Key Tronic Corporation Announces Third Quarter Results

Business Wire,  April 29, 2008  

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Third Quarter Revenue Up 9% and Earnings Up 57% Over Previous Year;

Continued Expansion and Diversification of Customer Base

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -- Key Tronic Corporation (Nasdaq:KTCC), a provider of electronic manufacturing services (EMS), today announced its results for the quarter ended March 29, 2008.

For the third quarter of fiscal 2008, Key Tronic reported total revenue of $51.5 million, up 9% from $47.2 million in the same period of fiscal 2007. For the first nine months of fiscal 2008, total revenue was $146.8 million, compared to $152.6 million in the same period of fiscal 2007.

Net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 was $1.2 million or $0.11 per diluted share, up 57% from $0.7 million or $0.07 per diluted share for the same period of fiscal 2007. For the first nine months of fiscal 2008, net income was $3.0 million or $0.29 per diluted share, up 19% from $2.5 million or $0.24 per diluted share for the same period of fiscal 2007.

"We are pleased with our strong year-over-year third quarter growth in revenue and earnings, driven by increased demand from both new and established customer programs," said Jack Oehlke, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We were also pleased to see the expected improvement in our gross margin and profitability from the previous quarter."

"During the third quarter, we continued to diversify our customer portfolio across a wide range of industries, winning new customer programs involving a consumer medical device, energy technology, home air filtration and specialized touch-screen panels. We expect these new programs to begin contributing revenue in fiscal 2009 and we continue to pursue new opportunities for profitable growth."

Business Outlook

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, the Company expects revenue in the range of $50 million to $54 million, with earnings in the range of $0.10 to $0.15 per share.

Conference Call

Key Tronic will host a conference call today to discuss its financial results at 2:00 PM Pacific (5:00 PM Eastern). A broadcast of the conference call will be available at www.keytronic.com under "Investor Relations" or by calling 800-218-0204 or +1 303-262-2137. A 48-hour replay will be available by calling 800-405-2236 or +1 303-590-3000 (Reservation No. 11111515). A replay will also be available on the Company's Web site.

About Key Tronic

Key Tronic is a leading contract manufacturer offering value-added design and manufacturing services from its facilities in the United States, Mexico and China. The Company provides its customers full engineering services, materials management, worldwide manufacturing facilities, assembly services, in-house testing, and worldwide distribution. Its customers include some of the world's leading original equipment manufacturers. For more information about Key Tronic visit: www.keytronic.com.

Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all passages containing verbs such as 'aims, anticipates, believes, estimates, expects, hopes, intends, plans, predicts, projects or targets' or nouns corresponding to such verbs. Forward-looking statements also include other passages that are primarily relevant to expected future events or that can only be fully evaluated by events that will occur in the future. Forward-looking statements in this release include, without limitation, the Company's statements regarding its expectations with respect to quarterly revenue and earnings during fiscal 2008. There are many factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted or projected in forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the accuracy of customers' forecasts; success of customers' programs; timing of new programs; success of new-product introductions; acquisitions or divestitures of operations or facilities; technology advances; changes in pricing policies by the Company, its competitors, customers or suppliers; and the other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC filings.

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