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Indosat Ooredoo partners with Comviva, the leader in mobility solutions to accelerate growth


Comviva to deliver its next-gen real-time analytics platform

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 7, 2020 — Comviva, the global leader in mobility solutions and Indosat Ooredoo, Indonesia’s leading mobile operator announced a strategic partnership today.  

The partnership will help rapidly enhance Indosat’s customer first marketing capabilities through Comviva’s AI based advanced analytics and marketing automation solution. The MobiLytix™ Real Time Marketing platform will deliver contextual, in-the-moment, omni-channel marketing initiatives to enhance customer lifetime value in today’s hypercompetitive market.

MobiLytix™ Real Time Marketing is a powerful, digital real-time marketing automation platform with massive scale decisioning, artificial intelligence (AI) based complex event processing and multi-channel interaction capabilities to help telecom operators transform their Customer Value Management initiatives.

In a first of its kind, Indosat has also deployed Comviva’s MobiLytix™ Loyalty and Rewards solution which is an integrated Customer Loyalty & Value Management system to actively drive customer loyalty programs. The unified Realtime Marketing & Loyalty and Rewards platforms are an industry best solution to enhance customer engagement and drive digital transformation.

Vikram Sinha, Director and Chief Operating Officer, Indosat Ooredoo said, "We are delighted to partner with Comviva to deliver contextual marketing campaigns and loyalty programs to our 60 million subscribers. In addition to improving customer engagement, the solution has immense potential to increase revenue through data monetization, with the possibility to rapidly grow our digital service offerings. This will support our aim for digital leadership in the region."

Ritesh Singh, Chief Marketing Officer, Indosat Ooredoo said "Our partnership with Comviva has enabled us to empower our customers on their digital journey, and improve customer satisfaction and retention through personalised customer offers and interactions. Not only it enables a better experience for our customers, but also helps generate significant incremental revenue for Indosat."

Manoranjan (Mao) Mohapatra, Chief Executive Officer, Comviva said, "Comviva has designed its next generation analytics platform MobiLytix™ keeping in mind the challenges of its telecom operator partners. We are excited to partner with Indosat Ooredoo to support their digital transformation journey and provide great experiences for their customers. "

Comviva’s MobiLytix™ Real Time Marketing is a next generation real-time interaction management platform that leverages advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning algorithms to drive incremental revenue for enterprises. The platform utilises real-time transactional data in conjunction with a rich unified customer profile to maximize the value of individual customers and their micro-moments of interaction with the service provider.

MobiLytixÔ Loyalty and Rewards is a comprehensive loyalty management solution supporting the complete loyalty program lifecycle and reward partner ecosystem.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Sundeep Mehta
PR & Corporate Communications
Comviva Technologies Ltd.
Email: pr@comviva.com

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Databricks Launches SQL Analytics to Enable BI on Data Lakes


First in the industry to realize Lakehouse vision, Databricks delivers up to 9x better price/performance than traditional cloud data warehouses

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3, 2020 — Databricks, the data and AI company, recently announced the launch of SQL Analytics, which for the first time enables data analysts to perform workloads previously meant only for a data warehouse on a data lake. This expands the traditional scope of the data lake from data science and machine learning to include all data workloads including business intelligence (BI) and SQL. Now, organizations can empower data teams across data engineering, data science, and data analytics to work on a single source of truth for data. SQL Analytics realizes Databricks’ vision for a lakehouse architecture that combines data warehousing performance with data lake economics, resulting in up to 9x better price/performance than traditional cloud data warehouses. SQL Analytics is now available in public preview.  For more information, join the December 10th webinar: Lakehouse Architecture: From Vision to Reality. Register for free, here.

A lakehouse architecture simplifies data and AI for organizations. In the past, data teams had to maintain proprietary data warehouses for BI workloads and data lakes for data science and machine learning workloads, because no single data platform could meet the performance needs of BI and the flexibility needs of data science. Expensive and complicated to maintain, this coexistence of legacy architectures has created data silos that slow innovation and stifle data team productivity. A lakehouse addresses this by running all workloads through a single architecture.

Shell chose Databricks to be one of the foundational components of its Shell.ai platform. "Shell has been undergoing a digital transformation as part of our ambition to deliver more and cleaner energy solutions. As part of this, we have been investing heavily in our data lake architecture. Our ambition has been to enable our data teams to rapidly query our massive datasets in the simplest possible way. The ability to execute rapid queries on petabyte scale datasets using standard BI tools is a game changer for us. Our co-innovation approach with Databricks has allowed us to influence the product roadmap and we are excited to see this come to market." Dan Jeavons, GM Data Science

"It is no longer a matter of if organizations will move their data to the cloud, but when. A lakehouse architecture built on a data lake is the ideal data architecture for data-driven organizations and this launch gives our customers a far superior option when it comes to their data strategy," said Ali Ghodsi, CEO and co-founder of Databricks. "We’ve worked with thousands of customers to understand where they want to take their data strategy, and the answer is overwhelmingly in favor of data lakes. The fact is that they have massive amounts of data in their data lakes and with SQL Analytics, they now can actually query that data by connecting directly to their BI tools like Tableau."

SQL Analytics is built on Delta Lake, an open format data engine that adds reliability, quality, and security, to a customer’s existing data lake. Customers are able to avoid storing multiple copies of data, as well as locking data up in proprietary formats. To deliver BI-performance on a data lake, SQL Analytics makes use of two unique innovations. First, it provides easy-to-use auto-scaling endpoints that keep query latency consistently low under high user load. Second, it uses Delta Engine, Databricks’ unique polymorphic query execution engine, to complete queries quickly against both large and small data sets. With native connectors for all major BI tools, including Tableau and Microsoft Power BI, customers can easily integrate SQL Analytics into their existing BI workflows to conduct analytics on much fresher, more complete data than ever before. SQL Analytics also provides a SQL-native query and visualization interface to allow analysts, data scientists, and developers without access to traditional BI tools to build dashboards and reports that can be easily shared within their organization.

"Now more than ever, organizations need a data strategy that enables speed and agility to be adaptable," said Francois Ajenstat, Chief Product Officer at Tableau. "As organizations are rapidly moving their data to the cloud, we’re seeing growing interest in doing analytics on the data lake. The introduction of SQL Analytics delivers an entirely new experience for customers to tap into insights from massive volumes of data with the performance, reliability and scale they need. We’re proud to partner with Databricks to bring that opportunity to life."

