EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jul 28, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- International Rectifier Corporation (NYSE:IRF) today
reported adjusted earnings of $38.4 million (or $0.54 per share) for
the June quarter on revenues of $281.8 million. This compares to $41.7
million (or $0.56 per share) for the March quarter on revenues of
$281.9 million. For the June and March quarters, adjusted earnings
excluded $12.4 million and $8.1 million in pretax charges,
respectively, for severance and restructuring activities announced in
December 2002. As previously announced, a one-time $6.0 million pretax
charge from the accelerated vesting of options also is excluded from
the June quarter's adjusted earnings.
On a GAAP basis, net income was $24.7 million (or $0.35 per share)
for the June quarter versus $35.7 million (or $0.48 per share) in the
March quarter and $29.4 million (or $0.42 per share) for the
prior-year quarter.
Gross margin was 43.5 percent in the fourth quarter. This compares
to 44.4 percent in the March quarter and 41.2 percent in the year-ago
fourth quarter. Pricing pressure on commodity products principally was
responsible for the sequential decline.
For the fiscal year just ended, adjusted earnings per share were
up 43 percent over the previous fiscal year. Adjusted net income was
$167.3 million (or $2.30 per share) on revenues of $1.17 billion,
compared to prior-year adjusted net income of $110.8 million (or $1.61
per share) on revenues of $1.06 billion. For the fiscal year just
ended, gross margin was 43.5 percent compared to 38.8 percent in
fiscal 2004.
Adjusted earnings excluded $34.0 million and $33.5 million for
severance and restructuring activities announced in December 2002 for
the fiscal year just ended and the previous fiscal year, respectively.
Also excluded is the previously announced, one-time $6.0 million
pretax charge from the accelerated vesting of options from this fiscal
year's adjusted earnings and a one-time $5.9 million net pretax gain
from the Hitachi settlement from the prior-year's adjusted earnings.
On a GAAP basis, IR reported net income of $137.5 million (or
$1.91 per share) for fiscal 2005 compared to a net income of $89.8
million (or $1.31 per share) for fiscal 2004.
The company generated $79 million of cash from operations in the
fourth quarter and $221 million for fiscal 2005, ending the year with
$941 million in cash and cash investments.
CEO Alex Lidow said, "We have positioned the company to capitalize
on the fastest-growing, high performance, power management
applications with our proprietary product strategy. This has involved
developing value-added products, such as high performance analog ICs,
as well as taking advantage of cross-selling opportunities for our
other product families. Our focus on these applications and products
has driven our revenues, gross margins, and design wins to record
levels this past fiscal year."
Products targeting these high growth areas are now reported under
the category of "Focus Products." The grouping also includes IR's
royalty and licensing revenues. This category represented $858 million
dollars in revenue in fiscal 2005, up 18 percent over the prior year.
Gross margin for Focus Products expanded to 50.6 percent for the
fiscal year, an increase of 410 basis points and exited the year at
51.1 percent.
