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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the transition period
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Commission file number: 000-30241
DDi CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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06-1576013 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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1220 Simon Circle,
Anaheim, California
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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92806
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(714) 688-7200
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act:
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
(Title of class)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed
all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days: Yes þ No o.
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers
pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not
contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the
registrants knowledge, in the definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in
Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K o.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated
filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Act). Yes þ No o
The aggregate market value of the Common Stock held by
non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2004, was
approximately $160,168,589 (computed using the closing price of
$8.23 per share of Common Stock on June 30, 2004, as
reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all
documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12,
13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to
the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a
court. Yes þ No o.
As of March 1, 2005, DDi Corp. had 25,658,078 shares
of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding.
DDi CORP.
FORM 10-K
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You should carefully consider the risk factors described below,
as well as the other information included in this Annual Report
on Form 10-K prior to making a decision to invest in our
securities. The risks and uncertainties described below are not
the only ones facing our company. Additional risks and
uncertainties not presently known or that we currently believe
to be less significant may also adversely affect us. Unless the
context requires otherwise, references to the
Company, we, us, our
and DDi Corp. refer specifically to DDi Corp. and
its consolidated subsidiaries.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
On one or more occasions, we may make statements regarding
our assumptions, projections, expectations, targets, intentions
or beliefs about future events. All statements other than
statements of historical facts included in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K relating to expectation of future financial
performance, continued growth, changes in economic conditions or
capital markets and changes in customer usage patterns and
preferences, are forward-looking statements.
Words or phrases such as anticipates,
believes, estimates,
expects, intends, plans,
predicts, projects, targets,
will likely result, will continue,
may, could or similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results
or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed. We
caution that while we make such statements in good faith and we
believe such statements are based on reasonable assumptions,
including without limitation, managements examination of
historical operating trends, data contained in records and other
data available from third parties, we cannot assure you that our
expectations will be realized.
In addition to the factors and other matters discussed under
the caption Factors That May Affect Future Results
in Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K, some important factors that could
cause actual results or outcomes for DDi or our subsidiaries to
differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking
statements include:
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changes in general economic conditions in the markets in
which we may compete and fluctuations in demand in the
electronics industry; |
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our ability to sustain historical margins as the industry
develops; |
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increased competition; |
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increased costs; |
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our ability to retain key members of management; |
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adverse state, federal or foreign legislation or regulation
or adverse determinations by regulators; and |
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other factors identified from time to time in our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on
which such statement is made, and, except as required by law, we
undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement
to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such
statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not
possible for management to predict all such factors.
PART I
Overview
We provide time-critical, technologically advanced printed
circuit board engineering and manufacturing, and other
value-added services. We specialize in engineering and
fabricating complex multi-layer printed circuit boards on a
quick-turn basis with lead times as short as
24 hours. We have approximately 1,100 customers in the
communications and networking, medical, test and industrial
instruments, high-end computing, military and aerospace
equipment markets. With such a broad customer base and an
average of 40 to 50 new printed circuit board designs
tooled per day, we have accumulated significant process and
engineering expertise. Our core strength is developing
innovative, high-performance solutions for customers during the
engineering, test and launch phases of their new electronic
product development. Our entire organization is focused on
rapidly and reliably filling complex customer orders and
building long-term customer relationships. Our engineering
capabilities and highly scalable manufacturing facilities in the
United States and Canada enable us to respond to time-critical
orders and technology challenges for our customers.
From 2000 through 2002, we acquired several companies and
facilities in Europe, which we operated under DDi Europe
Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DDi Corp. On
February 9, 2005, the Company announced the discontinuation
of its European business and the placement of DDi Europe
into administration. The Companys Board of Directors had
concluded that the valuation of DDi Europe did not justify
any further investment by the Company in support of its European
subsidiaries. The Company subsequently announced it was unable
to reach a satisfactory agreement on restructuring the terms of,
and obtaining a further extension of credit under, the
DDi Europe credit facilities. As a result, the
Companys financial statements reflect DDi Europe as a
discontinued operation. The Company anticipates the disposition
of DDi Europe to be completed in the first quarter of 2005.
The disposal of DDi Europe will be accretive to the
Companys earnings and the Company expects to record a
non-cash gain on disposition. All other references to operating
results and statistical information reflect the operations of
DDi Corp. and its subsidiaries, excluding DDi Europe.
