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locate, communicate, accelerate
u-blox Communication Technology for Mobility
Thomas Seiler, CEO
Helvea Swiss Equities Conference
January 2014
u-blox at a glance
u-blox is a leading fabless semiconductor provider of positioning and wireless communication solutions.
We design, develop and sell modules and chips to OEMs in the global consumer, industrial and automotive markets.
Our technology is at the heart of products everywhere.
Slide 2 © u-blox Holding AG
Disclaimer
This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements. Such forward looking statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Group to differ materially from those expressed or implied herein.
Should such risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this presentation.
u-blox is providing the information in this presentation as of this date and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in it as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
u-blox at a glance
• Swiss semiconductor company
• Founded in 1997
• Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 2007 (SIX:UBXN)
• Core competencies
• Satellite based positioning technologies
• Cellular wireless communications technologies
• Product offering
• Integrated circuits - the foundation of our solutions
• Modules - fully implemented, drop-in solutions
• Services – delivering added value to our solutions
• Market focus
• Consumer – mass market ICs and modules
• Industrial – durable components for professional electronics
• Automotive – robust, automotive grade products
• Business model
• Fabless operation
• Commercial, off-the-shelf products
Slide 3 © u-blox Holding AG
What do we sell
© u-blox AG Slide 4
3.0mm 3.4mm
Chips: technology implemented
in integrated circuits
Modules that simplify the use of the
technology
u-blox is a component supplier for the electronics industry
Modules IP Functional Units
End products
Example: GNNS in the car
Description Core technology knowhow
Basic components
Functional sub-systems
Tier1 End product Brand, sells to end user
Industry players
u-blox CSR Broadcom
u-blox CSR Broadcom ST Micro
u-blox Trimble
Bosch Coagent Harman Becker
BMW Audi Mercedes
Chips
Slide 5 © u-blox Holding AG
Our quality assures high product reliability
• u-blox
• ISO 9001 certified
• Zero defect strategy
• Strict adherence to automotive standards
• Manufacturing sites ISO/TS 16949 automotive certified
• Modules ISO 16750 qualified for vehicle use
• ICs JESD47 and AEC-Q100 automotive qualified
• Structured life cycle management
• Product change notification (PCN) process
• End-of-life (EOL) process
• Corporate responsibility
• Member of UN Global Compact
• Hazardous-use materials program implemented
• Green partnerships
Slide 6 © u-blox Holding AG
Innovation that meets market demands
19% of sales invested in R&D*
AMY: world‘s
smallest GPS module
CellLocate: first embedded
positioning solution based
on GSM In-house 4G (LTE)
technology
Multi constellation:
GPS, Galileo, Glonass,
Compass, QZSS, SBAS
UBX-G7020-CT
Smallest stand-alone
GPS/GLONASS chip
LISA: world‘s smallest 3G
module family
Industry‘ leading
anti-jamming
technology for GPS
Industry leading
Automotive Dead
Reckoning GPS
solution
* 2012
Slide 7 © u-blox Holding AG
Mobility is a key driver for our business growth
Mobility drives our business – Mobility occurs in many forms
Migra-tion
Business and
vacation travel Exchange
of goods
Delivery of services
Commute Leisure
Slide 9 © u-blox Holding AG
Size of circle shows volume of estimated traffic (device-km) Source: NZZ, u-blox
Mobility drives our business – Mobility is expanding
Migration
Travel Exchange of goods
Delivery of services
Commute
Leisure
Slide 10 © u-blox Holding AG
Sources: WTO, Nielsen, ACI, FHWA, u-blox
4500
5000
5500
6000
2010 2011 2012
Air Passenger volume [m]
-
5'000
10'000
15'000
20'000
2008
2009
2010
2011
World merchandise trade [b USD]
2'000 2'100 2'200 2'300 2'400 2'500 2'600
2009
2010
2011
World commercial services exports
EU+USA+China [b USD]
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
2000 2010 2025
Vehicle miles [b]
0
100
200
300
400
2013 2018
Cross-border e-commerce [b USD]
CAGR: 6%
CAGR: 17%
CAGR: 190%
CAGR: 4%
CAGR: 5%
Transportation
Communication Location
Mobility demands technology – all closely related
Migration
Travel
Exchange of goods
Delivery of services
Commute
Leisure
Slide 11 © u-blox Holding AG
Transportation
Communication Location
Mobility demands technology – all closely related
Slide 12 © u-blox Holding AG
• Wired • Wireless
• Fixed • Mobile
• Outdoor • Indoor
Mobility converts into many business sectors
Slide 13 © u-blox Holding AG
Transportation
Communication Location
Consumer
