Eltek Reports Full Year 2007 and Fourth Quarter Results.Achieves Strong Sequential Revenue Growth in the Fourth Quarter. Fourth Quarter 2007 Revenue of $9.9 Million, Up From $8.8 Million in Q3-2007 and $8.6 Million in Q2-2007. PETACH-TIKVA, Israel Israel, in the Bible Israel (ĭz`rēəl, ĭz`rāəl) [as understood by Hebrews,=he strives with God], according to the book of Genesis, name given to Jacob as eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews, the chosen people of God. -- Eltek Ltd. (NasdaqCM:ELTK), the leading Israeli manufacturer of high-end high-end adj. Informal 1. Appealing to sophisticated and discerning customers: a high-end department store; high-end video equipment. 2. Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), including flex-rigid, 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 , and multi-layered boards, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December December: see month. 31, 2007. In the fourth quarter Eltek made significant progress to increase revenue and to rapidly overcome the adverse revenue impact of a discontinued dis·con·tin·ue v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues v.tr. 1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: customer product. Fourth quarter revenue grew to $9.9 million from $8.8 million in the third quarter. Revenue growth in the fourth quarter was driven, in part, by continued penetration of the high-end 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. market in the U.S. This market includes customers in the aerospace, industrial and medical industries who have growing demands for Eltek's flex-rigid capabilities. In 2007, Eltek's strategic penetration of the U.S. high-end PCB market substantially gained momentum, by nearly doubling its U.S. revenues to $4.3 million and by winning 13 new tier-one customers. In the fourth quarter the Company made an important step forward in its efforts to rapidly overcome the adverse revenue impact of the end-of-life end-of-life Cardiac pacing noun The point at which a pacemaker signals need for replacement, as its battery is nearing depletion Medtalk adjective notice regarding the principal product of a former customer. Excluding sales relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the former customer's discontinued product, revenues in the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2007 increased by $4.9 million compared to the same period in 2006, reflecting an annual growth rate of 17%. Moreover, the Company made progress in diversifying its customer base, as its largest affiliated group of customers accounted for 15% of total revenues, and no other single customer accounted for more than 10% of total revenues in the fourth quarter or full year 2007. Year Ended December 31, 2007: Revenues for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2007 were $37.5 million compared with revenues of $39.0 million for the comparable period in 2006. The year-over-year decrease in revenues is attributable to reduced sales to the Company's former largest customer, which notified the Company at the end of the second quarter of 2007 that it was terminating production of its principal product. Revenues from that customer were $3.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2007 compared to $9.9 million in the year and quarter ended December 31, 2006. Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $301,000, or 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. net loss of $0.05 per share, compared with a net profit of $1.7 million, or diluted net profit of $0.24 per share, for the same period in 2006. The reduction in net profit is mainly attributable to the negative impact of the 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 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. and to the previously mentioned reduction in sales. The Company's sales are primarily denominated in dollars while its expenses are mainly denominated in NIS. During the year ended December 31, 2007 the U.S. dollar decreased in value against the NIS by 9.0%. Fourth-Quarter 2007: Eltek reported revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2007 of $9.9 million compared with $8.8 million for the third quarter of 2007, $8.6 million for the second quarter of 2007, and $10.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2006. The slight year-over-year decrease in revenues is attributable to reduced sales to the Company's former principal customer. The Company incurred a net loss in the fourth quarter of $472,000, or diluted net loss of $0.07 per share, compared with net profit of $63,000, or diluted net profit of $0.01 per share, for the same quarter in 2006. The loss is mainly attributable to continued devaluation of the U.S. dollar against the NIS and, 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. 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 year ended December 31, 2007, Eltek's EBITDA was $2.1 million compared with EBITDA of $5.1 million in the same period in 2006. In the fourth quarter of 2007, Eltek's EBITDA was $113,000 compared to EBITDA of $1.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. The reduction in EBITDA is mainly attributable to the reasons described above. Eltek uses EBITDA as a non-GAAP financial performance measurement. EBITDA is calculated by adding back to net profit (loss), interest, taxes, depreciation and impairment Impairment 1. A reduction in a company's stated capital. 