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Exhibit 99.1

 

    NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Martina Bar Kochva  

48 South Service Road

Melville, NY 11747

(631) 465-3600

 

PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP. REPORTS FIRST QUARTER RESULTS

 

Melville, New York, Friday, June 22, 2018…..Park Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE-PKE) reported net sales of $31,102,000 for the 2019 fiscal year’s first quarter ended May 27, 2018 compared to net sales of $27,417,000 for the 2018 fiscal year’s first quarter ended May 28, 2017 and net sales of $27,804,000 for the 2018 fiscal year’s fourth quarter ended February 25, 2018. Net earnings for the 2019 fiscal year’s first quarter were $3,168,000 compared to $1,394,000 for the 2018 fiscal year’s first quarter and $17,965,000 for the 2018 fiscal year’s fourth quarter.

 

Park reported net earnings before special items of $3,373,000 for the 2019 fiscal year’s first quarter compared to net earnings before special items of $2,484,000 for the 2018 fiscal year’s first quarter and net earnings before special items of $1,972,000 for the 2018 fiscal year’s fourth quarter. In the 2019 fiscal year’s first quarter, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring charges of $183,000 related to the consolidation of its Nelco Products, Inc. electronics Business Unit located in Fullerton, California and its Neltec, Inc. electronics Business Unit located in Tempe, Arizona and the closure in fiscal year 2009 of its New England Laminates Co., Inc. facility located in Newburgh, New York and pre-tax advisory fees of $120,000. In the 2018 fiscal year’s first quarter, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring charges of $1,361,000 related to the consolidation of its electronics Business Units in California, and Arizona and the closure of the facility in Newburgh and recorded a one-time litigation expense of $375,000. In the 2018 fiscal year’s fourth quarter, the Company recorded a one-time tax benefit of $17,802,000 related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted in December 2017, pre-tax restructuring charges of $287,000, a pre-tax loss on the sales of marketable securities of $1,342,000, pre-tax deferred financing costs of $144,000 related to the early termination of the HSBC Bank Credit Agreement, a pre-tax stock option modification charge of $513,000 and pre-tax advisory fees of $162,000.

 

Park reported basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.16 for the 2019 fiscal year’s first quarter compared to basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.07 for the 2018 fiscal year’s first quarter and basic earnings per share of $0.89 and diluted earnings per share of $0.88 for the 2018 fiscal year’s fourth quarter. Basic and diluted earnings per share before special items were $0.17 for the 2019 fiscal year’s first quarter compared to $0.12 for the 2018 fiscal year’s first quarter and $0.10 for the 2018 fiscal year’s fourth quarter.

 

The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial results at 11:00 a.m. EDT today. Forward-looking and other material information may be discussed in this conference call. The conference call dial-in number is (844) 466-4114 in the United States and Canada and (765) 507-2654 in other countries and the required passcode is 9843689.

 

For those unable to listen to the call live, a conference call replay will be available from approximately 2:00 p.m. EDT today through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 28, 2018. The conference call replay can be accessed by dialing (855) 859-2056 in the United States and Canada and (404) 537-3406 in other countries and entering passcode 9843689 or on the Company's web site at www.parkelectro.com/investor/investor.html.

 

Any additional material financial or statistical data disclosed in the conference call will also be available at the time of the conference call on the Company's web site at www.parkelectro.com/investor/investor.html.

 

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Park believes that an evaluation of its ongoing operations would be difficult if the disclosure of its operating results were limited to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) financial measures, which include special items, such as one-time tax benefits, restructuring charges, losses on sales of marketable securities, deferred financing charges stock option modification charges, pre-tax litigation expenses and strategic evaluation advisory fees. Accordingly, in addition to disclosing its operating results determined in accordance with GAAP, Park discloses non-GAAP operating results that exclude special items in order to assist its shareholders and other readers in assessing the Company’s operating performance, since the Company’s on-going, normal business operations do not include such special items. The detailed operating information presented below reconciles the non-GAAP operating results before special items to earnings determined in accordance with GAAP. Such non-GAAP financial measures are provided to supplement the results provided in accordance with GAAP.

