Fabrinet 10K 2020 Annual report

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM

10-K

(Mark One)

☒	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended June 26, 2020

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number:

001-34775

FABRINET

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Cayman Islands		98-1228572
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited 190 Elgin Avenue George Town Grand Cayman Cayman Islands		KY1-9005
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

+66

2-524-9600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, $0.01 par value	FN	New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation

S-T

(§229.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a

non-accelerated

filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule

12b-2

of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule

12b-2

of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of December 27, 2019, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, shares held by

non-affiliates

of the registrant had an aggregate market value of approximately $2.3 billion, based on the closing price for the registrant’s ordinary shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on such date.

As of August 7, 2020, the registrant had 36,744,258 ordinary shares, $0.01 par value, outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement relating to its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form

10-K

where indicated. Such proxy statement will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this report relates.

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FABRINET

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM

10-K

For the Fiscal Year Ended June 26, 2020

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		Page
	PART I
Item 1.	Business		2
Item 1A.	Risk Factors		15
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments		35
Item 2.	Properties		35
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings		35
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures		35

	PART II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities		36
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data		37
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		39
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk		58
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data		61
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure		113
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures		113
Item 9B.	Other Information		114

	PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance		115
Item 11.	Executive Compensation		115
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters		115
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence		115
Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services		115

	PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules		116
Item 16.	Form 10-K Summary		120

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PART I

ITEM 1.

BUSINESS.

Overview

We provide advanced optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) of complex products such as optical communication components, modules and

sub-systems,

industrial lasers, automotive components, medical devices and sensors. We offer a broad range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities across the entire manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, complex printed circuit board assembly, advanced packaging, integration, final assembly and testing. Although we focus primarily on

low-volume

production of a wide variety of high complexity products, which we refer to as

“low-volume,

high-mix,”

we also have the capability to accommodate high-volume production. Based on our experience with and positive feedback from our customers, we believe we are a global leader in providing these services to the optical communications, industrial lasers and automotive markets.

Our customer base includes companies in complex industries that require advanced precision manufacturing capabilities such as optical communications, industrial lasers, automotive components and sensors. Our customers in these industries support a growing number of

end-markets,

including automotive, biotechnology, communications, materials processing, medical devices, metrology and semiconductor processing. Our total revenues for the year ended June 26, 2020 (“fiscal year 2020”) increased by $57.5 million, or 3.6%, from $1.58 billion for the year ended June 28, 2019 (“fiscal year 2019”) to $1.64 billion for fiscal year 2020. Our revenues from lasers, sensors and other markets as a percentage of total revenues decreased from 25.2% in fiscal year 2019 to 24.0% in fiscal year 2020, while our revenues from optical communications products as a percentage of total revenues increased from 74.8% in fiscal year 2019 to 76.0% in fiscal year 2020.

In many cases, we are the sole outsourced manufacturing partner used by our customers for the products that we produce for them. The products that we manufacture for our OEM customers include:

•

optical communications devices, such as:

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selective switching products, such as reconfigurable optical

add-drop

multiplexers (“ROADMs”), optical amplifiers, modulators and other optical components and modules that collectively enable network managers to route voice, video and data communications traffic through fiber optic cables at various wavelengths, speeds, and over various distances;

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tunable lasers, transceivers, and transponders that eliminate, at a significant cost savings to the service provider, the need to stock individual fixed wavelength optical transceivers and transponders used in voice and data communications networks; and

•

active optical cables providing high-speed interconnect capabilities for data centers and computing clusters, as well as Infiniband, Ethernet, fiber channel and optical backplane connectivity;

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solid state, diode-pumped, gas and fiber lasers (collectively referred to as “industrial lasers”) used across a broad array of industries, including semiconductor processing (wafer inspection, wafer dicing, wafer scribing), biotechnology and medical device (DNA sequencing, flow cytometry, hematology, antibody detection), metrology (instrumentation, calibration, inspection), and material processing (metal, polymer, textile drilling and cutting, annealing, marking, engraving, and welding); and

•

sensors, including differential pressure, micro-gyro, fuel and other sensors that are used in automobiles, and

non-contact

temperature measurement sensors for the medical industry.

We also design and fabricate application-specific crystals, lenses, prisms, mirrors, laser components and substrates (collectively referred to as “customized optics”) and other custom and standard borosilicate, clear

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fused quartz, and synthetic fused silica glass products (collectively referred to as “customized glass”). We incorporate our customized optics and glass into many of the products we manufacture for our OEM customers, and we also sell customized optics and glass in the merchant market.

We believe we offer differentiated manufacturing services through our optical and electro-mechanical process technologies and our strategic alignment with our customers. Our dedicated process and design engineers, who have a deep knowledge in materials sciences and physics, are able to tailor our service offerings to accommodate our customers’ complex engineering assignments. Our range of capabilities, from the design of customized optics and glass through process engineering and testing of finished assemblies, provides us with a knowledge base that we believe often leads to improvements in our customers’ product development cycles, manufacturing cycle times, quality and reliability, manufacturing yields and end product costs. We offer an efficient, technologically advanced and flexible manufacturing infrastructure designed to enable the scale production of

low-volume,

high-mix

products, as well as high-volume products. We specialize in complex prototype and new product introduction services, with specialized resources to meet customers’ quick-turn printed circuit board assembly (“PCBA”) and early stage manufacturing requirements. We have a dedicated engineering team to support the advanced optical packaging needs of our customers’ cutting edge products, which allows them to accelerate development and

time-to-market

for such products. We often provide a

“factory-within-a-factory”

manufacturing environment to safeguard our customers’ intellectual property by physically segregating certain key employees and manufacturing space from the resources we use for other customers. We also provide our customers with a customized software platform to monitor all aspects of the manufacturing process, enabling our customers to remotely access our databases to monitor yields, inventory positions,

work-in-progress

status and vendor quality data in real time. We believe there is no other manufacturing services provider with a similar breadth and depth of optical and electro-mechanical engineering and process technology capabilities that does not directly compete with its customers in their

end-markets.

As a result, we believe we are more closely aligned and better able to develop long-term relationships with our customers than our competitors.

As of June 26, 2020, our facilities comprised approximately 2.1 million total square feet, including approximately 0.2 million square feet of office space and approximately 1.9 million square feet devoted to manufacturing and related activities, of which approximately 0.8 million square feet are clean room facilities. Of the aggregate square footage of our facilities, approximately 1.6 million square feet are located in Thailand and the remaining balance is located in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”), the United Kingdom, the United States, Israel and the Cayman Islands. See Part I, Item 2. Properties of this Annual Report on Form

10-K.

Recent Developments Related to

COVID-19

In the quarter ended March 27, 2020, the effects of the global

COVID-19

pandemic impacted us in several ways and created various challenges. At the onset of the pandemic, our PRC subsidiary, which manufactures custom optics components for us and other customers at its facility in Fuzhou, China, experienced a prolonged temporary closure following its customary

eight-day

Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in January 2020. In accordance with the Chinese government’s official efforts to mitigate the spread of

COVID-19,

our PRC subsidiary, along with other businesses in various parts of the country, delayed resumption of operations following the holiday closures for approximately two weeks. Furthermore, because of the restrictions in place on travel in China during this period, many of our employees were unable to return from their holiday travel as planned, resulting in fewer than 90% of our employees being able to return to work at our PRC subsidiary before early March. Our other global manufacturing facilities also have been affected by various government restrictions put in place to slow the spread of

COVID-19.

In Thailand, the government declared a national state of emergency effective March 26, 2020 and required the closure of various businesses, in particular retail establishments, and passed measures restricting movement and activities in Thailand. While our operations in Thailand have not been suspended, we have implemented a number of safety protocols to allow our operations in our facilities there to continue in accordance with government regulations. With the exception of our facility in Santa Clara, California, which closed for approximately one week beginning in late March before reopening in early April as a previously classified “essential business,” our facilities in the United States of America (“U.S.”),

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including in New Jersey, and in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) have remained open while adhering to the local government restrictions and orders implemented in March 2020, including

“shelter-in-place”

orders and social distancing guidelines.

The health and well-being of our employees continues to be our top priority. Over the past several months, we have implemented significant precautionary measures throughout our worldwide operations to ensure our employees and their families remain safe, such as mandatory temperature detection at building entrances, rigorous and regular facility and equipment disinfection, and mandatory personal protective equipment protocols, including (1) the wearing of face masks throughout our factories at all times, (2) distributing our employees across shifts to better maintain safe personal distances, (3) isolating incoming parts and materials for a week or more prior to unpacking, or applying extreme heat to them to kill potential viruses, (4) directing our

non-factory

personnel to work remotely, and (5) restricting all

non-employee

visits to our campuses.

During the six months ended June 26, 2020, we also experienced a shift in the demand for our services, with some customers canceling, decreasing or delaying orders and other customers accelerating and increasing orders. However, the most significant effect of

COVID-19

on our operations has been the disruption of our supply chain, including significant fluctuations in the availability of parts and materials necessary to manufacture our products for our customers. While we were able to mitigate some of these issues by quickly identifying and securing alternative sources, these mitigation efforts, combined with our employee safety initiatives, negatively impacted our gross margins due to the associated costs and expenses. For more information, see “Item 7, Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Industry Background

Optical Communications

Many optical communications OEMs have reduced internal manufacturing capacity and transitioned to a

low-cost

and more efficient manufacturing base. By outsourcing production to third parties, OEMs are better able to concentrate their efforts and resources on what they believe are their core strengths, such as research and development, and sales and marketing. Additionally, outsourcing production often allows OEMs to reduce product costs, improve quality, access advanced process design and manufacturing technologies and achieve accelerated

time-to-market

and

time-to-volume

production. The principal barrier to the trend towards outsourcing in the optics industry has been the shortage of third-party manufacturing partners with the necessary optical process capabilities and robust intellectual property protection.