The lakehouse architecture is widely supported by Databricks partners including:

  • BI Partners: Tableau, Power BI, Qlik, Looker, Thoughtspot
  • Ingest Partners: Fivetran, Fishtown Analytics, Matillion, Talend
  • Catalog Partners: Collibra, Alation
  • Consulting Partners: Slalom, Thorogood, Advancing Analytics

"Databricks SQL Analytics is a critical step in the most important trend in the modern data stack: the unification of traditional SQL analytics with machine-learning and data science," said George Fraser, CEO at Fivetran. "Companies make huge investments in centralizing and curating data, and they should be able to make those investments once and then implement multiple analytical paradigms in a unified environment. The Lakehouse architecture supports that."

This announcement comes on the heels of impressive momentum Databricks has achieved over the past year. The company achieved a $350M+ revenue run rate as of Q3 2020, up from $200M in Q3 2019, and is now among the fastest-growing enterprise software cloud companies on record. It has achieved global growth, doubling its headcount in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden, and growing 5x in Australia and India over the last year. Databricks has 1,500 employees worldwide, and thousands of data teams leverage its Unified Data Analytics Platform across all industries and verticals.

QUOTE SHEET

Atlassian: "At Atlassian, we need to ensure teams can collaborate well across functions to achieve constantly evolving goals," said Rohan Dhupelia, Data Platform Senior Manager, Atlassian. "A simplified lakehouse architecture would empower us to ingest high volumes of user data and run the analytics necessary to better predict customer needs and improve the experience of our customers.  A single, easy-to-use cloud analytics platform allows us to rapidly improve and build new collaboration tools based on actionable insights."

Shell: "Shell has been undergoing a digital transformation as part of our ambition to deliver more and cleaner energy solutions. As part of this, we have been investing heavily in our data lake architecture. Our ambition has been to enable our data teams to rapidly query our massive datasets in the simplest possible way. The ability to execute rapid queries on petabyte scale datasets using standard BI tools is a game changer for us. Our co-innovation approach with Databricks has allowed us to influence the product roadmap and we are excited to see this come to market." Dan Jeavons, GM Data Science

Wejo: "At Wejo, we’re collecting data from more than 50 million accessible connected cars to build a better driving experience. Databricks and a robust lakehouse architecture will allow us to provide automated analytics to our customers, empowering them to glean insights on nearly 5 trillion data points per month, all in a streaming environment from car to marketplace in seconds." (Daniel Tibble, Head of Data)

Yipitdata: "As a company focused on providing data-driven research to our customers, the massive amount of data in our data lake is our lifeblood.  By leveraging Databricks and Delta Lake, we have already been able to democratize data at scale, while lowering the cost of running production workloads by 60%, saving us millions of dollars.  We’re excited to build on this momentum by leveraging the Databricks lakehouse architecture that will further empower everyone across our organization – from research analysts to data scientists – to interchangeably use the same data, helping us to provide innovative insights to our customers faster than ever before." (Andrew Gross, Director of Engineering)

Press Contact:
Keyana Corliss
Head of Global Communications
Keyana.Corliss@databricks.com

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Hollysys Automation Technologies Reports Unaudited Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended September 30, 2020

First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Highlights

  • Non-GAAP net income attributable to Hollysys was $20.8 million, a decrease of 30.2% compared to the comparable prior year period.
  • Total revenues were $129.5 million, an increase of 5.1% compared to the comparable prior year period.
  • Non-GAAP gross margin was at 33.7%, compared to 37.7% for the comparable prior year period.
  • Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $0.34, a decrease of 30.6% compared to the comparable prior year period.
  • Net cash provided by operating activities was $21.6 million for the current quarter.
  • DSO of 185 days, compared to 204 days for the comparable prior year period.
  • Inventory turnover days of 58 days, compared to 56 days for the comparable prior year period.

BEIJING, Nov. 13, 2020 — Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI) ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 ended September 30, 2020 (see attached tables). The management of Hollysys, stated:

Industrial Automation ("IA") business finished the quarter with revenue and contract at $81.9 million and $107.8 million, representing 26.8% and 28.4% YOY growth, respectively.

  • In power sector, we continued our effort in strengthening our market position in high-end coal fire market (600MW and plus power unit). Meanwhile, with respect to our current client base in this sector, we are actively responding to various regular and value-added service demand covering old system replacement, system upgrade, part component sales and annual maintenance, etc.
  • In chemical and petro-chemical sector, contract growth remains healthy. We continued our effort in key projects winning, key client cooperation, key marketing events and development and demonstration of solution capability to penetrate the market and build our reputation.

    Sector highlights of the past quarter include:

–  Winning the bidding of DCS+ESD (emergency shutdown device) + AMS (asset management system) +F&G (fire and gas) integrated solution for two offshore oil platforms. It is the 8th oil platform solution that the Company has won since the beginning of the calendar year, marking a remarkable progress for our exploration in the oil and gas industry.

–  Signing a CCS (Coordination Control System) contract with a client on its 400,000 tons/year tert-butyl alcohol and 200,000 tons/year MMA (methyl methacrylate) projects, marking a breakthrough as it is the Company’s first contract in MMA.

–  Signing a DCS + SIS + GDS + MES + OTS + AMS + information security integrated solution contract with a client on its 100,000 tons polycarbonate project. The DCS control points for the project amount to approximately 20,000, making it the largest project ever for the Company in similar craft.

  • In food & beverage and pharmaceutical sector, we continue to see healthy growth in contract. With our core control solution capability and inclusion of engineering design capability, we are building our EPC (engineering design + procurement + construction) capability so as to provide more comprehensive solution to our clients. Periodic progress was made in such model as we signed our first workshop-level EPC contract with a client for its 7-ACA (7-aminocephalosporanic acid) refining project, which is expected to lay foundation for our further pursuit of larger scale EPC project in the future.
  • In smart factory business, we continue to actively engage the potential clients through various marketing events, to stay close for in-depth grasp of market demand, and to develop and improve our solution for real value creation in economic benefit and operation safety. Highlights of the past quarter include:

–  Signing a contract with a new client from the thermal-power sector to provide a total solution with control-level and management-level data integration that covers comprehensive function modules including   control optimization, smart diagnosis, equipment management, decision making and operation management, etc. We expect such project to become a key demonstration of solution for the thermal-power sector.

