HUTCHINSON, Minn., July 26, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hutchinson Technology Incorporated (Nasdaq:HTCH) today reported a net loss of $10.9 million, or $0.47 per share, on net sales of $72.2 million for its fiscal third quarter ended June 26, 2011. The results for the quarter included:
- Accelerated depreciation of $2.4 million related to the company's previously announced manufacturing consolidation and restructuring plan;
- Non-cash interest expense of $1.7 million resulting from the accounting for convertible debt instruments; and
- A $0.6 million reduction of previously estimated severance costs, partially offset by $0.3 million of other costs related to manufacturing consolidation.
Excluding these items, the company's net loss for its fiscal 2011 third quarter totaled $7.2 million, or $0.31 per share.
In the preceding quarter, the company reported a net loss of $20.5 million, or $0.88 per share, on net sales of $63.3 million. The preceding quarter's net loss included severance costs of $6.7 million, a gain on debt extinguishment of $5.5 million, non-cash interest expense of $2.0 million and accelerated depreciation of $0.7 million. Excluding these items, the company's net loss in the fiscal 2011 second quarter totaled $16.5 million, or $0.71 per share.
Wayne M. Fortun, Hutchinson Technology's president and chief executive officer, said the lower sequential quarter loss resulted from growth in volume and lower costs realized on improved production efficiency and the consolidation and restructuring of the company's manufacturing operations. "Our third quarter results demonstrate the progress we're making toward being the industry's lowest cost producer of suspension assemblies and strengthening our competitive position," said Fortun. "Shipments to all of our customers increased in the third quarter compared with the preceding quarter. We estimate we gained a modest amount of market share in all disk drive segments as a result of share shifts among our customers and improvements in our share positions on some existing programs."
Compared with the preceding quarter, the company's suspension assembly shipments increased 15 percent to 117.9 million. Shipments of TSA+ suspension assemblies increased 11 percent sequentially to 60 million. Average selling price in the fiscal 2011 third quarter was $0.59 compared with $0.60 in the preceding quarter. The sequential quarter decline in average selling price was somewhat mitigated by favorable shifts in product mix as suspension assemblies for mobile and enterprise applications accounted for higher percentages of the quarter's total shipments.
The company's fiscal 2011 third quarter gross profit totaled $4.2 million, or 6 percent of sales, compared with a gross loss of $2.3 million in the preceding quarter. The sequential quarter improvement in gross profit was primarily the result of increased volume and the lower costs previously mentioned. Third quarter gross profit was dampened by the previously mentioned accelerated depreciation of $2.4 million.
"We expect to realize additional cost savings as more of our volume shifts to TSA+ products, as output at our Thailand assembly operation grows and as we complete our consolidation and restructuring efforts," said Rick Penn, president of the Disk Drive Components Division. Penn added that the startup of the company's photoetching processes at its Eau Claire site and the transition of TSA+ equipment from Hutchinson to Eau Claire under the company's manufacturing consolidation plan are both on track. The company's Hutchinson site will continue to include its corporate headquarters, its center for research and development, the BioMeasurement Division and manufacturing of precision components for other markets.
Cash used by operations in the fiscal 2011 third quarter totaled $3.9 million, including $3.6 million of severance payments. Capital expenditures for the quarter totaled $2.1 million. Cash and investments at the end of the fiscal 2011 third quarter totaled $54.9 million, down from $61.7 million in the preceding quarter.
Subsequent to the end of its third quarter, the company issued $45.2 million of 8.50% Convertible Senior Notes, with a first put date of January 2015, and used $3.1 million in cash to complete an exchange offer for $46.0 million of its 3.25% Convertible Subordinated Notes. "In the last six months, we've reduced the outstanding principal amount of our 3.25% Convertible Subordinated Notes, with a first put date of January 2013, from $197.5 million to $76.2 million," said Dave Radloff, chief financial officer.
Regarding its outlook, the company expects fiscal 2011 fourth quarter suspension assembly shipments to increase 5 to 10 percent compared with the third quarter. With respect to the estimated annualized cost savings of $50 million to $55 million resulting from its manufacturing consolidation and restructuring actions, the company said that it expects approximately 60 percent of the quarterly savings to be realized in its fourth quarter. The full benefit is expected to be realized by the start of its fiscal 2012 second quarter.
