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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

SemiLEDs Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End 2013

Financial Results

 

Hsinchu, Taiwan (November 19, 2013) — SemiLEDs Corporation (NASDAQ: LEDS), “SemiLEDs” or the “Company, a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, today announced its financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2013, ended August 31, 2013.

 

Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 was $3.4 million, a 38% decrease compared to $5.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012. GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 was $17.9 million, or a net loss of $0.64 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders of $24.6 million, or a net loss of $0.90 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.

 

“We continue to pursue our strategy of lowering our dependency on general lighting chip sales where supply is exceeding demand, while at the same time broadening our component and UV product lines where pricing pressure is reduced,” said Trung Doan, Chairman, President and CEO. “Our goal is to improve gross margin and operating cash flow,” concluded Doan.

 

On a non-GAAP basis, net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 was $7.3 million, or a net loss of $0.26 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders of $16.6 million, or a net loss of $0.60 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.

 

Revenue for fiscal 2013 was $18.0 million, a 39% decrease compared to $29.3 million for fiscal 2012.  GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders for fiscal 2013 was $43.7 million, or a net loss of $1.58 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders of $49.5 million, or a net loss of $1.80 per diluted share, for fiscal 2012.

 

On a non-GAAP basis, net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders for fiscal 2013 was $27.8 million, or a net loss of $1.01 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders of $37.8 million, or a net loss of $1.38 per diluted share, for fiscal 2012.

 

GAAP gross margin for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 was negative 103%, compared with gross margin for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 of negative 55%. Operating margin for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 was negative 523% compared with negative 296% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.  Margins for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 were negatively impacted by reduction in revenues, excess capacity charge for our LED chips and impairment of long-lived assets.

 

The Company’s cash and cash equivalents were $36.3 million at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, compared to the third quarter fiscal 2013 ending balance of $41.4 million. Cash used in operating activities was $4.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013.

 

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Conference Call Information

 

SemiLEDs will discuss these financial results and our first quarter guidance in a conference call today at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (5:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, 9:00 p.m. China Standard Time). The public is invited to listen to a live webcast of the conference call on the Investors section of the Company’s website at http://investors.semileds.com/events.cfm.

 

A replay of the webcast will be available on the Investors section of the Company’s website approximately three hours after the conclusion of the call and remain available for approximately 90 calendar days.

 

About SemiLEDs

 

SemiLEDs develops and manufactures LED chips and LED components primarily for general lighting applications, including street lights and commercial, industrial and residential lighting, along with specialty industrial applications such as ultraviolet (UV) curing, medical/cosmetic, counterfeit detection, and horticulture. SemiLEDs sells blue, green and UV LED chips.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

SemiLEDs has provided in this press release adjusted financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP. SemiLEDs uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results and believes they are useful to investors, as a supplement to, but not as a substitute for, GAAP measures, in evaluating the Company’s operational performance. SemiLEDs believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating operating results and trends, and in comparing its financial results with other companies in SemiLEDs’ industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. The historical non-GAAP financial measures presented above exclude the following items required to be included by GAAP: non-cash stock-based compensation charges, non-cash impairment charges on long-lived assets, goodwill and investment, provision for litigation settlement, and the related tax effect of the applicable items, if any. In addition to the non-GAAP financial measures discussed above, SemiLEDs also uses free cash flow as a measure of operating performance. Free cash flow represents cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures.

 

Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of historic non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP results has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release.

 

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Forward Looking Statements

 

This press release contains statements that may constitute “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward-looking, including, but not limited to, any projections of future revenues, income, margins or other financial information; any statements about historical results that may suggest trends for SemiLEDs’ business; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements of expectation or belief regarding recovery of the LED industry, market opportunities and other future events or technology developments; any statements regarding SemiLEDs’ position to capitalize on any market opportunities; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections of future SemiLEDs’ or industry performance based on management’s judgment, beliefs, current trends and market conditions and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. SemiLEDs’ Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and other SemiLEDs filings with the SEC (which you may obtain for free at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov) discuss some of the important risks and other factors that may affect SemiLEDs’ business, results of operations and financial condition. SemiLEDs undertakes no intent or obligation to publicly update or revise any of these forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

Contacts:

 

Timothy Lin

Interim Chief Financial Officer

SemiLEDs Corporation

415-471-2700

investor@semileds.com

 

Erica Mannion

Investor Relations

Sapphire Investor Relations, LLC

415-471-2700

investor@semileds.com

 

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SEMILEDS CORPORATION

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

 

 

August 31,
2013

 

August 31,
2012

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

36,272

 

$

47,228

 

Short-term investments

 