 

Park Electrochemical Corp. is a global advanced materials company which develops and manufactures advanced composite materials, primary and secondary structures and assemblies and low-volume tooling for the aerospace markets and high-technology digital and RF/microwave printed circuit materials principally for the telecommunications and internet infrastructure, enterprise and military/aerospace markets. The Company’s manufacturing facilities are located in Kansas, Singapore, France, Arizona and California. The Company also maintains R&D facilities in Arizona, Kansas and Singapore.

 

Additional corporate information is available on the Company’s web site at www.parkelectro.com

 

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Performance table, including non-GAAP information (in thousands, except per share amounts –unaudited):

 

   

13 Weeks Ended

 
                         
   

May 27, 2018

   

May 28, 2017

   

February 25, 2018

 
                   

Sales

  $ 31,102     $ 27,417     $ 27,804  
                         

Net Earnings before Special Items1

  $ 3,373     $ 2,484     $ 1,972  

Special Items, net of Tax:

                       

One-time Litigation Expense

    -       (235 )     -  

Strategic Evaluation Advisory Fees

    (81 )     -       (102 )

Stock Option Modification

    -       -       (322 )

Restructuring Charges

    (124 )     (855 )     (180 )

Loss on Sale of Marketable Securities

    -       -       (1,114 )

Acceleration of Deferred Financing Costs

    -       -       (91 )

Tax Cut and Jobs Act

    -       -       17,802  

Net Earnings

  $ 3,168     $ 1,394     $ 17,965  
                         

Basic Earnings per Share:

                       

Basic Earnings before Special Items1

  $ 0.17     $ 0.12     $ 0.10  

Special Items:

                       

One-time Litigation Expense

    -       (0.01 )     -  

Strategic Evaluation Advisory Fees

    -       -       (0.01 )

Stock Option Modification

    -       -       (0.02 )

Restructuring Charges

    (0.01 )     (0.04 )     (0.01 )

Loss on Sale of Marketable Securities

    -       -       (0.05 )

Acceleration of Deferred Financing Costs

    -       -       -  

Tax Cut and Jobs Act

    -       -       0.88  

Basic Earnings per Share

  $ 0.16     $ 0.07     $ 0.89  
                         

Diluted Earnings before Special Items1

  $ 0.17     $ 0.12     $ 0.10  

Special Items:

                       

One-time Litigation Expense

    -       (0.01 )     -  

Strategic Evaluation Advisory Fees

    -       -       (0.01 )

Stock Option Modification

    -       -       (0.02 )

Restructuring Charges

    (0.01 )     (0.04 )     (0.02 )

Loss on Sale of Marketable Securities

    -       -       (0.05 )

Acceleration of Deferred Financing Costs

    -       -       -  

Tax Cut and Jobs Act

    -       -       0.88  

Diluted Earnings per Share

  $ 0.16     $ 0.07     $ 0.88  
                         

Weighted Average Shares Outstanding:

                       

Basic

    20,242       20,235       20,238  

Diluted

    20,296       20,244       20,311  

 

1 Refer to "Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures" below for information regarding Special Items.

 

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Comparative balance sheets (in thousands):

 

   

May 27,

2018

   

February 25,

2018

 

 

 

(unaudited)

         
Assets                

Current Assets

               

Cash and Marketable Securities

  $ 106,051     $ 108,231  

Accounts Receivable, Net

    21,296       19,762  

Inventories

    12,639       11,156  

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

    2,417       2,119  

Total Current Assets

    142,403       141,268  
                 

Fixed Assets, Net

    15,830       16,532  

Other Assets

    11,223       11,223  

Total Assets

  $ 169,456     $ 169,023  
                 

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

               

Current Liabilities

               

Accounts Payable

  $ 4,486     $ 4,025  

Accrued Liabilities

    5,765       5,381  

Income Taxes Payable

    2,821       2,821  

Total Current Liabilities

    13,072       12,227  
                 

Noncurrent Income Taxes Payable

    18,594       20,364  

Deferred Income Taxes

    628       628  

Other Liabilities

    543       543  

Total Liabilities

    32,837       33,762  
                 

Shareholders’ Equity

    136,619       135,261  
                 

Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

  $ 169,456     $ 169,023  
                 

Additional information

               