2. The total capital that is less than the par value of the company's capital stock. Notes: 1. This is usually reduced because of poorly estimated losses or gains. 2. loss. EBITDA is provided to investors to complement results provided in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[] As well as a standalone program, it is the base software packaged by Zondervan in their Bible Study suites for Macintosh. 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 is reporting under U.S. GAAP. All comparative data was adjusted accordingly and is presented in these financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Also effective January 1, 2007, the Company changed its 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. from NIS to the U.S. dollar. The change in reporting currency was accounted for in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS SFAS Statement of Financial Accounting Standards SFAS Special Forces Assessment and Selection SFAS Student Financial Aid Services SFAS Sport Fishing Association of Singapore SFAS Safety Features Actuation System SFAS Statewide Fixed Assets System ) No. 52, "Foreign Currency Translation" (SFAS No. 52). Assets and liabilities of the Company have been translated using the exchange rate at the balance sheet date except for equity accounts which were translated using historical exchange rates. The average exchange rate for the period has been used to translate revenues and expenses. Translation adjustments were reported separately as a component of comprehensive income (cumulative translation adjustment). 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: Arieh Reichart, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eltek, commented: "In the fourth quarter we made an important step forward in our efforts to rapidly overcome the adverse revenue impact of the discontinued customer product, as fourth quarter revenue grew nicely over the third quarter. This achievement is a further testament to the continuing strengthening of our global market position as well as to the robustness of our growth strategy." "In 2007, our penetration into the strategic U.S. high-end PCB market substantially gained momentum. We nearly doubled our U.S. revenues to $4.3 million, won 13 new tier-one customers, and expanded our distributor network. Based on recent wins and marketing initiatives, we currently believe that we will continue to grow our U.S. revenues in 2008." "Since the second quarter, we obtained sufficient orders from new and existing customers to almost completely compensate for the reduction in sales associated with the former principal customer and are now very encouraged with our progress in diversifying our serial production customer base. Our top ten customers accounted for 48% of our total sales in 2007 as compared with 60% and 63% in the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. In addition, although our operating measures are in line with the industry for the high-end products, we are working on improving our manufacturing processes in order to achieve better operating performance, and expect to see the positive outcome from these steps in the second quarter of 2008 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. ." Amnon Shemer, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. of Eltek, added: "As an Israeli-based export-focused company, whose domestic prices are also denominated in U.S. dollars, the unprecedented devaluation of the U.S. dollar against the NIS had an inevitable negative impact on our operating margins Operating Margin A ratio used to measure a company's pricing strategy and operating efficiency. Calculated by: and profitability. While we have been proactive in entering into hedging transactions, these transactions are of a short term nature, and the magnitude of the devaluation took its toll and adversely offset operational - leverage related profitability improvements. The dollar has continued to decline against the NIS in 2008. However, we have recently been working diligently dil·i·gent adj. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d with many of our Israeli clients to increase the actual exchange rate underlying our price lists, and are encouraged by the responsiveness and understanding we have been receiving on this front. We expect to see the positive outcome from these steps in the second quarter of 2008 and onwards." "The severe devaluation of the U.S. dollar against the NIS had a negative impact on our operating margins, as the average exchange rate between the NIS and the U.S. dollar in 2007 and in the fourth quarter of 2007 was 7.7% and 7.4% lower than that of 2006 and the fourth quarter of 2006, respectively. On the other hand, we recorded income of $124,000 in Q4-2007 from hedging transactions, as compared to income of $349,000 in Q3-2007." About the Company Eltek is Israel's leading manufacturers of printed circuit boards ("PCBs"), the core circuitry of most electronic devices. It specializes in the complex high-end of PCB manufacturing, i.e., flex-rigid, HDI, and multi-layered 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 press 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 periods 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 which are all detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F and other filings. [TABLE OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED] |
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