Form 10-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-K

(Mark one)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                  to                 

Commission file number: 001-14063

JABIL CIRCUIT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware   38-1886260

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

10560 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (727) 577-9749

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

  New York Stock Exchange

Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Rights

  New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter periods that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  x                        Accelerated filer  ¨                        Non-accelerated filer  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

The aggregate market value of the voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant based on the closing sale price of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February 28, 2007 was approximately $4.9 billion. For purposes of this determination, shares of Common Stock held by each officer and director and by each person who owns 10% or more of the outstanding Common Stock have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes. The number of outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock as of the close of business on April 20, 2007, was 205,981,056. The Registrant does not have any non-voting stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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JABIL CIRCUIT, INC.

2006 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT

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Part I.      

Item 1.

  

Business

   4

Item 1A.

  

Risk Factors

   16

Item 1B.

  

Unresolved Staff Comments

   33

Item 2.

  

Properties

   34

Item 3.

  

Legal Proceedings

   36

Item 4.

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   37
Part II.      

Item 5.

  

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

   38

Item 6.

  

Selected Financial Data

   39

Item 7.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   44

Item 7A.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   82

Item 8.

  

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

   83

Item 9.

  

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

   83

Item 9A.

  

Controls and Procedures

   83

Item 9B.

  

Other Information

   84
Part III.      

Item 10.

  

Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

   85

Item 11.

  

Executive Compensation

   88

Item 12.

  

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

   91

Item 13.

  

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

   94

Item 14.

  

Principal Accounting Fees and Services

   95
Part IV.      

Item 15.

  

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

   96

Signatures

   163


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Explanatory Note

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains the restatement of our Consolidated Balance Sheet as of August 31, 2005 and our Consolidated Statements of Earnings, Comprehensive Income, Stockholders’ Equity and Cash Flows for the years ended August 31, 2005 and 2004, and Selected Consolidated Financial Data as of and for the years ended August 31, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002, and for each of the four quarters in the period ended August 31, 2005.

As previously disclosed, we are involved in shareholder derivative and purported securities class action lawsuits and have received inquiries from the government regarding certain of our historical stock option grants. In light of these developments, through our legal counsel assisted by accounting advisors, we undertook a review of certain of our historical stock option grant practices. Separately, a Special Committee of our Board of Directors was also appointed to review the allegations in the derivative actions.

The Special Committee concluded, as previously announced, that there was no merit to allegations that our officers issued themselves backdated stock options or attempted to cause others to issue them. In addition, the Special Committee concluded that it is not in our best interests to pursue the derivative actions and will assert that position on the Company’s behalf in each of the pending derivative lawsuits. The Special Committee’s review, and our internal review, identified certain errors in the ways in which we accounted for certain option grants. These errors, which are described more fully below, generally fall into one of three categories. First, there were situations in which we incorrectly identified the “measurement date” used to establish the exercise price for option grants. These situations, for the most part, occurred because we believed that a grant was “final” when, in fact, the identities of grant recipients or the number of options they were to receive had not yet been established with certainty. Under the applicable accounting literature, we should not have identified a measurement date until the grant was final.

Second, there was one situation in which a grant to a large number of non-executive employees was finalized but, before the options could be distributed, the price of the underlying stock fell significantly. Because we did not wish to issue these employees “underwater” options, we cancelled those options and issued new ones. Under the applicable accounting literature, we should have treated the subsequent grant as a repricing of the first grant, and applied variable accounting for the life of these grants.

Third, we retained as a consultant an individual who served on the Board of Directors, and awarded him options as compensation for his performance for those consulting services. The applicable accounting literature required that we account for options granted to a consultant differently from the way that we account for options granted to an employee, which we failed to do.

Our consolidated retained earnings as of August 31, 2005 incorporates an aggregate of approximately $41.1 million in incremental stock-based compensation charges relating to fiscal years 1996 through 2005. This charge is net of a $13.2 million tax benefit related to the restatement adjustments. Of the gross $54.3 million of incremental compensation charges for fiscal years 1996 through 2005, approximately $48.9 million was related to options granted to employees who were neither our executive officers nor our directors at the time the grants were made and approximately $1.7 million related to various options granted to individuals who were our executive officers or directors at the time the grants were made. The remaining $3.7 million related to options granted to a director over a period of five years for his providing consulting services to us related to our merger and acquisition activities. In that instance, we failed to recognize that the applicable accounting guidance requires different treatment of grants issued to individuals acting as consultants and recorded part, but not all, of the expense associated with those grants.

In those cases in which we previously used a measurement date that we now have determined should not have been used, we have developed and applied a methodology to remeasure those stock option grants and record the relevant charges. For more information on our restatement, see Item 7, “Management’s Discussion of

 

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Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Stock Option Litigation and Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” and Note 2 – “Stock Option Litigation and Restatements” to our Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

All financial information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K gives effect to the restatements of our Consolidated Financial Statements as described above. We have not amended, and we do not intend to amend, our previously filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K or Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the fiscal years and fiscal quarters of 1996 through 2005. Financial information included in reports that we previously filed or furnished for the periods from September 1, 1995 through August 31, 2005 should not be relied upon and are superseded by the information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

As we have previously disclosed, our review of our historical stock option practices led us to review certain transactions proposed or effected between fiscal years 1999 and 2002 to determine if we properly recognized revenue associated with those transactions. The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors engaged independent legal counsel to assist it in reviewing certain proposed or effected transactions with two customers that occurred during this period. In the course of the review, an additional transaction was identified and the Audit Committee included it in the scope of its review. The review concluded that in one of the three transactions there was inadequate documentation to support our recognition in the third quarter of fiscal year 2001 of $6.0 million ($4.0 million after-tax) of revenues we received from a particular customer in fiscal year 2001. Although we had a contractual basis to receive the revenues that were paid to us in fiscal year 2001, we subsequently acquiesced in the second quarter of fiscal year 2002 to the customer’s request to refund the money. The Audit Committee’s review determined that there was no direct evidence that anyone at the Company intentionally made or caused false accounting entries to be made in connection with either the receipt of or repayment of these funds. We have evaluated the overstatement of net income by approximately $4.0 million in fiscal year 2001 and understatement of net income in fiscal year 2002 by the same amount and concluded, considering both qualitative and quantitative factors, that the impact on those years was immaterial. However, because we have also reflected immaterial amounts of additional stock option related expense for 2002 (and other years) in the Selected Financial Data in Item 6 of this Form 10-K, we are also reducing our expense for fiscal year 2002 in the Selected Financial Data in Item 6 of this Form 10-K to reflect the immaterial accounting error associated with these events. Since the time of the events at issue, we have substantially improved our internal audit and financial reporting functions and have increased the number and the level of expertise of personnel dedicated to such functions. The Company’s Board of Directors is evaluating whether additional changes should be made in light of the findings of the reviews of historical revenue recognition and stock option practices.

 

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PART I

 

Item 1. Business

References in this report to “the Company”, “Jabil”, “we”, “our”, or “us” mean Jabil Circuit, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, except where the context otherwise requires. This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains certain statements that are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are made in reliance upon the protections provided by such acts for forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements (such as when we describe what “will”, “may” or “should” occur, what we “plan”, “intend”, “estimate”, “believe”, “expect” or “anticipate” will occur, and other similar statements) include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future sales and operating results, future prospects, anticipated benefits of proposed (or future) acquisitions and new facilities, growth, the capabilities and capacities of business operations, any financial or other guidance and all statements that are not based on historical fact, but rather reflect our current expectations concerning future results and events. We make certain assumptions when making forward-looking statements, any of which could prove inaccurate, including, but not limited to, statements about our future operating results and business plans. Therefore, we can give no assurance that the results implied by these forward-looking statements will be realized. Furthermore, the inclusion of forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that future events, plans or expectations contemplated by the Company will be achieved. The ultimate correctness of these forward-looking statements is dependent upon a number of known and unknown risks and events, and is subject to various uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these statements. The following important factors, among others, could affect future results and events, causing those results and events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements:

 

   

business conditions and growth in our customers’ industries, the electronic manufacturing services industry and the general economy;

 

   

the results of the review of our past stock option grants being conducted by governmental authorities and related litigation and any ramifications thereof;

 

   

variability of operating results;

 

   

our ability to effectively address certain operational issues that have adversely affected certain of our US operations;

 

   

our dependence on a limited number of major customers;

 

   

the potential consolidation of our customer base;

 

   

availability of components;

 

   

our dependence on certain industries;

 

   

seasonality;

 

   

the variability of customer requirements;

 

   

our ability to successfully negotiate definitive agreements and consummate acquisitions, and to integrate operations following consummation of acquisitions;

 

   

our ability to take advantage of our past and current restructuring efforts to improve utilization and realize savings and whether any such activity will adversely affect our cost structure, ability to service customers and labor relations;

 

   

other economic, business and competitive factors affecting our customers, our industry and our business generally; and

 

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other factors that we may not have currently identified or quantified.

For a further list and description of various risks, relevant factors and uncertainties that could cause future results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements, see the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections contained elsewhere in this document. Given these risks and uncertainties, the reader should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

All forward-looking statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are made only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or correct any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur, or of which we hereafter become aware. You should read this document and the documents that we incorporate by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We may not update these forward-looking statements, even if our situation changes in the future. All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements.

The Company

We are one of the leading providers of worldwide electronic manufacturing services and solutions. We provide comprehensive electronics and mechanical design, production, product management and after-market services to companies in the aerospace, automotive, computing, consumer, defense, industrial, instrumentation, medical, networking, peripherals, storage, and telecommunications industries. We serve our customers primarily with dedicated business units that combine highly automated, continuous flow manufacturing with advanced electronic design and design for manufacturability technologies. Based on net revenue for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006, our largest customers currently include Agilent Technologies, Cisco Systems, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, International Business Machines Corporation, Network Appliance, NEC Corporation (“NEC”), Nokia Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics (“Philips”), Tellabs, Inc., and Valeo S.A. (“Valeo”). For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006, we had net revenues of approximately $10.3 billion and net income of approximately $164.5 million.

We offer our customers electronics and mechanical design, production, product management and after-market solutions that are responsive to their manufacturing needs. Our business units are capable of providing our customers with varying combinations of the following services:

 

   

integrated design and engineering;

 

   

component selection, sourcing and procurement;

 

   

automated assembly;

 

   

design and implementation of product testing;

 

   

parallel global production;

 

   

enclosure services;

 

   

systems assembly, direct-order fulfillment and configure-to-order; and

 

   

after-market services.

We currently conduct our operations in facilities that are located in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, Taiwan, Ukraine and the United States. Our global manufacturing production sites allow our customers to manufacture products in parallel in what we believe are the most efficient marketplaces for their products. Our services allow customers to improve supply-chain management, reduce inventory obsolescence, lower transportation costs and reduce product fulfillment time.

 

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We entered into a merger agreement on November 22, 2006 with Taiwan Green Point Enterprises Co., Ltd. (“Green Point”), pursuant to which Green Point agreed to merge with and into an existing Jabil entity in Taiwan. The legal merger was effective on April 24, 2007. The legal merger was primarily achieved through a tender offer that we made to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Green Point for 109.0 New Taiwan dollars per share. The tender offer was launched on November 23, 2006 and remained open for a period of 50 days. During the tender offer period, we acquired approximately 260.9 million shares, representing 97.6% of the outstanding shares of Green Point. On January 16, 2007, we paid cash of approximately $870.7 million (in U.S. dollars) to acquire the tendered shares. Subsequent to the completion of the tender offer and prior to the completion of the acquisition, we acquired approximately 2.1 million Green Point shares in block trades for a price of 109.0 New Taiwan dollars per share (or approximately $7.0 million in U.S. dollars). On April 24, 2007, pursuant to the November 22, 2006 merger agreement, we acquired the approximately 4.1 million remaining outstanding Green Point shares that were not tendered during the tender offer period, for 109.0 New Taiwan dollars per share (or approximately $13.3 million in U.S. dollars). In total, we paid a total cash amount of approximately $891.0 million in U.S. dollars to complete the merger with Green Point. To fund the acquisition, we entered into a $1.0 billion, 364-day senior unsecured bridge loan facility with a global financial institution on December 21, 2006. See Note 17 – “Subsequent Events” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

Green Point specializes in the design and production of advanced plastics and metals for the mobile products market. We acquired these operations to enhance our position in the mobile products market and to offer end-to-end capability with long-term growth prospects.

Our principal executive offices are located at 10560 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, and our telephone number is (727) 577-9749. We were incorporated in Delaware in 1992. Our website is located at http://www.jabil.com. Through a link on the “Investors” section of our website, we make available the following financial filings as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”): our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, our current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All such filings are available free of charge. Information contained in our website, whether currently posted or posted in the future, is not a part of this document or the documents incorporated by reference in this document.

Industry Background

The industry in which we operate is composed of companies that provide a range of manufacturing services to companies that utilize electronics components. The industry experienced rapid change and growth through the 1990’s as an increasing number of companies chose to outsource an increasing portion, and, in some cases, all of their manufacturing requirements. In mid-2001, the industry’s revenue declined as a result of significant cut-backs in customer production requirements, which was consistent with the overall global economic downturn at that time. Industry revenues generally began to stabilize in 2003 and companies continue to turn to outsourcing versus internal manufacturing. We believe further growth opportunities exist for the industry to penetrate the worldwide electronics markets. Factors driving companies to favor outsourcing include:

 

   

Reduced Product Cost. Industry providers are able to manufacture products at a reduced total cost to companies. These cost advantages result from higher utilization of capacity because of diversified product demand and, typically, a higher sensitivity to elements of cost.

 

   

Accelerated Product Time-to-Market and Time-to-Volume. Industry providers are often able to deliver accelerated production start-ups and achieve high efficiencies in transferring new products into production. Providers are also able to more rapidly scale production for changing markets and to position themselves in global locations that serve the leading world markets. With increasingly shorter product life cycles, these key services allow new products to be sold in the marketplace in an accelerated time frame.

 

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Access to Advanced Design and Manufacturing Technologies. Customers may gain access to additional advanced technologies in manufacturing processes, as well as product and production design. Product and production design services may offer customers significant improvements in the performance, cost, time-to-market and manufacturability of their products.

 

   

Improved Inventory Management and Purchasing Power. Industry providers are able to manage both procurement and inventory, and have demonstrated proficiency in purchasing components at improved pricing due to the scale of their operations and continuous interaction with the materials marketplace.

 

   

Reduced Capital Investment in Manufacturing. Companies are increasingly seeking to lower their investment in inventory, facilities and equipment used in manufacturing in order to allocate capital to other activities such as sales and marketing, and research and development (“R&D”). This shift in capital deployment has placed a greater emphasis on outsourcing to external manufacturing specialists.

Our Strategy

We are focused on expanding our position as one of the leading providers of worldwide electronics and mechanical design, production, product management and after-market services. To achieve this objective, we continue to pursue the following strategies:

 

   

Establish and Maintain Long-Term Customer Relationships. Our core strategy is to establish and maintain long-term relationships with leading companies in expanding industries with the size and growth characteristics that can benefit from highly automated, continuous flow manufacturing on a global scale. Over the last three years, we have made concentrated efforts to diversify our industry sectors and customer base. As a result of these efforts, we have experienced business growth from existing customers and from new customers as a result of organic business wins. Additionally, our acquisitions have meaningfully contributed to our business growth. We focus on maintaining long-term relationships with our customers and seek to expand these relationships to include additional product lines and services. In addition, we have a focused effort to identify and develop relationships with new customers who meet our profile.

 

   

Utilize Business Units. Our business units are dedicated to one customer and operate with a high level of autonomy, utilizing dedicated production equipment, production workers, supervisors, buyers, planners, and engineers. We believe our customer centric business units promote increased responsiveness to our customers’ needs, particularly as a customer relationship grows to multiple production locations.

 

   

Expand Parallel Global Production. Our ability to produce the same product on a global scale is a significant requirement of our customers. We believe that parallel global production is a key strategy to reduce obsolescence risk and secure the lowest landed costs while simultaneously supplying products of equivalent or comparable quality throughout the world. Consistent with this strategy, we have established or acquired operations in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, England, France, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, Taiwan, and Ukraine to increase our European, Asian and Latin American presence.

 

   

Offer Systems Assembly, Direct-Order Fulfillment and Configure-to-Order Services. Our systems assembly, direct-order fulfillment and configure-to-order services allow our customers to reduce product cost and risk of product obsolescence by reducing total work-in-process and finished goods inventory. These services are available at all of our manufacturing locations.

 

   

Pursue Selective Acquisition Opportunities. Companies have continued to divest internal manufacturing operations to manufacturing providers such as Jabil. In many of these situations, companies enter into a customer relationship with the manufacturing provider that acquires the operations. More recently, our acquisition strategy has expanded beyond focusing on acquisition opportunities presented by companies divesting internal manufacturing operations, but also pursuing

 

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manufacturing, after-market services and/or design operations and other acquisition opportunities complementary to our services offerings. The primary goal of our acquisition strategy is to complement our geographic footprint and diversify our business into new industry sectors and with new customers, and to expand the scope of the services we can offer to our customers. As the scope of our acquisition opportunities expands, the risks associated with our acquisitions expand as well, both in terms of the amount of risk we face and the scope of such risks. See “Risk Factors – We may not achieve expected profitability from our acquisitions.”

Our Approach to Manufacturing

In order to achieve high levels of manufacturing performance, we have adopted the following approaches:

 

   

Business Units. Our business units are dedicated to one customer and are empowered to formulate strategies tailored to individual customer needs. Each business unit has dedicated production lines consisting of equipment, production workers, supervisors, buyers, planners and engineers. Under certain circumstances, a production line may include more than one business unit in order to maximize resource utilization. Business units have direct responsibility for manufacturing results and time-to-volume production, promoting a sense of individual commitment and ownership. The business unit approach is modular and enables us to grow incrementally without disrupting the operations of other business units.

 

   

Business Unit Management. Our Business Unit Managers coordinate all financial, manufacturing and engineering commitments for each of our customers at a particular manufacturing facility. Our Business Unit Directors oversee local Business Unit Managers and coordinate worldwide financial, manufacturing and engineering commitments for each of our customers that have global production requirements. Jabil’s Business Unit Management has the authority (within high-level parameters set by executive management) to develop customer relationships, make design strategy decisions and production commitments, establish pricing, and implement production and electronic design changes. Business Unit Managers and Directors are also responsible for assisting customers with strategic planning for future products, including developing cost and technology goals. These Managers and Directors operate autonomously with responsibility for the development of customer relationships and direct profit and loss accountability for business unit performance.

 

   

Automated Continuous Flow. We use a highly automated, continuous flow approach where different pieces of equipment are joined directly or by conveyor to create an in-line assembly process. This process is in contrast to a batch approach, where individual pieces of assembly equipment are operated as freestanding work-centers. The elimination of waiting time prior to sequential operations results in faster manufacturing, which improves production efficiencies and quality control, and reduces inventory work-in-process. Continuous flow manufacturing provides cost reductions and quality improvement when applied to volume manufacturing.

 

   

Computer Integration. We support all aspects of our manufacturing activities with advanced computerized control and monitoring systems. Component inspection and vendor quality are monitored electronically in real-time. Materials planning, purchasing, stockroom and shop floor control systems are supported through a computerized Manufacturing Resource Planning system, providing customers with a continuous ability to monitor material availability and track work-in-process on a real-time basis. Manufacturing processes are supported by a real-time, computerized statistical process control system, whereby customers can remotely access our computer systems to monitor real-time yields, inventory positions, work-in-process status and vendor quality data. See “Technology” and “Risk Factors – Any delay in the implementation of our information systems could disrupt our operations and cause unanticipated increases in our costs.”

 

   

Supply Chain Management. We make available an electronic commerce system/electronic data interchange and web-based tools for our customers and suppliers to implement a variety of supply

 

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chain management programs. Most of our customers utilize these tools to share demand and product forecasts and deliver purchase orders. We use these tools with most of our suppliers for just-in-time delivery, supplier-managed inventory and consigned supplier-managed inventory.

Our Design Services

We offer a wide spectrum of value-add design services for products that we manufacture for our customers. We provide these services to enhance our relationships with current customers and to help develop relationships with new customers. We offer the following design services:

 

   

Electronic Design. Our electronic design team provides electronic circuit design services, including application-specific integrated circuit design and firmware development. These services have been used to develop a variety of circuit designs for cellular telephone accessories, notebook and personal computers, servers, radio frequency products, video set-top boxes, optical communications products, personal digital assistants, communication broadband products, and automotive and consumer appliance controls.

 

   

Industrial Design Services. Our industrial design team assists in designing the “look and feel” of the plastic and metal enclosures that house printed circuit board assemblies (“PCBA”) and systems.

 

   

Mechanical Design. Our mechanical engineering design team specializes in three-dimensional design and analysis of electronic and optical assemblies using state of the art modeling and analytical tools. The mechanical team has extended Jabil’s product offering capabilities to include all aspects of industrial design, advance mechanism development and tooling management.

 

   

Computer-Assisted Design. Our computer-assisted design (“CAD”) team provides PCBA design services using advanced CAD/computer-assisted engineering tools, PCBA design testing and verification services, and other consulting services, which include the generation of a bill of materials, approved vendor list and assembly equipment configuration for a particular PCBA design. We believe that our CAD services result in PCBA designs that are optimized for manufacturability and cost, and accelerate the time-to-market and time-to-volume production.

 

   

Product Validation. Our product validation team provides complete product and process validation. This includes system test, product safety, regulatory compliance and reliability.

 

   

Product Solutions. Our product solutions efforts are focused on providing system-based solutions to engineering problems and challenges on the design of new technologies and concepts in specific growth areas as a means of expanding our customer relationships.

Our design centers are located in: Vienna, Austria; Hasselt, Belgium; Shanghai and Huangpu, China; St. Petersburg, Florida; Jena, Germany; Mumbai, India; Tokyo, Japan; Penang, Malaysia; Auburn Hills, Michigan; and Hsinchu, Taiwan. Our teams are strategically staffed to support Jabil customers for all development projects, including turnkey system design and design for manufacturing activities. See “Risk Factors – We may not be able to maintain our engineering, technological and manufacturing process expertise.”

As we increase our efforts to offer design services, we are exposed to different or greater potential liabilities than those we face from our regular manufacturing services. See “Risk Factors – Our increasing design services offerings may result in additional exposure to product liability, intellectual property infringement and other claims, in addition to the business risk of being unable to produce the revenue necessary to profit from these services.”

Our Systems Assembly, Test, Direct-Order Fulfillment and Configure-to-Order Services

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sub-systems and systems incorporating multiple PCBAs. We maintain systems assembly capacity to meet the increasing demands of our customers. In addition, we provide testing services, based on quality assurance programs developed with our customers, of the PCBAs, sub-systems and systems products that we manufacture. Our quality assurance programs include circuit testing under various environmental conditions to try to ensure that our products meet or exceed required customer specifications. We also offer direct-order fulfillment and configure-to-order services for delivery of final products we assemble for our customers.

Our After-Market Services

As an extension of our manufacturing model and an enhancement to our total global solution, we offer after-market services from strategic hub locations. Jabil after-market service centers provide warranty and repair services to certain of our manufacturing customers. We have the ability to service our customers’ products following completion of the traditional manufacturing and fulfillment process.

Our after-market service centers are located in: Sao Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai, China; Coventry, England; St. Petersburg, Florida; Szombathely, Hungary; Louisville, Kentucky; Penang, Malaysia; Reynosa, Mexico; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Bydgozcz, Poland; Memphis, Tennessee; and Round Rock and McAllen, Texas.

Technology

We believe that our manufacturing and testing technologies are among the most advanced in the industry. Through our research and development (“R&D”) efforts, we intend to continue to offer our customers among the most advanced highly automated, continuous flow manufacturing process technologies. These technologies include surface mount technology, high-density ball grid array, chip scale packages, flip chip/direct chip attach, advanced chip-on-board, thin substrate processes, reflow solder of mixed technology circuit boards, lead-free processing, densification, radio frequency process optimization, and other testing and emerging interconnect technologies. In addition to our R&D activities, we are continuously making refinements to our existing manufacturing processes in connection with providing manufacturing services to our customers. See “Risk Factors – We may not be able to maintain our engineering, technological and manufacturing process expertise.”

Research and Development

To meet our customers’ increasingly sophisticated needs, we continually engage in R&D activities. These activities include design of the PCBA, mechanical design and the related production design necessary to manufacture the PCBA in the most cost-effective and reliable manner.

