Attached files

file filename
8-K - PRESS RELEASE - COHERENT INCcoherent-form8xk202july2018.htm
Exhibit 99.1


cohrprletterheada03.jpg
July 31, 2018
Press Release No. 1429
For Immediate Release:


Coherent, Inc. Reports Third Fiscal Quarter Results

SANTA CLARA, CA, July 31, 2018 -- Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ, COHR), one of the world’s leading providers of lasers, laser-based technologies and laser-based system solutions in a broad range of scientific, commercial and industrial applications, today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
March 31,

July 1,
 
June 30,
 
July 1,
 
2018
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
GAAP Results
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in millions except per share data)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
$
482.3

 
$
481.1

 
$
464.1

 
$
1,441.0

 
$
1,233.0

Net income
$
67.0

 
$
65.3

 
$
61.1

 
$
174.2

 
$
133.4

Diluted EPS
$
2.69

 
$
2.61

 
$
2.46

 
$
6.98

 
$
5.39

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-GAAP Results
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in millions except per share data)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
87.3

 
$
84.3

 
$
83.4

 
$
260.1

 
$
218.8

Diluted EPS
$
3.51

 
$
3.37

 
$
3.36

 
$
10.42

 
$
8.85


THIRD FISCAL QUARTER DETAILS

For the third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018, Coherent announced net sales of $482.3 million and net income, on a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, of $67.0 million, or $2.69 per diluted share. These results compare to net sales of $464.1 million and net income of $61.1 million, or $2.46 per diluted share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2017.

Non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2018 was $87.3 million, or $3.51 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 was $83.4 million, or $3.36 per diluted share. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures for the three months ended June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018 and July 1, 2017 and nine months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 appear in the financial statements portion of this release under the heading “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP net income.”



Exhibit 99.1


Net sales for the second fiscal quarter of 2018 were $481.1 million and net income, on a GAAP basis, was $65.3 million, or $2.61 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 was $84.3 million, or $3.37 per diluted share.

Results for the nine months ended June 30, 2018 include additional income tax expense of $41.7 million, or $1.67 per diluted share, due to the provisions under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) as well as a benefit of $12.8 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, from the adoption of new rules for accounting for excess tax benefits and deficiencies for employee stock-based compensation. The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued rules that allow for a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment date of the Tax Act to finalize the recording of the related tax impacts. Coherent currently anticipates finalizing and recording any resulting adjustments by the end of the fourth fiscal quarter ending September 29, 2018.

As previously announced, on November 7, 2016, Coherent completed its acquisition of Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc. (“Rofin”), one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of high-performance industrial laser sources and laser-based solutions and components. As a result, Rofin’s operating results were consolidated for the period from November 7, 2016 through July 1, 2017 in Coherent’s nine months results ended July 1, 2017. Subsequent to the first quarter of fiscal 2017, Rofin’s operating results are consolidated in Coherent’s results for the full quarter and year-to-date.

“There continues to be intense interest and speculation about the flat panel display market.  From our vantage point, demand for OLED displays remains robust, but growth in the OLED share of the display market is being hindered by pricing and availability.  This can only be corrected when one or more vendors becomes able to compete with the primary OLED display provider in the marketplace.  We believe that this short-term dynamic will lead to a down year for OLED equipment spending by display manufacturers in 2019 before a reacceleration of investment in 2020.  Growth in our other businesses will largely compensate for the decrease in our flat panel display business such that fiscal 2019 revenue should be within 5% of fiscal 2018,” said John Ambroseo, Coherent’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  “As a result of our business diversity, we remain confident in our longer-term business outlook. We utilized the previously approved stock repurchase authorization to buy back approximately $100 million of common stock during the June quarter,” Ambroseo added.

CONFERENCE CALL REMINDER

The Company will host a conference call today to discuss its financial results at 1:30 P.M. Pacific (4:30 P.M. Eastern). A listen-only broadcast of the conference call and a transcript of management's prepared remarks can be accessed on the Company’s website at http://www.coherent.com/Investors/. For those who are not able to listen to the live broadcast, the call will be archived for approximately three months on the Company’s website.