DDi Corp.s predecessor corporation was incorporated in
California in 1978. In 1991, new management, led by our current
Chief Executive Officer, Bruce D. McMaster, began to focus
primarily on the time-critical segment of the electronics
manufacturing services industry. In April 2000, in conjunction
with the closing of DDi Corp.s initial public offering,
DDi Corp. was reincorporated in Delaware. We operate in one
reportable business segment through our primary operating
subsidiary, Dynamic Details, Incorporated, or Dynamic Details.
Industry Background
Printed circuit boards are a fundamental component of virtually
all electronic equipment. A printed circuit board is comprised
of layers of laminate and copper and contains patterns of
electrical circuitry to connect electronic components. The level
of printed circuit board complexity is determined by several
characteristics, including size, layer count, density, materials
and functionality. High-end commercial equipment manufacturers
require complex printed circuit boards fabricated with higher
layer counts, greater density and advanced materials and demand
highly complex and sophisticated manufacturing capabilities. By
contrast, printed circuit boards used in non-wireless consumer
electronic products are generally less complex and have less
sophisticated manufacturing capability requirements.
We see several significant trends within the printed circuit
board manufacturing industry, including:
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Increasing customer demand for quick-turn production and
integrated solutions. Rapid advances in technology are
significantly shortening product life-cycles and placing
increased pressure on original equipment manufacturers to
develop new products in shorter periods of time. In response to
these pressures, original equipment manufacturers look to
high-end printed circuit board manufacturers that can offer
design and engineering support and quick-turn manufacturing and
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Increasing complexity of electronic equipment. Original
equipment manufacturers are continually designing more complex
and higher performance electronic equipment, which requires
sophisticated printed circuit boards that accommodate higher
speeds and frequencies and increased component densities and
operating temperatures. In turn, original equipment
manufacturers rely on high-end printed circuit board
manufacturers who can provide advanced engineering and
manufacturing services early in the new product development
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Shifting of high volume production to Asia. Asian based
manufacturers of printed circuit boards are capitalizing on
their lower labor costs and are increasing their production and
market share of printed circuit boards used, for example, in
high-volume consumer electronics applications, such as personal
computers and cell phones. Asian based manufacturers have been
generally unable to meet the lead time requirements for the
production of complex printed circuit boards on a quick-turn
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Henderson Ventures, an independent market research firm,
estimated that the global market for printed circuit boards was
$38 billion in 2004, with North American rigid printed
circuit boards representing just over $5 billion of that
total. Henderson estimates that the North American rigid circuit
board market is expected to grow to $5.8 billion by 2008.
Since 2000, it is estimated that as much as 40 percent of
the North American circuit board manufacturing capacity was
eliminated through plant closures. Further reductions in
capacity are expected to occur over time, though at a slower
pace. We believe the plant closures create opportunities for
increased market share and improved pricing for manufacturers
such as ourselves that pioneer advanced technological
capabilities and have sufficient available production capacity.
The DDi Customer Solution
Our customer solution combines reliable, time-critical,
industry-leading engineering expertise and advanced process and
manufacturing technologies. We play an integral role in our
customers product development and manufacturing
strategies. We believe our core strengths in the engineering,
test and launch phases of new electronic product development
provide a competitive advantage in delivering our services to
customers in industries characterized by rapid product
introduction cycles and demand for time-critical services.
Our customers benefit from the following:
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Time-Critical Services. We specialize in providing
time-critical, or quick-turn, printed circuit board engineering,
manufacturing and other value-added services. Our engineering,
fabrication, assembly and customer service systems enable us to
respond to customers needs with quick-turn services. Our
personnel are trained and experienced in providing our services
with speed and precision. For example, we are able to issue
price quotes to our customers in hours, rather than days.
