Simclar Announces 2007 Results
March 31 2008 - 3:08PM
PR Newswire (US)
HIALEAH, Fla., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Simclar, Inc.
(NASDAQ: SIMC) today announced financial results for the fourth
quarter of 2007 and for the full year that ended December 31, 2007.
Results for the fourth quarter and for the full year of 2007
include the consolidated operations of Simclar, Inc. and its
subsidiaries. For the fourth quarter of 2007, Simclar had a net
loss of $64,088 or ($0.01) per share, compared to net income of
$949,000 or $0.15 per share for the fourth quarter of 2006. For the
calendar year 2007, Simclar had net income of $2.4 million or $0.37
per share, compared to net income of $2.9 million or $0.44 per
share for 2006. For the year 2007, Simclar reported total revenues
of $136.4 million compared to $116.0 million in 2006, an 18%
increase. For the fourth quarter of 2007, revenues increased to
$34.7 million compared to $33.2 million for the fourth quarter of
2006. Net cash provided from operating activities was $7.2 million
in 2007, compared to $2.8 million in 2006. Sam Russell commented,
"The overall performance of the Company in 2007 came in well below
our expectations, and is highly disappointing. Sales increased 18%,
but earnings decreased, mostly as a result of our underperforming
operation in North Carolina which incurred losses of $2.1 million
in 2007 and was discontinued fully during the first quarter of
2008. The closure of this facility will adversely affect earnings
in the first quarter of 2008, but the longer term benefits of the
transfer of this business to our facility in Mexico are expected to
be improved profits and cash flow. Although the world economic
outlook is currently unclear, we have worked on contingency plans
to sustain profitability on diminished sales, should a further
downturn in the economy occur. On the positive side, our cash
management remained strong and allowed the Company to repay $6.2
million of its bank loans in the year, including $3.0 million of
voluntary repayments. We are looking forward to the production
release in the third quarter of 2008 of Simclar Group's new
TurboFabric product, which is a Scalable Advanced TCA Platform, and
the impact this will have across all of our businesses." Simclar,
Inc., with four North American manufacturing locations, and
numerous regional sales locations, has been engaged in contract
manufacturing of electronic and electro-mechanical products for
OEMs for 32 years. Statements in this news release, which relate to
other than strictly historical facts, such as statements about the
Company's plans and strategies, expectations for future financial
performance, and markets for the Company's products and services
are forward-looking statements. The words "believe," "expect,"
"anticipate," "estimate," "project," and similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date
hereof. Investors are cautioned that such statements involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from historical or anticipated results due to many
factors including, but not limited to, the Company's customer
concentration, debt covenants, competition, the effectiveness of
our internal controls, and other risks detailed in the Company's
most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other Securities and
Exchange Commission filings. The Company undertakes no obligation
to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. Visit
Simclar, Inc at its website, http://www.simclar.com/ for more
information about the Company. DATASOURCE: Simclar, Inc. CONTACT:
Steph Donnelly, CFO of Simclar, Inc., +1-937-220-9777 Web site:
http://www.simclar.com/
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