Silicon Motion Announces Results for the Period Ended December 31, 2010


Fourth Quarter 2010

Financial Highlights

  • Net sales increased 17% quarter-over-quarter to US$40.0 million from US$34.2 million in 3Q10
  • Gross margin excluding stock-based compensation decreased to 45.1% from 48.4% in 3Q10
  • Operating expenses excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, and other items decreased to US$11.2 million from US$13.2 million in 3Q10
  • Operating margin excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, and other items increased to 17.3% from 9.8% in 3Q10
  • Diluted earnings per ADS excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, net foreign exchange gain (loss), and other items increased to US$0.18 from US$0.16 in 3Q10

Business Highlights

  • Fourth consecutive quarter of revenue growth
  • Increased total unit shipments 20% sequentially and 81% year-over-year to approximately 127 million units
  • Increased storage controller unit shipments 21% sequentially and 83% year-over-year
  • Increased our SSD and embedded controller sales by 9% year-over-year
  • Increased our sales of 3-bits per cell controllers by about 32% sequentially and continue to account for approximately 25% of our total controller sales
  • Significant design wins at Samsung for microSD, SD and USB flash drives for leading-edge flash components including 3Xnm TLC and 2Xnm MLC and TLC
  • Significant design activity for embedded controllers with leading flash OEMs expected to enter production in first half 2011

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:SIMO) (the "Company") today announced its fourth quarter of 2010 financial results. For the fourth quarter of 2010, net sales increased 17% quarter-over-quarter to US$40.0 million from US$34.2 million in the third quarter of 2010. Net income (GAAP) was a loss of US$5.5 million or US$0.19 per diluted ADS, compared to earning US$0.3 million or US$0.01 per diluted ADS in the third quarter of 2010.

Net income excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, foreign exchange gain (loss), and other items increased in the fourth quarter to US$5.8 million or US$0.18 per diluted ADS compared with a net income in the third quarter of US$5.1 million or US$0.16 per diluted ADS.

Fourth Quarter 2010 Financial Review

Commenting on the results of the fourth quarter, Silicon Motion's President and CEO, Wallace Kou, said:

"We are excited to report a much stronger than expected fourth quarter of 2010 with revenue increasing by 17% sequentially and 78% year-over-year. Strong unit and revenue growth in our storage and communications businesses drove the better than expected results. While gross margins decreased sequentially, tight operating expense control and higher revenue resulted in our operating margins increasing by 746 basis points to over 17%.

Our mobile storage business continued to outperform as revenue increased 20% sequentially and doubled compared to fourth quarter 2009. This business grew better than expected because of improved NAND flash supply combined with strong emerging market demand. TLC and MLC flash components were more widely available and a significant portion of the incremental TLC supplied to the market was converted into USB flash drives using our advanced TLC controllers. We believe a big portion of these USB flash drives were sold to South America, India, and other emerging markets. Our card controller business, especially our microSD card controller products, delivered robust results from strong sales in China, as well as several new OEM programs. We believe continuing growth of smartphones is a big driver of our strong card controller sales as our bundled card controller sales continued to exceed half of all our SD card sales. We also benefited this quarter from a modest 1% decline in blended controller ASP as our higher value-added products ramped further. Our TLC controller sales increased over 30% sequentially and continued to account for roughly 25% of all our total controller sales. For full year 2010, our controller ASP increased 11% compared to 2009 as we doubled our sales of SSD and embedded flash controllers, led and continued to lead in the introduction of next generation TLC and MLC controllers, and produced unmatched valued-added solutions that provide our customers with competitive performance differentiation and cost advantages.

Our mobile communications business rebounded further as our transceiver sales grew more than 60% sequentially. Mobile TV IC sales were down sequentially due to uneven order patterns with strength in our Korea T-DMB and China CMMB solutions offset by weakness in our Japan and South America I-SDBT solutions."

