MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR Corp
For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Mar 8, 2024.
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Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
- Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies
Business
Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) is a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platform solutions for communication, Internet of Things (“IoT”), consumer, computing, industrial and automotive applications.
The Company’s standard products business includes its Display Solutions and Power Solutions business lines. The Company’s Display Solutions products provide panel display solutions to major suppliers of large and small rigid and flexible panel displays, and a wide range of applications including smartphones, TVs, automotive and IT applications such as monitors, notebook PCs, tablet PCs as well as AR/VRs. The Company’s Power Solutions products include discrete and integrated circuit solutions for power management in communication, consumer, computing, servers, automotive, and industrial applications.
On September 1, 2020, the Company completed the sale of the Company’s Foundry Services Group business and its fabrication facility located in Cheongju, Korea, known as “Fab 4”, to SK keyfoundry Inc., a Korean corporation (“SK keyfoundry”). Following the consummation of the sale, the Company provided SK keyfoundry with transitional foundry services associated with its fabrication facility located in Gumi, Korea, known as “Fab 3”, at an agreed upon cost plus
mark-up
(the “Transitional Fab 3 Foundry Services”). The contractual obligation to provide the Transitional Fab 3 Foundry Services ended August 31, 2023, and the Company is planning to wind down these foundry services and convert portions of the idle capacity to Power Solutions standard products beginning around the second half of 2024. Because these foundry services during the wind-down period are still provided to SK keyfoundry by the Company using its Fab 3 based on mutually agreed terms and conditions, the Company will continue to report its revenue from providing these foundry services and related cost of sales within the Transitional Fab 3 Foundry Services line in its consolidated statement of operations until such wind down is completed.
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Significant accounting policies followed by the Company in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements are summarized below.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company including its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events. These estimates and the underlying assumptions affect the amounts of assets and liabilities reported, disclosures about contingent assets and liabilities, and reported amounts of revenue and expenses. Such estimates include the valuation of accounts receivable, inventories, stock-based compensation, property, plant and equipment, leases, other long-lived assets, long-term employee benefits, and contingent liabilities, estimated future cash flows and other assumptions used in long-lived asset impairment tests, and calculation of current and deferred income taxes and deferred tax valuation allowances, among others. Although these estimates and assumptions are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions that the Company may undertake in the future, actual results may be significantly different from the estimates.
Foreign Currency Translation
The Company has assessed in accordance with ASC 830, “Foreign Currency Matters” (“ASC 830”), the
functional
currency of each of its subsidiaries in Luxembourg and the Netherlands and has designated the U.S. dollar to be their respective functional currencies. The Korean Won is the functional currency for the Company’s Korean subsidiary, Magnachip Semiconductor, Ltd, which is the primary operating subsidiary of the Company. The Company and its other subsidiaries are utilizing their local currencies as their functional currencies. The financial statements of the subsidiaries in functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into the U.S. dollar in accordance with ASC 830. All the assets and liabilities are translated to the U.S. dollar at the
end-of-period
exchange rates. Capital accounts are determined to be of a permanent nature and are therefore translated using historical exchange rates. Revenues and expenses are translated using average exchange rates for the respective periods. Foreign currency translation adjustments arising from differences in exchange rates from period to period are included in the foreign currency translation adjustment account in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss of stockholders’ equity. Foreign currency translation gains or losses on transactions by the Company or its subsidiaries in a currency other than its or its subsidiaries’ functional currency are included in foreign currency gain (loss), net in its statements of operations.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with an original maturity date ofthree months or less when purchased.
Accounts Receivable Reserves
The Company makes estimates of expected credit losses for the allowance for credit losses based upon its assessment of various factors, including historical collection experience, the age of the accounts receivable balances, current economic conditions, reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions, and other factors that may affect its ability to collect from customers. The Company also records an estimate for sales returns, included within accounts receivable, net, based on the historical experience of the amount of goods that will be returned and refunded or replaced.
Sales of Accounts Receivable
The Company accounts for transfers of financial assets under ASC 860, “Transfers and Servicing,” as either sales or financings. Transfers of financial assets that result in sales accounting are those in which (1) the transfer legally isolates the transferred assets from the transferor, (2) the transferee has the right to pledge or exchange the transferred assets and no condition both constrains the transferee’s right to pledge or exchange the assets and provides more than a trivial benefit to the transferor, and (3) the transferor does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets. If the transfer does not meet these criteria, the transfer is accounted for as a financing. Financial assets that are treated as sales are removed from the Company’s accounts with any realized gain or loss reflected in earning during the period of sale.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, using the first in, first out method (“FIFO”). If net realizable value is less than cost at the balance sheet date, the carrying amount is reduced to the realizable value, and the difference is recognized as a loss on valuation of inventories within cost of sales. Inventory reserves are established when conditions indicate that the net realizable value is less than costs due to physical deterioration, obsolescence, changes in price levels, or other causes based on individual facts and circumstances. The Company evaluates the sufficiency of inventory reserves and takes into consideration historical usage, expected demand, anticipated sales price, new product development schedules, the effect new products might have on the sale of existing products, product age and other factors. Reserves are also established for excess inventory based on the Company’s current inventory levels and projected demand and its ability to sell those specific products. Situations that could cause these inventory reserves include a decline in business and economic conditions, decline in consumer confidence caused by changes in market conditions, sudden and significant decline in demand for the Company’s products, inventory obsolescence because of rapidly changing technology and consumer requirements, or failure to estimate end customer demand properly. A reduction of these inventory reserves may be recorded if previously reserved items are subsequently sold as a result of unexpected changes to certain aforementioned situations.
In addition, as prescribed in ASC 330, “Inventory,” once a reserve is established for a particular item based on the Company’s assessment as described above, it is maintained until the related item is sold or scrapped as a new cost basis has been established that cannot subsequently be marked up. In addition, the cost of inventories is determined based on the normal capacity of the Company’s fabrication facility. In case the capacity utilization is lower than a certain level that management believes to be normal, the fixed overhead costs per production unit which exceeds those under normal capacity are charged to cost of sales rather than capitalized as inventories.
Advances to Suppliers
The Company, from time to time, may make advances in form of prepayments or deposits to suppliers, including external foundries, to meet its planned production. The Company recorded advances of $3,883 thousand and $6,605 thousand as other current assets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as set forth below.
| Buildings | 30 - 40 years |
|---|---|
| Building related structures | 10 - 20 years |
| Machinery and equipment | 10 - 12 years |
| Others | 3 - 10 years |
Routin
e maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Expenditures that enhance the value or significantly extend the useful lives of the related assets are capitalized.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company reviews property, plant and equipment and other long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable in accordance with ASC 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment.” Recoverability is measured by comparing its carrying amount with the future net undiscounted cash flows the assets are expected to generate. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment is measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the assets and the fair value of assets using the present value of the future net cash flows generated by the respective long-lived assets.
Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception of a contract considering whether the arrangement conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset over the period of use. Control of an underlying asset is conveyed if the Company has the right to direct the use of, and to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of, the identified asset. The Company accounts for lease transactions as either an operating or a finance lease, depending on the terms of the underlying lease arrangement. Assets related to operating leases are recorded on the balance sheet as operating lease
assets; the related liabilities are recorded as operating lease liabilities for the current portion and
operating lease liabilities for the
portion. Finance lease
assets are included in property, plant and equipment, net and the related lease liabilities are included in other current liabilities and other
liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
Right-of-use
assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset during the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease.