–  Signing a contract with a client from the coal-fire sector for its new 2*660MW power plant. Contract covers a similar total solution at control and management level, and marks a significant breakthrough in our smart factory solution for high-end coal-fire market.

–  Signing a contract with an existing client from the petro-chemical sector to provide management-level solution based on our industrial internet platform.

  • Aftersales business of IA is keeping the healthy pace. We continued to engage our valuable client base and respond with both regular and value-adding initiatives covering old system upgrade and replacement, part component sales, annual maintenance, control optimization, data integration and energy management, etc.
  • Under our big automation initiatives, we continued to improve our capability for wider range of solution covering entire life cycle. By end of September, we have put into operation our in-house instrument production line, with which we will be capable of manufacturing certain types of instruments contained in our total control solution. Such is expected to be a valuable addition to our project delivery, market opportunities and operation.

Rail business finished the quarter with revenue and contract at $28.7 million and $24.2 million, recording 35.6% YOY decrease and 15.0% YOY growth, respectively.

  • In high-speed rail ("HSR") sector, we continued our delivery of on-ground solution along with the rail-road construction progress. Periodic progress was achieved for the smart solution initiatives for the sector, and we have completed our top-level design of the smart maintenance solution. Meanwhile, bidding from the client was seeing its gradual recovery in the post-pandemic period, both for on-ground and on-board equipment. Highlights of the quarter include:

–  Winning the bidding of 140 sets (out of the total package of 274 sets) of ATP for C2 (250km) China Standard High-speed train in August.

  • In subway sector, our cloud-based SCADA project for Shenzhen Subway Line 6 was fully delivered, which was the second cloud-based SCADA project of the Company and represents our constant effort in innovation for continued value creation for our clients. In delivery, our enhancement in supply chain management and engineering standardization has contributed to improved quality and efficiency of project execution.
  • In aftersales business, we continued to strengthen local service network, to expand service solution and to develop technology-and-service-centered service for better differentiation. In HSR sector, we continued to respond to regular services including advanced maintenance, system and software upgrade and part component sales, as well as total replacement. We continued to act as the service provider to Hong KongShenzhen high-speed rail, with our service quality being highly recognized. In subway sector, we continued to explore potentials from the current client base and signed contracts covering system upgrade, maintenance and product sales.
  • Under our big transportation initiatives, the Company has established the smart highway solution and was actively involved in marketing events for new contracts breakthrough in new business. Highlight for the quarter includes:

–  Signing a breakthrough contract of smart traffic meteorology solution for a section of the highway connecting Sichuan and Yunnan province. The data-driven solution targets highway administration as the intended clients and through collection and processing of meteorological, geographical and traffic data, advices the highway administration on more effective decision making in highway management, in particular under extreme weather condition.

Mechanical and Electrical Solutions ("M&E") business finished the quarter with revenue and contract at $18.8 million and $12.3 million, recording 34.4% increase and 63.4% YOY decrease respectively.

COVID-19 remains a challenge to M&E and overseas business. We will keep monitoring the impact on this sector and risk control remains to be the key focus.

Fiscal Quarter Ended September 30, 2020 Unaudited Financial Results Summary

 (In USD thousands, except for number of shares and per share data)

Three months ended

Sep 30, 2020

 Sep 30, 2019

%
Change

Revenues

$

129,468

123,230

5.1%

    Integrated solutions contracts revenue

$

105,706

104,466

1.2%

    Products sales

$

6,569

6,123

7.3%

    Service rendered

$

17,193

12,641

36.0%

Cost of revenues

$

85,891

76,771

11.9%

Gross profit

$

43,577

46,459

(6.2)%

Total operating expenses

$

22,558

23,291

(3.1)%

    Selling

$

8,176

7,277

12.4%

    General and administrative

$

10,179

10,592

(3.9)%

    Research and development

$

9,981

8,942

11.6%

    VAT refunds and government subsidies

$

(5,778)

(3,520)

64.1%

Income from operations

$

21,019

23,168

(9.3)%

Other income, net

$

1,229

2,025

(39.3)%

Foreign exchange (loss) gain

$

(2,323)

604

(484.6)%

Gains on disposal of an investment in an equity investee

$

5,763

(100.0)%

Share of net income of equity investees

$

1,891

1,541

22.7%

Interest income

$

3,798

3,029

25.4%

Interest expenses

$

(137)

(113)

21.2%

Income tax expenses

$

4,760

6,209

(23.3)%

Net (losses) income attributable to non-controlling interests

$

(80)

26

(407.7)%

Non-GAAP net income attributable to Hollysys Automation 
    Technologies Ltd.

$

20,797

29,782

(30.2)%

Non-GAAP basic EPS

$

0.34

0.49

(30.6)%

Non-GAAP diluted EPS

$

0.34

0.49

(30.6)%

$

Share-based compensation expenses

175

26

573.1%

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

$

76

75

1.3%

GAAP Net income attributable to Hollysys Automation Technologies
    Ltd.

$

20,546

29,681

(30.8)%

GAAP basic EPS

$

0.34

0.49

(30.6)%

GAAP diluted EPS

$

0.34

0.49

(30.6)%

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding

60,552,099

60,470,611

0.1%

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

60,552,099

60,483,884

0.1%

Operational Results Analysis for the First Quarter Ended September 30, 2020

Comparing to the first quarter of the prior fiscal year, the total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2020 increased from $123.2 million to $129.5 million, representing an increase of 5.1%. Broken down by the revenue types, integrated contracts revenue increased by 1.2% to $105.7 million, products sales revenue increased by 7.3% to $6.6 million, and services revenue increased by 36.0% to $17.2 million.

The Company’s total revenues can also be presented in segments as shown in the following chart:

(In USD thousands)

Three months ended Sep 30,

2020

2019

$

% to Total
Revenue

$

% to Total
Revenue

Industrial Automation

81,931

63.2%

64,637

52.4%

Rail Transportation Automation

28,696

22.2%

44,576

36.2%

Mechanical and Electrical Solution

18,841

14.6%

14,017

11.4%

Total

129,468

100.0%

123,230

100.0%

Overall gross margin excluding non-cash amortization of acquired intangibles (non-GAAP gross margin) was 33.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to 37.7% for the same period of the prior year. The non-GAAP gross margin for integrated contracts, product sales, and services rendered were 25.3%, 73.7% and 70.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to 32.6%, 79.9% and 59.5% for the same period of the prior year, respectively. The gross margin fluctuation was mainly due to the different revenue mix with different margins. The GAAP overall gross margin which includes non-cash amortization of acquired intangibles was 33.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to 37.6% for the same period of the prior year. The GAAP gross margin for integrated contracts, product sales, and service rendered was 25.2%, 73.7% and 70.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to 32.5%, 79.9% and 59.5% for the same period of the prior year, respectively.

