Seventh Consecutive Quarter of Record Revenue
Under ROC GAAP and US GAAP, net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2006 was NT$5,920.8 million or US$181.6 million, an increase of 38.2% from NT$4,282.9 million or US$131.4 million for the same period in 2005 and an increase of 11.5% from NT$5,312.5 million or US$163.0 million in the third quarter of 2006. Under ROC GAAP, the gross margin for the fourth quarter of 2006 was 31.8%, compared to 31.5% for the same period in 2005 and 28.3% for the third quarter of 2006; under US GAAP, the gross margin for the fourth quarter of 2006 was 31.7%, compared to 31.6% for the same period in 2005 and 28.2% for the third quarter of 2006. Under ROC GAAP, net income for the fourth quarter of 2006 was NT$721.9 million or US$22.1 million, and NT$10.33 or US$0.32 per common share, compared to net income of NT$475.8 million or US$14.6 million, and NT$7.03 or US$0.22 per common share, for the same period in 2005 and net income of NT$481.5 million or US$14.8 million, and NT$7.00 or US$0.21 per common share, for the third quarter of 2006. Under US GAAP, net loss for the fourth quarter of 2006 was NT$299.5 million or US$9.2 million, and NT$4.28 or US$0.13 per common share.
Under ROC GAAP and US GAAP, net revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 was NT$20,375.2 million or US$625.1 million, an increase of 33.9% from NT$15,214.0 million or US$466.7 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. Under ROC GAAP, net income for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 was NT$2,121.3 million or US$65.1 million, and NT$30.84 or US$0.95 per common share, compared to net income of NT$928.3 million or US$28.5 million, and NT$13.74 or US$0.42 per common share, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. Under US GAAP, net income for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 was NT$1,253.1 million or US$38.4 million, and NT$18.22 or US$0.56 per common share.
Under US GAAP, the Company made a US$14.1 million for the provision of 2006 bonuses to employees, directors, and supervisors as operating expenses in the fourth quarter of 2006. Starting from the first quarter of 2007, bonuses provision will be made every quarter according to quarterly earnings instead of making the full year bonuses provision in the fourth quarter every year.
Net income and EPS under US GAAP for the fourth quarter of 2006 were impacted by a US$14.0 million or US$0.20 per share non-operating expense resulting from changes in the fair value of the embedded derivative liabilities for the conversion feature contained in the Company's outstanding convertible notes due 2009 and 2011, respectively, as required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 133 "Accounting For Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities" and Emerging Interpretation Task Force ("EITF") Issue No. 00-19 "Accounting For Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed To And Potentially Settled In A Company's Own Stock." In addition, there was a US$7.6 million or US$0.11 per share non-operating expense resulting from the amortization of the convertible notes discount.
The unaudited consolidated financial results of ChipMOS for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2006 included the financial results of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC., ChipMOS Japan Inc., ChipMOS U.S.A., Inc., ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (H.K.) Limited, MODERN MIND TECHNOLOGY LIMITED and its wholly- owned subsidiary ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Shanghai) LTD., and ThaiLin Semiconductor Corp.
S.J. Cheng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ChipMOS, said, "2006 was the best year in the history of ChipMOS with record revenue and our ability to successfully maintain high margins, and generate the highest profits in the history of ChipMOS. This is also the seventh consecutive quarter we have achieved record revenue. The impressive revenue growth was again ahead of expectations this quarter due to continued healthy demand from our LCD driver IC and memory testing businesses. Our DRAM business was the major growth driver for 2006. Despite the weak PC demand in year 2006, we still benefited from DDR II transition for the whole year and generated a 21% growth in DRAM business. The current business resulted in long-term cooperation with many of our key customers and provided us with a clearer vision on our capacity expansion plan in coming years."
"We successfully grew our flash business by further extending business relationships with leading NOR flash players in the U.S. and in Taiwan," continued Mr. Cheng. "Flash revenue currently contributes around 17% of our total revenue. Longer-term, we currently expect flash to stay around 20% of our total revenue. In 2006, we also entered into a long-term program with a new customer for mix-signal assembly with a well known U.S. based, global semiconductor solution supplier mainly for PC peripheral applications. We expect this program to help secure any excess leadframe capacity left from decreasing DDR I assembly demand. We also benefited from positive developments with existing long-term programs with DRAM and LCD driver customers."
