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SINOHUB, INC. ANNOUNCES 2011 SECOND QUARTER
FINANCIAL RESULTS

SHENZHEN, China, August 15, 2011 – SinoHub, Inc. (“SinoHub” or the “Company”), (NYSE Amex: SIHI), an electronics company whose main growth driver is manufacturing and distributing custom, private-label mobile phones, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011.

SECOND QUARTER 2011 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Total net sales declined year-over-year to US$40.9 million in the second quarter of 2011 versus US$43.9 million in the second quarter of 2010.
Gross profit was US$4.4 million compared to US$7.6 million in the same quarter in 2010. Gross margin was 10.8% compared to 17.3% in the second quarter of 2010.
Cash used in operations was US$12.3 million, compared with US$2.0 million in the second quarter of 2010.
Net income was US$1.0 million, down from US$3.4 million in the second quarter of 2010.
Net income per basic and diluted shares were both US$0.03, down from US$0.12 per basic and diluted share, in the second quarter of 2010.

 
 
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS:

Commenting on the results, SinoHub’s CEO, Mr. Harry Cochran said, “Our results were impacted this quarter by a significant decline in sales from our ICM segment as our largest customer faced inventory issues relating to phones purchased from another supplier.  As a result, this customer was unable to purchase any phones from SinoHub during the second quarter.  While this is certainly a disappointment in the near-term, it does not in any way change our long-term perspective on the opportunity for SinoHub in the private label, custom design mobile device market.  Our ICM segment has grown rapidly since its launch in April 2010, and our success to date has clearly validated our business model and strategic approach.  In fact, we are confident that the issues faced by our largest customer with another supplier will only strengthen our position when they return to market, as we have established a clear track record of delivering high quality phones with minimal lead times and flexible order quantities.  In addition, our unique joint design process provides our customers with greater flexibility to purchase the right phones for their market, reducing inventory risk.  We believe these competitive advantages will allow us to expand our customer base and thereby minimize sales volatility over the mid- to long-term.

 
 

 
 
 
“Despite the temporary setback in the second quarter, we remain committed to executing our strategy to deepen our penetration in the white box mobile phone market. As part of that strategy, we have decided to shift the electronic component procurement (ECP) portion of our ECSS segment to a brokerage model from our current model where we take ownership of components.  While this will lead to a decrease in ECSS revenue because only commissions on components brokered by SinoHub will be recorded as revenue instead of the full price of the components, the revenue we do generate will carry a higher gross margin.  Additionally, the brokerage model will allow for a more efficient use of cash and lower capital requirements, while increasing resources to focus on development of the ICM segment and establishment of the Company’s recently announced TopoloTM line of branded mobile phones.  We believe that this approach will allow us to generate more sustainable long-term growth and ultimately deliver increasing shareholder value.”


SECOND QUARTER 2011 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Net Sales
Net sales for the second quarter of 2011 were US$40.9 million, representing a decrease of 6.8% from US$43.9 million in the second quarter of 2010. The year-over-year decrease was primarily attributable to a decline in sales in the Company’s ICM business segment. Sales in the ICM business segment in the second quarter of 2011 were US$9.2 million, down 30.8% from US$13.3 million in the second quarter of 2010 as the Company’s largest ICM segment customer had a major inventory problem with mobile phones purchased from another supplier and therefore had to cut back drastically on orders with SinoHub in the second quarter.
 
Net sales from the electronic component sales and supply chain management services segment (collectively ECSS) for the second quarter of 2011 were US$31.7 million, a year-over-year increase of 3.6% from US$30.6 million in the second quarter of 2010. The Company will soon start the process of shifting the electronic component procurement (ECP) portion of our ECSS segment, which constitutes most of this segment, to a brokerage model from our current model where we take ownership of components. This will result in much lower revenue (the Company will only be able to record commissions as revenue instead of the full value of the components), but much higher gross margins. This shift is a strategic decision by management to reduce the Company’s exposure to electronic component trading, where margins have been in decline due to various industry-wide dynamics, in favor of electronic component brokerage. In addition, the strategic shift will allow the Company to focus on development of the ICM segment and establishment of the Company’s recently announced TopoloTM line of branded mobile phones.
 