IR's Focus Products' segments include Computing and Communications
(C&C), Energy-Saving Products (ESP), Aerospace and Defense (A&D), and
Intellectual Property (IP). In addition, IR reports its "Non-Focus
Products" in two segments: "Non-Aligned Products" and "Commodity
Products." Additional information regarding IR product groupings will
be reported in the 2005 10-K to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Revenues by business segment are as follows (in thousands):
For the Quarter Ended For the Fiscal Year Ended
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March
June 2005 2005 June 2004 June 2005 June 2004
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Computing and
Communications
(C&C) $89,505 $89,323 $97,880 $386,662 $328,330
Energy-Saving
Products (ESP) 79,474 73,686 68,850 300,521 250,763
Aerospace and
Defense (A&D) 32,405 32,431 28,178 129,295 108,610
Intellectual
Property (IP) 10,091 10,513 10,942 41,160 41,927
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Subtotal Focus
Products 211,475 205,953 205,850 857,638 729,630
Non-Aligned Products 27,053 24,938 31,220 110,560 113,014
Commodity Products 43,240 50,980 61,576 206,226 217,856
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Subtotal Non-Focus
Products 70,293 75,918 92,796 316,786 330,870
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Consolidated
Revenues $281,768 $281,871 $298,646 $1,174,424 $1,060,500
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Gross margins by business segment are as follows:
For the
For the Quarter Fiscal Year
Ended Ended
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June March June June June
2005 2005 2004 2005 2004
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Computing and Communications (C&C) 44.1% 45.9% 44.0% 44.6% 40.6%
Energy-Saving Products (ESP) 55.3 55.5 50.3 55.0 49.2
Aerospace and Defense (A&D) 44.7 42.9 42.9 42.8 37.4
Intellectual Property (IP) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Subtotal Focus Products 51.1 51.6 49.0 50.6 46.5
Non-Aligned Products 12.0 14.3 14.1 15.9 14.1
Commodity Products 25.8 30.1 28.8 28.6 25.7
Subtotal Non-Focus Products 20.5 24.9 23.8 24.1 21.7
Consolidated Gross Margin 43.5% 44.4% 41.2% 43.5% 38.8%
-- FOCUS PRODUCTS' SEGMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Computing and Communications (C&C)
IR's Computing and Communications (C&C) segment is comprised of
the company's focus products addressing servers and high-end desktops,
notebooks, telecom, netcom and digitally-oriented consumer products
like game consoles. The growth in this area is fueled by
ever-increasing demands for greater computing power and improved
communications.
Revenues for fiscal 2005 were $386.7 million, up 18 percent from
$328.3 million in fiscal 2004. Gross margin was 44.6 percent compared
to 40.6 percent in fiscal 2004. Fourth quarter revenues were $89.5
million with gross margin at 44.1 percent compared to revenues of
$97.9 million with gross margin at 44.0 percent in the fourth quarter
of fiscal 2004. The year-on-year revenue decline reflects products the
company discontinued in this segment. C&C contributed 33 percent of
total company revenues in fiscal 2005 and 32 percent in the fourth
quarter.
Over the next 12 months, IR believes that its server market share
will more than double, displacing other analog suppliers in this key
space of the IT world. The company also expects a strong pickup in its
communications and networking business, with orders up sharply from
the prior quarter growing 28 percent sequentially.
Energy-Saving Products (ESP)
IR's Energy-Saving Products (ESP) segment includes the company's
Focus Products' solutions for variable speed motion control in
appliances and industrial systems; advanced lighting products;
advanced automotive solutions; and consumer applications like plasma
TVs. The growth in this area is driven by energy shortages, driving
demand for greater efficiency across a wide assortment of products.
Revenues in the ESP segment for fiscal 2005 were $300.5 million,
up 20 percent from $250.8 million in the prior fiscal year. Gross
margin was 55 percent compared to 49.2 percent for fiscal 2004. Fourth
quarter revenues were $79.5 million, up 15 percent from $68.9 million
in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. Gross margin was 55.3 percent in
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 compared to 50.3 percent in the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. ESP contributed 26 percent of total
company revenues in fiscal 2005 and 28 percent in the fourth quarter.
The booming housing industry worldwide is increasing demand for
IR's energy-conserving appliance business. At the same time,
developing economies such as China and India are driving the growth in
IR's lighting business. The company's appliance and lighting revenues
are up 41 percent in fiscal 2005.
Aerospace and Defense (A&D)
In the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) segment, IR's Focus Products
include solutions for commercial aircraft, space applications, and
defense systems as well as high-reliability applications required for
other markets. As with ESP and C&C, the growth in Aerospace and
Defense is led by the need for highly reliable, advanced power
management solutions, providing significant performance benefits to
high reliability applications.