Selling expenses were $8.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020, representing an increase of $0.9 million or 12.4% compared to $7.3 million for the same quarter of the prior year. Presented as a percentage of total revenues, selling expenses were 6.3% and 5.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

General and administrative expenses, excluding non-cash share-based compensation expenses (non-GAAP G&A expenses), were $10.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, representing a decrease of $0.4 million or 3.9% compared to $10.6 million for the same quarter of the prior year. Presented as a percentage of total revenues, non-GAAP G&A expenses were 7.9% and 8.6% for quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The GAAP G&A expenses which include the non-cash share-based compensation expenses were $10.4 million and $10.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Research and development expenses were $10.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020, representing an increase of $1.0 million or 11.6% compared to $8.9 million for the same quarter of the prior year. Presented as a percentage of total revenues, R&D expenses were 7.7% and 7.3% for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The VAT refunds and government subsidies were $5.8 million for three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $3.5 million for the same period in the prior year, representing a $2.3 million or 64.1% increase, which was primarily due to increase of the VAT refunds.

The income tax expenses and the effective tax rate were $4.8 million and 18.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $6.2 million and 17.3% for comparable prior year period. The effective tax rate fluctuation was mainly due to the different pre-tax income mix with different tax rates, as the Company’s subsidiaries are subject to different tax rates in various jurisdictions.

The non-GAAP net income attributable to Hollysys, which excludes the non-cash share-based compensation expenses calculated based on the grant-date fair value of shares or options granted, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and fair value adjustments of a bifurcated derivative, was $20.8 million or $0.34 per diluted share based on 60.6 million diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding for the three months ended September 30, 2020. This represents a 30.2% decrease over $29.8 million or $0.49 per share based on 60.5 million diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding reported in the comparable prior year period. On a GAAP basis, net income attributable to Hollysys was $20.5 million or $0.34 per diluted share representing a decrease of 30.8% over $29.7 million or $0.49 per diluted share reported in the comparable prior year period.

Contracts and Backlog Highlights

Hollysys achieved $144.3 million of new contracts for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The backlog as of September 30, 2020 was $596.1 million. The detailed breakdown of new contracts and backlog by segments is shown below:

(In USD thousands)

New contracts achieved

Backlog

for the three months

 ended Sep 30, 2020

as of Sep 30, 2020

$

% to Total
Contract

$

% to Total
Backlog

Industrial Automation

107,806

74.7%

252,299

42.3%

Rail Transportation

24,167

16.8%

254,833

42.7%

Mechanical and Electrical Solutions

12,304

8.5%

89,005

14.9%

Total

144,277

100.0%

596,137

100.0%

Cash Flow Highlights

For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the total net cash inflow was $34.9 million. The net cash provided by operating activities was $21.6 million. The net cash provided by investing activities was $2.6 million and mainly consisted of $114.6 million of matured time deposits, which were partially offset by $108.8 million of time deposits placed with banks. The net cash used in financing activities was $0.2 million.

Balance Sheet Highlights

The total amount of cash and cash equivalents were $321.6 million, $288.8 million, and $340.0 million as of September 30, 2020, June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively.

For the three months ended September 30, 2020, DSO was 185 days, as compared to 204 days for the comparable prior year period and 167 days for the last quarter; and inventory turnover was 58 days, as compared to 56 days for the comparable prior year period and 66 days for the last quarter.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call at 8:00 pm November 12, 2020 U.S. Eastern Time / 9:00 am November 13, 2020 Beijing Time, to discuss the financial results for fiscal year 2021 first quarter ended September 30, 2020 and business outlook.

Joining the Conference Call:

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SAFE HARBOUR:

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are "forward-looking statements," including statements regarding: the ability of the Company to achieve its commercial objectives; the business strategy, plans and objectives of the Company and its subsidiaries; and any other statements of non-historical information. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements, based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Hollysys’ management, are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website (http://www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

For further information, please contact:

Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.
www.hollysys.com
+8610-58981386
investors@hollysys.com

 

 

 

HOLLYSYS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In USD thousands except for number of shares and per share data)

Three months ended

Sep 30,

2020

2019

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Net revenues

Integrated solutions contracts revenue

$

105,706

$

104,466

Products sales

6,569

6,123

Revenue from services

17,193

12,641

Total net revenues

129,468

123,230

Costs of integrated solutions contracts

79,081

70,500

Cost of products sold

1,729

1,231

Costs of services rendered

5,157

5,115

Gross profit

43,501

46,384

Operating expenses

Selling

8,176

7,277

General and administrative

10,354

10,618

Research and development

9,981

8,942

VAT refunds and government subsidies

(5,778)

(3,520)

Total operating expenses

22,733

23,317

Income from operations

20,768

23,067

Other income, net

1,229

2,025

Foreign exchange (loss) gain

(2,323)

604

Gains on disposal of investments in an equity investee

5,763

Share of net income of equity investees

1,891

1,541

Interest income

3,798

3,029

Interest expenses

(137)

(113)

Income before income taxes

25,226

35,916

Income taxes expenses

4,760

6,209

Net income

20,466

29,707

Less: Net (losses) income attributable to non-controlling interests

(80)

26

Net income attributable to Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.

$

20,546

$

29,681

Other comprehensive income, net of tax of nil

Translation adjustments

38,950

(34,174)

Comprehensive income (loss)

59,416

(4,467)

Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests

80

(25)

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Hollysys Automation
Technologies Ltd.