Hutchinson Technology to Host Conference Call
The company will conduct a conference call and webcast for investors beginning at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday, July 26. Individual investors and news media may participate in the conference call live via the webcast. The webcast will be available through the Investor Relations page on Hutchinson Technology's web site at www.htch.com. Webcast participants will need to complete a brief registration form and should allow extra time before the webcast begins to register and, if necessary, download and install audio software.
About Hutchinson Technology
Hutchinson Technology is a global technology leader committed to creating value by developing solutions to critical customer problems. The company's Disk Drive Components Division is a key worldwide supplier of suspension assemblies for disk drives. The company's BioMeasurement Division is focused on bringing to the market new technologies and products that provide information clinicians can use to improve the quality of health care and reduce costs.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements regarding demand for and shipments of the company's products, production capability and costs, assembly operations in Thailand, product commercialization and adoption, cost savings, operating performance and financial results. The company does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks and uncertainties. The company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of changes in market demand and market consumption of disk drives or suspension assemblies, market acceptance of new products, the company's ability to produce suspension assemblies at levels of precision, quality, volume and cost its customers require, changes in product mix, changes in customers yields, changes in storage capacity requirements, changes in expected data density, changes in the company's ability to establish an assembly operation in Asia, changes in the company's ability to reduce costs and other factors described from time to time in the company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(Financial statements follow)
| Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | ||||
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - Unaudited | ||||
| (In thousands, except per share data) | ||||
| Thirteen Weeks Ended | Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended | |||
| June 26, | June 27, | June 26, | June 27, | |
| 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |
| Net sales | $ 72,180 | $ 77,293 | $ 203,705 | $ 273,163 |
| Cost of sales | 67,990 | 72,386 | 198,490 | 240,164 |
| Gross profit | 4,190 | 4,907 | 5,215 | 32,999 |
| Research and development expenses | 3,522 | 5,553 | 11,485 | 16,136 |
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 8,772 | 14,686 | 32,913 | 40,386 |
| Severance and other expenses | (332) | -- | 6,393 | -- |
| Loss from operations | (7,772) | (15,332) | (45,576) | (23,523) |
| Interest expense | (3,562) | (3,865) | (11,011) | (12,224) |
| Interest Income | 17 | 304 | 114 | 1,241 |
| Gain on extinguishment of debt | -- | -- | 5,467 | 6 |
| Gain (loss) on short- and long-term investments | 118 | 37 | 978 | (319) |
| Other income, net | 263 | 437 | 1,657 | 1,257 |
| Loss before income taxes | (10,936) | (18,419) | (48,371) | (33,562) |
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | 4 | 81 | 1 | (1,692) |
| Net loss | $ (10,940) | $ (18,500) | $ (48,372) | $ (31,870) |
| Basic loss per share | $ (0.47) | $ (0.79) | $ (2.07) | $ (1.36) |
| Diluted loss per share | $ (0.47) | $ (0.79) | $ (2.07) | $ (1.36) |
| Weighted-average common shares outstanding | 23,379 | 23,362 | 23,375 | 23,360 |
| Weighted-average common and diluted shares outstanding | 23,379 | 23,362 | 23,375 | 23,360 |
| Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | ||
| Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - Unaudited | ||
| (In thousands, except shares data) | ||
| June 26, | September 26, | |
| 2011 | 2010 | |
| ASSETS | ||
| Current assets: | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ 53,313 | $ 55,639 |
| Short-term investments | 1,612 | 48,899 |
| Trade receivables, net | 47,156 | 47,629 |
| Other receivables | 7,843 | 7,849 |
| Inventories | 55,496 | 53,568 |
| Other current assets | 1,901 | 2,353 |
| Total current assets | 167,321 | 215,937 |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 228,918 | 258,233 |
| Other assets | 7,485 | 5,542 |
| $ 403,724 | $ 479,712 | |
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' INVESTMENT | ||
| Current liabilities: | ||
| Current maturities of long-term debt | $ 315 | $ 1,280 |
| Accounts payable | 16,724 | 15,788 |
| Accrued expenses | 8,486 | 8,593 |
| Accrued compensation | 14,272 | 12,911 |
| Total current liabilities | 39,797 | 38,572 |