 
 

 

 
Gross Profit and Margin
 
Gross profit for the quarter was US$4.4 million, down 42.1% from US$7.6 million in the second quarter of 2010. Gross margin for the quarter was 10.8%, down from 17.3% in the second quarter of 2010.  Overall gross margin in the second quarter was impacted by the substantially lower gross margin from the ICM segment compared to the preceding quarter as the Company had to lower its price points in order to win new customers to replace revenue which did not materialize in Q2 from a large ICM customer and did substantially more of the lower margin contract motherboard manufacturing business.
 
Operating Expenses

Operating cost and expenses, including selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses, professional services and other operating income were US$3.0 million, a year-over-year decrease of 6.3% from US$3.2 million in the second quarter of 2010 due primarily to lower business volume and increased efficiency.

Income from Operations
Income from operations for the quarter was US$1.4 million, or 3.4% of sales, as compared to operating income of US$4.4 million, or 10.0% of sales in the second quarter of 2010, as a result of the decline in sales from the ICM segment.

Income Taxes
The Company recorded US$1.0 million of income tax expenses in the second quarter of 2011, versus the US$1.4 million of income tax expenses it recorded in the corresponding period in 2010. The reason for the decrease is that there was less taxable income and taxes are accrued by subsidiary. There was a loss in the manufacturing subsidiary in the second quarter of 2011 that offsets profits from other subsidiaries on consolidation with no corresponding tax offset.

Net Income
Net income attributable to SinoHub’s shareholders was US$1.0 million, compared to US$3.4 million in the second quarter of 2010.  Net margin was 2.4%, as compared to 7.7% in the second quarter of 2010. Net income per basic and diluted shares were both US$0.03, down from US$0.12 per basic and diluted share, in the second quarter of 2010, based on 33.5 million weighted average, basic and diluted shares outstanding.

 

 
 

 
 
 
FIRST HALF 2011 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Net Sales
Net sales for six months ended June 30, 2011 were $78.9 million, down 4.4% from $82.5 million in the year-earlier period.

Net sales of the ICM business segment for the six months ended June 30, 2011 increased 30% to $25.7 million from $19.7 million in the year-earlier period.
 
Net sales of ECSS business segment for the six months ended June 30, 2011 decreased 15% to $53.2 million from $62.8 million but net sales of ICM business segment increased 30% to $25.7 million from $19.7 million in the prior year period.

Gross Profit and Margin
Gross profit for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was $12.1 million, compared with $14.7 million for the prior year period.  Gross profit margin for six months ended June 30, 2011 decreased to 15.4% from 17.8% in the prior year period.

Operating Expenses
Operating cost and expenses for six months ended June 30, 2011, including selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses, professional services and other operating income, were $6.3 million, or 7.9% of revenues, compared to $5.8 million, or 7.0% of revenues, in the prior year period.

Income from Operations
Income from operations for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was $5.9 million in the as compared with income from operations of $8.9 million in the prior year period.

Income Taxes
The Company recorded income tax expense of $2.5 million in the six months ended June 30, 2011 as compared with $2.4 million in the prior year period.  Income tax estimates in interim periods have varied as the Company has adjusted provisions and accruals in light of actual tax filings.
 
 
 

 
 

Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2011, the Company had US$7.2 million in cash and cash equivalents, an increase from US$4.5 million as of December 31, 2010 resulting primarily from new money raised in the first half of 2011. The Company had working capital of US$71.7 million on June 30, 2011, up from US$57.5 million at the end of 2010, and a current ratio of 1.6 to 1 on June 30, 2011.