• Portable devices
• Mobile computing
• Wireless access
• Entertainment
Industrial
• Fleet management
• Asset tracking
• Network infrastructure
• Professional radios
• Smart utility metering
• Payment
• Security
• Healthcare
Automotive
• Infotainment
• Vehicle-to-vehicle communications
• Security
• Insurance
Consumer
•Portable devices
•Mobile computing
•Wireless access
•Entertainment
Strong growth in application sectors
Slide 14 © u-blox Holding AG
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2011 2016
Navigation enabled devices [m]
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2012 2016
Hot Spot routers [m]
Source: Infonetics Research, Berg Insight
Industrial
•Fleet management
•Asset tracking
•Network infrastructure
•Professional radios
•Smart utility metering
•Payment
•Security
•Healthcare
Strong growth in application sectors
Slide 15 © u-blox Holding AG
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
2010 2015
Fleet Management devices in EU [m]
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
2008 2015
Smart electricity meters world wide [m]
Source: Berg Insight, Pike Research
Automotive
• Infotainment
• Vehicle-to-vehicle communications
• Security
• Insurance
Strong growth in application sectors
Slide 16 © u-blox Holding AG
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2006 2012
New cars world wide [m]
0
10
20
30
40
50
2000 2020
Content of electronics in cars [% of production
cost]
Source: Accenture, oica
Mobility depends on connectivity – in wireless form, growing exponentially
Long range
Cellular
Short Range i.e. WiFi
Slide 17 © u-blox Holding AG
Size of circle shows volume of estimate data traffic (short range = mostly WiFi) Source: Cisco
0
2
4
6
8
10
2013 2016
Consumer Internet traffic [PB per month]
CAGR: 70%
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
2013 2016
Consumer Internet traffic [PB per month]
CAGR: 23%
The Internet of things – 4G (LTE) accelerates mobile applications
Slide 18 © u-blox Holding AG
Growth in data traffic and LTE subscriptions (2011 ~ 2017)Source: Ericsson 4Q2013
Traffic Type
LTE g
lobal su
bs
(mill
ions
use
rs) M
onth
ly glo
bal tra
ffic (Exa
byte
s)
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20170
2
4
6
8
10
12
File sharing
Video
Audio
Web browsing
Social network
Download
Encrypted
Other
LTE Subs
Source: Ericsson
CAGR of data traffic: 130%
The Internet of things – An explosion of connected devices
Slide 19 © u-blox Holding AG
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
2011 2020
Connected M2M devices world wide [b]
Source: GSMA
locate, communicate, accelerate
Strategy
Strategy
u-blox maintains a focused portfolio of market leading products. We grow through innovation. We retain and win new customers. We use a strong operating cash flow to acquire new technologies and remain an attractive employer where employees can excel.
Slide 21 © u-blox Holding AG
Elements of strategy
• Combination of Technology
• Wireless communication with high frequency signals (500MHz…2GHz)
• Signal processing with dedicated processors and embedded software
• Own the salient IP for the selected technologies, GNSS and cellular modems
• Integrated circuits
• Radio frequency (RF) circuits
• Baseband processor circuits
• Firmware for driving these circuits
• Modules - a pre-conceived complete building block for integrating the technology in a end-user product
• Provide the technology in parallel
• as components, HW and SW
• as modules
• Lead by competence and economies of scale
Slide 22 © u-blox Holding AG
Product Strategy
Solution
Products
Positioning Wireless
Communications
Integrated Circuits
Modules
Services
Design and Performance CellLocateTM,
AssistNowTM
Wireless solutions,
4G protocol stack
licensing
Slide 23 © u-blox Holding AG
Strong combination of technology and product offerings
Significant competitive benefits
• Support of a very large customer base
• Quick time to market
• Outstanding product performance
• Low risk
• High quality
Positioning
Wireless communications
Technology know-how
Global leader in
modules
2003…………………..………..2013 2001…………………………..………..………..2013
Slide 24 © u-blox Holding AG
Competition landscape
• Chips: Large semiconductor manufacturers
• Qualcomm (US)
• CSR (US)
• Broadcom (US)
• ST Microelectronics (CH)
• MTK (TW)
• GNSS Modules vendors
• Trimble (US)
• Asian local assemblers (CN, JP, KR, TW)
• Wireless Modules vendors
• Telit (IT)
• Cinterion (DE)
• Sierra Wireless (US)
• SIM (CN)
• Asian assemblers (CN, KR, JP)
Slide 25 © u-blox Holding AG
Why customers choose u-blox
Dependable
• Public company financially very solid
• More than 3,500 active customers, strong market presence
• Full control over value chain and product road map