Sales

Net sales in the fourth quarter were US$40.0 million, an increase of 17% compared with the previous quarter. For the quarter, mobile storage products accounted for 73% of net sales, mobile communications 17% of net sales, multimedia SoCs 8% of net sales, and others 2% of net sales.

Net sales of mobile storage products, which primarily include flash memory card, USB flash drive, SSD and embedded flash controllers, increased 20% from the third quarter of 2010 to US$29.2 million in the fourth quarter.

Net sales of mobile communications products, which primarily include mobile TV IC solutions and handset transceivers, increased 17% from the third quarter of 2010 to US$6.9 million in the fourth quarter.

Net sales of multimedia SoC products, which are primarily embedded graphics processors, decreased 10% from the third quarter of 2010 to US$3.3 million in the fourth quarter.

Gross and Operating Margins

Gross margin excluding stock-based compensation decreased to 45.1% in the fourth quarter from 48.4% in the third quarter primarily because of product mix and NT Dollar appreciation. GAAP gross margin decreased to 45.0% in the fourth quarter from 48.3% in the third quarter.

Operating expenses excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, and other items were US$11.2 million, which was lower than the US$13.2 million expended in the third quarter. Research and development expenditures, excluding stock-based compensation, were US$7.2 million, which was lower than the US$7.9 million in the previous quarter. Selling and marketing expenses excluding stock-based compensation were US$2.3 million, which was lower compared to the US$2.9 million reported in the previous quarter. General and administrative expenses excluding stock-based compensation and litigation expenses were US$1.7 million, which was lower compared to the US$2.3 million reported in the previous quarter. Stock-based compensation was US$1.7 million in the fourth quarter, which was lower than the US$1.8 million in the third quarter. Acquisition-related charges were US$0.6 million, a slight increase from US$0.5 million in the previous quarter.

Operating margin excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, and other items was 17.3%, an increase from 9.8% in the previous quarter. GAAP operating margin was 12.2%, an increase from the 2.9% in the third quarter.

Other Income and Expenses

Net total other income excluding net foreign exchange gain or loss, and other items was US$0.1 million, similar to the third quarter. GAAP net total other income was a loss of US$9.2 million which was greater than the loss of US$2.4 million in the third quarter due primarily to a foreign exchange loss of US$9.2 million in the fourth quarter. Foreign exchange loss increased in the fourth quarter to US$9.2 million from US$2.4 million in the third quarter as NT Dollar appreciation affected the translational value of US Dollar intercompany financing, cash balance, and other balance sheet items.

Earnings

Net income excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, net foreign exchange gain or loss, and other items was US$5.8 million this quarter, an increase from US$5.1 million in the third quarter. Diluted earnings per ADS excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, net foreign exchange gain or loss, and other items was US$0.18, an increase from US$0.16 in the previous quarter.

Net income (GAAP) was a loss of US$5.5 million or US$0.19 per diluted ADS, compare to earning of US$0.3 million or US$0.01 per diluted ADS in the third quarter of 2010.

Balance Sheet

Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments decreased to US$54.8 million from US$58.4 million at the end of the third quarter of 2010 due primarily to a decrease in accounts payable and an increase in accounts receivable.

Cash Flow

Our cash flows were as follows:

3 months ended December 31, 2010
  (In US$ millions)
Net loss  (5.5)
Depreciation & amortization 1.8
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (9.1)
Others 2.3
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (10.5)
Acquisition of property and equipment (1.3)
Others 0.6
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (0.7)
Others --
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities --
Effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on cash 4.6
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (6.6)
Pro-forma adjustment for foreign exchange translation  3.6
Pro-forma net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (3.0)

During the fourth quarter of 2010, we spent US$1.1 million in capital expenditures primarily relating to the purchase of software and design tools. 

