Things Getting Back To Pre-Floods Level Swiftly For Notion Vtec

The key to the announcement is the 3 new HDD clients, we can expect the earnings to even surpass pre-floods levels, but the share price is nowhere near RM2.30 yet.

Description	:	Notion (Thailand) Co. Ltd Factory affected by Floods
Announcement Details/Table Section : Further to the announcements made on 11 October 2011 and 23 November 2011,  the Board of Directors of the Company wishes to update on the impact to the Group  arising from the floods on the operations of Notion Thailand Co. Ltd (“Notion Thailand”)  as follows:- 1) Following the dry out by end November 2011, Notion Thailand’s factory located in  Ayutthaya had to be cleaned out and all affected stock and inventory were recovered.  Work-in-Progress and finished goods were sent back to the Group’s factory located in  Klang for cleaning and recovery. 2) Electrical, telecommunication and water supply were fully restored soon after the  drying out. 3) The process of insurance claim is still on-going and only expected to be completed by  March 2012. 4) Notion Thailand will now recommence operations of anodising and sub-assembly of  lens before June 2012 but all support for the Single-lens Reflex (“SLR”) camera  segment will be from the main Klang factory. As a result, the financial impact of the loss  of revenue to the Group arising from our affected Thai factory will be minimal as  Notion Thailand contributed less than 3% to the Group’s revenue. 5) The Group’s business outlook has turned for the better with a strong recovery in  January 2012 sales to much higher than pre-flood level. The trend is expected to be  upwards for the remainder of the financial year ending 30 September 2012 (“FY2012”)  and beyond as the Hard Disk Drive (“HDD”) segment is expected to be in short supply  until mid 2013 due to backlog of orders. The average selling price of HDD is expected  to remain above pre-flood level for multi-quarters ahead. 6) One of our major HDD customers is reportedly estimating full pre-flood operations  by September quarter 2012. 7) With the entrance of 3 new Japanese major customers in the HDD segment and the  ramp up in HDD component sales, we expect FY2012’s revenue to grow in strong  double digit over FY2011. The sustainability of this new business is expected to be good  as the customers’ commitment is assumed to be long term. 8) Meanwhile we expect robust camera orders in February 2012 onwards as the camera  segment is expected to be on route to full pre-flood operations by March 2012 while the  Auto/Industrial segment remains stable. The above is internal management’s estimation and is not a forecast or projection and has  not been reviewed by our external auditors. This announcement is dated 10 February 2012.