Solomon Systech (International) Ltd. · HKEX:2878

Solomon Systech (International) — H1 2008 Earnings Presentation

18 slides from Solomon Systech (International)'s earnings presentation, Sep 11, 2008

  1. Slide 1: SSIL 2008 Interim Results Announcement

    11 September 2008 Hong Kong SSIL 2008 Interim Results Announcement 11Sep2008 P. 1

  2. Slide 2: Table of contents

    Table of contents ! Summary ! Financial Review ! Business Review ! Outlook SSIL 2008 Interim Results Announcement 11Sep2008 P. 2

  3. Slide 3: Summary

    Summary SSIL 2008 Interim Results Announcement 11Sep2008 P. 3

  4. Slide 4: Results summary

    Results summary ! Unit shipment 61mu ! Sales US$51 million ! Net loss US$6.0 million ! Basic loss per share 1.95 HK cents ! No interim dividend was declared by the Board ! Book to bill ratio @ 30 Jun-08 was 0.90 SSIL 2008 Interim Results Announcement 11Sep2008 P. 4

  5. Slide 5: Financial Review

    Financial Review SSIL 2008 Interim Results Announcement 11Sep2008 P. 5

  6. Slide 6: Profit and loss

    Profit and loss Six months ended 30 June YoY (US$ million) 2008 2007 Change Sales 50.8 103.4 -51% Gross profit 11.0 25.0 -56% Gross margin 21.7% 24.1% Net (loss) / profit (6.0) 9.8 Net margin -11.7% 9.5% (HK cents) Earnings per share* -1.95 3.1 Dividends per share Nil 1.0 Book to Bill ratio 0.90 0.6

  7. Slide 7: Balance sheet

    Balance sheet As at 30 As at 31 HoH (US$ million) Jun 2008 Dec 2007 Change Total assets 189.2 202.4 -7% Total borrowings Nil Nil N/A Shareholders’ funds 160.6 172.1 -7% Net cash 126.3 137.8 -8% (HK cents) Shareholders’ funds per share 51 55 -7% Net cash per share 40 44 -8% SSIL 2008 Interim Results

  8. Slide 8: Financial remarks

    Financial remarks Key Factors Sales 51% Unit shipment 38% YoY Blended ASP 20% YoY Net Loss US$6.0m Operating loss (US$6.0m) • Gross profit reduction 56.0% YoY • SG&A + R&D savings 2.6% YoY Investment impairment (US$1.1m) Financial asset unrealized loss (US$1.4m) Interest income US$2.6m Capex US$3.1m

  9. Slide 9: Business Review

    Business Review SSIL 2008 Interim Results Announcement 11Sep2008 P. 9

  10. Slide 10: Blended average selling price

    Blended average selling price ! 1H08 blended ASP = US$0.83, down 20% YoY ! Sequential decline rate moderating 2.00 HoH YoY 1.69 1.71 50% Blended Unit ASP (US$) 1.50 Blended ASP Change 1.20 1.05 1.00 0.83 0% 0.50 1H04 2H04 1H05 2H05 1H06 2H06 1H07 2H07 1H08 0.00 1H04 1H05 1H06 1H07 1H08 -50% SSIL 200

  11. Slide 11: Unit shipment by product line

    Unit shipment by product line ! Mono & Color STN: Declined as more mobile phones switched to m-TFT ! m-TFT: Up 29% YoY as design-wins ramped ! OLED: Decline 15% YoY as market stabilizing in new applications ! New Display: Down 67%, e-paper technology still in early stage of commercialization ! Displ

  12. Slide 12: Examples of 1H08 design-wins

    Examples of 1H08 design-wins New Customers, New Products, New Applications Mobile Display (STN, TFT) OLED Mobile Phone MP3 Keyboard Instrument MP3 GPS Display System Control Panel Study Machine Mobile Digital TV SSIL 2008 Interim Results Announcement 11Sep2008 P. 12

  13. Slide 13: Outlook

    Outlook SSIL 2008 Interim Results Announcement 11Sep2008 P. 13

  14. Slide 14: 2H 2008 Outlook

    2H 2008 Outlook ! Sales ! Uncertain economic condition ! Challenging based on the book to bill ratio ! Gross profit margin ! Pressure from market ASP erosion ! Operating expenses ! Maintain control; Invest in focused R&D projects ! New businesses or customers ! Continue development for system soluti

  15. Slide 15: Continuous Development

    Continuous Development Customer, Product and Application Diversification ! Display Panel Mobile Display ! m-TFT ! Audio / Video equipments, Mobile Phone - TFT GPS GPS, mobile phone ! OLED ! Mobile phone, MP3, industrial, accessories Mobile Phone - OLED MP3 Keyboard New Display ! E-paper ! Electronic

  16. Slide 16: Continuous Development

    Continuous Development Customer, Product and Application Diversification ! Display System ! Total system solutions ! including multimedia system IC, software, hardware, end product reference design ! Focus applications ! mobile digital TV, portable media player, personal navigation device, digital p

  17. Slide 17: Strategic Investment in Growing Industry

    Strategic Investment in Growing Industry Customer, Product and Application Diversification ! Solid state lighting Business ! Extend display applications into energy-saving “green” products arena ! Invest in high brightness LED supplier ! formulating supply chain relationship ! Develop new associated

  18. Slide 18: Thank You

    Thank You Solomon Systech (International) Limited Stock code: 2878 www.solomon-systech.com SSIL 2008 Interim Results Announcement 11Sep2008 P. 18

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