EX-99.1 2 a15-10857_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

UFP Technologies, Inc.

 

www.ufpt.com

172 East Main Street

 

Contact: Ron Lataille

Georgetown MA 01833 USA

 

978-352-2200

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

UFP Technologies Announces Q1 Results

 

Georgetown, Mass., May 5, 2015.  UFP Technologies, Inc.  (Nasdaq: UFPT), a manufacturer of packaging and component products, today reported net income of $1.7 million or $0.23 per diluted common share outstanding for its first quarter ended March 31, 2015, as compared to net income of $2.1 million or $0.29 per diluted common share outstanding for the same period in 2014. Sales for the first quarter were $34.0 million, as compared to first quarter 2014 sales of $34.6 million.

 

“I am pleased with our continued progress in the first quarter,” said R. Jeffrey Bailly, President & CEO.  “Although most of our target markets had a slow start, sales to our largest one, the Medical market, rose by 13%. Overall, revenue and profit trends were positive throughout the quarter, with each month generating solid improvements.”

 

“We are also making excellent operational progress,” Bailly continued.  “Our Texas plant startup is proceeding very well, with a crew staffed and trained to support round-the-clock production.  Although molded fiber plant startups are typically costly and time-consuming, our Texas fiber operation was already profitable by the end of Q1.”

 

“In addition, we are making great progress with our footprint optimization strategy,” Bailly added.  “Our completed Midwest and West Coast consolidations are generating improved results, and our Northeast consolidation is underway. We are renovating our newly acquired 137,000-square-foot facility in Massachusetts, where we plan to combine our current New Jersey operation with most of our Massachusetts operations by year-end. We expect the efficiency gains and cost savings to be significant.”

 

“Our pipeline of new opportunities is also improving, and we are converting more of them into orders,” Bailly said. “With all these developments, plus our continuing initiatives to increase efficiency, I am very optimistic about our future.”

 

UFP Technologies is an innovative designer and custom converter of foams, plastics, composites and natural fiber products, principally serving the medical, automotive, consumer, electronics, industrial and aerospace and defense markets. The UFP team acts as an extension of our customers’ in-house research, engineering, and manufacturing groups, working closely with them to solve their most complex product and packaging challenges.

 

This news release contains statements relating to expected financial performance and/or future business prospects, events and plans that are forward-looking statements.  Such statements include, without limitation, statements about the Company’s prospects, anticipated trends in the different markets in which the Company competes, including the molded fiber, medical, military and automotive markets, anticipated advantages relating to the Company’s decisions to consolidate its Midwest, California and Northeast facilities and the expected costs savings and efficiencies associated therewith, anticipated advantages of maintaining fewer, larger plants, anticipated advantages the Company expects to realize from its investments and capital expenditures, including the development of and investments in its molded fiber product lines, anticipated advantages the Company expects to realize as a result of its new enterprise resource planning software system, expectations regarding the manufacturing capacity and efficiencies of the Company’s new production equipment, statements about the Company’s acquisition opportunities and strategies, its participation and growth in multiple markets, its business opportunities, the Company’s growth potential and strategies for growth, anticipated revenues and the timing of such revenues, and any indication that the Company may be able to sustain or increase its sales and earnings or sales and earnings growth rates.  Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation risks associated with the implementation of new production equipment in a timely, cost-efficient manner, risks that any benefits from such new equipment may be delayed or not fully realized, or that the Company may be unable to fully utilize its expected production capacity, and risks and uncertainties associated with plant closures and expected efficiencies from consolidating manufacturing, the identification of suitable acquisition candidates and the successful, efficient execution of acquisition transactions and integration of any such acquisition candidates, as well as other risks and uncertainties that are detailed in the documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  Accordingly, actual results may differ materially.  Readers are referred to the documents filed by the Company with the SEC, specifically the last reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.  The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only of the Company’s expectations as of the date of this press release.  The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

 



 

Consolidated Condensed Statement of Income

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

 

$

33,977

 

$

34,609

 

Cost of sales

 

25,339

 

25,432

 

Gross profit

 

8,638

 

9,177

 

SG&A

 

6,024

 

5,892

 

Restructuring costs

 

78

 

90

 

Gain on sale of fixed assets

 

(31

)

 

Operating income

 

2,567

 

3,195

 

Interest expense

 

24

 

22

 

Income before income taxes

 

2,543

 

3,173

 

Income taxes

 

890

 

1,111

 

Net income from consolidated operations

 

$

1,653

 

$

2,062

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per share outstanding

 

$

0.23

 

$

0.30

 

Net income per diluted share outstanding

 

$

0.23

 

$

0.29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

7,076

 

6,972

 

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

7,193

 

7,148

 

 

Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets

(in thousands)

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

24,392

 

$

34,052

 

Receivables

 

18,223

 

16,470

 

Inventories

 

12,925

 

12,893

 

Other current assets

 

5,789

 

4,998

 

Net property, plant, and equipment

 

42,291

 

34,843

 

Other assets

 

10,406

 

10,434

 

Total assets

 

$

114,026

 

$

113,690

 

Liabilities and equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term debt

 

$

998

 

$

993

 

Accounts payable

 

4,336

 

5,398

 

Other current liabilities

 

4,502

 

5,222

 

Long-term debt

 

1,621

 

1,873

 

Other liabilities

 

5,482

 

5,212

 

Total liabilities

 

16,939

 

18,698

 

Total equity

 

97,087

 

94,992

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

114,026

 

$

113,690