Demand for optical communications components and modules is influenced by the level and rate of development of optical communications infrastructure and carrier and enterprise network expansion, as well as rapid expansion of data center infrastructures. Carrier demand for optical communications network equipment has increased as a direct result of higher network utilization and increased demand for bandwidth capacity. The increase in network traffic volumes has been driven by increasing demand for voice, data and video services delivered over wired and wireless Internet protocol, or IP, networks. The bandwidth demands for data center access have been largely driven by social media applications and cloud services, and continue to increase very rapidly.

Industrial Lasers, Sensors and Others

The optical and electro-mechanical process technologies used in the optical communications market also have applications in other similarly complex

end-markets

that require advanced precision manufacturing capabilities, such as automotive, industrial lasers, medical devices, and sensors. These markets are substantially larger than the optical communications components and modules market. Growth in the industrial lasers, medical, and sensors markets is expected to be driven by demand for:

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industrial laser applications across a growing number of

end-markets,

particularly in semiconductor processing, biotechnology, metrology and materials processing;

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precision,

non-contact

and low power requirement sensors, particularly in automotive, medical and industrial

end-markets;

and

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lower cost products used on both enterprise and consumer levels.

Outsourcing of production by industrial laser and sensor OEMs has historically been limited. We believe industrial laser and sensor OEMs are increasingly recognizing the benefits of outsourcing that OEMs in other industries, such as optical communications, have been able to achieve.

Our Competitive Strengths

We believe we have succeeded in providing differentiated services to the optical communications, industrial lasers, medical, and sensors industries due to our long-term focus on optical and electro-mechanical process technologies, strategic alignment with our customers and our commitment to total customer satisfaction. More specifically, our key competitive strengths include:

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Advanced Optical and Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Technologies:

We believe that our optical and electro-mechanical process technologies and capabilities, coupled with our customized optics and glass technologies, provide us with a key competitive advantage. These technologies include:

•

advanced optical and precision packaging;

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reliability and environmental testing;

•

optical and mechanical material and process analysis;

•

precision optical fiber and electro-mechanical assembly;

•

complex printed circuit board assembly;

•

customized software tools for

low-volume,

high-mix

manufacturing;

•

turn-key

manufacturing systems;

•

fiber metallization and lensing;

•

fiber handling and fiber alignment;

•

crystal growth and processing;

•

precision lapping and polishing;

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precision glass drawing; and

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optical coating.

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Efficient, Flexible and Low Cost Process Engineering and Manufacturing Platform:

We enable our customers to transition their production to an efficient and flexible manufacturing platform that is specialized for the production of optics and similarly complex products and is located in a

low-cost

geography. We believe our advanced manufacturing technologies, coupled with our broad engineering capabilities, give us the ability to identify opportunities to improve our customers’ manufacturing processes and provide meaningful production cost benefits. We have also developed a series of customized software tools that we believe provide us with a specialized ability to manage the unique aspects of

low-volume,

high-mix

production.

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Customizable

Factory-Within-a-Factory

Production Environment:

We offer our customers exclusive engineering teams and manufacturing space for production. We call this concept of segregating production by customer a

“factory-within-a-factory.”

We believe our approach maximizes intellectual property protection and provides greater opportunities to reduce cost and improve time to market for our customers’ products.

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Vertical Integration Targeting Customized Optics and Glass:

We believe our capabilities in the design and fabrication of high-value customized optics and glass are complementary to our manufacturing services. Specifically, these capabilities enable us to strategically align our business to our customers’ needs by streamlining our customers’ product development process and reducing the number of suppliers in our customers’ manufacturing supply chains. Also, we use these customized optics and glass products in certain of the components, modules and subsystems we manufacture, which enables us to shorten time to market and reduce the cost for our customers. We believe this level of vertical integration positions us to capitalize on further opportunities to cross-sell our design and fabrication capabilities.

•

Turn-Key

Supply Chain Management:

We have created a proprietary set of automated manufacturing resource planning tools designed specifically to address the unique inventory management demands of

“low-volume,

high-mix”

manufacturing. Over the years, we have developed strong relationships with thousands of suppliers and implemented inventory management strategies with many of them, which enables us to obtain inventory on an

as-needed

basis and provide

on-site

stocking programs. We believe our deep expertise, relationships and capabilities in supply chain and materials management often allows us to further reduce costs and cycle times for our customers.

Our Growth Strategy

The key elements of our growth strategy are to:

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Strengthen Our Presence in the Optical Communications Market:

We believe we are a leader in manufacturing products for the optical communications market. The optical communications market is growing rapidly, driven by the growth in demand for increased network bandwidth and penetration from core to metro networks and data center infrastructures. We believe this trend will continue to increase the demand for the products that we manufacture and the services we provide. We continue to invest resources in advanced manufacturing process and optical packaging technologies to support the manufacture of the next generation of complex optical products.

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Leverage Our Technology and Manufacturing Capabilities to Continue to Diversify Our End-Markets:

We intend to use our technological strengths in precision optical and electro-mechanical manufacturing, advanced packaging and process design engineering to continue our diversification into industrial lasers, medical, sensors, and other select markets that require similar capabilities.

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Continue to Extend Our Customized Optics and Glass Vertical Integration:

We will continue to extend our vertical integration into customized optics and glass in order to gain greater access to key components used in the complex products we manufacture as well as to continue our diversification into new markets. We believe our customized optics and glass capabilities are highly complementary to our optical and electro-mechanical manufacturing services, and we intend to continue to market these products to our existing manufacturing services customers. In addition, we intend to continue our focus on customized optics and glass through further investment into research and development, as well as through potential acquisitions in what remains a highly fragmented market.

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Evaluate Potential Strategic Alternatives such as Acquisitions and Joint Ventures:

We will continue to evaluate opportunities to further expand our manufacturing capabilities and diversify our

end-markets

through the evaluation of various acquisition and joint venture opportunities around the globe.

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Broaden Our Client Base Geographically:

Our manufacturing services are incorporated into products that are distributed in markets worldwide, but we intend to further build out our client base in strategic regions. We intend to focus on expanding our client base in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the United States. We believe these regions have a large and robust optics market, as well as a need for advanced manufacturing services in other growth markets, and would benefit from our precision optical and electromechanical manufacturing services.

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Establish New Product Introduction (“NPI”) Centers to Generate and Transfer New Business to Thailand:

We established Fabrinet West, Inc. as an NPI center in the heart of Silicon Valley and Fabrinet Israel as an NPI center in Israel’s “Startup Village.” These NPI centers serve as business development arms with an emphasis on new business generation, helping our customers with design for manufacturability and then transferring those programs to Thailand for volume manufacturing. Equipped with

state-of-the-art

surface mount and advanced optical packaging technologies and infrastructure, and with close proximity to a large portion of our customer base, these centers help to accelerate customer NPI and provide seamless access and future transfer to the

low-cost

manufacturing base in Thailand.

Service Offerings

We offer integrated precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services and customized optics and glass fabrication services for our OEM customers.

Precision Optical, Electro-Mechanical, and Electronic Manufacturing Services

Process Design and Engineering

We continuously analyze our customers’ product designs for cost and manufacturability improvements. We perform detailed design for manufacturability studies and design of experiments to assist in optimizing a product’s design for the lowest cost possible without compromising the quality specifications of form, fit and function. In the case of a new product design, we may assist in assembling one or more prototype products using the same production line and the same engineering and manufacturing teams that would be used for product qualification and volume production. We often transfer production from a customer’s internal prototype or production lines to our own facilities, requiring a copy-exact: the setup of a production process identical to the one used by our customer to minimize the number of variables and expedite qualification.

Advanced Optical Packaging

We have a dedicated team of experienced engineers supporting our advanced optical packaging development capabilities. These highly qualified engineers work closely with our customers to understand the development requirements of their new products and assist them to build prototypes, as well as source materials, optimize manufacturing processes and develop schedules to bring these products to volume production. We maintain a real-time roadmap for the packaging requirements of our customers and the industry in general. Our advanced packaging team develops and maintains generic recipes that are readily available to be tailored and refined for the specific new applications of our customers, which helps to further accelerate prototype development and product delivery time.

Printed Circuit Board Assembly and Test

Printed circuit board assembly involves attaching electronic components, such as integrated circuits, capacitors, receivers, transceivers and other components and modules to printed circuit boards. We employ a variety of mounting and assembly technologies, including SMT, PTH and ACT,

press-fit,

and other connection processes that are focused on miniaturization and increasing the density of component placement on printed circuit boards. These technologies, which support the needs of our customers to provide greater functionality in smaller products, include chip-scale packaging, ball grid array, direct chip attach and high density interconnect. We perform

in-circuit,

functional and environmental testing of printed circuit board assemblies to verify all components are properly inserted, attached and the electrical circuits are complete, and that the board or assembly operates in accordance with its final design and manufacturing specifications.

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Dedicated New Product Introduction

We are committed to providing NPI capabilities designed to ensure that our customers’ products get to market as quickly as possible.

Co-locating

strong engineering services in process design, prototyping, design for manufacturability (“DFM”) and test at these locations gives customers a full suite of NPI services for quick-turn PCBA to

box-build

to full system assembly. Stringent IP protection protocols are strictly enforced throughout the entire process, safeguarding our customers’ intellectual property. Our NPI sites are outfitted with

state-of-the-art

production equipment that mirrors the equipment used in our

low-cost

manufacturing facilities, ensuring a fast, smooth transition to a

low-cost

production environment once the product is qualified.

Qualifications

Production line and environmental qualifications require a variety of process engineering and technical skills, and the use of specialized equipment. Many of the products that we produce for our customers require extensive environmental and reliability qualification involving, in some cases, a three to six months or longer duration prior to volume production. The qualification phase may include a customer’s certification of a production line or process and one or a series of qualification tests for mechanical integrity and environmental endurance as specified by an industry standards organization, such as Telcordia for telecommunication equipment. We have extensive expertise in the planning, executing, troubleshooting and ultimate success of these qualifications and testing environments, which provides our customers a higher likelihood of completing these qualifications in a timely fashion.