We are engaged in the R&D of new reference and product designs including networking and server products, cell phone products, wireless and broadband access products, consumer products and storage products. We are also engaged in internal R&D efforts, which focus on new optical, test engineering, radio frequency and wireless failure analysis technologies.

For fiscal years 2006, 2005 and 2004, we expended $35.0 million, $22.5 million and $13.8 million, respectively, on R&D activities.

 

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Customers and Marketing

Our core strategy is to establish and maintain long-term relationships with leading companies in expanding industries with the size and growth characteristics that can benefit from highly automated, continuous flow manufacturing on a global scale. A small number of customers and significant industry sectors have historically comprised a major portion of our revenue, net of estimated product return costs (“net revenue”). The table below sets forth the respective portion of net revenue for the applicable period attributable to our customers who individually accounted for approximately 10% or more of our net revenue in any respective period:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended August 31,  
       2006         2005         2004    

Nokia Corporation

   21 %   13 %        *

Royal Philips Electronics

   12 %   14 %   18 %

Hewlett-Packard Company

        *   10 %        *

Cisco Systems, Inc.  

        *        *   12 %

* less than 10% of net revenue

Our net revenue was distributed over the following significant industry sectors for the periods indicated:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended August 31,  
       2006         2005         2004    

Consumer

   36 %   29 %   25 %

Instrumentation and medical

   17 %   16 %   12 %

Networking

   13 %   15 %   20 %

Computing and storage

   12 %   12 %   13 %

Peripherals

   7 %   8 %   6 %

Telecommunications

   6 %   9 %   11 %

Automotive

   5 %   7 %   8 %

Other

   4 %   4 %   5 %
                  
   100 %   100 %   100 %
                  

In fiscal year 2006, 50 customers accounted for approximately 90% of our net revenue. We currently depend, and expect to continue to depend upon a relatively small number of customers for a significant percentage of our net revenue. As illustrated in the two tables above, the historic percentages of net revenue we have received from specific customers or significant industry sectors have varied substantially from year to year. Accordingly, these historic percentages are not necessarily indicative of the percentage of net revenue that we may receive from any customer or industry sector in the future. In the past, some of our customers have terminated their manufacturing arrangements with us or have significantly reduced or delayed the volume of design, production, product management and after-market services ordered from us. We cannot provide assurance that present or future customers will not terminate their manufacturing arrangements with us or significantly change, reduce or delay the amount of design, production, product management and after-market services ordered from us. If they do, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. See “Risk Factors – Because we depend on a limited number of customers, a reduction in sales to any one of our customers could cause a significant decline in our revenue” and Note 14 – “Concentration of Risk and Segment Data” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

We have made concentrated efforts to diversify our industry sectors and customer base through acquisitions and organic growth. Our Business Unit Managers and Directors, supported by executive management, work to expand existing customer relationships through the addition of product lines and services. These individuals also identify and attempt to develop relationships with new customers who meet our profile. This profile includes financial stability, need for technology-driven turnkey manufacturing, anticipated unit volume and long-term

 

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relationship stability. Unlike traditional sales managers, our Business Unit Managers and Directors are responsible for ongoing management of production for their customers.

International Operations

A key element of our strategy is to provide localized production of global products for leading companies in the major consuming regions of the Americas, Europe and Asia. Consistent with this strategy, we have established or acquired manufacturing, design and/or after-market service facilities in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, Taiwan, and Ukraine.

Our European facilities located in Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, and Ukraine, provide European and multinational customers with design, manufacturing and after-market services to satisfy their local market consumption requirements.

Our Asian facilities, located in China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan, enable us to provide local manufacturing and design services and a more competitive cost structure in the Asian market; and serve as a low cost manufacturing source for new and existing customers in the global market.

Our Latin American facilities, located in Mexico, enable us to provide a low cost manufacturing source for new and existing customers. Our Latin American facilities, located in Brazil, provide customers with manufacturing and after-market services to satisfy their local market consumption requirements.

See “Risk Factors – We derive a substantial portion of our revenue from our international operations, which may be subject to a number of risks and often require more management time and expense to achieve profitability than our domestic operations” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Financial Information about Business Segments

We have identified our global presence as a key to assessing our business performance. While the services provided, the manufacturing process, the class of customers and the order fulfillment process is similar across manufacturing locations, we evaluate our business performance on a geographic basis. Accordingly, our reportable operating segments consist of three geographic regions – the Americas, Europe, and Asia – to reflect how we manage our business. We have also created a separate segment for our service groups, independent of our geographic region segments. See Note 14 – “Concentration of Risk and Segment Data” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Competition

Our business is highly competitive. We compete against numerous domestic and international electronic manufacturing services and design providers, including Benchmark Electronics, Inc., Celestica, Inc., Flextronics International, Hon-Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Plexus Corp., Sanmina – SCI Corporation and Solectron Corporation. In addition, we may in the future encounter competition from other large electronic manufacturers and manufacturers that are focused solely on design and manufacturing services, that are selling, or may begin to sell the same services. Most of our competitors have international operations, significant financial resources and some have substantially greater manufacturing, R&D, and marketing resources than we do. We also face competition from the manufacturing operations of our current and potential customers, who are continually evaluating the merits of manufacturing products internally against the advantages of outsourcing.

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reliable delivery, and regionally dispersed manufacturing. Management believes we currently compete favorably with respect to these factors. See “Risk Factors – We compete with numerous other electronic manufacturing services and design providers and others, including our current and potential customers who may decide to manufacture all of their products internally.”

Backlog

Our order backlog at August 31, 2006 was approximately $3.1 billion, compared to backlog of $2.3 billion at August 31, 2005. Although our backlog consists of firm purchase orders, the level of backlog at any particular time is not necessarily indicative of future sales. Given the nature of our relationships with our customers, we frequently allow our customers to cancel or reschedule deliveries, and therefore, backlog is not a meaningful indicator of future financial results. Although we may seek to negotiate fees to cover the costs of such cancellations or rescheduling, we may not always be successful in such negotiations. See “Risk Factors – Most of our customers do not commit to long-term production schedules, which makes it difficult for us to schedule production and achieve maximum efficiency of our manufacturing capacity.”

Seasonality

Production levels for our consumer and automotive industry sectors are subject to seasonal influences. We may realize greater net revenue during our first fiscal quarter due to high demand for consumer products during the holiday selling season.

Components Procurement

We procure components from a broad group of suppliers, determined on an assembly-by-assembly basis. Almost all of the products we manufacture require one or more components that are available from only a single source. Some of these components are allocated from time to time in response to supply shortages. We attempt to ensure continuity of supply of these components. In cases where unanticipated customer demand or supply shortages occur, we attempt to arrange for alternative sources of supply, where available, or defer planned production to meet the anticipated availability of the critical component. In some cases, supply shortages may substantially curtail production of assemblies using a particular component. In addition, at various times there have been industry-wide shortages of electronic components, particularly of memory and logic devices. Such shortages have produced insignificant levels of short-term interruption of our operations, but we cannot assure you that such shortages, if any, will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations in the future. See “Risk Factors – We depend on a limited number of suppliers for components that are critical to our manufacturing processes. A shortage of these components or an increase in their price could interrupt our operations and reduce our profits.”

Proprietary Rights

We regard our manufacturing processes and electronic designs as proprietary intellectual property. To protect our proprietary rights, we rely largely upon a combination of trade secret laws; non-disclosure agreements with our customers, employees, and suppliers; our internal security systems; confidentiality procedures and employee confidentiality agreements. Although we take steps to protect our intellectual property, misappropriation may still occur. Historically, patents have not played a significant role in the protection of our proprietary rights. Nevertheless, we currently have a relatively modest but growing number of solely owned and jointly held patents in various technology areas, and we believe that our evolving business practices and industry trends may result in continued growth of our patent portfolio and its importance to us, particularly as we expand our business activities. Other important factors include the knowledge and experience of our management and personnel and our ability to develop, enhance and market manufacturing services.

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commercial terms from a number of licensors. Generally, the agreements governing such technology and intellectual property rights grant us non-exclusive, worldwide licenses with respect to the subject technology and terminate upon a material breach by us.

We believe that our electronic designs and manufacturing processes do not infringe on the proprietary rights of third parties. However, if third parties assert valid infringement claims against us with respect to past, current or future designs or processes, we could be required to enter into an expensive royalty arrangement, develop non-infringing designs or processes, or engage in costly litigation. See “Risk Factors – We may not be able to maintain our engineering, technological and manufacturing process expertise; The success of our turnkey activity depends in part on our ability to obtain, protect, and leverage intellectual property rights to our designs; and Intellectual property infringement claims against our customers or us could harm our business.”

Employees

As of April 10, 2007, we had approximately 74,000 full-time employees, compared to approximately 40,000 full-time employees at October 17, 2005. The increase in the number of employees is due to acquisitions consummated in fiscal year 2006, the subsequent merger with Taiwan Green Point Enterprises Co. Ltd (“Green Point”) and the addition of employees to satisfy increased customer demand requirements. See Note 17 – “Subsequent Events” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion surrounding the Green Point merger. None of our domestic employees are represented by a labor union. In certain international locations, our employees are represented by labor unions and by works councils. We have never experienced a significant work stoppage or strike and we believe that our employee relations are good.

Geographic Information

The information regarding net revenue; segment income and reconciliation of income before income taxes; and property, plant and equipment set forth in Note 14 – “Concentration of Risk and Segment Data” to the Consolidated Financial Statements, is hereby incorporated by reference into this Part I, Item 1.

Environmental

We are subject to a variety of federal, state, local and foreign environmental regulations that relate to the use, storage, discharge and disposal of hazardous chemicals used during our manufacturing process, or that require design changes to and recycling of products we manufacture. We believe that we are currently in substantial compliance with all material environmental regulations. However, from time to time, new regulations are enacted, such as two relatively recently enacted European Union directives, and it can be difficult to anticipate how such regulations will be implemented and enforced. We continue to evaluate the necessary steps for compliance with such regulations as they are enacted. Any failure to comply with present and future regulations could subject us to future liabilities, the suspension of production or a prohibition on the sale of products we manufacture. In addition, such regulations could restrict our ability to expand our facilities or could require us to acquire costly equipment or to incur other significant expense to comply with environmental regulations, including expenses associated with the recall of any non-compliant product. See “Risk Factors – Compliance or the failure to comply with current and future environmental regulations could cause us significant expense.”

Executive Officers of the Registrant

Executive officers are appointed by the Board of Directors and serve at the discretion of the Board. Each executive officer is a full-time employee of Jabil. There are no family relationships among our executive officers and directors.

Forbes I.J. Alexander (age 46) was named Chief Financial Officer in September 2004. Alexander joined Jabil in 1993 as Controller of Jabil’s Scotland facility and was promoted to Assistant Treasurer in April 1996. Alexander was Treasurer from November 1996 to August 2004. Prior to joining Jabil, Alexander was

 

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Financial Controller of Tandy Electronics European Manufacturing Operations in Scotland and has held various financial positions with Hewlett Packard and Apollo Computer. Alexander is a Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He holds a B.A. in Accounting from Dundee College, Scotland.

Scott Brown (age 45) was named Senior Vice President, Jabil Technology Services in November 2006. Brown joined Jabil as a Project Manager in November 1988 and was promoted to Vice President, Corporate Development in September 1997. Brown then served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning from November 2000 to October 2002, and as Executive Vice President from November 2002 to October 2006. Prior to joining Jabil, Brown was a financial consultant with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Sergio Cadavid (age 51) joined Jabil as Treasurer in June 2006. Prior to joining Jabil, Cadavid was Assistant Treasurer – Director Global Enterprise Risk Management for Owens-Illinois, Inc. in Toledo, Ohio. Cadavid joined Owens–Illinois, Inc. in 1988 and held various financial positions in the United States, Italy and Colombia. He has also held various positions with The Quaker Oats Company, Arthur Andersen & Co. and J.M. Family Enterprises, Inc. Cadavid holds an M.B.A. from the University of Florida and a B.B.A. from Florida International University.

Meheryar “Mike” Dastoor (age 41) was named Controller in June 2004. Dastoor joined Jabil in 2000 as Regional Controller – Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Jabil, Dastoor was a Regional Financial Controller for Inchcape PLC. Dastoor joined Inchcape in 1993. He holds a degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Bombay. Dastoor is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Wesley “Butch” Edwards (age 54) was named Senior Vice President, Strategic Operations in November 2000. Edwards joined Jabil as Manufacturing Manager of Jabil’s Michigan facility in July 1988 and was promoted to Operations Manager of the Florida facility in July 1989. Edwards was named Vice President, Operations in May 1994 and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Operations in August 1996. He holds a B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University of Florida.

John Lovato (age 46) was named Senior Vice President for Europe in September 2004. Lovato joined Jabil in 1990 as a Business Unit Manager, served as General Manager of Jabil’s California facility and in 1999 was named Vice President, Global Business Units. Lovato was then named Senior Vice President, Business Development in November 2002. Before joining Jabil, Lovato held various positions at Texas Instruments. He holds a B.S. in Electronics Engineering from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada.

Timothy L. Main (age 49) has served as Chief Executive Officer of Jabil since September 2000, as President since January 1999 and as a director since October 1999. He joined Jabil in April 1987 as a Production Control Manager, was promoted to Operations Manager in September 1987, to Project Manager in July 1989, to Vice President Business Development in May 1991, and to Senior Vice President, Business Development in August 1996. Prior to joining Jabil, Main was a commercial lending officer, international division for the National Bank of Detroit. Main has earned a B.S. from Michigan State University and Master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird).

Joseph A. McGee (age 44) was named Senior Vice President, Global Business Development in September 2004. McGee joined Jabil in 1993 as a Business Unit Manager at Jabil Scotland and has served as Director of Business Development, Jabil Malaysia and General Manager, Jabil California. Since October 2000, McGee has served as Vice President, Global Business Units. Prior to joining Jabil, McGee held positions with Sun Microsystems and Philips. McGee earned a PhD in Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde and holds an MBA from the University of Glasgow.

Mark Mondello (age 42) was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in November 2002. Mondello joined Jabil in 1992 as Production Line Supervisor and was promoted to Project Manager in 1993. Mondello was

 

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named Vice President, Business Development in 1997 and served as Senior Vice President, Business Development from January 1999 through November 2002. Prior to joining Jabil, Mondello served as project manager on commercial and defense-related aerospace programs for Moog, Inc. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Florida.

William D. Muir, Jr. (age 38) was named Senior Vice President, Regional President for Asia in September 2004. Muir joined Jabil in 1992 as a Quality Engineer and has served in various management positions including Senior Director of Operations for Jabil Florida, Michigan, Guadalajara and Chihuahua; was promoted to Vice President, Operations – Americas in February 2001 and was named Vice President, Global Business Units in November 2002. In 1992, Muir earned a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and an MBA, both from the University of Florida.

Robert L. Paver (age 50) joined Jabil as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in 1997. Prior to working for Jabil, Paver was a partner with the law firm of Holland & Knight in St. Petersburg, Florida. Paver served as an adjunct professor of law at Stetson University College of Law. He holds a B.A. from the University of Florida and a J.D. from Stetson University College of Law.

William E. Peters (age 43) was named Senior Vice President, Regional President for the Americas in September 2004. Peters joined Jabil in 1990 as a buyer, was promoted to Purchasing Manager and in 1993 was named Operations Manager for Jabil’s Michigan facility. Peters served as Vice President, Operations from January 1999 and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Operations in November 2000. Prior to joining Jabil, Peters was a financial analyst for Electronic Data Systems. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Michigan State University.

Courtney J. Ryan (age 37) was named Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain in September 2004. Ryan joined Jabil in 1993 as a Quality Engineer and has held various managerial positions, including Workcell Manager, Business Unit Manager, Operations Manager and served as a Vice President, Operations – Europe since February 2001. Ryan holds a B.S. in Economics and an MBA from the University of Florida.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

As referenced, this Annual Report on Form 10-K includes certain forward-looking statements regarding various matters. The ultimate correctness of those forward-looking statements is dependent upon a number of known and unknown risks and events, and is subject to various uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be different from those expressed or implied by those statements. Undue reliance should not be placed on those forward-looking statements. The following important factors, among others, as well as those factors set forth in our other SEC filings from time to time, could affect future results and events, causing results and events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements.

Our operating results may fluctuate due to a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control.

Our annual and quarterly operating results are affected by a number of factors, including:

 

   

adverse changes in general economic conditions;

 

   

the level and timing of customer orders;

 

   

the level of capacity utilization of our manufacturing facilities and associated fixed costs;

 

   

the composition of the costs of revenue between materials, labor and manufacturing overhead;

 

   

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our level of experience in manufacturing a particular product;

 

   

the degree of automation used in our assembly process;

 

   

the efficiencies achieved in managing inventories and fixed assets;

 

   

fluctuations in materials costs and availability of materials;

 

   

seasonality in customers’ product requirements; and

 

   

the timing of expenditures in anticipation of increased sales, customer product delivery requirements and shortages of components or labor.

The volume and timing of orders placed by our customers vary due to variation in demand for our customers’ products; our customers’ attempts to manage their inventory; electronic design changes; changes in our customers’ manufacturing strategies; and acquisitions of or consolidations among our customers. In the past, changes in customer orders that reduce net revenue have had a significant effect on our results of operations as a result of our overhead remaining relatively fixed while our net revenue decreased. Any one or a combination of these factors could adversely affect our annual and quarterly results of operations in the future. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Quarterly Results.”

Because we depend on a limited number of customers, a reduction in sales to any one of our customers could cause a significant decline in our revenue.

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006, our five largest customers accounted for approximately 52% of our net revenue and 50 customers accounted for approximately 90% of our net revenue. We currently depend, and expect to continue to depend upon a relatively small number of customers for a significant percentage of our net revenue and upon their growth, viability and financial stability. If any of our customers experience a decline in the demand for their products due to economic or other forces, they may reduce their purchases from us or terminate their relationship with us. Our customers’ industries have experienced rapid technological change, shortening of product life cycles, consolidation, and pricing and margin pressures. Consolidation among our customers may further reduce the number of customers that generate a significant percentage of our net revenue and exposes us to increased risks relating to dependence on a small number of customers. A significant reduction in sales to any of our customers or a customer exerting significant pricing and margin pressures on us would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. In the past, some of our customers have terminated their manufacturing arrangements with us or have significantly reduced or delayed the volume of design, production, product management or after-market services ordered from us. Our industry’s revenue declined in mid-2001 as a result of significant cut backs in customer production requirements, which was consistent with the overall global economic downturn. We cannot assure you that present or future customers will not terminate their design, production, product management and after-market services arrangements with us or significantly change, reduce or delay the amount of services ordered from us. If they do, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. In addition, we generate significant account receivables in connection with providing design, production, product management and after-market services to our customers. If one or more of our customers were to become insolvent or otherwise were unable to pay for the services provided by us, our operating results and financial condition would be adversely affected. See “Business – Customers and Marketing” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

In particular, one of the industries to which we provide services, the automobile industry, has recently experienced significant financial difficulty, with some of the participants filing for bankruptcy. Such significant financial difficulty, if experienced by one or more of our customers, may negatively affect our business due to the decreased demand of these financially distressed customers, the potential inability of these companies to make full payment on amounts owed to us, or both.

 

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We are involved in reviews of our historical stock option grant practices.

As described elsewhere herein, we are involved in shareholder derivative actions, a putative shareholder class action and a Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) Informal Inquiry, and have received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York in connection with certain historical stock option grants. In response to the derivative actions, an independent Special Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Special Committee”) was appointed to review the allegations in such actions. We have cooperated and intend to continue to cooperate with the Special Committee, the SEC and the U.S Attorney’s office. The Special Committee has concluded that the evidence does not support a finding of intentional manipulation of stock option grant pricing by any member of management. In addition, the Special Committee concluded that it is not in our best interests to pursue the derivative actions. The Special Committee identified certain factors related to our controls surrounding the process of accounting for option grants that contributed to the accounting errors that led to the restatement. The investigations of the SEC and the U.S. Attorney’s office may look at the accuracy of the stated dates of our historical option grants, the Company’s disclosures regarding executive compensation, whether all proper corporate and other procedures were followed, whether our historical financial statements are materially accurate and other issues. We cannot predict the outcome of those investigations. Regardless of the outcomes of the investigations, we will continue to incur substantial costs and the investigations will cause a diversion of our management’s time and attention, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. We can not provide assurances that such investigations will not find inappropriate activity in connection with our historical stock option practices or result in further revising of our historical accounting associated with such stock option grant practices.

The matters relating to the Special Committee’s review of our historical stock option granting practices and the restatement of our Consolidated Financial Statements has resulted in expanded litigation and regulatory proceedings against us and may result in future litigation, which could have a material adverse effect on us.

On May 3, 2006, the Board of Directors established the Special Committee, to conduct a review of our historical stock option granting practices during fiscal years 1996 through 2006. As described in Note 2 – “Stock Option Litigation and Restatements” to the Consolidated Financial Statements, as a result of that review and management’s undertaking of a separate review of our historical stock option grant practices, we have identified a number of occasions in which stock option awards that were granted to officers, employees and a non-employee contract director were not properly accounted for. To correct these accounting errors, we have restated prior year and prior quarter Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures in this Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006. The review of our historical stock option granting practices and the resulting restatements, have required us to incur substantial expenses for legal, accounting, tax and other professional services and have diverted our management’s attention from our business and could in the future adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our historical stock option granting practices and the restatement of our prior financial statements have exposed us to greater risks associated with litigation and regulatory proceedings. As described in Part I, Item 3 – “Legal Proceedings,” we are parties to several lawsuits containing allegations relating to stock option grants. We cannot assure you that any determinations made in the current litigation, the SEC Inquiry or any future litigation or regulatory action will reach the same conclusions on these issues that we have reached. The conduct and resolution of these matters will be time consuming, expensive and distracting from the conduct of our business. Furthermore, if we are subject to adverse findings in any of these matters, we could be required to pay damages or penalties or have other remedies imposed upon us which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Finally, as a result of our delayed filing of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006, as well as the delayed filing of our Forms 10-Q for the periods ended November 30, 2006 and February 28, 2007, we will be ineligible to register our securities on Form S-3 for sale of our securities by us or resale by others until we

 

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have timely filed all periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for one year from the date we become current on those filings. Until then, we would have to use a Form S-1 registration statement to raise capital or complete acquisitions, which could increase transaction costs and adversely impact our ability to raise capital or complete acquisitions of other companies in a timely manner.

We are involved in a review of our recognition of revenue for certain historical transactions.

As described in the Explanatory Note immediately preceding Part I of this Form 10-K, our Audit Committee of our Board of Directors, assisted by independent legal counsel, reviewed certain historical transactions, and concluded that, while the impact was not material, accounting errors occurred in connection with recognizing certain income and expenses such that our consolidated earnings for fiscal year 2001 were lower by an immaterial amount than what was previously reported and our consolidated earnings for fiscal year 2002 included in the five year table herein Item 6 – “Selected Financial Data” has been revised upward by a similar amount. The Audit Committee’s and legal counsel’s findings were presented to the SEC. We intend to continue to cooperate fully with the SEC’s review of these matters. However, we cannot predict the extent or the outcome of such review. In addition, future litigation and regulatory investigation or action may arise in connection with these revenue recognition issues. We cannot assure you that the determinations reached by the SEC, or reached in any future litigation or regulatory action, will be consistent with our conclusions on these issues. If we are subject to adverse findings in any of these matters, we could be required to pay damages or penalties or have other remedies imposed upon us which could have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition, results of operation and cash flows. In addition, regardless of the final outcomes of any of these matters, the conduct and resolution of such matters could be sufficiently time-consuming, expensive and distracting to our management team which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Consolidation in industries that utilize electronics components may adversely affect our business.

Consolidation in industries that utilize electronics components may further increase as companies combine to achieve further economies of scale and other synergies, which could result in an increase in excess manufacturing capacity as companies seek to divest manufacturing operations or eliminate duplicative product lines. Excess manufacturing capacity may increase pricing and competitive pressures for our industry as a whole and for us in particular. Consolidation could also result in an increasing number of very large companies offering products in multiple industries. The significant purchasing power and market power of these large companies could increase pricing and competitive pressures for us. If one of our customers is acquired by another company that does not rely on us to provide services and has its own production facilities or relies on another provider of similar services, we may lose that customer’s business. Such consolidation among our customers may further reduce the number of customers that generate a significant percentage of our net revenue and exposes us to increased risks relating to dependence on a small number of customers. Any of the foregoing results of industry consolidation could adversely affect our business.

