cohu20151029_8k.htm

 

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

 

  

  

  

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):

  

October 27, 2015

 

 

Cohu, Inc.
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware 

001-04298

95-1934119

_____________________
(State or other jurisdiction

_____________
(Commission

______________
(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)

   

  

  

12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 

  

92064

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(Address of principal executive offices)

  

___________
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

  

858-848-8100

 

Not Applicable
______________________________________________
Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

  

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: 

 

[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[  ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 
 

 

 

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On October 29, 2015, Cohu, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release regarding its financial results for the third quarter ended September 26, 2015. The Company’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

The information in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

In addition to financial results determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the earnings press release also contains financial information determined by methods other than in accordance with GAAP. The Company’s management uses these non-GAAP measures in their analysis of the Company’s performance. These non-GAAP financial measures adjust the Company's actual results prepared under GAAP to exclude charges and the related income tax effect for share-based compensation, the amortization of acquired intangible assets, manufacturing transition costs, employee severance costs, and asset impairment. These non-GAAP measures are not meant as a substitute for GAAP, but are included solely for informational and comparative purposes. The Company's management believes that this information can assist investors in evaluating the Company’s operational trends, financial performance, and cash generating capacity. Management believes these non-GAAP measures allow investors to evaluate the Company’s financial performance using some of the same measures as management. These disclosures should not be viewed as a substitute for operating results determined in accordance with GAAP, nor are they necessarily comparable to non-GAAP performance measures that may be presented by other companies.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(a) On October 27, 2015, the Company’s Executive Chairman, James A. Donahue informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of his intention to retire from that role effective at the close of business on December 24, 2015. The Board determined that Mr. Donahue should continue to serve as a member of the Board and appointed him to serve as the Chairman on a non-executive, non-employee basis effective on the date of his retirement from the position of Executive Chairman.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

The exhibit listed below is being furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No. - 99.1

 

Description – Third Quarter 2015 Earnings Release, dated October 29, 2015, of Cohu, Inc.

 

 
 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

  

 Cohu, Inc.

   

  

  

October 30, 2015 

 By:

/s/ Jeffrey D. Jones

  

  

 

  

  

 Name: Jeffrey D. Jones

  

  

 Title: VP Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 
 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1

  

Third Quarter 2015 Earnings Release, dated October 29, 2015, of Cohu, Inc.

 

ex99-1.htm

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

Cohu Reports Third Quarter 2015 Operating Results

 

 

Q3 sales of $67.5 million

 

 

Q3 non-GAAP adjusted EPS of $0.17; GAAP income per share of $0.05 

 

 

Received customer validation and first volume order for the new Eclipse platform

 

POWAY, Calif., October 29, 2015 -- Cohu, Inc. (NASDAQ:COHU) today reported fiscal 2015 third quarter net sales of $67.5 million and GAAP income of $1.3 million or $0.05 per share. The Company also reported non-GAAP results, with third quarter 2015 income of $4.4 million or $0.17 per share. (1)

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP Results (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                         

 

(in millions, except per share amounts)

Q3 FY

2015

 

Q2 FY

2015

 

Q3 FY

2014

 

9 Months

2015

 

9 Months

2014

 

 

 

Net sales 

 

$ 67.5

 

$ 75.2

 

$ 91.6

 

$ 206.2

 

$ 226.0

 

 

 

Income 

 

$ 1.3

 

$ 3.9

 

$ 10.0

 

$ 3.5

 

$ 9.5

 

 

 

Income per share 

 

$0.05

 

$0.15

 

$0.38

 

$0.13

 

$0.37

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP Results (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                         

 

(in millions, except per share amounts)

 

Q3 FY

2015

 

Q2 FY

2015

 

Q3 FY

2014

 

9 Months

2015

 

9 Months

2014

 

 

 

Income 

 

$ 4.4

 

$ 7.2

 

$ 13.4

 

$ 13.3

 

$ 19.7

 

 

 

Income per share 

 

$0.17

 

$0.27

 

$0.51

 

$0.50

 

$0.77

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

On June 10, 2015 the Company announced the sale of its mobile microwave communication equipment business, Broadcast Microwave Services, Inc. (“BMS”) and, as a result, the operating results of BMS have been presented as discontinued operations and all prior period amounts have been reclassified accordingly. All amounts presented are from continuing operations.

 

Cash from operations was $20.8 million for the third quarter of 2015 and total cash and investments at the end of the third quarter were $90.7 million.

 

Luis Müller, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cohu stated, “We delivered another quarter of solid financial results with better than forecast profitability. During the third quarter we achieved several design-wins with our gravity and turret platforms, capturing new automotive and mobile customers in Asia.”

