6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

October 26, 2017

Commission File Number: 000-51380

 

 

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Unit 04-05, 27/F, #909 Cheung Sha Wan Rd.

Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon

Hong Kong

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F  ☒            Form 40-F  ☐

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Yes  ☐            No  ☒

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Yes  ☐            No  ☒

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Exhibits

 

Exhibit 99.1    Press Release issued by the Company on October 26, 2017.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    SILICON MOTION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Date: October 26, 2017     By:   LOGO
    Name: Riyadh Lai
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO   

Silicon Motion Announces Results for the Period

Ended September 30, 2017

NEWS RELEASE

Financial Highlights

 

    

3Q 2017 GAAP

  

3Q 2017 Non-GAAP

•    Net sales

   $127.2 million (-4% Q/Q, -20% Y/Y)    $127.2 million (-4% Q/Q, -20% Y/Y)

•    Gross margin

   46.0%    46.0%

•    Operating margin

   17.0%    20.0%

•    Earnings per diluted ADS

   $0.49    $0.57

Business Highlights

 

    Embedded Storage1 sales decreased approximately 5% Q/Q and accounted for about 80% of total sales, similar to the previous quarter

 

    Client SSD controller sales decreased approximately 10% Q/Q

 

    eMMC controller sales decreased approximately 20% Q/Q

 

    SSD solutions sales increased approximately 50% Q/Q

 

    Began shipping our SATA3 SSD controller to Micron for the Crucial BX300 SSD

 

    Began commercial sales of our 2nd generation PCIe NVMe client SSD controllers

TAIPEI, Taiwan and MILPITAS, Calif., October 27, 2017 – Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) (“Silicon Motion” or the “Company”) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. For the third quarter, net sales decreased 4% sequentially to $127.2 million from $132.7 million in the second quarter. Net income (GAAP) decreased to $17.6 million or $0.49 per diluted ADS (GAAP) from a net income (GAAP) of $24.0 million or $0.67 per diluted ADS (GAAP) in the second quarter.

For the third quarter, net income (non-GAAP) decreased to $20.3 million or $0.57 per diluted ADS (non-GAAP) from a net income (non-GAAP) of $25.4 million or $0.71 per diluted ADS (non-GAAP) in the second quarter.

 

1  Embedded Storage comprises primarily eMMC and client SSD controllers and enterprise and industrial SSD solutions.

 

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Third Quarter 2017 Review

“This quarter, NAND flash industry supply increased materially, which enabled us to significantly increase procurement of NAND for both our differentiated Ferri and Shannon SSD solutions,” said Wallace Kou, President and CEO of Silicon Motion. “Despite supply improvements, NAND prices remained elevated and high prices, as expected, continued to temporarily affect broader adoption of client SSDs. Our eMMC controller sales declined as previously communicated, the result of our NAND flash partner re-balancing their limited NAND supply away from mobile phones and towards other applications.”

Sales

 

(in millions, except percentages)

   3Q 2017     2Q 2017     3Q 2016  
     Sales     Mix     Sales     Mix     Sales     Mix  

Mobile Storage*

   $ 117.2       92 %    $ 121.6       92 %    $ 146.9       93 % 

Q/Q

     -4 %        4 %        13 %   

Y/Y

     -20 %        -6 %        82 %   

Mobile Communications**

   $ 8.7       7 %    $ 10.0       7 %    $ 10.1       6 % 

Others

   $ 1.3       1 %    $ 1.2       1 %    $ 1.6       1 % 

Total revenue

   $ 127.2       100 %    $ 132.7       100 %    $ 158.6       100 % 

Q/Q

     -4 %        4 %        13 %   

Y/Y

     -20 %        -6 %        66 %   

 

* Mobile Storage products include Embedded Storage products (eMMC and client SSD controllers and enterprise and industrial SSD solutions) and Expandable Storage products (SD and USB flash drive controllers)
** Mobile Communications products include mobile TV SoCs and handset transceivers

Key Financial Results

 

