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AVX Corporation Announces Preliminary First Quarter Results

GREENVILLE, S.C. - July 25, 2011-- AVX Corporation (NYSE: AVX) today reported preliminary unaudited results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2011.

Highlights:

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Revenue for the June 2011 quarter of $436.4 million increased 4% from the previous quarter and increased 10% from the first quarter of last year.
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Gross Profit margin improved to 29% in the current quarter compared to 26% in the same quarter last year.
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Net income of $67.6 million, or $0.40 per share, for the June 2011 quarter.
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Dividends of $9.4 million ($0.22 annual rate per share) were paid during the quarter.

Chief Executive Officer and President, John Gilbertson, stated, “Our sales in the current quarter grew and margins improved as we continued to provide the electronics markets with the value added components needed to create industrial and consumer devices with ever increasing functionality.”

For the quarter ended June 30, 2011, net sales increased sequentially over the previous quarter by $16.3 million, or 4%, to $436.4 million. Net income for the quarter was $67.6 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, compared to net income of $63.3 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, in the previous quarter and net income of $52.3 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, in the first quarter of the prior fiscal year.

Chief Financial Officer, Kurt Cummings, stated, “We have continued to generate positive operating cash flows and make investments in scarce materials to serve our customers. The Company’s financial position remains exceptionally strong with cash, cash equivalents and short and long-term investments in securities of $1.02 billion and no debt at June 30, 2011.  During the quarter, we paid $9.4 million of dividends to stockholders and spent $1.6 million to repurchase shares of AVX stock on the open market which are held as treasury stock.”

AVX, headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, is a leading manufacturer and supplier of a broad line of passive electronic components and related products.


Please visit our website at www.avx.com.

 
 

 


AVX CORPORATION
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share data)

   
Three Months Ended
 
   
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2011
 
Net sales
  $ 396,537     $ 436,418  
Cost of sales
    293,885       311,762  
Gross profit
    102,652       124,656  
Selling, general & admin. expense
    30,510       31,101  
Profit from operations
    72,142       93,555  
Other income
    2,572       1,658  
Income before income taxes
    74,714       95,213  
Provision for taxes
    22,414       27,612  
Net income
  $ 52,300     $ 67,601  
                 
Basic income per share
  $ 0.31     $ 0.40  
Diluted income per share
  $ 0.31     $ 0.40  
                 
Weighted average common
               
shares outstanding:
               
               Basic
    170,107       170,139  
               Diluted
    170,467       170,563  

 
 
 

 
AVX CORPORATION
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
(in thousands)

   
March 31,
   
June 30,
 
   
2011
   
2011
 
Assets
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 379,350     $ 328,880  
Short-term investments in securities
    398,914       458,515  
Available-for-sale securities
    2,747       2,998  
Accounts receivable, net
    233,783       253,356  
Inventories
    496,495       542,223  
Other current assets
    90,826       84,440  
Total current assets
    1,602,115       1,670,412  
Long-term investments in securities
    220,835       222,773  
Long-term available-for-sale securities
    4,490       3,900  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    235,659       243,393  
Goodwill and other intangibles
    245,144       244,053  
Other assets
    11,239       11,118  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 2,319,482     $ 2,395,649  
                 
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
               
Accounts payable
  $ 132,633     $ 131,384  
Income taxes payable and accrued expenses
    103,032       116,621  
Total current liabilities
    235,665       248,005  
Other liabilities
    43,905       42,912  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    279,570       290,917  
                 
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    2,039,912       2,104,732  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
  $ 2,319,482     $ 2,395,649  

 
Contact:
AVX Corporation, Greenville
Kurt Cummings
864-967-9303
finance@avxus.com