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Channell Announces Second Quarter Results.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

TEMECULA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2003

Channell Commercial Corp. (Nasdaq:CHNL CHNL Channel ) today announced unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June June: see month.  30, 2003. For the three months ended June 30, 2003, Channell's net revenues were $20.3 million compared with $25.8 million in the same period of 2002.

Channell's net income in the second quarter of 2003 was $1.1 million or $0.12 per share compared with net income of $0.8 million or $0.09 per share in the second quarter of 2002. The second quarter earnings in 2002 included a $2 million addition to bad debt reserves resulting from the Adelphia A`del´phi`a

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For the six months ended June 30, 2003, revenues were $36.5 million compared with $45.7 million in the same period in 2002. For the six months ended June 30, 2003 net income was $0.09 per diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 share compared with $0.14 per diluted share in the same period last year.

William William, crown prince of Germany
William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack
 H. Channell, Jr., president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
, said, "Given the difficult industry environment, we are pleased we were profitable in the second quarter. Visibility for the second half of 2003 is low. Order flow has trended down since peaking in April. We expect third quarter revenues to be similar to second quarter revenues and third quarter earnings to be in the $0.08 to $0.12 range. We believe our strong balance sheet and reduced cost structure position us to take advantage of a number of sizable siz·a·ble also size·a·ble  
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Of considerable size; fairly large.



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 telephone market opportunities consistent with our strategy of increasing our telephone revenues to 50% of total revenues."

Today's Conference Call

There will be a conference call webcast at www.companyboardroom.com at 3 p.m. Eastern time today to discuss today's release.

About Channell

Channell Commercial Corp. is a global designer and manufacturer of telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications.  equipment primarily supplied to telephone and broadband broadband

Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies).
 network operators worldwide. Major product lines include a complete line of thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene.  and metal fabricated fab·ri·cate  
tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates
1. To make; create.

2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts:
 enclosures, advanced copper termination The point where a line, channel or circuit ends. See SCSI termination and hybrid.  and connectorization products, and fiber-optic See fiber optics.  cable management systems.

Channell's headquarters and U.S. manufacturing facilities are in Temecula. International operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee.  include facilities in Toronto Toronto (tərŏn`tō), city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been one of the fastest-changing cities in North America, experiencing  (Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of ), London London, city, Canada
London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826.
 (U.K.), and Sydney Sydney, city, Australia
Sydney, city (1991 pop. 3,097,956), capital of New South Wales, SE Australia, surrounding Port Jackson inlet on the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is Australia's largest city, chief port, and main cultural and industrial center.
 (Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. ).

Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.


Forward-looking statements contained within this news release are subject to many uncertainties in the company's operations and business environments. Examples of such uncertainties include customer demand, material costs, integration of acquired businesses and worldwide economic conditions among others. Such uncertainties are discussed further in the company's 10K and S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                       CHANNELL COMMERCIAL CORP.

           CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

             (amounts in thousands, except per share data)



                                       Six months        Three months
                                          ended             ended
                                         June 30,          June 30,
                                      2003     2002     2003     2002

Net sales                          $36,503  $45,664  $20,285  $25,823
Cost of goods sold                  25,572   29,194   13,836   15,835

                  Gross
                   profit           10,931   16,470    6,449    9,988

Operating expenses
                  Selling            4,647    4,961    2,345    2,792
                  General and
                   administrative    3,728    6,655    1,876    4,654
                  Research and
                   development         785      838      390      446

                                     9,160   12,454    4,611    7,892
                  Income from
                   operations        1,771    4,016    1,838    2,096

Interest expense, net                  260    1,321      139      551

                  Income before
                   income taxes      1,511    2,695    1,699    1,545

Income taxes                           731    1,379      631      725

                  Net
                   income             $780   $1,316   $1,068     $820

                  Net income per
                   share
                          Basic      $0.09    $0.15    $0.12    $0.09

                          Diluted    $0.09    $0.14    $0.12    $0.09

                  Weighted average
                   number of shares
                   outstanding
                          Basic      9,125    9,025    9,126    9,025

                          Diluted    9,138    9,086    9,140    9,101


Net income                            $780   $1,316   $1,068     $820

Other comprehensive income, net of
 tax
   Foreign currency translation
    adjustments                      1,202      615      732      681

Comprehensive net income            $1,982   $1,931   $1,800   $1,501

EBITDA                              $4,999   $7,689   $3,433   $4,076


                       CHANNELL COMMERCIAL CORP.