Approximately 50% of our net printed circuit board sales in 2004
were generated from services delivered in 10 days or less,
and we fill some of our customers orders in as little as
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Customized Engineering Solutions. We are actively
involved in the early stages of our customers product
development cycles. This positions us at the leading edge of
technical innovation in the engineering of complex printed
circuit boards. Our engineering and sales teams collaborate to
identify the specific needs of our customers and work with them
to develop innovative, high performance solutions. This method
of product development provides us with an in-depth
understanding of our customers businesses and enables us
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Advanced Manufacturing Technologies. We maintain a strong
commitment to research and development and focus on enhancing
existing capabilities as well as developing new technologies. We
are consistently among the first to adopt advances in printed
circuit board manufacturing technology. For example, we believe
that we were the first, and remain one of only a few, printed
circuit board manufacturers in North America to manufacture
printed circuits boards utilizing stacked microvia, or
SMVtm,
technology. We continue to lead the domestic industry in
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Our Strategy
Our goal is to be the leading provider of technologically
advanced, time-critical printed circuit board engineering,
manufacturing and other value-added services. To achieve this
goal, we intend to:
Focus on time-critical services. We focus primarily on
the quick-turn segment of the printed circuit board industry. We
target the time-critical services market because the significant
value of these services to our customers allows us to charge a
premium and generate higher margins. We also believe that the
market dynamics over the past 4 years for time-critical
services have been more stable than those of the volume
production market and that these services are more resistant to
pricing pressure and commoditization.
Maintain our technology leadership. We are a leader in
developing and adopting new manufacturing technologies. We
continually accumulate new technology and engineering expertise
as we work closely with our broad customer base in the
introduction of their new products. We believe this expertise
and ability position us as an industry leader in providing
technologically advanced, time-critical services.
Continue to serve our large and diverse customer base. We
believe that maintaining a broad customer base enables us to
further enhance our engineering expertise while reducing
end-market and customer concentration risk. We maintain a large
sales and marketing staff focused on building and maintaining
customer relationships. We are focused on becoming an integral
part of customers new product initiatives and work closely
with their research and development personnel.
Pursue new customers and markets with high growth
potential. We continue to pursue new customers with high
growth characteristics and target additional high growth
end-markets that are characterized by rapid product introduction
cycles and demand for time-critical services.
Our Services
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Quick-turn Printed Circuit Board Engineering and
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Prototype Fabrication Services. We engineer and
manufacture highly complex, technologically advanced multi-layer
printed circuit board prototypes on a quick-turn basis. These
prototypes are used in the design, testing and launch phase of
new electronic products. Our advanced development and
manufacturing technologies facilitate production with delivery
times ranging from 24 hours to 10 days. |
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Pre-production Fabrication Services. We offer quick-turn
pre-production fabrication services to our customers when they
introduce products to the market and require larger quantities
of printed circuit boards in a short period of time. Our
pre-production services typically include manufacturing 500 to
5,000 printed circuit boards per order with delivery times
ranging from two to 20 days. |
For the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, quick-turn
orders, defined as orders with delivery requirements of
10 days or less, represented approximately 50% of our net
printed circuit board sales.
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Assembly Services. We complement our quick-turn printed
circuit board fabrication business with time-critical printed
circuit board assembly services. We also build, configure and
test electronic products and assemblies. These services provide
significant value to our customers by accelerating their new
products time to market. |
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Transition Services. We provide our customers with
seamless access to volume printed circuit board manufacturing
capabilities located in Asia. Through a single purchase order,
our customers can place an order for prototype work to be
manufactured domestically and volume production, which we
procure on their behalf, from Asia-based manufacturers. |
Manufacturing Technologies and Processes
The manufacture of printed circuit boards involves several
steps: etching the circuit image on copper-clad epoxy laminate,
pressing the laminates together to form a panel, drilling holes
and depositing copper or other
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conducive material to form the inter-layer electrical
connections and, lastly, cutting the panels to shape. Our
advanced interconnect products require additional critical
steps, including dry film imaging, photoimageable soldermask
processing, computer numeric controlled (CNC) mechanical and
laser drilling and routing, automated plating and process
controls and achievement of controlled impedance.
Multi-layering, which involves placing multiple layers of
electrical circuitry on a single printed circuit board or
backpanel, expands the number of circuits and components that
can be contained on the interconnect product and increases the
operating speed of the system by reducing the distance that
electrical signals must travel. Increasing the density of the
circuitry in each layer is accomplished by reducing the width of
the circuit tracks and placing them closer together on the
printed circuit board or backpanel.
Interconnect products having narrow, closely spaced circuit
tracks are known as fine line products. The manufacture of
complex multi-layer interconnect products often requires the use
of sophisticated circuit interconnections, called blind or
buried vias, between printed circuit board layers and adherence
to strict electrical characteristics to maintain consistent
circuit transmission speeds, referred to as controlled
impedance. These technologies require very tight lamination and
etching tolerances and are especially critical for printed
circuit boards with ten or more layers.
