01-03-2016, 12:34 PM
(29-02-2016, 03:03 PM)yeokiwi Wrote: Provisions have already been made. I suppose the main impact is the EPS for FY16Price still falling today. One issue would be whether the provisions made in FY2015 are sufficient, or whether a whole lot more will need to be made in FY2016. As they did not start work on the big solar 'win' announced in May, 2015 one would assume that this has been evident for much of 2015, and that they should have made most or all of the necessary provisions in FY 2015 - just not sure.
http://infopub.sgx.com/FileOpen/MIT%20An...eID=391494
Concurrently, net profit after tax rose 52% to a record S$15.43m in FY2015, compared with
net profit of S$10.17m in FY2014. This was achieved through the significantly higher
revenues as well as higher gross profit margins, which rose to 41% in FY2015 from 31% in
FY2014. This higher gross profit margins were contributed by solar and certain semiconductor
equipment.
Our net profit would have been higher if not for the following provisions made for our solar
business:
• Allowance for impairment on trade receivables (S$2.34m)
• Inventories written down (S$1.09m)
• Others (S$0.52m)
These provisions have been made for prudential reasons as our solar customer had
encountered some issues related to their suspension of share trading in Hong Kong. In the
same vein, we have also taken out an outstanding S$21m solar order (as announced on 11
May 2015) from our order book as we have not received the necessary down-payment.