UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
July 30, 2015 |
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) |
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED |
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) |
Minnesota |
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001-34838 |
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41-0901840 |
(State of Incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
40 West Highland Park Drive N.E.,
Hutchinson, Minnesota |
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55350 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
(320) 587-3797 |
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Not Applicable |
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
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(see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On July 30, 2015, we issued a press release regarding our financial
results for the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2015, which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
The press release includes certain “non-GAAP financial measures”
within the meaning of the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. With respect to such non-GAAP financial measures, we
have disclosed in the press release the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and have provided a reconciliation of such non-GAAP financial measures
to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Management believes that the non-GAAP measures provide useful information
to investors regarding our results of operations and financial condition because they eliminate unusual items impacting earnings
and facilitate a more meaningful comparison and understanding of our operating performance for the current, past and future periods.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 30, 2015, we announced the introduction of our new SMA OIS
actuator, pursuant to a press release, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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99.1 |
Press Release dated July 30, 2015, regarding our financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2015. |
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99.2 |
Press Release dated July 30, 2015, regarding the introduction of our new SMA OIS actuator. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
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Date: July 30, 2015 |
/s/ David P. Radloff
David P. Radloff
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
No. |
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Description |
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Manner of Filing |
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99.1 |
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Press Release dated July 30, 2015, regarding our financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2015. |
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Furnished Electronically |
99.2 |
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Press Release dated July 30, 2015, regarding the introduction of our new SMA OIS actuator. |
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Filed Electronically |
EXHIBIT 99.1
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY REPORTS THIRD QUARTER RESULTS
Hutchinson, Minn., July 30, 2015 -- Hutchinson Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ: HTCH)
today reported a net loss of $10.2 million, or $0.30 per share, on net sales of $54.7 million for its fiscal third quarter ended
June 28, 2015. The net loss included a $1.1 million foreign currency loss and $330,000 of non-cash interest expense. Excluding
these items, the company’s net loss for the fiscal 2015 third quarter was $8.7 million, or $0.26 per share.
In the preceding quarter, the company reported a net loss of $9.7 million, or $0.29 per
share, on net sales of $62.4 million. The net loss included $430,000 of non-cash interest expense and a $140,000 foreign currency
gain. Excluding these items, the company’s net loss for the fiscal 2015 second quarter was $9.4 million, or $0.28 per share.
Compared with the preceding quarter, the company’s suspension assembly shipments
declined 14% to 86.6 million. The decline in shipments resulted from the seasonal slowdown in disk drive demand, weakness in PC
demand and inventory reductions in the PC supply chain. “Demand for suspension assemblies typically strengthens in the second
half of the calendar year and we expect our shipments to increase in our fiscal 2015 fourth quarter,” said Rick Penn, Hutchinson
Technology’s president and chief executive officer.
Gross profit in the fiscal 2015 third quarter totaled $4.8 million, or 8.8% of net sales,
down from $6.3 million, or 10.0% of net sales, in the preceding quarter primarily because of the lower volume in the quarter. The
company’s operating loss in the third quarter totaled $6.1 million, an improvement from a $6.7 million operating loss in
the preceding quarter, as research and development expenses declined from $7.1 million in the preceding quarter to $5.2 million
in the third quarter. “We took steps to manage our costs and mitigate the impact of the lower volume on gross profit and
operating income,” said Penn. “We intend to continue improving our vertically integrated cost model while leveraging
our capacity and technology investments in the U.S. and Thailand.” The company’s Thailand assembly operation accounted
for 89% of assembly production in the third quarter, up from 85% in the preceding quarter.
The company today announced the introduction of a new SMA OIS actuator that is 70% thinner
than its initial product and that significantly lowers the company’s capital and production costs. “We believe this
new design has fundamental advantages that bring superior value and capability to the marketplace and that the product is well
aligned with the needs of camera module and smartphone manufacturers,” said Penn. “We are focused on introducing our
new offering to the market, earning positions on new smartphone programs and optimizing our manufacturing processes for the new
design.”
Cash and investments at the end of the fiscal 2015 third quarter totaled $36.4 million
compared with $43.6 million at the end of the preceding quarter. As the company expected, cash decreased primarily as a result
of applying the $6 million remainder of a customer’s advance payment to a portion of third quarter suspension assembly shipments
and a subsequent $5 million increase in the company’s receivables. Capital spending totaled $2.8 million in the third quarter.
Outstanding borrowings on the company’s revolving line of credit were $3.0 million at the end of the third quarter compared
to zero at the end of the preceding quarter.