Exhibit 99.1



Summarized statement of operations information is as follows (unaudited, in thousands except per share data):

 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
July 1,
 
June 30,
 
July 1,
 
2018
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
$
482,342

 
$
481,118

 
$
464,107

 
$
1,441,025

 
$
1,233,013

Cost of sales(A)(B)(D)(E)(F)
274,006

 
265,688

 
256,921

 
800,236

 
704,798

Gross profit
208,336

 
215,430

 
207,186

 
640,789

 
528,215

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Research & development(A)(B)(F)
34,303

 
34,783

 
30,483

 
100,478

 
88,103

Selling, general & administrative(A)(B)(E)(F)(G) 
70,291

 
77,146

 
72,383

 
220,874

 
218,602

Gain from business combination(C)

 

 

 

 
(5,416
)
Other impairment charges(recoveries) (I)

611

 
(110
)
 

 
766

 

  Amortization of intangible assets(D)
 
2,607

 
2,950

 
3,743

 
8,163

 
13,060

Total operating expenses
107,812

 
114,769

 
106,609

 
330,281

 
314,349

Income from operations
100,524

 
100,661

 
100,577

 
310,508

 
213,866

Other income (expense), net(B) (H)
(7,625
)
 
(9,510
)
 
(7,942
)
 
(25,635
)
 
(13,025
)
Income from continuing operations, before income taxes
92,899

 
91,151

 
92,635

 
284,873

 
200,841

Provision for income taxes (J)
25,929

 
25,849

 
29,764

 
110,698

 
65,084

Net income from continuing operations
66,970

 
65,302

 
62,871

 
174,175

 
135,757

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

 

 
(1,754
)
 
(2
)
 
(2,387
)
Net income
$
66,970

 
$
65,302

 
$
61,117

 
$
174,173

 
$
133,370

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic from continuing operations
2.72

 
2.64

 
2.56

 
7.06

 
5.55

Basic from discontinued operations

 

 
(0.07
)
 

 
(0.10
)
Basic earnings per share
$
2.72

 
$
2.64

 
$
2.49

 
$
7.06

 
$
5.45

Diluted from continuing operations
2.69

 
2.61

 
2.53

 
6.98

 
5.49

Diluted from discontinued operations

 

 
(0.07
)
 

 
(0.10
)
Diluted earnings per share
$
2.69

 
$
2.61

 
$
2.46

 
$
6.98

 
$
5.39

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares used in computations:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
24,658

 
24,761

 
24,537

 
24,684

 
24,460

Diluted
24,877

 
25,010

 
24,823

 
24,971

 
24,741





Exhibit 99.1


(A)
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating results is summarized below (all footnote amounts are unaudited, in thousands, except per share data):

Stock-based compensation expense
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
July 1,
 
June 30,
 
July 1,
 
2018
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Cost of sales
$
1,168

 
$
1,018

 
$
880

 
$
3,174

 
$
2,618

Research & development
838

 
872

 
639

 
2,378

 
2,289

Selling, general & administrative
6,577

 
6,520

 
5,373

 
18,517

 
18,323

Impact on income from operations
$
8,583

 
$
8,410

 
$
6,892

 
$
24,069

 
$
23,230



For the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018 and July 1, 2017, the impact on net income, net of tax was $7,549 ($0.30 per diluted share), $7,235 ($0.29 per diluted share) and $5,041 ($0.20 per diluted share), respectively. For the nine months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017, the impact on net income, net of tax was $20,251 ($0.81 per diluted share) and $18,075 ($0.73 per diluted share), respectively.