As of June 30, 2011, the Company had approximately US$3.0 million available to borrow under its credit facilities.
During the three months ended June 30, 2011, the net amount of cash used in the Company’s operating activities was US$12.4 million, compared to US$2.0 million in the same period in 2010, which primarily resulted from the increase in inventories and accounts receivable.  For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the net amount of cash used in the Company’s operating activities was $2.0 million, which primarily resulted from the increase in accounts receivable and deposits with supplies.
 
As of June 30, 2011, inventories were approximately US$31.5 million and accounts receivable were US$51.3 million, compared to approximately US$14.6 million and US$45.7 million on December 31, 2010, respectively. The increase in accounts receivable resulted primarily from increased ECP business.

Full-year 2011 Revenue Guidance

As announced, the Company experienced a significant reduction in revenue in the second quarter due to the fact that its largest ICM segment customer experienced inventory issues with another supplier which caused the customer not to purchase products from the Company during the second quarter.  In addition, the Company expects to generate lower ECSS segment revenues moving forward as a result of its strategic decision to shift the electronic component procurement (ECP) portion of its ECSS segment to a brokerage model.  Finally, although the Company believes its ICM business model is now proven, it has not been able to expand its customer base as quickly as planned. As a result of the foregoing, the Company now expects to sell approximately 2.5 million mobile phones in 2011, down from its previous estimate of 3 million, and it expects full-year 2011 revenue of approximately $195 million, unchanged as compared to the full-year 2010.  This compares to the Company’s previously issued guidance of $255 million for the full-year 2011.
 
 
 

 
 
 
BUSINESS OUTLOOK

SinoHub has begun a strategic initiative to develop its own mobile phone brand in China, the world’s largest mobile phone market. As announced in June 2011, the Company has received an application acceptance notice from the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the PRC for the use of the Topolo brand name and logo in China, which SinoHub has selected as the brand name for its self-branded line of mobile phones to be sold in the China.  The Company is currently in the process of securing a sales license to sell Topolobranded mobile phones in China, and expects to begin initial marketing efforts upon approval of its application for a sales license.  While the branded mobile phone market presents strong long-term growth opportunities, the Company is proceeding with this initiative in a prudent and deliberate manner, and does not expect a significant contribution from this business opportunity in the current fiscal year.


CONFERENCE CALL

SinoHub’s senior management will host a conference call at 7:00 am (Pacific) / 10:00 am (Eastern) / 10:00 pm (Beijing/Hong Kong) on Monday, August 15, 2011 to discuss the Company’s 2011 second quarter financial results and recent business activity. To access the live teleconference, please dial +1-877-941-1428 (US) or +1-480-629-9665 (International), and reference the passcode 4460230. Please dial in approximately 10 minutes before the scheduled time of the call.
 
A replay of the conference call will be available shortly after the call until Monday, August 22, 2011, by dialing +1-877-870-5176 (US) or +1-858-384-5517 (International) and entering the passcode 4460230.

A listen-only webcast of the conference call will also be available on the investor relations page of SinoHub’s website at: http://www.sinohub.com.

 
 

 
 
 
About SinoHub, Inc. (NYSE Amex: SIHI)
SinoHub, Inc. (NYSE Amex: SIHI) is a leading electronics company based in Shenzhen, PR China which services clients worldwide. The Company’s integrated contract manufacturing (ICM) business unit is currently focused on providing custom, private label mobile phones to customers in developing countries. This fast growing ICM segment is capitalizing on a trend by carriers and distributors to offer their own brands with features and functionality targeted at their local markets, including 3G smart phones, at competitive price points. The Company’s electronic component sales and services (ECSS) business unit provides procurement-fulfillment, spot component sales and supply chain management (SCM) services to manufacturers and design houses.  The company’s SCM services include warehousing, delivery, import/export, and give its customers total transparency into their supply chains by delivering SinoHub SCM, a proprietary, Web-based software platform the company has been using for almost ten years. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.sinohub.com and the B2B Chips Web site at  http://www.b2chips.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-looking Information
Some of the statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts constitute forward-looking statements under the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of the words "may," "will," "should," "could," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "intends," "potential," "proposed," or "continue" or the negative of those terms. These statements involve risks known to the Company, significant uncertainties, and other factors, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which may not even be anticipated, which may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements, or our published guidance, to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to expand its customer base, the ability to access capital for such expansion, assumptions concerning future economic and competitive conditions and other factors detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.  The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
 
