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Fabrinet Announces First Quarter 2011 Financial Results

^{Published on 2010-11-01 17:55:25 - Market Wire}
 

BANGKOK, Thailand--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Fabrinet (NYSE: FN), a provider of precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, today announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, ended September 24, 2010.

Fabrinet reported total revenue of $173.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, an increase of 79% compared to revenue of $97.0 million for the comparable period in 2010. GAAP net income in the first quarter was $15.2 million, or $0.44 per diluted share, an increase of 146% compared to GAAP net income of $6.2 million, or $0.20 per share in the first quarter of 2010.

Tom Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer of Fabrinet, said, aWe are pleased to have achieved record revenues in the first quarter and continued our long history of profitability. The strong revenue and earnings performance was above expectations, despite component shortages which limited our production capacity. We saw strength in all product areas, with growth from lasers and sensors above our overall growth rate. Looking ahead, we believe that we are well positioned for further growth over the longer-term.a

Business Outlook

Based on information available as of November 1, 2010, Fabrinet is issuing guidance for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 as follows:

The company expects second quarter revenue to be in the range of $170 million to $175 million. GAAP net income is expected to be in the range of $0.42 to $0.45 per share, based on approximately 34.3 million fully diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

Conference Call Information

This press release and any other information related to the call will also be posted on Fabrineta™s website at [ http://investor.fabrinet.com ]. The webcast will be archived on Fabrineta™s website for a period of one year.

About Fabrinet

Fabrinet provides precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, such as optical communication components, modules and sub-systems, industrial lasers and sensors. Fabrinet offers a broad range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities across the entire manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, final assembly and test. Fabrinet focuses on production of high complexity products in any mix and any volume. Fabrinet maintains engineering and manufacturing resources and facilities in Thailand, the Peoplea™s Republic of China and the United States. For more information visit: [ http://www.fabrinet.com ].

Safe Harbor

aSafe Harbora Statement Under U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include all of the statements under the aBusiness Outlooka section relating to our forecasted operating results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially from these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: less customer demand for our products and services than forecasted; less growth in the optical communications, industrial lasers and sensors markets than we forecast; difficulties expanding into additional markets, such as the semiconductor processing, biotechnology, metrology and material processing markets; increasing competition in the optical manufacturing services markets; difficulties in delivering products and services that compete effectively from a price and performance perspective; our reliance on a limited number of customers and suppliers; difficulties in accurately forecasting demand for our services; difficulties in managing our operating costs; difficulties in managing and operating our business in multiple countries (including in the U.S., Thailand and the Peoplea™s Republic of China) and other important factors as described in Fabrinet reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the factors described under the sections captioned aRisk Factorsa in our annual report on Form 10-K, filed on September 8, 2010. We disclaim any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.