(B)
Changes in deferred compensation plan liabilities are included in cost of sales and operating expenses while gains and losses on deferred compensation plan assets are included in other income (expense), net. Deferred compensation expense (benefit) included in operating results is summarized below:

Deferred compensation expense (benefit)
Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
July 1,
 
June 30,
 
July 1,
 
2018
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Cost of sales
$
11

 
$
28

 
$
53

 
$
117

 
$
123

Research & development
46

 
128

 
163

 
533

 
496

Selling, general & administrative
414

 
602

 
1,014

 
2,643

 
2,382

Impact on income from operations
$
471

 
$
758

 
$
1,230

 
$
3,293

 
$
3,001



For the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018 and July 1, 2017, the impact on other income (expense), net from gains or losses on deferred compensation plan assets was income of $416, $768 and $1,204, respectively. For the nine months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017, the impact on other income (expense) net from gains or losses on deferred compensation plan assets was income of $3,090 and $3,027, respectively.

(C)
For the nine months ended July 1, 2017, the gain from business combination was $5,416 ($3,426 net of tax ($0.14 per diluted share)).

(D)
For the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018 and July 1, 2017, the impact of amortization of intangibles expense was $15,209 ($10,859 net of tax ($0.44 per diluted share)), $15,329 ($10,931 net of tax ($0.44 per diluted share)) and $15,452 ($10,870 net of tax ($0.44 per diluted share)), respectively. For the nine months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017, the impact of amortization of intangible expense was $45,638 ($32,563 net of tax ($0.81 per diluted share)) and $44,303 ($31,169 net of tax ($1.26 per diluted share)), respectively.

(E)
For the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018 and July 1, 2017, the impact of inventory and favorable lease step-up costs related to acquisitions was $392 ($281 net of tax ($0.01 per diluted share)), $411 ($293 net of tax ($0.01 per diluted share)) and $4,445 ($3,172 net of tax ($0.13 per diluted share)), respectively. For the nine months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017, the impact of inventory and favorable lease step-up costs related to acquisitions



Exhibit 99.1


was $803 ($574 net of tax ($0.02 per diluted share)) and $26,768 ($19,042 net of tax ($0.77 per diluted share)), respectively.

(F)
For the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018 and July 1, 2017, the impact of restructuring charges was $1,192 ($870 net of tax ($0.04 per diluted share)), $726 ($555 net of tax ($0.02 per diluted share)) and $1,500 ($1,131 net of tax ($0.05 per diluted share)), respectively. For the nine months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017, the impact of restructuring charges was $3,078 ($2,275 net of tax ($0.09 per diluted share)) and $9,119 ($6,109 net of tax ($0.25 per diluted share)), respectively.

(G)
For the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018 and July 1, 2017, the impact of costs related to acquisitions included $129 ($129 net of tax ($0.01 per diluted share), $400 ($400 net of tax ($0.01 per diluted share)) and $426 ($269 net of tax ($0.01 per diluted share)), respectively. The nine months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 included $529 ($529 net of tax ($0.02 per diluted share)) and $17,587 ($17,425 net of tax ($0.70 per diluted share)) of costs related to acquisitions, respectively.

(H)
For the nine months ended July 1, 2017, the gain on our hedge of the debt commitment and issuance of the debt was $11,298 ($7,147 net of tax ($0.29 per diluted share)) and interest expense on the debt commitment was $2,665 ($1,844 net of tax ($0.07 per diluted share)).

(I)
For the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018, other impairment charges (recoveries) was an impairment charge of $611 ($611 net of tax ($0.02 per diluted share)) and a recovery of $110 ($110 net of tax ($0.00 per diluted share)), respectively. For the nine months ended June 30, 2018, other impairment charges (recoveries) was an impairment charge of $766 ($766 net of tax ($0.03 per diluted share)).

(J)
The nine months ended June 30, 2018 included $41,745 ($1.67 per diluted share) non-recurring tax expense due to the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act transition tax and deferred tax remeasurement and $12,754 ($0.51 per diluted share) tax benefit from the adoption of new rules for accounting for excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies for employee stock-based compensation. The quarters ended June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018 included a tax benefit of $4 ($0.00 per diluted share) and $299 ($0.01 per diluted share), respectively, from the adoption of new rules for accounting for excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies for employee stock-based compensation.