Continuous Improvement and Optimization

Once we have completed the qualification phase and stabilized production yields, we shift our focus to cost and quality optimization. This requires a close working relationship with our customer to optimize processes and identify alternative sources for materials to improve efficiency, yields and cost. Design and process improvements may include reducing the number of parts, simplifying the assembly process, eliminating

non-value

add operations, using standard materials and optimizing manufacturing lines.

Supply Chain and Inventory Management

Our expertise in supply chain and materials management often allows us to further reduce costs and cycle times for our customers. Our procurement and materials management services include planning, purchasing, expediting, warehousing and financing materials from thousands of suppliers. We have created a proprietary set of automated manufacturing resource planning tools to manage our inventory. We have also implemented inventory management strategies with certain suppliers that enable us to use inventory on an

as-needed

basis and provide

on-site

stocking programs.

Quality Control

We believe the integration of our manufacturing and test controls, quality systems, and software platforms contribute significantly to our ability to deliver high-quality products on a consistent basis and reduce the risk that we will be required to repair or replace defective products. Our manufacturing execution system (“MES”) is directly integrated with our test system and enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) database allowing us to respond to any process deviations in real time. We work with customers to develop product-specific test strategies. We also provide a variety of test management services, including material and process testing and reliability testing. In addition to providing yield, manufacturing data tracking and other information, our data tracking system also performs process route checking to ensure that the products follow correct process steps, and the test results meet all specified criteria. Our test capabilities include traditional PCBA testing, mechanical testing and optical testing, which includes parametric testing, such as insertion loss, return loss and extinction ratio, and functional testing (e.g., bit error ratio).

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Customized Glass and Crystal Optics Fabrication

We design and fabricate our own customized glass and crystal optics, which are core components of the higher level assemblies that we manufacture for our customers. Our fabrication facilities are located in Fuzhou, China and Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Our customized glass and crystal optics products include the following:

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Fiber Optic Ferrules and Alignment Sleeves; Fiber Optic Substrates; Precision Glass Tubing, Precision Capillaries and Rods:

These single bore and multi-bore products, in various shapes and dimensions, are used principally in optical communications, medical and industrial applications.

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Laser Optics:

Includes crystals (such as YVO4, Nd: YVO4, Cr: YAG, and BBO), optics, high reflectivity mirrors, lenses, prisms and windows used in laser applications.

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Medical Optics:

Includes mirrors, lenses, filters, waveplates, windows, and prisms incorporated into various medical equipment products.

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Storage Optics:

Includes mirrors, polarizing beam splitters or PBS, and waveplates incorporated into optical storage products.

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Surveying Optics:

Includes penta prisms, corner cubes, and

T-Windows

incorporated into precision surveying products.

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Telecom Optics:

Includes lenses (such as spherical,

a-spherical,

C-lens,

and cylindrical), waveplates, mirrors, prisms, filters and YVO4 crystals used for telecommunications applications.

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Telecommunication Subassemblies:

Includes fiber pigtails (both single and dual), assemblies and collimators used in many fiber optic components such as isolators, circulators, optical switches and three-port filters.

Technology

Based on our experience with customers and our qualitative assessment of our capabilities, we believe we provide a broader array of process technologies to the optics industry than any other manufacturing services provider. We also continue to invest in customized optics and glass technology including in the areas of crystal growth, crystal and glass processing, optical coating, polishing and lapping, optical assemblies and precision glass drawing. We intend to continue to increase our process engineering capabilities and manufacturing technologies to extend our product portfolio and continue to gain market share in the optics industry. Our internally developed and licensed technologies include the following:

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Advanced Optical Packaging:

We have extensive experience in developing manufacturing processes and performing value engineering to improve our customers’ product performance, quality, reliability and manufacturing yields. In many cases, we partner with our customers to develop custom manufacturing solutions for their optics products.

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Reliability Testing:

Our reliability laboratory enables us to test the degree to which our results and specifications conform to our customers’ requirements. Through the reliability laboratory, we are able to perform most of the tests required by industry standards, including damp heat, thermal aging, thermal shock, temperature cycling, shock and vibration, accelerated life testing and stress screening. The reliability laboratory is critical to verification of root cause failure analysis.

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Optical and Mechanical Material and Process Analysis:

Our

in-house

material and process laboratory analyzes materials to support incoming inspection, process development, process monitoring, failure analysis and verification of compliance with the applicable environmental standards.

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Precision Optical Fiber and Electro-Mechanical Assembly:

We have extensive experience in precision optical and electro-mechanical assemblies in clean room environments, clean room control discipline, cleaning technologies and electro-static discharge (“ESD”) protection.

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Fiber Metallization and Lensing:

We use our fiber metallization and fiber lensing capabilities to assist our customers in packaging their products. Many optical component package designs require metallized fiber and some designs also require lensing at the tip of the fiber. We have

in-house

capabilities that enable us to produce these products at a low cost, with short lead times and high quality.

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Fiber Handling and Fiber Alignment:

The technique with which optical fiber is handled can have a significant impact on the functionality and reliability of optics products due to the risk of damage or flaws introduced to the fiber surface or micro-cracks to the core of the fiber, which may impact alignment or signal quality, among other things. We have implemented a number of processes, techniques, and best practices to avoid stressing or otherwise damaging fiber during stripping, cleaving and connectorization. Such techniques are also designed to achieve optimal alignment of fiber in the shortest period of time during these processes.

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Optical Testing:

We have the capability to perform parametric and functional tests for a wide variety of optical devices. In many cases, we are also able to help our customers develop their own proprietary software and test fixtures.

•

Crystal Growth and Processing:

Our crystal growth technology produces

non-linear

optical crystals and crystals used in laser applications. Our processing capabilities include dicing, grinding, polishing and inspection with high dimension, tolerance and surface quality.

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Precision Glass Drawing:

We have developed the specialized capabilities necessary to draw precision structures within tight tolerances using borosilicate, clear fused quartz and synthetic fused silica glass. Using these processes, we produce customized rectangular and circular glass tubes and rods in various configurations and with multiple bores that are accurately drawn in precise locations within the tubing. These tubes can be sliced into thin wafers for use in various applications, such as ultra-filtration of bacteria, micro-organism counting, and identification of organisms and substances. These tubes can also be cut into larger lengths to produce ferrules and sleeves for use in fiber optic communications components.

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Optical Coating:

We provide a wide variety of coating from simple single layer anti-reflection coatings to complex multi-layer stacks. The types of coating we provide include anti-reflection, partial reflection and high reflection.

We continuously invest in new and optimized processes to accommodate the next generation of optical devices, such as optical packaging, anti-reflective coating and complex printed circuit board technologies. We believe many of these manufacturing processes and technologies will be key to developing and commercializing the next generation of optical devices, which may include multi-function passive optics and photonic integrated circuits (which are devices that incorporate various optical components and modules into a packaged chip), receivers integrated with an optical amplifier, and active optical cabling. We also anticipate our customers will continue to desire our vertically integrated capabilities, designing customized optics and glass to be incorporated into optical components, modules and complete network or laser systems.

Customers, Sales and Marketing

The optical communications market we serve is highly concentrated. Therefore, we expect a significant percentage of our total revenues will continue to come from a small number of customers. During fiscal years 2020 and 2019, we had three customers and one customer, respectively, that contributed 10% or more of our total revenues. During fiscal year 2020, Lumentum Operations LLC, Acacia Communications, Inc. and Infinera Corporation contributed 19%, 10% and 10%, respectively, of our total revenues. During fiscal year 2019, Lumentum Operations LLC contributed 20% of our total revenues.

The production of optical devices is characterized by a lengthy qualification process. In particular, the qualification and field testing of the products that we produce for our customers may take three to six months or

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longer to complete. Generally, we must qualify our production process with our customers, and the products that we manufacture must also meet the product quality requirements of our customers’ customers. While most of our customers do not purchase our services until they qualify the services and satisfactorily complete factory audits and vendor evaluations, we typically produce a test run of their products to demonstrate that the products we produce will meet their qualification standards in advance of receiving an order. As part of this process, our engineers work closely with the customer’s design and procurement teams. We believe that the rigorous product transfer and qualification processes, and the close relationships that we develop with our customers during those processes, results in greater visibility into product life cycles and longer-term customer engagements.

Backlog

We are substantially dependent on orders we receive and fill on a short-term basis. Although we often receive a

12-month

forecast from our customers, our customer contracts do not provide any assurance of future sales, and sales are typically made pursuant to individual purchase orders that have short lead times and are subject to revision or cancellation. Because of the possibility of changes in delivery or acceptance schedules, cancellations of orders, returns or price reductions, we do not believe that backlog is a reliable indicator of our future revenues.

Suppliers of Raw Materials

Our manufacturing operations use a wide variety of optical, semiconductor, mechanical and electronic components, assemblies and raw materials. We generally purchase materials from our suppliers through standard purchase orders, as opposed to long-term supply agreements. We rely on sole-source suppliers for a number of critical materials. Some of these sole-source suppliers are small businesses, which presents risks to us based on their financial health and reliability, which we continually monitor. We have historically experienced supply shortages resulting from various causes, including reduced yields by our suppliers, which have prevented us from manufacturing products for our customers in a timely manner. While we continually undertake programs to strengthen our supply chain, we are experiencing, and expect for the foreseeable future to continue to experience, strain on our supply chain, as well as periodic supplier problems. We have incurred, and expect to continue to incur for the foreseeable future, costs to address these problems.

Quality

We have an extensive quality management system that focuses on continual process improvement and achieving high levels of customer satisfaction. We employ a variety of enhanced statistical engineering techniques and other tools to improve product and service quality. In addition, we generally offer a warranty ranging from one to five years on the products that we assemble. Generally, this warranty is limited to our workmanship and our liability is capped at the price of the product.

