cohu20161027_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, 2016

 

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

 

Delaware 

 

001-04298

 

95-1934119

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

12367 Crosthwaite Circle, Poway, California 

 

92064

(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: 

 

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[  ]  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 27, 2016, Cohu, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release regarding its financial results for the third quarter ended September 24, 2016. 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 impairments. 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 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 2016 Earnings Release, dated October 27, 2016, 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 28, 2016

  

 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 2016 Earnings Release, dated October 27, 2016, of Cohu, Inc.

 

ex99-1.htm

Exhibit 99.1

 

Cohu Reports Third Quarter 2016 Operating Results

 

 

Q3 sales of $69.3 million

 

 

Q3 GAAP income per share of $0.01; non-GAAP adjusted EPS of $0.14 

 

 

$12.6M of cash generated from Q3 operations

 

POWAY, Calif., October 27, 2016 -- Cohu, Inc. (NASDAQ:COHU) today reported fiscal 2016 third quarter net sales of $69.3 million and GAAP income of $0.2 million or $0.01 per share. Net sales for the first nine months of 2016 were $211.4 million and GAAP income was $1.0 million or $0.04 per share.

 

The Company also reported non-GAAP results, with third quarter 2016 income of $3.8 million or $0.14 per share and income of $11.2 million or $0.41 per share for the first nine months of 2016. (1)

 

GAAP Results (1)

                                       

(in millions, except per share amounts)

 

Q3 FY 2016

   

Q2 FY 2016

   

Q3 FY 2015

   

9 Months 2016

   

9 Months 2015

 
                                         

Net sales

  $ 69.3     $ 76.4     $ 67.5     $ 211.4     $ 206.2  

Income

  $ 0.2     $ 2.7     $ 1.3     $ 1.0     $ 3.5  

Income per share

  $ 0.01     $ 0.10     $ 0.05     $ 0.04     $ 0.13  

 

Non-GAAP Results (1)

                                       

(in millions, except per share amounts)

 

Q3 FY 2016

   

Q2 FY 2016

   

Q3 FY 2015

   

9 Months 2016

   

9 Months 2015

 
                                         

Income

  $ 3.8     $ 5.9     $ 4.4     $ 11.2     $ 13.3  

Income per share

  $ 0.14     $ 0.22     $ 0.17     $ 0.41     $ 0.50  

 

 

(1)

On June 10, 2015 the Company sold its mobile microwave communication equipment segment, Broadcast Microwave Services, Inc. (“BMS”) and, as a result, the operating results of BMS have been presented as discontinued operations. All amounts presented are from continuing operations.

 

Total cash and investments at the end of the third quarter were $128.7 million.

 

"Third quarter results were better than anticipated" said President and Chief Executive Officer Luis Müller. "Demand for turret handlers was strong for testing high performance mixed signal and RF devices, and automotive orders continued to expand following market share gains earlier this year. We had a design-win at a Korean test subcontractor and repeat orders from a recently won Japanese turret customer and another for in-process strip testing of advanced memory."

 

Cohu expects fourth quarter 2016 sales to be approximately $65 million. Cohu's Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share payable on January 2, 2017 to shareholders of record on November 18, 2016. Cohu has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends since 1977.

 

 

 
 

 

 

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 impairments. 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 business, sales, revenues 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 27, 2016 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 24,

   

September 26,

   

September 24,

   

September 26,

 
   

2016

   

2015

   

2016

   

2015

 
                                 

Net sales

  $ 69,259     $ 67,512     $ 211,390     $ 206,170  

Cost and expenses:

                               

Cost of sales

    46,038       44,718       142,044       137,529  

Research and development

    8,634       8,605       24,742       24,901  

Selling, general and administrative

    13,591       11,923       41,976       38,006  
      68,263       65,246       208,762       200,436  

Income from operations

    996       2,266       2,628       5,734  

Interest and other, net

    71       9       173       19  

Income from continuing operations before taxes

    1,067       2,275       2,801       5,753  

Income tax provision

    849       940       1,832       2,251  

Income from continuing operations

    218       1,335       969       3,502  
                                 

Discontinued operations:

                               

Income (loss) from discontinued operations before taxes (2)

    51       (222 )     (4 )     (5,195 )

Income tax provision

    -       -       -       6  

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

    51       (222 )     (4 )     (5,201 )

Net income (loss)

  $ 269     $ 1,113     $ 965     $ (1,699 )
                                 
                                 

Income (loss) per share:

                               

Basic:

                               

Income from continuing operations

  $ 0.01     $ 0.05     $ 0.04     $ 0.13  

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

    0.00       (0.01 )     0.00       (0.20 )
    $ 0.01     $ 0.04     $ 0.04     $ (0.07 )
                                 

Diluted:

                               

Income from continuing operations

  $ 0.01     $ 0.05     $ 0.04     $ 0.13  

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

    0.00       (0.01 )     0.00       (0.19 )
    $ 0.01     $ 0.04     $ 0.04     $ (0.06 )
                                 

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

                               

Basic

    26,761       26,175       26,596       25,995  

Diluted

    27,367       26,796       27,356       26,679  

 


 

(1)

The three- and nine-month periods ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015 were comprised of 13 weeks and 39 weeks, respectively.