Our customers face numerous competitive challenges, such as rapid technological change and short life cycles for their products, which may materially adversely affect their business, and also ours.

Factors affecting the industries that utilize electronics components in general, and our customers specifically, could seriously harm our customers and, as a result, us. These factors include:

 

   

The inability of our customers to adapt to rapidly changing technology and evolving industry standards, which result in short product life cycles.

 

   

The inability of our customers to develop and market their products, some of which are new and untested, the potential that our customers’ products may become obsolete or the failure of our customers’ products to gain widespread commercial acceptance.

 

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Recessionary periods in our customers’ markets.

 

   

Increased competition among our customers and their respective competitors which may result in a loss of business, or a reduction in pricing power, for our customers.

 

   

New product offerings by our customers’ competitors may prove to be more successful than our customers’ product offerings.

If our customers are unsuccessful in addressing these competitive challenges, or any others that they may face, then their business may be materially adversely affected, and as a result, the demand for our services could decline.

The success of our business is dependent on both our ability to independently keep pace with technological changes and competitive conditions in our industry, and also our ability to effectively adapt our services in response to our customers keeping pace with technological changes and competitive conditions in their respective industries.

If we are unable to offer technologically advanced, cost effective, quick response manufacturing services, demand for our services will decline. In addition, if we are unable to offer services in response to our customer’s changing requirements, then demand for our services will also decline. A substantial portion of our net revenue is derived from our offering of complete service solutions for our customers. For example, if we fail to maintain high-quality design and engineering services, our net revenue may significantly decline.

Most of our customers do not commit to long-term production schedules, which makes it difficult for us to schedule production and achieve maximum efficiency of our manufacturing capacity.

The volume and timing of sales to our customers may vary due to:

 

   

variation in demand for our customers’ products;

 

   

our customers’ attempts to manage their inventory;

 

   

electronic design changes;

 

   

changes in our customers’ manufacturing strategy; and

 

   

acquisitions of or consolidations among customers.

Due in part to these factors, most of our customers do not commit to firm production schedules for more than one quarter in advance. Our inability to forecast the level of customer orders with certainty makes it difficult to schedule production and maximize utilization of manufacturing capacity. In the past, we have been required to increase staffing and other expenses in order to meet the anticipated demand of our customers. Anticipated orders from many of our customers have, in the past, failed to materialize or delivery schedules have been deferred as a result of changes in our customers’ business needs, thereby adversely affecting our results of operations. On other occasions, our customers have required rapid increases in production, which have placed an excessive burden on our resources. Such customer order fluctuations and deferrals have had a material adverse effect on us in the past, and we may experience such effects in the future. A business downturn resulting from any of these external factors could have a material adverse effect on our operating results. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business – Backlog.”

Our customers may cancel their orders, change production quantities or delay production.

Our industry must provide increasingly rapid product turnaround for its customers. We generally do not obtain firm, long-term purchase commitments from our customers and we continue to experience reduced lead-times in customer orders. Customers may cancel their orders, change production quantities or delay production

 

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for a number of reasons. The success of our customers’ products in the market affects our business. Cancellations, reductions or delay by a significant customer or by a group of customers could negatively impact our operating results.

In addition, we make significant decisions, including determining the levels of business that we will seek and accept, production schedules, component procurement commitments, personnel needs and other resource requirements, based on our estimate of customer requirements. The short-term nature of our customers’ commitments and the possibility of rapid changes in demand for their products reduce our ability to accurately estimate the future requirements of those customers.

On occasion, customers may require rapid increases in production, which can stress our resources and reduce operating margins. In addition, because many of our costs and operating expenses are relatively fixed, a reduction in customer demand can harm our gross profits and operating results.

We compete with numerous other electronic manufacturing services and design providers and others, including our current and potential customers who may decide to manufacture all of their products internally.

Our business is highly competitive. We compete against numerous domestic and foreign electronic manufacturing services and design providers, including Benchmark Electronics, Inc., Celestica, Inc., Flextronics International, Hon-Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Plexus Corp., Sanmina-SCI Corporation and Solectron Corporation. In addition, we may in the future encounter competition from other large electronic manufacturers and manufacturers that are focused solely on design and manufacturing services, that are selling, or may begin to sell the same services. Most of our competitors have international operations, significant financial resources and some have substantially greater manufacturing, R&D, and marketing resources than us. These competitors may:

 

   

respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies;

 

   

have greater name recognition, critical mass and geographic market presence;

 

   

be better able to take advantage of acquisition opportunities;

 

   

adapt more quickly to changes in customer requirements;

 

   

devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their services; and

 

   

be better positioned to compete on price for their services.

We also face competition from the manufacturing operations of our current and potential customers, who are continually evaluating the merits of manufacturing products internally against the advantages of outsourcing. See “Business – Competition.”

Increased competition may result in decreased demand or prices for our services.

Because our industry is highly competitive, we compete against numerous domestic and foreign electronic manufacturing services and design providers with global operations, as well as those who operate on a local or regional basis. In addition, current and prospective customers continually evaluate the merits of manufacturing products internally. Some of our competitors have substantially greater managerial, manufacturing, engineering, technical, systems, R&D, sales and marketing resources than we do. Consolidation in our industry results in larger and more geographically diverse competitors who have significant combined resources with which to compete against us.

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advantage and obtain business from our customers. Our manufacturing processes are generally not subject to significant proprietary protection. In addition, companies with greater resources or a greater market presence may enter our market or increase their competition with us. We also expect our competitors to continue to improve the performance of their current products or services, to reduce their current products or service sales prices and to introduce new products or services that may offer greater performance and improved pricing. Any of these could cause a decline in sales, loss of market acceptance of our products or services, profit margin compression, or loss of market share.

We derive a substantial portion of our revenue from our international operations, which may be subject to a number of risks and often require more management time and expense to achieve profitability than our domestic operations.

We derived 82.3% of net revenue from international operations in fiscal year 2006 compared to 83.8% in fiscal year 2005. We currently expect our revenue from international operations to increase as a percentage of net revenue due to expansion in China, Eastern Europe, India and Taiwan. We currently operate outside the United States in Vienna, Austria; Hasselt, Belgium; Belo Horizonte, Manaus and Sao Paulo, Brazil; Beijing, Hong Kong, Huangpu, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Tianjin, Wuxi and Yantai, China; Coventry, England; Brest, Lunel and Meung-sur-Loire, France; Jena, Germany; Szombathely and Tiszaujvaros, Hungary; Chennai, Mumbai, Pune and Ranjangaon, India; Bergamo and Marcianise, Italy; Gotemba, Japan; Penang, Malaysia; Chihuahua, Guadalajara and Reynosa, Mexico; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Bydgoszcz and Kwidzyn, Poland; Ayr and Livingston, Scotland; Singapore City, Singapore; Hsinchu and Taichung, Taiwan; and Uzhgorod, Ukraine. We continually consider additional opportunities to make foreign acquisitions and construct new foreign facilities. Our international operations may be subject to a number of risks, including:

 

   

difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations;

 

   

less flexible employee relationships which can be difficult and expensive to terminate;

 

   

political and economic instability;

 

   

inadequate infrastructure for our operations (i.e. lack of adequate power, water, transportation and raw materials);

 

   

coordinating our communications and logistics;

 

   

risk of governmental expropriation of our property;

 

   

less favorable, or relatively undefined, intellectual property laws;

 

   

unexpected changes in regulatory requirements and laws;

 

   

longer customer payment cycles and difficulty collecting accounts receivable;

 

   

export duties, import controls and trade barriers (including quotas);

 

   

adverse trade policies, and adverse changes to those policies;

 

   

governmental restrictions on the transfer of funds to us from our operations outside the United States;

 

   

burdens of complying with a wide variety of labor practices and foreign laws, including those relating to export and import duties, environmental policies and privacy issues;

 

   

fluctuations in currency exchange rates, which could affect local payroll, utility and other expenses; and

 

   

inability to utilize net operating losses incurred by our foreign operations against future income in the same jurisdiction.

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and other risks. These factors may harm our results of operations, and any measures that we may implement to reduce the effect of volatile currencies and other risks of our international operations may not be effective. In our experience, entry into new international markets requires considerable management time as well as start-up expenses for market development, hiring and establishing office facilities before any significant revenue is generated. As a result, initial operations in a new market may operate at low margins or may be unprofitable. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

If we do not manage our growth effectively, our profitability could decline.

We are currently experiencing a period of rapid growth in our operations, revenues and employees. These changes have placed considerable additional demands upon our management team and our operational, financial and management information systems. Our ability to manage growth effectively will require us to continue to implement and improve these systems; continue to develop the management skills of our managers and supervisors; and continue to train, motivate and manage our employees. Our failure to effectively manage growth could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. See “Selected Financial Data” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

We may not achieve expected profitability from our acquisitions.

We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully integrate the operations and management of our recent acquisitions. Similarly, we cannot assure you that we will be able to consummate or, if consummated, successfully integrate the operations and management of future acquisitions. Acquisitions involve significant risks, which could have a material adverse effect on us, including:

 

   

Financial risks, such as (1) the payment of a purchase price that exceeds the future value that we may realize from the acquired operations and businesses; (2) an increase in our expenses and working capital requirements, which could reduce our return on invested capital; (3) potential known and unknown liabilities of the acquired businesses; (4) costs associated with integrating acquired operations and businesses; (5) the dilutive effect of the issuance of additional equity securities; (6) the incurrence of additional debt; (7) the financial impact of valuing goodwill and other intangible assets involved in any acquisitions, potential future impairment write-downs of goodwill and the amortization of other intangible assets; (8) possible adverse tax and accounting effects; and (9) the risk that we spend substantial amounts purchasing these manufacturing facilities and assume significant contractual and other obligations with no guaranteed levels of revenue or that we may have to close facilities at our cost.

 

   

Operating risks, such as (1) the diversion of management’s attention to the assimilation of the businesses to be acquired; (2) the risk that the acquired businesses will fail to maintain the quality of services that we have historically provided; (3) the need to implement financial and other systems and add management resources; (4) the need to maintain customer, supplier or other favorable business relationships of acquired operations and restructure or terminate unfavorable relationships; (5) the potential for deficiencies in internal controls of the acquired operations; (6) the risk that key employees of the acquired businesses will leave after the acquisition; (7) unforeseen difficulties in the acquired operations; and (8) the impact on us of any unionized work force we may acquire or any labor disruptions that might occur.

As we expand the scope of our acquisition opportunities beyond those primarily consisting of customers (or potential customers) seeking to divest internal manufacturing operations to manufacturing providers such as us, the risks associated with our acquisitions expand as well, both in terms of the amount of risk we face and the scope of such risks. In particular, the scope of potential liabilities we may have to take on in such acquisitions, as well as the financial benefits expected to be associated with such acquisitions, become less certain.

 

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We have acquired and will continue to pursue the acquisition of manufacturing and supply chain management operations. In these acquisitions, the divesting company will typically enter into a supply arrangement with the acquirer. Therefore, the competition for these acquisitions is intense. In addition, certain divesting companies may choose not to consummate these acquisitions with us because of our current supply arrangements with other companies or may require terms and conditions that may impact our profitability. If we are unable to attract and consummate some of these acquisition opportunities at favorable terms, our growth and profitability could be adversely impacted.

Arrangements entered into with divesting companies typically involve many risks, including the following:

 

   

The integration into our business of the acquired assets and facilities may be time-consuming and costly.

 

   

We, rather than the divesting company, may bear the risk of excess capacity.

 

   

We may not achieve anticipated cost reductions and efficiencies.

 

   

We may be unable to meet the expectations of the divesting company as to volume, product quality, timeliness and cost reductions.

 

   

If demand for the divesting company’s products declines, it may reduce the volume of purchases and we may not be able to sufficiently reduce the expenses of operating the facility or use the facility to provide services to other customers.

As a result of these and other risks, we may be unable to achieve anticipated levels of profitability under these arrangements, and they may not result in any material revenue or contribute positively to our earnings.

Our ability to achieve the expected benefits of the outsourcing opportunities associated with these acquisitions is subject to risks, including our ability to meet volume, product quality, timeliness, and pricing requirements, and our ability to achieve the divesting company’s expected cost reduction. In addition, when acquiring manufacturing operations, we may receive limited commitments to firm production schedules. Accordingly, in these circumstances, we may spend substantial amounts purchasing these manufacturing facilities and assume significant contractual and other obligations with no guaranteed levels of revenue. We may also not achieve expected profitability from these arrangements. As a result of these and other risks, these outsourcing opportunities may not be profitable.

We face risks arising from the restructuring of our operations.

Over the past few years, we have undertaken initiatives to restructure our business operations with the intention of improving utilization and realizing cost savings in the future. These initiatives have included changing the number and location of our production facilities, largely to align our capacity and infrastructure with current and anticipated customer demand. This alignment includes transferring programs from higher cost geographies to lower cost geographies. The process of restructuring entails, among other activities: moving production between facilities, closing facilities, reducing staff levels, realigning our business processes, and reorganizing our management.

We continuously evaluate our operations and cost structure relative to general economic conditions, market demands and cost competitiveness, and our geographic footprint as it relates to our customers’ production requirements. As a result of this ongoing evaluation, we recently initiated a restructuring program to realign our manufacturing capacity in certain higher cost geographies and to properly size our manufacturing sites with perceived current market conditions. We currently estimate that the restructuring program could result in total restructuring and impairment charges in the range of $200.0 million to $250.0 million consisting of pre-tax employee severance and benefit costs, contract termination costs, fixed asset impairment costs, and other related restructuring costs, as well as valuation allowances against net deferred tax assets for certain plants impacted by

 

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the current restructuring plan. During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006, we recorded restructuring and impairment charges of $81.9 million and valuation allowances of $37.1 million on net deferred tax assets under this program. We expect additional costs related to the restructuring plan to be incurred over the course of fiscal year 2007 and 2008. If we incur additional restructuring related charges, our financial condition and results of operations may suffer. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations – Restructuring and Impairment Charges” and Note 11 – “Restructuring and Impairment Charges” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Restructurings present significant potential risks of events occurring that could adversely affect us, including a decrease in employee morale, delays encountered in finalizing the scope of, and implementing, the restructurings (including extensive consultations concerning potential workforce reductions (particularly in locations outside of the United States)), the failure to achieve targeted cost savings and the failure to meet operational targets and customer requirements due to the loss of employees and any work stoppages that might occur.

We depend on a limited number of suppliers for components that are critical to our manufacturing processes. A shortage of these components or an increase in their price could interrupt our operations and reduce our profits.

Substantially all of our net revenue is derived from turnkey manufacturing in which we provide materials procurement. While most of our significant long-term customer contracts permit quarterly or other periodic adjustments to pricing based on decreases and increases in component prices and other factors, we may bear the risk of component price increases that occur between any such re-pricings or, if such re-pricing is not permitted, during the balance of the term of the particular customer contract. Accordingly, certain component price increases could adversely affect our gross profit margins. Almost all of the products we manufacture require one or more components that are available from only a single source. Some of these components are allocated from time to time in response to supply shortages. In some cases, supply shortages will substantially curtail production of all assemblies using a particular component. In addition, at various times industry-wide shortages of electronic components have occurred, particularly of memory and logic devices. In the past, such circumstances have produced insignificant levels of short-term interruption of our operations, but could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations in the future. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business – Components Procurement.”

We may not be able to maintain our engineering, technological and manufacturing process expertise.

The markets for our manufacturing and engineering services are characterized by rapidly changing technology and evolving process development. The continued success of our business will depend upon our ability to:

 

   

hire, retain and expand our qualified engineering and technical personnel;

 

   

maintain technological leadership;

 

   

develop and market manufacturing services that meet changing customer needs; and

 

   

successfully anticipate or respond to technological changes in manufacturing processes on a cost-effective and timely basis.

Although we believe that our operations use the assembly and testing technologies, equipment and processes that are currently required by our customers, we cannot be certain that we will develop the capabilities required by our customers in the future. The emergence of new technology, industry standards or customer requirements may render our equipment, inventory or processes obsolete or noncompetitive. In addition, we may have to acquire new assembly and testing technologies and equipment to remain competitive. The acquisition and implementation of new technologies and equipment may require significant expense or capital investment, which

 

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could reduce our operating margins and our operating results. In facilities that we establish or acquire, we may not be able to maintain our engineering, technological and manufacturing process expertise. Our failure to anticipate and adapt to our customers’ changing technological needs and requirements or to hire and retain a sufficient number of engineers and maintain our engineering, technological and manufacturing expertise, could have a material adverse effect on our business.

If our manufacturing processes and services do not comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, or if we manufacture products containing design or manufacturing defects, demand for our services may decline and we may be subject to liability claims.

We manufacture and design products to our customers’ specifications, and, in some cases, our manufacturing processes and facilities may need to comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. For example, medical devices that we manufacture or design, as well as the facilities and manufacturing processes that we use to produce them, are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and non-US counterparts of this agency. Similarly, items we manufacture for customers in the defense and aerospace industries, as well as the processes we use to produce them, are regulated by the Department of Defense and the Federal Aviation Authority. In addition, our customers’ products and the manufacturing processes that we use to produce them often are highly complex. As a result, products that we manufacture may at times contain manufacturing or design defects, and our manufacturing processes may be subject to errors or not be in compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Defects in the products we manufacture or design, whether caused by a design, manufacturing or component failure or error, or deficiencies in our manufacturing processes, may result in delayed shipments to customers or reduced or cancelled customer orders. If these defects or deficiencies are significant, our business reputation may also be damaged. The failure of the products that we manufacture or our manufacturing processes and facilities to comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements may subject us to legal fines or penalties and, in some cases, require us to shut down or incur considerable expense to correct a manufacturing process or facility. In addition, these defects may result in liability claims against us or expose us to liability to pay for the recall of a product. The magnitude of such claims may increase as we expand our medical, automotive, and aerospace and defense manufacturing services, as defects in medical devices, automotive components, and aerospace and defense systems could seriously harm or kill users of these products and others. Even if our customers are responsible for the defects, they may not, or may not have resources to, assume responsibility for any costs or liabilities arising from these defects, which could expose us to additional liability claims.

Our increasing design services offerings may result in additional exposure to product liability, intellectual property infringement and other claims, in addition to the business risk of being unable to produce the revenues necessary to profit from these services.

We have increased our efforts to offer certain design services, primarily those relating to products that we manufacture for our customers, and we now offer design services related to collaborative design manufacturing and turnkey solutions. Providing such services can expose us to different or greater potential liabilities than those we face when providing our regular manufacturing services. With the growth of our design services business, we have increased exposure to potential product liability claims resulting from injuries caused by defects in products we design, as well as potential claims that products we design infringe third-party intellectual property rights. Such claims could subject us to significant liability for damages and, regardless of their merits, could be time-consuming and expensive to resolve. We also may have greater potential exposure from warranty claims, and from product recalls due to problems caused by product design. Costs associated with possible product liability claims, intellectual property infringement claims, and product recalls could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. When providing collaborative design manufacturing or turnkey solutions, we may not be guaranteed revenue needed to recoup or profit from the investment in the resources necessary to design and develop products. Particularly, no revenue may be generated from these efforts if our customers do not approve the designs in a timely manner or at all, or if they do not then purchase anticipated levels of products. Furthermore, contracts may allow the customer to delay or cancel deliveries and may not obligate the customer to

 

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any volume of purchases, or may provide for penalties or cancellation of orders if we are late in delivering designs or products. We may even have the responsibility to ensure that products we design satisfy safety and regulatory standards and to obtain any necessary certifications. Failure to timely obtain the necessary approvals or certifications could prevent us from selling these products, which in turn could harm our sales, profitability and reputation.

The success of our turnkey activity depends in part on our ability to obtain, protect, and leverage intellectual property rights to our designs.

We strive to obtain and protect certain intellectual property rights to our turnkey solutions designs. We believe that having a significant level of protected proprietary technology gives us a competitive advantage in marketing our services. However, we cannot be certain that the measures that we employ will result in protected intellectual property rights or will result in the prevention of unauthorized use of our technology. If we are unable to obtain and protect intellectual property rights embodied within our designs, this could reduce or eliminate the competitive advantages of our proprietary technology, which would harm our business.

Intellectual property infringement claims against our customers or us could harm our business.

Our turnkey solutions products may compete against the products of other companies, many of whom may own the intellectual property rights underlying those products. As a result, we could become subject to claims of intellectual property infringement. Additionally, customers for our turnkey solutions services typically require that we indemnify them against the risk of intellectual property infringement. If any claims are brought against us or against our customers for such infringement, whether or not these claims have merit, we could be required to expend significant resources in defense of such claims. In the event of such an infringement claim, we may be required to spend a significant amount of money to develop non-infringing alternatives or obtain licenses. We may not be successful in developing such alternatives or obtaining such a license on reasonable terms or at all.

If our turnkey solutions products are subject to design defects, our business may be damaged and we may incur significant fees.

In our contracts with turnkey solutions customers, we generally provide them with a warranty against defects in our designs. If a turnkey solutions product or component that we design is found to be defective in its design, this may lead to increased warranty claims. Although we have product liability insurance coverage, it may not be available on acceptable terms, in sufficient amounts, or at all. A successful product liability claim in excess of our insurance coverage or any material claim for which insurance coverage was denied or limited and for which indemnification was not available could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We depend on our officers, managers and skilled personnel.

Our success depends to a large extent upon the continued services of our executive officers. Generally our employees are not bound by employment or non-competition agreements, and we cannot assure you that we will retain our executive officers and other key employees. We could be seriously harmed by the loss of any of our executive officers. In order to manage our growth, we will need to recruit and retain additional skilled management personnel and if we are not able to do so, our business and our ability to continue to grow could be harmed. In addition, in connection with expanding our turnkey solutions activities, we must attract and retain experienced design engineers. Competition for highly skilled employees is substantial. Our failure to recruit and retain experienced design engineers could limit the growth of our turnkey solutions activities, which could adversely affect our business.

 

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Any delay in the implementation of our information systems could disrupt our operations and cause unanticipated increases in our costs.

We have completed the installation of an Enterprise Resource Planning system in most of our manufacturing sites, excluding the announced Green Point acquisition sites, and in our corporate location. We are in the process of installing this system in certain of our remaining plants, which will replace the current Manufacturing Resource Planning system, and financial information systems. Any delay in the implementation of these information systems could result in material adverse consequences, including disruption of operations, loss of information and unanticipated increases in costs.

Compliance or the failure to comply with current and future environmental regulations could cause us significant expense.

We are subject to a variety of federal, state, local and foreign environmental regulations relating to the use, storage, discharge and disposal of hazardous chemicals used during our manufacturing process or requiring design changes or recycling of products we manufacture. If we fail to comply with any present and future regulations, we could be subject to future liabilities, the suspension of production or a prohibition on the sale of products we manufacture. In addition, such regulations could restrict our ability to expand our facilities or could require us to acquire costly equipment, or to incur other significant expenses to comply with environmental regulations, including expenses associated with the recall of any non-compliant product. Our procurement and inventory management activities may also be adversely impacted, as we may need to maintain inventories of two versions of a component, one for industries covered by these new requirements and one for industries not covered.

From time to time new regulations are enacted, and it is difficult to anticipate how such regulations will be implemented and enforced. We continue to evaluate the necessary steps for compliance with regulations as they are enacted.

For example, in 2003 the European Union enacted the Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (“RoHS”) and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (“WEEE”), for implementation in European Union member states. RoHS and WEEE regulate the use of certain hazardous substances in, and require the collection, reuse and recycling of waste from certain products we manufacture. We are aware of similar legislation that is currently in force or is being considered in the United States, as well as other countries, such as Japan and China. RoHS and WEEE are in the process of being implemented by individual countries in the European Union. It is likely that each jurisdiction will interpret RoHS and WEEE differently as they each implement them. We will continue to monitor RoHS and WEEE guidance as it is announced by individual jurisdictions to determine our responsibilities. The incomplete guidance available to us to date suggests that in many instances we will not be directly responsible for compliance with RoHS and WEEE, but that such regulations will likely apply directly to our customers. However, because we manufacture the products and may provide design, including collaborative design services and turnkey solutions, and compliance-related services for our customers, we may at times become contractually or directly subject to such regulations. Also, final guidance from individual jurisdictions may impose different or additional responsibilities upon us. Our failure to comply with any of such regulatory requirements or contractual obligations could result in our being directly or indirectly liable for costs, fines or penalties and third-party claims, and could jeopardize our ability to conduct business in countries in the European Union, and other regions that adopt similar legislation.