S.K. Chen, Chief Financial Officer of ChipMOS, said, "Importantly, our gross margin increased to 31.8% in the fourth quarter compared to 28.3% in the third quarter. Margin expansion was led by improvement in utilization levels, especially in our LCD driver business. Reflecting strong demand in the quarter, overall utilization level was around 86%, up 5% compared to the third quarter. Margins further benefited from a stable pricing environment in the fourth quarter across the board. Capital expenditures were US$116.8 million in the fourth quarter in support of existing customer programs and new flash and DDR II testing programs ramping. Our current plan remains to reduce our annual capex level by 30% to 40% in 2007 as we currently believe we have adequate capacity in place to support our customers and their program ramps. We currently expect that a decrease in capex will allow ChipMOS to focus on margin improvement and revenue growth, as well as improving cash flow."
Selected Operation Data
3Q06 4Q06 FY06
Revenue by segment
Testing 46% 46% 46%
Assembly 34% 31% 32%
LCD Driver 20% 23% 22%
Utilization by segment
Testing 86% 88% 86%
Assembly 81% 81% 75%
LCD Driver 71% 91% 79%
(TCP/COF, COG,
Bumping) (76%,67%, 40%) (97%, 64%, 65%) (83%, 73%, 48%)
Overall 81% 86% 81%
CapEx by segment
Testing 74% 48% 55%
Assembly 10% 33% 20%
LCD Driver 16% 19% 25%
Depreciation and
amortization
expenses US$45.1million US$49.5million US$170.5million
First Quarter 2007 Outlook
Based on current customer forecasts and market conditions, ChipMOS currently expects revenue for the first quarter of 2007 will be in the range of approximately US$170 million to US$174 million, which would represent sequential decline of approximately 4% to 6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2006. The decline in revenue primarily results from the long holiday for the Chinese New Year and weak LCD demand due to regular seasonality. The Company currently expects gross margin on a consolidated basis for the first quarter of 2007 to be in the range of approximately 27% to 29%. The expected decline in gross margin reflected primarily a decline in revenue base, change in product mix, and higher depreciation costs related to capacity that was brought online in the fourth quarter of 2006.
Investor Conference Call / Webcast Details
ChipMOS will review detailed fourth quarter 2006 results on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 7:00PM ET (7:00AM, March 15, Taiwan time). The conference call-in number is +1-201-689-8562. A live webcast of the conference call will be available at ChipMOS' website at http://www.chipmos.com/. The playback will be available in 2 hours after the conclusion of the conference call and will be accessible by dialing +1-201-612-7415. The account number to access the replay is 3055 and the confirmation ID number is 232165.
About ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.:
ChipMOS ( http://www.chipmos.com/ ) is a leading independent provider of semiconductor testing and assembly services to customers in Taiwan, Japan, and the U.S. With advanced facilities in Hsinchu and Southern Taiwan Science Parks in Taiwan and Shanghai, ChipMOS and its subsidiaries provide testing and assembly services to a broad range of customers, including leading fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and independent semiconductor foundries.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this announcement may be viewed as "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual performance, financial condition or results of operations of the Company to be materially different from any future performance, financial condition or results of operations implied by such forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors is included in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and in the Company's other filings with the SEC.
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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT (UNAUDITED)