(in millions, except percentages and per ADS amounts)

   GAAP     Non-GAAP  
   3Q 2017     2Q 2017     3Q 2016     3Q 2017     2Q 2017     3Q 2016  
            

Revenue

   $ 127.2     $ 132.7     $ 158.6     $ 127.2     $ 132.7     $ 158.6  

Gross profit

   $ 58.5     $ 64.6     $ 77.4     $ 58.5     $ 64.6     $ 77.6  

Percent of revenue

     46.0 %      48.7 %      48.8 %      46.0 %      48.7 %      48.9 % 

Operating expenses

   $ 36.9     $ 34.3     $ 38.9     $ 33.1     $ 32.8     $ 32.0  

Operating income

   $ 21.6     $ 30.3     $ 38.5     $ 25.4     $ 31.8     $ 45.5  

Percent of revenue

     17.0 %      22.8 %      24.3 %      20.0 %      23.9 %      28.7 % 

Earnings per diluted ADS

   $ 0.49     $ 0.67     $ 0.92     $ 0.57     $ 0.71     $ 1.07  

 

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Other Financial Information

 

(in millions)

   3Q 2017      2Q 2017      3Q 2016  

Cash and cash equivalents, and short-term investments

   $ 332.8      $ 306.0      $ 269.2  

Bank loans

     —        $ 25.0      $ 35.0  

Capital expenditures

   $ 3.0      $ 2.1      $ 2.8  

Dividend payments

   $ 7.1      $ 7.1      $ 5.3  

Loan repayments

   $ 25.0        —          —    

During the third quarter, we had $3.0 million of capital expenditures for the routine purchase of software and design tools. We paid $2.9 million for the acquisition of Bigtera, a software defined storage company.

Our third quarter cash flows were as follows:

 

3 months ended Sep. 30, 2017  
     (In $ millions)  

Net income (GAAP)

     17.6  

Depreciation & amortization

     3.2  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

     13.8  

Others

     2.9  
  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     37.5  
  

 

 

 

Acquisition of property and equipment

     (3.0

Acquisition of Bigtera

     (2.9
  

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (5.9
  

 

 

 

Dividend

     (7.1

Loans

     (25.0
  

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

     (32.1
  

 

 

 

Effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on cash

     0.1  
  

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

     (0.4
  

 

 

 

Returning Value to Shareholders

On October 24, 2016, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a $0.80 per ADS annual dividend to be paid in quarterly installments of $0.20 per ADS. On August 17, 2017, we paid $7.1 million to shareholders as the fourth installment of our annual dividend. On October 24, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a $1.20 per ADS annual dividend to be paid in quarterly installments of $0.30 per ADS. The first installment of our new annual dividend will be paid on November 23, 2017.

 

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On August 1, 2017, the Company announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a new program for the Company to repurchase up to $200 million of its ADS over a 12 month period. In the third quarter, the Company did not repurchase any shares.

Business Outlook

“We expect our business to gradually rebound in the fourth quarter, and rebound further next year due to increasing availability of 64L 3D NAND and more competitive NAND pricing,” said Wallace Kou, President and CEO of Silicon Motion. “In the fourth quarter, we expect our Ferri and Shannon SSD solutions customers to take advantage of improving supply of NAND flash to procure more than originally forecasted. We expect our client SSD controller sales to increase strongly in the fourth quarter as our pipeline of 2nd generation PCIe NVMe client SSD controllers start entering production.”

For the fourth quarter of 2017, management expects:

 

   

GAAP

 

Non-GAAP Adjustment

 

Non-GAAP

Revenue

 

$130m to $136m

2% to 7% Q/Q

  —    

$130m to $136m

2% to 7% Q/Q

Gross margin

  45.4% to 47.4%   Approximately $0.2m*   45.5% to 47.5%

Operating margin

  13.2% to 15.5%**   Approximately $8.7m to 8.8m***   20.0% to 22.0%

 

* Projected gross margin (non-GAAP) excludes $0.2 million of stock-based compensation.
** Projected operating margin (GAAP) excludes potential impairment charges relating to FCI, which came to our attention after the end of the third quarter and which we are currently in the process of evaluating. The total carrying cost of FCI at the end of the third quarter 2017 is $35.5 million.
*** Projected operating margin (non-GAAP) excludes $0.5 million of amortization of intangible assets, and $8.2 million to $8.3 million of stock-based compensation.