Right-of-use
assets and liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate, the Company estimates its incremental borrowing rates in determining the present value of future payments based on the lease term of each lease and market information available at commencement date. Finance lease
assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the respective lease term with the interest expense on the lease liability recorded using the interest method. The amortization and interest expense are recorded separately in the consolidated statements of operations. Amortization of operating lease
assets and interest expense on operating lease liabilities are recognized on a straight-line basis over the respective lease term.
An extension or contraction of a lease term is considered if the related option to extend or early terminate the lease is reasonably certain to be exercised by the Company. Operating lease
assets may also include any advance lease payments made and exclude lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred. The Company has lease agreements with lease and
non-lease
components, which are generally accounted for separately. For certain equipment leases, lease and
non-lease
components are accounted for as a single lease component.
The Company does not recognize operating lease
assets and operating lease liabilities that arise from short-term leases but rather recognizes fixed lease payments in the statements of operations on a straight-line basis and variable payments in the period in which the related obligations incur.
Intangible Assets
Intellectual property assets acquired represent rights under patents, trademarks and property use rights and are amortized over their respective periods of benefit, ranging up toten years, on a straight-line basis.
Fair Value Disclosures of Financial Instruments
The Company follows ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”) for measurement and disclosures about fair value of its financial instruments. ASC 820 establishes a framework for measuring fair value in U.S. GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. To increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements and related disclosures, ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The three levels of fair value hierarchy defined by ASC 820 are:
Level 1—Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.
Level 2—Inputs (other than quoted market prices included in Level 1) are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument’s anticipated life.
Level 3—Inputs reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. Consideration is given to the risk inherent in the valuation technique and the risk inherent in the inputs to the model. Valuation of instruments includes unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of fair value of assets or liabilities.
As defined by ASC 820, the fair value of a financial instrument is the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale, which was further clarified as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (“an exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, such as cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable and other accounts payable approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments.
Accrued Severance Benefits
The majority of accrued severance benefits are for employees in the Company’s Korean subsidiary, Magnachip Semiconductor, Ltd. Pursuant to Employee Retirement Benefit Security Act of Korea, eligible employees and executive officers with one or more years of service are entitled to severance benefits upon the termination of their employment based on their length of service and rate of pay. As of December 31, 2023,96% of all employees of the Company were eligible for severance benefits.
Beginning in July 2018, the Company began contributing to certain severance insurance deposit accounts a percentage of severance benefits, which may be adjusted from time to time, accrued for eligible employees for their services beginning January 1, 2018 pursuant to Employee Retirement Benefit Security Act of Korea. These accounts consist of time deposits and other guaranteed principal and interest accounts, and are maintained at insurance companies, banks or security companies for the benefit of the Company’s employees.
In accordance with the National Pension Act of the Republic of Korea, a certain portion of accrued severance benefits was deposited with the National Pension Fund and deducted from the accrued severance benefits. The contributed amount is paid to employees from the National Pension Fund upon their retirement.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when it satisfies the performance obligation of transferring control over a product or service to a customer. Revenue is measured based on the consideration specified in a contract with a customer, which consideration is paid in exchange for a product or service.
The Company sells products manufactured based on the Company’s design. The Company’s products are either standardized with an alternative use or the Company does not have an enforceable right to payment for the related manufacturing services completed to date. Therefore, revenue for the products is recognized when a customer obtains control of the product, which is generally upon product shipment, delivery at the customer’s location or upon customer acceptance, depending on the terms of the arrangement.
In accordance with revenue recognition guidance, any tax assessed by a governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction, and that is collected by the Company from a customer, is excluded from revenue and related revenue is presented in the statements of operations on a net basis.
The Company provides warranties under which customers can return defective products. The Company estimates the costs related to warranty claims and repair or replacements, and records them as components of cost of sales.
In addition, the Company offers sales returns (other than those that relate to defective products under warranty), cash discounts for early payments and sales incentives, and certain allowances to the Company’s customers, including the Company’s distributors. The Company records reserves for those returns, discounts, incentives and allowances as a deduction from sales, based on historical experience and other quantitative and qualitative factors.
Substantially all of the Company’s contracts are one year or less in duration. The standard payment terms with customers are generally thirty to sixty days from the time of shipment, product delivery to the customer’s location or customer acceptance, depending on the terms of the related arrangement.
All amounts billed to a customer related to shipping and handling are classified as sales while all costs incurred by the Company for shipping and handling are classified as selling, general and administrative expenses. The amounts charged to selling, general and administrative expenses were $768 thousand, $1,060 thousand and $1,271 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
The Company recorded deferred revenue of $1,036 thousand and $2,383 thousand as other current liabilities as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Of the recorded deferred revenue, $1,011 thousand and $2,383 thousand were recognized as revenue during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Advertising
The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expenses were $68 thousand, $46 thousand and $71 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Product Warranties
The Company records, in other current liabilities, warranty liabilities for the estimated costs that may be incurred under its basic limited warranty. The standard limited warranty period is one to two years for the majority of products. This warranty covers defective products, and related liabilities are accrued when product revenues are recognized. Factors that affect the Company’s warranty liabilities include historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims and repair or replacement costs per claim to satisfy the Company’s warranty obligation. The Company periodically assesses the adequacy of those recorded warranty liabilities and adjusts its estimates when necessary.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company applies the provisions of ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). This statement requires the recognition of all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities measured at fair value.
Under the provisions of ASC 815, the Company may designate a derivative instrument as hedging the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows that are attributable to a particular risk (a “cash flow hedge”) or hedging the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset or a liability (a “fair value hedge”). Special accounting for qualifying hedges allows the effective portion of a derivative instrument’s gains and losses to offset related results on the hedged item in the consolidated statements of operations and requires that a company formally document, designate and assess the effectiveness of the transactions that receive hedge accounting treatment. Both at the inception of a hedge and on an ongoing basis, a hedge must be expected to be highly effective in achieving offsetting changes in cash flows or fair value attributable to the underlying risk being hedged. If the Company determines that a derivative instrument is no longer highly effective as a hedge, it discontinues hedge accounting prospectively and future changes in the fair value of the derivative are recognized in current earnings. The Company assesses hedge effectiveness at the end of each quarter. The Company does not offset derivative assets and liabilities within the consolidated balance sheets.
In accordance with ASC 815, changes in the fair value of derivative instruments that are cash flow hedges are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss and reclassified into earnings in the period in which the hedged item affects earnings. Derivative instruments that do not qualify, or cease to qualify, as hedges must be adjusted to fair value and the adjustments are recorded through net income or loss.
The cash flows from derivative instruments receiving hedge accounting treatment are classified in the same categories as the hedged items in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses are expensed as incurred and include wafers, masks, employee expenses, contractor fees, building costs, utilities and administrative expenses.
Licensed Patents and Technologies
The Company has entered into a number of royalty agreements to license patents and technology used in the design of its products. The Company carries two types of royalties:
lump-sum
and running basis.
