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      Exhibit 99.1



For Immediate Release

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Logitech Announces Financial Results for Q2 FY 2010

Company Exceeds Outlook, Expects Return to Profit Growth in Q3

 
FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 21, 2009 and ROMANEL-SUR-MORGES, Switzerland, Oct. 22, 2009 — Logitech International (SIX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI) today announced financial results for the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2010.
 
Sales for Q2 were $498 million, a decrease of 25 percent compared to $665 million in the same quarter last year. Excluding the unfavorable impact of exchange rate changes, sales decreased by 24 percent.
 
Operating income for Q2 was $27 million, compared to $80 million in the same quarter a year ago. Net income for the quarter was $21 million ($0.11 per share) compared to net income of $72 million ($0.39 per share) in Q2 FY 2009. Gross margin for the second quarter was 30.5 percent compared to 34.3 percent in Q2 FY 2009.
 
Logitech’s retail sales for Q2 declined by 19 percent year over year, with sales down by 5 percent in the Americas, 24 percent in EMEA, and 28 percent in Asia. OEM sales were down by 54 percent.
 
“Our Q2 results demonstrate that we continue to deliver on our plan to navigate the downturn,” said Gerald P. Quindlen, Logitech president and chief executive officer. “I was pleased that we delivered the predicted return to profitability, driven by a substantial improvement in gross margin compared to Q1 and our ongoing diligence in controlling expenses. Our sales and profitability both benefited from better-than-expected sell-through of our products in the Americas and EMEA.
 
“Our sustained focus on working capital management resulted in cash flow from operations of $133 million for the first half of the fiscal year. This represents an improvement of 59 percent compared to the first half of the prior year, in spite of dramatically worse economic conditions.
 
“We’ve entered the second half of Fiscal Year 2010 well positioned for continued improvements in our operating performance. In both EMEA and the Americas, the reset of our channel partners’ weeks of supply is essentially complete. Our new products are being well received by customers and will be well represented on retail shelves for the holiday season. Even assuming no improvement in consumer spending, we anticipate a return to year-over-year profit growth starting in Q3.”
 
Outlook
For the third quarter of FY 2010, Logitech expects sales within the range of $575 million to $595 million, gross margin of approximately 31 percent, and operating income in the range of $45 million to $50 million.
 
Earnings Teleconference and Webcast
Logitech will hold an earnings teleconference on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time and 14:30 Central European Summer Time. A live webcast of the call, along with presentation slides, will be available on the Logitech corporate Web site at http://ir.logitech.com.
 
About Logitech
 
Logitech is a world leader in personal peripherals, driving innovation in PC navigation, Internet communications, digital music, home-entertainment control, gaming and wireless devices. 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).
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This press release contains forward-looking statements, including the statements regarding anticipated sales, operating income and gross margin for Q3 FY 2010, a return to profit growth in Q3 FY 2010, and the Company being positioned for continued improvement in operating performance. The forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and uncertainties that could cause Logitech’s actual results to differ materially from that anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include: our inability to predict the timing and strength of the improvement in our business, operating results and financial condition; the demand of our customers and our consumers for our products and our ability to accurately forecast it; consumer reaction to our new product lineup; 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 we fail to take advantage of long-term trends in the consumer electronics and personal computers industries; if we fail to successfully innovate in our current and emerging product categories and identify new feature or product opportunities; the sales mix among our lower- and higher-margin products and our geographic sales mix; as well as those additional factors set forth in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, available at www.sec.gov. Logitech does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements.
 
 
Logitech, the Logitech logo, and other Logitech marks are registered in Switzerland and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Logitech and its products, visit the company’s Web site at www.logitech.com.

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LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.
 