For its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter, the company currently expects its suspension assembly
shipments to increase 10% to 20% sequentially. Average selling price is expected to be $0.57 to $0.58, depending on product mix,
compared with $0.59 in the third quarter.
“We have managed through two challenging quarters and now expect our suspension
assembly shipments to increase due to strengthening disk drive demand, our high level of development activity with customers and
our expanding program wins across the disk drive segments,” said Penn. “In addition, we continue to be excited about
the growth potential for OIS as we introduce our new SMA OIS actuator that offers size and performance benefits to prospective
customers while substantially lowering our capital and manufacturing costs.”
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 today. Individual investors and news media may participate in the conference call live via the webcast, which
will be available through the Investor Relations page on Hutchinson Technology’s web site at www.htch.com/investors.
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 supplier of critical precision component technologies.
As a key supplier of suspension assemblies for disk drives, we help customers improve overall disk drive performance and meet the
demands of an ever-expanding digital universe. Through our new business development initiatives, we focus on leveraging our unique
precision manufacturing capabilities in new markets to improve product performance, reduce size, lower cost, and reduce time to
market.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements regarding our market position,
demand for and shipments of suspension assemblies, product mix, pricing, operating performance, market adoption and production
of OIS actuators, our capital and manufacturing costs, business model 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, changes in demand for our products, 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 operate its assembly operation in Thailand and other factors described from time to time
in the company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
INVESTOR CONTACT: |
MEDIA CONTACT: |
Chuck Ives |
Connie Pautz |
Hutchinson Technology Inc. |
Hutchinson Technology Inc. |
320-587-1605 |
320-587-1823 |
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - Unaudited
(In thousands, except per share data)
| |
Thirteen Weeks Ended | |
Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended |
| |
June 28, | |
June 29, | |
June 28, | |
June 29, |
| |
2015 | |
2014 | |
2015 | |
2014 |
Net sales | |
$ | 54,675 | | |
$ | 59,772 | | |
$ | 189,457 | | |
$ | 190,783 | |
Cost of sales | |
| 49,846 | | |
| 56,215 | | |
| 166,902 | | |
| 175,833 | |
Gross profit | |
| 4,829 | | |
| 3,557 | | |
| 22,555 | | |
| 14,950 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Research and development expenses | |
| 5,165 | | |
| 4,157 | | |
| 18,304 | | |
| 12,488 | |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | |
| 5,726 | | |
| 5,268 | | |
| 17,559 | | |
| 17,343 | |
Severance and site consolidation expenses | |
| - | | |
| 1,544 | | |
| 159 | | |
| 2,786 | |
Asset impairment | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 4,470 | |
Loss from operations | |
| (6,062 | ) | |
| (7,412 | ) | |
| (13,467 | ) | |
| (22,137 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Other (expense) income, net | |
| (1,004 | ) | |
| 179 | | |
| (1,292 | ) | |
| (2,238 | ) |
Loss on extinguishment of long-term debt | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (4,318 | ) | |
| - | |
Interest income | |
| 7 | | |
| 28 | | |
| 26 | | |
| 63 | |
Interest expense | |
| (3,086 | ) | |
| (3,987 | ) | |
| (10,809 | ) | |
| (11,723 | ) |
Loss before income taxes | |
| (10,145 | ) | |
| (11,192 | ) | |
| (29,860 | ) | |
| (36,035 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | |
| 15 | | |
| 15 | | |
| (98 | ) | |
| (776 | ) |
Net loss | |
$ | (10,160 | ) | |
$ | (11,207 | ) | |
$ | (29,762 | ) | |
$ | (35,259 | ) |
Basic loss per share | |
$ | (0.30 | ) | |
$ | (0.40 | ) | |
$ | (0.92 | ) | |
$ | (1.26 | ) |
Diluted loss per share | |
$ | (0.30 | ) | |
$ | (0.40 | ) | |
$ | (0.92 | ) | |
$ | (1.26 | ) |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding | |
| 33,493 | | |
| 28,055 | | |
| 32,437 | | |
| 27,967 | |
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding | |
| 33,493 | | |
| 28,055 | | |
| 32,437 | | |
| 27,967 | |
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - Unaudited
(In thousands, except shares data)
| |
June 28, | |
September 28, |
| |
2015 | |
2014 |
ASSETS | |
| |
|
Current assets: | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash and cash equivalents | |
