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FB: ATML: Risk Increases as CFO Resigns F
11:14am EST 13-Jan-03 CS First Boston (Mahon, Tim) ATML ALLFB
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
Equity Research
Americas
Semiconductor Devices
Tim Mahon Kelly P. Davis
UNDERPERFORM
Analyst's Coverage Universe: Semiconductor Devices
Weighting: MARKET WEIGHT
Target Price: 2.70 (US$)
Atmel Corporation (ATML)
Risk Increases as CFO Resigns
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Summary
Atmel announced today that Donald Colvin, Atmel's VP, Finance and CFO, has
resigned from the Company.
Robert Avery, Atmel's Corporate Director of Finance will be the acting VP,
Finance and CFO until a replacement is found.
Mr. Colvin will remain with Atmel to help in the completion of 2002 financial
statements and assist in the transition to his replacement.
During these times, when ATML is attempting to overhaul its cost-structure and
return to profitability, and the Company's balance sheet is under scrutiny by
investors, we view Mr. Colvin's departure as a negative for the stock, as this
adds more uncertainty and risk to the ATML story.
We maintain our Underperform rating and $2.70 price target on ATML.
Price Target Mkt. Value 52-Week
10 Jan 03 (12mo.) Div Yield(%) ($m) Price Range
2.62($) 2.70($) 1,219.91 10.85 - 0.70
Annual Prev. Abs. Rel. EBITDA EV/
EPS($) EPS P/E(x) P/E(%) ($m) EBITDA(x)
12/03E -0.08 -32.8 -223.8
12/02E -0.35 -7.5 -42.7
12/01A -0.05 -52.4 -264.4
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2003E -0.05 -0.03 -0.01 0.01
2002E -0.09 -0.07 -0.13 -0.06
2001A 0.12 -0.10 -0.07
ROIC(12/01A %)
Net debt(12/01A $m)
Net debt/Total cap.(12/01A %)
Book value/share(12/01A)
Number of Shares(m) 465.61
1On 01/10/03 the S&P 500 index closed at 927.57.
2Economic profit trend.
Atmel is a leading supplier of non-volatile memories including EPROMs, EEPROMs
and Flash. The company also supplies Flash-based microcontrollers and
Application Specific Integrated Circuits(ASICs).
Companies Mentioned (Price as of 10 Jan 03)
Atmel Corporation(ATML, $2.62, UNDERPERFORM, TP $2.7)
DISCLOSURE SECTION
3-year history chart for ATML
ATML Closing Target Initiation/
Date Price($) Price($) Rating Assumption
2/8/200019.75 25.00
4/20/2000 22.81 32.00
9/18/2000 18.06 32.00
11/30/2000 9.66 18.00
8/7/200110.00 HOLD
2/14/2002 7.75 12.00
2/15/2002 7.69 BUY
7/19/2002 4.34 10.00
9/6/20022.09 2.70 UNDERPERFORM
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compensation that is based upon various factors including CSFB's total revenues,
a portion of which are generated by CSFB's investment banking activities.