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Logitech Accelerates With Best Retail Sales Growth in Over Five Years, Up 13%


    Logitech International (SIX:LOGN) (Nasdaq:LOGI) today raised its outlook for sales and operating income following better-than-expected financial results for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2017.

    • Q1 sales were $480 million, up 7 percent compared to Q1 of the prior year. Q1 retail sales grew 13 percent in constant currency, the highest quarterly growth in over five years.
    • Q1 GAAP operating income almost doubled at $26 million compared to $14 million a year ago. Q1 GAAP earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations were $0.13, compared to $0.08 in the same quarter a year ago.
    • Q1 non-GAAP operating income was $38 million compared to $36 million a year ago, with non-GAAP EPS of $0.20, compared to $0.19 in the same quarter a year ago.
    • Cash flow from operations in the quarter was $14 million, compared to a negative cash flow of $26 million a year ago.

    “Our strategy is working, delivering 13 percent retail sales growth this quarter – our best in over five years,” said Bracken Darrell, Logitech president and chief executive officer. “Our growth was better-than-expected and broad-based across regions and product categories. Virtually all our sales were in growing product categories and we grew in all our market opportunities – Creativity & Productivity, Gaming, Video Collaboration, Music, and Home – most in double digits. It’s a great start to the new year and gives us the confidence to raise our outlook.”

    Outlook

    Logitech raised its FY 2017 outlook to 8 to 10 percent retail sales growth in constant currency, up from its previous forecast of growth in the mid-single digits. The Company also increased its non-GAAP operating income outlook for FY 2017 to between $195 million and $205 million, up from $185 million to $200 million.

    Prepared Remarks Available Online

    Logitech has made its prepared written remarks for the financial results teleconference available online on the Logitech corporate website at http://ir.logitech.com.

    Financial Results Teleconference and Webcast

    Logitech will hold a financial results teleconference to discuss the results for Q1 FY 2017 on Thurs., July 28, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time and 2:30 p.m. Central European Summer Time. A live webcast of the call will be available on the Logitech corporate website at http://ir.logitech.com.

    Annual Report and Other Information

    Logitech has posted its Invitation, Proxy Statement and Annual Report for the 2016 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on its website at http://ir.logitech.com.

    Continued Operations

    Logitech separated its Lifesize division from the Company on Dec. 28, 2015. Except as otherwise noted, all of the results reported in this press release as well as comparisons between periods are focused on results from continuing operations and do not address the performance of Lifesize, which is now reported in the Company’s financial statements under discontinued operations or total Logitech including discontinued operations. For more information on the impact of the Lifesize separation on Logitech’s historical results, please refer to the Financial Reporting section of Logitech’s Financial History, available on the Logitech corporate website at http://ir.logitech.com.

    Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information and Constant Currency

    To facilitate comparisons to Logitech’s historical results, Logitech has included non-GAAP adjusted measures, which exclude share-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets, purchase accounting effect on inventory, acquisition-related costs, restructuring charges (credits), gain (loss) on equity-method investment, investigation and related expenses, non-GAAP income tax adjustment, and other items detailed under “Supplemental Financial Information” after the tables below. Logitech also presents percentage sales growth in constant currency to show performance unaffected by fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Percentage sales growth in constant currency is calculated by translating prior period sales in each local currency at the current period’s average exchange rate for that currency and comparing that to current period sales. Logitech believes this information, used together with the GAAP financial information, will help investors to evaluate its current period performance and trends in its business. With respect to the Company’s outlook for non-GAAP operating income, most of these excluded amounts pertain to events that have not yet occurred and are not currently possible to estimate with a reasonable degree of accuracy. Therefore, no reconciliation to the GAAP amounts has been provided for Fiscal Year 2017.

    About Logitech

    Logitech designs products that have an everyday place in people´s lives, connecting them to the digital experiences they care about. Over 30 years ago Logitech started connecting people through computers, and now it’s designing products that bring people together through music, gaming, video and computing. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI). Find Logitech at www.logitech.com, the company blog or @Logitech.

    This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including, without limitation statements regarding: our strategy and our outlook for Fiscal Year 2017 operating income and sales growth. The forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and uncertainties that could cause Logitech’s actual results and events to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: if our product offerings, marketing activities and investment prioritization decisions do not result in the sales, profitability or profitability growth we expect, or when we expect it; the demand of our customers and our consumers for our products and our ability to accurately forecast it; if we fail to innovate and develop new products in a timely and cost-effective manner for our new and existing product categories; if we do not successfully execute on our growth opportunities or our growth opportunities are more limited than we expect; if sales of PC peripherals are less than we expect; the effect of pricing, product, marketing and other initiatives by our competitors, and our reaction to them, on our sales, gross margins and profitability; if our products and marketing strategies fail to separate our products from competitors’ products; if we do not fully realize our goals to lower our costs and improve our operating leverage; if there is a deterioration of business and economic conditions in one or more of our sales regions or product categories, or significant fluctuations in exchange rates. A detailed discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from such forward-looking statements is included in Logitech’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, available at www.sec.gov, under the caption Risk Factors and elsewhere. Logitech does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release.

    Note that unless noted otherwise, comparisons are year over year.