We provide a number of advanced technologies which allows us to
manufacture complex printed circuit boards with higher numbers
of layers and increased functionality and quality, including the
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Laser Direct Imaging. Laser direct imaging is a new
process that allows us to increase board density by direct
writing onto photoresist with a high-precision laser technology.
The system is also equipped with a vision system that enables
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Blind or Buried Vias. Vias are drilled holes which
provide electrical connectivity between layers of circuitry in a
printed circuit board. Blind vias connect the surface layer of
the printed circuit board to the nearest inner layer. Buried
vias are holes that do not reach either surface of the printed
circuit board but allow inner layers to be interconnected.
Products with blind and buried vias can be made thinner,
smaller, lighter and with higher component density and more
functionality than products with traditional vias. |
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Microvias. We are a leading supplier of advanced microvia
products. Microvias are small vias with diameters generally
between .003 and .008 inches after laser drilling.
Traditional microvias allow for higher densities than standard
through hole drilling and can be used to reduce layer count,
board size or increase the amount of components on a fixed area.
The fabrication of printed circuit boards with microvias
requires specialized equipment, such as laser drills, and highly
developed process knowledge. Applications such as handheld
wireless devices employ microvias to obtain a higher degree of
functionality from a smaller given surface area. These products
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Stacked Microvias
(SMV).
Stacked microvias are microvias filled with solid copper that
can be stacked, connecting as many as six layers sequentially.
This technology provides improved current carrying capability
and thermal characteristics, planar surface for ball-grid array
assembly and increased routing density for fine pitch ball-grid
arrays and flipchip devices.
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technology provides solutions for next generation technologies
that include high Input/ Output count, .65mm, .5mm, .4mm and
.25mm ball-grid array and flipchip devices. This is done by
allowing extra routing channels directly under the bonding pads,
as compared to a standard microvia that is limited to 1 or 2
layer deep routing. We believe that we remain one of only a few
printed circuit board manufacturers that currently offers
fabrication of printed circuit boards utilizing stacked
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Buried passives. Buried passive technology involves
embedding the capacitor and resistor elements inside the printed
circuit board, which allows for removal of passive components
from the surface of the printed circuit board, leaving more
surface area for active components. We have offered buried
resistor products since the early 1990s. This technology
is used in the high speed interconnect space as well as single
chip or multichip modules, memory and high speed switches. This
process is used to eliminate surface mount resistors and allows
for termination to occur directly under other surface mounted
components such as ball-grid arrays and quad-flat packs. We have
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capacitance layers since the mid 1990s. The buried
capacitance layers are currently used mostly as a noise
reduction method. |
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Fine line traces and spaces. Traces are the connecting
copper lines between the different components of the printed
circuit board and spaces are the distances between traces. The
smaller the traces and tighter the spaces, the higher the
density on the printed circuit board and the greater the
expertise required to achieve a desired final yield on an order.
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High aspect ratios. The aspect ratio is the ratio between
the thickness of the printed circuit board and the diameter of a
drilled hole. The higher the ratio, the greater the difficulty
to reliably form, electroplate and finish all the holes on a
printed circuit board. We are able to provide aspect ratios of
up to 15:1. We are currently developing a solution to provide a
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Thin core processing. A core is the basic inner-layer
building block material from which printed circuit boards are
constructed. A core consists of a flat sheet of material
comprised of glass-reinforced resin with copper foil on either
side. The thickness of inner-layer cores is determined by the
overall thickness of the printed circuit board and the number of
layers required. The demand for thinner cores derives from
requirements of thinner printed circuit boards, higher layer
counts and various electrical parameters. Core thickness in our
printed circuit boards ranges from as little as
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Materials. We offer a full range of materials for
microwave, radio frequency and high speed applications. These
materials can be used in hybrid stack-ups to allow for maximum
performance in a cost reduced package. We currently use 48
different materials and are preparing to add Green
or Halogen-free materials and materials suitable for lead
free assembly. The use of these materials requires
advanced capabilities in the areas of drilling, hole cleaning,
plating and registration. The addition of Green
materials and materials capable of surviving
lead-free assembly processes is to address the
continuing environmental concerns surrounding the industry as a
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We are qualified under various industry standards, including
Bellcore compliance for communications products and Underwriters
Laboratories approval for electronics products. All of our
production facilities are ISO-9002 certified. These
certifications require that we meet standards related to
management, production and quality control, among others. In
addition, some of our production facilities are MILPRF-55110 and
MILPRF-31032 certified. These certifications require that we
meet certain military standards related to production and
quality control.