For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005
Figures in Million of U.S. dollars (USD) (1)
Except for Per Share Amounts and Shares Outstanding
ROC GAAP US GAAP
3 months
ended
3 months ended Year ended December
December 31 December 31 31
2006 2005 2006 2005 2006
USD USD USD USD USD
Net Revenue 181.6 131.4 625.1 466.7 181.6
Cost of Revenue 123.9 90.0 437.3 345.5 124.0
Gross Profit 57.7 41.4 187.8 121.2 57.6
Operating Expenses
Research and Development 2.6 2.5 8.4 8.4 2.6
Sales and Marketing 0.9 4.6 3.3 7.2 0.9
General and Administrative 7.2 7.3 24.9 24.3 22.3
Total Operating Expenses 10.7 14.4 36.6 39.9 25.8
Income from Operations 47.0 27.0 151.2 81.3 31.8
Non-Operating Income (Expenses),
Net (0.7) (1.3) (6.9) (15.5) (22.7)
Income before Income Tax, Minority
Interests and Interest in Bonuses
Paid by Subsidiaries 46.3 25.7 144.3 65.8 9.1
Income Tax Benefit (Expense) (6.4) 0.2 (19.5) (3.4) (6.4)
Income before Minority Interests
and Interest in Bonuses Paid by
Subsidiaries 39.9 25.9 124.8 62.4 2.7
Cumulative Effect of Changes in
Accounting Principles 0.0 -- 0.1 -- 0.0
Minority Interests (17.8) (11.3) (55.2) (30.0) (11.9)
Interest in Bonuses Paid by
Subsidiaries 0.0 0.0 (4.6) (3.9) 0.0
Net Income (Loss) 22.1 14.6 65.1 28.5 (9.2)
Earnings (Loss) Per Share -Basic 0.32 0.22 0.95 0.42 (0.13)
Shares Outstanding
(in thousands)-Basic 69,891 67,715 68,781 67,546 69,891
Earnings (Loss) Per Share -
Diluted 0.22 0.18 0.77 0.36 (0.13)
Shares Outstanding
(in thousands)-Diluted 99,087 83,362 88,296 82,572 69,891
Notes: (1) All U.S. dollar figures in this release are based on the
exchange rate of NT$32.595 against US$1.00 as of December 29,
2006. The convenience translation should not be construed as
representations that the NT Dollar amounts have been, or could
be in the future be, converted into US dollars at this or any
other exchange rate.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT (UNAUDITED)
For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005
Figures in Million of NT dollars (NTD)
Except for Per Share Amounts and Shares Outstanding
ROC GAAP US GAAP
3 months
ended
3 months ended December
December 31 Year ended December 31 31
2006 2005 2006 2005 2006
NTD NTD NTD NTD NTD
Net Revenue 5,920.8 4,282.9 20,375.2 15,214.0 5,920.8
Cost of Revenue 4,037.3 2,934.4 14,253.3 11,262.6 4,041.7
Gross Profit 1,883.5 1,348.5 6,121.9 3,951.4 1,879.1
Operating Expenses
Research and
Development 84.6 81.1 274.8 274.4 84.6
Sales and Marketing 28.1 151.0 107.5 232.9 28.1
General and
Administrative 235.3 236.3 813.0 793.3 727.5
Total Operating
Expenses 348 468.4 1,195.3 1,300.6 840.2
Income from Operations 1,535.5 880.1 4,926.6 2,650.8 1,038.9
Non-Operating Income
(Expenses), Net (22.1) (43.6) (223.2) (506.5) (741.3)
Income before Income
Tax, Minority
Interests and
Interest in Bonuses
Paid by Subsidiaries 1,513.4 836.5 4,703.4 2,144.3 297.6
Income Tax Benefit
(Expense) (211.7) 6.2 (636.5) (111.9) (209.3)
Income before Minority
Interests and
Interest in Bonuses
Paid by Subsidiaries 1,301.7 842.7 4,066.9 2,032.4 88.3
Cumulative Effect of
Changes in Accounting
Principles 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.0
Minority Interests (579.8) (366.9) (1,799.4) (977) (387.8)
Interest in Bonuses
Paid by Subsidiaries 0.0 0.0 (149.5) (127.1) 0.0
Net Income (Loss) 721.9 475.8 2,121.3 928.3 (299.5)
Earnings (Loss) Per
Share -Basic 10.33 7.03 30.84 13.74 (4.28)
Shares Outstanding
(in thousands)-Basic 69,891 67,715 68,781 67,546 69,891
Earnings (Loss) Per
Share - Diluted 7.11 5.86 25.0 11.82 (4.28)
Shares Outstanding
(in thousands)- Diluted 99,087 83,362 88,296 82,572 69,891
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)
As of December 31, 2006
Figures in Million of U.S. dollars (USD) (1)
ROC GAAP US GAAP
Dec-06 Sep-06 Dec-05 Dec-06 Sep-06 Dec-05
ASSETS USD USD USD USD USD USD
Cash and Cash
Equivalents 180.9 175.2 141.3 180.9 175.2 141.3
Financial Assets at
Fair Value Through
Profit or Loss 59.2 16.0 5.7 59.2 16.0 5.8
Accounts and Notes
Receivable 155.2 155.2 121.9 155.2 155.2 121.9