Equity per Share

  $ 6.75     $ 6.68  

 

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Comparative statements of operations (in thousands – unaudited): 

 

   

13 Weeks Ended

 
                         
   

May 27,

2018

   

May 28,

2017

   

February 25,

2018

 
                         

Net Sales

  $ 31,102     $ 27,417     $ 27,804  
                         

Cost of Sales

    22,594       21,095       20,914  
                         

Gross Profit

    8,508       6,322       6,890  

% of net sales

    27.4 %     23.1 %     24.8 %
                         

Selling, General & Administrative Expenses

    4,819       4,727       5,404  

% of net sales

    15.5 %     17.2 %     19.4 %
                         

Restructuring Charges

    183       1,361       287  
                         

Earnings from Operations

    3,506       234       1,199  
                         

Interest:

                       

Interest Income

    340       749       441  
                         

Loss on Sale of Marketable Securities

    -       -       (1,342 )
                         

Interest Expense

    -       510       467  
                         

Net Interest and Other Income/(Expense)

    340       239       (1,368 )
                         

Earnings/(Loss) before Income Taxes

    3,846       473       (169 )
                         

Income Tax Provision/(Benefit)

    678       (921 )     (18,134 )
                         

Net Earnings

  $ 3,168     $ 1,394     $ 17,965  

 

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Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures (in thousands – unaudited):

 

   

13 Weeks Ended
May 27, 2018

   

13 Weeks Ended
May 28, 2017

   

13 Weeks Ended
February 25, 2018

   

GAAP

   

Specials Items

   

Before Special

Items

   

GAAP

   

Specials Items

   

Before Special

Items

   

GAAP

   

Specials Items

   

Before Special

Items

                                                                       

Selling, General & Administrative
Expenses

  $ 4,819     $ (120 )   $ 4,699     $ 4,727     $ (375 )   $ 4,352     $ 5,404     $ (675 )   $ 4,729

% of net sales

    15.5%               15.1%       17.2%               15.9%       19.4%               17.0%
                                                                       

Restructuring Charges

    183       (183 )     -       1,361       (1,361 )     -       287       (287 )     -

% of net sales

    0.6%               0.0%       5.0%               0.0%       1.0%               0.0%
                                                                       

Earnings from Operations

    3,506       303       3,809       234       1,736       1,970       1,199       962       2,161

% of net sales

    11.3%               12.2%       0.9%               7.2%       4.3%               7.8%
                                                                       

Interest Income

    340       -       340       749       -       749       441       -       441

% of net sales

    1.1%               1.1%       2.7%               2.7%       1.6%               1.6%
                                                                       

Loss on Sale of Marketable Securities

    -       -       -       -               -       (1,342)       1,342       -

% of net sales

    0.0%               0.0%       0.0%               0.0%       -4.8%               0.0%
                                                                       

Interest Expense

    -       -       -       510       -       510       467       (144 )     323

% of net sales

    0.0%               0.0%       1.9%               1.9%       1.7%               1.2%
                                                                       

Net Interest and Other Income/(Expense)

    340       -       340       239       -       239       (1,368)       1,486       118

% of net sales

    1.1%               1.1%       0.9%               0.9%       -4.9%               0.4%
                                                                       

Earnings/(Loss) before Income Taxes

    3,846       303       4,149       473       1,736       2,209       (169)       2,448       2,279

% of net sales

    12.4%               13.3%       1.7%               8.1%       -0.6%               8.2%
                                                                       

Income Tax Provision/(Benefit)

    678       98       776       (921)       646       (275)       (18,134)       18,441       307

Effective Tax Rate

    17.6%               18.7%       -194.7%               -12.4%       10730.2%               13.5%
                                                                       

Net Earnings

    3,168       205       3,373       1,394       1,090       2,484       17,965       (15,993 )     1,972

% of net sales

    10.2%               10.8%       5.1%               9.1%       64.6%               7.1%

 

 

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