Business Outlook:

Silicon Motion's President and CEO, Wallace Kou, added:

 "We are proud of the growth we generated in 2010 but we believe that the opportunities ahead for 2011 are even more exciting. Flash supply is expected to increase further in 2011 as the major flash vendors ramp up new manufacturing facilities while demand is expanding beyond the traditional card and USB flash drive markets into exciting new embedded opportunities in smartphones, tablets and other devices. Additionally, we are leveraging our controller technology leadership to enter new OEMs programs involving major flash vendors.  As the year progresses, I intend to discuss more about our design wins involving our embedded solutions as well as our OEM programs."

For the first quarter of 2011, management expects:

  • Revenue to be flat to down 10% sequentially
  • Gross margin excluding stock-based compensation to be in the 46% to 48% range
  • Operating expenses excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, and other items of approximately US$12 to US$14 million

For the full year 2011, management expects:

  • Revenue to be up 20% to 30% compared with full year 2010
  • Gross margin excluding stock-based compensation to be in the 46% to 48% range
  • Operating expenses excluding stock-based compensation, acquisition-related charges, and other items of approximately US$53 to US$56 million

Conference Call & Webcast:

The Company's management team will conduct a conference call at 8:00am Eastern Time on February 1, 2011.    

(Speakers)
Wallace Kou, President & CEO
Riyadh Lai, CFO
Jason Tsai, Director of Investor Relations and Strategy
 
PRE-REGISTRATION:
 
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CONFERENCE CALL ACCESS NUMBERS:
USA (Toll Free): 1 888 713 4211
USA (Toll): 1 617 213 4864
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Participant Passcode: 1188 2446
 
REPLAY NUMBERS (for 7 days):
USA (Toll Free): 1 888 286 8010
USA (Toll): 1 617 801 6888
Participant Passcode: 4821 7560

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

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, acquisition-related charges and other items, including non-GAAP cost of sales, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP selling, general, and administrative expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP earnings per diluted ADS. These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with or an alternative for 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.

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 stock options and 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.

Acquisition-related charges consist of non-cash charges that can be impacted by the timing and magnitude of our acquisitions.  We consider our operating results without these charges when evaluating our ongoing performance and forecasting our earnings trends, and therefore excludes such charges when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.  We believe that the assessment of our operations excluding these costs is relevant to our assessment of internal operations and comparisons to the performance of our competitors.  Acquisition-related charges include the following:

  • Amortization of intangible assets relates to the amortization of core technology, customer relationship, and other intangibles acquired as part of an acquisition.

Litigation expenses consist of legal expenses relating to intellectual property disputes, commercial claims and other types of litigation. We consider litigation to be an unusual, non-recurring activity that does not occur regularly in the normal course of our business and therefore exclude these types of charges when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.

Gain from settlement of litigation relates to one-time payments in connection with favorable settlements of certain litigations with ASE and ANP.

Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets evaluates the recoverability of goodwill and long-lived assets annually, or sooner if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

Impairment of long-term investments relates to the other-than-temporary, non-operating write down of the Company's minority stake investments. We do not consider these investments which were made before 2007 to be strategic and exclude the performance of these investments when evaluating our ongoing performance and forecasting our earnings trends, and therefore excludes losses (and gains) from the investments when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.

Foreign exchange gains and losses consists of translation gains and/or losses of non-NT$ denominated current assets and current liabilities, as well as certain other balance sheet items which result from the appreciation or depreciation of non-NT$ currencies against the NT$.  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.