• High product quality, excellent reliability and environmentally friendly
Competent
• The only company developing both chips and modules for
cellular wireless and positioning
• Very competent technical and commercial support from more than 14 locations world wide
• Very dynamic company developing products and processes for
maintaining a leading position
Slide 26 © u-blox Holding AG
Financials H1.2013
u-blox group H1/2013
Key figure Amount
CHF
In relation to
revenue
Change H1/12
to H1/13
Revenue 105.1m - 35.4%
Gross profit 49.1m 46.7% 38.5%
EBITDA 21.2m 20.1% 33.2%
EBIT 13.8m 13.1% 21.6%
Net profit 12.2m 11.6% 36.8%
Net operating cash flow 20.4m > + 1’000%
Slide 28 © u-blox Holding AG
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
2010 2011 2012 H1/11 H1/12 H1/13
APAC Americas EMEA
(million CHF)
26%
24%
45%
25%29%
48% 35%
37%
27%
36%42%
28%
30%
30.1
41%
24%
48%
27%
27%
Revenues by geography
Note: based on customers’ billing location
Growth by geographic regions
• Balanced geographical mix
• Increase in all geographic regions (EMEA: +42%, Americas: +10%, Asia Pacific +57%)
• Strong growth in APAC partially due to shift of production from the US to Asia
Comments Revenues by geographic region
+ 35.4%
Slide 29 © u-blox Holding AG
Industrial
Consumer
Automotive
Revenue by markets
Note: Estimate
• Consumer
• Portable devices
• Mobile computing
• Wireless access
• Entertainment
• Industrial
• Mobile resource management
• Asset tracking
• Network infrastructure
• Professional radios
• Smart utility metering
• Payment
• Security
• Healthcare
• Automotive
• In-car navigation
• Vehicle-to-vehicle communications
• Emergency call systems
• Security
• Insurance / Road pricing
• Internet connectivity
Markets details Revenue split per market for H1/2013
Slide 30 © u-blox Holding AG
52.2%50.3%
46.9%
50.3%
45.7%46.7%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
2010 2011 2012 H1/11 H1/12 H1/13
Gross Profit % of revenue
(million CHF) % of revenue
Gross profit
• Increase in gross profit to CHF 49.1m in H1/13
• Growth of gross profit of +38.5% compared to H1/12
• Gross profit margin in H1/13 increased compared to H1/12 and remained stable compared to FY 2012.
Comments Gross profit / Gross profit margin
+ 38.5%
Slide 31 © u-blox Holding AG
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
2010 2011 2012 H1/11 H1/12 H1/13
Antaris u-blox 5 u-blox 6 u-blox 7 ASP
(million pcs) (CHF)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
2010 2011 2012 H1/11 H1/12 H1/13
Shipments modules ASP
(million pcs) (CHF)
Shipments and ASP development
• Strong growth of both module and chip volume
• Shipments of new positioning platform u-blox 7 has started
GNSS chips Modules
Note: incl. ANTARIS-Chipset sales by Atmel
+ 35.3%
+ 53.6%
Slide 32 © u-blox Holding AG
Global customer base
• Strong and stable customer base
• More than 3’500 customers worldwide
• Good spread over different applications and geographical regions
• Largest customer accounts for 9% of total revenue in H1/13
• 10 biggest customers account for 35% of total revenue in H1/13
• No bad debtors
Comments Number of customers totaling 80% of revenue
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2010 2011 2012 H1/11 H1/12 H1/13
Slide 33 © u-blox Holding AG
14.6 14.2
17.8
7.5 7.6
10.4
12.9%11.4%
10.3%
12.1%
9.8%9.9%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
2010 2011 2012 H1/11 H1/12 H1/13
D&M % of revenues
(% of revenues)(million CHF)
Distribution & marketing / Research & development
Research & development expenses Distribution & marketing expenses
21.3 22.1
32.7
9.5 13.5
20.1
18.9%
17.7%18.9%
15.2%
17.4%
19.2%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2010 2011 2012 H1/11 H1/12 H1/13
R&D % of revenues
(% of revenues)(million CHF)
Slide 34 © u-blox Holding AG
Research & Development
63%
Sales, Marketing,
Support
23%
Logistics, Administration
14%
255
95
55
(Total Headcount = 411)
195 215
265
201 234
395
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
2010 2011 2012 H1/11 H1/12 H1/13
Employees
Average employee level (FTE based) Employee breakdown (end of H1/13, FTE based)
Note: 71% of employees based outside Switzerland (spread over 15 countries) Note: Average number of employees (FTE = full time equivalent)
Slide 35 © u-blox Holding AG
Income statement
• Revenue increase of 35.4% from H1/12 to H1/13
• Increased gross profit by 38.5%
• Higher R&D expenses now 19.2% of revenue
• H1/13: costs for share based payments in the amount of CHF 1.0m
• EBITDA margin of 20.1%
• EBIT margin of 13.1%
• Lower tax rate of 11.5% due to accounting effects
• Net profit margin of 11.6%
• Restatement of prior year figures due to changes in IAS 19
Comments Consolidated income statement (condensed)
January - June Jan. - Dec.