Our quality management systems help to ensure that the products we provide to our customers meet or exceed industry standards. We maintain the following certifications: ISO 9001 for Manufacturing Quality Management Systems; ISO 14001 for Environmental Management Systems; TL 9000 for Telecommunications Industry Quality Certification; IATF 16949 for Automotive Industry Quality Certification; ISO 13485 for Medical Devices Industry Quality Certification; AS 9100 for Aerospace Industry Quality Certification; NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) for Quality Assurance throughout the Aerospace and Defense Industries; and OHSAS 18001 for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. We also maintain compliance with various additional standards imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, with respect to the manufacture of medical devices.

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facilities and manufacturing process control, in compliance with ESD standard; Transported Asset Protection Association, or TAPA, for Logistic Security Management System; and

CSR-DIW

In addition to these standards, we are committed to the deployment of sustainable manufacturing, lean initiatives, and continuous improvement throughout our operations. The implementation of lean manufacturing initiatives helps improve efficiency and reduce waste in the manufacturing process in areas such as inventory on hand, set up times, and floor space and the number of people required for production, while Kaizen and Six Sigma ensures continuous improvement by reducing process variation.

Competition

Although the manufacturing services market is highly competitive, we believe that there are significant barriers to entry in our existing and target markets, including lengthy sales cycles, the need to demonstrate complex precision optical and electro-mechanical engineering and manufacturing capabilities to a prospective customer and the ability to protect a customer’s intellectual property.

Our overall competitive position depends upon a number of factors, including:

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our manufacturing technologies and capacity;

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the quality of our manufacturing processes and products;

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our supply chain tools and data management systems;

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our ability to safeguard and protect our customers’ intellectual property;

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our engineering and prototyping capabilities;

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our ability to strengthen and broaden our engineering services and

know-how

to participate in the growth of emerging technologies;

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our ability to deliver

on-time;

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our ability to deliver continuous cost improvements; and

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our responsiveness and flexibility.

Competitors in the market for optical manufacturing services include Benchmark Electronics, Inc., Celestica Inc.,

Sanmina-SCI

Corporation, Jabil Circuit, Inc. and Venture Corporation Limited, as well as the internal manufacturing capabilities of our customers. Our customized optics and glass operations face competition from companies such as Browave Corporation, Fujian Castech Crystals, Inc., Photop Technologies, Inc. and Research Electro-Optic, Inc. Our UK competitors for printed circuit board assemblies include STI Limited and Axiom Manufacturing Services Limited.

Intellectual Property

Our success depends, in part, on our ability to protect our customers’ intellectual property. We license various technologies from our customers on a

non-exclusive,

royalty-free,

non-transferable

basis for the sole purpose of allowing us to manufacture products for those customers in accordance with their specifications. We have no rights to disclose, use, sublicense or sell this licensed technology for any other purpose. The duration of these licenses is limited to the duration of the underlying supply or manufacturing agreement. To meet the demands of certain customers, we created a

factory-within-a-factory

manufacturing environment that physically separates the manufacturing sites from one another. Some customers, for example, demand anonymity at our facilities while other customers require additional security measures such as biometric devices to safeguard their segregated manufacturing areas.

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We regard our own manufacturing process technologies and customized optics and glass designs as proprietary intellectual property. We own any process engineering technology independently developed

in-house

by our technical staff. As part of our manufacturing services, to the extent we utilize our own manufacturing process technologies in the manufacture of our customers’ products, we grant our customers a royalty-free license to these process engineering technologies for the purpose of allowing our customers to make their products. Any process engineering or other improvements that we develop in connection with the improvement or optimization of a process for the manufacturing of a customer’s products are immediately assigned to that customer. To protect our proprietary rights, we rely largely upon a combination of trade secrets,

non-disclosure

agreements and internal security systems. Historically, patents have not played a significant role in the protection of our proprietary rights. Nevertheless, we currently have a relatively small number of solely-owned and jointly-held PRC patents in various customized optic technologies with expiration dates between 2022 and 2034. We believe that both our evolving business practices and industry trends may result in the continued growth of our patent portfolio and its importance to us, particularly as we expand our business.

Environmental Regulation

We are subject to a variety of international and U.S. laws and other legal requirements relating to the use, disposal, cleanup of and human exposure to hazardous materials. To date, such laws and regulations have not materially affected our business. We do not anticipate any material capital expenditures for environmental control facilities for the foreseeable future. While to date we are not aware of any material exposures, there can be no assurance that environmental matters will not arise in the future or that costs will not be incurred with respect to sites as to which no problem is currently known.

Social Responsibility

Our corporate social responsibility practices focus on creating better social, economic and environmental outcomes for all stakeholders in the global electronics supply chain. These outcomes include improved conditions for workers, increased efficiency and productivity for customers and suppliers, economic development, and a clean environment for our communities. We are committed to implementing programs that focus on driving continuous improvements in social, ethical, and environmental compliance throughout all of our global operating units in accordance with our Code of Business Conduct. As a guide to achieve this end, we look at principles, policies and standards as prescribed by the Responsible Business Alliance (“RBA”), an association of global electronics companies whose mission is to enable companies to improve the social and environmental conditions in the global supply chain. Fabrinet is a member of the RBA.

Corporate Structure

Fabrinet was incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands in August 1999 and commenced business operations in January 2000. We have seventeen direct and indirect subsidiaries, all of which are wholly-owned. As the parent company, we enter into contracts directly with our customers while some of our subsidiaries, namely Casix, Inc., FBN New Jersey Manufacturing, Inc., Fabrinet West, Inc., and Fabrinet UK Limited, each enter into sales contracts or purchase orders directly with their customers. We have inter-company agreements with Fabrinet Co., Ltd. and FBN New Jersey Manufacturing, Inc., whereby each provides manufacturing services to us. We also have inter-company agreements with Fabrinet USA, Inc. and Fabrinet Pte., Ltd. to provide us certain administrative and business development services.

Employees

As of June 26, 2020, we employed approximately 11,506 full-time employees worldwide, including approximately 11,193 employees in manufacturing operations and 313 employees in business development and general and administrative functions. None of our employees are represented by a labor union. We have not experienced any work stoppages, slowdowns, or strikes. We consider our relations with our employees to be positive.

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Available Information

Our website is located at www.fabrinet.com. The information posted on our website is not incorporated into this Annual Report on Form

10-K.

Our Annual Report on Form

10-K,

Quarterly Reports on Form

10-Q,

Current Reports on Form

8-K

and amendments to reports filed or furnished pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available free of charge through the “Investors” section of our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding SEC registrants, including Fabrinet.

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ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS

Investing in our ordinary shares involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risks as well as the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form

10-K,

including our consolidated financial statements and the related notes, before investing in our ordinary shares. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones that we may face. Additional risks and uncertainties of which we are unaware, or that we currently deem immaterial, also may become important factors that affect us or our ordinary shares. If any of the following risks actually occur, they may harm our business, financial condition and operating results. In this event, the market price of our ordinary shares could decline and you could lose some or all of your investment.

COVID-19

Updates

The

COVID-19

pandemic has adversely affected the global economy, disrupted global supply chains and created significant volatility in the financial markets. In addition, the pandemic has resulted in travel restrictions, business closures and the institution of quarantines and other restrictions on movement in many communities. For the six months ended June 26, 2020, we experienced a decrease in demand for some of our services and disruption in our supply chain because of the effects of

COVID-19,

which had a negative impact on our financial results. The extent of the impact of

COVID-19

on our future business, financial condition and operating results will depend largely on future developments, including (i) the duration and magnitude of the pandemic; (ii) the measures taken by governmental authorities and private actors to limit the spread of

COVID-19;

(iii) our ability to continue providing products and services; and (iv) the effect of the pandemic on our customers, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. While we have updated our risk factors to reflect risks of which we are aware, this situation is changing rapidly and additional impacts may arise that we are not aware of currently.

Risks Related to Our Business

Our sales depend on a small number of customers. A reduction in orders from any of these customers, the loss of any of these customers, or a customer exerting significant pricing and margin pressures on us could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

We have depended, and will continue to depend, upon a small number of customers for a significant percentage of our total revenues. During fiscal years 2020 and 2019, we had three customers and one customer, respectively, that contributed 10% or more of our total revenues. During fiscal year 2020, Lumentum Operations LLC, Acacia Communications, Inc. and Infinera Corporation contributed 19%, 10% and 10%, respectively, of our total revenues. During fiscal year 2019, Lumentum Operations LLC contributed 20% of our total revenues. Dependence on a small number of customers means that a reduction in orders from, a loss of, or other adverse actions by any one of these customers would reduce our revenues and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. For example, in the six months ended June 26, 2020, we experienced some order cancelations and delays with respect to certain products that we manufacture for our customers due to

COVID-19,

which adversely affected our revenue.

Further, our customer concentration increases the concentration of our accounts receivable and our exposure to payment default by any of our key customers. Many of our existing and potential customers have substantial debt burdens, have experienced financial distress or have static or declining revenues, all of which may be exacerbated by the sudden and continuing global economic downturn and uncertainty due to the effects of

COVID-19

and subsequent adverse conditions in the credit markets, the impact of the U.S.-China trade dispute, and the impact of Brexit. Certain of our customers have gone out of business, declared bankruptcy, been acquired, or announced their withdrawal from segments of the optics market. We generate significant accounts payable and inventory for the services that we provide to our customers, which could expose us to substantial and potentially unrecoverable costs if we do not receive payment from our customers.

Our reliance on a small number of customers gives our customers substantial purchasing power and leverage in negotiating contracts with us. In addition, although we enter into master supply agreements with our

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customers, the level of business to be transacted under those agreements is not guaranteed. Instead, we are awarded business under those agreements on a

project-by-project

basis. Some of our customers have at times significantly reduced or delayed the volume of manufacturing services that they order from us. If we are unable to maintain our relationships with our existing significant customers, our business, financial condition and operating results could be harmed.