Exhibit 99.1


Summarized balance sheet information is as follows (unaudited, in thousands):

 
June 30,
 
September 30,
 
2018
 
2017
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments
$
233,540

 
$
476,673

Accounts receivable, net
337,560

 
305,668

Inventories
494,967

 
414,807

Prepaid expenses and other assets
88,490

 
70,268

Assets held-for-sale


 
44,248

Total current assets
1,154,557

 
1,311,664

Property and equipment, net
303,214

 
278,850

Other assets
729,797

 
747,286

Total assets
$
2,187,568

 
$
2,337,800

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Short-term borrowings
$
7,076

 
$
5,078

Accounts payable
82,602

 
75,860

Other current liabilities
262,478

 
338,207

Total current liabilities
352,156

 
419,145

Other long-term liabilities
604,261

 
755,391

Total stockholders’ equity
1,231,151

 
1,163,264

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
2,187,568

 
$
2,337,800



Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP net income (unaudited, in thousands (other than per share data), net of tax):

 
Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
March 31,
 
July 1,
 
June 30,
 
July 1,
 
2018
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
GAAP net income from continuing operations
$
66,970

 
$
65,302

 
$
62,871

 
$
174,175

 
$
135,757

Stock-based compensation expense
7,549

 
7,235

 
5,041

 
20,251

 
18,075

Amortization of intangible assets
10,859

 
10,931

 
10,870

 
32,563

 
31,169

Restructuring charges
870

 
555

 
1,131

 
2,275

 
6,109

Gain on business combination

 

 

 

 
(3,426
)
Non-recurring tax expense (benefit)

 

 

 
41,745

 

Tax benefit from stock-based compensation expense
(4
)
 
(299
)
 

 
(12,754
)
 

Interest expense on debt commitment


 

 

 

 
1,844

Gain on hedge of debt and debt commitment


 

 

 

 
(7,147
)
Other impairment charges (recoveries)
611

 
(110
)
 

 
766

 

Acquisition-related costs
129

 
400

 
269

 
529

 
17,425

Purchase accounting step-up
281

 
293

 
3,172

 
574

 
19,042

Non-GAAP net income
$
87,265

 
$
84,307

 
$
83,354

 
$
260,124

 
$
218,848

Non-GAAP net income per diluted share
$
3.51

 
$
3.37

 
$
3.36

 
$
10.42

 
$
8.85





Exhibit 99.1


RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

This press release contains forward-looking statements, as defined under the Federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements include the statements in this press release that relate to the Company’s outlook for its flat panel display business and demand for OLED displays, actual and projected spending by display manufacturers and the expectation that growth in the Company’s other businesses will result in fiscal 2019 revenue that is within 5% of fiscal 2018 revenue. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. The Company and its business, including the aforementioned forward-looking statements, are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, risks associated with growth in demand for our products, customer acceptance and adoption of our products, the worldwide demand for flat panel displays and adoption of OLED for mobile displays, the pricing and availability of OLED displays, the demand for and use of our products in commercial applications, our ability to generate sufficient cash to fund capital spending or debt repayment, our successful implementation of our customer design wins, our and our customers’ exposure to risks associated with worldwide economic conditions, our customers’ ability to cancel long-term purchase orders, the ability of our customers to forecast their own end markets, our ability to accurately forecast future periods, continued timely availability of products and materials from our suppliers, our ability to timely ship our products and our customers’ ability to accept such shipments, our ability to have our customers qualify our product offerings, worldwide government economic policies, our ability to integrate the business of Rofin and other acquisitions successfully, manage our expanded operations and achieve anticipated synergies, and other risks identified in the Company’s SEC filings. Readers are encouraged to refer to the risk disclosures and critical accounting policies described in the Company’s reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, including the risks identified in today's financial press release, as applicable and as filed from time-to-time by the Company.












Founded in 1966, Coherent, Inc. is one of the world’s leading providers of lasers, laser-based technologies and laser-based system solutions in a broad range of scientific, commercial and industrial customers. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and is part of the Russell 1000 and Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index. For more information about Coherent, visit the company's website at www.coherent.com for product and financial updates.


5100 Patrick Henry Dr., Santa Clara, California 95054 . Telephone (408) 764-4000