(in CHF 000s) 2013 2012 2012
(unaudited) (restated) (restated)
Revenue 105'106 77'653 173'128
Cost of sales -56'003 -42'197 -91'949
Gross profit 49'103 35'456 81'179
Operating expenses -35'416 -24'174 -58'343
Other income 85 47 112
Operating profit (EBIT) 13'772 11'329 22'948
Financial income 299 516 922
Finance costs -331 -594 -2'487
Profit before income tax (EBT) 13'740 11'251 21'383
Income tax expense -1'577 -2'361 -4'305
12'163 8'890 17'078
Depreciation and amortization 7'383 4'551 12'240
EBITDA 21'155 15'880 35'188
Net profit, attributable to
owners of the parent
Slide 36 © u-blox Holding AG
Reportable segments
• 2 reportable segments according to IFRS 8:
• Positioning and Wireless products
Development and distribution of GNSS receivers and wireless modules. They are
sold by u-blox sales organisation and produced by third parties.
• Wireless services
Delivery of reference designs and software in the wireless communication
technology.
Slide 37 © u-blox Holding AG
Segment information
(in CHF 000s) 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012
Revenue third 104'448 76'999 658 654 105'106 77'653 105'106 77'653
Revenue intragroup 8'393 6'343 8'393 6'343 -8'393 -6'343 0 0
Total revenue 104'448 76'999 9'051 6'997 113'499 83'996 -8'393 -6'343 105'106 77'653
EBITDA 19'608 14'594 1'720 1'428 21'328 16'022 -173 -142 21'155 15'880
Depreciation -1'339 -1'104 -373 -309 -1'712 -1'413 - - -1'712 -1'413
Amortization -4'855 -2'561 -816 -577 -5'671 -3'138 - - -5'671 -3'138
EBIT
Financial income 299 516 299 516
Finance costs -331 -594 -331 -594
EBT -205 -220 13'740 11'251
June 30 Dec 31 June 30 Dec 31 June 30 Dec 31 June 30 Dec 31 June 30 Dec 31
2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012
Assets 116'934 105'439 20'642 20'484 137'576 125'923 70'713 65'710 208'289 191'633
13'414 10'929 531 542
January - June January - June
11'47113'945 -173 -142 13'772 11'329
January - June January - June January - June
Positioning and
wireless products
Wireless services Total segments Non-allocated/
eliminations
Group
Slide 38 © u-blox Holding AG
Statement of financial position (1)
• Strong financial position with a liquidity (incl. marketable securities) of CHF 63.7m
• No significant debt
• Inventory CHF 19.8m
• Increase of trade accounts receivable due to growing revenue
• Increased intangible assets due to technology investments
• Goodwill CHF 37.8m
• Restatement of prior year figures due to changes in IAS 19
Comments Consolidated Statement of financial position (condensed)
June 30, Dec. 31, June 30,
(in CHF 000s) 2013 2012 2012
(unaudited) (restated) (restated)
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 36'427 33'416 19'620
Marketable securities 27'286 27'175 37'504
Trade accounts receivable 27'132 22'127 23'418
Other current assets 26'177 24'758 31'247
Total current assets 117'022 107'476 111'789
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment 9'982 7'078 5'835
Goodwill 37'755 37'659 23'907
Intangible assets 36'555 33'682 23'648
Financial assets 1'209 1'195 469
Deferred tax assets 5'766 4'543 3'639
Total non-current assets 91'267 84'157 57'498
Total assets 208'289 191'633 169'287
Slide 39 © u-blox Holding AG
Statement of financial position (2)
• Trade accounts payable of CHF 16.6m
• Non-current liabilities contains deferred tax liabilities (CHF 2.4m), Employee benefits (pensions) (CHF 4.8m) and loans from acquisitions (CHF 2.2m)
• Share capital increase due to exercise of options
Comments Consolidated Statement of financial position (condensed)
June 30, Dec. 31, June 30,
(in CHF 000s) 2013 2012 2012
(unaudited) (restated) (restated)
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities
Current liabilities 34'590 26'868 19'105