 

Müller concluded, “Last year we won a major mobile customer with our T-Core thermal subsystems. Now we have secured the first Eclipse pick-and-place volume order for testing mobile processors from a second globally recognized leader in the industry, demonstrating our momentum and strength in this key market.”

 

Cohu expects fourth quarter 2015 sales to be approximately $63 million. Cohu's Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share payable on January 4, 2016 to shareholders of record on November 20, 2015.

 

 
 

 

 

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information:

 

Included within this press release are non-GAAP financial measures that supplement the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations prepared under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). These non-GAAP financial measures adjust the Company's actual results prepared under GAAP to exclude charges and the related income tax effect for share-based compensation, the amortization of acquired intangible assets, manufacturing transition costs, employee severance costs and asset impairment. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP amounts for the periods presented herein are provided in schedules accompanying this release and should be considered together with the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

These non-GAAP measures are not meant as a substitute for GAAP, but are included solely for informational and comparative purposes. The Company's management believes that this information can assist investors in evaluating the Company’s operational trends, financial performance, and cash generating capacity. Management believes these non-GAAP measures allow investors to evaluate Cohu’s financial performance using some of the same measures as management. However, the non-GAAP financial measures should not be regarded as a replacement for (or superior to) corresponding, similarly captioned, GAAP measures.

 

Forward Looking Statements:

 

Certain matters discussed in this release, including statements regarding expectations of sales, revenues, market share gains and operating results are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or forecasted. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks associated with acquisitions, inventory, goodwill and other asset write-downs; our ability to convert new products under development into production on a timely basis, support product development and meet customer delivery and acceptance requirements for next generation equipment; our reliance on third-party contract manufacturers; failure to obtain customer acceptance resulting in the inability to recognize revenue and accounts receivable collection problems; customer orders may be canceled or delayed; the concentration of our revenues from a limited number of customers; intense competition in the semiconductor test handler industry; our reliance on patents and intellectual property; compliance with U.S. export regulations; and the cyclical and unpredictable nature of capital expenditures by semiconductor manufacturers. These and other risks and uncertainties are discussed more fully in Cohu's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recently filed Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements included in this release speak only as of the date hereof, and Cohu does not undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

 

About Cohu:

 

Cohu is a leading supplier of semiconductor test and inspection handlers, micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) test modules, test contactors and thermal sub-systems used by global semiconductor manufacturers and test subcontractors.

 

Cohu will be conducting their conference call on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time/4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The call will be webcast at www.cohu.com. Replays of the call can be accessed at www.cohu.com.

 

For press releases and other information of interest to investors, please visit Cohu’s website at www.cohu.com. Contact: Jeffrey D. Jones - Investor Relations (858) 848-8106

 

 
 

 

  

COHU, INC.                 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS          

(Unaudited)                 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)              

 

   

Three Months Ended (1)

   

Nine Months Ended (1)

 
   

September 26,

   

September 27,

   

September 26,

   

September 27,

 
   

2015

   

2014

   

2015

   

2014

 

Net sales

  $ 67,512     $ 91,573     $ 206,170     $ 226,042  

Cost and expenses:

                               

Cost of sales

    44,718       58,621       137,529       148,797  

Research and development

    8,605       8,587       24,901       26,935  

Selling, general and administrative

    11,923       12,358       38,006       38,218  
      65,246       79,566       200,436       213,950  

Income from operations

    2,266       12,007       5,734       12,092  

Interest and other, net

    9       6       19       25  

Income from continuing operations before taxes

    2,275       12,013       5,753       12,117  

Income tax provision

    940       2,001       2,251       2,612  

Income from continuing operations

    1,335       10,012       3,502       9,505  
                                 

Discontinued operations:

                               

Loss from discontinued operations before taxes (2)

    (222 )     (2,598 )     (5,195 )     (1,171 )

Income tax provision (benefit)

    -       (105 )     6       -  

Loss from discontinued operations

    (222 )     (2,493 )     (5,201 )     (1,171 )

Net income (loss)

  $ 1,113     $ 7,519     $ (1,699 )   $ 8,334  
                                 

Income (loss) per share:

                               
                                 

Basic:

                               

Income from continuing operations

  $ 0.05     $ 0.39     $ 0.13     $ 0.38  

Loss from discontinued operations

    (0.01 )     (0.09 )     (0.20 )     (0.05 )

Net income (loss)

  $ 0.04     $ 0.30     $ (0.07 )   $ 0.33  
                                 

Diluted:

                               

Income from continuing operations

  $ 0.05     $ 0.38     $ 0.13     $ 0.37  

Loss from discontinued operations

    (0.01 )     (0.09 )     (0.19 )     (0.05 )

Net income (loss)

  $ 0.04     $ 0.29     $ (0.06 )   $ 0.32  
                                 

Weighted average shares used in computing income (loss) per share: (3)

                               

Basic

    26,175       25,481       25,995       25,309  

Diluted

    26,796       26,174       26,679       25,698  

 


 

 

(1)

The three- and nine-month periods ended September 26, 2015 and September 27, 2014 were comprised of 13 weeks and 39 weeks, respectively. On June 10, 2015 the Company announced the sale of its mobile microwave communications equipment business and, as a result, the operating results of BMS have been presented as discontinued operations and all prior period amounts have been reclassified accordingly.

