Preformed Line Products Announces Second Quarter and First Half 2013 Results

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio, Aug. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Preformed Line Products Company (Nasdaq: PLPC) today reported financial results for the second quarter and the first six months of 2013.

Net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 decreased 3% to $6,386,000, or $1.17 per diluted share, compared to $6,596,000 or $1.21 per diluted share, for the comparable period in 2012.  Currency exchange rates had a negative impact on net income of $138,000 or $.03 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2013.

Net sales in the second quarter of 2013 were $111,716,000, compared to $111,940,000 in the second quarter of 2012.  Currency exchange rates had a negative impact on sales of $1,137,000 for the second quarter of 2013.

Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2013 was $11,351,000, or $2.08 per diluted share, compared to $14,729,000, or $2.71 per diluted share for the comparable period in 2012.  Currency exchange rates had a negative impact on net income of $326,000 or $.06 per diluted share for the first six months of 2013.

Net sales decreased 5% to $210,405,000 for the first six months of 2013 compared to $220,786,000 in the first six months of 2012.  Currency exchange rates had a negative impact on sales of $3,263,000 for the first six months of 2013.

Rob Ruhlman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Our second quarter was one of our strongest quarters.  With 60 percent of our revenues originating in operations outside of the United States, we were faced with currency headwinds.  Excluding the negative impact of translating foreign denominated financial statements into dollars, our sales were up over last year.  In addition, our U.S. results were negatively impacted by translation losses of $1.7 million in the quarter and $1.6 million for the year on intercompany loans to our subsidiaries.  Although these losses due to intercompany loans are not realized until the loans are repaid, we still recognize these translation losses in our income statement."

Founded in 1947, Preformed Line Products is an international designer and manufacturer of products and systems employed in the construction and maintenance of overhead and underground networks for energy, communications and broadband network companies.

Preformed's world headquarters are in Mayfield Village, Ohio, and the Company operates three domestic manufacturing centers located in Rogers, Arkansas; Albuquerque, New Mexico;, and Albemarle, North Carolina.  The Company serves its worldwide market through international operations in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Spain and Thailand.

This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 regarding the Company, including those statements regarding the Company's and management's beliefs and expectations concerning the Company's future performance or anticipated financial results, among others. Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties which may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in those statements.  Among other things, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements include the strength of the economy and demand for the Company's products, increases in raw material prices, the Company's ability to identify, complete and integrate acquisitions for profitable growth, and other factors described under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements" in the Company's 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 15, 2013 and subsequent filings with the SEC.  The Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Company's other filings with the SEC can be found on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.  The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.

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