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except percentages and per share data, unaudited)
 
  For the Three Months Ended
  Dec. 31,
2009
(NT$)
Sep. 30,
2010
(NT$)
Dec. 31,
2010
(NT$)
Dec. 31,
2009
(US$)
Sep. 30,
2010
(US$)
Dec. 31,
2010
(US$)
Net Sales 728,154 1,092,485 1,218,595 22,530 34,204 40,006
Cost of sales 547,039 565,147 670,181 16,926 17,694 22,002
Gross profit 181,115 527,338 548,414 5,604 16,510 18,004
Operating expenses            
Research & development 359,523 285,238 248,670 11,123 8,930 8,164
Sales & marketing 134,060 106,210 80,215 4,148 3,325 2,633
General & administrative 189,287 87,205 57,209 5,857 2,730 1,878
Amortization of intangibles assets 48,282 17,316 17,316 1,494 542 568
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets 1,236,549 -- -- 38,260 -- --
             
Gain from settlement of litigation -- 100 (3,541) -- 3 (116)
Operating income (loss) (1,786,586) 31,269 148,545 (55,278) 980 4,877
             
Non-operating income (expense)            
             
Gain on sale of investments 10 25 19 -- 1 1
Interest income, net 3,536 1,704 1,702 109 53 55
Impairment of long-term investments (2,158) -- (871) (67) -- (29)
Foreign exchange gain (loss),net (10,584) (77,862) (281,027) (327) (2,438) (9,226)
Others, net 142 (32) (237) 5 (1) (7)
Subtotal (9,054) (76,165) (280,414) (280) (2,385) (9,206)
Income (loss) before income tax (1,795,640) (44,896) (131,869) (55,558) (1,405) (4,329)
Income tax expense (benefit) 108,043 (55,495) 35,339 3,343 (1,737) 1,160
Net income (loss) (1,903,683) 10,599 (167,208) (58,901) 332 (5,489)
             
Basic earnings (loss) per ADS ($68.39) $0.36 ($5.72) ($2.12) $0.01 ($0.19)
Diluted earnings (loss) per ADS ($68.39) $0.35 ($5.72) ($2.12) $0.01 ($0.19)
             
Margin Analysis:            
Gross margin 24.9% 48.3% 45.0% 24.9% 48.3% 45.0%
Operating margin (245.4%) 2.9% 12.2% (245.4%) 2.9% 12.2%
Net margin (261.4%) 1.0% (13.7%) (261.4%) 1.0% (13.7%)
             
Additional Data:            
Weighted avg. ADS equivalents[1] 27,836 29,226 29,252 27,836 29,226 29,252
Diluted ADS equivalents 27,836 30,446 29,252 27,836 30,446 29,252
             
(1) Assumes all outstanding ordinary shares are represented by ADSs. Each ADS represents four ordinary shares.
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Operating Results
(in thousands, except percentages and per share data, unaudited)
 
  For the Three Months Ended
  Dec. 31,
2009
(NT$)
Sep. 30,
2010
(NT$)
Dec. 31,
2010
(NT$)
Dec. 31,
2009
(US$)
Sep. 30,
2010
(US$)
Dec. 31,
2010
(US$)
GAAP net income (loss) (1,903,683) 10,599 (167,208) (58,901) 332 (5,489)
Stock-based compensation:            
Cost of sales 15,699 1,870 1,700 486 59 56
Research and development 117,949 31,909 29,051 3,649 999 954
Sales and marketing 41,257 12,024 10,664 1,277 376 350
General and administrative 70,358 11,140 9,608 2,177 349 315
Total stock-based compensation 245,263 56,943 51,023 7,589 1,783 1,675
             
Acquisition related charges:            
Amortization of intangible assets 48,282 17,316 17,316 1,494 542 568
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets 1,236,549 -- -- 38,260 -- --
             
Litigation expenses 1,210 1,544 (2,870) 37 48 (94)
Gain from settlement of litigation -- 100 (3,541) -- 3 (116)
Foreign exchange loss (gain),net 10,584 77,862 281,027 327 2,438 9,226
Impairment of long-term investments 2,158 -- 871 67 -- 29
             
Non-GAAP net income (loss) (359,637) 164,364 176,618 (11,127) 5,146 5,799
             
Shares used in computing non-GAAP basic earnings per ADS 27,836 29,226 29,252 27,836 29,226 29,252
Shares used in computing non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS 27,836 32,237 32,113 27,836 32,237 32,113
             