Revenues for fiscal 2005 were $129.3 million, up 19 percent from
$108.6 million in fiscal 2004 and the gross margin was 42.8 percent
compared to 37.4 percent in fiscal 2004. Fourth quarter revenues were
$32.4 million, up 15 percent from $28.2 million in the fiscal fourth
quarter of 2004. Gross margin was 44.7 percent in the fourth quarter
of 2005 compared to 42.9 percent in fourth quarter of fiscal 2004. A&D
contributed 11 percent of total company revenue in fiscal 2005 and 12
percent in the fourth quarter.
Commercial and military applications such as A380, F/A-22 systems,
and communications satellites drove IR's growth in this segment in
fiscal 2005.
Intellectual Property (IP)
The Intellectual Property (IP) segment comprises IR's business of
licensing its intellectual property to third parties. In the fourth
quarter, IP revenues were $10.1 million, compared with $10.9 million
for the year ago period. For the full year, the total contribution for
IP revenues was $41.2 million versus $41.9 million in fiscal 2004.
International Rectifier has a growing portfolio of 400 U.S. patents
and has approximately 800 applications pending worldwide. In the past
fiscal year, the company added over 100 patents worldwide.
-- NON-FOCUS PRODUCTS' SEGMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Non-Aligned Products
This segment includes businesses previously determined as not
aligned with IR's long-term objectives and are in the process of being
divested or discontinued. Revenues were $27.1 million, with a 12.0
percent gross margin for the fourth quarter. For the fiscal year,
revenues were $110.6 million, down 2 percent from $113.0 million in
fiscal 2004, with gross margin of 15.9 percent in fiscal 2005 compared
to 14.1 percent in fiscal 2004. This segment contributed 9 percent of
total company revenue in fiscal 2005 and 10 percent in the fourth
quarter.
Commodity Products
The Commodity Products segment includes products offering returns
typically below the company average and are not strategic to the
company's core technologies. These products are considered commodity
in nature and are not consistent with company's overall goals in high
performance, power management application efforts. For the fiscal
year, revenues were $206.2 million, down 5 percent from $217.9 million
in fiscal 2004, with gross margin of 28.6 percent in fiscal 2005
compared to 25.7 percent in fiscal 2004. Commodity Products
contributed 18 percent of total company revenues in fiscal 2005 and 15
percent in the fourth quarter.
-- DESIGN WINS
International Rectifier posted record design wins in fiscal 2005,
including these application-specific highlights, described by end
market:
Information Technology: The company continues its strong momentum
in high performance servers by securing 86 new design wins. IR's
XPhase (TM), DirectFET (TM), and DCBus(TM) products are powering IBM's
new eight-way, dual core servers, representing two of the world's most
powerful computers. XPhase(TM) and DirectFET(TM) also won the
reference design to power next-generation, dual processor servers from
Intel.
Leading manufacturers selected IR's products for 37 new notebook,
desktop and graphics card designs including 14 market-leading Sonoma
Centrino platforms from Intel. IR continues to set standards in high
performance, power management applications in a wide variety of IT
product applications. At the same time, industry leaders are
increasingly choosing IR solutions to advance the greatest power
efficiency to help bring forward major new growth frontiers, such as
WiMAX.
In telecom and networking, IR secured 64 new design wins including
iPOWIR (TM), DirectFET and high performance, analog ICs with seven of
the top telecom and networking companies.
Consumer: In the consumer space, IR won 47 new designs including
digital TVs, digital audio, and game consoles fueled by major design
wins at Samsung, LG, and NEC.
Automotive: For the year in automotive, customers like Honda,
Bosch and Continental Temic selected International Rectifier for
advanced technology programs such as integrated starter alternators
for hybrid vehicles, electric power steering, and diesel direct
injection. IR had about 200 design wins over the full year into
automotive applications in, for example, the world's leading hybrid
car and the GM Silverado/Sierra hybrid truck.