$

59,336

$

(4,442)

Net income per share:

Basic

0.34

0.49

Diluted

0.34

0.49

Shares used in income per share computation:

Basic

60,552,099

60,470,611

Diluted

60,552,099

60,483,884

 

 

 

HOLLYSYS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In USD thousands except for number of shares and per share data)

Sep 30,

Jun 30,

2020

2020

(Unaudited)

(audited)

ASSETS

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$

321,641

$

288,782

Time deposits with maturities over three months

330,432

324,949

Restricted cash

11,827

8,663

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $54,069 and
    $41,618 as of September 30, 2020 and June 30, 2020, respectively

268,270

242,449

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings, net of allowance for doubtful 
     accounts of $8,185 and $6,150 as of September 30, 2020 and June 30, 2020,
     respectively

189,834

186,879

Accounts receivable retention

5,227

6,088

Other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,382 and $6,224 as
     of September 30, 2020 and June 30, 2020, respectively

28,408

28,257

Advances to suppliers

18,614

17,255

Amounts due from related parties

22,222

21,444

Inventories

56,805

48,210

Prepaid expenses

654

648

Income tax recoverable

87

870

Total current assets

1,254,021

1,174,494

Non-current assets

Restricted cash

20,558

21,652

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings

1,771

2,309

Accounts receivable retention

5,559

4,717

Prepaid expenses

8

6

Property, plant and equipment, net

84,261

78,050

Prepaid land leases

16,168

15,742

Intangible assets, net

1,665

1,713

Investments in equity investees

45,814

41,133

Investments securities

4,816

4,640

Goodwill

1,516

1,460

Deferred tax assets

10,738

8,909

Operating lease right-of-use assets

6,496

6,010

Total non-current assets

199,370

186,341

Total assets

1,453,391

1,360,835

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities

Current portion of long-term loans

334

320

Accounts payable

129,336

117,460

Construction cost payable

1,762

2,350.00

Deferred revenue

161,692

139,242

Accrued payroll and related expenses

21,766

17,245

Income tax payable

7,021

3,142

Warranty liabilities

6,074

6,604

Other tax payables

4,129

3,279

Accrued liabilities

36,738

31,595

Amounts due to related parties

3,394

3,576

Operating lease liabilities

2,211

2,489

Total current liabilities

374,457

327,302

Non-current liabilities

Accrued liabilities

3,000

5,635

Long-term loans

15,885

15,780

Accounts payable

3,221

2,530

Deferred tax liabilities

14,307

13,940

Warranty liabilities

1,847

3,460

Operating lease liabilities

3,901

3,302

Total non-current liabilities

42,161

44,647

Total liabilities

416,618

371,949

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders’ equity:

Ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized;
    60,537,099 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and June
    30, 2020

61

61

Additional paid-in capital

224,218

224,043

Statutory reserves

49,423

49,423

Retained earnings*

783,315

774,473

Accumulated other comprehensive income

(24,728)

(63,517)

Total Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. stockholder’s equity

1,032,289

984,483

Non-controlling interests

4,484

4,403

Total equity

1,036,773

988,886

Total liabilities and equity

$

1,453,391

$

1,360,835

* The adoption of ASC 326 started in July 1st had a one-off effect on the beginning of balance sheet accounts.

 

 

 


HOLLYSYS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES LTD

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In USD thousands).

Three months ended 

Sep 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income

$

20,466

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

2,548

Amortization of prepaid land leases

101

Amortization of intangible assets

76

Allowance for doubtful accounts

952

Gains on disposal of long-lived assets

(11)

Share of net income of equity investees

(1,891)

Share-based compensation expenses

175

Deferred income tax benefit

(1,363)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable and retention

(25,949)

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings

4,397

Inventories 

(6,640)

Advances to suppliers

(702)

Other receivables 

621

Due from related parties

(1,148)

Accounts payable

7,901

Deferred revenue

16,963

Accruals and other payables

154

Due to related parties

(182)

Income tax payable

4,499

Other tax payables

713

Operating lease right-of-use assets

(305)

Operating lease liabilities

222

Net cash provided by operating activities

21,597

Cash flows from investing activities:

Time deposits placed with banks

(108,757)

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

(3,354)

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

65

Maturity of time deposits

114,597

Net cash provided by investing activities

2,551

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from long-term bank loans

37

Repayments of long-term bank loans

(194)

Net cash used in financing activities

(157)

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes

10,938

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

$

34,929

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period

$

319,097

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period

354,026

 

Non-GAAP Measures

In evaluating our results, the non-GAAP measures of "Non-GAAP cost of integrated contracts", "Non-GAAP general and administrative expenses", "Non-GAAP other income (expenses), net", "Non-GAAP net income attributable to Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. stockholders", "Non-GAAP basic earnings per share", and "Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share" serve as additional indicators of our operating performance and not as a replacement for other measures in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We believe these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors, as they exclude the non-cash share-based compensation expenses, which is calculated based on the number of shares or options granted and the fair value as of the grant date, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and fair value adjustments of a bifurcated derivative. They will not result in any cash inflows or outflows. We believe that using non-GAAP measures help our shareholders to have a better understanding of our operating results and growth prospects. In addition, given the business nature of the Company, it has been a common practice for investors to use such non-GAAP measures to evaluate the Company.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures with the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measures for the periods indicated:

(In USD thousands, except for number of shares and per share data)

Three months ended

Sep 30,

2020

2019

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

Cost of integrated solutions contracts

$

79,081

$

70,500

Less: Amortization of intangible assets

76

75

Non-GAAP cost of integrated solutions contracts

$

79,005

$

70,425

General and administrative expenses

$

10,354

$

10,618

Less: Share-based compensation expenses

175

26

Non-GAAP general and administrative expenses

$

10,179

$

10,592

Net income attributable to Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.

$

20,546

$

29,681

Add:

      Share-based compensation expenses

175

26

      Amortization of intangible assets

76

75

Non-GAAP net income attributable to Hollysys Automation
Technologies Ltd.

$

20,797

$

29,782

      Weighted average number of basic ordinary shares

60,552,099

60,470,611

      Weighted average number of diluted ordinary shares

60,552,099

60,483,884

Non-GAAP basic earnings per share

$

0.34

$

0.49

Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share

$

0.34

$

0.49

 

 

Related Links :

http://www.hollysys.com

Blue Hat Receives Nasdaq Notification Regarding Minimum Bid Price Deficiency

XIAMEN, China, Nov. 12, 2020 — Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology ("Blue Hat" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BHAT), a leading producer, developer and operator of augmented reality ("AR") interactive entertainment games, toys and educational materials in China, today announced  it has received a notification letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") notifying the Company that it is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rules for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, since the closing bid price for the Company’s common shares listed on Nasdaq was below US$1.00 for 30 consecutive trading days. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of US$1.00 per share, and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that a failure to meet the minimum bid price requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days.