Non-current liabilities 11'520 13'915 7'973
Total liabilities 46'110 40'783 27'078
Shareholders’ equity
Share capital 5'773 5'675 5'666
Share premium 91'182 94'132 93'964
Retained earnings 65'224 51'043 42'579
162'179 150'850 142'209
Total liabilities and equity 208'289 191'633 169'287
Total equity
Slide 40 © u-blox Holding AG
120138
151
127142
162
84.2%84.3%
78.7%
84.5%84.0%
77.9%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
2010 2011 2012 H1/11 H1/12 H1/13
Total Equity Equity ratio
(as % of total assets)(million CHF)
Statement of financial position
• Strong capital base
• Equity ratio at 77.9%, only slightly declined since December 2012
Comments Total equity and equity ratio
Slide 41 © u-blox Holding AG
Jan. - Dec.
(in CHF 000s) 2013 2012 2012
(unaudited) (restated) (restated)
Net cash generated from operating activities 20'379 64 32'088
Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities -13'447 392 -16'805
Net cash used in financing activities -3'980 -15'806 -15'618
2'952 -15'350 -335
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 33'416 35'151 35'151
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash
and cash equivalents 59 -181 -1'400
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 36'427 19'620 33'416
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash
equivalents
Jan. - June
Statement of cash flows
Comments Consolidated statement of cash flows (condensed)
• Cash flow from investing activities:
• CHF -4.6m investments into property, plant and equipment (tools, furniture, equipment)
• CHF -8.7m investments into intangible assets (Software, capitalization of R&D)
• CHF -0.4m net result of marketable securities
• Cash flow from financing activities:
• CHF -1.1m repayment of loans
• CHF -6.4m dividend 2012 paid in April 2013
• CHF +3.5m Capital increase from options
Slide 42 © u-blox Holding AG
Outlook
Goals
• Grow business with new products
• Wireless
o Expansion of module product line
• Positioning
o Migration to u-blox 7
o Expansion of module product line
• Continued focus on strategic development
• Strengthening of the global presence
• Operational excellence for higher efficiency
• Continued strong business growth in 2013
• Natural hedging maintains relative gross margin against foreign exchange variations
• Some impact by product mix on relative gross margin
• Exchange rate assumptions for 2013: EUR/CHF: 1.20 USD/CHF: 0.95
Financial guidance
Previous
Guidance 2013
Updated
Guidance 2013
Revenue 215 220
EBIT 28 30
M CHF M CHF
• Continued business growth as witnessed in first half year of 2013
• Increased R&D efforts for expanding the product pipeline
Outlook 2013
Slide 43 © u-blox Holding AG
Corporate Information
Our history
2013 TOBY LTE module launched ~430
2012 u-blox 7 multi GNSS platform launched 400
Kicked off 4G LTE chip development
2011 CDMA wireless modules launched addressing N. American markets 220
Hybrid GPS/wireless positioning platform CellLocate® introduced
2010 LISA 3G wireless modules launched 204
2009 u-blox 6 GPS/GNSS platform launched, 1st wireless module LEON (2G) 190
2007 IPO on the Swiss Exchange 73
2006 u-blox 5 GPS platform launched 53
2003 Dead reckoning solution completed for the automotive industry 40
2002 Development of own GPS chip ANTARIS 30
1998 World‘s first surface-mount GPS module 15
1997 Founding of u-blox 6
Employees
Slide 45 © u-blox Holding AG
Legal structure u-blox group
u-blox Holding AG Thalwil, Switzerland
u-blox AG Thalwil, Switzerland
(Headquarter)
u-blox Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Singapore u-blox Japan K.K.
Japan u-blox Asia Pacific Ltd.
Hong Kong
100% 100% 100% 100%
u-blox Italia S.p.A. Italy
100%
u-blox Espoo Oy Finland
100%
u-blox America, Inc.