             
(In thousands, except per share amounts) - Unaudited
           
             
             
   
Quarter Ended September 30,
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
2009
   
2008
 
             
Net sales
  $ 498,093     $ 664,707  
Cost of goods sold
    346,305       436,633  
Gross profit
    151,788       228,074  
% of net sales
    30.5 %     34.3 %
                 
Operating expenses:
               
Marketing and selling
    68,835       84,740  
Research and development
    31,825       33,351  
General and administrative
    23,739       29,620  
Restructuring charges
    45       -  
Total operating expenses
    124,444       147,711  
                 
Operating income
    27,344       80,363  
                 
Interest income, net
    639       2,775  
Other income (expense), net
    (1,438 )     (853 )
                 
Income before income taxes
    26,545       82,285  
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    5,802       9,974  
                 
Net income
  $ 20,743     $ 72,311  
                 
Shares used to compute net income per share:
               
Basic
    178,395       178,630  
Diluted
    180,989       183,509  
Net income per share:
               
Basic
  $ 0.12     $ 0.41  
Diluted
  $ 0.11     $ 0.39  
 
 
 

 
 

 


 

 
LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.
 
             
(In thousands, except per share amounts) - Unaudited
           
             
             
   
Six Months Ended September 30,
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
2009
   
2008
 
             
Net sales
  $ 824,203     $ 1,173,418  
Cost of goods sold
    594,593       771,772  
Gross profit
    229,610       401,646  
% of net sales
    27.9 %     34.2 %
                 
Operating expenses:
               
Marketing and selling
    127,773       162,020  
Research and development
    63,185       66,610  
General and administrative
    44,920       62,929  
Restructuring charges
    1,494        
Total operating expenses
    237,372       291,559  
                 
Operating income (loss)
    (7,762 )     110,087  
                 
Interest income, net
    1,231       5,327  
Other income (expense), net
    (636 )     (292 )
                 
Income (loss) before income taxes
    (7,167 )     115,122  
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    9,455       13,505  
                 
Net income (loss)
  $ (16,622 )   $ 101,617  
                 
                 
Shares used to compute net income (loss) per share:
               
Basic
    179,058       178,835  
Diluted
    179,058       184,154  
Net income (loss) per share:
               
Basic
  $ (0.09 )   $ 0.57  
Diluted
  $ (0.09 )   $ 0.55  

 
 

 

 
 
 
LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.
       
                 
(In thousands) - Unaudited
               
                 
                 
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
September 30, 2009
   
March 31, 2009
   
September 30, 2008
 
                 
                 
Current assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 524,844     $ 492,759     $ 455,231  
Short term investments
  -       1,637       3,418  
Accounts receivable
  259,776       213,929       467,499  
Inventories
  239,904       233,467       323,673  
Other current assets
  60,104       56,884       68,138  
Total current assets
  1,084,628       998,676       1,317,959  
Property, plant and equipment
  97,664       104,132       105,244  
Intangible assets
                     
Goodwill
  243,108       242,909       218,776  
Other intangible assets
  27,505       32,109       31,460  
Other assets
  49,092       43,704       39,072  
Total assets
$ 1,501,997     $ 1,421,530     $ 1,712,511  
                       
Current liabilities
                     
Accounts payable
$ 291,661     $ 157,798     $ 404,356  
Accrued liabilities
  154,529       131,496       168,627  
Total current liabilities
  446,190       289,294       572,983  
Other liabilities
  142,370       134,528       126,345  
Total liabilities
  588,560       423,822       699,328  
                       
Shareholders' equity
  913,437       997,708       1,013,183  
                       
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
$ 1,501,997     $ 1,421,530     $ 1,712,511  

 

 
 

 

 
 
 
LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.
 