Certain of our existing stockholders have significant control.

At August 31, 2006, our executive officers, directors and certain of their family members collectively beneficially owned 13.3% of our outstanding common stock, of which William D. Morean, our Chairman of the Board, beneficially owned 7.9%. As a result, our executive officers, directors and certain of their family

 

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members have significant influence over (1) the election of our Board of Directors, (2) the approval or disapproval of any other matters requiring stockholder approval, and (3) the affairs and policies of Jabil.

We are subject to the risk of increased taxes.

We base our tax position upon the anticipated nature and conduct of our business and upon our understanding of the tax laws of the various countries in which we have assets or conduct activities. Our tax position, however, is subject to review and possible challenge by taxing authorities and to possible changes in law. We cannot determine in advance the extent to which some jurisdictions may assess additional tax or interest and penalties on such additional taxes.

Several countries in which we are located allow for tax holidays or provide other tax incentives to attract and retain business. We have obtained holidays or other incentives where available and practicable. Our taxes could increase if certain tax holidays or incentives are retracted (which in some cases could occur if we fail to satisfy the conditions on which such holidays or incentives are based), or if they are not renewed upon expiration, or tax rates applicable to us in such jurisdictions are otherwise increased. It is anticipated that tax incentives with respect to certain operations will expire within the next four years. However, due to the possibility of changes in existing tax law and our operations, we are unable to predict how these expirations will impact us in the future. In addition, acquisitions may cause our effective tax rate to increase, depending on the jurisdictions in which the acquired operations are located.

Our credit rating has recently been downgraded by one of our rating agencies and is subject to further change.

Our credit is rated by credit rating agencies. As of November 13, 2006, our 5.875% Senior Notes were rated BBB- by Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”), Baa3 by Moody’s Investor Service (“Moody’s”), and BBB- by Standard and Poor’s Rating Service (“S&P”), which are all considered “investment grade” debt. In response to our earnings release for our third quarter of fiscal year 2006, Moody’s revised its outlook to negative. Subsequently, in response to our announcement of the Taiwan Green Point Enterprises Co., Ltd. (“Green Point”) tender offer and the announcement that we were restating prior fiscal periods to reflect additional stock-based compensation expense, S&P and Fitch each revised their respective outlooks to negative and Moody’s placed our ratings on review for possible downgrade. Further, on February 27, 2007, Moody’s downgraded our 5.875% Senior Notes to a rating of Ba2 and our corporate family rating to a Ba1 due to the related implications of the delayed filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, the stock-based compensation investigation being performed by the Special Committee, increased levels of projected cash needs and the risks associated with the Green Point acquisition, as well as increased levels of debt. See Note 2 – “Stock Option Litigation and Restatements” and Note 17 – “Subsequent Events” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion on these events. Although the 5.875% Senior Notes continue to be considered “investment grade” debt by S&P and Fitch, the 5.875% Senior Notes are no longer considered “investment grade” debt by Moody’s. The downgrade by Moody’s has increased our cost of capital for borrowings under our revolving credit facilities. Additionally, a further downgrade of our credit rating by two or more of the credit rating agencies may make it more expensive for us to raise additional capital in the future on terms that are acceptable to us or at all; may negatively impact the price of our common stock; and may have other negative implications on our business, many of which are beyond our control.

We must refinance or repay our Bridge Facility on or before December 20, 2007 which will require additional financing that we cannot assure you will be available to us on attractive terms unless we issue additional equity.

For more than five years, we have financed our operations, capital expenditures and acquisitions with cash flow from operations and indebtedness. As of April 30, 2007, our long-term debt obligations consisted of $871.0 million outstanding under our Bridge Facility, $372.0 million outstanding under our Unsecured Revolver, $300 million outstanding under our 5.875% Senior Notes outstanding and approximately $179.0 outstanding

 

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under various bank loans to certain of our foreign subsidiaries. We are currently actively seeking a refinancing of our Bridge Facility. We also have a temporary waiver under our Bridge Facility and Unsecured Revolver of our obligation to file our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q with the SEC until the earlier of August 1, 2007 or 45 days after we receive a notice of default from the trustee or holders of 25% of the principal amount of the 5.875% Senior Notes outstanding. We have also obtained amendments to our Bridge Facility and Unsecured Revolver that allow us to increase the level of our indebtedness to EBITDA ratio, through May 31, 2007, to allow for a greater level of debt to be outstanding to be incurred during the specified periods. We currently anticipate that in order to pay the principal of our Bridge Facility by the maturity date on December 20, 2007, we will have to refinance at least some of our indebtedness and possibly issue additional equity securities. There can be no assurance that we will be able to refinance our indebtedness on attractive terms and conditions, or that we will be able to obtain additional debt financing to repay the entire amount of indebtedness that may become due. If we are unable to refinance indebtedness that is due by incurring other debt, we may be required to issue additional equity securities assets. If we are required to sell equity securities, investors who hold our Common Stock may have their holdings diluted. There can be no assurance as to the terms and prices at which we will be able to sell additional equity securities or that we will be able to sell additional equity securities at all.

Should we desire to consummate significant additional acquisition opportunities or undertake significant additional expansion activities, our capital needs would increase and could possibly result in our need to increase available borrowings under our revolving credit facilities or access public or private debt and equity markets. There can be no assurance, however, that we would be successful in raising additional debt or equity on terms that we would consider acceptable.

We are subject to risks of currency fluctuations and related hedging operations.

A portion of our business is conducted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Changes in exchange rates among other currencies and the U.S. dollar will affect our cost of sales, operating margins and net revenue. We cannot predict the impact of future exchange rate fluctuations. We use financial instruments, primarily forward purchase contracts, to economically hedge U.S. dollar and other currency commitments arising from trade accounts receivable, trade accounts payable and fixed purchase obligations. If these hedging activities are not successful or we change or reduce these hedging activities in the future, we may experience significant unexpected expenses from fluctuations in exchange rates.

We could incur a significant amount of debt in the future.

We currently have the ability to borrow up to $500.0 million under our Unsecured Revolver. In addition, we negotiated a $1.0 billion unsecured bridge credit agreement (the “Bridge Facility”) with a syndicate of banks on December 21, 2006. See Note 17 – “Subsequent Events” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion on the Bridge Facility. We could incur additional indebtedness in the future in the form of bank loans, notes or convertible securities. An increase in the level of our indebtedness, among other things, could:

 

   

make it difficult for us to obtain any necessary financing in the future for other acquisitions, working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements or other purposes;

 

   

limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to changes in, our business; and

 

   

make us more vulnerable in the event of a downturn in our business.

There can be no assurance that we will be able to meet future debt service obligations.

An adverse change in the interest rates for our borrowings could adversely affect our financial condition.

We pay interest on outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facilities and certain other long term debt obligations at interest rates that fluctuate based upon changes in various base interest rates. An adverse change in the base rates upon which our interest rates are determined could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

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We are exposed to intangible asset risk.

We have recorded intangible assets, including goodwill, which are attributable to business acquisitions. We are required to perform goodwill and intangible asset impairment tests at least on an annual basis and whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable from estimated future cash flows. As a result of our annual and other periodic evaluations, we may determine that the intangible asset values need to be written down to their fair values, which could result in material charges that could be adverse to our operating results and financial position.

Customer relationships with emerging companies may present more risks than with established companies.

Customer relationships with emerging companies present special risks because such companies do not have an extensive product history. As a result, there is less demonstration of market acceptance of their products making it harder for us to anticipate needs and requirements than with established customers. In addition, due to the current economic environment, additional funding for such companies may be more difficult to obtain and these customer relationships may not continue or materialize to the extent we planned or we previously experienced. This tightening of financing for start-up customers, together with many start-up customers’ lack of prior earnings and unproven product markets increase our credit risk, especially in accounts receivable and inventories. Although we perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and adjust our allowance for doubtful accounts receivable for all customers, including start-up customers, based on the information available, these allowances may not be adequate. This risk exists for any new emerging company customers in the future.

Our stock price may be volatile.

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The market price of our common stock has fluctuated substantially in the past and could fluctuate substantially in the future, based on a variety of factors, including future announcements covering us or our key customers or competitors, government regulations, litigation, changes in earnings estimates by analysts, fluctuations in quarterly operating results, or general conditions in our industry and the aerospace, automotive, computing, consumer, defense, instrumentation, medical, networking, peripherals, storage and telecommunications industries. Furthermore, stock prices for many companies and high technology companies in particular, fluctuate widely for reasons that may be unrelated to their operating results. Those fluctuations and general economic, political and market conditions, such as recessions or international currency fluctuations and demand for our services, may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Provisions in our charter documents and state law may make it harder for others to obtain control of us even though some shareholders might consider such a development to be favorable.

Our shareholder rights plan, provisions of our amended certificate of incorporation and the Delaware Corporation Laws may delay, inhibit or prevent someone from gaining control of us through a tender offer, business combination, proxy contest or some other method. These provisions may adversely impact our shareholders because they may decrease the possibility of a transaction in which our shareholders receive an amount of consideration in exchange for their shares that is at a significant premium to the then current market price of our shares. These provisions include:

 

   

a “poison pill” shareholder rights plan;

 

   

a statutory restriction on the ability of shareholders to take action by less than unanimous written consent; and

 

   

a statutory restriction on business combinations with some types of interested shareholders.

 

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Changes in the securities laws and regulations have increased, and are likely to continue to increase our costs.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 required changes in some of our corporate governance, securities disclosure and compliance practices. In response to the requirements of that Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange promulgated new rules on a variety of subjects. Compliance with these new rules has increased our legal and financial and accounting costs, and we expect these increased costs to continue for the foreseeable future. These developments have made it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and have faced accepting reduced coverage or incurring substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. All of these developments may make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our Board of Directors or qualified executive officers.

Due to inherent limitations, there can be no assurance that our system of disclosure and internal controls and procedures will be successful in preventing all errors or fraud, or in informing management of all material information in timely manner.

Our management, including our CEO and CFO, does not expect that our disclosure controls and internal controls and procedures will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system reflects that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company have been or will be detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur simply because of error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control.

The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, a control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and may not be detected.

If we receive other than an unqualified opinion on the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2007 and future year-ends as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, investors could lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which could result in a decrease in the value of your shares.

As directed by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules requiring public companies to include an annual report on internal control over financial reporting reports on Form 10-K that contains an assessment by management of the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting. In addition, the independent registered public accounting firm auditing the company’s financial statements must attest to, and report on, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting. The independent registered public accounting firm KPMG LLP issued an unqualified opinion on the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2006. While we continuously conduct a rigorous review of our internal control over financial reporting in order to assure compliance with the Section 404 requirements, if our independent auditors interpret the Section 404 requirements and the related rules and regulations differently from us or if our independent auditors are not satisfied with our internal control over financial reporting or with the level at which it is documented, operated or reviewed, they may decline to attest to management’s assessment or issue a qualified report. A qualified opinion could result in an adverse reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of confidence in the reliability of our financial statements.

 

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In addition, we have spent a significant amount of resources in complying with Section 404’s requirements. For the foreseeable future, we will likely continue to spend substantial amounts complying with Section 404’s requirements, as well as improving and enhancing our internal control over financial reporting.

There are inherent uncertainties involved in estimates, judgments and assumptions used in the preparation of financial statements in accordance with US GAAP. Any changes in estimates, judgments and assumptions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position and results of operations.

The consolidated and condensed consolidated financial statements included in the periodic reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with US GAAP involves making estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets (including intangible assets), liabilities and related reserves, revenues, expenses and income. Estimates, judgments and assumptions are inherently subject to change in the future, and any such changes could result in corresponding changes to the amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and income. Any such changes could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.

 

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

There are no unresolved written comments from the SEC staff regarding our periodic or current reports under the Act.

 

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Item 2. Properties

We have manufacturing, after-market services, design and support operations located in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, Taiwan, Ukraine and the United States. As part of our historical restructuring programs, certain of our facilities are no longer used in our business operations, as identified in the table below. We believe that our properties are generally in good condition, are well maintained and are generally suitable and adequate to carry out our business at expected capacity for the foreseeable future. The table below lists the locations and square footage for our facilities as of August 31, 2006:

 

Location

 

Approximate

Square Footage

 

Type of Interest

(Leased/Owned)

 

Description of Use

Auburn Hills, Michigan

  207,000   Owned   Manufacturing, Design

Auburn Hills, Michigan

  12,000   Leased   Support

Billerica, Massachusetts (1)

  503,000   Leased   Prototype Manufacturing

Louisville, Kentucky

  138,000   Leased   After-market

McAllen, Texas

  140,000   Leased   After-market

Memphis, Tennessee

  1,346,000   Leased   Manufacturing, After-market

Poughkeepsie, New York

  24,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Poway, California

  112,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Round Rock, Texas

  105,000   Leased   After-market

San Jose, California (1)

  281,000   Leased   Prototype Manufacturing

Simi Valley, California

  35,000   Leased   Support

St. Joe, Michigan

  5,000   Leased   Support

St. Petersburg, Florida

  308,000   Leased   Manufacturing, Support

St. Petersburg, Florida

  299,000   Owned   Manufacturing, Design, After-market, Support

Tempe, Arizona

  191,000   Owned   Manufacturing

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

  71,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Chihuahua, Mexico

  1,025,000   Owned   Manufacturing

Guadalajara, Mexico

  363,000   Owned   Manufacturing

Manaus, Brazil

  386,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Reynosa, Mexico

  410,000   Owned   After-market

Reynosa, Mexico

  443,000   Leased   Manufacturing, After-market

Sao Paulo, Brazil

  35,000   Leased   After-market

Tijuana, Mexico (3)

  63,000   Leased   Support
       

Total Americas

  6,502,000    
       

Chennai, India

  45,000   Owned   Manufacturing

Gotemba, Japan

  138,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Hsinchu, Taiwan

  21,000   Leased   Design

Huangpu, China

  1,890,000   Owned   Manufacturing, Design, Support

Mumbai, India

  219,000   Leased   Manufacturing, Design

Penang, Malaysia

  1,098,000   Owned   Manufacturing, Design, After-market

Pune, India

  11,000   Leased   Support

Ranjangaon, India

  858,000   Owned   Manufacturing

Shanghai, China

  360,000   Owned   Manufacturing, Design, After-market

Shenzhen, China

  290,000   Leased   Manufacturing, Support

Singapore City, Singapore

  94,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Suzhou, China (1)

  67,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Tokyo, Japan

  4,000   Leased   Design, Support

Wuxi, China

  453,000   Owned   Manufacturing
       

Total Asia

  5,548,000    
       

 

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Location

 

Approximate

Square Footage

 

Type of Interest

(Leased/Owned)

 

Description of Use

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  90,000   Leased   After-market

Ayr, Scotland

  253,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Bergamo, Italy

  76,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Brest, France

  365,000   Owned   Manufacturing

Bruges, Belgium (2)

  116,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Bydgoszcz, Poland

  75,000   Leased   After-market

Coventry, England

  46,000   Leased   After-market, Support

Dublin, Ireland (2)

  72,000   Leased   After-market

Eindhoven, The Netherlands

  3,000   Leased   Support

Genova, Italy

  4,000   Leased   Support

Hasselt, Belgium

  81,000   Leased   Prototype Manufacturing, Design

Jena, Germany

  8,000   Leased   Design

Kwidzyn, Poland

  401,000   Owned   Manufacturing

Livingston, Scotland

  130,000   Owned   Manufacturing

Lunel, France

  20,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Marcianise, Italy

  262,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Meung-sur-Loire, France

  111,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Szombathely, Hungary

  208,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Szombathely, Hungary

  198,000   Owned   After-market

Tiszaujvaros, Hungary

  409,000   Owned   Manufacturing

Uzhgorod, Ukraine

  99,000   Leased   Manufacturing

Vienna, Austria

  185,000   Leased   Prototype Manufacturing, Design
       

Total Europe

  3,212,000    
       

Total Facilities at August 31, 2006

  15,262,000    
       

(1) A portion of this facility is no longer used in our business operations.
(2) This facility is no longer used in our business operations.
(3) This facility is no longer used in our business operations and has been subleased to an unrelated third party.

Certifications

Our manufacturing facilities and our after-market facilities are ISO certified to ISO 9001:2000 standards and most are also certified to ISO-14001 environmental standards. Following are additional certifications that are held by certain of our manufacturing facilities as listed:

 

   

Aerospace Standard AS/EN 9100 – Billerica, Massachusetts; Brest, France; Livingston, Scotland; Singapore City, Singapore; St. Petersburg, Florida; and Tempe, Arizona.

 

   

Automotive Standard TS16949 – Auburn Hills, Michigan; Chihuahua, Mexico; Huangpu, China; Meung-sur-Loire, France; Tiszaujvaros, Hungary; and Vienna, Austria.

 

   

Automotive Standard QS-9000 – Shenzhen, China.

 

   

FDA Medical Certification – Auburn Hills, Michigan; Livingston, Scotland; Poway, California; and Tempe, Arizona.

 

   

Medical Standard ISO-13485 – Auburn Hills, Michigan; Guadalajara, Mexico; Hasselt, Belgium; Livingston, Scotland; Poway, California; Shanghai, China; and Tempe, Arizona.

 

   

Occupational Health & Safety Management System Standard OHSAS 18001 – Ayr, Scotland; Brest, France; Guadalajara, Mexico; Huangpu, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; Manaus, Brazil; Penang, Malaysia; Singapore City, Singapore; St. Petersburg, Florida.

 

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Telecommunications Standard TL 9000 – Penang, Malaysia; San Jose, California; and Shanghai and Wuxi, China.

 

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

On April 26, 2006, a shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed in State Circuit Court in Pinellas County, Florida on behalf of Mary Lou Gruber, a purported shareholder of ours, naming the us as a nominal defendant, and naming certain of its officers, Scott D. Brown, Executive Vice President, Mark T. Mondello, Chief Operating Officer, and Timothy L. Main, Chief Executive Officer, President and a Board member, as well as certain of its Directors, Mel S. Lavitt, William D. Morean, Frank A. Newman, Steven A. Raymund and Thomas A. Sansone, as defendants (the “Initial Action”). Mr. Morean and Mr. Sansone were our previous Chief Executive Officer and President, respectively (such two individuals, with the defendant officers, collectively, the “Officer Defendants”). The Initial Action alleged that the named defendant officers and directors breached certain of their fiduciary duties to us in connection with certain stock option grants between August 1998 and October 2004. Specifically, it alleged that the defendant directors (other than Mr. Morean and Mr. Main), in their capacity as members of the our Board of Director Audit or Compensation Committee, at the behest of the Officer Defendants, backdated stock option grants to make it appear they were granted on a prior date when our stock price was lower. The Initial Action alleged that such alleged backdated options unduly benefited the Officer Defendants, resulted in us issuing materially inaccurate and misleading financial statements and caused millions of dollars of damages to the Company. The Initial Action also sought to have the Officer Defendants disgorge certain options they received, including the proceeds of options exercised, as well as certain equitable relief and attorneys’ fees and costs.

On May 2, 2006, the Company was notified by the Staff of the SEC of an informal inquiry concerning the Company’s stock option granting practices. On May 3, 2006, our Board of Directors had a meeting, which had been arranged prior to the SEC contacting the Company, to discuss the Initial Action. At that meeting, our Board of Directors appointed the Special Committee to review the allegations in the Initial Action. On May 10, 2006, the law firms representing the plaintiff in the Initial Case, along with two additional law firms, representing a purported shareholder of ours, Robert Barone, filed a lawsuit in State Circuit Court in Pinellas County, Florida that was nearly identical to the Initial Action (with the Initial Action, collectively, the “State Derivative Actions”). On May 17, 2006, we received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York requesting certain stock option related material. On July 12, 2006, the parties to the State Derivative Actions filed a stipulation and proposed order of consolidation, which also appointed co-lead counsel. The Court signed the order on July 17, 2006, consolidated the cases under the caption In re Jabil Derivative Litigation, No. 06-2917-CI-08 (the “Consolidated State Derivative Action”), and ordered that the complaint filed in the Initial Action would become the operative complaint. We have entered into a stipulation extending our time to respond to the Consolidated State Derivative Action until June 29, 2007.

Two federal derivative suits were also filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, on July 10, 2006 and December 6, 2006 respectively (collectively, the “Federal Derivative Actions”). The complaints assert virtually identical factual allegations and claims as in the State Derivative Actions. On January 26, 2007, the District Court consolidated the two Federal Derivative Actions under the caption In re Jabil Circuit Options Backdating Litigation, 8:06-cv-01257 (the “Consolidated Federal Derivative Action”) and appointed co-lead counsel. We have entered into a stipulation extending our time to respond to the Consolidated Federal Derivative Action until June 29, 2007.

On September 18, 2006, a putative shareholder class action was filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division encaptioned Edward J. Goodman Life Income Trust v. Jabil Circuit, Inc., et al., No. 8:06-cv-01716 against us and various present and former officers and directors, including Forbes I.J. Alexander, Scott D. Brown, Laurence S. Grafstein, Mel S. Lavitt, Chris Lewis, Timothy Main, Mark T. Mondello, William D. Morean, Lawrence J. Murphy, Frank A. Newman, Steven A. Raymund, Thomas A. Sansone and Kathleen Walters on behalf of a proposed class of plaintiffs comprised of persons that purchased our

 

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shares between September 19, 2001 and June 21, 2006. The complaint asserted claims under Section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, as well as under Section 20(a) of that Act. The complaint alleged that the defendants had engaged in a scheme to fraudulently backdate the grant dates of options for various senior officers and directors, causing our financial statements to understate management compensation and overstate net earnings, thereby inflating the our stock price. In addition, the complaint alleged that our proxy statements falsely stated that the we had adhered to its option grant policy of granting options at the closing price of the Company’s shares on the trading date immediately prior to the date of the grant. A second putative class action, containing virtually identical legal claims and allegations of fact, encaptioned Steven M. Noe v. Jabil Circuit, Inc., et al., No., 8:06-cv-01883, was filed on October 12, 2006. The two actions were consolidated into a single proceeding (the “Consolidated Class Action”) and on January 18, 2007, the Court appointed The Laborers Pension Trust Fund for Northern California and Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers as lead plaintiffs in the action. On March 5, 2007, the lead plaintiffs filed a consolidated class action complaint (the “Consolidated Class Action Complaint”). The Consolidated Class Action Complaint purported to be brought on behalf of all persons who purchased the our publicly traded securities between September 19, 2001 and December 21, 2006, and named our Company and certain of its current and former officers, including Forbes I.J. Alexander, Scott D. Brown, Wesley B. Edwards, Chris A. Lewis, Mark T. Mondello, Robert L. Paver and Ronald J. Rapp, as well as certain of our Directors, Mel S. Lavitt, William D. Morean, Frank A. Newman, Laurence S. Grafstein, Steven A. Raymund, Lawrence J. Murphy, Kathleen A. Walters and Thomas A. Sansone, as defendants. The Consolidated Class Action Complaint alleged violations of Sections 10(b), 20(a), and 14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder. It contained allegations of fact and legal claims similar to the original putative class actions and, in addition, alleged that the defendants failed to timely disclose the facts and circumstances that led the us, on June 12, 2006, to announce that we were lowering our prior guidance for net earnings for the third quarter of fiscal year 2006. On April 30, 2007, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint asserting claims substantially similar to the Consolidated Class Action Complaint it replaced but adding additional allegations relating to the restatement of earnings previously announced in connection with the correction of errors in the calculation of compensation expense for certain stock option grants. We have until sixty days following the filing of the First Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint to file our response and will vigorously defend the action.

The Special Committee has conducted its review and analysis of the claims asserted in the derivative actions and has concluded that the evidence does not support a finding of intentional manipulation of stock option grant pricing by any member of management. In addition, the Special Committee concluded that it is not in our best interests to pursue the derivative actions and will assert that position on the Company’s behalf in each of the pending derivative lawsuits. The Special Committee identified certain factors related to the controls surrounding the process of accounting for option grants that contributed to the accounting errors that led to the restatement. We are cooperating fully with the Special Committee, the SEC and the U.S. Attorney’s office. As mentioned in our Explanatory Note, the Company also provided the SEC with the report of independent counsel to the Audit Committee that has reviewed certain historical recognition of our revenue. We cannot predict what effect such reviews may have. See “Risk Factors – We are involved in reviews of our historical stock option grant practices” and “We are involved in a review of our recognition of revenue for certain historical transactions.”