Our Customers and Markets
We have one of the broadest customer bases in the printed
circuit board industry. We measure customers as those companies
that have placed at least one order with us in the preceding
6-month period. As of December 31, 2004, we had over 1,100
customers, comprised of original equipment manufacturers and
electronics manufacturing services providers representing a wide
range of end-user markets. These end markets consist of leading
communications and networking, medical, test and industrial
instruments, high-end computing, and military and aerospace
equipment markets. During 2004, sales to our largest customer
accounted for less than 9% of our net sales. During 2003 and
2004, sales to our ten largest customers accounted for
approximately 31% and 35% of our net sales, respectively.
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We sell to original equipment manufacturers both directly and
through electronic manufacturing service companies. The
following table shows the percentage of our net sales
attributable to each of the principal end markets we served for
the periods indicated:
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Sales to electronic manufacturing services providers are
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Statistical information for all periods presented have been
reclassified to exclude results of DDi Europe. |
We operate in one reportable business segment and in one
geographical area, North America. Revenues are attributed to the
country in which the customer buying the product is located. The
financial information for segment reporting and geographic areas
is included in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements under the caption Segment Reporting.
Sales and Marketing
Our sales and marketing efforts are focused on developing
long-term relationships with research and development and new
product introduction personnel at current and prospective
customers. Our sales personnel and engineering staff advise our
customers with respect to applicable technology, manufacturing
feasibility of designs and cost implications through on-line
computer technical support and direct customer communication.
In order to build strong relationships with our clients through
personal contacts, each customer is serviced by one individual
member of the sales staff for all PCB fabrication services
across all facilities. We have developed a comprehensive
database and allocation process to coordinate calling and
cross-selling efforts.
We market our development and manufacturing services through an
internal sales force. In addition, approximately 39% of our net
sales in 2004 were generated through manufacturers
representatives. For many of these manufacturers
representatives, we are the largest revenue source and the
exclusive supplier of quick-turn and pre-production printed
circuit boards.
Research and Development
We maintain a strong commitment to research and development and
focus our efforts on enhancing existing capabilities as well as
developing new technologies and integrating them across all of
our campuses. Our close involvement with our customers in the
early stages of their product development positions us at the
leading edge of technical innovation in the design and
manufacture of quick-turn and complex printed circuit boards.
Our experienced engineers, chemists and laboratory technicians
work in conjunction with our sales staff to identify specific
needs and develop innovative, high performance solutions to
customer issues and to align our technology roadmap with that of
our turn key customers. Because our research and development
efforts are an integral part of our production process, our
research and development expenditures are not separately
identifiable. Accordingly, we do not segregate these costs as a
separate item, but instead include such costs in our
consolidated financial statements as a part of costs of goods
sold.
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Patents and Other Intellectual Property
Although we seek to protect certain proprietary technology and
other intangible assets through patents, we have relatively few
patents and do not believe that the patents are critical to
protecting our core intellectual property. We believe our
business depends instead on our effective execution of
fabrication techniques and our ability to improve our
manufacturing processes to meet evolving industry standards. In
support of our research and development, we regularly enter into
joint technology development agreements with certain of our
suppliers to innovate our processes. Typically we maintain
exclusive rights to use such processes for a period of time in
our field. We generally enter into confidentiality and
non-disclosure agreements with our employees, consultants and
customers, as needed, and generally limit access to and
distribution of our proprietary information and processes.
Our Suppliers
Our raw materials inventory is small relative to sales and must
be regularly and rapidly replenished. We use just-in-time
procurement practices to maintain raw materials inventory at low
levels. Because we provide primarily lower-volume quick-turn
services, this inventory policy does not hamper our ability to
complete customer orders. Although we have preferred suppliers
for some raw materials, multiple sources exist for all
materials. We are evaluating all of our suppliers and creating
strategic relationships where appropriate. Adequate amounts of
all raw materials have been available in the past, and we
believe this will continue in the foreseeable future. As part of
our strategy to migrate the risk of a long-term supply shortage,
we have expanded our evaluation of suppliers to include those
domiciled in Asia.
The primary raw materials that we use in production are core
materials (copperclad layers of fiberglass of varying thickness
impregnated with bonding materials) and chemical solutions
(copper, gold, etc.) for plating operations, photographic film
and carbide drill bits. We work closely with our suppliers to
incorporate technological advances in the raw materials we
purchase.