The notification has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common shares on Nasdaq.

In accordance with Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has a period of 180 calendar days from the date of notification, or until May 5, 2021, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement during which time the Company’s ordinary shares will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market. If at any time before May 5, 2021 the bid price of the Company’s ordinary shares closes at or above US$1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq will provide written notification that the Company has achieved compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. In the event the Company does not regain compliance by May 5, 2021, the Company may be eligible for additional time to regain compliance or may face delisting.

The Company intends to monitor the closing bid price of its ordinary shares between now and May 5, 2021, and intends to cure the deficiency within the prescribed compliance period.

About Blue Hat
Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology is a producer, developer and operator of AR interactive entertainment games and toys in China, including interactive educational materials, mobile games, and toys with mobile game features. The Company’s interactive entertainment platform creates unique user experiences by connecting physical items to mobile devices, which creates a rich visual and interactive environment for users through the integration of real objects and virtual scenery. Distinguished by its own proprietary technology, Blue Hat aims to create an engaging, interactive and immersive community for its users. For more information, please visit the Company’s investor relations website at . The Company routinely provides important information on its website.

Forward-Looking Statements 
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain as they are based on current expectations and assumptions concerning future events or future performance of the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. In evaluating such statements, prospective investors should review carefully various risks and uncertainties identified in this release and matters set in the Company’s SEC filings. These risks and uncertainties could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements.

Contacts:
Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology
Phone: +86 (592) 228-0010
Email: ir@bluehatgroup.net

Investor Relations:

The Equity Group Inc.

In China

Adam Prior, Senior Vice President

Lucy Ma, Associate

(212) 836-9606

+86 10 5661 7012

aprior@equityny.com

lma@equityny.com

 

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ElectrifAi Offers New Machine Learning Models for Amazon SageMaker


Delivering fast and reliable machine learning business solutions

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Nov. 11, 2020 — ElectrifAi, one of the global leading companies in practical artificial intelligence (AI) and pre-built machine learning (ML) models, today announced that it is releasing one of the world’s largest collections of pre-trained and pre-structured ML models for Amazon SageMaker to offer for sale. Amazon SageMaker is a fully managed service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that provides every developer and data scientist with the ability to build, train, and deploy ML models quickly.

Delivering fast and reliable results, ElectrifAi is pleased to announce that 36 pre-trained ML models for Amazon SageMaker have been added to AWS Marketplace. ElectrifAi’s domain expertise across several verticals (including Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Communications, Media, Entertainment, Healthcare and Consumer/Retail) coupled with 16 years of ML experience provide quick-to-deploy enterprise solutions. Clients can now see results in just days and weeks as opposed to taking 12 to 18 months since these solutions turn data into actionable insights.

AWS Marketplace users are now able to unlock insights on data using ElectrifAi’s ML models that are based on industry specific use cases. This allows for rapid deployment, scaling, and generation of complex insights that drive immediate cost, profit, and performance improvement. Since 2004, ElectrifAi has been driving quick time-to-value and successful business outcomes. Customers have received out-of-the-box solutions that save them time and money compared to building models in-house.

"We’ve been doing machine learning for 16+ years and have deep expertise across many verticals. Our machine learning models help our clients drive rapid cost, profit, and performance improvement," said ElectrifAi Chief Executive Officer Ed Scott

Through discovery conversations with clients, we help identify business problems that ElectrifAi clients are trying to solve and hope to achieve. After initial discussions and analyzing the data, ElectrifAi determines the appropriate use-case pre-trained model that most accurately fits the customer’s requirements to achieve an expected outcome. Once a common data model is provided, ElectrifAi trains the model with client’s data in their own environment to generate the signals related to the expected outcome. No model is 100% accurate; but with ElectrifAi’s experience and domain expertise, the model can be hyper-tuned to fit the client’s goals and risk tolerance. ElectrifAi calls such models "Pre-structured", as they require minimal modification and tuning. These Pre-structured models navigate the nuances that vary from client to client within a given industry. For churn mitigation as an example, ElectrifAi applies several pre-structured models for segmentation and propensity modelling. ElectrifAi has a long history of building ML models, hyper-tuning the models to achieve accurate insights, and orchestrating multiple models to build use cases to deliver successful business outcomes. 

Luming Wang, CTO, ElectrifAi says "We have a process we call the machine learning model factory with pre-trained, pre-structured, and brand-new models made to address client specific pain points. The model is explainable and tests for bias, resulting in easy-to-understand actionable insights that help solve real business problems."

Jim McGowan, Head of Product, ElectrifAi says "When building a model for your company specific to an industry, we may already have some of the parts that we can provide very quickly with a lot of transparency so you can build on top of that and get where you’re going much faster. You would also have the support of an additional team of data scientists who can help with re-training or customizations of these models. We’re not just selling software, because we understand the domain and can build the models to solve for an end business use case. In a world of decreasing budgets and increasing demands, we can provide ready-to-go solutions while you work on other problems strategically important for your company."

ML automates what people do manually when looking at large volumes of data, such as forecasting revenue, predicting demands, identifying and reducing customer churn, identifying high-quality customer prospects, fraud detection, risk management, advanced analytics, and natural-language-processing. These ML models can help companies achieve a successful digital transformation. ElectrifAi has done the hard work already. All that is left for the client to do is to run the data through these pre-trained or pre-structured ML models in their own environment and integrate the output into their own business applications. ElectrifAi’s models for Amazon SageMaker available in AWS Marketplace are orchestrated together in a use-case to solve real business problems.

The ML models in AWS Marketplace are available worldwide. Please click here to access our pre-trained models and our associated services to help accelerate ML adoption within your organization.

About ElectrifAi
ElectrifAi is a global leader in business-ready machine learning models. ElectrifAi’s mission is to help organizations change the way they work through machine learning: driving cost reduction as well as profit and performance improvement. Founded in 2004, ElectrifAi boasts seasoned industry leadership, a global team of domain experts, and a proven record of transforming structured and unstructured data at scale. A large library of Ai-based products reaches across business functions, data systems, and teams to drive superior results in record time. ElectrifAi has approximately 200 data scientists, software engineers and employees with a proven record of dealing with over 2,000 customer implementations, mostly for Fortune 500 companies. At the heart of ElectrifAi’s mission is a commitment to making Ai and machine learning more understandable, practical and profitable for businesses and industries across the globe. ElectrifAi is headquartered in Jersey City, with offices located in Shanghai and New Delhi.