We are party to certain other lawsuits in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe these proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No matters were submitted to a vote of our stockholders during the fourth quarter covered by this report.

 

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PART II

 

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Our common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “JBL.” The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices per share for our common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the fiscal periods indicated.

 

     High    Low

Fiscal year Ended August 31, 2006

     

First Quarter (September 1, 2005 – November 30, 2005)

   $ 33.76    $ 28.54

Second Quarter (December 1, 2005 – February 28, 2006)

   $ 41.29    $ 33.26

Third Quarter (March 1, 2006 – May 31, 2006)

   $ 43.70    $ 33.55

Fourth Quarter (June 1, 2006 – August 31, 2006)

   $ 36.32    $ 22.01

Fiscal year Ended August 31, 2005

     

First Quarter (September 1, 2004 – November 30, 2004)

   $ 26.04    $ 20.33

Second Quarter (December 1, 2004 – February 28, 2005)

   $ 27.08    $ 21.80

Third Quarter (March 1, 2005 – May 31, 2005)

   $ 29.73    $ 25.87

Fourth Quarter (June 1, 2005 – August 31, 2005)

   $ 32.88    $ 28.30

On April 20, 2007, the closing sales price for our common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange was $22.81. As of April 20, 2007, there were 3,270 holders of record of our common stock.

Information regarding equity compensation plans is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in Item 12 of Part III of this report.

Dividends

On May 4, 2006 and August 2, 2006, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend to common stockholders of $0.07 per share. The May 4, 2006 declared cash dividend, totaling approximately $14.9 million, was paid on June 1, 2006 to stockholders of record on May 15, 2006. The August 2, 2006 declared cash dividend, totaling approximately $14.3 million, was paid on September 1, 2006 to stockholders of record on August 15, 2006. Subsequent to August 31, 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend to common stockholders of $0.07 per share on November 2, 2006, January 22, 2007 and April 30, 2007. The November 2, 2006 declared cash dividend, totaling approximately $14.4 million, was paid on December 1, 2006 to stockholders of record on November 15, 2006. The January 22, 2006 declared cash dividend, totaling approximately $14.4 million, was paid on March 1, 2007 to stockholders of record on February 15, 2007. The April 30, 2007 declared cash dividend will be paid on June 1, 2007 to stockholders of record on May 15, 2007.

We currently expect to continue to declare and pay quarterly dividends of an amount similar to our past declarations. However, the declaration and payment of future dividends are discretionary and will be subject to determination by our Board of Directors each quarter following its review of our financial performance.

 

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006, we purchased shares of our common stock in a manner believed to be effected in accordance with the safe harbor provisions of Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act as follows:

 

    

Total Number

of Shares

Purchased

  

Weighted

Average

Price Paid

per Share (1)

  

Total Number of

Shares Purchased as

Part of Publicly

Announced Plan (2)

  

Approximate

Dollar Value of

Shares That May

Yet Be Purchased

Under the Plan

in ‘000 (2)

June 1, 2006 – June 30, 2006

   1,700    $ 25.49    1,700    $ 199,957

July 1, 2006 – July 31, 2006

   8,417,000    $ 23.76    8,417,000    $ —  

August 1, 2006 – August 31, 2006

   —      $ —      —      $ —  
                   

Total

   8,418,700    $ 23.76    8,418,700   
                   

(1) Shares were repurchased in open market transactions. The repurchases were funded by available cash on hand, borrowings under revolving credit facilities and funds provided by operations.
(2) On June 29, 2006, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $200.0 million worth of shares of our common stock. While the repurchase plan was approved for a one year period ending June 29, 2007, as of August 31, 2006, the maximum repurchase limit was reached and no further repurchases will be made under the plan.

 

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

The following selected data are derived from our Consolidated Financial Statements. This data should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto incorporated into Item 8, and with Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The information presented in the following tables has been adjusted to reflect the restatement to our Consolidated Financial Statements which is more fully described in the “Explanatory Note” immediately preceding Part I of this Form 10-K and in Note 2 – “Stock Option Litigation and Restatements” to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The Consolidated Statements of Earnings data for the years ended August 31, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002, and the Consolidated Balance Sheet data as of August 31, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002 have been restated below. In addition, as also discussed in such Explanatory Note and Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements, we also reviewed certain of our historical recognition of revenue in fiscal years 1999 through 2002. Although the impact of the accounting error associated with those events in fiscal year 2002 was determined to not be material to the Consolidated Statement of Earnings for that year, we have reduced our expense for fiscal year 2002 by $6.0 million ($4.0 million after-tax) in the table below to reflect the error in such year.

In accordance with recently issued guidance from the SEC, we have not amended our previously filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K or Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods affected by the restatement. The financial information that has been previously filed or otherwise reported for these periods is superseded by the information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the financial statements and related financial information contained in those previously filed reports should no longer be relied upon.

 

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     Consolidated Statements of Earnings  
    

Fiscal Year

Ended

August 31,

2006

    Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2005  
    

As

Currently

Reported

   

As

Previously
Reported

    Adjustments    

As

Restated

 
     (In thousands, except for per share data)  

Consolidated Statement of Earnings Data:

        

Net revenue

   $ 10,265,447     $ 7,524,386       —       $ 7,524,386  

Cost of revenue

     9,500,547       6,895,880       —         6,895,880  
                                

Gross profit

     764,900       628,506       —         628,506  

Selling, general and administrative

     382,210       278,866       35,404       314,270 (6)

Research and development

     34,975       22,507       —         22,507  

Amortization of intangibles

     24,323       39,762       —         39,762  

Acquisition-related charges

     —         —         —         —    

Restructuring and impairment charges

     81,585 (1)     —         —         —    
                                

Operating income

     241,807       287,371       (35,404 )     251,967  

Other loss

     11,918 (1)     4,106       —         4,106 (2)

Interest income

     (18,734 )     (13,774 )     —         (13,774 )

Interest expense

     23,507       20,667       —         20,667  
                                

Income before income taxes

     225,116       276,372       (35,404 )     240,968  

Income tax expense

     60,598 (1)     44,525       (7,432 )     37,093 (6)
                                

Net income

   $ 164,518     $ 231,847     $ (27,972 )   $ 203,875  
                                

Earnings per share:

        

Basic

   $ 0.79     $ 1.14     $ (0.13 )   $ 1.01  
                                

Diluted

   $ 0.77     $ 1.12     $ (0.14 )   $ 0.98  
                                

Common shares used in the calculations of earnings per share:

        

Basic

     207,413       202,501       —         202,501  
                                

Diluted

     212,540       207,526       180       207,706  
                                

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:

        

Working capital

   $ 977,631     $ 1,117,806     $ —       $ 1,117,806  
                                

Total assets

   $ 5,411,730     $ 4,077,262     $ 10,724     $ 4,087,986  
                                

Current installments of notes payable, long-term debt and long-term lease obligations

   $ 63,813     $ 674     $ —       $ 674  
                                

Notes payable, long-term debt and long–term lease obligations, less current installments

   $ 329,520     $ 326,580     $ —       $ 326,580  
                                

Total stockholders’ equity

   $ 2,294,481     $ 2,135,217     $ 10,724     $ 2,145,941  
                                

Cash dividends declared, per share

   $ 0.14     $ —       $ —       $ —    
                                

 

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    Consolidated Statements of Earnings  
   

Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2004

   

Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2003

 
   

As

Previously

Reported

    Adjustments    

As

Restated

   

As

Previously

Reported

    Adjustments    

As

Restated

 
    (In thousands, except for per share data)  

Consolidated Statement of Earnings Data:

           

Net revenue

  $ 6,252,897     $ —       $ 6,252,897     $ 4,729,482       —       $ 4,729,482  

Cost of revenue

    5,714,517       —         5,714,517       4,294,016       —         4,294,016  
                                               

Gross profit

    538,380       —         538,380       435,466       —         435,466  

Selling, general and administrative

    263,504       (5,756 )     257,748 (6)     243,663       16,150       259,813 (6)

Research and development

    13,813       —         13,813       9,906       —         9,906  

Amortization of intangibles

    43,709       —         43,709       36,870       —         36,870  

Acquisition-related charges

    1,339       —         1,339 (3)     15,266       —         15,266 (4)

Restructuring and impairment charges

    —         —         —         85,308       —         85,308 (4)
                                               

Operating income

    216,015       5,756       221,771       44,453       (16,150 )     28,303  

Other loss (income)

    7,193       —         7,193 (3)     (2,600 )     —         (2,600 )(4)

Interest income

    (7,237 )     —         (7,237 )     (6,920 )     —         (6,920 )

Interest expense

    18,546       —         18,546       17,019       —         17,019  
                                               

Income before income taxes

    197,513       5,756       203,269       36,954       (16,150 )     20,804  

Income tax expense (benefit)

    30,613       (1,074 )     29,539 (6)     (6,053 )     (1,713 )     (7,766 )(6)
                                               

Net income

  $ 166,900     $ 6,830     $ 173,730     $ 43,007     $ (14,437 )   $ 28,570  
                                               

Earnings per share:

           

Basic

  $ 0.83     $ 0.04     $ 0.87     $ 0.22     $ (0.08 )   $ 0.14  
                                               

Diluted

  $ 0.81     $ 0.04     $ 0.85     $ 0.21     $ (0.07 )   $ 0.14  
                                               

Common shares used in the calculations of earnings per share:

           

Basic

    200,430       —         200,430       198,495       —         198,495  
                                               

Diluted

    205,849       (290 )     205,559       202,103       (432 )     201,671  
                                               

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:

           

Working capital

  $ 1,023,591     $ —       $ 1,023,591     $ 830,729     $ —       $ 830,729  
                                               

Total assets

  $ 3,329,356     $ 4,683     $ 3,334,039     $ 3,244,745     $ —       $ 3,244,745  
                                               

Current installments of notes payable, long-term debt and long-term lease obligations

  $ 4,412     $ —       $ 4,412     $ 347,237     $ —       $ 347,237  
                                               

Notes payable, long-term debt and long–term lease obligations, less current installments

  $ 305,194     $ —       $ 305,194     $ 297,018     $ —       $ 297,018  
                                               

Total stockholders’ equity

  $ 1,819,340     $ 4,683     $ 1,824,023     $ 1,588,476     $ 4,193     $ 1,592,669  
                                               

Cash dividends declared, per share

  $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    
                                               

 

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     Consolidated Statements of Earnings  
    

Fiscal Year Ended

August 31, 2002

 
    

As

Previously

    Reported    

       Adjustments       

As

  Restated  

 
     (In thousands, except for per share information)  

Consolidated Statement of Earnings Data:

      

Net revenue

   $ 3,545,466       —       $ 3,545,466  

Cost of revenue

     3,210,875       (6,000 )     3,204,875 (6)
                        

Gross profit

     334,591       6,000       340,591  

Selling, general and administrative

     203,845       643       204,488 (6)

Research and development

     7,864       —         7,864  

Amortization of intangibles

     15,113       —         15,113  

Acquisition-related charges

     7,576       —         7,576 (5)

Restructuring and impairment charges

     52,143       —         52,143 (5)
                        

Operating income

     48,050       5,357       53,407  

Other loss

     —         —         —    

Interest income

     (9,761 )     —         (9,761 )

Interest expense

     13,055       —         13,055  
                        

Income before income taxes

     44,756       5,357       50,113  

Income tax expense

     10,041       (1,341 )     11,382 (6)
                        

Net income

   $ 34,715     $ 4,016     $ 38,731  
                        

Earnings per share:

      

Basic

   $ 0.18     $ 0.02     $ 0.20  
                        

Diluted

   $ 0.17     $ 0.02     $ 0.19  
                        

Common shares used in the calculations of earnings per share:

      

Basic

     197,396       —         197,396  
                        

Diluted

     200,782       (247 )     200,535  
                        

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:

      

Working capital

   $ 994,962     $ —       $ 994,962  
                        

Total assets

   $ 2,547,906     $ —       $ 2,547,906  
                        

Current installments of notes payable, long-term debt and long-term lease obligations

   $ 8,692     $ —       $ 8,692  
                        

Notes payable, long-term debt and long–term lease obligations, less current installments

   $ 354,668     $ —       $ 354,668  
                        

Total stockholders’ equity

   $ 1,506,966     $ 2,684     $ 1,509,650  
                        

Cash dividends declared, per share

   $ —       $ —       $ —    
                        

 

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(1) During fiscal year 2006, we recorded charges of $81.9 million ($70.1 million after-tax) related to the restructuring plan initiated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006, partially off-set by the reversal of $0.3 million related to restructuring charges incurred under historical restructuring plans. Also related to the restructuring plan, we recorded valuation allowances of $37.1 million on net deferred tax assets through income tax expense. We also recorded $11.9 million ($7.2 million after-tax) of other expense related to a loss on the sale of receivables under our accounts receivable securitization program.

 

(2) During fiscal year 2005, we recorded $4.1 million ($2.5 million after-tax) of other expense related to a loss on the sale of receivables under our accounts receivable securitization program.

 

(3) During fiscal year 2004, we recorded acquisition-related charges of $1.3 million ($1.0 million after-tax) primarily in connection with the acquisitions of certain operations of Philips and NEC. We also recorded other expense of $7.2 million, consisting of $6.4 million ($4.0 million after-tax) for a loss on the write-off of unamortized issuance costs associated with our convertible subordinated notes, which were retired in May 2004, and $0.8 million ($0.5 million after-tax) for a loss on the sale of receivables under our accounts receivable securitization program.

 

(4) During fiscal year 2003, we recorded acquisition-related charges of $15.3 million ($9.8 million after-tax) in connection with the acquisitions of certain operations of Quantum Corporation, Alcatel Business Systems (“Alcatel”), Valeo, Lucent Technologies of Shanghai (“Lucent”), Seagate Technology – Reynosa, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“Seagate”), Philips and NEC. Additionally, we recorded charges of $85.3 million ($60.7 million after-tax) related to the restructuring of our business during the fiscal year. We also recorded $2.6 million ($1.6 million after-tax) of other income related to proceeds received in connection with facility closure costs.

 

(5) During fiscal year 2002, we recorded acquisition-related charges of $7.6 million ($4.8 million after-tax) in connection with the acquisition of certain operations of Marconi, Compaq Computer Corporation, Alcatel and Valeo. We also recorded charges of $52.1 million ($40.2 million after-tax) related to the restructuring of our business during the fiscal year.

 

(6) See the “Explanatory Note” immediately preceding Part I of this Form 10-K and Note 2 – “Stock Option Litigation and Restatements” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a detailed discussion of the adjustments that resulted from our review, along with the Special Committee’s review of stock-based compensation expense relating to stock option grants. In addition, see the “Explantory Note” for discussion of our review of historical recognition of revenue that resulted in an immaterial adjustment in fiscal year 2002.

 

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains certain statements that are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are made in reliance upon the protections provided by such acts for forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements (such as when we describe what “will”, “may” or “should” occur, what we “plan”, “intend”, “estimate”, “believe”, “expect” or “anticipate” will occur, and other similar statements) include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future sales and operating results, future prospects, anticipated benefits of proposed (or future) acquisitions and new facilities, growth, the capabilities and capacities of business operations, any financial or other guidance and all statements that are not based on historical fact, but rather reflect our current expectations concerning future results and events. We make certain assumptions when making forward-looking statements, any of which could prove inaccurate, including, but not limited to, statements about our future operating results and business plans. Therefore, we can give no assurance that the results implied by these forward-looking statements will be realized. Furthermore, the inclusion of forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that future events, plans or expectations contemplated by the Company will be achieved. The ultimate correctness of these forward-looking statements is dependent upon a number of known and unknown risks and events, and is subject to various uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these statements. The following important factors, among others, could affect future results and events, causing those results and events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements:

 

   

business conditions and growth in our customers’ industries, the electronic manufacturing services industry and the general economy;

 

   

the results of the review of our past stock option grants being conducted by governmental authorities and any related litigation and any ramifications thereof;

 

   

variability of operating results;

 

   

our ability to effectively address certain operational issues that have adversely affected certain of our US operations;

 

   

our dependence on a limited number of major customers;

 

   

the potential consolidation of our customer base;

 

   

availability of components;

 

   

our dependence on certain industries;

 

   

seasonality;

 

   

the variability of customer requirements;

 

   

our ability to successfully negotiate definitive agreements and consummate acquisitions, and to integrate operations following consummation of acquisitions;

 

   

our ability to take advantage of our past and current restructuring efforts to improve utilization and realize savings and whether any such activity will adversely affect our cost structure, ability to service customers and labor relations;

 

   

other economic, business and competitive factors affecting our customers, our industry and business generally; and

 

   

other factors that we may not have currently identified or quantified.

 

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For a further list and description of various risks, relevant factors and uncertainties that could cause future results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements, see the “Risk Factors” section contained in Part I of this document. Given these risks and uncertainties, the reader should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

All forward-looking statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are made only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or correct any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur, or of which we hereafter become aware. You should read this document and the documents that we incorporate by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We may not update these forward-looking statements, even if our situation changes in the future. All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements.

Stock Option Litigation and Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements

On March 18, 2006, The Wall Street Journal published an article that reported on certain academic studies that suggested that public companies may have backdated stock option grants. The studies had not identified specific companies that may have backdated options, but the article sought to do so. The article identified our President and CEO, Timothy L. Main, as someone who, based on statistical patterns, may have received backdated options.

On April 26, 2006, a shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed in State Circuit Court in Pinellas County, Florida on behalf of Mary Lou Gruber, a purported shareholder of ours, naming us as a nominal defendant, and naming certain of our officers, Scott D. Brown, Executive Vice President, Mark T. Mondello, Chief Operating Officer, and Timothy L. Main, Chief Executive Officer, President and a Board member, as well as certain of our Directors, Mel S. Lavitt, William D. Morean, Frank A. Newman, Steven A. Raymund and Thomas A. Sansone, as defendants (the “Initial Action”). Mr. Morean and Mr. Sansone were our previous Chief Executive Officer and President, respectively (such two individuals, with the defendant officers, collectively, the “Officer Defendants”). The Initial Action alleged that the named defendant officers and directors breached certain of their fiduciary duties to us in connection with certain stock option grants between August 1998 and October 2004. Specifically, it alleged that the defendant directors (other than Mr. Morean and Mr. Main), in their capacity as members of our Board of Director Audit or Compensation Committee, at the behest of the Officer Defendants, backdated stock option grants to make it appear they were granted on a prior date when our stock price was lower. The Initial Action alleged that such alleged backdated options unduly benefited the Officer Defendants, resulted in us issuing materially inaccurate and misleading financial statements and caused millions of dollars of damages to us. The Initial Action also sought to have the Officer Defendants disgorge certain options they received, including the proceeds of options exercised, as well as certain equitable relief and attorneys’ fees and costs.

On May 2, 2006, we were notified by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) of an informal inquiry concerning our stock option grants. On May 3, 2006, our Board of Directors had a meeting, which had been arranged prior to the SEC contacting us, to discuss the Initial Action. At that meeting, our Board of Directors appointed the Special Committee to review the allegations in the Initial Action. On May 10, 2006, the law firms representing the plaintiff in the Initial Action, along with two additional law firms, representing a purported shareholder of ours, Robert Barone, filed a lawsuit in State Circuit Court in Pinellas County, Florida that was nearly identical to the Initial Action (with the Initial Action, collectively, the “State Derivative Actions”). On May 17, 2006, we received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York requesting certain stock option related material. On July 12, 2006, the parties to the State Derivative Actions filed a stipulation and proposed order of consolidation, which also appointed co-lead counsel. The Court signed the order on July 17, 2006, consolidated the cases under the caption In re Jabil Derivative Litigation, No. 06-2917-CI-08 (the “Consolidated State Derivative Action”), and ordered that the complaint filed in the Initial

 

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Action would become the operative complaint. We have entered into a stipulation extending the time for us to respond to the Consolidated State Derivative Action until June 29, 2007.

Two Federal derivative suits were also filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, on July 10, 2006 and December 6, 2006 respectively (collectively, the “Federal Derivative Actions”). The complaints assert virtually identical factual allegations and claims as in the State Derivative Actions. On January 26, 2007, the District Court consolidated the two Federal Derivative Actions under the caption In re Jabil Circuit Options Backdating Litigation, 8:06-cv-01257 (the “Consolidated Federal Derivative Action”) and appointed co-lead counsel. We have entered into a stipulation extending our time to respond to the Consolidated Federal Derivative Action until June 29, 2007.

On September 18, 2006, a putative shareholder class action was filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division encaptioned Edward J. Goodman Life Income Trust v. Jabil Circuit, Inc., et al., No. 8:06-cv-01716 against us and various present and former officers and directors, including Forbes I.J. Alexander, Scott D. Brown, Laurence S. Grafstein, Mel S. Lavitt, Chris Lewis, Timothy Main, Mark T. Mondello, William D. Morean, Lawrence J. Murphy, Frank A. Newman, Steven A. Raymund, Thomas A. Sansone and Kathleen Walters on behalf of a proposed class of plaintiffs comprised of persons that purchased shares of ours between September 19, 2001 and June 21, 2006. The complaint asserted claims under Section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, as well as under Section 20(a) of that Act. The complaint alleged that the defendants had engaged in a scheme to fraudulently backdate the grant dates of options for various senior officers and directors, causing our financial statements to understate management compensation and overstate net earnings, thereby inflating our stock price. In addition, the complaint alleged that our proxy statements falsely stated that we had adhered to our option grant policy of granting options at the closing price of our shares on the trading date immediately prior to the date of the grant. A second putative class action, containing virtually identical legal claims and allegations of fact, encaptioned Steven M. Noe v. Jabil Circuit, Inc., et al., No., 8:06-cv-01883, was filed on October 12, 2006. The two actions were consolidated into a single proceeding (the “Consolidated Class Action”) and on January 18, 2007, the Court appointed The Laborers Pension Trust Fund for Northern California and Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers as lead plaintiffs in the action. On March 5, 2007, the lead plaintiffs filed a consolidated class action complaint (the “Consolidated Class Action Complaint”). The Consolidated Class Action Complaint purported to be brought on behalf of all persons who purchased our publicly traded securities between September 19, 2001 and December 21, 2006, and named us and certain of our current and former officers, including Forbes I.J. Alexander, Scott D. Brown, Wesley B. Edwards, Chris A. Lewis, Mark T. Mondello, Robert L. Paver and Ronald J. Rapp, as well as certain of our Directors, Mel S. Lavitt, William D. Morean, Frank A. Newman, Laurence S. Grafstein, Steven A. Raymund, Lawrence J. Murphy, Kathleen A. Walters and Thomas A. Sansone, as defendants. The Consolidated Class Action Complaint alleged violations of Sections 10(b), 20(a), and 14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder. It contained allegations of fact and legal claims similar to the original putative class actions and, in addition, alleged that the defendants failed to timely disclose the facts and circumstances that led us, on June 12, 2006, to announce that we were lowering our prior guidance for net earnings for the third quarter of fiscal year 2006. On April 30, 2007, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint asserting claims substantially similar to the Consolidated Class Action Complaint it replaced but adding additional allegations relating to the restatement of earnings previously announced in connection with the correction of errors in the calculation of compensation expense for certain stock option grants. We have until sixty days following the filing of the First Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint to file our response and will vigorously defend the action.

The Special Committee has conducted its review and analysis of the claims asserted in the derivative actions and has concluded that the evidence does not support a finding of intentional manipulation of stock option grant pricing by any member of management. Our internal review, similarly, did not find evidence of backdating. However, both the Special Committee review and our internal review identified certain errors in the ways in which we accounted for certain option grants. These errors, which are described more fully below, generally fall

 

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into one of three categories. First, there were situations in which we incorrectly identified the “measurement date” used to establish the exercise price for the options grant. These situations, for the most part, occurred because we believed that a grant was “final” when our Board Committee approved the options when, in fact, the identities of grant recipients or the number of options they were to receive had not yet been established with certainty. Under the applicable accounting literature, we should not have identified a measurement date until the grant recipients and number of awards were established with certainty.

Second, there was one situation in which a grant to a large number of non-executive employees was finalized but, before the options could be distributed, the price of the underlying stock fell significantly. Because we did not wish to issue these employees “underwater” options, we cancelled those options and issued new ones. Under the applicable accounting literature, we should have treated the subsequent grant as a repricing of the first grant, and applied variable accounting for the life of these grants.