 
 

 
 
 
Except as required by law, the company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.  For further information on factors which could impact SinoHub and the statements contained herein, see the "Risk Factors" included in Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on March 14, 2011.  The company assumes no obligation to update and supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events, new information or otherwise.
 
Contacts:

SinoHubInc.
Grace Wang
Tel: + 86-755-2661-1080
Email: grace.wang@sinohub.com
 
Investor Relations (Hong Kong)
Mahmoud Siddig
Taylor Rafferty
Tel: +852-3196-3712
Email: sinohub@taylor-rafferty.com
 
 
Investor Relations (US)
Bryan Degnan
Taylor Rafferty
Tel: +1-212-889-4350
Email: sinohub@taylor-rafferty.com
 
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SINOHUB, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

   
June 30, 2011
   
December 31, 2010
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(As Restated)
 
ASSETS
           
             
CURRENT ASSETS
           
     Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 7,164,000     $ 4,524,000  
     Restricted cash
    91,690,000       32,059,000  
     Accounts receivable, net
    51,251,000       45,686,000  
     Inventories, net
    31,517,000       14,631,000  
     Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    938,000       704,000  
     Deposit with suppliers
    750,000       1,308,000  
          Total current assets
    183,309,000       98,913,000  
                 
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
    12,877,000       11,190,000  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 196,186,000     $ 110,103,000  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
     Accounts payable
  $ 4,280,000     $ 865,000  
     Customer deposits
    300,000       107,000  
     Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    939,000       709,000  
     Bank borrowings
    94,738,000       37,299,000  
     Collateralized bank advances
    10,124,000       -  
     Capital lease obligations – current portion
    616,000       756,000  
     Income and other taxes payable
    644,000       1,712,000  
          Total current liabilities
    111,642,000       41,449,000  
                 
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
               
     Capital lease obligations, net of current portion
    709,000       845,000  
     Warrant Derivatives
    894,000       1,692,000  
          Total long-term liabilities
    1,603,000       2,537,000  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    113,245,000       43,987,000  
                 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
      Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized;                
      no shares issued      -       -  
      Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized;                
     33,454,903 shares and 28,570,859 shares issued and outstanding
   
                              
         
      as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively     33,000       29,000  
     Additional paid-in capital
    30,715,000       20,122,000  
     Retained earnings
               
          Unappropriated
    46,882,000       42,303,000  
          Appropriated
    934,000       934,000  
     Accumulated other comprehensive income
    4,377,000       2,730,000  
          Total stockholders’ equity
    82,941,000       66,116,000  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $ 196,186,000     $ 110,103,000  
 
 
 

 
 

 SINOHUB, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

   
Three months ended June 30,
   
Six months ended June 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
         
(As Restated)
         
(As Restated)
 
NET SALES
                       
     ECSS
  $ 31,688,000     $ 30,566,000     $ 53,215,000     $ 62,785,000  
     ICM
    9,235,000       13,314,000       25,677,000       19,699,000  
          Total net sales
    40,923,000       43,880,000       78,891,000       82,484,000  
COST OF SALES
                               
     ECSS
    27,798,000       25,285,000       45,109,000       51,723,000  
     ICM
    8,688,000       11,018,000       21,660,000       16,088,000  
          Total cost of sales
    36,486,000       36,303,000       66,768,000       67,812,000  
                                 
