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Exhibit 99.1

Fabrinet Announces First Quarter 2011 Financial Results

BANGKOK, Thailand – November 1, 2010 – Fabrinet (NYSE: FN), a provider of precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, today announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, ended September 24, 2010.

Fabrinet reported total revenue of $173.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, an increase of 79% compared to revenue of $97.0 million for the comparable period in 2010. GAAP net income in the first quarter was $15.2 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, an increase of 146% compared to GAAP net income of $6.2 million, or $0.20 per share in the first quarter of 2010.

Tom Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer of Fabrinet, said, “We are pleased to have achieved record revenues in the first quarter and continued our long history of profitability. The strong revenue and earnings performance was above expectations, despite component shortages which limited our production capacity. We saw strength in all product areas, with growth from lasers and sensors above our overall growth rate. Looking ahead, we believe that we are well positioned for further growth over the longer-term.”

Business Outlook

Based on information available as of November 1, 2010, Fabrinet is issuing guidance for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 as follows:

The company expects second quarter revenue to be in the range of $170 million to $175 million. GAAP net income is expected to be in the range of $0.42 to $0.45 per share, based on approximately 34.3 million fully diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

Conference Call Information

 

What:    Fabrinet first quarter 2011 financial results conference call
When:    Monday, November 1, 2010
Time:    5:00 p.m. ET
Live Call:    (866) 713-8307, domestic
  

(617) 597-5307, international

Passcode 56715733

Replay:    (888) 286-8010, domestic
   (617) 801-6888, international
   Passcode 20492956
Webcast:    http://investor.fabrinet.com/ (live and replay)

This press release and any other information related to the call will also be posted on Fabrinet’s website at http://investor.fabrinet.com. The webcast will be archived on Fabrinet’s website for a period of one year.

About Fabrinet

Fabrinet provides precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, such as optical communication components, modules and sub-systems, industrial lasers and sensors. Fabrinet offers a broad range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities across the entire manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, final assembly and test. Fabrinet focuses on production of high complexity products in any mix and any volume. Fabrinet maintains engineering and manufacturing resources and facilities in Thailand, the People’s Republic of China and the United States. For more information visit: http://www.fabrinet.com.


 

Safe Harbor

“Safe Harbor” Statement Under U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include all of the statements under the “Business Outlook” section relating to our forecasted operating results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially from these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: less customer demand for our products and services than forecasted; less growth in the optical communications, industrial lasers and sensors markets than we forecast; difficulties expanding into additional markets, such as the semiconductor processing, biotechnology, metrology and material processing markets; increasing competition in the optical manufacturing services markets; difficulties in delivering products and services that compete effectively from a price and performance perspective; our reliance on a limited number of customers and suppliers; difficulties in accurately forecasting demand for our services; difficulties in managing our operating costs; difficulties in managing and operating our business in multiple countries (including in the U.S., Thailand and the People’s Republic of China) and other important factors as described in Fabrinet reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the factors described under the sections captioned “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K, filed on September 8, 2010. We disclaim any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

SOURCE: Fabrinet

 

Investor Contact:   Media Contact:
Abhi Kanitkar   Pam Crowley
ICR, Inc.   Crowley Communications
(617) 956-6735   (408) 529-9655
ir@fabrinet.com   pamc@crowleypr.com

 

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Fabrinet

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

As of September 24, 2010 and June 25, 2010

 

 

(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share data)    September 24,
2010
     June 25,
2010
 

Assets

     

Current assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 101,090       $ 84,942   

Receivable from initial public offering

     —           26,319   

Trade accounts receivable, net

     110,169         101,514   

Inventories, net

     113,131         98,146   

Deferred income taxes

     774         696   

Deposit for land purchase

     —           2,162   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     4,660         2,547   
                 

Total current assets

     329,824         316,326   
                 

Non-current assets

     

Property, plant and equipment, net

     64,324         57,651   

Intangibles, net

     1,097         1,220   

Deferred income taxes

     1,822         1,626   

Deposits and other non-current assets

     987         602   
                 

Total non-current assets

     68,230         61,099   
                 

Total assets

   $ 398,054       $ 377,425   
                 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

     

Current liabilities

     

Long-term loans from banks, current portion

   $ 5,508       $ 6,008   

Trade accounts payable

     108,445         102,977   

Income tax payable

     3,518         2,521   

Accrued payroll, profit sharing and related expenses

     6,178         3,895   

Accrued expenses

     3,129         3,567   

Other payables

     3,624         5,935   
                 

Total current liabilities

     130,402         124,903   
                 

Non-current liabilities

     

Long-term loans from banks, non-current portion

     13,460         14,377   

Severance liabilities

     3,817         3,456   

Other non-current liabilities

     2,751         2,526   
                 

Total non-current liabilities

     20,028         20,359   
                 

Total liabilities

     150,430         145,262   
                 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)

     

Shareholders’ equity

     

Preferred shares (5,000,000 shares authorized, $0.01 par value; no shares issued and outstanding as of September 24, 2010 and June 25, 2010, respectively)

     —           —     

Ordinary shares (500,000,000 shares authorized, $0.01 par value; 33,764,630 shares and 33,751,730 shares issued and outstanding as of September 24, 2010 and June 25, 2010, respectively)

     338         337   

Additional paid-in capital

     55,041         54,786   

Retained earnings

     192,245         177,040   
                 

Total shareholders’ equity

     247,624         232,163   
                 

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

   $ 398,054       $ 377,425   
                 

 

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Fabrinet

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

For the three months ended September 24, 2010 and September 25, 2009

 

 

     Three Months Ended  
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)    September 24,
2010
    September 25,
2009
 

Revenues

    

Revenues

   $ 173,740      $ 84,244   

Revenues, related party

     —          12,774   
                

Total revenues

     173,740        97,018   

Cost of revenues

     (151,964     (86,058
                

Gross profit

     21,776        10,960   

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     (4,827     (3,809
                

Operating income

     16,949        7,151   

Interest income

     98        111   

Interest expense

     (111     (161

Foreign exchange loss, net

     (378     (60

Other income

     4        —     
                

Income before income taxes

     16,562        7,041   

Income taxes

     (1,357     (855
                

Net income

   $ 15,205      $ 6,186   
                

Earnings per share

    

Basic

   $ 0.45      $ 0.20   

Diluted

   $ 0.44      $ 0.20   

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding

    

(thousands of shares)

    

Basic

     33,761        30,707   

Diluted

     34,351        31,269   

 

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