Non-GAAP basic earnings (loss) per ADS ($12.92) $5.62 $6.04 ($0.40) $0.18 $0.20
Non-GAAP diluted earnings (loss) per ADS ($12.92) $5.10 $5.50 ($0.40) $0.16 $0.18
             
Non-GAAP gross margin 27.0% 48.4% 45.1% 27.0% 48.4% 45.1%
Non-GAAP operating margin (35.1%) 9.8% 17.3% (35.1%) 9.8% 17.3%
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except percentages, and per ADS data)
(unaudited)
         
  For the Year Ended
  Dec. 31,
2009
(NT$)
Dec. 31,
2010
(NT$)
Dec. 31,
2009
(US$)
Dec. 31,
2010
(US$)
Net Sales 2,893,230 4,177,250 87,481 132,395
Cost of sales 1,702,808 2,219,052 51,487 70,331
Gross profit 1,190,422 1,958,198 35,994 62,064
Operating expenses        
Research & development 1,122,491 1,054,194 33,940 33,412
Sales & marketing 395,985 389,065 11,973 12,331
General & administrative 464,688 305,613 14,051 9,686
Amortization of intangible assets 192,391 69,244 5,817 2,195
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets 1,236,549 -- 37,389 --
Gain from settlement of litigation -- (46,941) -- (1,488)
Operating income (loss) (2,221,682) 187,023 (67,176) 5,928
         
Non-operating expense (income)        
Gain on sale of investments 233 59 7 2
Interest income, net 18,602 8,184 563 260
Foreign exchange gain (loss),net (88,949) (358,292) (2,690) (11,356)
Impairment of long-term investments (8,630) (7,272) (261) (230)
Others, net (1,988) (3,356) (60) (107)
Subtotal (80,732) (360,677) (2,441) (11,431)
Income (loss) before income tax (2,302,414) (173,654) (69,617) (5,503)
Income tax expense (benefit) 6,784 (18,869) 205 (598)
Net income (loss) (2,309,198) (154,785) (69,822) (4,905)
         
Basic earnings (loss) per ADS ($83.45) ($5.33) ($2.52) ($0.17)
Diluted earnings (loss) per ADS ($83.45) ($5.33) ($2.52) ($0.17)
         
Margin Analysis:        
Gross margin 41.2% 46.9% 41.2% 46.9%
Operating margin (76.8%) 4.5% (76.8%) 4.5%
         
Weighted average ADS:        
Basic 27,673 29,040 27,673 29,040
Diluted 27,673 29,040 27,673 29,040
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Operating Results
(in thousands, except percentages and per ADS data, unaudited)
           
    For the Year Ended
    Dec. 31,
2009
(NT$)
Dec. 31,
2010
(NT$)
Dec. 31,
2009
(US$)
Dec. 31,
2010
(US$)
GAAP net income (loss)   (2,309,198) (154,785) (69,822) (4,905)
Stock-based compensation:          
Cost of sales   24,445 5,911 739 187
Research and development   224,220 102,209 6,780 3,239
Sales and marketing   77,500 45,520 2,344 1,443
General and administrative   120,298 37,488 3,638 1,188
Total stock-based compensation   446,463 191,128 13,501 6,057
           
Acquisition related charges:          
Amortization of intangible assets   192,391 69,244 5,817 2,195
Impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets   1,236,549 -- 37,389 --
Litigation expenses   5,112 3,378 155 107
Gain from settlement of litigation   -- (46,941) -- (1,488)
Impairment of long-term investments   8,630 7,272 261 230
Foreign exchange loss (gain), net   88,949 358,292 2,690 11,356
           
Non-GAAP net income   (331,104) 427,588 (10,009) 13,552
           
           
Weighted avg. ADS (non-GAAP):          
Basic   27,673 29,040 27,673 29,040
Diluted   27,673 31,940 27,673 31,940
           
