Keith D. Jackson
Analyst · FBR Capital Markets
Thanks, Bernard. Now for an overview of our end markets. During the fourth quarter of 2012, our end market splits were as follows: the automotive end market represented approximately 26% of sales; the consumer electronics end market represented approximately 22% of sales; the computing end market represented approximately 19% of sales; the industrial, military, aerospace and medical end markets represented approximately 18% of sales; and the communications end market, which includes wireless and networking, represented approximately 15% of sales. On a direct billing basis, no individual ON Semiconductor product OEM customer represented more than 5% of fourth quarter sales. Our top 5 product OEM customers during the fourth quarter were Continental Automotive Systems, Delta, Hella, Panasonic and Samsung. On a geographic basis, our contribution from sales in Asia, excluding Japan, represented approximately 58% of revenue; our sales in the Americas represented approximately 16% of revenue; sales in Japan represented approximately 13% of revenue; and sales in Europe represented approximately 13% of revenue during the quarter. Looking across the channels, direct sales to OEM represented approximately 56% of fourth quarter 2012 revenue; sales through the distribution channel were approximately 37% of fourth quarter revenue; and the EMS channel represented approximately 7% of revenue. During the fourth quarter, ON Semiconductor revenues broken out by our new product groups were as follows: the Standard Products Group represented approximately 39% of sales; the Applications Product Group represented approximately 36% of sales; and the SANYO Semiconductor Products Group represented approximately 25% of sales. We will publish our yearly revenue gross profit and operating income breakout of these segments in our Form 10-K. Now I'd like to provide you with some details of other progress we have made. During 2012, we successfully increased design wins at focus customers in automotive and smartphone applications, accelerated new product sales and completed the planned closures of our 3 factories in Japan. All 2012 milestones to integrate our SANYO Semiconductor's Product Group were completed on time, and we are aggressively managing the remaining integration milestones for completion by the end of 2013. Our communications end market revenue for the fourth quarter was up approximately 3% quarter-on-quarter, while annual revenues were down by approximately 19% year-on-year with 2012 annual sales of $394.8 million. We continue to see increased design traction in this market for our industry-leading optical imaging, analog power management, protection and MOSFET solutions into several top-selling smartphone models. Production ramps by smartphone manufacturers also drove demand for our RF tuning and autofocus drivers. The adoption of our industry-leading common mode filter was part of an overall increase of our Standard Products content for smartphones, including many of our ESD protection, logic and MOSFET products, as well as our latest small signal Schottky diodes in a desirable ultra-small SOD-923 packaging. Significant communication design wins during the fourth quarter included the adoption of our RF tuning, ESD and EMI protection, signal integrity, analog, logic and power solutions at key smartphone customers. Our DC-DC power management devices for smartphones have been adopted in reference design by market-leading baseband chipset suppliers, which are expected to be used by more than 20 OEMs worldwide and ramp in the first part of 2013. Additionally, our audio amplifier solution for smartphones was designed in by a leading smartphone customer in the Asia Pacific region. Looking across our markets, we expect the handset segment to be the highest growth force on a percentage basis for the company in 2013, followed by automotive. Within this end market, we anticipate key growth drivers to include high resolution cameras, RF tuning, analog power, battery protection, ESD protection, EMI filters and backlighting solutions for high resolution, low-power displays. In the automotive end market, sales were down slightly from the third quarter and down approximately 2% year-on-year with annual sales of $752 million. This end market was negatively impacted by the declining vehicle sales in Europe and an inventory correction as the global vehicle demand slowed in the second half of the year. Additionally, the trade dispute between China and Japan negatively affected the sale of Japanese vehicles in China, which in turn reduced demand for SANYO Semiconductor's automotive solutions. An increase in the current automotive backlog indicates that first quarter sales in this segment should exceed the fourth quarter. Automotive design wins in the fourth quarter continue to sustain our leading positions in powertrain, body, infotainment, power supplies and in-vehicle networking. We had a significant fourth quarter design win in powertrain with an oxygen sensor interface ASIC at a key Tier 1 customer. Additionally, a top automotive customer awarded us the development for their next-generation advanced park assist system. With production ramps of new model year vehicles, strong demand continued for our LED driver solutions and for advanced front lighting systems, rear combination lamps and in-ceiling lighting. The fourth quarter also saw continued demand for our standard products with ongoing MOSFET revenue growth within various new braking applications. We remain well positioned, with a broad portfolio of automotive solutions to address the continued growth of overall electronic in-vehicle content. Fuel economy, safety and convenience features are expected to drive high single-digit semiconductor market growth on the low single-digit vehicle production growth. Key growth drivers in 2013 for ON Semiconductor's automotive segment will include start-stop alternator applications, LED lighting solutions throughout the vehicle, door modules, park assist and pump and fan system solutions. Our computing end market was down approximately 7% sequentially from the third quarter of 2012 and down approximately 16% year-on-year, with 2012 annual sales of $541.8 million. For 2012, we retained our leading positions in CPU and graphics, voltage regulation and power adapters. Our VCore business for desktops performed in line with the market for 2012. We gained market share in Ivy Bridge notebook platforms. Our MOSFET computing market share was up both sequentially in the fourth quarter and year-on-year, with our new SO-8 Flat Lead MOSFETs being broadly adopted for desktops and notebooks. Unit growth within our MOSFET business was, however, offset by higher than normal ASP erosion. SANYO Semiconductor's computing sales were down significantly as a result of business impacted by the Thailand flood and a decline in HDD and PC unit sales. During the fourth quarter, demand continued for our broad range of products at key customers including our AC-DC controllers, MOSFETs, bus switches and ESD protection devices for high-speed bus interfaces such as USB 3.0, Thunderbolt and HDMI. We secured significant wins with a leading North American computing customer for Windows 8 tablets. Success with our thermal products and switching battery charger for Android-based tablets was another achievement for the quarter. We expanded our position in DDR memory power and ESD protection and began shipping our new Trench 6 MOSFETs for computing. Looking forward, we anticipate growth drivers for ON Semiconductor to include the launch of the Haswell-based Ultrabooks and convertibles at volume prices; adoption of Windows 8 with touch support; increased power density and efficiency requirements throughout the portable computing; and continued adoption of high-speed USB, Thunderbolt and HDMI interfaces. We were honored with several awards during the latter part of 2012, including Best Practices Supplier and Best Business Partner Asia from Flextronics Corporation; Supplier Quality Excellence Award from General Motors; a contract supplier award from VTEC; and a Leading Supplier Award from Midea's Air Conditioning Sector Group. Also to note was the Technology and Engineering Emmy awarded to our customer, ARRI, a manufacturer of professional motion picture equipment. ON Semiconductor joined ARRI on stage when they accepted the Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for improvements in large format CMOS image sensors used in capturing high definition. We are honored to be named as one of ARRI's key product and development partners in the project. Now I'd like to turn it back over to Bernard for other comments and our other forward-looking guidance. Bernard?