 

 

(2)

Current year amounts include the loss generated by the sale of our mobile microwave communication equipment business totaling $0.2 million and $3.2 million for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 26, 2015, respectively. The nine-month period ended September 27, 2014 includes a gain on sale of our video camera business of $4.1 million.

 

 

(3)

The Company has utilized the "control number" concept in the computation of diluted earnings per share to determine whether a potential common stock instrument is dilutive. The control number used is income from continuing operations. The control number concept requires that the same number of potentially dilutive securities applied in computing diluted earnings per share from continuing operations be applied to all other categories of income or loss, regardless of their anti-dilutive effect on such categories.

 

 
 

 

 

COHU, INC.         

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS         

(in thousands) (Unaudited)         

  

   

September 26,

   

December 27,

 
      2015(1)       2014(1) (2)  

Assets:

               

Current assets:

               

Cash and investments

  $ 90,727     $ 72,040  

Accounts receivable

    56,020       70,490  

Inventories

    50,870       49,200  

Deferred taxes and other

    9,078       12,769  

Current assets of discontinued operations

    -       10,318  

Total current assets

    206,695       214,817  

Property, plant & equipment, net

    31,944       31,854  

Goodwill

    60,860       63,132  

Intangible assets, net

    27,367       33,087  

Other assets

    5,620       5,928  

Total assets

  $ 332,486     $ 348,818  
                 

Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity:

               

Current liabilities:

               

Deferred profit

  $ 5,732     $ 6,941  

Other current liabilities

    57,435       58,754  

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

    -       2,783  

Total current liabilities

    63,167       68,478  

Other noncurrent liabilities

    32,993       32,566  

Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations

    -       706  

Stockholders’ equity

    236,326       247,068  

Total liabilities & stockholders’ equity

  $ 332,486     $ 348,818  

 


 

 

(1)

On June 10, 2015 the Company announced the sale of its mobile microwave communication equipment business and, as a result, the operating results of BMS have been presented as discontinued operations and all prior period amounts have been reclassified accordingly.

 

 

(2)

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation.

 

 
 

 

 

COHU, INC.         

Supplemental Reconciliation of GAAP Results to Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)         

 

   

Three Months Ended

 
   

September 26,

   

June 27,

   

September 27,

 
   

2015

   

2015

   

2014

 

Income from operations - GAAP basis (a)

  $ 2,266     $ 4,160     $ 12,007  

Non-GAAP adjustments:

                       

Share-based compensation included in (b):

                       

Cost of goods sold

    100       198       85  

Research and development

    256       254       453  

Selling, general and administrative

    1,281       1,294       1,047  
      1,637       1,746       1,585  

Amortization of intangible assets included in (c):

                       

Cost of goods sold

    1,364       1,361       1,533  

Selling, general and administrative

    384       384       421  
      1,748       1,745       1,954  

Manufacturing transition and severance costs included in (d):

                       

Selling, general and administrative

    184       311       192  

Income from operations - non-GAAP basis (e)

  $ 5,835     $ 7,962     $ 15,738  
                         

Income from continuing operations - GAAP basis

  $ 1,335     $ 3,887     $ 10,012  

Non-GAAP adjustments (as scheduled above)

    3,569       3,802       3,731  

Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (f)

    (466 )     (476 )     (342 )

Income from continuing operations - non-GAAP basis

  $ 4,438     $ 7,213     $ 13,401  
                         

GAAP income from continuing operations per share - diluted

  $ 0.05     $ 0.15     $ 0.38  
                         

Non-GAAP income from continuing operations per share - diluted (g)

  $ 0.17     $ 0.27     $ 0.51  

 