Non-GAAP basic earnings per ADS   ($11.96) $14.72 ($0.36) $0.47
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS   ($11.96) $13.39 $0.36) $0.42
           
Non-GAAP gross margin   42.0% 47.0% 42.0% 47.0%
Non-GAAP operating margin   (11.8%) 9.7% (11.8%) 9.7%
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheet 
 (In thousands)
 (unaudited)
             
  Dec. 31,
2009
(NT$)
Sep. 30,
2010
(NT$)
Dec. 31,
2010
(NT$)
Dec. 31,
2009
(US$)
Sep. 30,
2010
(US$)
Dec. 31,
2010
(US$)
Cash and cash equivalents 1,951,584 1,770,267 1,569,792 60,533 56,414 53,394
Short-term investments 21,153 61,193 41,200 656 1,950 1,401
Accounts receivable (net) 467,437 693,236 792,373 14,499 22,092 26,951
Inventories 457,736 701,416 699,152 14,198 22,352 23,781
Refundable deposits - current 50,689 214,355 200,732 1,572 6,831 6,828
Deferred income tax assets (net) 9,097 18,081 48,891 282 576 1,663
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 140,324 134,057 58,764 4,352 4,272 1,999
Total current assets 3,098,020 3,592,605 3,410,904 96,092 114,487 116,017
             
Long-term investments 15,709 6,271 5,400 487 200 184
Property and equipment (net) 773,218 754,247 743,028 23,983 24,036 25,273
Goodwill and intangible assets(net) 1,261,160 1,209,211 1,191,895 39,118 38,535 40,540
Other assets 272,011 303,755 253,881 8,437 9,679 8,635
Total assets $5,420,118 5,866,089 5,605,108 $168,117 186,937 190,649
             
Accounts payable 324,650 580,686 329,716 10,070 18,505 11,215
Income tax payable 38,655 24,277 37,605 1,199 774 1,279
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 421,715 449,007 441,525 13,080 14,308 15,018
Total current liabilities 785,020 1,053,970 808,846 24,349 33,587 27,512
Other liabilities 120,775 101,094 69,259 3,746 3,222 2,355
Total liabilities 905,795 1,155,064 878,105 28,095 36,809 29,867
Shareholders' equity 4,514,323 4,711,025 4,727,003 140,022 150,128 160,782
Total liabilities & shareholders' equity $5,420,118 5,866,089 5,605,108 $168,117 186,937 190,649
 
 
Note: The Company maintains its accounts and expresses its financial statements in New Taiwan dollars. For convenience only, U.S. dollar amounts presented in the income statement have been translated from New Taiwan dollars, using an average exchange rate of NT$32.32 to US$1 for 4Q09, NT$31.94 to US$1 for 3Q10, and NT$30.46 to US$1 for 4Q10 based on the average of the historical exchange rates reported by the Oanda Corporation. Amounts from the balance sheet have been translated using the ending exchange rate for the period. The exchange rate was NT$32.24 to US$1 at the end of 4Q09, NT$31.38 to US$1 at the end of 3Q10 and NT$29.4 to US$1
at the end of 4Q10. 

About Silicon Motion:

We are a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets high performance, low-power semiconductor solutions for the multimedia consumer electronics market. We have three major product lines: mobile storage, mobile communications, and multimedia SoCs. Our mobile storage business is composed of microcontrollers used in NAND flash memory storage products such as flash memory cards, USB flash drives, SSDs, and embedded flash applications. Our mobile communications business is composed primarily of mobile TV IC solutions and handset transceivers. Our multimedia SoCs business is composed primarily of embedded graphics processors.

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 expected first quarter 2011 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. 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 availability, pricing, and timeliness of delivery of other components and raw materials used in our customers' products; our customers' sales outlook, purchasing patterns, and inventory adjustments based on consumer demands and general economic conditions, including the general global economic slowdown as it effects the Company, its customers and consumers; 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 June 25, 2010. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this press release.



            

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