GROSS PROFIT
    4,437,000       7,577,000       12,123,000       14,672,000  
 
                               
OPERATING EXPENSES
                               
     Selling, general and administrative
    2,144,000       2,243,000       4,466,000       4,138,000  
     Professional services
    213,000       256,000       494,000       501,000  
     Depreciation
    542,000       349,000       1,009,000       571,000  
     Stock compensation expense
    -       95,000       -       151,000  
     Stock option compensation amortization
    79,000       125,000       188,000       218,000  
     Provision for bad debts
    43,000       158,000       96,000       191,000  
          Total operating expenses
    3,022,000       3,226,000       6,253,000       5,770,000  
                                 
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS
    1,415,000       4,351,000       5,870,000       8,902,000  
                                 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
                               
     Interest expense
    (615,000 )     (212,000 )     (1,105,000 )     (243,000 )
     Interest income
    442,000       98,000       784,000       105,000  
     Changes in fair values of warrant derivatives
    287,000       516,000       798,000       472,000  
     Other, net
    514,000       2,000       741,000       7,000  
          Total other income, net
    628,000       403,000       1,218,000       341,000  
                                 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
    2,043,000       4,754,000       7,088,000       9,243,000  
     Income tax expense
    1,007,000       1,352,000       2,509,000       2,390,000  
                                 
NET INCOME
    1,036,000       3,402,000       4,579,000       6,853,000  
                                 
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
                               
     Foreign currency translation gain
    1,047,000       81,000       1,648,000       109,000  
                                 
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
  $ 2,083,000     $ 3,483,000     $ 6,227,000     $ 6,961,000  
                                 
SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA
                               
     Net income per share-basic
  $ 0.03     $ 0.12     $ 0.14     $ 0.25  
     Weighted average number of shares-basic
    33,454,000       28,536,000       31,818,000       27,909,000  
     Net income per share-diluted
  $ 0.03     $ 0.12     $ 0.14     $ 0.24  
     Weighted average number of shares-diluted
    33,546,000       28,780,000       31,854,000       28,277,000  
 
 
 

 
 
 
SINOHUB, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

   
Six months ended June 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
         
(As Restated)
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
           
     Net income
  $ 4,579,000     $ 6,853,000  
     Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash used in operations:
               
          Depreciation - operating expenses
    1,009,000       571,000  
          Depreciation - cost of sales
    434,000       -  
          Stock compensation expense
    -       151,000  
          Stock option compensation amortization
    188,000       218,000  
          Provision for bad debts
    96,000       191,000  
          Changes in fair values of warrant derivatives
    (798,000 )     (472,000 )
     Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
          Accounts receivable
    (4,557,000 )     (12,097,000 )
          Inventories
    (16,338,000 )     3,448,000  
          Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    (215,000 )     (103,000 )
          Deposit with suppliers
    580,000       (1,941,000 )
          Accounts payable
    3,352,000       1,219,000  
          Customer deposits
    188,000       (57,000 )
          Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    211,000       (116,000 )
          Income and other taxes payable
    (1,093,000 )     126,000  
               Net cash used in operating activities
    (12,365,000 )     (2,009,000 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
     Increase of restricted cash
    (59,631,000 )     (4,851,000 )
     Purchase of property and equipment
    (3,158,000 )     (2,749,000 )
          Net cash used in investing activities
    (62,789,000 )     (7,600,000 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
     Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of cost
    10,440,000       4,470,000  
     Proceeds from exercise of options, net of costs
    15,000       22,000  
     Bank borrowings -  proceeds
    88,356,000       20,999,000  
     Bank borrowings -  repayments
    (32,498,000 )     (14,746,000 )
     Collateralized bank advances
    9,994,000       -  
     Repayments of capital lease obligations
    (309,000 )     -  
          Net cash provided by financing activities
    75,999,000       10,745,000  
                 
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES
    1,795,000       (20,000 )
                 
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    2,639,000       1,116,000  
                 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
    4,524,000       8,347,000  
                 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
  $ 7,164,000     $ 9,463,000  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
               
     Cash paid for interest
  $ 1,105,000     $ 243,000  
     Cash paid for income tax
  $ 2,524,000     $ 2,438,000