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8:30 AM ET 4/26/16 | BusinessWire
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AVX Corporation (NYSE: AVX) today reported preliminary unaudited results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2016.
Chief Executive Officer and President, John Sarvis, stated, "We completed the fourth quarter of our fiscal year with net sales of $303.6 million and gross profit of $74.1 million, or 24.4%, reflecting solid operating performance in a marginally improving global economy. These results continue to reflect our focus on value added products for our customers. We continue to be optimistic in this challenging market. This optimism was bolstered by a modest build in our order backlog during the quarter. Furthermore, we expect that the continuing evolution of new electronic devices necessary in today's digital world will provide growth opportunities in the coming fiscal year as our customers introduce new products."
For the quarter ended March 31, 2016, net sales were $303.6 million compared to net sales of $315.5 million for the same quarter last year. The sales decline from the three month period ended March 31, 2015 is primarily due to generally weaker global economic conditions, our customers' cautious inventory management programs and a reduction in sales of Kyocera Resale Connector products in the Asian region. Effective April 1, 2015, Kyocera began selling such Kyocera manufactured connectors in Asia using Kyocera's sales force rather than having AVX resell such products in that region, which negatively impacted our sales by $6.6 million when compared to the same quarter last year.
On a U.S. GAAP basis, unaudited results include net income for the current quarter of $32.7 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared to net income of $101.5 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. Non-GAAP net income (excluding special charges and net discrete income tax benefits) was $32.0 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 compared to non-GAAP net income of $34.4 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. During the current quarter, pre-tax special charges consisted of a $1.3 million charge ($0.8 million after-tax) related to a new environmental remediation demand related to a legacy environmental issue and a $0.4 million charge ($0.3 million after-tax) related to a recent jury finding with respect to an intellectual property lawsuit. Net income for the quarter also included a total of $1.7 million of favorable discrete income tax items. Net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 included a total of $67.2 million of favorable net discrete income tax items.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, net sales were $1,195.5 million compared to net sales of $1,353.2 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015. The sales decline for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, is due to weaker global economic conditions and the negative impact on reported sales resulting from the strength of the U.S. Dollar, as well as a $46.4 million reduction in sales of Kyocera Resale Connector products in the Asian region as discussed above.
On a U.S. GAAP basis, unaudited results include net income for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 of $101.5 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, compared to net income of $225.9 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015. Non-GAAP net income (excluding special charges and net discrete income tax benefits) was $126.1 million, or $0.75 per diluted share, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 compared to non-GAAP net income of $155.5 million, or $0.92 per diluted share, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, special charges consisted of $45.3 million in pre-tax charges ($29.0 million after-tax) related to intellectual property lawsuits and environmental remediation. Results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 also included a total $4.4 million of favorable net discrete income tax items. Results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015 included a total $70.3 million of favorable net discrete income tax items.
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