 

 

(2)

Prior year amounts include the loss generated by the sale of our mobile microwave communication equipment business totaling $0.2 million and $3.2 million in the three- and nine-month periods ended September 26, 2015, respectively.

 

 

(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 24,

   

December 26,

 
   

2016

   

2015

 

Assets:

               

Current assets:

               

Cash and investments

  $ 128,668     $ 117,022  

Accounts receivable

    56,826       59,832  

Inventories

    48,167       51,348  

Other current assets

    7,172       6,261  

Total current assets

    240,833       234,463  

Property, plant & equipment, net

    18,812       19,000  

Goodwill

    61,028       60,264  

Intangible assets, net

    20,338       25,297  

Other assets

    6,477       6,322  

Total assets

  $ 347,488     $ 345,346  
                 

Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity:

               

Current liabilities:

               

Deferred profit

  $ 5,726     $ 3,730  

Other current liabilities

    57,804       59,461  

Total current liabilities

    63,530       63,191  

Other noncurrent liabilities

    42,995       44,018  

Stockholders’ equity

    240,963       238,137  

Total liabilities & stockholders’ equity

  $ 347,488     $ 345,346  

 

 
 

 

  

COHU, INC.

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

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

   

Three Months Ended

 
   

September 24,

   

June 25,

   

September 26,

 
   

2016

   

2016

   

2015

 
                         

Income from operations - GAAP basis (a)

  $ 996     $ 3,364     $ 2,266  

Non-GAAP adjustments:

                       

Share-based compensation included in (b):

                       

Cost of goods sold

    160       170       100  

Research and development

    288       294       256  

Selling, general and administrative

    1,220       1,187       1,281  
      1,668       1,651       1,637  

Amortization of intangible assets included in (c):

                       

Cost of goods sold

    1,355       1,348       1,364  

Selling, general and administrative

    450       443       384  
      1,805       1,791       1,748  

Manufacturing transition and severance costs included in (d):

                       

Selling, general and administrative

    586       276       184  
                         

Income from operations - non-GAAP basis (e)

  $ 5,055     $ 7,082     $ 5,835  
                         

Income from continuing operations - GAAP basis

  $ 218     $ 2,662     $ 1,335  

Non-GAAP adjustments (as scheduled above)

    4,059       3,718       3,569  

Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (f)

    (463 )     (477 )     (466 )

Income from continuing operations - non-GAAP basis

  $ 3,814     $ 5,903     $ 4,438  
                         

GAAP income from continuing operations per share - diluted

  $ 0.01     $ 0.10     $ 0.05  

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

  $ 0.14     $ 0.22     $ 0.17  

 

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)

1.4%, 4.4% and 3.4% 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)

7.3%, 9.3% and 8.6% 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 the number of GAAP diluted shares outstanding for the period.

 

 

 
 

 

  

COHU, INC.

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

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

   

Nine Months Ended

 
   

September 24,

   

September 26,

 
   

2016

   

2015

 
                 

Income from operations - GAAP basis (a)

  $ 2,628     $ 5,734  

Non-GAAP adjustments:

               

Share-based compensation included in (b):

               

Cost of goods sold

    264       413  

Research and development

    998       841  

Selling, general and administrative

    4,014       3,827  
      5,276       5,081  

Amortization of intangible assets included in (c):

               

Cost of goods sold

    4,032       4,110  

Selling, general and administrative

    1,332       1,158  
      5,364       5,268  

Manufacturing transition and severance costs included in (d):

               

Cost of goods sold

    75       -  

Selling, general and administrative

    927       534  
      1,002       534  

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

    -       273  

Income from operations - non-GAAP basis (f)

  $ 14,270     $ 16,890  

Income from continuing operations - GAAP basis

  $ 969     $ 3,502  

Non-GAAP adjustments (as scheduled above)

    11,642       11,156  

Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (g)

    (1,377 )     (1,392 )

Income from continuing operations - non-GAAP basis

  $ 11,234     $ 13,266  
                 

GAAP income per share - diluted

  $ 0.04     $ 0.13  

Non-GAAP income per share - diluted (h)

  $ 0.41     $ 0.50  

 


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 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)

1.2% and 2.8% 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)

6.8% and 8.2% 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 the number of GAAP diluted shares outstanding for each period.