Inventories 29.0 25.5 19.3 29.0 25.6 19.3
Other Current Assets 12.3 14.6 20.0 12.3 14.6 20.0
Total Current Assets 436.6 386.5 308.2 436.6 386.6 308.3
Long-term
Investments 11.3 10.6 12.4 11.3 10.6 11.9
Property, Plant &
Equipment-Net 935.6 869.1 626.5 932.0 865.8 624.0
Intangible Assets 10.8 14.5 10.0 13.7 14.5 10.0
Other Assets 17.3 16.5 17.2 16.9 16.1 16.8
Total Assets 1,411.6 1,297.2 974.3 1,410.5 1,293.6 971.0
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities 207.0 324.7 241.1 221.1 319.8 246.9
Long-term
Liabilities 487.8 303.2 136.0 516.5 312.0 136.0
Other Liabilities 14.7 12.5 11.5 15.4 11.3 10.6
Total Liabilities 709.5 640.4 388.6 753.0 643.1 393.5
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Capital Stock 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Option Warrants 4.3 4.4 3.2 14.7 14.9 3.2
Deferred
Compensation (1.7) (2.0) (0.6) (9.3) (10.6) (0.6)
Capital Surplus 295.5 288.5 273.5 275.5 268.4 261.9
Retained Earnings 132.6 110.4 67.5 113.5 122.7 75.0
Cumulated
Translation
Adjustments 2.1 2.4 (0.3) 2.1 2.4 (0.3)
Unrecognized Pension
Cost -- -- -- (1.4) -- --
Unrealized Gain
(Loss) on Financial
Instruments -- (0.0) (0.0) -- (0.0) 0.1
Minority Interests 268.6 252.4 241.7 261.7 252.0 237.5
Total Equity 702.1 656.8 585.7 657.5 650.5 577.5
Total Liabilities &
Shareholders'
Equity 1,411.6 1,297.2 974.3 1,410.5 1,293.6 971.0
Note (1): All U.S. dollar figures in this release are based on the
exchange rate of NT$32.595 against US$1.00 as of December 29,
2006. The convenience translation should not be construed as
representations that the NT Dollar amounts have been, or could
be in the future be, converted into US dollars at this or any
other exchange rate.
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)
As of December 31, 2006
Figures in Million of NT dollars (NTD)
ROC GAAP US GAAP
Dec-06 Sep-06 Dec-05 Dec-06 Sep-06 Dec-05
ASSETS NTD NTD NTD NTD NTD NTD
Cash and Cash
Equivalents 5,895.9 5,711.8 4,607.0 5,895.9 5,711.8 4,607.0
Financial Assets
at Fair Value
Through Profit
or Loss 1,929.1 521.7 186.1 1,929.1 521.7 189.2
Accounts and Notes
Receivable 5,060.8 5,058.7 3,974.9 5,060.8 5,058.7 3,974.9
Inventories 945.8 831.6 627.5 946.1 831.9 627.7
Other Current Assets 401.0 475.6 651.4 401.0 475.5 651.4
Total Current Assets 14,232.6 12,599.4 10,046.9 14,232.9 12,599.6 10,050.2
Long-term Investments 366.7 346.8 404.1 366.7 346.8 387.1
Property, Plant &
Equipment-Net 30,494.3 28,327.3 20,420.1 30,377.7 28,220.1 20,340.9
Intangible Assets 353.0 471.8 327.1 446.7 471.8 327.1
Other Assets 565.3 538.4 559.8 552.1 525.7 548.3
Total Assets 46,011.9 42,283.7 31,758.0 45,976.1 42,164.0 31,653.6
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities 6,747.5 10,585.3 7,857.5 7,207.0 10,424.8 8,049.2
Long-term
Liabilities 15,900.5 9,882.2 4,433.9 16,836.2 10,168.2 4,433.9
Other Liabilities 479.0 407.0 374.7 502.2 369.3 345.0
Total Liabilities 23,127.0 20,874.5 12,666.1 24,545.4 20,962.3 12,828.1
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Capital Stock 23.0 22.6 22.2 23.0 22.6 22.2
Option Warrants 140.7 142.1 104.0 478.1 487.1 104.0
Deferred Compensation (56.6) (65.2) (18.8) (303.1) (347.1) (18.8)
Capital Surplus 9,631.2 9,403.4 8,917.1 8,979.9 8,749.8 8,537.3
Retained Earnings 4,322.2 3,600.3 2,200.8 3,698.9 3,998.3 2,445.9
Cumulated Translation
Adjustments 68.1 79.4 (10.3) 68.1 79.5 (10.3)
Unrecognized Pension Cost -- -- -- (44.7) -- --
Unrealized Gain (Loss)
on Financial Instruments -- (1.2) (1.2) -- (1.2) 4.5
Minority Interests 8,756.3 8,227.8 7,878.1 8,530.5 8,212.7 7,740.7
Total Equity 22,884.9 21,409.2 19,091.9 21,430.7 21,201.7 18,825.5
Total Liabilities
& Shareholders'
Equity 46,011.9 42,283.7 31,758.0 45,976.1 42,164.0 31,653.6
Contact:
In Taiwan
Dr. S.K. Chen
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.
Tel: +886-6-507-7712
Email:
Email Contact
In the U.S.
David Pasquale
The Ruth Group
Tel: +1-646-536-7006
Email:
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Web site: http://www.chipmos.com/