Management believes the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provides meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company's operating performance. Our management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing the Company's operating results, as well as when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods and these non-GAAP measures allow investors to evaluate the Company’s financial performance using some of the same measures as management. Management views share-based compensation as an expense that is unrelated to the Company’s operational performance as it does not require cash payments and can vary in amount from period to period and the elimination of amortization charges provides better comparability of pre and post-acquisition operating results and to results of businesses utilizing internally developed intangible assets. Manufacturing transition costs relate principally to employee severance expenses incurred as a result of moving certain manufacturing activities to Asia as part of our cost reduction efforts and employee severance are costs incurred in conjunction with the termination of certain employees to streamline our operations and reduce costs.  Management has excluded these costs primarily because they are not reflective of the ongoing operating results and they are not used to assess ongoing operational performance. Excluding this data provides investors with a basis to compare Cohu’s performance against the performance of other companies without this variability. However, the non-GAAP financial measures should not be regarded as a replacement for corresponding, similarly captioned, GAAP measures. The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures above may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies and investors should be careful when comparing our non-GAAP financial measures to those of other companies.

 

 

(a)

3.4%, 5.5% and 13.1% of net sales, respectively.

 

(b)

To eliminate compensation expense for employee stock options, stock units and our employee stock purchase plan.

 

(c)

To eliminate the amortization of acquired intangible assets.

 

(d)

To eliminate manufacturing transition and employee severance costs.

 

(e)

8.6%, 10.6% and 17.2% of net sales, respectively.

 

(f)

To adjust the provision for income taxes related to the adjustments described above based on applicable tax rates.

 

(g)

All periods presented were computed using number of GAAP diluted shares outstanding for each period.

 

 
 

 

 

COHU, INC.     

Supplemental Reconciliation of GAAP Results to Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)     

 

   

Nine Months Ended

 
   

September 26,

   

September 27,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 

Income from operations - GAAP basis (a)

  $ 5,734     $ 12,092  

Non-GAAP adjustments:

               

Share-based compensation included in (b):

               

Cost of goods sold

    413       350  

Research and development

    841       1,364  

Selling, general and administrative

    3,827       2,919  
      5,081       4,633  

Amortization of intangible assets included in (c):

               

Cost of goods sold

    4,110       4,676  

Selling, general and administrative

    1,158       1,283  
      5,268       5,959  

Manufacturing transition and severance costs included in (d):

               

Research and development

    -       20  

Selling, general and administrative

    534       1,190  
      534       1,210  
                 

Asset impairment included in selling, general and administrative (e)

    273       -  

Income from operations - non-GAAP basis (f)

  $ 16,890     $ 23,894  
                 

Income from continuing operations - GAAP basis

  $ 3,502     $ 9,505  

Non-GAAP adjustments (as scheduled above)

    11,156       11,802  

Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (g)

    (1,392 )     (1,579 )

Income from continuing operations - non-GAAP basis

  $ 13,266     $ 19,728  
                 

GAAP income per share - diluted

  $ 0.13     $ 0.37  

Non-GAAP income per share - diluted (h)

  $ 0.50     $ 0.77  

 


Management believes the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provides meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company's operating performance. Our management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing the Company's operating results, as well as when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods and these non-GAAP measures allow investors to evaluate the Company’s financial performance using some of the same measures as management. Management views share-based compensation as an expense that is unrelated to the Company’s operational performance as it does not require cash payments and can vary in amount from period to period and the elimination of amortization charges provides better comparability of pre and post-acquisition operating results and to results of businesses utilizing internally developed intangible assets. Manufacturing transition costs relate principally to employee severance expenses incurred as a result of moving certain manufacturing activities to Asia as part of our cost reduction efforts and employee severance are costs incurred in conjunction with the termination of certain employees to streamline our operations and reduce costs. Management has excluded these costs primarily because they are not reflective of the ongoing operating results and they are not used to assess ongoing operational performance. Impairments are incurred when specific assets or a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value. Management has excluded this item because it is not reflective of the ongoing operating results and because of the infrequent and non-cash nature of this activity. Excluding this data provides investors with a basis to compare Cohu’s performance against the performance of other companies without this variability. However, the non-GAAP financial measures should not be regarded as a replacement for corresponding, similarly captioned, GAAP measures. The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures above may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies and investors should be careful when comparing our non-GAAP financial measures to those of other companies.

 

 

(a)

2.8% and 5.3% of net sales, respectively.

 

(b)

To eliminate compensation expense for employee stock options, stock units and our employee stock purchase plan.

 

(c)

To eliminate the amortization of acquired intangible assets.

 

(d)

To eliminate manufacturing transition and employee severance costs.

 

(e)

To eliminate the asset impairment charge recorded in the first quarter of 2015.

 

(f)

8.2% and 10.6% of net sales, respectively.

 

(g)

To adjust the provision for income taxes related to the adjustments described above based on applicable tax rates.

 

(h)

All periods presented were computed using number of GAAP diluted shares outstanding for each period.