 

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Conference Call & Webcast:

The Company’s management team will conduct a conference call at 8:00 am Eastern Time on October 27, 2017.

Speakers

Wallace Kou, President & CEO

Riyadh Lai, CFO

Jason Tsai, Senior Director of Investor Relations and Strategy

CONFERENCE CALL ACCESS NUMBERS:

USA (Toll Free): 1 866 519 4004

USA (Toll): 1 845 675 0437    

Taiwan (Toll Free): 0080 112 6920

Participant Passcode: 9227 0229

REPLAY NUMBERS (for 7 days):

USA (Toll Free): 1 855 452 5696

USA (Toll): 1 646 254 3697

Participant Passcode: 9227 0229

A webcast of the call will be available on the Company’s website at www.siliconmotion.com.

 

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Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement the Company’s unaudited selected financial results calculated in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), the Company discloses certain non-GAAP financial measures that exclude stock-based compensation and other items, including gross profit (non-GAAP), operating expenses (non-GAAP), operating profit (non-GAAP), net income (non-GAAP), and earnings per diluted ADS (non-GAAP). These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with or an alternative to GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. We believe that these non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all the amounts associated with the Company’s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used to evaluate the Company’s results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most directly comparable GAAP measure. We compensate for the limitations of our non-GAAP financial measures by relying upon GAAP results to gain a complete picture of our performance.

Our non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance the user’s overall understanding of our current financial performance and our prospects for the future. Specifically, we believe the non-GAAP results provide useful information to both management and investors as these non-GAAP results exclude certain expenses, gains and losses that we believe are not indicative of our core operating results and because it is consistent with the financial models and estimates published by many analysts who follow the Company. We use non-GAAP measures to evaluate the operating performance of our business, for comparison with our forecasts, and for benchmarking our performance externally against our competitors. Also, when evaluating potential acquisitions, we exclude the items described below from our consideration of the target’s performance and valuation. Since we find these measures to be useful, we believe that our investors benefit from seeing the results from management’s perspective in addition to seeing our GAAP results. We believe that these non-GAAP measures, when read in conjunction with the Company’s GAAP financials, provide useful information to investors by offering:

 

    the ability to make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of the Company’s on-going operating results;

 

    the ability to better identify trends in the Company’s underlying business and perform related trend analysis;

 

    a better understanding of how management plans and measures the Company’s underlying business; and

 

    an easier way to compare the Company’s operating results against analyst financial models and operating results of our competitors that supplement their GAAP results with non-GAAP financial measures.

 

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The following are explanations of each of the adjustments that we incorporate into our non-GAAP measures, as well as the reasons for excluding each of these individual items in our reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures:

Stock-based compensation expense consists of non-cash charges related to the fair value of restricted stock units awarded to employees. The Company believes that the exclusion of these non-cash charges provides for more accurate comparisons of our operating results to our peer companies due to the varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types. In addition, the Company believes it is useful to investors to understand the specific impact of share-based compensation on its operating results.

Amortization of intangibles assets consists of non-cash charges that can be impacted by the timing and magnitude of our acquisitions. The Company considers its operating results without these charges when evaluating its ongoing performance and forecasting its earnings trends, and therefore excludes such charges when presenting non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes that the assessment of its operations excluding these costs is relevant to its assessment of internal operations and comparisons to the performance of its competitors.

Litigation expenses consist of legal expenses relating to intellectual property disputes, commercial claims and other types of litigation. While litigation may arise in the ordinary course of our business, we nevertheless consider litigation to be an unusual and unplanned activity and therefore exclude this charge when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.