| Long-term debt, less current maturities | 42 | 271 |
| Convertible subordinated notes | 148,138 | 174,920 |
| Other long-term liabilities | 1,369 | 1,271 |
| Shareholders' investment: | ||
| Common stock $.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, | ||
| 23,379,000 and 23,371,000 issued and outstanding | 234 | 234 |
| Additional paid-in capital | 420,664 | 422,089 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | 373 | 876 |
| Accumulated loss | (206,893) | (158,521) |
| Total shareholders' investment | 214,378 | 264,678 |
| $ 403,724 | $ 479,712 | |
| Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | ||
| Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Unaudited | ||
| (Dollars in thousands) | ||
| Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended | ||
| June 26, | June 27, | |
| 2011 | 2010 | |
| Operating activities: | ||
| Net loss | $ (48,372) | $ (31,870) |
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash (used for) provided by | ||
| operating activities: | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | 37,658 | 41,457 |
| Stock-based compensation | 1,946 | 3,039 |
| Non-cash interest expense | 5,891 | 6,290 |
| (Gain) loss on short- and long-term investments | (978) | 319 |
| Impairment of assets | -- | 2,294 |
| Loss on disposal of assets | 788 | 11 |
| Severance and other expenses | 2,420 | -- |
| Gain on extinguishment of debt | (5,467) | (6) |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities | (1,811) | 12,696 |
| Cash (used for) provided by operating activities | (7,925) | 34,230 |
| Investing activities: | ||
| Capital expenditures | (9,542) | (22,690) |
| Purchases of marketable securities | (12,412) | (71,739) |
| Sales / maturities of marketable securities | 60,468 | 75,811 |
| Cash provided by (used for) investing activities | 38,514 | (18,618) |
| Financing activities: | ||
| Repayment of long-term debt | (31,194) | (68,434) |
| Debt issuance costs | (1,721) | -- |
| Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | -- | 27 |
| Cash used for financing activities | (32,915) | (68,407) |
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (2,326) | (52,795) |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 55,639 | 106,391 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ 53,313 | $ 53,596 |
| Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | ||||
| Earnings Per Share Calculation - Unaudited | ||||
| (In thousands, except per share data) | ||||
| Thirteen Weeks Ended | Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended | |||
| June 26, | June 27, | June 26, | June 27, | |
| 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |
| Net loss (A) | $ (10,940) | $ (18,500) | $ (48,372) | $ (31,870) |
| Plus: interest expense on convertible subordinated notes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Less: additional profit sharing expense and income tax provision | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net loss available to common shareholders (B) | $ (10,940) | $ (18,500) | $ (48,372) | $ (31,870) |
| Weighted average common shares outstanding (C) | 23,379 | 23,362 | 23,375 | 23,360 |
| Dilutive potential common shares | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Weighted average common and diluted shares | ||||
| outstanding (D) | 23,379 | 23,362 | 23,375 | 23,360 |
| Basic loss per share [(A)/(C)] | $ (0.47) | $ (0.79) | $ (2.07) | $ (1.36) |
| Diluted loss per share [(B)/(D)] | $ (0.47) | $ (0.79) | $ (2.07) | $ (1.36) |
| Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | |||
| Reconciliation of Non-GAAP to GAAP Financial Measures - Unaudited | |||
| (In thousands, except per share data) | |||
| Thirteen Weeks Ended | |||
| June 26, | March 27, | June 27, | |
| 2011 | 2011 | 2010 | |
| Net loss - GAAP | $ (10,940) | $ (20,482) | $ (18,500) |
| Add severance and other expenses | -- | 6,725 | -- |
| Subtract severance and other expenses | (332) | -- | -- |
| Subtract gain on extinguishment of debt | -- | (5,467) | -- |
| Add asset impairment charge | -- | -- | 2,294 |
| Add accelerated depreciation | 2,376 | 724 | -- |
| Add non-cash interest expenses | 1,668 | 1,985 | 2,119 |
| Net loss - Adjusted | $ (7,228) | $ (16,515) | $ (14,087) |
| Net loss per common share – GAAP: | |||
| Basic loss per share | $ (0.47) | $ (0.88) | $ (0.79) |
| Diluted loss per share | $ (0.47) | $ (0.88) | $ (0.79) |
| Net loss per common share – Adjusted: | |||
| Basic loss per share | $ (0.31) | $ (0.71) | $ (0.60) |
| Diluted loss per share | $ (0.31) | $ (0.71) | $ (0.60) |
| Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding: | |||
| Basic | 23,379 | 23,375 | 23,362 |
| Diluted | 23,379 | 23,375 | 23,362 |
| Net income per common share basic and diluted, is calculated by dividing net income by weighted average | |||
| common and common equivalent shares outstanding basic and diluted, respectively. | |||