Amkor Technology Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018
In the press release above we refer to free cash flow, which is not
defined by U.S. GAAP. We define free cash flow as net cash provided by
operating activities less payments for property, plant and equipment,
plus proceeds from the sale of and insurance recovery for property,
plant and equipment, if applicable. We believe free cash flow to be
relevant and useful information to our investors because it provides
them with additional information in assessing our liquidity, capital
resources and financial operating results. Our management uses free cash
flow in evaluating our liquidity, our ability to service debt and our
ability to fund capital expenditures. However, free cash flow has
certain limitations, including that it does not represent the residual
cash flow available for discretionary expenditures since other,
non-discretionary expenditures, such as mandatory debt service, are not
deducted from the measure. The amount of mandatory versus discretionary
expenditures can vary significantly between periods. This measure should
be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior
to, other measures of liquidity or financial performance prepared in
accordance with U.S. GAAP, such as net cash provided by operating
activities. Furthermore, our definition of free cash flow may not be
comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
Below is our reconciliation of free cash flow to U.S. GAAP net cash
provided by operating activities.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation:
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2018
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2017
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Free Cash Flow Data:
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Net cash provided by operating activities
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$
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663
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$
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618
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Less: Purchases of property, plant and equipment
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(547
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(551
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Plus: Proceeds from sale of and insurance recovery for property,
plant and equipment (1)
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4
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142
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Free cash flow
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$
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120
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$
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209
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(1) Full year 2017 includes proceeds from the sale of our K1
factory in Korea of $128 million.
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