Foreign exchange gains and losses consist of translation gains and/or losses of non-US$ denominated current assets and current liabilities, as well as certain other balance sheet items which result from the appreciation or depreciation of non-US$ currencies against the US$. We do not use financial instruments to manage the impact on our operations from changes in foreign exchange rates, and because our operations are subject to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, we therefore exclude foreign exchange gains and losses when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.

 

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Silicon Motion Technology Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Income

(in thousands, except percentages and per ADS data, unaudited)

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     Sep. 30, 2016
($)
    Jun. 30, 2017
($)
    Sep. 30, 2017
($)
 

Net Sales

     158,580       132,732       127,216  

Cost of sales

     81,175       68,121       68,746  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     77,405       64,611       58,470  

Operating expenses

      

Research & development

     25,934       24,476       25,293  

Sales & marketing

     7,548       5,588       7,157  

General & administrative

     4,878       3,750       3,917  

Amortization of intangibles assets

     526       526       526  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     38,519       30,271       21,577  

Non-operating income (expense)

      

Interest income, net

     541       958       993  

Foreign exchange gain (loss), net

     (375     (65     701  

Others, net

     28       (7     32  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Subtotal

     194       886       1,726  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income tax

     38,713       31,157       23,303  

Income tax expense

     5,991       7,124       5,709  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     32,722       24,033       17,594  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per basic ADS

   $ 0.93     $ 0.67     $ 0.49  

Earnings per diluted ADS

   $ 0.92     $ 0.67     $ 0.49  

Margin Analysis:

      

Gross margin

     48.8     48.7     46.0

Operating margin

     24.3     22.8     17.0

Net margin

     20.6     18.1     13.8

Additional Data:

      

Weighted avg. ADS equivalents2

     35,308       35,741       35,766  

Diluted ADS equivalents

     35,539       35,801       35,828  

 

2  Assumes all outstanding ordinary shares are represented by ADSs. Each ADS represents four ordinary shares.

 

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Silicon Motion Technology Corporation

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Operating Results

(in thousands, except percentages and per ADS data, unaudited)

 

     For the Three Months Ended  
     Sep. 30,
2016

($)
    Jun. 30,
2017

($)
    Sep. 30,
2017

($)
 

Gross profit (GAAP)

     77,405       64,611       58,470  

Gross margin (GAAP)

     48.8     48.7     46.0

Stock-based compensation expense (A)

     156       2       58  

Gross profit (non-GAAP)

     77,561       64,613       58,528  

Gross margin (non-GAAP)

     48.9     48.7     46.0

Operating expenses (GAAP)

     38,886       34,340       36,893  

Stock-based compensation expense (A)

     (6,320     (982     (3,263

Amortization of intangible assets

     (526     (526     (526

Litigation expense

     (1     —         —    

Operating expenses (non-GAAP)

     32,039       32,832       33,104  

Operating profit (GAAP)

     38,519       30,271       21,577  

Operating margin (GAAP)

     24.3     22.8     17.0

Total adjustments to operating profit

     7,003       1,510       3,847  

Operating profit (non-GAAP)

     45,522       31,781       25,424  

Operating margin (non-GAAP)

     28.7     23.9     20.0

Non-operating income (expense) (GAAP)

     194       886       1,726  

Foreign exchange loss (gain), net

     375       65       (701

Non-operating income (expense) (non-GAAP)

     569       951       1,025  

Net income (GAAP)

     32,722       24,033       17,594  

Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments

     7,378       1,575       3,146  

Income tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments

     (1,768     (173     (393

Net income (non-GAAP)

     38,332       25,435       20,347  

Earnings per diluted ADS (GAAP)

   $ 0.92     $ 0.67     $ 0.49  

Earnings per diluted ADS (non-GAAP)

   $ 1.07     $ 0.71     $ 0.57  

Shares used in computing earnings per diluted ADS (GAAP)