Consolidation in the markets we serve could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Consolidation in the markets we serve has resulted in a reduction in the number of potential customers for our services. For example,

II-VI

Incorporated completed its acquisition of Finisar Corporation in September 2019, Cisco entered into an agreement in July 2019 to acquire Acacia Communications, and Lumentum Holdings Inc. completed its acquisition of Oclaro, Inc. in December 2018. In some cases, consolidation among our customers has led to a reduction in demand for our services as customers acquired the capacity to manufacture products

in-house.

Consolidation among our customers and their customers will continue to adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results in several ways. Consolidation among our customers and their customers may result in a smaller number of large customers whose size and purchasing power give them increased leverage that may result in, among other things, decreases in our average selling prices. In addition to pricing pressures, this consolidation may also reduce overall demand for our manufacturing services if customers obtain new capacity to manufacture products

in-house

or discontinue duplicate or competing product lines in order to streamline operations. If demand for our manufacturing services decreases, our business, financial condition and operating results could be harmed.

If the optical communications market does not expand as we expect, our business may not grow as fast as we expect, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition and operating results.

Revenues from optical communications products represented 76.0% and 74.8% of our total revenues for fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2019, respectively. Our future success as a provider of precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services for the optical communications market depends on the continued growth of the optics industry and, in particular, the continued expansion of global information networks, particularly those directly or indirectly dependent upon a fiber optic infrastructure. As part of that growth, we anticipate that demand for voice, video, and other data services delivered over high-speed connections (both wired and wireless) will continue to increase. Without network and bandwidth growth, the need for enhanced communications products would be jeopardized. Currently, demand for network services and for high-speed broadband access, in particular, is increasing but growth may be limited by several factors, including, among others: (1) relative strength or weakness of the global economy or certain countries or regions, (2) an uncertain regulatory environment, and (3) uncertainty regarding long-term sustainable business models as multiple industries, such as the cable, traditional telecommunications, wireless and satellite industries, offer competing content delivery solutions. The optical communications market also has experienced periods of overcapacity, some of which have occurred even during periods of relatively high network usage and bandwidth demands. If the factors described above were to slow, stop or reverse the expansion in the optical communications market, our business, financial condition and operating results would be negatively affected.

Our quarterly revenues, gross profit margins and operating results have fluctuated significantly and may continue to do so in the future, which may cause the market price of our ordinary shares to decline or be volatile.

Our quarterly revenues, gross profit margins, and operating results have fluctuated significantly and may continue to fluctuate significantly in the future. For example, any of the risks described in this “Risk Factors”

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section and, in particular, the following factors, could cause our quarterly and annual revenues, gross profit margins, and operating results to fluctuate from period to period:

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any reduction in customer demand or our ability to fulfill customer orders as a result of disruptions in our supply chain caused by

COVID-19;

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our ability to acquire new customers and retain our existing customers by delivering superior quality and customer service;

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the cyclicality of the optical communications market, as well as the industrial lasers, medical and sensors markets;

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competition;

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our ability to achieve favorable pricing for our services;

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the effect of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;

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our ability to manage our headcount and other costs; and

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changes in the relative mix in our revenues.

Therefore, we believe that

quarter-to-quarter

comparisons of our operating results may not be useful in predicting our future operating results. You should not rely on our results for one quarter as any indication of our future performance. Quarterly variations in our operations could result in significant volatility in the market price of our ordinary shares.

If we are unable to continue diversifying our precision optical and electro-mechanical manufacturing services across other markets within the optics industry, such as the semiconductor processing, biotechnology, metrology and material processing markets, or if these markets do not grow as fast as we expect, our business may not grow as fast as we expect, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition and operating results.

We intend to continue diversifying across other markets within the optics industry, such as the semiconductor processing, biotechnology, metrology, and material processing markets, to reduce our dependence on the optical communications market and to grow our business. Currently, the optical communications market contributes the significant majority of our revenues. There can be no assurance that our efforts to further expand and diversify into other markets within the optics industry will prove successful or that these markets will continue to grow as fast as we expect. In the event that the opportunities presented by these markets prove to be less than anticipated, if we are less successful than expected in diversifying into these markets, or if our margins in these markets prove to be less than expected, our growth may slow or stall, and we may incur costs that are not offset by revenues in these markets, all of which could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

We face significant competition in our business. If we are unable to compete successfully against our current and future competitors, our business, financial condition and operating results could be harmed.

Our current and prospective customers tend to evaluate our capabilities against the merits of their internal manufacturing as well as the capabilities of other third-party manufacturers. We believe the internal manufacturing capabilities of current and prospective customers are our primary competition. This competition is particularly strong when our customers have excess manufacturing capacity, as was the case when the markets that we serve experienced a significant downturn in 2008 and 2009 that resulted in underutilized capacity. Should our existing and potential customers have excess manufacturing capacity at their facilities, it could adversely affect our business. In addition, as a result of the 2011 flooding in Thailand, some of our customers began manufacturing products internally or using other third-party manufacturers that were not affected by the flooding. If our customers choose to manufacture products internally rather than to outsource production to us, or choose to outsource to a third-party manufacturer, our business, financial condition and operating results could be harmed.

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Competitors in the market for optical manufacturing services include Benchmark Electronics, Inc., Celestica Inc.,

Sanmina-SCI

Corporation, Jabil Circuit, Inc., and Venture Corporation Limited. Our customized optics and glass operations face competition from companies such as Browave Corporation, Fujian Castech Crystals, Inc., Photop Technologies, Inc., and Research Electro-Optic, Inc. Our UK competitors for printed circuit board assemblies include STI Limited and Axiom Manufacturing Services Limited. Other existing contract manufacturing companies, original design manufacturers or outsourced semiconductor assembly and test companies could also enter our target markets. In addition, we may face more competitors as we attempt to penetrate new markets.

Many of our customers and potential competitors have longer operating histories, greater name recognition, larger customer bases and significantly greater resources than we have. These advantages may allow them to devote greater resources than we can to the development and promotion of service offerings that are similar or superior to our service offerings. These competitors may also engage in more extensive research and development, undertake more

far-reaching

marketing campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing policies or offer services that achieve greater market acceptance than ours. These competitors may also compete with us by making more attractive offers to our existing and potential employees, suppliers, and strategic partners. Further, consolidation in the optics industry could lead to larger and more geographically diverse competitors. New and increased competition could result in price reductions for our services, reduced gross profit margins or loss of market share. We may not be able to compete successfully against our current and future competitors, and the competitive pressures we face may harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Cancellations, delays or reductions of customer orders and the relatively short-term nature of the commitments of our customers could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

We do not typically obtain firm purchase orders or commitments from our customers that extend beyond 13 weeks. While we work closely with our customers to develop forecasts for periods of up to one year, these forecasts are not binding and may be unreliable. Customers may cancel their orders, change production quantities from forecasted volumes or delay production for a number of reasons beyond our control. Any material delay, cancellation or reduction of orders could cause our revenues to decline significantly and could cause us to hold excess materials. Many of our costs and operating expenses are fixed. As a result, a reduction in customer demand could decrease our gross profit and harm our business, financial condition and operating results. For example, in the six months ended June 26, 2020, we experienced some order cancelations and delays with respect to telecom products that we manufacture for our customers due to

COVID-19;

however, these cancelations and delays were partially offset by increased demand for datacom products.

In addition, we make significant decisions, including production schedules, material procurement commitments, personnel needs and other resource requirements, based on our estimate of our customers’ requirements. The short-term nature of our customers’ commitments and the possibility of rapid changes in demand for their products reduce our ability to accurately estimate the future requirements of our customers. Inability to forecast the level of customer orders with certainty makes it difficult to allocate resources to specific customers, order appropriate levels of materials and maximize the use of our manufacturing capacity. This could also lead to an inability to meet a spike in production demand, all of which could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Our exposure to financially troubled customers or suppliers could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

We provide manufacturing services to companies, and rely on suppliers, that have in the past and may in the future experience financial difficulty, particularly in light of the sudden and continuing global economic downturn and uncertainty due to the effects of

COVID-19

and subsequent adverse conditions in the credit markets that have affected access to capital and liquidity. As a result, we devote significant resources to monitor receivables and inventory balances with certain of our customers. If our customers experience financial

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difficulty, we could have difficulty recovering amounts owed to us from these customers, or demand for our services from these customers could decline. For example, in July 2014, one of our customers filed for bankruptcy protection under the Local Trade Court in France; although the bankruptcy of this customer did not have a significant effect on our consolidated financial statements, the same may not be the case if a significant customer were to file for bankruptcy protection in the future. If our suppliers experience financial difficulty, we could have trouble sourcing materials necessary to fulfill production requirements and meet scheduled shipments. Any such financial difficulty could adversely affect our operating results and financial condition by resulting in a reduction in our revenues, a charge for inventory write-offs, a provision for doubtful accounts, and larger working capital requirements due to increased days in inventory and days in accounts receivable.

Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and changes in governmental policies regarding foreign currencies could increase our operating costs, which would adversely affect our operating results.

Volatility in the functional and

non-functional

currencies of our entities and the U.S. dollar could seriously harm our business, financial condition, and operating results. The primary impact of currency exchange fluctuations is on our cash, receivables, and payables of our operating entities. We may experience significant unexpected losses from fluctuations in exchange rates. For example, in the three months ended March 29, 2019, we experienced a $3.1 million foreign exchange loss, which negatively affected our net income per share for the same period by $0.08.