Third, we retained as a consultant an individual who served on the Board of Directors, and awarded him options as compensation for his performance of those consulting services. The applicable accounting literature required that we account for options granted to a consultant differently from the way that we accounted for options granted to an employee, which we failed to do.

The Special Committee concluded that it is not in our best interests to pursue the derivative actions and will assert that position on the Company’s behalf in each of the pending derivative lawsuits. We continue to cooperate fully with the Special Committee, the SEC and the U.S. Attorney’s office. We cannot predict what effect such reviews may have. See “Risk Factors – We are involved in reviews of our historical stock option grant practices.”

In response to the findings of the Special Committee and our internal review, our Board, with the assistance of outside consultants, is overseeing an evaluation and revision of our stock-based award grant procedures and other related corporate governance issues. We anticipate that our Board will enhance its procedures governing the manner in which future stock-based awards will be made.

Our restated Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Form 10-K incorporate additional stock-based compensation expense, including the income tax impacts related to the restatement adjustments. The total restatement impact, net of tax, for the years ended August 31, 1996 through August 31, 2003, of $20.0 million, has been reflected as an adjustment to retained earnings as of September 1, 2003 and the impact on previously reported net income for fiscal years 2005 and 2004 is presented below.

 

    

Net Income

For the Fiscal Year

Year Ended

August 31,

  

Retained

Earnings As

of Sept. 1,

2003

 
     2005     2004   
     (in thousands)  

As previously reported

   $ 231,847     $ 166,900    $ 623,053  

Adjustments:

       

Stock compensation expense

     (35,404 )     5,756      (24,618 )

Income tax benefit (provision)

     7,432       1,074      4,627  
                       

Total adjustments

     (27,972 )     6,830      (19,991 )
                       

As adjusted

   $ 203,875     $ 173,730    $ 603,062  
                       

 

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The table below presents the impact of the individual restatement adjustments, which are explained in further detail following the table (in thousands):

 

    2005     2004     Total
Adjust-
ments to
Retained
Earnings
    2003     2002     2001     2000     1999     1998     1997     1996  

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

                   

(EXPENSE):

                     

Incorrect identification of measurement dates

  $ (24,338 )   $ (4,426 )   $ (8,566 )   $ (4,150 )   $ (2,291 )   $ (791 )   $ (779 )   $ (246 )   $ (123 )   $ (123 )   $ (63 )

Subsequent change to a finalized grant

    (11,076 )     10,043     $ (12,189 )     (12,023 )     1,762       (1,928 )     —         —         —         —         —    

Stock option grants to a director in his capacity as a consultant

    10       139     $ (3,863 )     23       (114 )     265       (2,974 )     (941 )     (122 )     —         —    
                                                                                       

Total stock-based compensation

  $ (35,404 )   $ 5,756     $ (24,618 )   $ (16,150 )   $ (643 )   $ (2,454 )   $ (3,753 )   $ (1,187 )   $ (245 )   $ (123 )   $ (63 )
                                                                                       

INCOME TAX BENEFIT:

                     

Total income tax benefit (expense)

  $ 7,432     $ 1,074     $ 4,627     $ 1,713     $ 669     $ 259     $ 1,402     $ 440     $ 86     $ 39     $ 19  
                                                                                       

Total increase (decrease) to consolidated net income

  $ (27,972 )   $ 6,830     $ (19,991 )   $ (14,437 )   $ 26     $ (2,195 )   $ (2,351 )   $ (747 )   $ (159 )   $ (84 )   $ (44 )
                                                                                       

Stock-based compensation

We have made the adjustments reflected above that relate to stock-based compensation because we decided that we had made certain errors in accounting for certain options grants. We reached this conclusion in consultation with accounting experts and legal counsel and in consideration of the findings of the Special Committee and our internal review.

The accounting literature in effect during the relevant period was primarily Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (“APB 25”). This guidance focused on the establishment of a “measurement date” for purposes of determining compensation cost relating to option awards. Under APB 25, “measurement date” is defined as the first date on which both of the following are known: (1) the number of shares that an individual employee is entitled to receive and (2) the option or purchase price, if any. This accounting guidance provided that companies would not have to record compensation expense in connection with options granted to employees, officers and directors if the quoted market price of the stock at the measurement date of the option award was equal to the amount the employee was required to pay. In contrast, companies would have to record compensation expense to the extent that the quoted market price of the stock at the measurement date exceeded the amount the employee is required to pay. Generally, we as did other companies, historically set the exercise price for our option grants by reference to the closing price of the Company’s stock on the day before the date of the grant.

With this background, the errors that we made can be categorized as follows:

(a) Incorrect identification of measurement dates. As a general proposition, we identified the grant date, which we used to establish the measurement date, as the date that the Compensation Committee (or some other decision-maker, as permitted) met or otherwise acted to grant options. However, in some situations, the grant may not have been “final,” on that date, as defined in the accounting literature, because it may still have been subject to the exercise of discretion as to the individuals who were to receive the options or the amounts they were to receive. To identify these situations, we reviewed documentary and other evidence to determine the dates on which the Compensation Committee (or other decision-maker) decided the terms of the grants. In those situations where we determined that the grant had not been finalized until some date after the grant date that the Company previously had used to establish the measurement date for purposes of calculating compensation expense, we used the newly-identified grant date to establish the appropriate measurement date, and recalculated compensation expense based on that date. More specifically, the methodology that we used to identify new or to confirm previously identified grant dates, and to recalculate compensation expense, identified the point in time at

 

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which the exercise of discretion no longer applied to the grant. Many changes to lists of grant recipients after the originally identified measurement date were administrative in nature, such as changes to an individual’s name or employment status. We did not consider such administrative changes to represent the exercise of discretion. We did, however, consider other changes to grant lists to represent the exercise of discretion and recalculated compensation expense accordingly. The types of situations that we considered to be within this latter category included: (i) situations in which there were grants to groups of individuals, but subsequent changes to the grants to some members of those groups, with the continued use of the initial measurement date; (ii) situations in which there was a final grant to certain individuals and a subsequent grant to other individuals, with the use of the same measurement date as the initial grant; (iii) situations in which there was a final grant to individuals and a subsequent decision to grant additional options to some of the same individuals, with the use of the same measurement date as the initial grant; and (iv) a situation in which grants to certain officers and a small group of highly-valued non-officers were believed to be final when, in fact, they were subject to further discretionary adjustments, yet the Company continued to use the originally identified grant date for purposes of establishing the measurement date. Additionally, there was a situation in which a member of the administrative staff mistakenly believed that a grant had occurred on a particular date, and so identified a measurement date based on that date when the grant, in fact, had occurred on a different date. Other than as described below, the number of employees and grants affected by the errors was minimal.

In our fiscal years 2002 and 2003, grants to certain sub-groups of non-executive employees totaling 187 and 1,563 individuals, respectively, continued to change after the previously identified grant dates. Accordingly, we recalculated the compensation expense associated with those grants based on the date on which the grants to any particular list of employees became final. The 187 individuals impacted in fiscal year 2002 represented a small portion of the total grants issued and the 1,563 individuals impacted in fiscal year 2003 represented substantially all non-executive employees receiving a grant.

Beginning in our fiscal year 2004, we changed our process for determining option awards to non-executive employees. In that year, the Company began to use a job function classification, rather than a salary-based formula, to determine these awards. Beginning in our fiscal year 2004, management, acting with the Compensation Committee’s approval, retained limited discretion to adjust awards within groups of employees. Following these discretionary adjustments (as well as adjustments to reflect administrative changes), management compiled the various lists of employees into a final list and distributed the options. In recognition of this change in process, we have adjusted our methodology for determining the date the list associated with grants to non-officer employees issued in those years was final. Accordingly, in determining the measurement date, we have treated lists of grants to 2,180 and 2,262 non-executive employees issued in our fiscal years 2004 and 2005, respectively, as not final until they were compiled by management as final, regardless of whether any particular list, in fact, changed.

Due to the methodology used in fiscal years 2002 through 2005, changes to the measurement date of a few employees could cause the measurement date for a large number of employees to change.

As a result of the aforementioned, our historical financial statements have been restated to increase stock-based compensation expense by a total of $37.3 million recognized over the applicable vesting periods through fiscal year 2005. The adjustments have been recorded to selling, general and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statement of Earnings.

(b) Subsequent change to a finalized grant. After the Company decided on October 12, 2000 to grant stock options to approximately 1,510 non-executive employees, representing substantially all non-executive employees receiving a grant, the price of the Company’s stock declined. Rather than issue “underwater” options, the Company decided on December 22, 2000 to issue new grants. We did not do that with respect to officer grants approved at the same time. We have decided that we should have characterized this as a cancellation and re-pricing of the October 12, 2000 grant for non-executive employees. Under APB 25, as interpreted by FASB Interpretation No. 44, Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation (an interpretation of

 

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APB Opinion No. 25), and other related interpretations, such a repricing requires variable accounting for the awards until that award is exercised, is forfeited, or expires unexercised. This was not identified in our original financial reporting processes and, therefore, it was not properly accounted for in the financial statements as a variable award, which requires re-measurement at each interim reporting period. As a result, our historical financial statements have been restated to increase stock-based compensation expense by a total of $13.2 million which has been recognized beginning as of December 22, 2000, the date of modification, and over each interim reporting period thereafter through fiscal year 2005. The adjustments have been recorded to selling, general and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statement of Earnings.

(c) Stock option grants to a director in his capacity as a consultant. We have determined that from fiscal years 1998 through 2002, we did not properly account for stock option awards that were granted to a non-employee director who we retained to provide consulting services. These awards were not properly accounted for in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force No. 96-18, Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services, and related interpretations. As a result, our historical financial statements have been restated to increase stock-based compensation expense by a total of $3.7 million which has been recognized through fiscal year 2005. The adjustments have been recorded to selling, general and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statement of Earnings.

Income tax benefit

We evaluated the impact of the restatements on our global tax provision. We file tax returns in multiple tax jurisdictions around the world. In certain jurisdictions, including, but not limited to, the United States and the United Kingdom, we are able to claim a tax deduction relative to stock options. In those jurisdictions, where a tax deduction is claimed, we have recorded deferred tax benefits, totaling $13.1 million at August 31, 2005, to reflect future tax deductions to the extent that we believe such assets to be recoverable.

Because virtually all holders of stock options for which remeasurement was required were not involved in or aware of the circumstances that lead to the remeasurement, we have taken and intend to take certain actions to deal with the adverse tax consequences that may be incurred by the holders of stock options for which remeasurement was required, including amending certain stock option agreements. Such adverse tax consequences relate to the portions of stock options for which remeasurement was required that vest after December 31, 2004 (“Section 409A Affected Options”) and subject the option holder to a penalty tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A (“Section 409A”) (and, as applicable, similar penalty taxes under California and other state tax laws). Under Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) regulations, these option amendments had to be completed by December 31, 2006 for anyone who was an executive officer when he or she received Section 409A Affected Options. The amendments for non-executive officers cannot be offered until after this Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006 is filed and such amendments need to be completed by December 31, 2007. We are investigating the alternatives available to amend these affected options.

We intend to compensate certain option holders who have already exercised Section 409A Affected Options for the penalties they incur under Section 409A (and, as applicable, similar state tax laws). We have notified the IRS of our intent to participate in the IRS Compliance Resolution Program (“program”) for employees other than corporate insiders for additional 2006 taxes arising under Section 409A due to the exercise of stock rights. This program allows us to calculate and remit to the IRS, on behalf of the affected employees, the penalty for calendar year 2006 due to the application of Section 409A to certain options exercised during 2006. Our current estimate for such a penalty is expected to be less than $4.0 million and is expected to be recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Earnings in the third quarter of fiscal year 2007. There is one executive officer impacted by the 2006 exercise of Section 409A Affected Options. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors has approved the payment of a bonus of approximately $150.0 thousand to cover the penalty for this executive officer as he is prohibited from participation in the program. This bonus was approved as the executive officer was not an officer at the time of the grant and was not involved or aware of the options impact.

 

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Two of our executive option holders were subject to the December 31, 2006 deadline described above. Accordingly, in December 2006, we offered to amend the Section 409A Affected Options held by the executive officers to increase the exercise price so that these options will not subject the option holder to a penalty tax under Section 409A. Both individuals accepted our offer. In addition, we have agreed to pay each of the individuals a cash bonus of $2.0 thousand each in fiscal year 2007 equal to the aggregate increase in the exercise prices for the amended options. We plan to take remedial actions with respect to the outstanding Section 409A Affected Options granted to non-officers and are currently assessing this transaction.

Overview

We are one of the leading providers of worldwide electronic manufacturing services and solutions. We provide comprehensive electronics design, production, product management and after-market services to companies in the aerospace, automotive, computing, consumer, defense, industrial, instrumentation, medical, networking, peripherals, storage and telecommunications industries. The historical growth of the overall industry over most of the 1990’s was driven by the increasing number of companies who chose to outsource their manufacturing requirements. In mid-2001, the industry’s revenue declined as a result of significant cut-backs in customer production requirements, which was consistent with the overall global economic downturn at that time. Industry revenues generally began to stabilize in 2003 and companies continue to turn to outsourcing versus internal manufacturing. We anticipate that this industry outsourcing trend will continue during the next several years.

We derive revenue principally from the product sales of electronic equipment built to customer specifications. We recognize revenue, net of estimated product return costs, generally when goods are shipped, title and risk of ownership have passed, the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable and recoverability is reasonably assured. The volume and timing of orders placed by our customers vary due to several factors, including: variation in demand for our customers’ products; our customers’ attempts to manage their inventory; electronic design changes; changes in our customers’ manufacturing strategies; and acquisitions of or consolidations among our customers. Demand for our customers’ products depends on, among other things, product life cycles, competitive conditions and general economic conditions.

Our cost of revenue includes the cost of electronic components and other materials that comprise the products we manufacture; the cost of labor and manufacturing overhead; and adjustments for excess and obsolete inventory. As a provider of turnkey manufacturing services, we are responsible for procuring components and other materials. This requires us to commit significant working capital to our operations and to manage the purchasing, receiving, inspection and stocking of materials. Although we bear the risk of fluctuations in the cost of materials and excess scrap, we periodically negotiate cost of materials adjustments with our customers. Net revenue from each product that we manufacture consists of an element based on the costs of materials in that product and an element based on the labor and manufacturing overhead costs allocated to that product. We refer to the portion of the sales price of a product that is based on materials costs as “material-based revenue,” and to the portion of the sales price of a product that is based on labor and manufacturing overhead costs as “manufacturing-based revenue.” Our gross margin for any product depends on the mix between the cost of materials in the product and the cost of labor and manufacturing overhead allocated to the product. We typically realize higher gross margins on manufacturing-based revenue than we do on materials-based revenue. As we gain experience in manufacturing a product, we usually achieve increased efficiencies, which result in lower labor and manufacturing overhead costs for that product.

Our operating results are impacted by the level of capacity utilization of manufacturing facilities; indirect labor costs; and selling, general and administrative expenses. Operating income margins have generally improved during periods of high production volume and high capacity utilization. During periods of low production volume, we generally have idle capacity and reduced operating income margins. As our capacity has grown during recent years through the construction of new greenfield facilities, the expansion of existing

facilities and our acquisition of additional facilities, our selling, general and administrative expenses have increased to support this growth.

 

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We have consistently utilized advanced circuit design, production design and manufacturing technologies to meet the needs of our customers. To support this effort, our engineering staff focuses on developing and refining design and manufacturing technologies to meet specific needs of specific customers. Most of the expenses associated with these customer-specific efforts are reflected in our cost of revenue. In addition, our engineers engage in R&D of new technologies that apply generally to our operations. The expenses of these R&D activities are reflected in the “Research and Development” line item in our Consolidated Statement of Earnings.

An important element of our strategy is the expansion of our global production facilities. The majority of our revenue and materials costs worldwide are denominated in U.S. dollars, while our labor and utility costs in plants outside the United States are denominated in local currencies. We economically hedge these local currency costs, based on our evaluation of the potential exposure as compared to the cost of the hedge, through the purchase of foreign exchange contracts. Changes in the fair market value of such hedging instruments are reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Earnings. See “Risk Factors – We are subject to risks of currency fluctuations and related hedging operations.”

We currently depend, and expect to continue to depend, upon a relatively small number of customers for a significant percentage of our net revenue. A significant reduction in sales to any of our large customers or a customer exerting significant pricing and margin pressures on us would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. In the past, some of our customers have terminated their manufacturing arrangements with us or have significantly reduced or delayed the volume of manufacturing services ordered from us. There can be no assurance that present or future customers will not terminate their manufacturing arrangements with us or significantly change, reduce or delay the amount of manufacturing services ordered from us. Any such termination of a manufacturing relationship or change, reduction or delay in orders could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. See “Risk Factors – Because we depend on a limited number of customers, a reduction in sales to any one of our customers could cause a significant decline in our revenue” and Note 14 – “Concentration of Risk and Segment Data” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Summary of Results

Net revenue for fiscal year 2006 increased approximately 36.4% to $10.3 billion compared to $7.5 billion for fiscal year 2005. Our sales levels during fiscal year 2006 improved across most industry sectors, demonstrating our continued trend of industry sector and customer diversification. The increase in our net revenue base year-over-year primarily represents stronger market share with our existing programs; and organic growth from new and existing customers as vertical companies continue to convert to an outsourcing model. Additionally, we continue to enhance our business model by adding services in the areas of collaborative design, system integration, order fulfillment and after-market.

During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006, our Board of Directors approved a restructuring plan to better align our manufacturing capacity in certain higher cost geographies and to properly size our manufacturing sites with perceived current market conditions. Based on the analysis completed to date, we currently expect to recognize approximately $200.0 to $250.0 million in restructuring and impairment charges as a result of the approved restructuring plan. The restructuring charges include pre-tax employee severance and benefit costs, contract termination costs and other related restructuring costs. The impairment charges include pre-tax fixed asset impairment costs, as well as valuation allowances against net deferred tax assets. We recognized a significant portion of these costs in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006 and currently expect to recognize the remaining portion over the course of fiscal year 2007 and 2008. The exact timing of the remaining estimated range of restructuring and impairment costs, as well as the remaining estimated cost ranges by category type is subject to revision. This information will be subject to the finalization of the timetables for the transitional functions, consultation with employees and their representatives, as well as the statutory severance requirements of the particular legal jurisdictions impacted. The amount and timing of the actual charges may vary due to a variety of factors. For further discussion of this restructuring program and the restructuring and impairment costs recognized in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006, refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of

 

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Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations – Restructuring and Impairment Charges” and Note 11 – “Restructuring and Impairment Charges” to the Consolidated Financial Statements. See also “Risk Factors – We face risks arising from the restructuring of our operations.”

The following table sets forth, for the fiscal year ended August 31, certain key operating results and other financial information (in thousands, except per share data).

 

     Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
     2006    2005    2004
          (restated)    (restated)

Net revenue

   $ 10,265,447    $ 7,524,386    $ 6,252,897

Gross profit

   $ 764,900    $ 628,506    $ 538,380

Operating income

   $ 241,807    $ 251,967    $ 221,771

Net income

   $ 164,518    $ 203,875    $ 173,730

Basic earnings per share

   $ 0.79    $ 1.01    $ 0.87

Diluted earnings per share

   $ 0.77    $ 0.98    $ 0.85

Key Performance Indicators

Management regularly reviews financial and non-financial performance indicators to assess the Company’s operating results. The following table sets forth, for the quarterly periods indicated, certain of management’s key financial performance indicators.

 

     Three Months Ended
    

August 31,

2006

  

May 31,

2006

  

February 28,

2006

  

November 30,

2005

Sales cycle

   14 days    19 days    19 days    15 days

Inventory turns

   8 turns    8 turns    9 turns    9 turns

Days in accounts receivable

   39 days    40 days    42 days    41 days

Days in inventory

   47 days    46 days    42 days    38 days

Days in accounts payable

   72 days    67 days    65 days    64 days
     Three Months Ended
    

August 31,

2005

  

May 31,

2005

  

February 28,

2005

  

November 30,

2004

Sales cycle

   17 days    20 days    23 days    28 days

Inventory turns

   9 turns    10 turns    9 turns    9 turns

Days in accounts receivable

   42 days    42 days    42 days    52 days

Days in inventory

   39 days    37 days    39 days    40 days

Days in accounts payable

   64 days    59 days    58 days    64 days

The sales cycle is calculated as the sum of days in accounts receivable and days in inventory, less the days in accounts payable; accordingly, the variance in the sales cycle quarter over quarter is a direct result of changes in these indicators. Days in accounts receivable decreased one day to 39 days during the three months ended August 31, 2006 from the prior sequential quarter, primarily due to timing of sales and cash collection efforts during the quarter. During the three months ended May 31, 2006, days in accounts receivable decreased two days to 40 days as a result of timing of sales and cash collection efforts during the quarter. During the three months ended February 28, 2006, days in accounts receivable increased one day to 42 days as a result of the timing of sales during the quarter and there being fewer cash collection days in the month of February. Days in accounts receivable improved one day to 41 days during the three months ended November 30, 2005 primarily due to the sale of receivables to an unrelated third party under our accounts receivable securitization program. See Note 3 – “Accounts Receivable Securitization” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of this program.

 

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Days in inventory increased one day during the three months ended August 31, 2006 from the prior sequential quarter, with inventory turns consistent at eight turns. The one day increase in days in inventory during the fourth fiscal quarter was primarily a result of increased inventory from our partnering with an existing customer in a new initiative to improve the customer’s inventory planning process whereby we assume greater supply chain management responsibilities (“new lean manufacturing process”) and increased purchasing to meet forecasted demand in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, which includes the seasonal peak for the consumer and automotive industry sectors. During the three months ended May 31, 2006, days in inventory increased four days to 46 days, while inventory turns decreased one turn to eight turns. The increase in days in inventory was primarily a result of approximately $100.0 million of incremental inventory associated with an existing customer’s new lean manufacturing process and our acquisition of Celetronix International, Ltd. (“Celetronix”); and the pre-positioning of inventory in anticipation of forecasted fourth fiscal quarter demand. During the three months ended February 28, 2006, days in inventory increased four days to 42 days in anticipation of forecasted March demand, while inventory turns remained consistent at nine turns. Days in inventory decreased one day to 38 days as a result of increased sales levels during the three months ended November 30, 2005, while inventory turns remained consistent at nine turns.

Days in accounts payable increased five days during the three months ended August 31, 2006 from the prior sequential quarter primarily as a result of increased inventory levels and continued emphasis on extending payment terms with our vendors. During the three months ended May 31, 2006, days in accounts payable increased two days to 67 days as a result of timing of purchases during the quarter and continued emphasis on cash management. During the three months ended February 28, 2006, days in accounts payable increased one day to 65 days as a result of timing of purchases during the quarter. During the three months ended November 20, 2005, days in accounts payable remained consistent with the prior sequential quarter at 64 days.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of our financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect our reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions based upon historical experience and various other factors and circumstances. Management believes that our estimates and assumptions are reasonable under the circumstances; however, actual results may vary from these estimates and assumptions under different future circumstances. We have identified the following critical accounting policies that affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. For further discussion of our significant accounting policies, refer to Note 1 – “Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Revenue Recognition

We derive revenue principally from the product sales of electronic equipment built to customer specifications. We also derive revenue to a lesser extent from after-market services, design services and excess inventory sales. Revenue from product sales and excess inventory sales is generally recognized, net of estimated product return costs, when goods are shipped; title and risk of ownership have passed; the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable; and recoverability is reasonably assured. Service related revenue is recognized upon completion of the services. We assume no significant obligations after product shipment.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts related to receivables not expected to be collected from our customers. This allowance is based on management’s assessment of specific customer balances, considering the age of receivables and financial stability of the customer. If there is an adverse change in the financial condition of our customers, or if actual defaults are higher than provided for, an addition to the allowance may be necessary.

 

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Inventory Valuation

We purchase inventory based on forecasted demand and record inventory at the lower of cost or market. Management regularly assesses inventory valuation based on current and forecasted usage and other lower of cost or market considerations. If actual market conditions or our customers’ product demands are less favorable than those projected, additional valuation adjustments may be necessary.

