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JA Solar |
JASO, priced February 6, 2007 at $15 per ADR |
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China-based solar cells mfg |
Post-IPO shrs: 44mm equivalent ADSs |
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Ningjin, Hebei Province, China |
Sept 06* |
IPO Mkt |
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Rev ($mm) 3rd parties |
proforma |
$32 |
Cap (mm) |
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Rev ($mm) related 3rd parties |
$12 |
$658 |
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Total Revenue |
$44 |
@$15 |
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Gross Profit % |
25% |
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Profit (loss) ($mm) |
$7 |
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Profit (loss) % |
21.6% |
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Business |
*nine months ended Sept 30 |
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. Manufacturers of high-performance solar cells based in China. |
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. Derives revenues primarily from sales of solar cells to solar module manufacturers. |
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. Made first commercial shipment in April 2006 from the first solar cell manufacturing line located |
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in Ningjin, Hebei province, which has a rated manufacturing capacity of 25 MW per annum. |
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. By the end of July 2006, the first solar cell manufacturing line was operating at its full capacity |
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. Installed two additional manufacturing lines each with a rated manufacturing capacity of 25 MW |
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per annum in the same facilities, which became fully operational in October 2006 and resulted in a |
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total rated manufacturing capacity of 75 MW per annum. |
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Recent declines in sales and prices |
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Sales |
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. Sales volume and average selling price in October 2006 have declined from those in September |
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2006 due to weakened market demand, increased competition and changes in other market |
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conditions. |
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The decline in November 2006 production from October 2006 was due to a scheduled five-day |
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power outage experienced in early November 2006 when the power grid in the Ningjin area |
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underwent an overhaul. |
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Average selling price |
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. Average selling price continued to decline in November 2006. Since September 2006, at the |
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request of customers in China, agreed to terminate or amend the terms of some of the long-term |
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customer contracts. |
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Nine months ended Sept 30, 2006 |
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Revenues |
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. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, sales to the three largest customers accounted for |
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approximately 47% of total revenues (two of which were related parties until August 2006, and |
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sales to them accounted for approximately 35% of total revenues), and sales to the largest |
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customer, a related party until August 2006, accounted for 23% of total revenues. |
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Production & sales |
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. Since commenced commercial production in April 2006, attempted to expand and diversify the |
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customer base, which has increased from a total of ten customers as of June 30, 2006 to 36 |
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customers as of September 30, 2006, and to approximately 50 customers as of December 31, 2006. |
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. In addition, while direct sales to overseas customers only accounted for 1.3% of total sales |
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revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, have sold products to customers in |
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Germany, Sweden, Spain, South Korea and the United States. |
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. From April 2006 to September 2006, sold a total of approximately 5.2 million pieces of solar |
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cells with a total power output of approximately 12.61 MW at an average selling price of RMB |
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27.0 (US$3.42) per watt. |
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Availability and Price of Silicon Wafers |
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Currently has a long-term silicon wafer supply agreement with Jinglong Group, the largest |
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producer and supplier of monocrystalline silicon wafers in China. |
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Customer Agreements |
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. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, 98.7% of total sales revenue was generated |
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from sales to customers based in China. During this period, sales to the three largest customers |
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represented approximately 47% of total revenues, of which two were related parties until |
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August 2006 that represented approximately 35% of total revenues |
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. In January 2007, signed the largest long-term customer agreement to date with PowerLight, a |
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wholly-owned subsidiary of SunPower Corporation, under which JASO has agreed to supply |
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PowerLight with a total of 120 MW of solar cells through the end of 2009. |
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. In January 2007, also signed a long-term sales agreement with Crown Renewable Energy, under |
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which JASO agreed to supply Crown Renewable Energy with a total of 45 MW of solar cells |
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through the end of 2009 |
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Competition |
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. In the global market, competitors include photovoltaic divisions of large conglomerates, such as |
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BP Solar International Inc., Schott AG, Sharp Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and |
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Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., specialized cell and module manufacturers such as Motech Industries, |
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Inc., E-Ton Solar Tech Co., Ltd. and Q-Cells AG, as well as integrated manufacturers of |
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photovoltaic products such as SolarWorld AG. |
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. In the Chinese market, competes with Suntech Power Co., Ltd., Nanjing PV-Tech Co., Ltd., |
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Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd. and Jiangyin |
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Jetion Science & Technology Co., Ltd. |
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. Many of competitors are developing or currently producing products based on new solar |
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technologies, including amorphous silicon, ribbon and nano technologies. These new technologies |
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have certain advantages over the crystalline technologies that JASO currently uses because the |
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production process using the new technologies often can be integrated in a shorter and simpler |
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process and require less silicon materials for production. |
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. As a result, competitors using or developing these new technologies believe these technologies |
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will ultimately cost the same as or less than the cost of crystalline technologies similar to JASO's, |
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on a cost per watt basis. |
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. At present, however, JASO believes its products have higher efficiencies and longer lifetimes |
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compared to products produced using these competing technologies |
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Use of $186mm in IPO proceeds |
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o US$100 million to prepay for raw materials pursuant to a long-term wafer supply agreement |
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with M.SETEK; |
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o US$20 million to prepay for raw materials from other suppliers, including Jinglong Group; |
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o US$20 million to purchase manufacturing equipment and construct certain operating facilities |
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for planned Shanghai facilities to expand manufacturing capacity; |
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o US$19 million to repay short-term debt obligations; |
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o US$10 million to enhance research and development capabilities; and |
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o remaining amount to be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes. |
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