Our customer contracts generally require that our customers pay us in U.S. dollars. However, the majority of our payroll and other operating expenses are paid in Thai baht. As a result of these arrangements, we have significant exposure to changes in the exchange rate between the Thai baht and the U.S. dollar, and our operating results are adversely impacted when the U.S. dollar depreciates relative to the Thai baht and other currencies. We have experienced such depreciation in the U.S. dollar as compared with the Thai baht, and our results have been adversely impacted by this fluctuation in exchange rates. As of June 26, 2020, the U.S. dollar had depreciated approximately 6.8% against the Thai baht since June 29, 2018. Further, while we attempt to hedge against certain exchange rate risks, we typically enter into hedging contracts with maturities of up to 12 months, leaving us exposed to longer term changes in exchange rates.

Also, we have significant exposure to changes in the exchange rate between the Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”) and pound sterling (“GBP”) and the U.S. dollar. The expenses of our subsidiaries located in the PRC and the United Kingdom are denominated in RMB and GBP, respectively. Currently, RMB are convertible in connection with trade- and service-related foreign exchange transactions, foreign debt service, and payment of dividends. The PRC government may at its discretion restrict access in the future to foreign currencies for current account transactions. If this occurs, our PRC subsidiary may not be able to pay us dividends in U.S. dollars without prior approval from the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange. In addition, conversion of RMB for most capital account items, including direct investments, is still subject to government approval in the PRC. This restriction may limit our ability to invest the earnings of our PRC subsidiary. As of June 26, 2020, the U.S. dollar had appreciated approximately 6.7% against the RMB since June 29, 2018. There remains significant international pressure on the PRC government to adopt a substantially more liberalized currency policy. GBP are convertible in connection with trade- and service-related foreign exchange transactions and foreign debt service. As of June 26, 2020, the U.S. dollar had appreciated approximately 5.5% against the GBP since June 29, 2018. Any appreciation in the value of the RMB and GBP against the U.S. dollar could negatively impact our operating results.

We purchase some of the critical materials used in certain of our products from a single source or a limited number of suppliers. Supply shortages have in the past, and could in the future, impair the quality, reduce the availability or increase the cost of materials, which could harm our revenues, profitability and customer relations.

We rely on a single source or a limited number of suppliers for critical materials used in a significant number of the products we manufacture. We generally purchase these single or limited source materials through

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standard purchase orders and do not maintain long-term supply agreements with our suppliers. We generally use a rolling

12-month

forecast based on anticipated product orders, customer forecasts, product order history, backlog, and warranty and service demand to determine our materials requirements. Lead times for the parts and components that we order vary significantly and depend on factors such as manufacturing cycle times, manufacturing yields, and the availability of raw materials used to produce the parts or components. Historically, we have experienced supply shortages resulting from various causes, including reduced yields by our suppliers, which prevented us from manufacturing products for our customers in a timely manner. More recently, for the six months ended June 26, 2020, we experienced significant fluctuations in the availability of certain materials due to

COVID-19,

which had an adverse impact on our revenue and costs. Our revenues, profitability and customer relations will be harmed by continued fluctuations in the availability of materials, a stoppage or delay of supply, a substitution of more expensive or less reliable parts, the receipt of defective parts or contaminated materials, an increase in the price of supplies, or an inability to obtain reductions in price from our suppliers in response to competitive pressures.

We continue to undertake programs to strengthen our supply chain. Nevertheless, we are experiencing, and expect for the foreseeable future to continue to experience, strain on our supply chain, and periodic supplier problems. We have incurred, and expect to continue to incur for the foreseeable future, costs to address these problems.

Managing our inventory is complex and may require write-downs due to excess or obsolete inventory, which could cause our operating results to decrease significantly in a given fiscal period.

Managing our inventory is complex. We are generally required to procure material based upon the anticipated demand of our customers. The inaccuracy of these forecasts or estimates could result in excess supply or shortages of certain materials. Inventory that is not used or expected to be used as and when planned may become excess or obsolete. Generally, we are unable to use most of the materials purchased for one of our customers to manufacture products for any of our other customers. Additionally, we could experience reduced or delayed product shipments or incur additional inventory write-downs and cancellation charges or penalties, which would increase costs and could harm our business, financial condition and operating results. While our agreements with customers are structured to mitigate our risks related to excess or obsolete inventory, enforcement of these provisions may result in material expense, and delay in payment for inventory. If any of our significant customers becomes unable or unwilling to purchase inventory or does not agree to such contractual provisions in the future, our business, financial condition and operating results may be harmed.

We conduct operations in a number of countries, which creates logistical and communications challenges for us and exposes us to other risks and challenges that could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

The vast majority of our operations, including manufacturing and customer support, are located primarily in the Asia-Pacific region. The distances between Thailand, the PRC and our customers and suppliers globally, create a number of logistical and communications challenges for us, including managing operations across multiple time zones, directing the manufacture and delivery of products across significant distances, coordinating the procurement of raw materials and their delivery to multiple locations and coordinating the activities and decisions of our management team, the members of which are based in different countries.

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Our customers are located throughout the world, and our principal manufacturing facilities are located in Thailand. Total revenues from the

bill-to-location

of customers outside of North America accounted for 49.4%, 52.3% and 53.1% of our total revenues for fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2018, respectively. We expect that total revenues from the

bill-to-location

of customers outside of North America will continue to account for a significant portion of our total revenues. Our customers also depend on international sales, which further exposes us to the risks associated with international operations. Conducting business outside the United States subjects us to a number of additional risks and challenges, including:

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compliance with a variety of domestic and foreign laws and regulations, including trade regulatory requirements;

•

periodic changes in a specific country’s or region’s economic conditions, such as recession;

•

unanticipated restrictions on our ability to sell to foreign customers where sales of products and the provision of services may require export licenses or are prohibited by government action (for example, in early 2018, the U.S. Department of Commerce prohibited the export and sale of a broad category of U.S. products, as well as the provision of services, to ZTE Corporation, and in 2019, to Huawei, both of which are customers of certain of our customers);

•

fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

•

inadequate protection of intellectual property rights in some countries; and

•

potential political, legal and economic instability, foreign conflicts, and the impact of regional and global infectious illnesses in the countries in which we and our customers and suppliers are located.

Our failure to manage the risks and challenges associated with our international operations could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We are subject to governmental export and import controls in several jurisdictions that subject us to a variety of risks, including liability, impairment of our ability to compete in international markets, and decreased sales and customer orders.

We are subject to governmental export and import controls in Thailand, the PRC, the United Kingdom and the United States that may limit our business opportunities. Various countries regulate the import of certain technologies and have enacted laws or taken actions that could limit (1) our ability to export or sell the products we manufacture and (2) our customers’ ability to export or sell products that we manufacture for them. The export of certain technologies from the United States, the United Kingdom and other nations to the PRC is barred by applicable export controls, and similar prohibitions could be extended to Thailand, thereby limiting our ability to manufacture certain products. Any change in export or import regulations or related legislation, shift in approach to the enforcement of existing regulations, or change in the countries, persons or technologies targeted by such regulations, could limit our ability to offer our manufacturing services to existing or potential customers, which could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

For example, in May 2019, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added Huawei and certain affiliates to the BIS Entity List. This action denied Huawei the ability to purchase products, software and technology that are subject to U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Although we do not sell directly to Huawei, some of our customers do sell to Huawei directly. To ensure compliance, some of our customers immediately suspended shipments to Huawei in order to begin assessments of the products they sold to Huawei (and its affiliates), to determine whether these products were subject to the restrictions resulting from the ban. This had an immediate impact on our customer orders in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019, which affected our revenue for that quarter. We expect this ban to continue to adversely affect orders from our customers for the foreseeable future.

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We are subject to risks related to the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute, including increased tariffs on materials that we use in manufacturing, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating result.

In August 2019, the U.S. Presidential Administration imposed tariffs on a wide range of products and goods manufactured in China that are directly or indirectly imported into the U.S. Although the U.S. Administration announced on January 15, 2020 the reduction of certain tariffs on Chinese imported goods and delayed the implementation of certain other related tariffs, we have no assurance that the U.S. Administration will not continue to increase or impose tariffs on imports from China or alter trade agreements and terms between China and the United States, which may include limiting trade with China. Trade restrictions, including tariffs, quotas, embargoes, safeguards and customs restrictions, could have the effect of increasing the cost of materials we use to manufacture certain products, which could result in lower margins. The tariffs could also result in disruptions to our supply chain, as suppliers struggle to fill orders from companies trying to purchase goods in bulk ahead of announced tariffs taking effect. The institution of trade tariffs both globally and between the U.S. and China specifically could also cause a decrease in the sales of our customers’ products to

end-users

located in China, which could directly impact our revenues in the form of reduced orders. If existing tariffs are raised further or if new tariffs are imposed on additional categories of components used in our manufacturing activities, and if we are unable to pass the costs of such tariffs on to our customers, our operating results would be harmed.

Our business and operations would be adversely impacted in the event of a failure of our information technology infrastructure and/or cyber security attacks.

We rely upon the capacity, availability and security of our information technology hardware and software infrastructure. For instance, we use a combination of standard and customized software platforms to manage, record, and report all aspects of our operations and, in many instances, enable our customers to remotely access certain areas of our databases to monitor yields, inventory positions,

work-in-progress

status and vendor quality data. We are constantly expanding and updating our information technology infrastructure in response to our changing needs. Any failure to manage, expand and update our information technology infrastructure or any failure in the operation of this infrastructure could harm our business.

Despite our implementation of security measures, our systems are vulnerable to damage caused by computer viruses, natural disasters, unauthorized access and other similar disruptions. Any system failure, accident or security breach could result in disruptions to our operations. To the extent that any disruption, cyber-attack or other security breach results in a loss or damage to our data or inappropriate disclosure of confidential information, our business could be harmed. In addition, we may be required to incur significant costs to protect against damage caused by these disruptions or security breaches in the future.