 

8,831

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

2,152

 

4,759

 

Accounts receivable from related parties, net

 

120

 

157

 

Inventories

 

10,500

 

13,016

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

1,080

 

1,130

 

Total current assets

 

50,124

 

75,121

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

30,473

 

46,642

 

Intangible assets, net

 

1,379

 

1,552

 

Goodwill, net

 

59

 

1,072

 

Investments in unconsolidated entities

 

2,275

 

1,821

 

Other assets

 

1,395

 

1,326

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

$

85,705

 

$

127,534

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable to banks

 

$

 

$

1,585

 

Current installments of long-term debt

 

2,294

 

967

 

Accounts payable

 

3,534

 

5,768

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

6,825

 

4,969

 

Deferred income, current portion

 

51

 

51

 

Total current liabilities

 

12,704

 

13,340

 

Long-term debt, excluding current installments

 

6,169

 

4,953

 

Deferred income, net of current portion

 

339

 

390

 

Total liabilities

 

19,212

 

18,683

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

EQUITY:

 

 

 

 

 

SemiLEDs stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

169,114

 

167,070

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

5,557

 

5,179

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(108,155

)

(64,431

)

Total SemiLEDs stockholders’ equity

 

66,516

 

107,818

 

Noncontrolling interests

 

(23

)

1,033

 

Total equity

 

66,493

 

108,851

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

$

85,705

 

$

127,534

 

 

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SEMILEDS CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share data)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
August 31,

 

Years Ended
August 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues, net

 

$

3,384

 

$

5,469

 

$

17,967

 

$

29,299

 

Cost of revenues

 

6,884

 

8,473

 

32,665

 

34,901

 

Gross loss

 

(3,500

)

(3,004

)

(14,698

)

(5,602

)

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

1,189

 

1,508

 

4,592

 

7,443

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

2,923

 

4,145

 

11,377

 

14,300

 

Impairment of long-lived assets

 

10,072

 

7,507

 

10,923

 

7,507

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

 

1,077

 

 

Provision for litigation settlement

 

 

 

 

1,500

 

Total operating expenses

 

14,184

 

13,160

 

27,969

 

30,750

 

Loss from operations

 

(17,684

)

(16,164

)

(42,667

)

(36,352

)

Other income (expenses):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment loss on investment

 

 

 

(1,885

)

 

Equity in losses from unconsolidated entities, net

 

(77

)

(8,744

)

(249

)

(13,619

)

Interest income, net

 

2

 

27

 

11

 

37

 

Other income, net

 

55

 

49

 

213

 

193

 

Foreign currency transaction gain (loss), net

 

(248

)

130

 

(58

)

(208

)

Total other expenses, net

 

(268

)

(8,538

)

(1,968

)

(13,597

)

Loss before income taxes

 

(17,952

)

(24,702

)

(44,635

)

(49,949

)

Income tax expense

 

 

 

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Net loss

 

(17,952

)

(24,702

)

(44,638

)

(49,949

)

Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

(95

)

(83

)

(914

)

(492

)

Net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders

 

$

(17,857

)

$

(24,619

)

$

(43,724

)

$

(49,457

)

Net loss per share attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

$

(0.64

)

$

(0.90

)

$

(1.58

)

$

(1.80

)

Shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

27,779

 

27,487

 

27,630

 

27,414

 

 

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SEMILEDS CORPORATION

Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share data)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
August 31,

 

Years Ended
August 31,

 

Non-GAAP Net Loss 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders

 

$

(17,857

)

$

(24,619

)

$

(43,724

)

$

(49,457

)

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

523

 

502

 

2,020

 

2,616

 

Impairment of long-lived assets

 

10,072

 

7,507

 

10,923

 

7,507

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

 

1,077

 

 

Provision for litigation settlement

 

 

 

 

1,500

 

Impairment loss on investment

 

 

 

1,885

 

 

Income tax effect

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders

 

$

(7,262

)

$

(16,610

)

$

(27,819

)

$

(37,834

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted net loss per share attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP net loss

 

$

(0.64

)

$

(0.90

)

$

(1.58

)

$

(1.80

)

Non-GAAP net loss

 

$

(0.26

)

$

(0.60

)

$

(1.01

)

$

(1.38

)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
August 31,

 

Years Ended
August 31,

 

Free Cash Flow 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

$

(4,660

)

$

(5,234

)

$

(14,461

)

$

(15,771

)

Less: Capital expenditures

 

83

 

1,218

 

2,716

 

11,569

 

Total free cash flows

 

$

(4,743

)

$

(6,452

)

$

(17,177

)

$

(27,340

)

 

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