Actions Semiconductor Reports First Quarter 2015 Results
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Actions Semiconductor Reports First Quarter 2015 Results

(PRNewswire) — Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACTS) ("Actions Semiconductor" or "the Company"), one of China's leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive portable multimedia and mobile internet system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for portable consumer electronics, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015.

First Quarter 2015 Results

All financial results are reported on a U.S. GAAP basis.

Revenue for the first quarter of 2015 was $10.5 million, as compared to revenue of $13.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2014, and $11.3 million for the first quarter of 2014. 

Actions Semiconductor reported gross profit in the first quarter of $2.5 million, as compared with negative $2.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 and $2.6 million in the first quarter of 2014.  Gross profit for the first quarter of 2015 benefited from sales of certain lower-margin, slower moving inventories which were written-down in the second half of 2014. Gross margin was 23.5% for the first quarter of 2015, compared to gross margin of negative 19.2% for the fourth quarter of 2014, and 23.1% for the first quarter of 2014.  Gross margin continued to be impacted by fierce competition in the tablet market. 

Operating expenses in the first quarter of 2015 were $9.5 million, as compared to $10.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 and $9.2 million in the first quarter of 2014. Research and development expenses were $6.8 million for the first quarter, as compared to $7.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 and $6.8 million in the first quarter of 2014. General and administrative expenses were $2.0 million in the first quarter, as compared to $2.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 and $2.0 million in the first quarter of 2014.  Selling and marketing expenses were $0.6 million for the first quarter, as compared to $0.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 and $0.4 million in the first quarter of 2014. Impairment on intangible assets was nil in the first quarter, as compared to $0.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 and nil in the first quarter of 2014.

Operating loss for the first quarter of 2015 was $7.0 million, as compared to the operating loss of $13.3 million in fourth quarter of 2014 and the operating loss of $6.1 million in the first quarter of 2014.

Interest income for the first quarter of 2015 was $1.6 million, down from $1.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 and $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2014. The year-over-year decrease was due to lower cash and interest bearing securities following the Dutch auction tender offer in September 2014.

Net loss attributable to Actions Semiconductor's shareholders for the first quarter of 2015 was $5.0 million or $0.085 per basic and diluted American Depositary Share ("ADS"). This compares to net loss attributable to Actions Semiconductor's shareholders of $12.2 million or $0.206 per basic and diluted ADS, for the fourth quarter of 2014, and net loss attributable to Actions Semiconductor's shareholders of $5.5 million or $0.080 per basic and diluted ADS, for the first quarter of 2014. 

"Revenue in the first quarter came in at the mid-range of our expectations. Overall demand was slow, primarily due to the Chinese New Year holiday, which causes a slowdown in production by consumer electronics manufacturers in China, and softer demand for tablets, which currently account for the largest proportion of our application processor shipments, as the worldwide tablet market experienced a year-over-year decline in shipments for the second consecutive quarter.  Our multimedia business exceeded expectations, thanks to strong demand for our Bluetooth 4.0 solutions for speakers and boomboxes and an abatement in the supply shortage from our wafer foundry," stated Dr. Zhenyu Zhou, CEO of Actions Semiconductor.   

"We entered 2015 armed with a portfolio of leading edge new products that address a wide range of new and profitable markets.  We expect our new single chip Bluetooth 4.0 solution for boomboxes, speakers, headphones and related products to be the driving force in our multimedia business. We have two new chipsets based on 28nm process technology targeting branded tablets, OTT set-top boxes and other cloud connected devices.  We began shipping our 28nm based 32-bit quad-core solution to the tablet and OTT set-top box markets in the first quarter and expect a significant volume increase in the second quarter and beyond. Our high performance 64-bit SoC is attracting strong customer interest and design wins and is expected to make meaningful contributions to revenue and gross profit in the second half of 2015. We are also supporting the open source intelligent hardware community for Android and Linux with the launch of 32-bit and 64-bit open-source SoCs S500 and S900 and reference design platforms, which we believe will drive development of differentiated new products for various cloud connected devices. We believe these new products will support revenue growth of 20% to 25% and good margin improvement in 2015," Dr. Zhou concluded.