Appliances and Lighting: Haier, Hitachi, General Electric, Maytag
and Whirlpool selected International Rectifier for energy-saving
appliances while Mitsubishi, GE Lighting, and Magnatek chose IR for
efficient lighting applications.
-- OUTLOOK
In the September quarter, revenues are expected to be flat to up 4
percent. IR currently has about 80 percent backlog coverage of target
revenue for the September quarter. Overall gross margin is expected to
be flat sequentially, plus or minus a percentage point, before the
effect of expensing options as required by FASB 123R, and a
broad-based profit sharing plan for employees excluding directors,
officers, and senior management. We expect the cost of these expenses
to impact gross margin by approximately 1 percentage point each
quarter throughout fiscal 2006. IR's tax rate for fiscal 2006 is
expected to be approximately 27 percent versus 25.3 percent for fiscal
2005.
CEO Alex Lidow stated, "Industry business conditions are steadily
improving, with the strongest part of the year still ahead amid a
major transition to new end products. A massive technology generation
change already is being seen in the IT space with the move to
multi-core processing. At the same time, we're entering an era where
energy savings is critical in both consumer and industrial
applications. IR is in an excellent position to capitalize on these
growth opportunities with a strong portfolio of power management
solutions, while steadily transforming its business model to reach
higher levels of profit making potential. The company's strategy to
redefine itself in the high performance, analog markets paid off again
last year and prospects are even brighter for fiscal 2006."
GAAP Adjustment
In addition to disclosing results that are determined in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), IR
also discloses adjusted or non-GAAP results of operations that exclude
costs related to restructuring activities and one-time income/loss
items. IR discloses both adjusted and actual results of operations to
allow the users of its financial statements to assess the Company's
operating results with and without charges associated with the
Company's ongoing restructuring initiatives previously announced in
December 2002, and with and without one-time income/loss items, if
any. In connection with the restructuring activities, the Company is
de-emphasizing some parts of its commodity business and accelerating
the move to its proprietary products and how they relate to its Focus
Products' segments. The Company expects to record severance and
restructuring charges as incurred in accordance with SFAS 146,
"Accounting for the Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities", through approximately calendar year-end 2005.
The following reconciles reported net income and earnings per share
("EPS") to adjusted net income and EPS for the fiscal quarters ended
June 30, 2005, March 31, 2005 and June 30, 2004 (in thousands, except
per share amounts):
For the Quarter Ended
------------------------------------
June 30, March 31, June 30,
2005 2005 2004
(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
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Net income $24,693 $35,673 $29,407
Restructuring charges (net of tax) 9,268 5,994 7,213
Stock options accelerated vesting
charge (net of tax) 4,479 - -
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Adjusted net income 41,667 36,620
Conversion of subordinated notes
(net of tax) - 1,552 2,629
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Adjusted net income, diluted $38,440 $43,219 $39,249
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EPS, basic $0.36 $0.53 $0.44
Effect of dilutive securities (1) (0.01) (0.05) (0.02)
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EPS, diluted 0.35 0.48 0.42
Restructuring charges (net of tax) 0.13 0.08 0.11
Stock options accelerated vesting
charge (net of tax) 0.06 - -
Effect of dilutive securities on
adjusting items - - (0.01)
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Adjusted EPS, diluted (1) $0.54 $0.56 $0.52
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Basic EPS shares 69,108 67,795 66,196
Effect of dilutive securities:
Convertible subordinated notes - 7,439 7,439
Stock options 2,012 2,088 2,554
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Diluted EPS shares (1) 71,120 77,322 76,189
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(1) The June 30, 2005 quarter reported and adjusted diluted EPS
did not include the effect from the conversion of the Company's
outstanding convertible subordinated notes into 7,439,000 shares of
common stock ("the Effect"), as the Effect would have been
anti-dilutive. The March 31, 2005 quarter included the Effect, which
impacted reported and adjusted diluted EPS by ($0.03) and ($0.04),
respectively. The June 30, 2004 quarter also included the Effect,
which impacted reported and adjusted diluted EPS by ($0.01).