If we fail to adequately expand our manufacturing capacity, we will not be able to grow our business, which would harm our business, financial condition and operating results. Conversely, if we expand too much or too rapidly, we may experience excess capacity, which would harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

We may not be able to pursue many large customer orders or sustain our historical growth rates if we do not have sufficient manufacturing capacity to enable us to commit to provide customers with specified quantities of products. If our customers do not believe that we have sufficient manufacturing capacity, they may: (1) outsource all of their production to another source that they believe can fulfill all of their production requirements; (2) look to a second source for the manufacture of additional quantities of the products that we currently manufacture for them; (3) manufacture the products themselves; or (4) otherwise decide against using our services for their new products.

Most recently, we expanded our manufacturing capacity by building a new facility in Chonburi, Thailand, which was completed in March 2017. We may continue to devote significant resources to the expansion of our manufacturing capacity, and any such expansion will be expensive, will require management’s time and may

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disrupt our operations. In the event we are unsuccessful in our attempts to expand our manufacturing capacity, our business, financial condition and operating results could be harmed.

However, if we expand our manufacturing capacity and are unable to promptly utilize the additional space due to reduced demand for our services or an inability to win new projects, new customers or penetrate new markets, or if the optics industry does not grow as we expect, we may experience periods of excess capacity, which could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Political unrest and demonstrations, as well as changes in the political, social, business or economic conditions in Thailand, could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

The majority of our assets and manufacturing operations are located in Thailand. Therefore, political, social, business and economic conditions in Thailand have a significant effect on our business. In March 2020, Thailand was assessed as a medium political risk by MARSH Political Risk, a risk management, insurance and consulting firm. Any changes to tax regimes, laws, exchange controls or political action in Thailand may harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Thailand has a history of political unrest that includes the involvement of the military as an active participant in the ruling government. In recent years, political unrest in the country has sparked political demonstrations and, in some instances, violence. In March 2019, Thailand held its first general election since the Thai military took over the government in a coup in May 2014. In June 2019, General Prayut

Chan-o-cha

was elected as Prime Minister, and in July 2019, the new Prime Minister’s nominees for cabinet ministers were appointed. Any future political instability in the Kingdom of Thailand could prevent shipments from entering or leaving the country, disrupt our ability to manufacture products in Thailand, and force us to transfer our operations to more stable, and potentially more costly, regions, which would harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Further, the Thai government may raise the minimum wage standards for labor and could repeal certain promotional certificates that we have received or tax holidays for certain export and value added taxes that we enjoy, either preventing us from engaging in our current or anticipated activities or subjecting us to higher tax rates.

We expect to continue to invest in our manufacturing operations in the PRC, which will continue to expose us to risks inherent in doing business in the PRC, any of which risks could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

We anticipate that we will continue to invest in our customized optics manufacturing facilities located in Fuzhou, China. Because these operations are located in the PRC, they are subject to greater political, legal and economic risks than the geographies in which the facilities of many of our competitors and customers are located. In particular, the political and economic climate in the PRC (both at national and regional levels) is fluid and unpredictable. In March 2020, MARSH Political Risk assessed the PRC as a medium political risk. A large part of the PRC’s economy is still being operated under varying degrees of control by the PRC government. By imposing industrial policies and other economic measures, such as control of foreign exchange, taxation, import and export tariffs, environmental regulations, land use rights, intellectual property and restrictions on foreign participation in the domestic market of various industries, the PRC government exerts considerable direct and indirect influence on the development of the PRC economy. Many of the economic reforms carried out by the PRC government are unprecedented or experimental and are expected to change further. Any changes to the political, legal or economic climate in the PRC could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Our PRC subsidiary is a “wholly foreign-owned enterprise” and is therefore subject to laws and regulations applicable to foreign investment in the PRC, in general, and laws and regulations applicable to wholly foreign-owned enterprises, in particular. The PRC has made significant progress in the promulgation of laws and regulations pertaining to economic matters such as corporate organization and governance, foreign investment,

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commerce, taxation and trade. However, the promulgation of new laws, changes in existing laws and abrogation of local regulations by national laws may have a negative impact on our business and prospects. In addition, these laws and regulations are relatively new, and published cases are limited in volume and

non-binding.

Therefore, the interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations involve significant uncertainties. Laws may be changed with little or no prior notice, for political or other reasons. These uncertainties could limit the legal protections available to foreign investors. Furthermore, any litigation in the PRC may be protracted and result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management’s attention.

Natural disasters (like the 2011 flooding in Thailand), epidemics, acts of terrorism and other political and economic developments could harm our business, financial condition, and operating results.

Natural disasters, such as the 2011 flooding in Thailand, where most of our manufacturing operations are located, could severely disrupt our manufacturing operations and increase our supply chain costs. These events, over which we have little or no control, could cause a decrease in demand for our services, make it difficult or impossible for us to manufacture and deliver products or for our suppliers to deliver components allowing us to manufacture those products, require large expenditures to repair or replace our facilities, or create delays and inefficiencies in our supply chain. For example, the 2011 flooding in Thailand forced us to temporarily shut down all of our manufacturing facilities in Thailand and cease production permanently at our Chokchai facility, which adversely affected our ability to meet our customers’ demands during fiscal year 2012. In some countries in which we mainly operate, including the PRC, the U.S. and Thailand, outbreaks of infectious diseases such as

COVID-19,

H1N1 influenza virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (“SARS”) or bird flu could disrupt our manufacturing operations, reduce demand for our customers’ products and increase our supply chain costs. For example, our facility in Fuzhou, China, which manufactures custom optics components, was not permitted to resume operations after the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday until February 10, 2020, due to the spread of

COVID-19

in China, which negatively affected our revenues for the three months ended March 27, 2020. In addition, we and some of our suppliers and customers in China experienced labor shortages during the three months ended March 27, 2020, due to travel restrictions imposed by the Chinese government. As

COVID-19

has continued to spread throughout the world, authorities in other countries in which we have manufacturing facilities, including Thailand, the U.K. and the U.S., have implemented numerous measures to contain the virus, including travel bans and restrictions, quarantines,

“shelter-in-place”

orders, and business limitations and shutdowns. While we are unable to accurately predict the full impact that

COVID-19

will have on our business, financial condition and operating results due to numerous uncertainties, including the duration and severity of the pandemic as well as related containment measures, our compliance with such measures has already impacted our

day-to-day

operations and could continue to disrupt our business, as well as that of our customers, suppliers and other counterparties, for an indefinite period of time.

In addition, increased international political instability, evidenced by the threat or occurrence of terrorist attacks, enhanced national security measures, conflicts in the Middle East and Asia, strained international relations arising from these conflicts and the related decline in consumer confidence and economic weakness, may hinder our ability to do business. Any escalation in these events or similar future events may disrupt our operations and the operations of our customers and suppliers and may affect the availability of materials needed for our manufacturing services. Such events may also disrupt the transportation of materials to our manufacturing facilities and finished products to our customers. These events have had, and may continue to have, an adverse impact on the U.S. and world economy in general, and customer confidence and spending in particular, which in turn could adversely affect our total revenues and operating results. The impact of these events on the volatility of the U.S. and world financial markets also could increase the volatility of the market price of our ordinary shares and may limit the capital resources available to us, our customers and our suppliers.

We are not fully insured against all potential losses. Natural disasters or other catastrophes could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

Our current property and casualty insurance covers loss or damage to our property and third-party property over which we have custody and control, as well as losses associated with business interruption, subject to

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specified exclusions and limitations such as coinsurance, facilities location

sub-limits

and other policy limitations and covenants. Even with insurance coverage, natural disasters or other catastrophic events, including acts of war, could cause us to suffer substantial losses in our operational capacity and could also lead to a loss of opportunity and to a potential adverse impact on our relationships with our existing customers resulting from our inability to produce products for them, for which we might not be compensated by existing insurance. This in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

Unfavorable worldwide economic conditions may negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

The sudden and continuing global economic downturn and uncertainty due to the effects of

COVID-19

and subsequent volatility and adverse conditions in the capital and credit markets have negatively affected levels of business and consumer spending. Concerns about the increasing possibility of a global depression and potential default of various national bonds and debt backed by individual countries, as well as the politics impacting these, could negatively impact the U.S. and global economies and adversely affect our financial results. In particular, the economic disruption caused by

COVID-19

has led to reduced demand in some of our customers’ optical communications product portfolios and significant volatility in global stock markets and currency exchange rates. Uncertainty about worldwide economic conditions poses a risk as businesses may further reduce or postpone spending in response to reduced budgets, tight credit, negative financial news and declines in income or asset values, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results and increase the volatility of our share price. In addition, our ability to access capital markets may be restricted, which could have an impact on our ability to react to changing economic and business conditions and could also adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

Due to the unprecedented and rapidly changing social and global economic impacts associated with

COVID-19,

we are unable to predict or estimate the ultimate impact on our business or business prospects. The ultimate significance of

COVID-19

on our business will depend on, among other things: the extent and duration of the pandemic, the severity of the disease and the number of people infected with the virus; the effects on the global economy of the pandemic and of the measures taken by governmental authorities and other third parties restricting

day-to-day

life and the length of time that such measures remain in place; and governmental programs implemented to assist businesses impacted by the pandemic. At this time, we cannot estimate the short- or long-term impacts of

COVID-19

on our business, operating results and financial condition.

We may experience manufacturing yields that are lower than expected, potentially resulting in increased costs, which could harm our business, operating results and customer relations.

Manufacturing yields depend on a number of factors, including the following:

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the quality of input, materials and equipment;

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the quality and feasibility of our customer’s design;

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the repeatability and complexity of the manufacturing process;

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the experience and quality of training of our manufacturing and engineering teams; and

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the monitoring of the manufacturing environment.

Lower volume production due to continually changing designs generally results in lower yields. Manufacturing yields and margins can also be lower if we receive or inadvertently use defective or contaminated materials from our suppliers. In addition, our customer contracts typically provide that we will supply products at a fixed price each quarter, which assumes specific production yields and quality metrics. If we do not meet the yield assumptions and quality metrics used in calculating the price of a product, we may not be able to recover the costs associated with our failure to do so. Consequently, our operating results and profitability may be harmed.