     35,539       35,801       35,828  

Non-GAAP Adjustments

     244       51       129  

Shares used in computing earnings per diluted ADS (non-GAAP)

     35,783       35,852       35,957  

(A) Excludes stock-based compensation as follows:

      

Cost of Sales

     156       2       58  

Research & development

     4,009       315       1,960  

Sales & marketing

     1,038       596       767  

General & administrative

     1,273       71       536  

 

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Silicon Motion Technology Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Income

(in thousands, except percentages, and per ADS data, unaudited)

 

     For the Nine Months Ended  
     Sep. 30, 2016
($)
    Sep. 30, 2017
($)
 

Net Sales

     411,948       387,239  

Cost of sales

     209,461       199,332  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     202,487       187,907  

Operating expenses

    

Research & development

     66,367       74,107  

Sales & marketing

     20,114       18,504  

General & administrative

     12,024       11,887  

Amortization of intangibles assets

     1,577       1,577  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     102,405       81,832  

Non-operating expense (income)

    

Interest income, net

     1,407       2,710  

Foreign exchange gain (loss), net

     (803     289  

Others, net

     48       14  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Subtotal

     652       3,013  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income tax

     103,057       84,845  

Income tax expense

     18,274       19,707  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     84,783       65,138  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per basic ADS

   $ 2.41     $ 1.83  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per diluted ADS

   $ 2.39     $ 1.82  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Margin Analysis:

    

Gross margin

     49.2     48.5

Operating margin

     24.9     21.1

Net margin

     20.6     16.8

Additional Data:

    

Weighted avg. ADS equivalents

     35,198       35,651  

Diluted ADS equivalents

     35,476       35,867  

 

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Silicon Motion Technology Corporation

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Operating Results

(in thousands, except percentages and per ADS data, unaudited)

 

     For the Nine Months Ended  
     Sep. 30, 2016
($)
    Sep. 30, 2017
($)
 

Gross profit (GAAP)

     202,487       187,907  

Gross margin (GAAP)

     49.2     48.5

Stock-based compensation expense(A)

     201       127  

Gross profit (non-GAAP)

     202,688       188,034  

Gross margin (non-GAAP)

     49.2     48.6

Operating expenses (GAAP)

     100,082       106,075  

Stock-based compensation expense (A)

     (8,736     (7,313

Amortization of intangible assets

     (1,577     (1,577

Litigation expense

     (51     —    

Operating expenses (non-GAAP)

     89,718       97,185  

Operating profit (GAAP)

     102,405       81,832  

Operating margin (GAAP)

     24.9     21.1

Total adjustments to operating profit

     10,565       9,017  

Operating profit (non-GAAP)

     112,970       90,849  

Operating margin (non-GAAP)

     27.4     23.5

Non-operating income (expense) (GAAP)

     652       3,013  

Foreign exchange loss (gain), net

     803       (289

Non-operating income (expense) (non-GAAP)

     1,455       2,724  

Net income (GAAP)

     84,783       65,138  

Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments

     11,368       8,728  

Income tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments

     (2,810     (986

Net income (non-GAAP)

     93,341       72,880  

Earnings per diluted ADS (GAAP)

   $ 2.39     $ 1.82  

Earnings per diluted ADS (non-GAAP)

   $ 2.62     $ 2.03  

Shares used in computing earnings per diluted ADS (GAAP)

     35,476       35,867  

 

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     For the Nine Months Ended  
     Sep. 30, 2016
($)
     Sep. 30, 2017
($)
 

Non-GAAP Adjustments

     140        86  

Shares used in computing earnings per diluted ADS (non-GAAP)

     35,616        35,953  

(A)   Excludes stock-based compensation as follows:

     

Cost of Sales

     201        127  

Research & development

     5,453        4,125  

Sales & marketing

     1,646        1,972  

General & administrative

     1,637        1,216  

 

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Silicon Motion Technology Corporation

Consolidated Balance Sheet

(In thousands, unaudited)

 