Financial Condition

The Company ended the first quarter of 2015 with $162.4 million in cash and cash equivalents, together with time deposits, trading securities and marketable securities. Total current assets were approximately $188.5 million, and the Company had working capital of approximately $127.2 million and $45.0 million in short-term bank loans as of March 31, 2015. 

Since the share repurchase program commenced in 2007, the Company has invested approximately $80.0 million in repurchasing its ADSs and ordinary shares, including $25.0 million representing the equivalent of 10.0 million ADSs repurchased through a Dutch auction tender offer in September 2014. As of March 31, 2015, the equivalent of approximately 34.3 million ADSs were repurchased. As of March 31, 2015, total number of outstanding ordinary shares (including ordinary shares represented by ADSs) was 351,667,139.

Business Outlook

The following statements are based upon management's current expectations. These statements are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements.

Based on current market trends, the Company expects revenue in the second quarter of 2015 to be in the range of $13.0 to $14.0 million. The Company expects shipments of its newly launched products to ramp quickly in the upcoming quarter and accelerate in the second half of 2015.  

Conference Call Details

Actions Semiconductor's management will conduct an earnings conference call offering prepared remarks on the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, new products, business outlook and other matters.  While the Company continues to welcome written questions and comments from its shareholders, the management will not be conducting a question and answer session during the call.

The teleconference and webcast is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. To participate in the live call, analysts and investors should dial 1-888-468-2440 (within U.S.) or 1-719-325-2494 (outside U.S.) at least ten minutes prior to the call. The conference ID number is 7788731. Actions Semiconductor will also offer a live and archived webcast of the conference call, accessible from the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website at www.actions-semi.com. An audio replay of the call will be available to investors through May 23, 2015 by dialing 1-888-203-1112 (within U.S.) or 1-719-457-0820 (outside U.S.) and entering access code 7788731.

About Actions SemiconductorActions Semiconductor is one of China's leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive portable multimedia and mobile internet system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for portable consumer electronics. Actions Semiconductor products include SoCs, firmware, software, solution development kits, as well as detailed specifications of other required components. Actions Semiconductor also provides total product and technology solutions that allow customers to quickly introduce new portable consumer electronics to the mass market in a cost effective way. The Company is headquartered in Zhuhai, China, with offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Taipei. For more information, please visit the Actions Semiconductor website at http://www.actions-semi.com.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include statements concerning the outlook for its new products enabled by 28nm process technology and 64-bit CPU for tablets and high-end OTT set-top boxes, 32-bit and 64-bit open-source SoCs and reference design platforms, and new single chip SoC for Bluetooth boomboxes, customer acceptance of the Actions Semiconductor's new products and corresponding increases in market share, Actions Semiconductor's belief that it is positioned to capture some upside from its new products and Actions Semiconductor's future expectations with respect to revenue and gross margin.  Actions Semiconductor uses words like "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "expect," "project" and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These forward-looking statements are estimates reflecting current assumptions, expectations and projections about future events and involve significant risks, both known and unknown, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Actions Semiconductor's actual performance, financial condition or results of operations to be materially different from those suggested by the forward-looking statements including, among others, customers' cancellation or modification of their orders; our failure to accurately forecast demand for our products; the loss of, or a significant reduction in orders from, any of our significant customers; fluctuations in our operating results; our inability to develop and sell new products; defects in or failures of our products; the expense and uncertainty involved in our customer design-win efforts; the financial viability of the distributors of our products; consumer demand; worldwide economic and political conditions; fluctuations in our costs to manufacture our products; our reliance on third parties to manufacture, test, assemble and ship our products; our ability to retain and attract key personnel; our ability to compete with our competitors; and our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and not infringe the intellectual property rights of others. Other factors that may cause our actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements contained in this press release and that may affect our prospects in general are described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recently filed Forms F-1, 20-F and 6-Ks. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on Actions Semiconductor's future results, performance or achievements. In light of these risks, uncertainties, assumptions and factors, the forward-looking events discussed in this press release may not occur. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date stated, or if no date is stated, as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, Actions Semiconductor undertakes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect subsequent events or changed assumptions or circumstances.