For the Fiscal Year
Ended
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June 30, June 30,
2005 2004
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Net income $137,460 $89,770
Restructuring charges (net of tax) 25,387 25,453
Stock options accelerated vesting charge (net of
tax) 4,479 -
Hitachi settlement net gain (net of tax) - (4,448)
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Adjusted net income 167,326 110,775
Conversion of subordinated notes (net of tax) 9,838 11,275
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Adjusted net income, diluted $177,164 $122,050
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EPS, basic $2.03 $1.37
Effect of dilutive securities (2) (0.12) (0.06)
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EPS, diluted 1.91 1.31
Restructuring charges (net of tax) 0.38 0.39
Stock options accelerated vesting charge (net of
tax) 0.07 -
Hitachi settlement net gain (net of tax) - (0.07)
Effect of dilutive securities on adjusting items (0.06) (0.02)
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Adjusted EPS, diluted (2) $2.30 $1.61
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Basic EPS shares 67,621 65,459
Effect of dilutive securities:
Convertible subordinated notes 7,439 7,439
Stock options 2,029 2,904
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Diluted EPS shares (2) 77,089 75,802
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(2) The June 30, 2005 fiscal year reported diluted EPS included
the dilutive effect from the conversion of the Company's outstanding
convertible subordinated notes into 7,439,000 shares of common stock,
which impacted reported diluted EPS by ($0.06). The June 30, 2004
fiscal year reported diluted EPS did not include the Effect, as the
Effect would have been anti-dilutive. The June 30, 2005 and 2004
fiscal year adjusted diluted EPS included the dilutive effect from the
conversion of the Shares, which impacted fiscal 2005 and 2004 adjusted
diluted EPS by ($0.10) and ($0.01), respectively.
Segment Reporting
The company will begin reporting its financial results in six
segments commencing in its upcoming 10-K for Fiscal Year 2005 to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Those reporting
segments will be Computing and Communications, Energy Saving Products,
Aerospace and Defense, Intellectual Property, Non-Aligned Products and
Commodity Products. In this earnings release, the company is providing
fourth quarter and Fiscal year 2005 financial results using its prior
reporting format of one segment and providing certain descriptive and
financial information on a segment basis. Investors should look to the
company's upcoming 10-K for detailed business and financial
information concerning the company's segments.
International Rectifier (NYSE:IRF) is a world leader in power
management technology. IR's analog and mixed signal ICs, advanced
circuit devices, integrated power systems and components enable high
performance computing and reduce energy waste in motors, the world's
single largest consumer of electricity. Leading manufacturers of
computers, energy efficient appliances, lighting, automobiles,
satellites, aircraft, and defense systems rely on IR's power
management benchmarks to power their next generation products. For
more information, go to www.irf.com.
The foregoing material includes some "forward-looking statements"
as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. The materials presented can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as "anticipate", "believe",
"estimate", "may", "should", "will", or "expects" or the negative or
variations thereof, whether set out in the text of documents or in
graphs. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of
uncertainties and risks, and actual results may differ materially from
those projected. Factors that could affect the company's actual
results include the failure of market demand to materialize as
anticipated (and the product mix of that demand); unexpected costs or
delays associated with cost-reduction, restructuring and margin
improvement efforts, including reductions in force and the transfer,
discontinuance, divestiture or consolidation of product lines and
equipment; greater than expected costs of implementing company
restructuring plans; changes in assumptions or events that adversely
affect the timing and realization of anticipated cost savings from
restructuring plans and the amount of anticipated charges; the
effectiveness of cost controls and cost reductions; pricing pressures;
quality and product disputes, claims, litigation, investigations,
returns and recalls, and the cost of defense; introduction,
acceptance, availability, and continued demand and growth of new and
high-performance products; company and market impact due to the
cancellation or delays in customer and/or industry programs and/or
orders; unfavorable changes in industry conditions; economic
conditions in the company's markets around the world and the timing of
changes in market conditions; the success of working capital
management programs; changes in interest and investment rates; impacts
on our business or financial condition due to changes in currency
valuation; impact of changes in accounting methods and the timing of
completion of necessary compliance certifications; the impact of
changes in laws and regulations, including tax, trade and export
regulations and policies; impacts due to environmental compliance
and/or regulation for our facilities; impacts on our royalties from
patent licensee redesign, a decline in sales by licensees (due to
market conditions or otherwise), or change in product mix to
non-infringing devices; and other uncertainties disclosed in the
company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its most recent report on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. Additionally,
to the foregoing factors should be added the financial and other
ramifications of terrorist actions.
