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Investor Overview UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 February 9, 2009 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) DIODES INCORPORATED (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 002-25577 95-2039518 (State or other (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of Identification No.) incorporation) 15660 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 850 75248 Dallas, TX (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) (972) 385-2810 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On February 9, 2009, Diodes Incorporated issued a press release announcing fourth quarter 2008 results. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1. On February 9, 2009, Diodes Incorporated hosted a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter 2008 results. A recording of the conference call has been posted on its website at www.diodes.com. A copy of the script is attached as Exhibit 99.2. During the conference call on February 9, 2009, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Diodes Incorporated, as well as Carl C. Wertz, Chief Financial Officer, Rick White, Senior Vice President of Finance, and Mark King, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, made additional comments during a question and answer session. A copy of the transcript is attached as Exhibit 99.3. In the press release, Diodes Incorporated utilizes financial measures and terms not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) in order to provide investors with an alternative method for assessing our operating results in a manner that enables investors to more thoroughly evaluate our current performance as compared to past performance. We also believe these non-GAAP measures provide investors with a more informed baseline for modeling the Company’s future financial performance. Our management uses these non-GAAP measures for the same purpose. We believe that our investors should have access to, and that we are obligated to provide, the same set of tools that we use in analyzing our results. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results. In the press release, we have provided definitions of the non-GAAP financial measures, together with an explanation of why management uses these measures and why management believes that these non- GAAP financial measures are useful to investors. In addition, in our press release we have provided tables to reconcile the non- GAAP financial measures utilized to GAAP financial measures. Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. The earnings release also provides an update on the Company’s business outlook. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits. See exhibit index. The information in this Form 8-K and the exhibits attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Dated: February 13, 2009 DIODES INCORPORATED By /s/ Carl C. Wertz CARL C. WERTZ Chief Financial Officer EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description 99.1 Press release dated February 9, 2009 99.2 Conference call script dated February 9, 2009 99.3 Question and answer transcript dated February 9, 2009 Exhibit 99.1 For Immediate Release Diodes Incorporated Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2008 Financial Results Annual Revenue Increased 8 percent to a Record $433 Million DALLAS, TEXAS — February 9, 2009 — Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high- quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. Year 2008 Highlights: • Acquired Zetex plc in June; • Revenue increased 8 percent to a record $432.8 million; • Gross profit increased to a record $132.5 million; • GAAP net income was $39.0 million, or $0.91 per share; • Non-GAAP net income was $44.8 million, or $1.04 per share; • Generated $90.4 million of EBITDA; • Generated $57 million in cash flow from operations. Fourth Quarter Highlights: • Revenue was $87.1 million, which includes a $1.7 million reduction as part of the Company’s strategic effort to consolidate Asian distributors; • GAAP net income was $14.6 million, or $0.35 per share, including a $22.8 million gain related to the repurchase of convertible notes and a $4.1 million restructuring charge related to future headcount reductions; • Non-GAAP EPS was $0.04 per share; • Generated $25.8 million of EBITDA; • Generated $21 million in cash flow from operations; • Increased cash by $20.8 million and reduced debt by $11.2 million over the third quarter. For the fiscal year 2008, revenue increased 8 percent to a record $432.8 million, compared to $401.2 million for fiscal 2007. Gross profit was $132.5 million, or 30.6 percent of revenue, compared to $130.4 million, or 32.5 percent of revenue, last year. GAAP net income was $39.0 million, or $0.91 per diluted share, compared to $59.7 million, or $1.41 per diluted share, in 2007. Non-GAAP net income, which excluded a $22.8 million gain related to the repurchase of convertible notes, $4.0 million of net share-based compensation, $17.5 million in non-cash acquisition related charges and adjustments and $4.1 million in restructuring charges in 2008, was $44.8 million, or $1.04 per share, compared to $64.9 million, or $1.50 per share, in the prior year. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008 was $87.1 million, compared to $134.0 million in the third quarter of 2008 and $107.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. The decline in revenue was primarily due to the decrease in demand caused by the continued deterioration of the global economic environment. Additionally, revenue was reduced by approximately $1.7 million as part of the Company’s strategic effort to consolidate Asian distributors. Gross profit for the fourth quarter of 2008 was $22.9 million, or 26.3 percent of revenue, compared to $38.1 million, or 28.4 percent of revenue, in the third quarter. The decrease in gross margin was primarily due to lower capacity utilization in the Company’s packaging and manufacturing operations due to weaker global demand. Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, President and CEO of Diodes Incorporated, commented, “In further response to the weakness in the global economy, we continued to make incremental changes to the organizational structure in order to maximize efficiencies, reduce costs and conserve cash. We have implemented in the fourth quarter a number of cost savings initiatives that included, among other things, the shut-down of our 4-inch fab line in Oldham, U.K., a 30 percent headcount reduction in our Kansas City wafer fab along with the realignment of our product development and wafer fabrication organizations, mandatory time-off, a reduction of authorizations for capital expenditures to a maintenance level and the implementation of strict controls over discretionary spending. Moving forward, we are taking a number of additional cost saving measures, including further headcount reductions across our entire organization, temporary site shut-downs, compensation and hiring freezes, additional mandatory time-off, accelerating the integration of the Zetex products into our manufacturing facilities, continued reduction of manufacturing process and raw material costs, and the consolidation of wafer output.” Dr. Lu continued, “During the quarter, we took advantage of our ‘no net cost’ loan obtained in our settlement with UBS and collateralized by our $320.6 million auction rate securities portfolio and repurchased $46.5 million of our $230 million 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes for approximately $23.2 million in cash, which reduces our convertible debt to $183.5 million. As a result of our debt reduction and cost containment measures, we generated $21 million of net cash flow during the fourth quarter.” Fourth quarter GAAP net income was $14.6 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, which included a $22.8 million gain related to the repurchase of convertible notes and a $4.1 million restructuring charge related to headcount reductions. Net income computed on a non-GAAP basis for the fourth quarter of 2008, which excluded the gain on the convertible notes, restructuring charges and $1.1 million in Zetex purchase price accounting was $1.7 million, or $0.04 per share. As noted last quarter, Diodes changed its policy regarding SFAS 123R net stock option expenses, which the Company now includes in non-GAAP net income.
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