Delta Electronics Acquires Trihedral, a SCADA and IIoT Software Leader, to Facilitate a Broader Business in Digitized Manufacturing

FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 5, 2020 — Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, today announced it has closed the acquisition of Trihedral Engineering Limited, a SCADA and IIoT software company based in Canada. Under the terms of the agreement, Delta Electronics (Netherlands) B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta, acquired 100% of Trihedral’s interests.

The acquisition represents a key part of Delta’s long-term strategy in its industrial automation and system integration portfolios – and is expected to help facilitate a broader business in digitized manufacturing. Delta plans to use its existing global sales and service network to expand Trihedral’s signature VTScada software solution globally. Integrating Delta hardware and Trihedral software will allow both to play on their strengths in the rapidly growing fields of Automation, AI and Data Analytics.

"Together, Delta and Trihedral will foster significant synergies – adding value both for our employees and customers worldwide," said Simon Chang, president and COO of Delta Electronics, Inc. "Trihedral’s leadership in SCADA software development will bring considerable benefits for our organization, as we focus on smart manufacturing, smart building and smart micro-grid solutions."

Trihedral will keep both its namesake brand and management team. Delta will leverage Trihedral’s expertise in a range of field applications and industries, including water treatment, oil and gas, among others. Founded in 1986, Trihedral serves customers in more than 100 countries. Its proprietary VTScada software is widely used in large power, water treatment and other mission critical infrastructure installations across North America.

About Delta Electronics (Americas)

Delta Electronics (Americas) was established 38 years ago and has grown to over one thousand employees in the entire Americas region. Delta has offices, R&D centers, manufacturing, distribution and repair centers in multiple locations in the United States, Mexico and South America. In the U.S., operations are located in Fremont, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Raleigh, Boston and Detroit to better serve its diverse customer base. Outside the U.S., Delta continues to expand its Americas operations in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Canada.

Delta Electronics (Americas) serves the IT, communications, industrial automation, renewable energy, lighting, power tool, automotive electric vehicle and other major industries. Products include power electronics, DC brushless fans, visual displays, industrial automation, networking products, electronic components, consumer products and energy efficient and renewable energy products. The company is always striving to define new ways to improve the energy efficiency of its products through advanced research and product development.

For more information, please visit: www.delta-americas.com

About Delta

Delta, founded in 1971, is a global leader in switching power supplies and thermal management products with a thriving portfolio of smart energy-saving systems and solutions in the fields of industrial automation, building automation, telecom power, data center infrastructure, EV charging, renewable energy, energy storage and display, to nurture the development of smart manufacturing and sustainable cities. As a world-class corporate citizen guided by its mission statement, "To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow," Delta leverages its core competence in high-efficiency power electronics and its CSR-embedded business model to address key environmental issues, such as climate change. Delta serves customers through its sales offices, R&D centers and manufacturing facilities spread over close to 200 locations across 5 continents.

Throughout its history, Delta has received various global awards and recognition for its business achievements, innovative technologies and dedication to CSR. Since 2011, Delta has been listed on the DJSI World Index of Dow Jones Sustainability™ Indices for 9 consecutive years. Delta also ranked a Climate Change Leadership Level by CDP for the 3rd year in 2019.

For detailed information about Delta, please visit: www.deltaww.com

About Trihedral

Founded in 1986, Trihedral is a well-known Canadian creator of VTScada software and associated engineering services. With operating bases located in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, Trihedral serves customers from more than 100 countries with extensive SCADA capabilities. VTScada software has comprehensive integrated  functionality, and can be connected to multinational sites and factories via the Internet through a distributed fault-tolerant network of multiple servers. It is widely used in large power, water treatment and oil and gas industries in North America and the United Kingdom, providing key application solutions with excellent quality and support  that have been repeatedly recognized by industry awards.

For detailed information about Trihedral, please visit: www.vtscada.com

SERVICE ROBOTS Record: Sales Worldwide Up 32% – International Federation of Robotics reports


FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 28, 2020Sales value of professional service robots increased by 32% to 11.2 billion U.S. dollars worldwide (2018-2019). The COVID-19 pandemic will further boost the market. High demand for robotics disinfection solutions, robotic logistics solutions in factories and warehouses or robots for home delivery are examples of this trend. This is according to World Robotics 2020 – Service Robots report, presented by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

Worldwide Sales Value Of Professional Service Robots Increased By 32%
Worldwide Sales Value Of Professional Service Robots Increased By 32%

In terms of value, the sales of medical robotics accounts for 47% of the total professional service robot turnover in 2019. This was mainly driven by robotic surgery systems, which are the most expensive type in the segment. Sales hit a new record of 5.3 billion U.S. dollars – up 28%. By 2022, medical robot sales have the potential to more than double by reaching 11.3 billion U.S. dollars. About 90% of medical robots are from American and European suppliers.

Professional Service Robots  logistics

The market value of logistics robots sold or leased was up 110% to 1.9 billion U.S. dollars.

Autonomous mobile robots are part of today’s smart factory. Therefore, a continued strong turnover growth of 40% or more per year seems possible. "The investment in service robots for logistics in manufacturing processes is amortized rapidly," says IFR President Milton Guerry. "Assuming 24 hour operation, the investment in service robots for logistics may be repaid within 2–3 years and often much quicker. Given a 15 year lifetime, operating costs are around 5% of the annual investment. Highly developed systems often provide operational availability in the 98% plus range."

Personal and Domestic Service Robots

Service robots for personal and domestic use, which are produced for a mass market, are mainly in the areas of household robots. This include vacuuming and floor cleaning robots, lawn-mowing robots or entertainment robots. The total number of service robots for personal and domestic use increased by 34% to more than 23.2 million units sold in 2019. The value was up 20% to 5.7 billion U.S. dollars.

"We expect sales of both professional and personal service robots will continue to increase strongly," says Milton Guerry, President of the International Federation of Robotics. 

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Hollysys Automation Technologies to Announce Fiscal Year 2021 First Quarter Financial Results and Host Earnings Conference Call on November 12, 2021 US ET

BEIJING, Oct. 27, 2020 — Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI) ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, today announced that it will report its financial results for fiscal year 2021 first quarter on November 12, 2020 U.S. Eastern Time.

