Although it slashed jobs last year, Amoi Electronics still keeps research and development talents for 3G technology and products.
The company started 3G terminal technology tracking seven years ago and has accumulatively invested CNY 500 million into 3G R&D by now. The Chinese 3G market is believed to have promising prospect.
Amoi Electronics reaped sales revenues of CNY 1.6839 billion last year, dropping 51.2% from CNY 3.4505 billion in 2007. The decrease was mainly ascribed to the shortage of working capital and new products, the company explained in a statement.
Total profit narrowed down to minus CNY 750.9857 million, compared with minus CNY 872.4475 million in 2007. Net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company was minus CNY 702.9938 million.
Basic and diluted earnings per share both stood at minus CNY 1.64. Total assets reached CNY 1.5883 billion by the end of 2008, decreasing 47% from CNY 3.0251 billion at the end of 2007.
In addition, the Xiamen-headquartered electronics company incurred a net loss of CNY 48.2234 million, or net loss of CNY 0.11 per share, in the first quarter of 2009. Operating revenues amounted to CNY 68.6257 million, falling 90.54% year on year.
Amoi Electronics suffered losses of CNY 100 million and CNY 810 million in 2006 and 2007, respectively. So far, its liabilities have totaled CNY 2.7 billion. It can hardly pay back the debts by revenues from its current businesses. The only way out for Amoi Electronics is debts restructuring.
Regrouping will be a necessary choice for Amoi Electronics to resolve its capital problems. China Electronics Corporation (CEC), the majority shareholder of Amoi Electronics, is negotiating with the Xiamen government in bid to help the publicly-traded company get out of the hot water with the supporting from strong local companies.
The biggest risk now is the uncertainty over regrouping or debts restructuring, which may lead to a delisting, noted Amoi Electronics.
Given that it failed to resume profitability after suspending share trading on the stock market for a year, the company will be delisted from the bourse, said people familiar with the matter.
Its operating revenues for the full year 2009 are expected to be CNY 420 million. Expenses will amount to CNY 200 million or so.
(USD 1 = CNY 6.83)
Source: dycj.ynet.com (June 02, 2009)

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