Competition
Our principal competitors include Merix Corporation, TTM
Technologies, Tyco, as well as, a number of smaller private
companies. The barriers to entry in the quick-turn segment of
the printed circuit board industry are considerable. In order to
compete effectively in this segment, companies must have a large
customer base, a large staff of sales and marketing personnel,
considerable engineering resources and the proper tooling and
equipment to permit fast and reliable product turnaround.
We believe we compete favorably based on the following factors:
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ability to offer time-to-market capabilities; |
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capability and flexibility to produce technologically complex
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consistent high-quality product; and |
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outstanding customer service. |
Backlog
Although we obtain firm purchase orders from our customers, our
customers typically do not make firm orders for delivery of
products more than 30 to 90 days in advance. We do not
believe the backlog of expected product sales covered by firm
purchase orders is a meaningful measure of future sales since
orders may be rescheduled or canceled.
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Governmental Regulation
Our operations are subject to certain federal, state and local
laws and regulatory requirements relating to environmental
compliance and site cleanups, waste management and health and
safety matters. Among others, we are subject to regulations
promulgated by:
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the Occupational Safety and Health Administration pertaining to
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the Environmental Protection Agency pertaining to the use,
storage, discharge and disposal of hazardous chemicals used in
the manufacturing processes; and |
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corresponding state and local agencies. |
To date, the costs of compliance and environmental remediation
have not been material to us. Nevertheless, additional or
modified requirements may be imposed in the future. If such
additional or modified requirements are imposed on us, or if
conditions requiring remediation were found to exist, we may be
required to incur substantial additional expenditures.
Employees
As of December 31, 2004, we had approximately 1,200
employees in North America, none of whom are represented by
unions. Of these employees, approximately 73% were involved in
manufacturing, 13% were involved in engineering, 8% were
involved in administration and other capacities and
approximately 6% were involved in sales. We have not experienced
any labor problems resulting in a work stoppage and believe we
have good relations with our employees.
Available Information
Our Internet Address is www.ddiglobal.com. There we make
available, free of charge, our annual report on Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on
Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports, as soon as
reasonably practicable after we electronically file such
material with or furnish it to the SEC. Our SEC reports can be
accessed through the investor relations section of our Web site.
The information found on our Web site is not part of this or any
other report we file with or furnish to the SEC.
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| Item 1A. |
Executive Officers Of DDi Corp. |
The following table sets forth the executive officers of DDi
Corp., their ages as of March 11, 2005, and the positions
currently held by each person:
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Bruce D. McMaster
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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Mikel H. Williams
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Bradley Tesch
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Chief Operations Officer |
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Timothy J. Donnelly
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Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
The President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer are elected annually by the Board of Directors at its
first meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders.
Other executive officers may be appointed by the Board of
Directors at such meeting or at any other meeting. All executive
officers serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
Bruce D. McMaster has served as our President since 1991
and as a Director and our Chief Executive Officer since 1997.
Before becoming our President, Mr. McMaster worked in
various management capacities in our engineering and
manufacturing departments. Mr. McMaster also serves as
President and Chief Executive Officer of DDi Capital and Dynamic
Details and serves as an executive officer of our other
subsidiaries.
Mikel H. Williams has served as Chief Financial Officer
since November 2004. Before joining the Company,
Mr. Williams served as the sole member of Constellation
Management Group, LLC providing
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strategic, operational and financial/capital advisory consulting
services to companies in the telecom, software and high-tech
industries from May to November 2004; and as Chief Operating
Officer of LNG Holdings, a European telecommunications company
where he oversaw the restructuring and sale of the business from
June 2002 to December 2003. Prior to that, from November 1996 to
June 2001, Mr. Williams held the following executive
positions with Global TeleSystems, Inc. and its subsidiaries, a
leading telecommunications company providing data and internet
services in Europe: Senior Vice President, Ebone Sales from
December 2000 through June 2001; President, GTS Broadband
Services from August 2000 through November 2000; President, GTS
Wholesale Services from January 2000 through July 2000; and
prior thereto, Vice President, Finance of Global TeleSystems,
Inc. Mr. Williams began his career as a certified public
accountant in the State of Maryland working as an auditor for
PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Bradley Tesch has served as Chief Operations Officer
since March 2004. From October 2001 to March 2004,
Mr. Tesch served as Vice President, Value Add for the
Companys Dynamic Details Incorporated, Silicon Valley
subsidiary. From June 1997 to August 2001, Mr. Tesch served
as Vice President of Operations for Hi Tech Manufacturing which
later became SMTC (Hi Tech), a provider of
electronic manufacturing services. From August 1990 to June
1997, Mr. Tesch served as Hi Techs Director of
Engineering/ Manufacturing. Prior to that, Mr. Tesch was a
manufacturing process engineer for AT&T Manufacturing and a
member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories.