                      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                        (amounts in thousands)


                                                     June 30, Dec. 31,
                                                        2003     2002
                                                  (Unaudited)
ASSETS
     Current assets
      Cash and cash equivalents                      $ 5,743  $ 3,162
      Accounts receivable, net                        11,566   10,156
      Inventories                                      9,008    7,757
      Deferred income taxes                            1,037    1,037
      Prepaid expenses and
       misc. receivables                                 937    1,090
      Income taxes
       receivable                                         --      247

          Total current assets                        28,291   23,449

     Property and equipment at cost, net              20,510   25,431

     Deferred income taxes                             4,467    4,367

     Intangible assets, net                              504      504

     Other assets                                        478      412

                                                     $54,250  $54,163

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

     Current liabilities
      Accounts payable                               $ 5,848  $ 5,820
      Short term debt
     (including current
      maturities of long term debt)                      952      952
      Current maturities of
      capital lease obligations                          264      694
      Accrued taxes                                       56       --
      Accrued restructuring liability                  1,663    2,155
      Accrued expenses                                 4,129    3,625

          Total current liabilities                   12,912   13,246

     Long term debt, less current maturities           3,336    4,877
     Capital lease obligations, less current
      maturities                                          30       25
     Deferred gain on sale leaseback
      transaction                                        544      574
     Commitments and contingencies                        --       --

     Stockholders' equity
      Preferred stock, par value $.01 per share,
       authorized -- 1,000 shares, none
       issued and outstanding                             --       --
      Common stock, par value $.01 per share,
       authorized -- 19,000 shares;
        issued - 9,369 shares in
        Dec. 31, 2002 and 9,370 in June 30, 2003;
        outstanding -- 9,125 shares in Dec. 31,
        2002 and 9,126 in June 30, 2003                   94       94
        Additional paid-in capital                    28,660   28,655
        Treasury stock -- 244 shares in
        2002 and 2003                                 (1,871)  (1,871)
        Retained earnings                             11,336   10,556
        Accumulated other
         comprehensive income
         (loss) -- Foreign currency translation         (791)  (1,993)

        Total stockholders' equity                    37,428   35,441

        Total liabilities and
        stockholders' equity                         $54,250  $54,163


                       CHANNELL COMMERCIAL CORP.
           CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
                        (amounts in thousands)

                                                     Six months ended
                                                         June 30,
                                                       2003     2002

Cash flows from operating activities:
 Net
  income                                               $780   $1,316
         Depreciation and amortization                3,228    3,673
         Deferred income taxes                         (100)     670
         Loss on disposal of fixed assets                79       41
         Foreign currency transaction gain               13       --
 Change in assets and liabilities:
     (Increase) decrease in assets:
         Accounts receivable                         (1,071)   2,263
         Inventories                                   (940)   1,274
         Prepaid expenses                               376      480
         Other                                          (64)    (100)
         Income taxes receivable                         --    5,076
     Increase (decrease) in liabilities:
         Accounts payable                               101     (677)
         Accrued expenses                               479      301
         Restructuring liability                       (548)    (942)
         Income taxes payable                           242      742

Net cash provided by operating activities             2,575   14,117

Cash flows from investing activities:
 Acquisition of property and equipment                 (639)  (1,401)
 Proceeds from the sales of property and equipment    2,314    6,614

Net cash provided by investing activities             1,675    5,213

Cash flows from financing activities:
 Repayment of debt                                   (1,541) (17,089)
 Repayment of obligations under capital lease          (436)  (1,215)
 Exercise of stock options                                5       --

Net cash used in financing activities                (1,972) (18,304)

Effect of exchange rates on cash                        303       87

Increase in cash and cash equivalents                 2,581    1,113

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period        3,162    8,762

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period             $5,743   $9,875

Cash paid during
 the period for:
 Interest                                              $172   $1,126

 Income
  taxes                                                $407     $244


                       CHANNELL COMMERCIAL CORP.

                       RECONCILIATION OF EBITDA

                        (amounts in thousands)

                                           Six months   Three months
                                             ended         ended
                                            June 30,      June 30,
                                          2003   2002   2003   2002

Net income                                 780  1,316  1,068    820

Interest expense, net                      260  1,321    139    551

Income taxes                               731  1,379    631    725

Depreciation & amortization              3,228  3,673  1,595  1,980

EBITDA                                   4,999  7,689  3,433  4,076

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