ChipMOS Reports Q4 And Full 2012 Results
Bermuda-based ChipMOS Technologies LTD. recently reported unaudited consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012. All U.S. dollar figures in this release are based on the exchange rate of NT$29.05 against US$1.00 as of December 31, 2012.
Net revenue on a US GAAP basis for the fourth quarter of 2012 was NT$4,867.4 million or US$167.6 million, an increase of 5.6% from NT$4,608.8 million or US$158.7 million for the same period in 2011 and a decrease of 5.3% from NT$5,139.9 million or US$176.9 million in the third quarter of 2012.
Net income on a US GAAP basis for the fourth quarter of 2012 was NT$253.3 million or US$8.7 million, and NT$8.97 or US$0.31 per basic common share and NT$8.74 or US$0.30 per diluted common share, as compared to net income for the fourth quarter of 2011 of NT$29.1 million or US$1.0 million, and NT$1.08 or US$0.04 per basic common share and NT$1.07 or US$0.04 per diluted common share.
Under US GAAP, net revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 was NT$19,220.5 million or US$661.6 million, an increase of 5.5% from NT$18,210.9 million or US$626.9 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.
Under US GAAP, net income for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 was NT$750.6 million or US$25.8 million, and NT$27.32 or US$0.94 per basic and NT$26.52 or US$0.91 per diluted common share, compared to net income for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 was NT$46.1 million or US$1.6 million, and NT$1.73 or US$0.06 per basic and NT$1.71 or US$0.06 per diluted common share.
The unaudited consolidated financial results of ChipMOS for the year ended December 31, 2012 included the financial results of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC., ChipMOS U.S.A., Inc., 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, “We accomplished a great amount in 2012, as we continued to drive the fundamental business improvements and capacity enhancements needed to secure our long-term success.
“We further executed on higher margin opportunities, including our leading position in the LCD driver assembly and test market, and growing share with the leading niche DRAM companies. At the same time, we maintained a disciplined CapEx approach.
“As a result, we expanded our full year 2012 net income by 16.3x after non-controlling interests as compared to 2011, and further strengthened our balance sheet. We ended 2012 with US$320.8 million in cash and cash equivalents, and improved our net debt to equity ratio to 0.1% as of December 31, 2012 compared to 22.6% at the end of 2011.”
S.K. Chen, Chief Financial Officer of ChipMOS, said, “Gross profit for the full year 2012 increased to US$89.7 million compared to US$55.0 million in 2011 resulting an expansion of our 2012 earnings, on the diluted common share basis, to US$0.91 per share from US$0.06 per share in 2011.
“For the full year 2012, our blended utilization rate was 76% compared to 75% in 2011. The improvement reflects the considerable growth in our LCD driver segment, which was up 9.3% for the full year 2012 compared to 2011, representing 23% of total revenue in 2012 compared to 22% in 2011.
“We continue to succeed by supporting and mutually growing with leaders in the LCD segment. We are also pleased with revenue growth in our bumping segment, which was up 25% for the full year 2012 compared to 2011, and represented 15% of total revenue compared to 13% in 2011.
“In addition to executing on our business strategy and financial management, we continue to pursue longer-term efforts to increase value for shareholders. For example, in 2012 we repurchased US$10.4 million or 701 thousand shares of ChipMOS common stock.
“We also paid our first annual dividend on December 18, 2012 of US$0.14 per share for a total cash cost of US$4.0 million. Finally, we continue to work with the local Taiwan Emerging Market regarding the potential Taiwan listing of our subsidiary, ChipMOS Taiwan, in Taiwan.
“We continue to view this as an excellent opportunity to better realize the inherent value of our company based on valuations of similar companies in our sector. This has been a long process that we expect to complete over the coming quarter.
“We have engaged an underwriter and are working to finalize the process in order to achieve an initial listing of shares on the Taiwan Emerging Market Exchange in 2Q13.”