Investor Contacts:


Elaine Ketchmere, CFA                                     

Ally Xie, CA, CPA

Compass Investor Relations                              

Actions Semiconductor

eketchmere@compass-ir.com                            

investor.relations@actions-semi.com

+1-310-528-3031                                               

+86-756-3392353*1018

 

  








ACTIONS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.


CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS


(in thousands of U.S. dollars)










At March 31,


At December 31,


At March 31,



2015


2014


2014



(unaudited)


(audited)


(unaudited)


ASSETS







Current assets:







  Cash and cash equivalents

61,855


78,177


40,596


  Time deposit

5,632


5


322


  Restricted deposits

51,786


51,590


37,823


  Marketable securities

43,035


38,384


124,509


  Trading securities

72


70


73


  Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $68, $558 and $23
      as of March 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2014, respectively

2,833


2,832


6,784


  Amount due from a related party

555


1,650


725


  Notes receivable

-


161


-


  Amount due from an equity method investee

48


41


42


  Inventories, net of inventory written-down of $6,942, $7,718 and $1,965 as of
     March 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2014, respectively

14,978


13,970


25,308


  Prepaid expenses and other current assets

5,689


4,511


3,466


  Income tax recoverable

345


186


46


  Deferred tax assets

1,644


1,179


578


Total current assets

188,472


192,756


240,272









  Investments in equity method investees

27,323


27,352


17,779


  Other investments 

15,627


15,627


15,627


  Marketable securities

-


-


16,099


  Rental deposits

65


54


70


  Property, plant and equipment, net

29,929


30,327


31,142


  Land use right

1,505


1,514


1,542


  Acquired intangible assets, net

15,345


16,459


10,862


  Deposit paid for acquisition of intangible assets

547


538


380


  Deferred tax assets

49


53


93


TOTAL ASSETS

278,862


284,680


333,866









LIABILITIES AND EQUITY







Current liabilities:







  Accounts payable

6,633


5,790


9,992


  Amount due to a related party

162


259


-


  Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

7,148


8,349


5,024


  Short-term bank loans

45,000


45,000


40,500


  Other liabilities

1,929


1,929


1,331


  Income tax payable

49


49


49


  Deferred tax liabilities

314


160


417


Total current liabilities

61,235


61,536


57,313









  Other liabilities

-


-


370


  Payable for acquisition of intangible assets

155


155


-


  Deferred tax liabilities

883


919


3,493


Total liabilities

62,273


62,610


61,176









Equity:







 Ordinary shares

1


1


1


 Additional paid-in capital

63,051


63,046


63,007


 Treasury Stock

(70,964)


(70,479)


(44,423)


 Accumulated other comprehensive income

36,933


36,937


36,672


 Retained earnings

187,601


192,598


217,464


Total Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. shareholders' equity

216,622


222,103


272,721


Non-controlling interest

(33)


(33)


(31)


Total equity

216,589


222,070


272,690


TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

278,862


284,680


333,866









  









ACTIONS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.


CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS


(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except number of shares and per share amounts)












Three months ended


Three months ended


Three months ended




March 31,


December 31,


March 31,




2015


2014


2014




(unaudited)


(unaudited)


(unaudited)










Revenues:








   System-on-a-chip products


10,447


13,826


11,285


   Semiconductor product testing services


30


36


27




10,477


13,862


11,312


Cost of revenues:








   System-on-a-chip products


(8,006)


(16,505)


(8,678)


   Semiconductor product testing services


(11)


(18)


(18)




(8,017)


(16,523)


(8,696)


Gross profit (loss) 


2,460


(2,661)


2,616


Other operating income


60


231


479


Operating expenses:








  Research and development


(6,845)


(7,066)


(6,776)


  General and administrative


(2,049)


(2,661)


(2,037)


  Selling and marketing


(594)


(601)


(384)


  Impairment on intangible assets


-


(535)


-


Total operating expenses


(9,488)


(10,863)


(9,197)


Loss from operations


(6,968)


(13,293)


(6,102)


Other income (expense)