     Sep. 30,
2016
($)
     Jun . 30,
2017
($)
     Sep. 30,
2017
($)
 

Cash and cash equivalents

     260,468        303,612        327,811  

Short-term investments

     8,683        2,354        4,984  

Accounts receivable (net)

     61,800        76,644        68,652  

Inventories

     79,728        81,767        78,594  

Refundable deposits – current

     44,289        44,119        19,542  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     6,392        11,278        11,204  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     461,360        519,774        510,787  

Long-term investments

     133        120        120  

Property and equipment (net)

     48,726        48,910        48,552  

Goodwill and intangible assets (net)

     74,423        72,840        77,691  

Other assets

     11,033        5,593        5,914  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     595,675        647,237        643,064  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Accounts payable

     38,207        32,949        36,518  

Loans

     35,000        25,000        —    

Income tax payable

     22,148        21,355        22,360  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     73,308        50,750        44,637  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     168,663        130,054        103,515  

Other liabilities

     16,766        21,354        22,313  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     185,429        151,408        125,828  

Shareholders’ equity

     410,246        495,829        517,236  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities & shareholders’ equity

     595,675        647,237        643,064  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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About Silicon Motion:

We are the global leader in supplying NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices and the merchant leader in supplying SSD controllers. We have the broadest portfolio of controller technologies and solutions and ship over 750 million NAND controllers annually, more than any other company in the world. Our controllers are widely used in embedded storage products such as SSDs and eMMCs which are found in smartphones, PCs and industrial and commercial applications. We also supply specialized high-performance hyperscale datacenter and industrial SSD solutions. Our customers include most of the NAND flash vendors, storage device module makers and leading OEMs. For further information on Silicon Motion, visit us at www.siliconmotion.com.

Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation, statements about Silicon Motion’s currently expected fourth quarter of 2017 and full year 2017 expectations of revenue, gross margin and operating expenses, all of which reflect management’s estimates based on information available at this time of this press release. While Silicon Motion believes these estimates to be meaningful, these amounts could differ materially from actual reported amounts for the fourth quarter of 2017 and full year 2017. Forward-looking statements also include, without limitation, statements regarding trends in the multimedia consumer electronics market and our future results of operations, financial condition and business prospects. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Although such statements are based on our own information and information from other sources we believe to be reliable, you should not place undue reliance on them. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual market trends or our actual results of operations, financial condition or business prospects may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward looking statements for a variety of reasons. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the unpredictable volume and timing of customer orders, which are not fixed by contract but vary on a purchase order basis; the loss of one or more key customers or the significant reduction, postponement, rescheduling or cancellation of orders from these customers; general economic conditions or conditions in the semiconductor or consumer electronics markets; decreases in the overall average selling prices of our products; changes in the relative sales mix of our products; changes in our cost of finished goods; the payment, or non-payment, of cash dividends in the future at the discretion of our board of directors and any announced planned increases in such dividends; the effect, if any, on the price of our ADS as a result of the implementation of the announced share repurchase program; changes in our cost of finished goods; the availability, pricing, and timeliness of delivery of other components and raw materials used in our customers’

 

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products; our customers’ sales outlook, purchasing patterns, and inventory adjustments based on consumer demands and general economic conditions, its customers and consumers; any potential impairment recognized in our fourth quarter of 2017 relating to FCI; our ability to successfully develop, introduce, and sell new or enhanced products in a timely manner; and the timing of new product announcements or introductions by us or by our competitors. For additional discussion of these risks and uncertainties and other factors, please see the documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on April 28, 2017, as amended on May 2, 2017. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this press release.

 

Investor Contact:   Investor Contact:
Jason Tsai   Selina Hsieh
Senior Director of IR and Strategy   Investor Relations
E-mail: jtsai@siliconmotion.com   E-mail: ir@siliconmotion.com
Media Contact:  
Sara Hsu  
Project Manager  
E-mail: sara.hsu@siliconmotion.com  

 

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