Lump-sum
royalties, which require initial payments, usually paid in installments, represent a
non-refundable
commitment, such that the total present value of these payments is recorded as a prepaid expense and a liability upon execution of the agreements and the costs are amortized over the contract period using the straight-line method and charged to research and development expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
Running royalties are paid based on the revenue of related products sold by the Company.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company follows the provisions of ASC 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense, net of the estimated forfeiture rate, over the requisite service period. As permitted under ASC 718, the Company elected to recognize compensation expense for all options with graded vesting based on the graded attribution method.
The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to measure the grant-date-fair-value of options. The Black-Scholes model requires certain assumptions to determine an option’s fair value, including expected term, risk free interest rate and expected volatility. The expected term of each option grant was based on employees’ expected exercises and post-vesting employment termination behavior and the risk free interest rate was based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve for the period corresponding with the expected term at the time of grant. No dividends were assumed for this calculation of option value.
Earnings (Loss) Pe
r Share
In accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share”, the Company computes basic earnings per share by dividing net income or loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the dilution of potential common stock outstanding during the period including stock options and restricted stock units, using the treasury stock method (by using the average stock price for the period to determine the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options and restricted stock units), and convertibles, using the
if-converted
method. In determining the hypothetical shares repurchased, the Company uses the average share price for the period. In the case that earnings are negative, any potential common stock equivalents would have the effect of being anti-dilutive in the computation of net loss per share.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in a company’s financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based upon the difference between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect in the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. Income tax expense (benefit) is the tax payable (receivable) for the period and the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities. Valuation allowances are established when it is necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The evaluation of the recoverability of the deferred tax assets and the need for a valuation allowance requires management to weigh all positive and negative evidence to reach a conclusion that it is more likely than not that all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Realization of the future tax benefits related to the deferred tax assets is dependent on many factors, including historical operating results, expected timing of the reversals of existing temporary differences, the Company’s ability to generate future taxable income, and tax planning strategies.
The Company recognizes and measures uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return utilizing a
two-step
process. In the first step, recognition, the Company determines whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The second step addresses measurement of a tax position that meets the more likely than not criteria. The tax position is measured at the largest amount of benefit that has a likelihood of greater than 50 percent of being realized upon ultimate settlement.
Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and generally does not require collateral for customers on accounts receivable. The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses, which are periodically reviewed.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
No. 2023-07,
“Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures”, which will require an entity to provide more detailed information about its reportable segment expenses that are included within management’s measurement of profit and loss and will require certain annual disclosures to be provided on an interim basis. The amendments in this ASU are effective for the Company in 2024 for annual reporting and in 2025 for interim reporting, with early adoption permitted beginning in 2024, and is required to be applied using the full retrospective method of transition. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on the Company’s segment disclosures.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU
No. 2023-09,
“Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures”
(“ASU 2023-09”),
which intends to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. It requires public business entities to disclose additional information in specified categories with respect to the reconciliation of the effective tax rate to the statutory rate for federal, state, and foreign income taxes. It also requires greater detail about individual reconciling items in the rate reconciliation to the extent the impact of those items exceeds a specified threshold. ASU
2023-09
is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, though early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
- Fair Value Measurements
ASC 820 defines fair value, establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure requirements about fair value measurements. ASC 820 requires, among other things, the Company’s valuation techniques used to measure fair value to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
As of December 31, 2023, the following table represents the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the basis for that measurement (in thousands):
| Carrying Value December 31, 2023 | Fair Value Measurement December 31, 2023 | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Liability (Level 1) | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets: | |||||
| Derivative assets (other current assets) | $152 | $152 | — | $152 | — |
| Liabilities: | |||||
| Derivative liabilities (other current liabilities) | $1 | $1 | — | $1 | — |
As of December 31, 2022, the following table represents the Company’s liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the basis for that measurement (in thousands):
| Carrying Value December 31, 2022 | Fair Value Measurement December 31, 2022 | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Liability (Level 1) | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liabilities: | |||||
| Derivative liabilities (other current liabilities) | $2,015 | $2,015 | — | $2,015 | — |
Items not reflected in the table above include cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable, and other accounts payable, fair value of which approximate carrying values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The fair value of assets and liabilities whose carrying value approximates fair value is determined using Level 2 inputs.
Fair Values Measured on a
Non-recurring
Basis
The Company’s
non-financial
assets, such as property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets are recorded at fair value upon acquisition and are remeasured at fair value only if an impairment charge is recognized. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not have any assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a
basis.
- Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 consisted of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| Accounts receivable | $33,024 | $35,610 |
| Notes receivable | 43 | 32 |
| Less: | ||
| Allowance for credit losses | (78) | (79) |
| Sales return reserves | (348) | (183) |
| Accounts receivable, net | $32,641 | $35,380 |
Changes in allowance for credit losses for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Beginning balance | $(79) | $(466) | $(188) |
| Provision | — | — | (302) |
| Write off | — | 378 | — |
| Translation adjustments | 1 | 9 | 24 |
| Ending balance | $(78) | $(79) | $(466) |
Changes in sales return reserves for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Beginning balance | $(183) | $(185) | $(173) |
| Reversal (provision) | (162) | (11) | (27) |
| Usage | — | — | — |
| Translation adjustments | (3) | 13 | 15 |
| Ending balance | $(348) | $(183) | $(185) |
Commencing in March 2012, the Company has been a party to an agreement to sell selected trade accounts receivable to a financial institution from time to time. After a sale, the Company does not retain any interest in the receivables and the applicable financial institution collects these accounts receivable directly from the customer. There wereno sale of accounts receivable for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021. Net proceeds of this accounts receivable sale program are recognized in the consolidated statements of cash flows as part of operating cash flows.
The Company uses receivable discount programs with certain customers. These discount arrangements allow the Company to accelerate collection of customers’ receivables.
- Inventories
Inventories as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 consist of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| Finished goods | $8,432 | $6,799 |
| Semi-finished goods and work-in-process | 29,339 | 40,265 |
| Raw materials | 5,543 | 7,460 |
| Materials in-transit | 18 | 36 |
| Less: inventory reserve | (10,599) | (14,677) |
| Inventories, net | $32,733 | $39,883 |
Changes in inventory reserve for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Beginning balance | $(14,677) | $(5,730) | $(5,901) |
| Change in reserve | |||
| Inventory reserve charged to costs of sales | (9,360) | (13,310) | (7,626) |
| Sale of previously reserved inventory | 5,528 | 3,631 | 5,349 |
| (3,832) | (9,679) | (2,277) | |
| Write off | 7,552 | 582 | 1,875 |
| Translation adjustments | 358 | 150 | 573 |
| Ending balance | $(10,599) | $(14,677) | $(5,730) |
Inventory reserve represents the Company’s best estimate in value lost due to excessive inventory level, physical deterioration, obsolescence, changes in price levels, or other causes based on individual facts and circumstances. Inventory reserve relates to inventory items including finished goods, semi-finished goods,
work-in-process
and raw materials. Write off of this reserve is recognized only when the related inventory has been disposed or scrapped.
- Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 are comprised of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| Buildings and related structures | $24,532 | $24,780 |
| Machinery and equipment | 139,710 | 137,666 |
| Finance lease right-of-use assets | 902 | 389 |
| Others | 35,471 | 33,890 |
| 200,615 | 196,725 | |
| Less: accumulated depreciation | (115,889) | (101,502) |
| Land | 12,811 | 13,034 |
| Construction in progress | 2,585 | 2,490 |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | $100,122 | $110,747 |
Aggregate depreciation expenses totaled $16,068 thousand, $14,317 thousand and $13,495 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
- Intangible Assets
Intangible assets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 are comprised of the following (in thousands):
| Gross amount | Accumulated amortization | Net amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intellectual property assets | $9,150 | $(7,613) | $1,537 |
| Intangible assets | $9,150 | $(7,613) | $1,537 |
| Gross amount | Accumulated amortization | Net amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intellectual property assets | $9,111 | $(7,181) | $1,930 |
| Intangible assets | $9,111 | $(7,181) | $1,930 |
Aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets totaled $616 thousand, $683 thousand and $744 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
The aggregate amortization expense of intangible assets for the next five years are estimated to be $490 thousand, $375 thousand, $272 thousand, $186 thousand and $120 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028, respectively.
- Leases
The Company has operating and finance leases for buildings and other assets such as vehicles and office equipment. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms ranging from 1 year to 4 years.
The tables below present financial information related to the Company’s leases.
Supplemental balance sheets information related to leases as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 are as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leases | Classification | 2023 | 2022 |
| Assets | |||
| Operating lease | Operating lease right-of-use assets | $4,639 | $5,265 |
| Finance lease | Property, plant and equipment, net | 511 | 143 |
| Total lease assets | $5,150 | $5,408 | |
| Liabilities | |||
| Current | |||
| Operating | Operating lease liabilities | $1,914 | $1,397 |
| Finance | Other current liabilities | 146 | 90 |
| Non-current | |||
| Operating | Non-current operating lease liabilities | 2,897 | 4,091 |
| Finance | Other non-current liabilities | 432 | 63 |
| Total lease liabilities | $5,389 | $5,641 | |
The following table presents the weighted average remaining lease term and discount rate:
| December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| Weighted average remaining lease term | ||
| Operating leases | 2.8 years | 3.7 years |
| Finance leases | 3.7 years | 2.4 years |
| Weighted average discount rate | ||
| Operating leases | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| Finance leases | 7.4% | 7.6% |
The components of lease cost included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations, are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Operating lease cost | $2,071 | $2,261 | $2,777 |
| Finance lease cost | |||
| Amortization of right-of-use assets | 147 | 68 | 65 |
| Interest on lease liabilities | 31 | 10 | 14 |
| Total lease cost | $2,249 | $2,339 | $2,856 |
The above table does not include an immaterial cost of short-term leases for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021.
Other lease information is as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities | |||
| Operating cash flows from operating leases | $2,118 | $2,276 | $2,777 |
| Operating cash flows from finance leases | 31 | 10 | 14 |
| Financing cash flows from finance leases | 91 | 70 | 65 |
Non-cash
transaction amounts of lease liabilities arising from obtaining
assets were $1,909 thousand, $4,601 thousand and $2,768 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
The aggregate future lease payments for operating and finance leases as of December 31, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
| Operating Leases · Finance Leases | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,169 | $183 |
| 2025 | 1,544 | 182 |
| 2026 | 966 | 168 |
| 2027 | 651 | 128 |
| Total future lease payments | 5,330 | 661 |
| Less: Imputed interest | (519) | (83) |
| Present value of future payments | $4,811 | $578 |
- Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 are comprised of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| Payroll, benefits and related taxes, excluding severance benefits | $5,947 | $7,620 |
| Withholding tax attributable to intercompany interest income | 1,671 | 43 |
| Outside service fees | 1,953 | 1,642 |
| Others | 886 | 383 |
| Accrued expenses | $10,457 | $9,688 |
- Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company’s Korean subsidiary from time to time has entered into zero cost collar contracts to hedge the risk of changes in the functional-currency-equivalent cash flows attributable to currency rate changes on U.S. dollar denominated revenues.
Details of derivative contracts as of December 31, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
| Date of transaction | Type of derivative | Total notional amount | Month of settlement |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 03, 2023 | Zero cost collar | $18,000 | January 2024 to June 2024 |
| August 09, 2023 | Zero cost collar | $27,000 | January 2024 to September 2024 |
Details of derivative contracts as of December 31, 2022 are as follows (in thousands):
| Date of transaction | Type of derivative | Total notional amount | Month of settlement |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 04, 2022 | Zero cost collar | $30,000 | January 2023 to June 2023 |
| March 07, 2022 | Zero cost collar | $24,000 | July 2023 to December 2023 |
| April 27, 2022 | Zero cost collar | $42,000 | January 2023 to December 2023 |
The zero cost collar contracts qualify as cash flow hedges under ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” since at both the inception of the contracts and on an ongoing basis, the hedging relationship was and is expected to be highly effective in achieving offsetting cash flows attributable to the hedged risk during the term of the contracts.
The fair values of the Company’s outstanding zero cost collar contracts recorded as liabilities as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 are as follows (in thousands):
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 2022 | |||
| Asset Derivatives: | |||
| Zero cost collars | Other current assets | $152 | $— |
| Liability Derivatives: | |||
| Zero cost collars | Other current liabilities | $1 | $2,015 |
Offsetting of derivative assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
| As of December 31, 2023 · Gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities · Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets · Net amounts of assets/liabilities presented in the balance sheets · Gross amounts not offset in the balance sheets · Net amount | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial instruments · Cash collateral pledged | ||||||
| Asset Derivatives: | ||||||
| Zero cost collars | $152 | $— | $152 | $— | $— | $152 |
| Liability Derivatives: | ||||||
| Zero cost collars | $1 | $— | $1 | $— | $— | $1 |
Offsetting of derivative liabilities as of December 31, 2022 is as follows (in thousands):
| As of December 31, 2022 · Gross amounts of recognized liabilities · Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets · Net amounts of liabilities presented in the balance sheets · Gross amounts not offset in the balance sheets · Net amount | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial instruments · Cash collateral pledged | ||||||
| Liability Derivatives: | ||||||
| Zero cost collars | $2,015 | $— | $2,015 | $— | $(1,940) | $75 |
For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, gains or losses on the derivative aside from components excluded from the assessment of effectiveness are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss (“AOCI”) and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Gains and losses on the derivative, representing hedge components excluded from the assessment of effectiveness, are recognized in current earnings.
The following table summarizes the impact of derivative instruments on the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):
| Derivatives in ASC 815 Cash Flow Hedging Relationships · Amount of Loss Recognized in AOCI on Derivatives · Location/Amount of Loss Reclassified from AOCI Into Statement of Operations · Location/Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Statement of Operations on Derivatives | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 2022 · 2023 · 2022 · 2023 · 2022 | ||||||||
| Zero cost collars | $(1,085) | $(8,273) | Net sales | $(3,452) | $(8,514) | Other income, net | $(299) | $135 |
As of December 31, 2023, the amount expected to be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings within the next twelve months is
$691 thousand.
The Company set aside cash deposits to the counterparty, Standard Chartered Bank Korea Limited (“SC”), as required for the zero cost collar contracts. This cash deposit is recorded as hedge collateral on the consolidated balance sheets. Cash deposits as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 are as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| Counterparty | 2023 | 2022 |
| SC | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| Total | $1,000 | $1,000 |
The Company is required to deposit additional cash collateral with NFIK and SC for any exposure in excess of $500 thousand, but no such excess exposure existed as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2022, $1,840 thousand and $100 thousand of additional cash collateral were required by NFIK and SC, respectively, and recorded as hedge collateral on the consolidated balance sheet.