Timothy J. Donnelly has served as our Vice President,
General Counsel & Secretary since 2000. Prior to
joining us, Mr. Donnelly was the Assistant General Counsel
of Rockwell International Corporation from 1991 to 2000 and was
an associate attorney at the law firm of Latham &
Watkins LLP from 1986 through 1990.
There are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which
any of the persons listed in the table above was selected as
executive officers.
As of February 22, 2005, we leased approximately
437,000 square feet of building space in locations
throughout North America primarily for product assembly and
manufacturing facilities for quick-turn printed circuit boards.
Our lease agreements expire at various dates through the year
2011. These leases represent a commitment of $3.7 million
per year through 2011.
Our significant facilities are as follows:
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Sterling, Virginia
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Quick-turn printed circuit boards |
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100,000 |
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Anaheim, California
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Quick-turn printed circuit boards |
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97,000 |
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Milpitas, California
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Quick-turn printed circuit boards |
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73,000 |
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Tempe, Arizona
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Quick-turn printed circuit boards |
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49,000 |
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Toronto, Canada
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43,000 |
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San Jose, California
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62,000 |
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Longmont, Colorado
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437,000 |
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We also lease approximately 26,800 square feet of executive
office space, which is included in our Anaheim, California
facility. The lease represents a commitment of $0.2 million
per year through 2008.
We believe that our current facilities are sufficient for the
operation of our business, and we believe that suitable
additional space in various local markets is available to
accommodate any needs that may arise.
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Legal Proceedings. |
In October and November 2003, several class action complaints
were filed in the United States District Court for the Central
District of California on behalf of purchasers of our common
stock, alleging violations of the federal securities laws
between December 19, 2000 and April 29, 2002. Named as
defendants in these complaints are Bruce D. McMaster, our
President and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph P. Gisch, our
former Chief Financial Officer, Charles Dimick, former Chairman
of our Board of Directors, Gregory Halvorson, our former Vice
President of Operations, and John Peters, our former Vice
President of Sales and Marketing. Neither DDi Corp. nor any of
its subsidiaries was named in this lawsuit. The complaints seek
unspecified damages and allege that defendants violated
Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 by, among other things, misrepresenting and/or failing to
disclose material facts about the Companys reported and
projected financial results during the class period. In December
2003, a related class action complaint was filed in the Central
District of California alleging similar claims against the same
parties and seeking unspecified damages, but also adding causes
of action under the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with
the Companys February 2001 secondary offering. This
complaint alleges that the defendants misrepresented and/or
failed to disclose material facts about the Companys
reported and projected financial results in connection with the
registration statement and prospectus for the secondary
offering. This complaint also added former directors David
Dominik, Steven Pagliuca, Steven Zide and Mark Benham as
defendants, as well as Bain Capital, Inc. and the underwriters
of the February 2001 offering. On December 16, 2003, a
federal district court judge consolidated the Central District
of California actions in to a single action, In re DDi Corp.
Securities Litigation, Case No. CV 03-7063 MMM
(SHx). On May 21, 2004, the Court appointed as Lead
Plaintiffs Paul Poppe, LeRoy Schneider, and Rand Skolmick. On
July 26, 2004, Lead Plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended
complaint on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased
Company common stock between December 19, 2000 and
April 29, 2002, including those who acquired Company common
stock pursuant to, or traceable to, its February 14, 2001
secondary offering. The consolidated amended complaint seeks
unspecified damages and alleges that defendants violated
Sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act and
Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act by, among
other things, misrepresenting and/or failing to disclose
material facts about the Companys reported and projected
financial results during the class period, including reported
and projected financial results in connection with the
registration statement and prospectus for the secondary
offering. Neither the Company nor any of it subsidiaries were
named as a defendant in this consolidated amended complaint.