The Company will host a conference call at 8:00 pm November 12, 2020 U.S. Eastern Time / 9:00 am November 13, 2020 Beijing Time, to discuss the financial results for fiscal year 2021 first quarter ended September 30, 2020 and business outlook.

Joining the Conference Call:

1. Please register in advance of the conference using the link provided below. Upon registering, you will be provided with participant dial-in numbers, Direct Event passcode and unique registrant ID.
2. In the 10 minutes prior to the call start time, you will need to use the conference access information provided in the email received at the point of registering.

Note: Due to regional restrictions some participants may receive operator assistance when joining this conference call and will not be automatically connected.

Helpful keypad commands:
*0 – Operator assistance
*6 – Self mute/unmute

Direct Event online registration: http://apac.directeventreg.com/registration/event/3446698. Please use Conference ID 3446698 for entry if the link fails to lead directly to the registration page.

In addition, a recording of the conference call will be accessible within 48 hours via Hollysys’ website at: http://hollysys.investorroom.com

About Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI)

Hollysys is a leading automation control system solutions provider in China, with overseas operations in eight other countries and regions throughout Asia. Leveraging its proprietary technology and deep industry know-how, Hollysys empowers its customers with enhanced operational safety, reliability, efficiency, and intelligence which are critical to their businesses. Hollysys derives its revenues mainly from providing integrated solutions for industrial automation and rail transportation. In industrial automation, Hollysys delivers the full spectrum of automation hardware, software, and services spanning field devices, control systems, enterprise manufacturing management and cloud-based applications. In rail transportation, Hollysys provides advanced signaling control and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems for high-speed rail and urban rail (including subways). Founded in 1993, with technical expertise and innovation, Hollysys has grown from a research team specializing in automation control in the power industry into a group providing integrated automation control system solutions for customers in diverse industry verticals. Hollysys had cumulatively carried out more than 30,000 projects for approximately 17,000 customers in various sectors including power, petrochemical, high-speed rail, and urban rail, in which Hollysys has established leading market positions.

SAFE HARBOUR:

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are "forward-looking statements," including statements regarding: the ability of the Company to achieve its commercial objectives; the business strategy, plans and objectives of the Company and its subsidiaries; and any other statements of non-historical information. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements, based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Hollysys’ management, are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company’s reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website (http://www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

For further information, please contact:

Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.
www.hollysys.com
+8610-58981386
investors@hollysys.com

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Traxis Customs Offers Solution to e-Commerce Operators Post-Brexit


PARIS, Oct. 6, 2020Global Logistics Network and Next Terra International, two companies specialising in international transport and e-commerce logistics, have joined together in creating a new subsidiary company – Traxis Customs, with the purpose of targeting e-commerce flows entering Europe, on the eve of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. 

International Customs Clearance
International Customs Clearance

Historically, e-commerce operators have utilised London Heathrow as a main European gateway for customs clearance, but with the rapid approach of Brexit, international businesses are now seeking alternative solutions in mainland Europe.

Aicha Sow, Managing Director of Traxis Customs said: "We believe that Brexit will create some gaps in Europe, and we would like to jump on this opportunity to help transform Paris CDG airport into a European Gateway for incoming e-commerce flows into Europe. We have been supported by the French customs in our mission and we believe that all facilities are now ready for this movement."

Launching in October 2020 and strategically located within Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, Traxis offers an intelligent and flexible customs clearance solution, both internationally as well as to those businesses based in the UK seeking European import and exports clearing solutions.  A Registered Customs Representative, Traxis Customs is capable of handling all import, export and transit customs formalities in France, for all European countries, therefore aiding the free circulation of merchandise within Europe.

Supported by the two mother companies (gl-net.com & next-terra.com), Traxis Customs’ primary goal is the optimisation of the flow of imported goods. Specialists in providing express customs clearance for Import, Export or Transit flows, the company have the capability of handling huge e-commerce flows from Asia, USA, or UK using data exchange information and state of the art information technology. Customs Clearance services can be arranged individually by shipment for freight mode or over manifest covering a list of shipments arriving or leaving in express/courier mode.

Traxis Customs is a subsidiary company of two major logistic providers on the French market : Next Terra International and Global Logistics Network.

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Subaru Selects Veoneer to Manufacture New Generation Eyesight

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 2, 2020 — The automotive technology company Veoneer, Inc. (NYSE: VNE and SSE: VNE SDB), has partnered with Subaru to introduce the new generation EyeSight on the all-new Subaru Levorg.  Veoneer will begin producing systems for the Japan market starting later this year.     

Veoneer was selected by Subaru due to its experience in stereo vision systems and opto-mechanical design capabilities. This business is included in Veoneer’s previously announced backlog.  The new generation EyeSight hardware is a variant of Veoneer’s 4th generation stereo vision system, re-engineered to meet Subaru’s original specification. 

Subaru first introduced EyeSight in the U.S. in 2012, which has become a leading system in the automotive industry. The new generation EyeSight has two cameras mounted on a wide-baseline design allowing for better detection of pedestrians and vehicles in intersections and on curved roadways.   The system doubles the field-of-view and substantially increases the resolution over previous generations.  The system also has enhanced optical robustness and mechanical rigidity which improves detection performance while retaining a compact design package.  Integrated in the system package is a Xilinx Zynq XA processor hosting algorithms developed by Subaru.  

 "We are proud to have partnered with Subaru on the next generation EyeSight system for the all-new Levorg," says Jan Carlson, Veoneer Chairman, President and CEO. "Veoneer is leading the industry in stereo vision systems and is honored to custom design a version that is at the heart of Subaru’s ADAS solutions."

For more information please contact:

Thomas Jönsson
EVP Communications & IR
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Ray Pekar
VP Investor Relations
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Veoneer, Inc. is a worldwide leader in automotive technology. Our purpose is to create trust in mobility. We design, manufacture and sell state-of-the-art software, hardware and systems for occupant protection, advanced driving assistance systems, and collaborative and automated driving to OEMs globally. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Veoneer has 7,100 employees in 13 countries. In 2019, sales amounted to $1.9 billion. The Company is building on a heritage of close to 70 years of automotive safety development. In 2018, Veoneer became an independent, publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: VNE) and on the Nasdaq Stockholm (SSE: VNE SDB).

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