These zero cost collar contracts may be terminated by the counterparties if the Company’s total cash and cash equivalents is less than $30,000 thousand at the end of a fiscal quarter, unless a waiver is obtained.
- Borrowings
5.0% Exchangeable Senior Notes
On January 17, 2017, MagnaChip Semiconductor S.A. closed the Exchangeable Notes Offering of $86,250 thousand aggregate principal amount of 5.0% Exchangeable Notes. Interest on the Exchangeable Notes accrued at a rate of 5.0% per annum, payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on March 1, 2017. The Exchangeable Notes matured on March 1, 2021, unless they were earlier repurchased or converted. Holders had the right to convert their notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the stated maturity date.
Prior to the March 1, 2021 maturity of the Exchangeable Notes, holders elected to exchange all outstanding Exchangeable Notes for an aggregate of 10,144,131 shares of the Company’s common stock in satisfaction in full of the outstanding obligations under the Exchangeable Notes. Upon exchange, the Company delivered for each $1,000 principal amount of exchanged Exchangeable Notes a number of shares equal to the exchange rate of 121.1387 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Exchangeable Notes, which was equivalent to an exchange price of approximately $8.26 per share of common stock. In connection with the exchanges, the fractional shares were paid in cash. Following March 1, 2021, the Company does not have any Exchangeable Notes outstanding.
- Accrued Severance Benefits
The majority of accrued severance benefits are for employees in the Company’s Korean subsidiary. Pursuant to Employee Retirement Benefit Security Act of Korea, eligible employees and executive officers with one or more years of service are entitled to severance benefits upon the termination of their employment based on their length of service and rate of pay. As of December 31, 2023,96% of all employees of the Company were eligible for severance benefits.
Changes in accrued severance benefits are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| Beginning balance | $48,496 | $51,567 |
| Provisions | 5,333 | 6,289 |
| Severance payments | (6,982) | (6,012) |
| Translation adjustments | (915) | (3,348) |
| 45,932 | 48,496 | |
| Less: Cumulative contributions to severance insurance deposit accounts | (29,882) | (25,149) |
| The National Pension Fund | (30) | (41) |
| Group severance insurance plan | — | (185) |
| Accrued severance benefits, net | $16,020 | $23,121 |
The severance benefits funded through the Company’s National Pension Fund and group severance insurance plan will be used exclusively for payment of severance benefits to eligible employees. These amounts have been deducted from the accrued severance benefit balance.
Beginning in July 2018, the Company contributes to certain severance insurance deposit accounts a certain percentage of severance benefits that are accrued for eligible employees for their services from January 1, 2018 pursuant to Employee Retirement Benefit Security Act of Korea. These accounts consist of time deposits and other guaranteed principal and interest, and are maintained at insurance companies, banks or security companies for the benefit of employees. The Company deducts the contributions made to these severance insurance deposit accounts from its accrued severance benefits.
The Company is liable to pay the following future benefits to its
employees upon their normal retirement age (in thousands):
| Severance Benefit | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $315 |
| 2025 | 590 |
| 2026 | 658 |
| 2027 | 369 |
| 2028 | 3,402 |
| 2029 – 2033 | 17,941 |
The above amounts were determined based on the
employees’ current salary rates and the number of service years that will be accumulated upon their retirement dates. These amounts do not include amounts that might be paid to
employees that will cease working with the Company before their normal retirement ages.
Korea’s mandatory retirement age is 60 years of age or older under the Employment Promotion for the Aged Act. The Company sets the retirement age of employees at 60.
- Stock Repurchases
Accelerated Stock Repurchase Program
On December 21, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $75 million of its outstanding common stock and the Company entered into an accelerated stock repurchase agreement dated December 21, 2021 (the “ASR Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“JPM”) to repurchase an aggregate of $37.5 million of its common stock.
Pursuant to the terms of the ASR Agreement, the Company paid to JPM $37.5 million in cash and received an initial delivery of 994,695 shares of its common stock in the open market for an aggregate purchase price of $20.1 million and a price per share of $20.18 on December 22, 2021.
As of December 31, 2021, the Company accounted for the remaining portion of the ASR Agreement as a forward contract indexed to its own common stock and recorded $17.4 million in additional
paid-in
capital in stockholders’ equity in its consolidated balance sheets.
In March 2022, the previously announced repurchase of $37.5 million of the Company’s common stock was completed pursuant to the ASR Agreement, and as a result, the Company additionally received 1,031,576 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $17.2 million at a price per share of $16.69, which was reclassified as treasury stock from additional
paid-in
capital in stockholder’s equity in its consolidated balance sheets.
Expanded Stock Repurchase Program
On August 31, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized an expansion of the Company’s previously announced stock repurchase program from $75 million to $87.5 million of its common stock. The remaining $50 million of the expanded $87.5 million program was expected to be repurchased in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions.
From September 2022 to December 2022, the Company repurchased 1,235,650 shares of its common stock in the open market for an aggregate purchase price of $12.5 million and a weighted average price per share of $10.13 under the expanded stock repurchase program.
During the first half of 2023, the Company repurchased 3,705,443 shares of its common stock in the open market for an aggregate purchase price of $37.4 million and a weighted average price per share of $10.10 under the expanded stock repurchase program. As of the end of June 2023, the Company had completed the repurchase of its common stock under its expanded stock repurchase program.
New Stock Repurchase Program
On July 19, 2023, the Board of Directors authorized a new $50 million stock buyback program. Purchases have been and will be made in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, depending upon market conditions and other factors.
From August 2023 to December 2023, the Company repurchased 1,730,173 shares of its common stock in the open market for an aggregate purchase price of $13.6 million and a weighted average price per share of $7.84 under the new stock repurchase program.
- Equity Incentive Plans
The Company adopted its 2009 Common Unit Plan, or the 2009 Plan, effective December 8, 2009, which is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”). The 2009 Plan terminated in connection with the Company’s initial public offering in March 2011, and no additional options or other equity awards may be granted under the 2009 Plan. The Company adopted its 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, or the 2011 Plan, in March 2010. The Company amended and restated the 2011 Plan in February 2011, and the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment in March 2011 to reflect that it became effective in 2011 in connection with the Company’s initial public offering in March 2011. The 2011 Plan was amended on October 23, 2017, to revise the Compensation Recovery Policy of the 2011 Plan. The 2011 Plan was amended on April 26, 2018 to amend the tax withholding provisions as they relate to directed sales of shares. At the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Company’s stockholders approved its 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, or the 2020 Plan, which is administered by the Compensation Committee. Following the adoption of the 2020 Plan, no further awards may be issued under the 2011 Plan. At the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 18, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved an increase of an
additional 1,990,000 shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance under the 2020 Plan.
Awards may be granted under the 2020 Plan to the Company’s employees, officers, directors, or certain consultants or those of any subsidiary of the Company. While the Company may grant incentive stock options only to employees, the Company may grant
non-statutory
stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units, dividend equivalents and cash-based awards or other stock-based awards to any eligible participant, subject to terms and conditions determined by the Compensation Committee. The term of any options granted under the 2020 Plan shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant. As of December 31, 2023 an aggregate maximum of 13,342,919 shares were authorized and 2,810,778 shares were reserved for all future grants.
