Eltek Announces Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results.PETACH-TIKVA, Israel -- Eltek Ltd. (Nasdaq:ELTK), the leading Israeli manufacturer of advanced flex-rigid circuitry solutions, today announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2007. Second - Quarter 2007: Eltek reported revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2007 of $ 8.6 million compared with $ 9.6 million for the second quarter of 2006. The decrease in revenues is attributable to reduced sales to the Company's largest customer, who notified the Company towards the end of the quarter that it was terminating production for its principal product as such product reached the end of its lifecycle. Revenues from this customer declined to $ 840,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2007 from $ 2.4 million in the three months ended June 30, 2006. Excluding sales to this single large customer, second quarter revenues increased by $ 620,000. The Company expects that its revenues will continue to be impacted by the loss of sales to this customer in the third quarter, but expects an improvement in its operations in the fourth quarter of 2007. The Company incurred a loss for the second quarter of $ 171,000, or ($ 0.03) per fully 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 net income of $ 465,000, or $ 0.07 per fully diluted share for the same quarter in 2006. The loss is mainly attributable to the aforementioned a·fore·men·tioned adj. Mentioned previously. n. The one or ones mentioned previously. aforementioned Adjective mentioned before Adj. 1. reduction in sales. First Six-Months 2007: Revenues for the six-month period ended June 30, 2007, were $ 18.8 million compared with revenues of $ 18.9 million for the comparable period in 2006. Net income for the six-month period ended June 30, 2007 was $ 395,000, or $ 0.06 per fully diluted share, compared with a net income of $ 1.1 million or $ 0.19 per fully diluted share for the same period in 2006. EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become : In the second quarter of 2007, Eltek had EBITDA of $ 575,000 compared to EBITDA of $ 1.1 million in the second quarter of 2006. In the first six months of 2007, Eltek had EBITDA of $ 1.8 million compared with EBITDA of $ 2.5 million in the same period in 2006. ELTEK uses EBITDA as a non-GAAP financial performance measurement. EBITDA is calculated by adding back to net income interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is provided to investors to complement results provided in accordance with GAAP GAAP See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). , as management believes the measure helps illustrate underlying operating trends in the Company's business and uses the measure to establish internal budgets and goals, manage the business and evaluate performance. EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Effective January 1, 2007, The Company's consolidated financial statements Consolidated Financial Statements The combined financial statements of a parent company and its subsidiaries. Notes: Because consolidated financial statements present an aggregated look at the financial position of a parent and its subsidiaries, they enable you to gauge have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and the Company's reporting currency Reporting Currency The currency used in published reports and financial documents. Notes: All annual and quarterly reports state the currency in which their results are listed. has been changed from NIS Niš or Nish (both: nēsh), city (1991 pop. 175,391), SE Serbia, on the Nišava River. An important railway and industrial center, it has industries that manufacture textiles, electronics, spirits, and locomotives. to U.S. dollars. The financial statements for all years (or periods) presented are translated into the reporting currency using the current rate method. Under this method, the income statement and the cash flow statement items for each year (or period) are translated into the reporting currency using the rates in effect at the date of the transactions, and assets and liabilities are translated using the exchange rate at the end of that year (or period), except for equity accounts which are translated using historical exchange rates. All resulting exchange differences, which do not affect the Company's earnings, are reported in the accumulated other comprehensive income In 1997 the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a Statement on Financial Accounting Standards entitled “Comprehensive Income”. This statement required all income statement items to be reported either as a regular item in the income statement and or a special item as as a separate component of shareholders' equity Shareholders' Equity A firms' total assets minus its total liabilities. Equivalently, it is share capital plus retained earnings minus treasury shares. Shareholders' equity is the amount by which a company is financed through common and preferred shares. . In the case of a change in reporting currency, this method of translation results in the financial statements of prior years (or periods) presented for comparison being translated as if the reporting currency used in the current year (or period) had been used for at least all periods shown. The Company believes that presenting the financial statements in U.S. dollars and under US-GAAP delivers more meaningful and relevant financial information to its shareholders. Management Comments: "As previously outlined, a number of factors resulted in our lower revenues and earnings in the second quarter of 2007," said Arieh Reichart, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eltek. "The earlier than anticipated termination of PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. production for our largest customer's principal product as it reached the end of its lifecycle, reduced second quarter 2007 revenues by more than $ 1.6 million compared to the second quarter of 2006. The weakness of the U.S. dollar compared to the NIS also negatively affected second quarter results. Also worth mentioning is the 11% lower number of working days in the second quarter compared to the first quarter of 2007 due to holidays." "However, excluding sales to this single large customer, second quarter revenues continued their healthy year-over-year organic growth pattern, reflecting the breadth of our customer base and increased penetration into new territories and tier-one customers. We expect this trend of revenues growth, excluding the impact of sales to the large customer, to continue in the third quarter of 2007 as well." Mr. Reichart continued, "While the end-of-life notice will have an adverse impact on our third quarter overall financial performance, as we announced a month ago, we expect an improvement in net income in the fourth quarter of 2007." Mr. Reichart concluded, "We see tremendous long-term growth opportunities for Eltek in the global high-end PCBs market. I am very optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op that we will be able to announce multiple long - term serial - production wins with very large customers in the coming months." Amnon Shemer, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of Eltek, added: "Excluding the inevitable impact of the decline in sales to this single large customer, we managed in the first six months of 2007 to increase our revenues from other customers by $ 2.3 million. In Q2 we also managed to continue to generate positive cash flow from operations Cash flow from operations A firm's net cash inflow resulting directly from its regular operations (disregarding extraordinary items such as the sale of fixed assets or transaction costs associated with issuing securities), calculated as the sum of net income plus noncash expenses , with EBITDA of $ 575,000 in the second quarter, and $ 1.8 million in the first six months of 2007, reflecting the strength of our business model and financial position." Mr. Shemer continued: "The significant devaluation devaluation, decreasing the value of one nation's currency relative to gold or the currencies of other nations. It is usually undertaken as a means of correcting a deficit in the balance of payments. of the U.S. dollar against the NIS continued to have a negative impact on our operating margins Operating Margin A ratio used to measure a company's pricing strategy and operating efficiency. Calculated by: , as the average exchange rate between the NIS and the U.S. dollar in the second quarter of 2007 was 9.2% lower than that of the second quarter of 2006." "In the first six months of 2007 we invested $ 1.7 million in machinery and infrastructure for further capacity ramp-up. We continue with the capacity expansion as planned and expect to have an increasingly positive impact on our production processes and efficiencies towards the end of 2007 and onwards on·ward adj. Moving or tending forward. adv. also on·wards In a direction or toward a position that is ahead in space or time; forward. Adv. 1. ," Mr. Shemer concluded. About the Company Eltek is Israel's leading manufacturers of printed circuit boards ("PCB"), the core circuitry of most electronic devices. It specializes in the complex high-end of PCB manufacturing, i.e., HDI HDI Human Development Index (UNDP yardstick of human welfare) HDI Help Desk Institute HDI Humpty Dumpty Institute (New York, New York) HDI High Density Interconnect , multi-layered and flex-rigid boards. Eltek's technologically advanced circuitry solutions are used in today's increasingly sophisticated and compact electronic products. For more information, visit Eltek's internet site at www.eltekglobal.com. Forward Looking Statement: Certain matters discussed in this news release are 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. that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to statements regarding expected results in future quarters, risks in product and technology development and rapid technological change, product demand, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the sales cycle, changing economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and other filings with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Securities and Exchange Commission. [TABLE OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED] |
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