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Exhibit 99.1
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Kulicke & Soffa Pte Ltd 6 Serangoon North Ave 5 #03-16 Singapore 554910 |
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65.6880.9600 phone 65.6880.9580 fax www.kns.com |
Kulicke & Soffa Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results
Singapore – January 31, 2012 – Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) (“K&S” or the “Company”) today announced results for its first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011.
Quarterly Results
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Fiscal Q1 2012
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Change vs. Fiscal Q1 2011 |
Change vs. Fiscal Q4 2011 | |
| Net Revenue | $120.0 million | -19.4% | -33.5% |
| Gross Profit | $55.3 million | -23.3% | -33.2% |
| Gross Margin | 46.1% | -230 bps | 20 bps |
| Income from Operations | $12.4 million | -43.9% | -45.5% |
| Operating Margin | 10.3% | -450 bps | -230 bps |
| Net Income | $8.5 million | -43.7% | 344.9% |
| Net Margin | 7.1% | -300 bps | 600 bps |
| EPS – Diluted | $0.11 | -47.6% | 266.7% |
Bruno Guilmart, Kulicke & Soffa’s President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Revenue in the December quarter came in at the high end of our guidance but declined sequentially due to the overall macroeconomic market environment combined with weaker demand from our OSAT customers. Despite the challenging environment, we continued to generate healthy levels of operating cash which allowed us to end the quarter with record cash and investments of $403.8 million dollars. We remain focused on operational excellence, expanding our product offerings and managing our business efficiently throughout the cycle.”
First Quarter Fiscal 2012 Key Product Trends
| · | Ball bonder equipment net revenue decreased 37% over the September quarter. |
| · | 72% of ball bonder equipment was sold as copper capable bonders, compared to 37% in the same period one year ago. |
| · | Wedge bonder equipment net revenue decreased 18% from the September quarter. |
First Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Highlights
| · | Net revenue of $120.0 million. |
| · | Gross margin improved sequentially to 46.1%. |
| · | Net income was $8.5 million or $0.11 per share. |
| · | Cash, cash equivalents and investments increased to $403.8 million up $19.2 million from the prior quarter. |
Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Outlook
The Company expects net revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 to be approximately $125 million to $135 million, reflecting the continued uncertain economic environment and ongoing conservative capital spending by its customers.
Looking forward, Bruno Guilmart commented, “We believe we are well positioned both competitively and financially and continue to work towards our goals and objectives of strengthening our technology leadership, broadening our product offering, developing our employees and leveraging our technical competencies in an effort to maximize shareholder value. These actions are coming to fruition as we look forward to a series of new product launches throughout 2012.”
Earnings Conference Call Details
A conference call to discuss these results will be held today, January 31, 2012, beginning at 8:00 am (EST). To access the conference call, interested parties may call +1-877-407-8037 or internationally +1-201-689-8037. The call will also be available by live webcast at www.kns.com/investors/events.
A replay will be available from approximately one hour after the completion of the call through February 7, 2012 by calling +1-877-660-6853 or internationally +1-201-612-7415, with account number 5521 and replay ID 386579. A webcast replay will also be available at www.kns.com/investors/events.
About Kulicke & Soffa
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductor and LED assembly equipment. As a pioneer in this industry, K&S has provided customers with market leading packaging solutions for decades. In recent years, K&S has expanded its product offerings through strategic acquisitions, adding die and wedge bonders and a broader range of expendable tools to its core ball bonding products. Combined with its extensive expertise in process technology, K&S is well positioned to help customers meet the challenges of assembling the next-generation semiconductor and LED devices. (www.kns.com)
Caution Concerning Results and Forward Looking Statements
In addition to historical statements, this press release contains statements relating to future events and our future results. These statements are “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and include, but are not limited to, statements that relate to our future revenue, sustained, increasing, continuing or strengthening demand for our products, the continuing transition from gold to copper wire bonding, replacement demand, our research and development efforts, our ability to identify and realize new growth opportunities and our ability to control costs. While these forward-looking statements represent our judgments and future expectations concerning our business, a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors could cause actual developments and results to differ materially from our expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to: the risk that customer orders already received may be postponed or canceled, generally without charges; the risk that anticipated customer orders may not materialize; the risk that our suppliers may not be able to meet our demands on a timely basis; the volatility in the demand for semiconductors and our products and services; volatile global economic conditions, which could result in, among other things, sharply lower demand for products containing semiconductors and for the Company’s products, and disruption of capital and credit markets; the risk of failure to successfully manage our operations; acts of terrorism and violence; risks, such as changes in trade regulations, currency fluctuations, political instability and war, which may be associated with a substantial non-U.S. customer and supplier base and substantial non-U.S. manufacturing operations; and the factors listed or discussed in Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Contacts:
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.