16


(1,085)


(2,504)


Interest income


1,646


1,699


3,080


Interest expense


(163)


(147)


(137)


Loss before income taxes, equity in net (loss) income of
  equity method investees and non-controlling interest


(5,469)


(12,826)


(5,663)


Income tax credit 


499


337


165


Equity in net (loss) income of equity method investees


(27)


332


3


Net loss


(4,997)


(12,157)


(5,495)


Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest


-


1


-


Net loss attributable to Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Shareholders


(4,997)


(12,156)


(5,495)










Net loss attributable to Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Shareholders








Basic (per share)


(0.014)


(0.034)


(0.013)


Diluted (per share)


(0.014)


(0.034)


(0.013)










Basic (per ADS)


(0.085)


(0.206)


(0.080)


Diluted (per ADS)


(0.085)


(0.206)


(0.080)










Weighted-average shares used in computation:








Basic


352,379,927


353,508,683


411,501,170


Diluted


352,379,927


353,508,683


411,501,170










Weighted-average ADS used in computation :








Basic


58,729,988


58,918,114


68,583,528


Diluted


58,729,988


58,918,114


68,583,528










Note: Share-based compensation recorded in each








  expense classification above is as follows:








  Research and development


5


-


4


  General and administrative


-


-


2


  Selling and marketing




1


-


  Cost of revenues


-


28


-










  









ACTIONS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


(in thousands of U.S. dollars)












Three months ended


Three months ended


Three months ended




March 31,


December 31,


March 31,




2015


2014


2014




(unaudited)


(unaudited)


(unaudited)


Operating activities:








Net loss


(4,997)


(12,157)


(5,495)


Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by








  Operating activities:








  Depreciation of property, plant and equipment


475


487


503


  Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable


490


179


-


  Amortization of land use right


9


9


9


  Amortization of acquired intangible assets


1,228


1,138


1,138


  (Reversal of) write down of inventories


(776)


3,971


-


  Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment 


-


2


(3)


  Loss on disposal of intangible assets


-


5


-


  Share of net loss (gain) of equity method investees


27


(332)


(3)


  Share-based compensation


5


29


6


  Deferred taxes


(343)


(299)


(179)


  Impairment loss recognised in respect of intangible assets


-


535


-


  Changes in operating assets and liabilities:








    Accounts receivable


(491)


1,487


(1,046)


    Amount due from a related party


1,095


(618)


576


    Inventories


(232)


4,602


(5,468)


    Amount due from an equity method investee


(7)


5


(4)


    Prepaid expenses and other current assets


(1,178)


(1,120)


415


    Accounts payable


833


901


4,058


    Accrued expenses and other current liabilities


(1,214)


935


(1,232)


    Amount due to a related party


(97)


-


-


    Income tax recoverable


(159)


(34)


19


    Income tax payable


-


1


-


    Rental deposit paid


(11)


-


(11)


    Notes Receivable


161


(161)


-


Net cash used in operating activities


(5,182)


(435)


(6,717)










Investing activities:








  Proceeds from redemption of marketable securities


-


6,019


41,432


  Purchase of marketable securities


(4,649)


(906)


(39,284)


  Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment


-


-


18


  Purchase of property, plant and equipment


(76)


(66)


(483)


  Purchase of intangible assets


(111)


(2,606)


(20)


  Increase in restricted deposits


(195)


(13,089)


(11,021)


  (Increase) decrease in time deposits


(5,627)


156


-


  Deposit paid for acquisition of intangible assets


-


(108)


(240)


  Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets


-


-


24


Net cash used in investing activities


(10,658)


(10,600)


(9,574)










Financing activities:








  Proceeds from exercise of share option


147


132


757


  Repurchase of ordinary shares


(632)


(441)


(1,061)


  Raise of short-term bank loans


-


21,500


10,000


  Repayment of short-term bank loans


-


(10,000)


(5,000)


Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities


(485)


11,191


4,696










Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents


(16,325)


156


(11,595)










Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period


78,177


78,520


53,263










Effect of exchange rate changes on cash


3


(499)


(1,072)


Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period


61,855


78,177


40,596










 

 

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