$ | 35,387 | | |
$ | 37,939 | |
Short-term investments - restricted | |
| 965 | | |
| 965 | |
Trade receivables, net | |
| 21,287 | | |
| 23,971 | |
Other receivables | |
| 2,021 | | |
| 2,894 | |
Inventories | |
| 43,960 | | |
| 48,978 | |
Other current assets | |
| 2,822 | | |
| 4,323 | |
Total current assets | |
| 106,442 | | |
| 119,070 | |
Property, plant and equipment, net | |
| 145,306 | | |
| 153,169 | |
Other assets | |
| 4,602 | | |
| 2,926 | |
Total assets | |
$ | 256,350 | | |
$ | 275,165 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |
| | | |
| | |
Current liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Current debt, net of discount | |
$ | 6,000 | | |
$ | 48,731 | |
Current portion of capital lease obligation | |
| 2,434 | | |
| 2,109 | |
Accounts payable | |
| 17,214 | | |
| 19,055 | |
Accrued expenses | |
| 7,481 | | |
| 6,406 | |
Accrued compensation | |
| 9,688 | | |
| 9,312 | |
Total current liabilities | |
| 42,817 | | |
| 85,613 | |
Long-term debt, net of discount | |
| 122,565 | | |
| 87,168 | |
Capital lease obligation | |
| 5,106 | | |
| 4,464 | |
Other long-term liabilities | |
| 3,916 | | |
| 3,092 | |
Shareholders' equity: | |
| | | |
| | |
Common stock $.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares | |
| | | |
| | |
authorized, 33,526,000 and 28,058,000 | |
| | | |
| | |
issued and outstanding | |
| 335 | | |
| 281 | |
Additional paid-in capital | |
| 451,767 | | |
| 433,308 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | |
| (2,176 | ) | |
| (543 | ) |
Accumulated loss | |
| (367,980 | ) | |
| (338,218 | ) |
Total shareholders' equity | |
| 81,946 | | |
| 94,828 | |
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | |
$ | 256,350 | | |
$ | 275,165 | |
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Unaudited
(Dollars in thousands)
| |
Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended |
| |
June 28, | |
June 29, |
| |
2015 | |
2014 |
Operating activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Net loss | |
$ | (29,762 | ) | |
$ | (35,259 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to | |
| | | |
| | |
cash provided by operating activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Depreciation and amortization | |
| 24,134 | | |
| 28,944 | |
Stock-based compensation | |
| 1,041 | | |
| 976 | |
Loss on disposal of assets | |
| 63 | | |
| 80 | |
Asset impairment charge | |
| - | | |
| 4,470 | |
Non-cash interest expense | |
| 1,622 | | |
| 2,475 | |
Loss on extinguishment of debt | |
| 4,318 | | |
| - | |
Severance and site consolidation expenses | |
| (27 | ) | |
| 949 | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | |
| 9,463 | | |
| (2,293 | ) |
Cash provided by operating activities | |
| 10,852 | | |
| 342 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Investing activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Capital expenditures | |
| (17,344 | ) | |
| (13,396 | ) |
Proceeds from sale / leaseback of equipment | |
| 3,111 | | |
| 6,395 | |
Proceeds from sale of building | |
| - | | |
| 4,364 | |
Change in restricted cash | |
| 19 | | |
| 1,609 | |
Purchases of marketable securities | |
| (965 | ) | |
| (1,195 | ) |
Sales / maturities of marketable securities | |
| 965 | | |
| 1,200 | |
Cash used for investing activities | |
| (14,214 | ) | |
| (1,023 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Financing activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | |
| 60 | | |
| 26 | |
Repayments of capital lease | |
| (1,749 | ) | |
| (1,230 | ) |
Repayments of revolving credit line | |
| (101,139 | ) | |
| (153,950 | ) |
Proceeds from revolving credit line | |
| 93,856 | | |
| 154,770 | |
Repayments of debt | |
| (39,822 | ) | |
| - | |
Proceeds from private placement of debt | |
| 37,500 | | |
| - | |
Proceeds from term loan | |
| 15,000 | | |
| - | |
Debt refinancing costs | |
| (3,175 | ) | |
| - | |
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities | |
| 531 | | |
| (384 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | |
| 279 | | |
| 657 | |
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | |
| (2,552 | ) | |
| (408 | ) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | |
| 37,939 | | |
| 39,403 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | |
$ | 35,387 | | |
$ | 38,995 | |
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP to GAAP Financial Measures - Unaudited
(In thousands, except per share data)
| |
Thirteen Weeks Ended |
| |
June 28, | |
March 29, | |
June 29, |
| |
2015 | |
2015 | |
2014 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Net loss - GAAP | |
$ | (10,160 | ) | |
$ | (9,703 | ) | |
$ | (11,207 | ) |
Subtract foreign currency gain | |
| - | | |
| (139 | ) | |
| (101 | ) |
Add foreign currency loss | |