Stock options and stock appreciation rights must have exercise prices at least equal to the fair market value of the stock at the time of their grant pursuant to the 2011 Plan and 2020 Plan. Stock options typically vest over one to three years following grant, subject to the participant’s continued service through the applicable vesting dates. As of December 31, 2023, no stock options or stock appreciation rights had been granted under 2020 Plan.
Restricted stock units granted under the 2011 Plan and 2020 Plan represent a right to receive shares of the Company’s common stock when the restricted stock unit vests. No monetary payment (other than applicable tax withholding) shall be required as a condition of receiving shares pursuant to a restricted stock unit, the consideration for which shall be services actually rendered to a participating company or for its benefit. Stock issued pursuant to any restricted stock unit may (but need not) be made subject to vesting conditions based upon the satisfaction of such service requirements, conditions, restrictions or performance criteria as shall be established by the Compensation Committee and set forth in the award agreement evidencing such award. Restricted stock units typically vest over one to three years following grant, subject to the participant’s continued service through the applicable vesting dates.
Restricted stock constitutes an immediate transfer of the ownership of shares of the Company’s common stock to the participant in consideration of the performance of services, entitling such participant to voting, dividend and other ownership rights, subject to the substantial risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer determined by the Compensation Committee for a period of time determined by the Compensation Committee or until certain management objectives specified by the Compensation Committee are achieved. Each grant of restricted stock may be made without additional consideration or in consideration of a payment by the participant that is less than the fair market value per share of common stock on the grant date. Stock issued pursuant to any restricted stock award may (but need not) be made subject to vesting conditions based upon the satisfaction of such service requirements, conditions, restrictions or performance criteria as shall be established by the Compensation Committee and set forth in the award agreement evidencing such award. A grant of restricted stock may require that any and all dividends and distributions paid on restricted stock that remains subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture be automatically deferred and/or reinvested in additional restricted stock, which will be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying restricted stock, but any such dividends or other distributions on restricted stock must be deferred until, and paid contingent upon, the vesting of such restricted stock.
The following summarizes restricted stock unit activities for the year ended December 31, 2023.
| Number of Restricted Stock Units | Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value of Restricted Stock Units | |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding at January 1, 2023 | 815,407 | $14.36 |
| Granted | 1,228,484 | 9.76 |
| Vested | (534,945) | 12.40 |
| Forfeited | (502,579) | 10.22 |
| Outstanding at December 31, 2023 | 1,006,367 | $11.85 |
Total compensation expenses recorded for the restricted stock units were $7,223 thousand, $6,037 thousand and $7,704 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, there was $4,316 thousand of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock units, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average future period of 1.0 year. Total fair value of restricted stock units vested were $6,634 thousand, $6,369 thousand and $5,788 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
The following summarizes stock option activities for the year ended December 31, 2023. At the date of grant, all options had an exercise price not less than the fair value of common stock (aggregate intrinsic value in thousands):
| Number of Options | Weighted Average Exercise Price of Stock Options | Aggregate Intrinsic Value of Stock Options | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life of Stock Options | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding at January 1, 2023 | 1,137,558 | $10.64 | $1,702 | 2.3 years |
| Expired | (330,700) | 17.37 | — | — |
| Exercised | (4,000) | 6.92 | $13 | — |
| Outstanding at December 31, 2023 | 802,858 | $7.89 | $459 | 2.0 years |
| Vested and Exercisable at December 31, 2023 | 802,858 | $7.89 | $459 | 2.0 years |
There were no compensation expenses recorded for the stock options for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021.
- Early Termination and Other Charges, Net
For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded in its consolidated statement of operations $8,449 thousand of termination related charges as “early termination and other charges” in connection with the 2023 Voluntary Resignation Program, which was available for the employees with more than 20 years of service. During the same period, the Company also recorded $802 thousand of
employee incentives, which were paid during the third quarter of 2023.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded in its consolidated statement of operations $2,821 thousand of
employee incentives, and professional service fees and expenses of $1,014 thousand incurred in connection with certain strategic evaluations. During the same period, the Company also recorded $537 thousand gain on sale of certain legacy equipment of the closed
line in the Company’s fabrication facility in Gumi.
For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded in its consolidated statement of operations $3,430 thousand of
professional service fees and expenses incurred in connection with the regulatory requests, and recorded $1,419 thousand gain on sale of certain legacy equipment of the closed
line in the Company’s fabrication facility in Gumi.
- Foreign Currency Gain (Loss), Net
Net foreign currency gain or loss includes
translation gain or loss associated with intercompany balances. A substantial portion of the Company’s net foreign currency gain or loss is
translation gain or loss associated with intercompany long-term loans to the Company’s Korean subsidiary. The loans are denominated in U.S. dollars and are affected by changes in the exchange rate between the Korean won and the U.S. dollar. As of December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the outstanding intercompany loan balances including accrued interest between the Korean subsidiary and the Dutch subsidiary were $285,136 thousand, $310,988 thousand and $344,411 thousand, respectively. The Korean won to U.S. dollar exchange rates were 1,289.4:1,1,267.3:1 and 1,185.5:1 using the first base rate as of December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively, as quoted by the KEB Hana Bank.
- Income Taxes
The Company’s income tax expense (benefit) is composed of domestic and foreign income taxes depending on the relevant tax jurisdictions. Domestic income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) is generated or incurred in the United States, where the parent company resides.
The components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) | |||
| Domestic | $2,691 | $(1,955) | $41,566 |
| Foreign | (50,250) | (924) | 32,403 |
| (47,559) | (2,879) | 73,969 | |
| Current income tax expense (benefit) | |||
| Domestic | 13 | 639 | 6,876 |
| Foreign | 3,020 | 4,297 | 9,415 |
| Uncertain tax position liability (foreign) | (41) | (33) | (35) |
| 2,992 | 4,903 | 16,256 | |
| Deferred income tax expense (benefit) | |||
| Domestic | (1,053) | (1,264) | 1,314 |
| Foreign | (12,876) | 1,518 | (309) |
| (13,929) | 254 | 1,005 | |
| Total income tax expense (benefit) | $(10,937) | $5,157 | $17,261 |
The provision for domestic and foreign income taxes (benefit) incurred is different from the amount calculated by applying the statutory tax rate to the income (loss) before income tax expense. The significant items causing this difference are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Provision computed at statutory rates | $(9,988) | $(605) | $15,533 |
| Change in statutory tax rates | 269 | 2,006 | (259) |
| Difference in foreign tax rates | 1,401 | 302 | 2,820 |
| Permanent differences | |||
| Derivative assets adjustment | (17) | (62) | (23) |
| TPECs, hybrid and other interest | (2,003) | (2,096) | (3,400) |
| Equity-based compensation | (388) | (241) | (802) |
| Permanent foreign currency gain (loss) | (910) | 1,676 | 1,888 |
| Penalty | 78 | 75 | 427 |
| GILTI | — | 8,187 | 6,156 |
| Intercompany debt restructuring | — | 8,061 | 971 |
| Other permanent differences | 25 | 72 | (767) |
| Withholding tax | 1,594 | (2,031) | 2,060 |
| State net operating loss write off | — | — | 9,844 |
| Change in valuation allowance | (429) | (4,582) | (13,803) |
| Tax credits claimed | (636) | (5,658) | (5,508) |
| Uncertain tax positions liability | (41) | (33) | (35) |
| Change in net operating loss carry-forwards | 17 | (145) | 621 |
| Foreign local taxes | 45 | 919 | 723 |
| Others | 46 | (688) | 815 |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | $(10,937) | $5,157 | $17,261 |
For the year ended December 31, 2023, the withholding tax expense of $1,594 thousand and the permanent tax benefit of $2,003 thousand recorded were related to the intercompany loans granted to the Korean subsidiary by the Dutch subsidiary. The permanent tax benefit of $910 thousand related to foreign currency gain was mainly derived from the unrealized foreign translation gain associated with the intercompany loan granted to the Luxembourg subsidiary by the U.S. parent company. The Company did not have a permanent difference related to Global intangible
low-taxed
income (“GILTI”) in the U.S., mainly due to the Korean subsidiary’s current year loss.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, a permanent difference of $8,187 thousand was included as GILTI in the U.S., which was primarily attributable to the income earned by certain foreign subsidiaries of the Company, including its Korean subsidiary. The permanent tax expense of $8,061 thousand related to intercompany debt restructuring recorded for the year ended December 31, 2022 was derived from the waiver and release of unpaid interests of the intercompany loans granted to the Korean subsidiary by the Dutch subsidiary. In connection with the waiver of unpaid interests, the related withholding tax was reversed, resulting in the recognition of income tax benefit of $2,031 thousand.