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              LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.         (In thousands, except per share amounts) - unaudited                       Three Months Ended     June 30, GAAP CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (A)   2016   2015           Net sales   $ 479,864     $ 447,686   Cost of goods sold     309,625       289,753   Amortization of intangible assets and purchase accounting effect on inventory     1,613       —   Gross profit     168,626       157,933             Operating expenses:         Marketing and selling     83,872       75,796   Research and development     31,951       28,002   General and administrative     25,740       28,812   Amortization of intangible assets and acquisition-related costs     1,293       168   Restructuring charges (credits), net     (85 )     11,538   Total operating expenses     142,771       144,316   Operating income     25,855       13,617   Interest income, net     151       255   Other expense, net     (1,008 )     (1,019 ) Income before income taxes     24,998       12,853   Provision for (benefit from) income taxes     3,057       (7 ) Net income from continuing operations     21,941       12,860   Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes     —       (5,423 ) Net income   $ 21,941     $ 7,437             Net income (loss) per share - basic:         Continuing operations   $ 0.14     $ 0.08   Discontinued operations     —       (0.03 ) Net income per share - basic   $ 0.14     $ 0.05             Net income (loss) per share - diluted:         Continuing operations   $ 0.13     $ 0.08   Discontinued operations     —       (0.04 ) Net income per share - diluted   $ 0.13     $ 0.04             Weighted average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share:         Basic     162,130       164,431   Diluted     164,303       166,895                           LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.         (In thousands) - unaudited                       June 30,   March 31, CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (A)   2016   2016           Current assets:         Cash and cash equivalents   $ 440,111     $ 519,195   Accounts receivable, net     192,242       142,778   Inventories     247,792       228,786   Other current assets     36,533       35,488   Total current assets     916,678       926,247   Non-current assets:         Property, plant and equipment, net     87,044       92,860   Goodwill     244,880       218,224   Other intangible assets     49,262       —   Other assets     87,090       86,816   Total assets   $ 1,384,954     $ 1,324,147             Current liabilities:         Accounts payable   $ 292,664     $ 241,166   Accrued and other current liabilities     167,317       173,764   Total current liabilities     459,981       414,930   Non-current liabilities:         Income taxes payable     59,720       59,734   Other non-current liabilities     106,333       89,535   Total liabilities     626,034       564,199             Shareholders´ equity:         Registered shares, CHF 0.25 par value:     30,148       30,148   Issued and authorized shares—173,106 at June 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016         Conditionally authorized shares—50,000 at June 30, 2016 and March 31, 2016         Additional paid-in capital     —       6,616   Less shares in treasury, at cost—11,374 at June 30, 2016 and 10,697 at March 31, 2016     (144,663 )     (128,407 ) Retained earnings     983,268       963,576   Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (109,833 )     (111,985 ) Total shareholders´ equity     758,920       759,948   Total liabilities and shareholders´ equity   $ 1,384,954     $ 1,324,147                               LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.         (In thousands) - unaudited             Three Months Ended     June 30, CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (A)   2016   2015           Cash flows from operating activities:         Net income   $ 21,941     $ 7,437   Non-cash items included in net income:         Depreciation     13,105       10,516   Amortization of intangible assets     1,708       732   Loss (gain) on equity-method investment     (1 )     103   Share-based compensation expense     8,517       6,749   Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation     (3,280 )     (665 ) Deferred income taxes     (1,048 )     (6,732 ) Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:         Accounts receivable, net     (48,661 )     (41,208 ) Inventories     (10,007 )     (54,164 ) Other assets     (1,171 )     (2,383 ) Accounts payable     42,769       34,541   Accrued and other liabilities     (10,135 )     19,475   Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     13,737       (25,599 ) Cash flows from investing activities:         Purchases of property, plant and equipment     (7,420 )     (15,290 ) Investment in privately held companies     (320 )     (240 ) Acquisition, net of cash acquired     (53,987 )     —   Purchase of other intangible asset     (715 )     —   Release of restricted cash     715       —   Purchase of trading investments     (4,229 )     (903 ) Proceeds from sales of trading investments     4,231       840   Net cash used in investing activities     (61,725 )     (15,593 ) Cash flows from financing activities:         Purchases of treasury shares     (24,422 )     (8,814 ) Proceeds from sales of shares upon exercise of options and purchase rights     599       4,066   Tax withholdings related to net share settlements of restricted stock units     (9,185 )     (1,296 ) Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation     3,280       665   Net cash used in financing activities     (29,728 )     (5,379 ) Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents     (1,368 )     1,761   Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents     (79,084 )     (44,810 ) Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period     519,195       537,038   Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period   $ 440,111     $ 492,228             Non-cash investing activities:         Property, plant and equipment purchased during the period and included in period end liability accounts   $ 3,502     $ 10,358             The following amounts reflected in the statements of cash flows are included in discontinued operations:     Depreciation   $ —     $ 705   Amortization of other intangible assets   $ —     $ 564   Share-based compensation expense   $ —     $ 226   Purchases of property, plant and equipment   $ —     $ 385   Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period   $ —     $ 3,659   Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period   $ —     $ 1,911                                   LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.             (In thousands) - unaudited                           NET SALES   Three Months Ended     June 30, SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION   2016   2015   Change               Net sales by channel:             Retail   $ 479,864     $ 425,388     13 % OEM     —       22,298     (100 )

    Total net sales

      $ 479,864     $ 447,686     7                 Net retail sales by product category:             Mobile Speakers   $ 57,296     $ 40,544     41 % Audio-PC & Wearables     56,579       45,699     24   Gaming     56,500       43,670     29   Video Collaboration     23,910       21,176     13   Home Control     11,167       10,254     9   Pointing Devices     116,783       116,985     —   Keyboards & Combos     118,019       105,829     12   Tablet & Other Accessories     13,885       18,809     (26 ) PC Webcams     25,262       21,681     17   Other (*)     463       741     (38 ) Total net retail sales   $