| 1,093 | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Add non-cash interest expenses | |
| 332 | | |
| 431 | | |
| 842 | |
Add site consolidation and severance expenses | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 1,544 | |
Net loss - Adjusted | |
$ | (8,735 | ) | |
$ | (9,411 | ) | |
$ | (8,922 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net loss per common share – GAAP: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Basic loss income per share | |
$ | (0.30 | ) | |
$ | (0.29 | ) | |
$ | (0.40 | ) |
Diluted loss income per share | |
$ | (0.30 | ) | |
$ | (0.29 | ) | |
$ | (0.40 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net loss per common share – Adjusted: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Basic loss per share | |
$ | (0.26 | ) | |
$ | (0.28 | ) | |
$ | (0.32 | ) |
Diluted loss per share | |
$ | (0.26 | ) | |
$ | (0.28 | ) | |
$ | (0.32 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Basic | |
| 33,493 | | |
| 33,267 | | |
| 28,055 | |
Diluted | |
| 33,493 | | |
| 33,267 | | |
| 28,055 | |
Net loss per common share basic and diluted, is calculated by dividing net loss by weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding basic and diluted, respectively.
EXHIBIT 99.2
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCES NEW GEMINI SMA OIS ACTUATOR
New Design Can Enable the World’s Slimmest OIS Smartphone
Cameras
Hutchinson, Minn., July 30, 2015 -- Hutchinson Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ: HTCH)
today announced that it expects to begin shipping prototypes of a new Shape Memory Alloy Optical Image Stabilization (SMA OIS)
actuator to tier 1 camera module manufacturers in early August. The new Gemini product was designed in response to customer requests
for reduced OIS camera thickness. Gemini reduces SMA OIS actuator thickness by more than 70%, to enable the world’s slimmest
OIS smartphone cameras.
Gemini also improves handshake suppression, resulting in clearer photos in low light
conditions and more stabilized videos. The unique properties of shape memory alloy wire enable a more compact, higher force, and
a more rugged actuator than industry standard voice coil motor designs.
The Gemini design significantly lowers the company’s capital and manufacturing
costs by reducing the number of components in the product and better leveraging the company’s existing production equipment.
“Our proven automated processes, quality control systems, and high volume precision manufacturing capabilities position us
well to support large smartphone programs,” said Rick Penn, Hutchinson Technology’s president and chief executive officer.
Building on the value users place on “selfie” photos, Hutchinson Technology
is also developing SMA OIS designs to improve front-facing camera image quality. With superior miniaturization capabilities, SMA
OIS is an excellent candidate for spatially constrained front-facing cameras. Unlike voice coil motor actuators, SMA OIS actuators
do not use magnets. This eliminates magnetic interference that could occur due to the camera’s close proximity to the phone’s
antenna.
SMA OIS products offer a unique blend of smallest size, excellent performance, and industry
leading shock reliability. Gemini is expected to be ready for volume production in CQ4 2015. Front-facing SMA OIS samples are also
expected to be available in CQ4.
More information about Gemini OIS actuators can be found on Hutchinson Technology’s
website at http://www.htchmfg.com/gemini-sma-ois.html.
About Hutchinson Technology
Hutchinson Technology is a global supplier of critical precision component technologies.
As a key supplier of suspension assemblies for disk drives, we help customers improve overall disk drive performance and meet the
demands of an ever-expanding digital universe. Through our new business development initiatives, we focus on leveraging our unique
precision manufacturing capabilities in new markets to improve product performance, reduce size, lower cost, and reduce time to
market.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements regarding development, market adoption
and production of OIS actuators and product performance. 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 smartphones, changes in demand
for our products, market acceptance of new products, the company’s ability to produce SMA OIS actuators at levels of precision,
quality, volume and cost its customers require and other factors described from time to time in the company's reports filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
MARKETING CONTACT: |
INVESTOR CONTACT: |
Keith Johnson |
Chuck Ives |
Hutchinson Technology Inc. |
Hutchinson Technology Inc. |
320-587-1203 |
320-587-1605 |
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