The income tax benefit of $4,582 thousand was due to the changes in valuation allowances during the year ended December 31, 2022, of which $2,670 thousand related to the release of valuation allowances related to the U.S. parent company’s current year earnings, which was mainly driven by GILTI inclusion. The remaining
$1,912 thousand represented the release of valuation allowances based on the realizability of the related deferred tax assets in future years.
Of the income tax benefit of $13,803 thousand attributable to the change in valuation allowances during the year ended December 31, 2021, $9,844 thousand related to the release of the valuation allowance established against the deferred tax assets associated in the U.S. entity due to the dissolution of the Company’s domestic subsidiary in 2021 subsequent to the sale of the Foundry Services Group business and Fab 4. The offsetting expense of $9,844 thousand was included in the state net operating loss
write-off
in 2021, resulting in no income tax effect in the year. The Company’s parent entity in the U.S. is no longer subject to state income taxes in 2022 and thereafter. The remaining $3,959 thousand represented the release of valuation allowances based on the assessment of the realizability of the related deferred tax assets in future tax years.
A summary of the composition of net deferred income tax assets (liabilities) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| Deferred tax assets | ||
| Inventory reserves | $2,519 | $3,108 |
| Accrued expenses | 1,593 | 1,668 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 2,679 | 2,685 |
| Accumulated severance benefits | 9,927 | 10,269 |
| Operating lease right-of-use liabilities | 997 | 1,098 |
| Foreign currency translation loss | 19,049 | 22,272 |
| NOL carry-forwards | 96,361 | 78,698 |
| Tax credit carry-forwards | 14,372 | 13,337 |
| Other long-term payable | 2,242 | 4,005 |
| Interest expense deduction limitation | 3,610 | 91 |
| Derivative liabilities | — | 427 |
| Others | 1,191 | 1,394 |
| Total deferred tax assets | 154,540 | 139,052 |
| Less: Valuation allowance | (87,201) | (84,563) |
| 67,339 | 54,489 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | ||
| Prepaid expense | 1,787 | 3,065 |
| Severance benefit deposits | 6,456 | 5,364 |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 960 | 1,051 |
| Foreign currency translation gain | 6,411 | 5,621 |
| Others | 892 | 1,064 |
| Total deferred tax liabilities | 16,506 | 16,165 |
| Net deferred tax assets | $50,833 | $38,324 |
The Company has not recognized a deferred tax liability related to outside basis differences inherent in its foreign subsidiaries because the investments in those foreign subsidiaries within the group are essentially permanent in duration or earnings in foreign subsidiaries are intended to be indefinitely reinvested. It is not practicable to estimate the amount of deferred income taxes not recorded that are associated with those outside basis differences. If circumstances change and it becomes apparent that the undistributed earnings from foreign subsidiaries will be remitted or the parent entity will dispose of its interest in the subsidiaries in the foreseeable future, and related income taxes have not been recognized by the parent entity, the parent entity will accrue as an expense of the current period income taxes attributable to that remittance or disposition.
Changes in valuation allowance for deferred tax assets for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Beginning balance | $84,563 | $94,212 | $115,636 |
| Reductions | (428) | (4,582) | (13,803) |
| Translation adjustments | 3,066 | (5,067) | (7,621) |
| Ending balance | $87,201 | $84,563 | $94,212 |
As of December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of $87,201 thousand, $84,563 thousand, and $94,212 thousand on its deferred tax assets related to temporary differences, net operating loss carry-forwards and tax credits of domestic and foreign subsidiaries.
The Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against certain foreign subsidiaries’ deferred tax assets pertaining to its related tax loss carry-forwards that are not anticipated to generate a tax benefit. The valuation allowances at December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 were primarily attributable to its Luxembourg subsidiary.
The net operating loss carry-forwards balance as of December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 20210 | |
| NOL carry-forwards | $403,989 | $324,134 | $502,511 |
As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $403,989 thousand of net operating loss carry-forwards available to offset future taxable income, of which $282,153 thousand is associated with the Company’s Luxembourg subsidiary, mainly attributable to certain expenses incurred in connection with its shareholding in the Company’s Dutch subsidiary. Of the $282,153 thousand net operating loss carry-forwards, $273,447 thousand is carried forward indefinitely and the remaining $8,706 thousand expires from 2034 through 2040. The net operating loss carry-forwards retained by the Company’s U.S. parent amounts to $54,757 thousand, of which $4,316 thousand is carried forward indefinitely and the remaining $50,441 thousand expires at various dates through 2037. The net operating loss carry-forwards retained by the Company’s Korea subsidiary amounts to $67,076 thousand, which expires in 2038.
The Company utilized net operating loss of $1,886 thousand, $19,900 thousand, and $70,672 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The Company also has Dutch tax credit carry-forwards of $13,840 thousand and Korea R&D tax credit $532 thousand as of December 31, 2023. The Dutch tax credits are carried forward to be used for anindefinite period of time.
Uncertainty in Income Taxes
The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the US and in various other jurisdictions. The Company is subject to income- or
tax examinations by tax authorities of these jurisdictions for all open tax years.
As of December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded $274 thousand, $316 thousand, and $386 thousand of unrecognized tax benefits, respectively.
A tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of each period is as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Unrecognized tax benefits, balance at the beginning | $316 | $386 | $414 |
| Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 25 | 40 | 44 |
| Lapse of statute of limitations | (66) | (73) | (79) |
| Translation adjustments | (1) | (37) | 7 |
| Unrecognized tax benefits, balance at the ending | $274 | $316 | $386 |
No interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits were recognized as of December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021.
The Company is currently unaware of any uncertain tax positions that could result in significant additional payments, accruals, or other material deviations from this estimate over the next 12 months.