NOTE: A conference call will begin today at 5:15 p.m. Eastern time
(2:15 p.m. Pacific time). Participants can join the call by dialing
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the replay, call 800-633-8284 (for international callers 402-977-9140)
and use reservation number 21230147, or use the websites listed above.
DCBus, DirectFET, iPOWIR, and XPhase are trademarks of
International Rectifier. Centrino and Intel are trademarks of Intel
Corporation. IBM is a trademark of IBM Corporation. Other names and
brands may be claimed as the property of others.
International Rectifier Corporation and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Income
(In thousands except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
June 30 June 30
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2005 2004 2005 2004
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Revenues $281,768 $298,646 $1,174,424 $1,060,500
Cost of sales 159,330 175,753 663,901 649,406
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Gross profit 122,438 122,893 510,523 411,094
Selling and administrative
expense 45,003 47,007 173,037 164,723
Research and development
expense 24,497 24,882 104,876 92,156
Amortization of
acquisition-related
intangibles 1,570 1,404 5,939 5,623
Impairment of assets,
restructuring and
severance charges 12,353 9,508 33,952 33,534
Other (income) expense,
net 6,552 609 7,377 (5,038)
Interest (income) expense,
net (454) 717 1,274 1,812
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Income before income taxes 32,917 38,766 184,068 118,284
Provision for income taxes 8,224 9,359 46,608 28,514
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Net income $24,693 $29,407 $137,460 $89,770
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Net income per common share
Basic $0.36 $0.44 $2.03 $1.37
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Diluted $0.35 $0.42 $1.91 $1.31
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Average common shares
outstanding - basic 69,108 66,196 67,621 65,459
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Average common shares and
potentially dilutive
securities
outstanding -
diluted 71,120 76,189 77,089 68,363
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International Rectifier Corporation and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
(In thousands)
June 30 June 30
2005 2004
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Assets
Current assets:
Cash, cash equivalents and cash
investments $638,135 $560,154
Trade accounts receivable 158,510 154,911
Inventories, net 177,560 159,908
Deferred income taxes 34,784 44,141
Prepaid expenses and other receivables 53,387 34,096
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Total current assets 1,062,376 953,210
Long-term cash investments 302,585 276,055
Property, plant and equipment, net 488,204 393,919
Other assets 370,379 393,822
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Total assets $2,223,544 $2,017,006
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Bank loans $18,168 $18,866
Long-term debt, due within one year 163 274
Accounts payable 81,893 78,164
Accrued salaries, wages and commissions 33,344 36,510
Other accrued expenses 91,328 81,222
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Total current liabilities 224,896 215,036
Long-term debt, less current maturities 547,259 560,019
Other long-term liabilities 26,186 22,950
Deferred income taxes - 14,789
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock 69,826 66,358
Capital contributed in excess of par
value of shares 854,044 757,169
Retained earnings 435,145 297,685
Accumulated other comprehensive income 66,188 83,000
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Total stockholders' equity 1,425,203 1,204,212
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Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity $2,223,544 $2,017,006
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SOURCE: International Rectifier Corporation
International Rectifier Corporation
Steve Harrison, 310.252.7731
http://www.irf.com