Long-Lived Assets

We review property, plant and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of property, plant and equipment is measured by comparing its carrying value to the projected cash flows the property, plant and equipment are expected to generate. If the carrying amount of an asset is not recoverable, we recognize an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset over its respective fair value. The impairment analysis is based on significant assumptions of future results made by management, including revenue and cash flow projections. Circumstances that may lead to impairment of property, plant and equipment include unforeseen decreases in future performance or industry demand and the restructuring of our operations resulting from a change in our business strategy. For further discussion of our current restructuring program, refer to Note 11 – “Restructuring and Impairment Charges” to the Consolidated Financial Statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations – Restructuring and Impairment Charges.”

We have recorded intangible assets, including goodwill, principally based on third-party valuations, in connection with business acquisitions. Estimated useful lives of amortizable intangible assets are determined by management based on an assessment of the period over which the asset is expected to contribute to future cash flows. The allocation of amortizable intangible assets impacts the amounts allocable to goodwill. In accordance with SFAS 142, we are required to perform a goodwill impairment test at least on an annual basis and whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable from estimated future cash flows. We completed the annual impairment test during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006 and determined that no impairment existed as of the date of the impairment test. The impairment test is performed at the reporting unit level, which we have determined to be consistent with our operating segments as defined in Note 14 – “Concentration of Risk and Segment Data” to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The impairment analysis is based on assumptions of future results made by management, including revenue and cash flow projections at the reporting unit level. Circumstances that may lead to impairment of goodwill or intangible assets include unforeseen decreases in future performance or industry demand, and the restructuring of our operations resulting from a change in our business strategy. For further information on our intangible assets, including goodwill, refer to Note 7 – “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Restructuring and Impairment Charges

We have recognized restructuring and impairment charges related to reductions in workforce, re-sizing and closure of facilities, and the transition of production from certain facilities into other new and existing facilities. These charges were recorded pursuant to formal plans developed and approved by management. The recognition of restructuring and impairment charges requires that we make certain judgments and estimates regarding the nature, timing and amount of costs associated with these plans. The estimates of future liabilities may change, requiring additional restructuring and impairment charges or the reduction of liabilities already recorded. At the end of each reporting period, we evaluate the remaining accrued balances to ensure that no excess accruals are retained and the utilization of the provisions are for their intended purpose in accordance with the restructuring programs. For further discussion of our restructuring programs, refer to Note 11 – “Restructuring and Impairment Charges” to the Consolidated Financial Statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations – Restructuring and Impairment Charges.”

 

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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

We have pension and postretirement benefit costs and liabilities, which are developed from actuarial valuations. Actuarial valuations require management to make certain judgments and estimates of discount rates and return on plan assets. We evaluate these assumptions on a regular basis taking into consideration current market conditions and historical market data. The discount rate is used to state expected future cash flows at a present value on the measurement date. This rate represents the market rate for high-quality fixed income investments. A lower discount rate increases the present value of benefit obligations and increases pension expense. When considering the expected long-term rate of return on pension plan assets, we take into account current and expected asset allocations, as well as historical and expected returns on plan assets. Other assumptions include demographic factors such as retirement, mortality and turnover. For further discussion of our pension and postretirement benefits, refer to Note 10 – “Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Income Taxes

We estimate our income tax provision in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate, a process that includes estimating exposures related to examinations by taxing authorities. We must also make judgments regarding the ability to realize the deferred tax assets. The carrying value of our net deferred tax assets is based on our belief that it is more likely than not that we will generate sufficient future taxable income in certain jurisdictions to realize these deferred tax assets. A valuation allowance has been established for deferred tax assets that we do not believe meet the “more likely than not” criteria established by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Our judgments regarding future taxable income may change due to changes in market conditions, changes in tax laws or other factors. If our assumptions and consequently our estimates change in the future, the valuation allowances we have established may be increased or decreased, resulting in a respective increase or decrease in either income tax expense or goodwill. For further discussion related to our income taxes, refer to Note 5 – “Income Taxes” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Stock-Based Compensation

In accordance with the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123R, Share-Based Payment, (“SFAS 123R”) and the Security and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (“SAB 107”), we began recognizing stock-based compensation expense in our Consolidated Statement of Earnings on September 1, 2005 based on the fair value of our stock-based awards. The fair value of options granted prior to September 1, 2005 were valued using the Black-Scholes model while the stock appreciation rights granted after this date were valued using a lattice valuation model. Option pricing models require the input of subjective assumptions, including the expected life of the option or stock appreciation right and the price volatility of the underlying stock. Judgment is also required in estimating the number of stock awards that are expected to vest as a result of satisfaction of time-based vesting schedules or the achievement of certain performance conditions. If actual results or future changes in estimates differ significantly from our current estimates, stock-based compensation could increase or decrease. For further discussion of our stock-based compensation, refer to Note 13 – “Stockholders’ Equity” to the Consolidated Financial Statements. As described in Note 2 – “Stock Option Litigation and Restatements” to the Consolidated Financial Statements, we are restating prior fiscal periods within this Form 10-K principally to reflect additional non-cash stock-based compensation expense relating to adjustments arising from the determinations of a Board appointed independent Special Committee, as well as our internal review relating to our historical financial statements. See “Risk Factors – We are involved in reviews of our historical stock option grant practices.”

 

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain operating data as a percentage of net revenue. The information presented in the following table has been adjusted to reflect the restatement of the Company’s financial results which is more fully described in Note 2 – “Stock Option Litigation and Restatements” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

     Fiscal Year Ended August 31,  
     2006     2005     2004  
           (restated)     (restated)  

Net revenue

   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %

Cost of revenue

   92.5     91.7     91.4  
                  

Gross profit

   7.5     8.3     8.6  

Selling, general and administrative

   3.7     4.2     4.1  

Research and development

   0.4     0.3     0.2  

Amortization of intangibles

   0.2     0.5     0.7  

Acquisition-related charges

   —       —       —    

Restructuring and impairment charges

   0.8     —       —    
                  

Operating income

   2.4     3.3     3.6  

Other expense

   0.1     —       0.1  

Interest income

   (0.2 )   (0.2 )   (0.1 )

Interest expense

   0.3     0.3     0.3  
                  

Income before income taxes

   2.2     3.2     3.3  

Income tax expense

   0.6     0.5     0.5  
                  

Net income

   1.6 %   2.7 %   2.8 %
                  

Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2006 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2005

Net Revenue. Our net revenue increased 36.4% to $10.3 billion for fiscal year 2006, up from $7.5 billion in fiscal year 2005. The increase was due to increased sales levels across most industry sectors. Specific increases include a 68% increase in the sale of consumer products; a 51% increase in the sale of instrumentation and medical products; a 28% increase in the sale of computing and storage products; a 16% increase in the sale of networking products; and a 27% increase in the sale of peripheral products. The level of sales of automotive products and telecommunications products remained consistent with the prior year. The increased sales levels were due to the addition of new customers and organic growth in these industry sectors. The increase in the consumer industry sector was primarily attributable to new and existing program growth resulting from our product diversification efforts within the sector. The increase in the instrumentation and medical industry sector was primarily attributable to increased sales levels as more vertical companies are electing to outsource their production in these areas.

 

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The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, revenue by industry sector expressed as a percentage of net revenue. The distribution of revenue across our industry sectors has fluctuated, and will continue to fluctuate, as a result of numerous factors, including but not limited to the following: increased business from new and existing customers; fluctuations in customer demand; seasonality, especially in the automotive and consumer industry sectors; and increased growth in the automotive, consumer, and instrumentation and medical products industry sectors as more vertical companies are electing to outsource their production in these areas.

 

     Fiscal Year Ended August 31,  
        2006           2005           2004     

Automotive

   5 %   7 %   8 %

Computing and storage

   12 %   12 %   13 %

Consumer

   36 %   29 %   25 %

Instrumentation and medical

   17 %   16 %   12 %

Networking

   13 %   15 %   20 %

Peripherals

   7 %   8 %   6 %

Telecommunications

   6 %   9 %   11 %

Other

   4 %   4 %   5 %
                  

Total

   100 %   100 %   100 %
                  

Foreign source revenue represented 82.3% of our net revenue for fiscal year 2006 and 83.8% of net revenue for fiscal year 2005. We currently expect our foreign source revenue to increase as a percentage of net revenue due to expansion in China, Eastern Europe and India.

Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased to 7.5% of net revenue in fiscal year 2006 from 8.3% in fiscal year 2005. The percentage decrease from the prior fiscal year was primarily due to a higher portion of materials-based revenue (driven in part by growth in the consumer industry sector). In addition, certain higher than anticipated expenses were incurred during the third and fourth quarters of fiscal year 2006. These included delays in our ramp up of our electromechanical tooling operations due to resolvable technical issues, management process software and a change in a customer’s timing needs for tools, which resulted in excess costs; certain material and labor costs associated with the higher than anticipated rate of needed repair on a new program for an existing customer in our after-market services operations in the Americas region; and various operational execution issues in one of our U.S. operations, some of which was associated with strong demand and the commencement of new programs. In absolute dollars, gross profit for fiscal year 2006 increased $136.4 million versus fiscal year 2005 due to the increased revenue base.

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $382.2 million (3.7% of net revenue) from $314.3 million (4.2% of net revenue) in fiscal year 2005. The absolute dollar increase was primarily due to the acquisitions of Varian Electronics Manufacturing (“VEM”) in March 2005 and Celetronix in March 2006; the recognition of stock-based compensation expense resulting from the adoption of SFAS 123R; additional resources to support our continued growth; and incremental legal and professional fees incurred due to the review of our historical stock option practices. See Note 2 – “Stock Option Litigation and Restatements” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion on the stock option review.

R&D. R&D expenses in fiscal year 2006 increased to $35.0 million (0.4% of net revenue) from $22.5 million (0.3% of net revenue) in fiscal year 2005. The increase is attributed to growth in our product development activities related to new reference and product designs, including networking and server products, cell phone products, wireless and broadband access products, consumer products, and storage products. We also continued efforts in the design of circuit board assembly; mechanical design and the related production design process; and the development of new advanced manufacturing technologies.

 

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Amortization of Intangibles. We recorded $24.3 million of amortization of intangibles in fiscal year 2006 as compared to $39.8 million in fiscal year 2005. The decrease was attributable to intangible assets that became fully amortized in fiscal year 2005 and fiscal year 2006, offset by amortization of intangible assets resulting from our acquisitions consummated in fiscal year 2005 and 2006. For additional information regarding purchased intangibles, see “Acquisitions and Expansion” below, Note 1(f) – “Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”, Note 7 – “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” and Note 8 – “Business Acquisitions” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Restructuring and Impairment Charges. As mentioned in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Summary of Results,” during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006, we initiated a restructuring program to realign our manufacturing capacity in certain higher cost geographies and to properly size our manufacturing sites with perceived current market conditions. This current restructuring program resulted in restructuring and impairment charges of $81.9 million for fiscal year 2006 consisting of employee severance and benefit costs of approximately $67.4 million, costs related to lease commitments of approximately $10.1 million, fixed asset impairments of approximately $3.6 million and other restructuring costs of approximately $0.8 million, primarily related to the repayment of government provided subsidies that resulted from the reduction in force in certain locations. These restructuring and impairment charges included cash costs totaling $78.6 million, of which $1.5 million was paid in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2006. The cash costs consist of employee severance and benefits costs of approximately $67.6 million, costs related to lease commitments of approximately $10.2 million and other restructuring costs of $0.8 million. Non-cash costs of approximately $3.3 million primarily represent fixed asset impairment charges related to our restructuring activities. At August 31, 2006, liabilities of approximately $59.9 million and $13.5 million related to these restructurings activities are expected to be paid out in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, respectively. The remaining liability of $3.7 million for the charge related to a certain lease commitment is expected to be paid out during fiscal years 2009 through 2011.

We expect to avoid annual costs of approximately $55.9 million that would otherwise have been incurred if the restructuring activities had not been completed during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006. The avoided costs consist of a reduction in employee related expenses of approximately $49.9 million, a reduction in depreciation expense associated with impaired fixed assets of approximately $1.1 million, and a reduction in rent expense associated with leased buildings that have been vacated of approximately $4.9 million. The majority of these annual cost savings will be reflected in cost of revenue, with a small portion being reflected in selling, general and administrative expense. These annual costs savings are expected to be offset by decreased revenues associated with certain products that are approaching the end-of-life stage; decreased revenues as a result of shifting production to plants located in lower cost regions where competitive environmental pressures require that we pass those cost savings onto our customers; and incremental employee related costs to be incurred by those lower cost plants that will need to increase employee headcount in order to meet the requirements of the inherited production. After considering these cost savings offsets, we currently expect to realize net annual cost savings of approximately $8.4 million by the end of fiscal year 2007. For further discussion of the current restructuring program, see “Overview – Summary of Results” above, and Note 11 – “Restructuring and Impairment Charges” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Additionally, during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006, we made the final cash payment related to our historical restructuring program. A liability balance of approximately $308.0 thousand remained after remittance of the final payment. This remaining liability was recorded as a reduction of the fiscal year 2006 restructuring charge. There were no restructuring and impairment charges incurred during fiscal year 2005. For further discussion of the historical restructuring program, see Note 11 – “Restructuring and Impairment Charges” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Other Expense. We recorded other expense on the sale of accounts receivable under our securitization program totaling $11.9 million and $4.1 million for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The increase in other expense was primarily due to an increase in the amount of receivables sold

 

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under the program during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006. Subsequent to January 2005, several amendments increased the net cash proceeds available at any one time under the program from $120.0 million to $250.0 million. For further discussion of our accounts receivable securitization program, see Note 3 – “Accounts Receivable Securitization” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Interest Income. Interest income increased to $18.7 million in fiscal year 2006 from $13.8 million in fiscal year 2005. The increase was primarily due to higher interest yields on higher levels of operating cash, cash deposits and cash equivalents.

Interest Expense. Interest expense increased to $23.5 million in fiscal year 2006 from $20.7 million in fiscal year 2005. The increase was primarily a result of higher borrowing levels under our unsecured revolving credit facility and under other revolving credit facilities and debt agreements in place at a subsidiary level. Additionally, we incurred higher interest on our fixed 5.785% senior notes issued in July of 2003 due to the termination of the interest rate swap agreement in June 2005. The interest rate swap effectively converted the fixed interest rate of the senior notes to a variable rate during the nine months ended May 31, 2005, which was more favorable than the fixed rate of interest incurred subsequent to May 31, 2005. See Note 9 – “Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Long-Term Lease Obligations” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Income Taxes. Income tax expense reflects an effective tax rate of 26.9% for fiscal year 2006, as compared to an effective tax rate of 15.4% for fiscal year 2005. The increase is primarily a result of the tax expense associated with recording valuation allowances of $37.1 million on net deferred tax assets as part of our restructuring plan. For further discussion of the restructuring plan, see Note 11 – “Restructuring and Impairment Charges” to the Consolidated Financial Statements. This increase was partially offset by the tax benefit associated with stock-based compensation expense realized in accordance with SFAS 123R, which we adopted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2006. The tax rate is predominantly a function of the mix of tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which we do business. Our international operations have historically been taxed at a lower rate than in the United States, primarily due to tax incentives, including tax holidays, granted to our sites in Brazil, China, Hungary, India, Malaysia and Poland that expire at various dates through 2017. Such tax holidays are subject to conditions with which we expect to continue to comply. See Note 5 – “Income Taxes” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

In October 2004, the President signed into law the “American Jobs Creation Act of 2004” (“the Act”). The Act created a temporary incentive for U.S. multinational companies to repatriate accumulated foreign earnings by providing an 85% dividends received deduction for certain eligible dividends. The deduction was subject to a number of limitations and requirements, including a formal plan for domestic reinvestment of the dividends. In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Staff Position No. 109-2, Accounting and Disclosure Guidance for the Foreign Earnings Repatriation Provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (“FSP 109-2”). FSP 109-2 provided guidance under SFAS 109 with respect to recording the potential impact of the repatriation provisions of the Act on enterprises’ income tax expense and deferred tax liability. Under FSP 109-2, we had until August 31, 2006 to complete the evaluation of the effect of the Act on our plan for reinvestment or repatriation of foreign earnings for purposes of applying SFAS 109. Based upon the completed evaluation, the Company will continue its plan to indefinitely reinvest income from all of its foreign subsidiaries and will not repatriate accumulated foreign earnings to take advantage of the 85% dividends received deduction created by the Act.

Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2005 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2004

Net Revenue. Our net revenue increased 20.3% to $7.5 billion for fiscal year 2005, up from $6.3 billion in fiscal year 2004. The increase was due to increased sales levels across most industry sectors. Specific increases include a 40% increase in the sale of consumer products; a 59% increase in the sale of instrumentation and medical products; a 40% increase in the sale of peripheral products; a 19% increase in the sale of computing and storage products; and a 9% increase in the sale of automotive products. The increased sales levels were due to the

 

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addition of new customers, acquisitions and organic growth in these industry sectors. The increase in the consumer industry sector was primarily attributable to new and existing program growth resulting from our product diversification efforts within the sector. The increase in the instrumentation and medical industry sector was primarily attributable to increased sales levels as more vertical companies are electing to outsource their production in these areas, and the acquisition of VEM. These increases were offset by an 8% decrease in the sale of telecommunications products and an 8% decrease in the sale of networking products.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, revenue by industry sector expressed as a percentage of net revenue. The distribution of revenue across our industry sectors has fluctuated, and will continue to fluctuate, as a result of numerous factors, including but not limited to the following: increased business from new and existing customers; fluctuations in customer demand; seasonality, especially in the automotive and consumer industry sectors; and increased growth in the automotive, consumer, and instrumentation and medical products industry sectors as more vertical companies are electing to outsource their production in these areas.

 

     Fiscal Year Ended August 31,  
        2005           2004           2003     

Automotive

   7 %   8 %   9 %

Computing and storage

   12 %   13 %   15 %

Consumer

   29 %   25 %   20 %

Instrumentation and medical

   16 %   12 %   7 %

Networking

   15 %   20 %   23 %

Peripherals

   8 %   6 %   8 %

Telecommunications

   9 %   11 %   14 %

Other

   4 %   5 %   4 %
                  

Total

   100 %   100 %   100 %
                  

Foreign source revenue represented 83.8% of our net revenue for fiscal year 2005 and 84.6% of net revenue for fiscal year 2004.

Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased to 8.3% of net revenue in fiscal year 2005 from 8.6% in fiscal year 2004. The percentage decrease from the prior fiscal year was primarily due to a higher portion of materials-based revenue (driven in part by growth in the consumer industry sector), combined with the continued shift of production to lower cost regions. In absolute dollars, gross profit for fiscal year 2005 increased $90.1 million versus fiscal year 2004 due to the increased revenue base.

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $314.3 million (4.2% of net revenue) in fiscal year 2005 from $257.7 million (4.1% of net revenue) in fiscal year 2004. The absolute dollar increase was primarily due to additional personnel costs related to the realignment of our organizational structure into three regional operating segments, costs related to compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the acquisition of VEM in March 2005 and incremental stock-based compensation expense recognized on stock- based awards.

R&D. R&D expenses in fiscal year 2005 increased to $22.5 million (0.3% of net revenue) from $13.8 million (0.2% of net revenue) in fiscal year 2004. The increase is attributed to growth in our product development activities related to new reference designs, including networking and server products, cell phone products, wireless and broadband access products, consumer products, and storage products. We also continued efforts in the design of circuit board assembly; mechanical design and the related production design process; and the development of new advanced manufacturing technologies.

Amortization of Intangibles. We recorded $39.8 million of amortization of intangibles in fiscal year 2005 as compared to $43.7 million in fiscal year 2004. The decrease was attributable to intangible assets that became

 

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fully amortized in fiscal year 2005, offset by amortization of intangible assets resulting from our acquisitions consummated in fiscal year 2005. For additional information regarding purchased intangibles, see “Acquisitions and Expansion” below, Note 1(f) – “Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”, Note 7 – “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” and Note 8 – “Business Acquisitions” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Acquisition-related Charges. During fiscal year 2005, we did not incur acquisition-related charges. During fiscal year 2004, we incurred $1.3 million in acquisition-related charges in connection with the acquisitions of certain operations of Philips and NEC.

Restructuring and Impairment Charges. There were no restructuring and impairment charges incurred during fiscal years 2005 and 2004. At August 31, 2005, liabilities related to restructuring activities carried out prior to August 31, 2003 totaled approximately $4.9 million for lease commitment costs, which was expected to be paid out within the next twelve months.

Other Expense. We recorded other expense on the sale of accounts receivable under our securitization program totaling $4.1 million and $0.8 million for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The securitization program was initiated in February 2004; therefore fiscal year 2004 includes only two full quarters of expense, while fiscal year 2005 includes four quarters of expense. Additionally, subsequent to January 2005, several amendments increased the net cash proceeds available at any one time under the program from $120.0 million to $175.0 million at August 31, 2005. For further discussion of our securitization program, see Note 3 – “Accounts Receivable Securitization” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

During fiscal year 2004, we also recorded a $6.4 million loss on the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs, which resulted from the redemption of our convertible subordinated notes in May 2004. See Note 9 – “Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Long-Term Lease Obligations” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of the redemption.

Interest Income. Interest income increased to $13.8 million in fiscal year 2005 from $7.2 million in fiscal year 2004. The increase was primarily due to higher interest yields on cash deposits and short-term investments, and interest income recorded in relation to the note receivable from an unrelated third party. For further discussion of the note receivable, see Note 8 – “Business Acquisitions” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Interest Expense. Interest expense increased to $20.7 million in fiscal year 2005, from $18.5 million in fiscal year 2004. The increase was primarily a result of higher base interest rates related to our $300.0 million 5.875% senior notes issued in July of 2003 (the “Senior Notes”), as we had an interest rate swap in place that effectively converted the fixed interest rate of the Senior Notes to a variable rate through the interest rate swap termination date of June 3, 2005. The increase was also a result of temporary borrowings under the revolving credit facility and debt agreements entered into during the third quarter of fiscal year 2005 in connection with the VEM acquisition. The increase for fiscal year 2005 was partially offset by the redemption of our Convertible Notes in May 2004. See Note 9 – “Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Long-Term Lease Obligations” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Income Taxes. Income tax expense reflects an effective tax rate of 15.4% for fiscal year 2005, as compared to an effective tax rate of 14.5% for fiscal year 2004. The tax rate is predominantly a function of the mix of tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which we do business. Our international operations have historically been taxed at a lower rate than in the United States, primarily due to tax incentives, including tax holidays, granted to our sites in Brazil, China, Hungary, India, Malaysia and Poland that expire at various dates through 2017 as of August 31, 2005. See Note 5 – “Income Taxes” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Quarterly Results (Unaudited)

a. Quarterly financial information

The following table sets forth certain unaudited quarterly financial information for the 2006 and 2005 fiscal years. In the opinion of management, this information has been presented on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere, and all necessary adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) have been included in the amounts stated below to present fairly the unaudited quarterly results when read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto. The operating results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for any future period.

The information presented in the following table has been adjusted to reflect the restatement to our Consolidated Financial Statements which is more fully described in Note 2 – “Stock Option Litigation and Restatements” to the Consolidated Financial Statements. We will not be amending our previously filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, however, we are including in this Form 10-K comparative information reflecting the restatement for the four quarters in the fiscal year ended August 31, 2005.

