Fabrinet Announces Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results

BANGKOK--()--Fabrinet (NYSE: FN), a provider of precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, today announced its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2011, ended December 24, 2010.

Fabrinet reported total revenue of $184.6 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2011, an increase of 61% compared to revenue of $114.4 million for the comparable period in fiscal 2010. GAAP net income in the second quarter was $15.8 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, an increase of 42% compared to GAAP net income of $11.1 million, or $0.35 per share in the second quarter of 2010.

Tom Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer of Fabrinet, said, “We are pleased to have achieved record revenues in the second quarter and continued our long history of profitability. Our strong revenue and earnings performance was above expectations. We saw strength in all product areas, with growth from optical communications above our overall growth rate. Looking ahead, we continue to be optimistic on the growth of our core markets.”

Business Outlook

Based on information available as of January 31, 2011, Fabrinet is issuing guidance for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 as follows:

The company expects third quarter revenue to be in the range of $182 million to $187 million. GAAP net income is expected to be in the range of $0.47 to $0.49 per share, based on approximately 34.6 million fully diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

Conference Call Information

What:       Fabrinet second quarter 2011 financial results conference call
When: Monday, January 31, 2011
Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
Live Call: (866) 831-6243, domestic
(617) 213-8855, international
Passcode 43014867
Replay: (888) 286-8010, domestic
(617) 801-6888, international
Passcode 76231574
Webcast:

http://investor.fabrinet.com/ (live and replay)

This press release and any other information related to the call will also be posted on Fabrinet’s website at http://investor.fabrinet.com. The webcast will be archived on Fabrinet’s website for a period of one year.

About Fabrinet

Fabrinet provides precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, such as optical communication components, modules and sub-systems, industrial lasers and sensors. Fabrinet offers a broad range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities across the entire manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, final assembly and test. Fabrinet focuses on production of high complexity products in any mix and any volume. Fabrinet maintains engineering and manufacturing resources and facilities in Thailand, the People’s Republic of China and the United States. For more information visit: http://www.fabrinet.com.

Safe Harbor

“Safe Harbor” Statement Under U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include all of the statements under the “Business Outlook” section relating to our forecasted operating results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2011. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially from these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: less customer demand for our products and services than forecasted; less growth in the optical communications, industrial lasers and sensors markets than we forecast; difficulties expanding into additional markets, such as the semiconductor processing, biotechnology, metrology and material processing markets; increasing competition in the optical manufacturing services markets; difficulties in delivering products and services that compete effectively from a price and performance perspective; our reliance on a limited number of customers and suppliers; difficulties in accurately forecasting demand for our services; difficulties in managing our operating costs; difficulties in managing and operating our business in multiple countries (including in the U.S., Thailand and the People’s Republic of China) and other important factors as described in Fabrinet reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the factors described under the sections captioned “Risk Factors” in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed on November 3, 2010 and our annual report on Form 10-K, filed on September 8, 2010. We disclaim any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Fabrinet
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of December 24, 2010 and June 25, 2010
           
(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share data)

December 24,
2010

June 25,
2010

 
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 102,063 $ 84,942
Receivable from initial public offering - 26,319
Trade accounts receivable, net 123,479 101,514
Inventories, net 106,674 98,146
Investment in leases 7 12
Deferred income taxes 795 696
Deposit for land purchase - 2,162
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 2,052 2,535
Total current assets 335,070 316,326
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net 68,943 57,651
Intangibles, net 976 1,220
Investment in leases 1,861 20
Deferred income taxes 1,847 1,626
Deposits and other non-current assets 630 582
Total non-current assets 74,257 61,099
Total assets $ 409,327 $ 377,425
 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities

Long-term loans from banks, current portion

$ 5,468 $ 6,008
Trade accounts payable 100,812 102,977
Income tax payable 3,652 2,521
Accrued payroll, profit sharing and related expenses 6,423 3,895
Accrued expenses 4,361 3,567
Other payables 6,091 5,935
Total current liabilities 126,807 124,903
Non-current liabilities
Long-term loans from banks, non-current portion 11,913 14,377
Severance liabilities 4,067 3,456
Other non-current liabilities 1,887 2,526
Total non-current liabilities 17,867 20,359
Total liabilities 144,674 145,262
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity

Preferred shares (5,000,000 shares authorized, $0.01 par value; no shares issued and outstanding as of December 24, 2010 and June 25, 2010, respectively)

- -

Ordinary shares (500,000,000 shares authorized, $0.01 par value; 33,790,325 shares and 33,751,730 shares issued and outstanding as of December 24, 2010 and June 25, 2010, respectively)

338 337
Additional paid-in capital 56,264 54,786
Retained earnings 208,051 177,040
Total shareholders’ equity 264,653 232,163
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity $ 409,327 $ 377,425
 
 
Fabrinet
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the three and six months ended December 24, 2010 and December 25, 2009
               
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
December 24, December 25, December 24, December 25,
(in thousands of U.S. dollars) 2010 2009 2010 2009
 
Revenues
Revenues $ 184,631 $ 97,893 $ 358,371 $ 182,137
Revenues, related party -   16,500   -   29,274  
Total revenues 184,631 114,393 358,371 211,411
Cost of revenues (160,968 ) (99,520 ) (312,932 ) (185,578 )
 
Gross profit 23,663 14,873 45,439 25,833
Selling, general and administrative expenses (5,951 ) (3,800 ) (10,778 ) (7,609 )
 
Operating income 17,712 11,073 34,661 18,224
 
Interest income 114 81 212 192
Interest expense (90 ) (128 ) (201 ) (289 )
Foreign exchange loss, net (670 ) 26 (1,048 ) (34 )
Other income 11   -   15   -  
 
Income before income taxes 17,077 11,052 33,639 18,093
Income taxes (1,271 ) -   (2,628 ) (855 )
 
Net income $ 15,806   $ 11,052   $ 31,011   $ 17,238  
 
Earnings per share
Basic $ 0.47 $ 0.36 $ 0.92 $ 0.56
Diluted $ 0.46 $ 0.35 $ 0.90 $ 0.55
 
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding
(thousands of shares)
Basic 33,768 30,856 33,765 30,782
Diluted 34,450 31,387 34,401 31,328

Contacts

Investor Contact:
ICR, Inc.
Abhi Kanitkar, 617-956-6735
ir@fabrinet.com
or
Media Contact:
Crowley Communications
Pam Crowley, 408-529-9655
pamc@crowleypr.com

Contacts

Investor Contact:
ICR, Inc.
Abhi Kanitkar, 617-956-6735
ir@fabrinet.com
or
Media Contact:
Crowley Communications
Pam Crowley, 408-529-9655
pamc@crowleypr.com