USA
u-blox AG Beijing
representative office Beijing
Representative office of
u-blox Singapore Pte. Ltd. Taipei
u-blox Singapore Pte. Ltd.
(Branch office) Seoul
Sales organization R&D entities
u-blox AG Shenzen
representative office Shenzen
Representative office of u-blox Singapore Pte. Ltd. Bangalore
Representative office of
u-blox Singapore Pte. Ltd. Sydney
u-blox AG Shanghai representative office
Shanghai
100% u-blox UK Ltd.
UK
u-blox San Diego Inc.
USA
100%
u-blox Luton Ltd.
UK
100%
u-blox Melbourn Ltd. UK
100%
u-blox Lahore
(Private) Pty. Pakistan
100%
u-blox Melbourn Ltd. Leuven Branche
Belgium
100% u-blox Cork Ireland
Slide 46 © u-blox Holding AG
Board of directors
Fritz Farni Chairman
Member AC and NCC
Hans-Ulrich Müller Vize Chairman Chairman AC
Prof. Gerhard Tröster
Chairman NCC Soo Boon Quek Dr. Paul van Iseghem
Additional information – see annual report „Corporate Governance“ p. 45-49
Thomas Seiler CEO
Jean-Pierre Wyss COO
Slide 47 © u-blox Holding AG
Executive Committee
Additional information – see annual report „Corporate Governance“ p. 50
Thomas Seiler CEO
Head of Marketing and Sales
Jean-Pierre Wyss Executive Vice President
Head of Production and Logistics Co-founder u-blox AG
Daniel Ammann Executive Vice President
Software Development Co-founder u-blox AG
Andreas Thiel Executive Vice President Hardware Development Co-founder u-blox AG
Roland Jud CFO
Slide 48 © u-blox Holding AG
Worldwide presence (430+ employees for 3’500 customers )
San Diego, USA
Beijing, China
Seoul, Korea
Tokyo, Japan
APAC head office Application engineering center Singapore
Shanghai, China
Hong Kong
Americas head office
Sales, warehouse, application engineering,
Reston, Virginia, USA
Shenzhen, China
Corporate headquarters Thalwil, Switzerland
Regional offices
Sgonico, Italy
Reigate,
Melbourn, Luton, UK
Taipei, Taiwan
Bangalore, India
Leuven, BE
Lahore, Pakistan
Espoo, Finland
Sales office
R&D center
Sydney, Australia
Cork, Ireland
Slide 49 © u-blox Holding AG
• Semiconductor manufacturing
• Module manufacturing
Our partners
IC packaging and testing
• R&D, sales, marketing, logistics
Packaging and testing
• Wireless technology
Wafer fabs
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Shares
Stock Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange
Swiss Security Number / ISIN 3336167 / CH0033361673
Ticker UBXN
Nominal value CHF 0.90
Shares issued 6‘439‘467
Market cap CHF 564 Mio. (21 November 2013)
High / Low 52 weeks CHF 89.50 / CHF 37.25
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Share performance (3 months)
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Major shareholders
u-blox has about 4’000 registered shareholders
Shareholders with > 3% on November 21, 2013
Investor Country Share% Number
• Werner Dubach, Hergiswil, Zürich Switzerland 10.12% 638’000
• BlackRock Inc., Delaware USA 5.56% 316'587
• BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG Switzerland 3.020% 188'747
• LB Swiss Investment AG, Zürich Switzerland 4.896% 308’717
• UBS Fund Management AG, Basel Switzerland 3.170% 197'866
• Credit Suisse Funds AG, Zürich Switzerland 3.050% 190'429
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Analyst Coverage & Market making
Analysts
• Zürcher Kantonalbank Andreas Müller
• Credit Suisse Felix Remmers
• Bank Vontobel Michael Foeth
Market making
• Zürcher Kantonalbank
Please note that any opinions, estimates or forecasts regarding u-blox' performance made by these analysts are theirs alone and do not represent opinions, forecasts or predictions of u-blox or its management.
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Upcoming events
• Press conference on Year end results: March 20, 2014
• Annual General Meeting: April 29, 2014
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Investor relations contact
Thomas Seiler
Chief Executive Officer
u-blox Holding AG
Zürcherstrasse 68
8800 Thalwil, Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 722 74 44
Fax: +41 44 722 74 99
E-mail: [email protected]
Roland Jud
Chief Financial Officer
u-blox Holding AG
Zürcherstrasse 68
8800 Thalwil, Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 722 74 44
Fax: +41 44 722 74 99
E-mail: [email protected]
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