 

    As Previously Reported  
    Fiscal Year 2006     Fiscal Year 2005  
   

Aug. 31,

2006

 

May 31,

2006

   

Feb. 28,

2006

   

Nov. 30,

2005

   

Aug. 31,

2005

   

May 31,

2005

   

Feb. 28,

2005

   

Nov. 30,

2004

 
    (in thousands, except per share data)  

Net revenue

  N/A   $ 2,592,464     $ 2,314,962     $ 2,404,407     $ 2,036,590     $ 1,938,415     $ 1,716,006     $ 1,833,375  

Cost of revenue

  N/A     2,404,821       2,130,314       2,208,585       1,865,476       1,776,333       1,575,555       1,678,517  
                                                         

Gross profit

  N/A     187,643       184,648       195,822       171,114       162,082       140,451       154,858  

Selling, general and administrative (2)

  N/A     93,536       87,063       94,542       72,952       71,688       66,137       68,089  

Research and development

  N/A     9,578       8,577       6,601       4,746       5,667       6,175       5,919  

Amortization of intangibles

  N/A     7,273       5,662       5,856       7,360       11,491       10,365       10,545  

Acquisition-related charges

  N/A     —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Restructuring and impairment charges

  N/A     —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
                                                         

Operating income

  N/A     77,256       83,346       88,823       86,056       73,236       57,774       70,305  

Other expense

  N/A     3,505       2,860       2,034       1,603       1,116       765       622  

Interest income

  N/A     (4,977 )     (5,643 )     (4,985 )     (4,767 )     (4,214 )     (2,928 )     (1,865 )

Interest expense

  N/A     5,818       5,279       4,258       5,130       5,856       4,917       4,764  
                                                         

Income before income taxes

  N/A     72,910       80,850       87,516       84,090       70,478       55,020       66,784  

Income tax expense (2)

  N/A     8,684       11,829       10,626       13,558       11,125       8,973       10,869  
                                                         

Net income

  N/A   $ 64,226     $ 69,021     $ 76,890     $ 70,532     $ 59,353     $ 46,047     $ 55,915  
                                                         

Earnings per share:

  N/A              

Basic

  N/A   $ 0.31     $ 0.33     $ 0.38     $ 0.35     $ 0.29     $ 0.23     $ 0.28  
                                                         

Diluted

  N/A   $ 0.30     $ 0.32     $ 0.37     $ 0.34     $ 0.29     $ 0.22     $ 0.27  
                                                         

Common shares used in the calculations of earnings per share:

               

Basic

  N/A     210,441       207,622       204,699       203,941       202,666       201,930       201,467  
                                                         

Diluted

  N/A     215,808       214,091       209,760       209,813       207,736       206,459       205,843  
                                                         

 

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    Adjustments  
    Fiscal Year 2006   Fiscal Year 2005  
   

Aug. 31,

2006

 

May 31,

2006

 

Feb. 28,

2006

 

Nov. 30,

2005

 

Aug. 31,

2005

   

May 31,

2005

   

Feb. 28,

2005

   

Nov. 30,

2004

 
    (in thousands, except per share data)  

Net revenue

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A   $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    

Cost of revenue

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     —         —         —         —    
                                       

Gross profit

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     —         —         —         —    

Selling, general and administrative (2)

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     16,630       6,843       5,515       6,416  

Research and development

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     —         —         —         —    

Amortization of intangibles

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     —         —         —         —    

Acquisition-related charges

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     —         —         —         —    

Restructuring and impairment charges

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     —         —         —         —    
                                       

Operating income

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     (16,630 )     (6,843 )     (5,515 )     (6,416 )

Other expense

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     —         —         —         —    

Interest income

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     —         —         —         —    

Interest expense

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     —         —         —         —    
                                       

Income before income taxes

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     (16,630 )     (6,843 )     (5,515 )     (6,416 )

Income tax expense (2)

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     (4,471 )     (904 )     (1,424 )     (633 )
                                       

Net income

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A   $ (12,159 )   $ (5,939 )   $ (4,091 )   $ (5,783 )
                                       

Earnings per share:

               

Basic

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A   $ (0.06 )   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.03 )
                                       

Diluted

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A   $ (0.06 )   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.03 )
                                       

Common shares used in the calculations of earnings per share:

               

Basic

  N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A     —         —         —         —    
                                             

Diluted

  N/A   53   67   101     157       (384 )     (554 )     (157 )
                                             

 

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    Restated  
    Fiscal Year 2006     Fiscal Year 2005  
    Aug. 31,
2006
    May 31,
2006
    Feb. 28,
2006
    Nov. 30,
2005
    Aug. 31,
2005
    May 31,
2005
    Feb. 28,
2005
    Nov. 30,
2004
 
    (in thousands, except per share data)  

Net revenue

  $ 2,953,614     $ 2,592,464     $ 2,314,962     $ 2,404,407     $ 2,036,590     $ 1,938,415     $ 1,716,006     $ 1,833,375  

Cost of revenue

    2,756,827       2,404,821       2,130,314       2,208,585       1,865,476       1,776,333       1,575,555       1,678,517  
                                                               

Gross profit

    196,787       187,643       184,648       195,822       171,114       162,082       140,451       154,858  

Selling, general and administrative (2)

    107,069       93,536       87,063       94,542       89,582       78,531       71,652       74,505  

Research and development

    10,219       9,578       8,577       6,601       4,746       5,667       6,175       5,919  

Amortization of intangibles

    5,532       7,273       5,662       5,856       7,360       11,491       10,365       10,545  

Acquisition-related charges

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Restructuring and impairment charges

    81,585       —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
                                                               

Operating income

    (7,618 )     77,256       83,346       88,823       69,426       66,393       52,259       63,889  

Other expense

    3,519       3,505       2,860       2,034       1,603       1,116       765       622  

Interest income

    (3,129 )     (4,977 )     (5,643 )     (4,985 )     (4,767 )     (4,214 )     (2,928 )     (1,865 )

Interest expense

    8,152       5,818       5,279       4,258       5,130       5,856       4,917       4,764  
                                                               

Income before income taxes

    (16,160 )     72,910       80,850       87,516       67,460       63,635       49,505       60,368  

Income tax expense (2)

    29,459       8,684       11,829       10,626       9,087       10,221       7,549       10,236  
                                                               

Net income

  $ (45,619 )   $ 64,226     $ 69,021     $ 76,890     $ 58,373     $ 53,414     $ 41,956     $ 50,132  
                                                               

Earnings per share:

               

Basic

  $ (0.22 )   $ 0.31     $ 0.33     $ 0.38     $ 0.29     $ 0.26     $ 0.21     $ 0.25  
                                                               

Diluted

  $ (0.22 )(1)   $ 0.30     $ 0.32     $ 0.37     $ 0.28     $ 0.26     $ 0.20     $ 0.24  
                                                               

Common shares used in the calculations of earnings per share:

               

Basic

    206,866       210,441       207,622       204,699       203,941       202,666       201,930       201,467  
                                                               

Diluted

    209,442       215,861       214,158       209,861       209,970       207,352       205,905       205,686  
                                                               

(1) For the three months ended August 31, 2006, all outstanding stock options, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock awards are not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the Company is in a loss position.

 

(2) See the “Explanatory Note” immediately preceding Part I of this Form 10-K and Note 2 – “Stock Option Litigation and Restatements” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a detailed discussion of the adjustments that resulted from our and the Special Committee’s review of stock-based compensation expense relating to stock option grants.

 

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The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain financial information stated as a percentage of net revenue:

 

    Fiscal Year 2006     Fiscal Year 2005  
   

Aug. 31,

2006

   

May 31,

2006

   

Feb. 28,

2006

   

Nov. 30,

2005

   

Aug. 31,

2005

   

May 31,

2005

   

Feb. 28,

2005

   

Nov. 30,

2004

 
                            (restated)     (restated)     (restated)     (restated)  

Net revenue

  100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %

Cost of revenue

  93.3     92.8     92.0     91.9     91.6     91.6     91.8     91.6  
                                               

Gross profit

  6.7     7.2     8.0     8.1     8.4     8.4     8.2     8.4  

Selling, general and administrative

  3.7     3.6     3.8     3.9     4.4     4.1     4.2     4.0  

Research and development

  0.3     0.4     0.4     0.3     0.2     0.3     0.4     0.3  

Amortization of intangibles

  0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2     0.4     0.6     0.6     0.6  

Acquisition-related charges

  —       —       —       —       —       —       —       —    

Restructuring and impairment charges

  2.8     —       —       —       —       —       —       —    
                                               

Operating income

  (0.3 )   2.9     3.6     3.7     3.4     3.4     3.0     3.5  

Other expense

  0.1     0.1     0.2     —       —       —       —       —    

Interest income

  (0.1 )   (0.2 )   (0.2 )   (0.2 )   (0.2 )   (0.2 )   (0.2 )   (0.1 )

Interest expense

  0.3     0.2     0.1     0.3     0.3     0.4     0.3     0.3  
                                               

Income before income taxes

  (0.6 )   2.8     3.5     3.6     3.3     3.2     2.9     3.3  

Income tax expense

  1.0     0.3     0.5     0.4     0.4     0.5     0.5     0.6  
                                               

Net income

  (1.6 )%   2.5 %   3.0 %   3.2 %   2.9 %   2.7 %   2.4 %   2.7 %
                                               

b. Results of operations discussion for quarterly restated periods

The following paragraphs discuss our comparative results of operations for the quarterly periods in fiscal year 2006 as compared to fiscal year 2005 which reflect the restatement to our previously filed Forms 10-Q for the quarterly periods in fiscal year 2005.

Quarter ended May 31, 2006 compared to quarter ended May 31, 2005 (as restated)

Net Revenue. Our net revenue for the three months ended May 31, 2006 increased 33.7% to $2.6 billion, from $1.9 billion for the three months ended May 31, 2005. The increase for the three months ended May 31, 2006 from the same period of the previous fiscal year was due to increased sales levels across most industry sectors. Specific increases include an 86% increase in the sale of consumer products; a 38% increase in the sale of instrumentation and medical products; a 50% increase in the sale of peripheral products; and a 22% increase in the sale of computing and storage products. The increased sales levels were due to the addition of new customers and organic growth in these industry sectors. The increase in the consumer industry sector was primarily attributable to new and existing program growth resulting from our product diversification efforts within this sector. The increase in the instrumentation and medical industry sector was primarily attributable to increased sales levels as more vertical companies in this industry sector are electing to outsource their production. These increases were partially offset by a 5% decrease in the sale of automotive products; a 23% decrease in the sale of networking products; and a 14% decrease in the sale of telecommunications products. The decrease in the networking industry sector was primarily attributable to our partnering with an existing customer in a new lean manufacturing process. The decrease in the telecommunications industry sector was primarily due to the end of production for Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased to 7.2% of net revenue for the three months ended May 31, 2006, from 8.4% of net revenue for the three months ended May 31, 2005. The percentage decrease for the three months

 

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ended May 31, 2006 versus the same period of fiscal year 2005 was primarily due to several factors, including a higher portion of materials-based revenue (driven in part by growth in the consumer industry sector). In addition, as described above, certain higher than anticipated expenses were incurred during the three months ended May 31, 2006. These included a delay in the ramping of specific electromechanical tooling operations, which resulted in excess costs; certain material and labor costs associated with the ramping of a new program for an existing customer in our repair and warranty operations in the Americas region; and various operational execution issues in one of our U.S. operations, some of which was associated with strong demand and the ramping of new programs. In absolute dollars, gross profit for the three months ended May 31, 2006 increased $25.6 million versus the same period of fiscal 2005 due to the increased revenue base, offset by the specific circumstances mentioned above.

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended May 31, 2006 increased to $93.5 million (3.6% of net revenue) compared to $78.5 million (4.1% of net revenue) for the three months ended May 31, 2005. The absolute dollar increase was primarily due to the recognition of stock-based compensation expense resulting from the adoption of SFAS 123R and the acquisitions of VEM in March 2005 and Celetronix in March 2006.

Research and Development. Research and development expenses for the three months ended May 31, 2006 increased to $9.6 million (0.4% of net revenue) from $5.7 million for the three months ended May 31, 2005 (0.3% of net revenue). The absolute dollar increase is attributed to growth in our product development activities related to new reference designs, including networking and server products, cell phone products, wireless and broadband access products, consumer products, and storage products. We also continued efforts in the design of circuit board assembly, mechanical design and the related production design process; and the development of new advanced manufacturing technologies.

Amortization of Intangibles. We recorded $7.3 million of amortization of intangible assets for the three months ended May 31, 2006, as compared to $11.5 million for the three months ended May 31, 2005. The decrease is attributed to several acquisition-related contractual agreements that were fully amortized prior to the three months ended May 31, 2006.

Other Expense. We recorded other expense on the sale of accounts receivable under our securitization program totaling $3.5 million for the three months ended May 31, 2006, which is compared to other expense of $1.1 million for the three months ended May 31, 2005. This increase in other expense was primarily due to an increase in the amount of receivables sold under the program during the three months ended May 31, 2006. Subsequent to January 2005, several amendments increased the net cash proceeds available at any one time under the program from $120.0 million to $250.0 million.

Interest Income. Interest income increased to $5.0 million for the three months ended May 31, 2006 from $4.2 million for the three months ended May 31, 2005. The increase was primarily due to higher interest yields on higher levels of operating cash, cash deposits and cash equivalents. Additionally, interest income was recorded in relation to the Celetronix note receivable from March 31, 2005 through the March 31, 2006 acquisition date.

Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased slightly to $5.8 million for the three months ended May 31, 2006 from $5.9 million for the three months ended May 31, 2005. The decrease was primarily a result of less borrowing under our revolving credit facility, offset by less capitalized interest, during the three months ended May 31, 2006 compared to May 31, 2005.

Income Taxes. Income tax expense reflects an effective tax rate of 11.9% for the three months ended May 31, 2006, as compared to an effective rate of 16.1% for the three months ended May 31, 2005. The decrease is primarily a result of the tax benefit associated with stock-based compensation expense realized in accordance with SFAS 123R, which we adopted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2006, and lower than expected income

 

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levels from our operations in the United States and western Europe. The tax rate is predominantly a function of the mix of tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which we do business. Our international operations have historically been taxed at a lower rate than in the United States, primarily due to tax incentives, including tax holidays, granted to our sites in Malaysia, China, Brazil, Poland, Hungary, and India that expire at various dates through 2017. Such tax holidays are subject to conditions with which we expect to continue to comply.

Quarter ended February 28, 2006 compared to quarter ended February 28, 2005 (as restated)

Net Revenue. Our net revenue for the three months ended February 28, 2006 increased 34.9% to $2.3 billion, from $1.7 billion for the three months ended February 28, 2005. The increase for the three months ended February 28, 2006 from the same period of the previous fiscal year was due to increased sales levels across most industry sectors. Specific increases include an 86% increase in the sale of consumer products; a 57% increase in the sale of instrumentation and medical products; a 36% increase in the sale of peripheral products; a 17% increase in the sale of computing and storage products; and a 5% increase in the sale of telecommunications products. The increased sales levels were due to the addition of new customers and organic growth in these industry sectors. The increase in the consumer industry sector was primarily attributable to new and existing program growth resulting from our product diversification efforts within this sector. The increase in the instrumentation and medical industry sector was primarily attributable to increased sales levels as more vertical companies in this industry sector are electing to outsource their production and the acquisition of VEM in March 2005. These increases were partially offset by a 7% decrease in the sale of automotive products and a 1% decrease in the sale of networking products.

Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased to 8.0% of net revenue for the three months ended February 28, 2006, from 8.2% of net revenue for the three months ended February 28, 2005. The percentage decrease for the three months ended February 28, 2006 versus the same period of fiscal year 2005 was primarily due to a higher portion of materials-based revenue (driven in part by growth in the consumer industry sector), combined with the continued shift of production to lower cost regions. In absolute dollars, gross profit for the three months ended February 28, 2006 increased $44.2 million versus the same period of fiscal 2005 due to the increased revenue base.

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended February 28, 2006 increased to $87.1 million (3.8% of net revenue) compared to $71.7 million (4.2% of net revenue) for the three months ended February 28, 2005. The absolute dollar increase for the three months ended February 28, 2006 was primarily due to the recognition of stock-based compensation expense resulting from the adoption of SFAS 123R and the acquisition of VEM in March 2005.

Research and Development. Research and development expenses for the three months ended February 28, 2006 increased to $8.6 million (0.4% of net revenue) from $6.2 million (0.4% of net revenue) for the three months ended February 28, 2005. The absolute dollar increase is attributed to growth in our product development activities related to new reference designs, including networking and server products, cell phone products, wireless and broadband access products, consumer products, and storage products. We also continued efforts in the design of circuit board assembly, mechanical design and the related production design process; and the development of new advanced manufacturing technologies.

Amortization of Intangibles. We recorded $5.7 million of amortization of intangible assets for the three months ended February 28, 2006, as compared to $10.4 million for the three months ended February 28, 2005. The decrease is attributed to several acquisition-related contractual agreements that were fully amortized prior to the three months ended February 28, 2006.

Other Expense. We recorded other expense on the sale of accounts receivable under our securitization program totaling $2.9 million for the three months ended February 28, 2006, which is compared to other expense of $0.8 million for the three months ended February 28, 2005. This increase in other expense was due to an

 

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increase in the amount of receivables sold under the program during the three months ended February 28, 2006. Subsequent to January 2005, several amendments increased the net cash proceeds available at any one time under the program from $120.0 million to $250.0 million.

Interest Income. Interest income increased to $5.6 million for the three months ended February 28, 2006, from $2.9 million for the three months ended February 28, 2005. The increase was primarily due to higher interest yields on higher levels of operating cash, cash deposits and cash equivalents, and interest income recorded in relation to the note receivable from an unrelated third party.

Interest Expense. Interest expense increased to $5.3 million for the three months ended February 28, 2006 from $4.9 million for the three months ended February 28, 2005. The increase for the three months ended February 28, 2006 was primarily a result of greater interest expense recognized on our $300.0 million 5.875% senior notes issued in July of 2003 (the “Senior Notes”) due to the termination of our interest rate swap agreement in June 2005. The interest rate swap effectively converted the fixed interest rate of the Senior Notes to a variable rate, which was more favorable than the fixed rate for the three months ended February 28, 2006.

Income Taxes. Income tax expense reflects an effective tax rate of 14.6% for the three months ended February 28, 2006, as compared to an effective rate of 15.2% for the three months ended February 28, 2005. The decrease is primarily a result of the tax benefit associated with stock-based compensation expense realized in accordance with SFAS 123R, which we adopted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2006. The tax rate is predominantly a function of the mix of tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which we do business. Our international operations have historically been taxed at a lower rate than in the United States, primarily due to tax incentives, including tax holidays, granted to our sites in Malaysia, China, Brazil, Poland, Hungary, and India that expire at various dates through 2017. Such tax holidays are subject to conditions with which we expect to continue to comply.

Quarter ended November 30, 2005 compared to quarter ended November 30, 2004 (as restated)

Net Revenue. Our net revenue for the three months ended November 30, 2005 increased 31.1% to $2.4 billion, from $1.8 billion for the three months ended November 30, 2004. The increase for the three months ended November 30, 2005 from the same period of the previous fiscal year was due to increased sales levels across most industry sectors. Specific increases include a 63% increase in the sale of consumer products; a 52% increase in the sale of instrumentation and medical products; a 19% increase in the sale of peripheral products; a 10% increase in the sale of computing and storage products; a 4% increase in the sale of networking products; and a 9% increase in the sale of automotive products. The increased sales levels were due to the addition of new customers and organic growth in these industry sectors. The increase in the instrumentation and medical industry sector was primarily attributable to increased sales levels as more vertical companies in this industry sector are electing to outsource their production and the acquisition of VEM in March 2005. The increase in the consumer industry sector was primarily attributable to new and existing program growth resulting from our product diversification efforts within this sector. These increases were partially offset by a 1% decrease in the sale of telecommunications products.

Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased to 8.1% of net revenue for the three months ended November 30, 2005, from 8.4% of net revenue for the three months ended November 30, 2004. The percentage decrease for the three months ended November 30, 2005 versus the same period of fiscal year 2005 was primarily due to a higher portion of materials-based revenue (driven in part by growth in the consumer industry sector), combined with the continued shift of production to lower cost regions. In absolute dollars, gross profit for the three months ended November 30, 2005 increased $41.0 million versus the same period of fiscal 2005 due to the increased revenue base.

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended November 30, 2005 increased to $94.5 million (3.9% of net revenue) compared to $74.5 million (4.1% of

 

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net revenue) for the three months ended November 30, 2004. The absolute dollar increase and decrease as a percentage of net revenue for the three months ended November 30, 2005 were primarily due to the recognition of stock-based compensation expense resulting from the adoption of SFAS 123R and the acquisition of VEM in March 2005.

Research and Development. Research and development expenses for the three months ended November 30, 2005 increased to $6.6 million (0.3% of net revenue) from $5.9 million (0.3% of net revenue) for the three months ended November 30, 2004. The increase is attributed to growth in our product development activities related to new reference designs, including networking and server products, cell phone products, wireless and broadband access products, consumer products, and storage products. We also continued efforts in the design of circuit board assembly, mechanical design and the related production design process; and the development of new advanced manufacturing technologies.

Amortization of Intangibles. We recorded $5.9 million of amortization of intangible assets for the three months ended November 30, 2005 as compared to $10.5 million for the three months ended November 30, 2004. The decrease is attributed to several acquisition-related contractual agreements that were fully amortized prior to the three months ended November 30, 2005.

Other Expense. We recorded other expense on the sale of accounts receivable under our securitization program totaling $2.0 million for the three months ended November 30, 2005, which is compared to other expense of $0.6 million for the three months ended November 30, 2004. This increase in other expense was due to an increase in the amount of receivables sold under the program during the three months ended November 30, 2005. Subsequent to January 2005, several amendments increased the net cash proceeds available at any one time under the program from $120.0 million to $250.0 million.

Interest Income. Interest income increased to $5.0 million for the three months ended November 30, 2005 from $1.9 million for the three months ended November 30, 2004. The increase was primarily due to higher interest yields on higher levels of operating cash, cash deposits and cash equivalents, and interest income recorded in relation to the note receivable from an unrelated third party.

Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased to $4.3 million for the three months ended November 30, 2005 from $4.8 million for the three months ended November 30, 2004. The decrease was primarily a result of less interest expense recognized on our $300.0 million 5.875% senior notes issued in July of 2003 (the “Senior Notes”) due to the termination of our interest rate swap agreement in June 2005. The interest rate swap effectively converted the fixed interest rate of the Senior Notes to a variable rate, which was more favorable than the fixed rate for the three months ended February 28, 2006.

Income Taxes. Income tax expense reflects an effective tax rate of 12.1% for the three months ended November 30, 2005 as compared to an effective rate of 17.0% for the three months ended November 30, 2004. The decrease is primarily a result of the tax benefit associated with stock-based compensation expense realized in accordance with SFAS 123R, which we adopted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2006. The tax rate is predominantly a function of the mix of tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which we do business. Our international operations have historically been taxed at a lower rate than in the United States, primarily due to tax incentives, including tax holidays, granted to our sites in Malaysia, China, Brazil, Poland, Hungary, and India that expire at various dates through 2017. Such tax holidays are subject to conditions with which we expect to continue to comply.

 

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c. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for quarterly restated periods

The following table sets forth the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for the four quarters in the fiscal year ended August 31, 2005. As discussed above, we will not be amending our previously filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, however, we are including in this Form 10-K comparative information reflecting the restatement for the four quarters in the fiscal year ended August 31, 2005.

 

     As Previously Reported  
     Fiscal Year 2005  
    

August 31,

2005

   

May 31,

2005

   

February 28,

2005

   

November 30,

2004

 
     (in thousands, except per share data)  

Assets

        

Current Assets:

        

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 796,071     $ 681,042     $ 779,776     $ 619,836  

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,967, $5,922, $6,496 and $6,469, respectively

     955,353       899,427       795,432       1,066,416  

Inventories

     818,435       739,111       677,087       751,127  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     75,335       85,174       80,562       85,177  

Deferred income taxes

     40,741       44,045       51,971       56,915  
                                

Total current assets

     2,685,935       2,448,799       2,384,828       2,579,471  

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $714,149, $684,132, $655,229 and $613,522, respectively

     880,736       831,269       803,734       807,297  

Goodwill

     384,239       381,579       310,606       310,583  

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $134,367, $127,007, $115,513 and $105,148, respectively

     69,062       76,317       42,334       49,923  

Deferred income taxes

     24,727       15,280       23,571       14,572  

Other assets

     32,563       29,580       13,664       13,330  
                                

Total assets

   $ 4,077,262     $ 3,782,824     $ 3,578,737     $ 3,775,176  
                                

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

        

Current liabilities:

        

Current installments of notes payable, long-term debt and long-term lease obligations

   $ 674     $ 637     $ 644     $ 1,966  

Accounts payable

     1,339,866       1,165,720       1,009,467       1,213,068  

Accrued expenses

     224,766       213,442       195,535       253,498  

Income taxes payable

     2,823       1,360       10,699       11,691  
                                

Total current liabilities

     1,568,129       1,381,159       1,216,345       1,480,223  

Notes payable, long-term debt and long-term lease obligations, less current installments

     326,580       311,881       289,888       294,993  

Other liabilities

     47,336       43,690       51,785       51,771  
                                

Total liabilities

     1,942,045       1,736,730       1,558,018       1,826,987  
                                

Stockholders’ equity:

        

Common stock

     204       203       202       202  

Additional paid-in capital

     1,041,884       1,012,861       1,001,072       989,149  

Retained earnings

     1,021,800       951,268       891,915       845,868  

Unearned compensation

     (8,774 )     (9,014 )     (9,524 )     (10,048 )

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     80,103       90,776       137,054