Joseph Elgindy
Investor Relations
P: +1-215-784-7518
F: +1-215-784-6180
jelgindy@kns.com
Global IR Partners
David Pasquale
P: +1-914-337-8801
klic@globalirpartners.com
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| KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
| (In thousands) |
| (Unaudited) |
| Three months ended | ||||||||
| December 31, 2011 | January 1, 2011 | |||||||
| Net cash provided by operations | $ | 34,324 | $ | 25,310 | ||||
| Net cash used in discontinued operations | (486 | ) | (524 | ) | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 33,838 | $ | 24,786 | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (9,982 | ) | (5,648 | ) | ||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 1,576 | 125 | ||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 141 | 176 | ||||||
| Changes in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 25,573 | $ | 19,439 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 378,188 | 178,112 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 403,761 | $ | 197,551 | ||||
| Short-term investments | — | 6,074 | ||||||
| Total Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments | $ | 403,761 | $ | 203,625 | ||||
| KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
| (In thousands, except per share and employee data) |
| (Unaudited) |
| Three months ended | ||||||||
| December 31, | January 1, | |||||||
| 2011 | 2011 | |||||||
| Net revenue: | ||||||||
| Equipment | $ | 106,149 | $ | 132,698 | ||||
| Expendable Tools | 13,875 | 16,165 | ||||||
| Total net revenue | 120,024 | 148,863 | ||||||
| Cost of sales: | ||||||||
| Equipment | 59,004 | 70,238 | ||||||
| Expendable Tools | 5,744 | 6,513 | ||||||
| Total cost of sales | 64,748 | 76,751 | ||||||
| Gross profit: | ||||||||
| Equipment | 47,145 | 62,460 | ||||||
| Expendable Tools | 8,131 | 9,652 | ||||||
| Total gross profit | 55,276 | 72,112 | ||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 25,240 | 30,672 | ||||||
| Research and development | 14,148 | 15,195 | ||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 2,295 | 2,386 | ||||||
| Restructuring | 1,217 | 1,792 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 42,900 | 50,045 | ||||||
| Income from operations: | ||||||||
| Equipment | 9,877 | 19,184 | ||||||
| Expendable Tools | 2,499 | 2,883 | ||||||
| Total income from operations | 12,376 | 22,067 | ||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||
| Interest income | 260 | 105 | ||||||
| Interest expense | (242 | ) | (242 | ) | ||||
| Interest expense: non-cash | (1,910 | ) | (1,772 | ) | ||||
| Income from operations before income taxes | 10,484 | 20,158 | ||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 1,977 | 5,059 | ||||||
| Net income | $ | 8,507 | $ | 15,099 | ||||
| Net income per share: | ||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.21 | ||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.11 | $ | 0.21 | ||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding: | ||||||||
| Basic | 73,540 | 70,881 | ||||||
| Diluted | 74,628 | 71,706 | ||||||
| Three months ended | ||||||||
| December 31, | January 1, | |||||||
| Supplemental financial data: | 2011 | 2011 | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | $ | 4,258 | $ | 4,407 | ||||
| Capital expenditures | $ | 1,498 | $ | 2,705 | ||||
| Equity-based compensation expense: | ||||||||
| Cost of sales | $ | 85 | $ | 48 | ||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 1,611 | 963 | ||||||
| Research and development | 403 | 276 | ||||||
| Total equity-based compensation expense | $ | 2,099 | $ | 1,287 | ||||
| As of | ||||||||
| December 31, | January 1, | |||||||
| 2011 | 2011 | |||||||
| Backlog of orders | $ | 88,000 | $ | 193,000 | ||||
| Number of employees | 2,735 | 2,628 | ||||||
| KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
| (In thousands) |
| (Unaudited) |
| December 31, | October 1, | |||||||
| 2011 | 2011 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 403,761 | $ | 378,188 | ||||
| Short-term investments | — | 6,364 | ||||||
| Accounts and notes receivable, net of allowance for doubtful | ||||||||
| accounts of $2,338 and $2,194, respectively | 110,030 | 138,649 | ||||||
| Inventories, net | 59,706 | 73,092 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 20,112 | 21,897 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 1,657 | 1,651 | ||||||
| TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS | 595,266 | 619,841 | ||||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 26,059 | 26,501 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 41,546 | 41,546 | ||||||
| Intangible assets | 27,270 | 29,565 | ||||||
| Other assets | 11,371 | 10,938 | ||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 701,512 | $ | 728,391 | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| Current portion of long term debt | $ | 106,987 | $ | 105,224 | ||||
| Accounts payable | 19,261 | 36,321 | ||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 35,397 | 43,528 | ||||||
| Earnout agreement payable | — | 14,848 | ||||||
| Income taxes payable | 15,040 | 14,261 | ||||||
| TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES | 176,685 | 214,182 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 31,998 | 32,065 | ||||||
| Other liabilities | 10,386 | 12,267 | ||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 219,069 | 258,514 | ||||||
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
| Common stock, no par value | 445,626 | 441,749 | ||||||
| Treasury stock, at cost | (46,356 | ) | (46,356 | ) | ||||
| Accumulated income | 80,447 | 71,940 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | 2,726 | 2,544 | ||||||
| TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 482,443 | 469,877 | ||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND | ||||||||
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | $ | 701,512 | $ | 728,391 | ||||