- Geographic and Other Information
The following sets forth information relating to the operating segment as well as the Transitional Fab 3 Foundry Services (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Revenues | |||
| Standard products business | |||
| Display Solutions | $32,134 | $71,432 | $205,322 |
| Power Solutions | 163,556 | 230,464 | 227,777 |
| Total standard products business | 195,690 | 301,896 | 433,099 |
| Transitional Fab 3 foundry services | 34,361 | 35,762 | 41,131 |
| Total revenues | $230,051 | $337,658 | $474,230 |
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Gross Profit | |||
| Standard products business | $51,928 | $99,549 | $149,596 |
| Transitional Fab 3 foundry services | (288) | 1,715 | 3,947 |
| Total gross profit | $51,640 | $101,264 | $153,543 |
The following is a summary of net sales—standard products business (which does not include the Transitional Fab 3 Foundry Services) by geographic region, based on the location to which the products are billed (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Korea | $66,817 | $105,285 | $113,776 |
| Asia Pacific (other than Korea) | 119,244 | 179,555 | 306,333 |
| United States | 2,830 | 10,369 | 6,052 |
| Europe | 6,799 | 6,687 | 5,698 |
| Others | — | — | 1,240 |
| Total | $195,690 | $301,896 | $433,099 |
For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, of the Company’s net sales—standard products business in Asia Pacific (other than Korea), net sales—standard products business in Greater China (China and Hong Kong) represented 67.0%,68.5% and 65.8%, respectively, and net sales—standard products business in Vietnam represented 12.1%,13.6% and 26.4%, respectively.
Net sales from the Company’s top ten largest customers in the standard products business (which does not include the Transitional Fab 3 Foundry Services) accounted for 69%,69% and 80% for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company had two customers that represented 16.7% and 13.4% of its net sales—standard products business, and for the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company had two customers that represented 19.0% and 13.8% of its net sales—standard products business, and for the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company had two customers that represented 42.5% and 10.4% of its net sales—standard products business.
As of December 31, 2023, three customers of the Company’s standard products business accounted for 34.9%,14.4% and 13.9% of its accounts receivable – standard products business (which does not include the Transitional Fab 3 Foundry Services), respectively. As of December 31, 2022, two customers of the Company’s standard products business accounted for 25.1% and 15.2% of its accounts receivable – standard products business (which does not include the Transitional Fab 3 Foundry Services), respectively.
99% of the Company’s property, plant and equipment are located in Korea as of December 31, 2023.
- Merger Agreement
On March 25, 2021, the Company, South Dearborn Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“Holdco”), formed by an affiliate of Wise Road Capital LTD (“Wise Road”), and Michigan Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), providing for, among other things and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco.
The closing of the Merger was subject to certain conditions, including clearance by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended. The
Company and Holdco were advised that CFIUS clearance of the Merger would not be forthcoming and received permission from CFIUS to withdraw their joint filing. In connection therewith, the Company and Holdco entered into a Termination and Settlement Agreement, dated December 13, 2021 (the “Termination Agreement”), pursuant to which Holdco agreed to pay $70,200 thousand (the “Termination Fee”) to the Company on the terms specified in the Termination Agreement in satisfaction of Holdco’s obligation to pay a termination fee in connection with the termination of the Merger Agreement. On December 20, 2021, the Merger Agreement was terminated pursuant to the Termination Agreement after the Company’s receipt of a fee of $51,000 thousand from Holdco and a standby letter of credit, which secures a deferred fee of $19,200 thousand from Holdco due on or before March 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2021, of the Termination Fee, $19,200 thousand deferred fee was recorded as other receivables. In connection therewith, the Company, Holdco and Wise Road entered into a First Amendment to the Termination Agreement, dated April 4, 2022, pursuant to which Holdco paid $14,400 thousand on April 4, 2022, with $4,800 thousand remaining outstanding. The Company, Holdco and Wise Road entered into a Second Amendment to the Termination Agreement, dated August 5, 2022 pursuant to which Holdco paid $3,000 thousand on August 5, 2022, of the deferred fee and payment of the remaining $1,800 thousand was due on or before October 31, 2022. The Company, Holdco and Wise Road entered into a series of letter agreements pursuant to which the parties ultimately agreed to defer the remaining $1,800 thousand due on or before March 31, 2023. On April 6, 2023, Holdco paid the remaining $1,800 thousand.
For the years ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred $34,673 thousand of professional fees and certain transaction related-expenses incurred in connection with the Merger, which were recognized in merger-related costs, net in the consolidated statements of operations.
- Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Accumulated other comprehensive loss consists of the following at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| Foreign currency translation adjustments | $(15,348) | $(11,328) |
| Derivative adjustments | 691 | (1,225) |
| Total | $(14,657) | $(12,553) |
Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, 2023 | Foreign currency translation adjustments | Derivative adjustments | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beginning balance | $(11,328) | $(1,225) | $(12,553) |
| Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications | (4,020) | (1,536) | (5,556) |
| Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | — | 3,452 | 3,452 |
| Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss) | (4,020) | 1,916 | (2,104) |
| Ending balance | $(15,348) | $691 | $(14,657) |
| Year Ended December 31, 2022 | Foreign currency translation adjustments | Derivative adjustments | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beginning balance | $(770) | $(1,460) | $(2,230) |
| Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications | (10,558) | (8,279) | (18,837) |
| Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | — | 8,514 | 8,514 |
| Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss) | (10,558) | 235 | (10,323) |
| Ending balance | $(11,328) | $(1,225) | $(12,553) |
| Year Ended December 31, 2021 | Foreign currency translation adjustments | Derivative adjustments | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beginning balance | $2,069 | $1,634 | $3,703 |
| Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications | (2,839) | (3,913) | (6,752) |
| Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | — | 819 | 819 |
| Net current-period other comprehensive loss | (2,839) | (3,094) | (5,933) |
| Ending balance | $(770) | $(1,460) | $(2,230) |
There was an income tax expense of $452 thousand related to changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2023. There was an income tax expense of $6 thousand related to changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2022. There was an income tax benefit of $752 thousand related to changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2021.
- Earnings (Loss) Per Share
The following table illustrates the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| (In thousands of U.S. dollars, except share data) | |||
| Basic earnings (loss) per share | |||
| Net income (loss) | $(36,622) | $(8,036) | $56,708 |
| Basic weighted average common stock outstanding | 41,013,069 | 44,850,791 | 44,879,412 |
| Basic earnings (loss) per common share | $(0.89) | $(0.18) | $1.26 |
| Diluted earnings (loss) per share | |||
| Net income (loss) | $(36,622) | $(8,036) | $56,708 |
| Add back: Interest expense on 5.0% Exchangeable Notes | — | — | 959 |
| Net income (loss) allocated to common stockholders | $(36,622) | $(8,036) | $57,667 |
| Basic weighted average common stock outstanding | 41,013,069 | 44,850,791 | 44,879,412 |
| Net effect of dilutive equity awards | — | — | 1,403,789 |
| Net effect of assumed conversion of 5.0% Exchangeable Notes to common stock | — | — | 1,426,172 |
| Diluted weighted average common stock outstanding | 41,013,069 | 44,850,791 | 47,709,373 |
| Diluted earnings (loss) per common share | $(0.89) | $(0.18) | $1.21 |
Diluted earnings (loss) per share adjusts basic earnings (loss) per share for the potentially dilutive impact of stock options and restricted stock units. As the Company has reported loss for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, all potentially dilutive securities are antidilutive and accordingly not considered, therefore basic net loss per share equals diluted net loss per share.
The following outstanding instruments were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share, as they have an anti-dilutive effect on the calculation:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Options | 802,858 | 1,137,558 | 50,000 |
| Restricted Stock Units | 1,006,367 | 815,407 | — |
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