Pursuant to a June 13, 2004 scheduling order, the
defendants responded to the consolidated amended complaint on
September 9, 2004 with a motion to dismiss. The plaintiffs
filed their opposition on October 25, 2004. The defendants
filed a reply in support of the motion to dismiss in November
2004. On January 7, 2005, without the necessity of oral
argument, the Court entered an Order Denying in Part and
Granting in Part Defendants Motions to Dismiss the
Consolidated Amended Complaint. The Courts Order denied
the motions to dismiss to the extent they relied upon statutes
of limitations arguments. The Courts Order granted the
motions to dismiss on the grounds that the Consolidated Amended
Complaint failed to adequately allege any materially false or
misleading representations or omissions. The Courts Order
also granted Defendants motions to the extent the
Consolidated Amended Complaint inappropriately relied upon the
group pleading or group published information doctrine. As a
consequence of this, the totality of plaintiffs claims
were dismissed with leave to file a Second Amended Consolidated
Complaint. The plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Complaint on
February 22, 2005. The defendants are in the process of
briefing a motion to dismiss this complaint in accordance with
the Court-ordered schedule. We believe the claims are without
merit and that the action will be defended vigorously. However,
there can be no assurance that the defendants will succeed in
defending or settling this action. We cannot assure you that the
action will not have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders. |
None.
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PART II
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| Item 5. |
Market for the Registrants Common Equity and Related
Stockholder Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities. |
Market for Common Stock
Our common stock formerly traded on the Nasdaq National Market
until December 11, 2002, then traded on the Nasdaq SmallCap
Market until April 15, 2003 and then traded on the OTC
Bulletin Board until December 12, 2003 under the
symbol DDIC. When we emerged from our
Chapter 11 proceedings on December 12, 2003, all of
our formerly outstanding common stock was cancelled in
accordance with our plan of reorganization, and our former
common stockholders received, in the aggregate, 1% of the shares
of our common stock issued under the plan of reorganization. The
shares of our common stock that were issued under our plan of
reorganization were trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under
the symbol DDIO. On March 5, 2004 our common
stock commenced trading on the Nasdaq National Market under the
symbol DDIC.
Because the value of one share of our post-bankruptcy common
stock bears no relation to the value of one share of our old
common stock, the trading prices of our post-bankruptcy common
stock are set forth separately from the trading prices of our
old common stock. The information regarding the old common stock
illustrates trends in our market capitalization in prior periods
but otherwise is not directly relevant to our current
capitalization.
The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices per
share of our common stock for the quarterly periods indicated,
which correspond to our quarterly fiscal periods for financial
reporting purposes. Prices for our old common stock are prices
on the Nasdaq National Market through December 11, 2002, on
the Nasdaq Small Cap Market through April 15, 2003 and
sales prices on the OTC Bulletin Board through
December 12, 2003. Prices for our new common stock are
prices on the OTC Bulletin Board. The sales prices on the
OTC Bulletin Board reflect inter-dealer prices, without
mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily
represent actual transactions.
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The number of common stockholders of record as of March 1,
2005 was 67.
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Dividend Policy
We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common
stock since January 1996. We anticipate that substantially all
of our earnings in the foreseeable future will be used to
finance our business and repay our debt. We have no current
intention to pay cash dividends, and we do not expect to pay
dividends while our current debt instruments are outstanding.
Our future dividend policy will depend on our earnings, capital
requirements and financial condition, as well as requirements of
our financing agreements and other factors that our board of
directors considers relevant.
Our asset-based revolving credit facility restricts our ability
to pay cash dividends on our common stock and restricts our
subsidiaries ability to pay dividends to us without the
lenders consent. Under the terms of the Certificate of
Determination for our Series B Preferred Stock, all accrued
dividends on our Series B Preferred must be paid before any
dividends are declared or paid on shares of our Common Stock. In
addition, the debt instruments of our subsidiaries restrict our
ability to pay dividends and restrict our subsidiaries
ability to pay dividends to us. Dynamic Details ability to
pay dividends is limited under its revolving credit facility.
DDi Capitals ability to pay dividends is limited under an
indenture dated December 12, 2003 among DDi Capital and
Wilmington Trust Co. as trustee. See Description of
Indebtedness and Outstanding Preferred Stock within
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations in Part I, Item 7 of this
Annual Report on Form 10-K and Note 8 and Note 10
to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
Information concerning securities authorized for issuance under
our equity compensation plans is set forth in Part III,
Item 12 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, under the
caption Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity
Compensation Plans, and that information is incorporated
herein by reference.