     
(In thousands) - Unaudited
   
     
     
 
Six Months Ended September 30,
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
2009
2008
     
Cash flows from operating activities:
   
Net income (loss)
 $(16,622)
 $101,617
Non-cash items included in net income:
   
Depreciation
 26,057
 22,501
Amortization of other intangible assets
 4,603
 3,470
Share-based compensation expense related to options,
 
 
    restricted stock units and purchase rights
  11,166   11,710
Write-down of investments
-
 979
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation
 (1,346)
 (6,032)
Loss (gain) on cash surrender value of life insurance policies
 (402)
 363
Deferred income taxes and other
 (274)
 3,434
Changes in assets and liabilities:
   
Accounts receivable
 (39,896)
 (99,553)
Inventories
 (1,011)
 (83,760)
Other assets
 (8,585)
 (13,611)
Accounts payable
 130,803
 118,930
Accrued liabilities
 28,407
 23,359
Net cash provided by operating activities
 132,900
 83,407
     
Cash flows from investing activities:
   
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
 (18,144)
 (25,047)
Acquisitions and investments, net of cash acquired
 (200)
  -
Proceeds from cash surrender of life insurance policies
 813
  -
Acquisitions and investments, net of cash acquired
  -
 (31,832)
Premiums paid on cash surrender value life insurance policies
  -
 (427)
Net cash used in investing activities
 (17,531)
 (57,306)
     
Cash flows from financing activities:
   
Purchases of treasury shares
 (101,267)
 (76,017)
Proceeds from sale of shares upon exercise of options and purchase rights
 12,972
 22,355
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation
 1,346
 6,032
Net cash used in financing activities
 (86,949)
 (47,630)
     
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
 3,665
 (5,592)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
 32,085
 (27,121)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 492,759
 482,352
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
524,844
 $455,231

 

 
 

 

 
 
 
LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.
                   
                           
(In thousands, except per share amounts) - Unaudited
                       
                           
     
Quarter Ended September 30,
   
Six Months Ended September 30,
 
SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
                           
Depreciation
  $ 14,580     $ 11,906     $ 26,057     $ 22,501  
Amortization of other acquisition-related intangibles
    2,270       1,865       4,603       3,470  
Operating income
    27,344       80,363       (7,762 )     110,087  
Operating income before depreciation and amortization
    44,194       94,134       22,898       136,058  
Capital expenditures
    10,442       14,419       18,144       25,047  
                                   
                                   
Net sales by channel:
                               
    Retail
 
  $ 442,702     $ 544,216     $ 726,468     $ 983,384  
    OEM
 
    55,391       120,491       97,735       190,034  
       Total net sales
 
  $ 498,093     $ 664,707     $ 824,203     $ 1,173,418  
                                   
                                   
Net sales by product family:
                               
    Retail - Pointing Devices
 
  $ 130,611     $ 178,089     $ 220,847     $ 324,446  
    Retail - Keyboards & Desktops
 
    79,906       111,073       137,915       206,029  
    Retail - Audio
 
    121,001       116,812       193,121       200,030  
    Retail - Video
 
    58,263       70,288       101,077       127,477  
    Retail - Gaming
 
    28,493       39,030       45,642       69,539  
    Retail - Remotes
 
    24,428       28,924       27,866       55,863  
    OEM
 
    55,391       120,491       97,735       190,034  
       Total net sales
 
  $ 498,093     $ 664,707     $ 824,203     $ 1,173,418  
                                   
     
 
   
 
 
 
 
Quarter Ended September 30,
   
Six Months Ended September 30,
 
Stock-based Compensation Expense for Employee Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchases
    2009       2008       2009       2008  
                                   
Cost of goods sold
  $ 628     $ 669     $ 1,426     $ 1,400  
Marketing and selling
    2,154       1,989       3,913       3,838  
Research and development
      1,068       1,147       1,909       2,109  
General and administration
      1,908       2,018       3,917       4,364  
Income tax benefit
    (449 )     (1,241 )     (833 )     (2,198 )
Total stock-based compensation expense after income taxes
  $ 5,309     $ 4,582     $ 10,332     $ 9,513  
                                   
Stock-based compensation expense for employee stock options and employee stock purchases, net of tax, per share (diluted)
  $ 0.03     $ 0.02     $ 0.06     $ 0.05