,008      494,670

Other assets

     462,379      324,049
             

Total assets

   $ 10,940,896    $ 11,007,572
             

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

     

Current Liabilities:

     

Bank borrowings, current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations

   $ 106,099    $ 26,140

Accounts payable

     2,758,019      2,505,719

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

     58,251      66,704

Other current liabilities

     1,035,935      1,281,631
             

Total current liabilities

     3,958,304      3,880,194

Long-term debt, net of current portion:

     

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 Subordinate Notes due 2014

     390,548      490,270

Other long-term debt and capital lease obligations

     3,777      119,091

Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations

     33,419      50,995

Other liabilities

     105,551      143,324

Total shareholders’ equity

     5,354,647      5,224,048
             

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 10,940,896    $ 11,007,572
             


SCHEDULE IV

FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO PRESS RELEASE AND UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In thousands)

 

(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 from continuing operations include the results of our discontinued operations. Non-GAAP results also exclude after-tax intangible amortization, gains and losses from divestitures, restructuring and other charges attributable to continued and discontinued operations. The reconciliation of non-GAAP results to GAAP results is illustrated in Schedules I and II attached to this press release.

 

(2) The non-GAAP financial measures exclude certain amounts that are included in the most directly comparable measures under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Non-GAAP results exclude after-tax intangible amortization, restructuring and other charges or income. The Company recorded intangible amortization expense of $12.9 million (including $4.6 million attributable to discontinued operations) and $16.0 million (including $8.9 million attributable to discontinued operations) during the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The Company also recorded pre-tax restructuring charges of $64.1 million and $7.6 million during the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, which were primarily related to the closures and consolidations of various manufacturing facilities. The $18.0 million of income included in interest and other expense net during the quarter ended March 31, 2006 is comprised of a $20.6 million net gain recognized by the Company as the result of the liquidation of certain international entities, offset by $2.6 million of intangible amortization expense associated with the Company’s equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries. In addition, during the quarter ended March 31, 2005, the Company recorded losses of $16.3 million associated with the early extinguishment of its 9  3/4% senior subordinated notes due 2010, and $1.4 million for other than temporary impairment of its investments in certain non-publicly traded companies. The tax impacts related to all of these items and other non-operational tax adjustments amounted to a tax benefit of $4.0 million and $20.3 million in the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

(3) The non-GAAP financial measures exclude certain amounts that are included in the most directly comparable measures under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Non-GAAP results exclude after-tax intangible amortization, gains and losses from divestitures, restructuring and other charges or income. The Company recorded intangible amortization expense of $53.8 million (including $16.6 million attributable to discontinued operations) and $42.5 million (including $9.0 million attributable to discontinued operations) during the year ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The Company also recorded pre-tax restructuring charges of $215.7 million and $95.4 million during the year ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, which were primarily related to the closures and consolidations of various manufacturing facilities. Further, the Company recognized $7.7 million and $7.6 million in executive separation costs during the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The divestitures of the Semiconductor and Network Services divisions resulted in a pre-tax gain of $67.6 million for the year ended March 31, 2006, of which $43.8 million was attributable to discontinued operations. The $15.7 million of income included in interest and other expense net during the year ended March 31, 2006 is comprised of a $20.6 million net gain recognized by the Company as the result of the liquidation of certain international entities, offset by $4.9 million of intangible amortization expense associated with the Company’s equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries. In addition, during the year ended March 31, 2005 the Company recognized a $29.3 million gain from the liquidation of certain international entities. The Company also recognized a loss of $16.3 million associated with the early extinguishment of its 9  3/4% senior subordinated notes due 2010, and a $8.2 million loss for the other than temporary impairment of its investments in certain non-publicly traded companies during the year ended March 31, 2005. The tax impacts related to all of these items and other non-operational tax adjustments amounted to a tax provision of $82.2 million and a tax benefit of $92.2 million in the years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.