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If the products that we manufacture contain defects, we could incur significant correction costs, demand for our services may decline and we may be exposed to product liability and product warranty claims, which could harm our business, financial condition, operating results and customer relations.

We manufacture products to our customers’ specifications, and our manufacturing processes and facilities must comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, our customers’ products and the manufacturing processes that we use to produce them are often complex. As a result, products that we manufacture may at times contain manufacturing or design defects, and our manufacturing processes may be subject to errors or fail to be in compliance with applicable statutory or regulatory requirements. Additionally, not all defects are immediately detectible. The testing procedures of our customers are generally limited to the evaluation of the products that we manufacture under likely and foreseeable failure scenarios. For various reasons (including, among others, the occurrence of performance problems that are unforeseeable at the time of testing or that are detected only when products are fully deployed and operated under peak stress conditions), these products may fail to perform as expected after their initial acceptance by a customer.

We generally provide a warranty of between one to five years on the products that we manufacture for our customers. This warranty typically guarantees that products will conform to our customers’ specifications and be free from defects in workmanship. Defects in the products we manufacture, whether caused by a design, engineering, manufacturing or component failure or by deficiencies in our manufacturing processes and whether during or after the warranty period, could result in product or component failures, which may damage our business reputation, whether or not we are indemnified for such failures. We could also incur significant costs to repair or replace defective products under warranty, particularly when such failures occur in installed systems. In some instances, we may also be required to incur costs to repair or replace defective products outside of the warranty period in the event that a recurring defect is discovered in a certain percentage of a customer’s products delivered over an agreed upon period of time. We have experienced product or component failures in the past and remain exposed to such failures, as the products that we manufacture are widely deployed throughout the world in multiple environments and applications. Further, due to the difficulty in determining whether a given defect resulted from our customer’s design of the product or our manufacturing process, we may be exposed to product liability or product warranty claims arising from defects that are not our fault. In addition, if the number or type of defects exceeds certain percentage limitations contained in our contractual arrangements, we may be required to conduct extensive failure analysis,

re-qualify

for production or cease production of the specified products.

Product liability claims may include liability for personal injury or property damage. Product warranty claims may include liability to pay for a recall, repair or replacement of a product or component. Although liability for these claims is generally assigned to our customers in our contracts, even where they have assumed liability, our customers may not, or may not have the resources to, satisfy claims for costs or liabilities arising from a defective product. Additionally, under one of our contracts, in the event the products we manufacture do not meet the

end-customer’s

testing requirements or otherwise fail, we may be required to pay penalties to our customer, including a fee during the time period that the customer or

end-customer’s

production line is not operational as a result of the failure of the products that we manufacture, all of which could harm our business, operating results and customer relations. If we engineer or manufacture a product that is found to cause any personal injury or property damage or is otherwise found to be defective, we could incur significant costs to resolve the claim. While we maintain insurance for certain product liability claims, we do not maintain insurance for any recalls and, therefore, would be required to pay any associated costs that are determined to be our responsibility. A successful product liability or product warranty claim in excess of our insurance coverage or any material claim for which insurance coverage is denied, limited, is not available or has not been obtained could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

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If we are unable to meet regulatory quality standards applicable to our manufacturing and quality processes for the products we manufacture, our business, financial condition or operating results could be harmed.

As a manufacturer of products for the optics industry, we are required to meet certain certification standards, including the following: ISO9001 for Manufacturing Quality Management Systems; ISO14001 for Environmental Management Systems; TL9000 for Telecommunications Industry Quality Certification; IATF16949 for Automotive Industry Quality Certification; ISO13485 for Medical Devices Industry Quality Certification; AS9100 for Aerospace Industry Quality Certification; NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) for Quality Assurance throughout the Aerospace and Defense Industries; and OHSAS18001 for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. We also maintain compliance with various additional standards imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) with respect to the manufacture of medical devices.

Additionally, we are required to register with the FDA and other regulatory bodies and are subject to continual review and periodic inspection for compliance with various regulations, including testing, quality control and documentation procedures. We hold the following additional certifications: ANSI ESD S20.20 for facilities and manufacturing process control, in compliance with ESD standard; Transported Asset Protection Association, or TAPA, for Logistic Security Management System; and

CSR-DIW

for Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand. In the European Union, we are required to maintain certain ISO certifications in order to sell our precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services and we must undergo periodic inspections by regulatory bodies to obtain and maintain these certifications. If any regulatory inspection reveals that we are not in compliance with applicable standards, regulators may take action against us, including issuing a warning letter, imposing fines on us, requiring a recall of the products we manufactured for our customers, or closing our manufacturing facilities. If any of these actions were to occur, it could harm our reputation as well as our business, financial condition and operating results.

If we fail to attract additional skilled employees or retain key personnel, our business, financial condition and operating results could suffer.

Our future success depends, in part, upon our ability to attract additional skilled employees and retain our current key personnel. We have identified several areas where we intend to expand our hiring, including business development, finance, human resources, operations and supply chain management. We may not be able to hire and retain such personnel at compensation levels consistent with our existing compensation and salary structure. Our future also depends on the continued contributions of our executive management team and other key management and technical personnel, each of whom would be difficult to replace. Although we have key person life insurance policies on some of our executive officers, the loss of any of our executive officers or key personnel or the inability to continue to attract qualified personnel could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Failure to comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

The sale and manufacturing of products in certain states and countries may subject us to environmental laws and regulations. In addition, rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 impose diligence and disclosure requirements regarding the use of “conflict minerals” mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries in the products we manufacture for our customers. Compliance with these rules has resulted in additional cost and expense, including for due diligence to determine and verify the sources of any conflict minerals used in the products we manufacture, and may result in additional costs of remediation and other changes to processes or sources of supply as a consequence of such verification activities. These rules may also affect the sourcing and availability of minerals used in the products we manufacture, as there may be only a limited number of suppliers offering “conflict free” metals that can be used in the products we manufacture for our customers.

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Although we do not anticipate any material adverse effects based on the nature of our operations and these laws and regulations, we will need to ensure that we and, in some cases, our suppliers comply with applicable laws and regulations. If we fail to timely comply with such laws and regulations, our customers may cease doing business with us, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. In addition, if we were found to be in violation of these laws, we could be subject to governmental fines, liability to our customers and damage to our reputation, which would also have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

We are subject to the risk of increased income taxes, which could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

We are subject to income and other taxes in Thailand, the PRC, the United Kingdom and the United States. Our effective income tax rate, provision for income taxes and future tax liability could be adversely affected by numerous factors, including the results of tax audits and examinations, income before taxes being lower than anticipated in countries with lower statutory tax rates and higher than anticipated in countries with higher statutory tax rates, changes in income tax rates, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, failure to meet obligations with respect to tax exemptions, and changes in tax laws and regulations. As of June 26, 2020, our U.S. federal and state tax returns remain open to examination for the tax years 2015 through 2018. In addition, tax returns that remain open to examination in Thailand, the PRC and the U.K. range from the tax years 2015 through 2019. The results of audits and examinations of previously filed tax returns and continuing assessments of our tax exposures may have an adverse effect on our provision for income taxes and tax liability.

We base our tax position upon the anticipated nature and conduct of our business and upon our understanding of the tax laws of the various countries in which we have assets or conduct activities. However, our tax position is subject to review and possible challenge by tax authorities and to possible changes in law, which may have retroactive effect. Fabrinet (the “Cayman Islands Parent”) is an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands. We maintain manufacturing operations in Thailand, the PRC, the U.K. and the U.S. We cannot determine in advance the extent to which some jurisdictions may require us to pay taxes or make payments in lieu of taxes. Under the current laws of the Cayman Islands, we are not subject to tax in the Cayman Islands on income or capital gains until March 6, 2039.

Preferential tax treatment from the Thai government in the form of a corporate tax exemption on income generated from projects to manufacture certain products at our Chonburi campus is available to us through June 2026. Similar preferential tax treatment was available to us through June 2020 with respect to products manufactured at our Pinehurst campus. After June 2020, 50% of our income generated from products manufactured at our Pinehurst campus will be exempted from tax through June 2025. Such preferential tax treatment is contingent on various factors, including the export of our customers’ products out of Thailand and our agreement not to move our manufacturing facilities out of our current province in Thailand for at least 15 years from the date on which preferential tax treatment was granted. We will lose this favorable tax treatment in Thailand unless we comply with these restrictions, and as a result we may delay or forego certain strategic business decisions due to these tax considerations.

There is also a risk that Thailand or another jurisdiction in which we operate may treat the Cayman Islands Parent as having a permanent establishment in such jurisdiction and subject its income to tax. If we become subject to additional taxes in any jurisdiction or if any jurisdiction begins to treat the Cayman Islands Parent as having a permanent establishment, such tax treatment could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

Certain of our subsidiaries provide products and services to, and may from time to time undertake certain significant transactions with, us and our other subsidiaries in different jurisdictions. For instance, we have intercompany agreements in place that provide for our California and Singapore subsidiaries to provide

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administrative services for the Cayman Islands Parent, and the Cayman Islands Parent has entered into manufacturing agreements with our Thai subsidiary. In general, related party transactions and, in particular, related party financing transactions, are subject to close review by tax authorities. Moreover, several jurisdictions in which we operate have tax laws with detailed transfer pricing rules that require all transactions with

non-resident

related parties to be priced using arm’s length pricing principles and require the existence of contemporaneous documentation to support such pricing. Tax authorities in various jurisdictions could challenge the validity of our related party transfer pricing policies. Such a challenge generally involves a complex area of taxation and a significant degree of judgment by management. If any tax authorities are successful in challenging our financing or transfer pricing policies, our income tax expense may be adversely affected and we could become subject to interest and penalty charges, which may harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

We may not be able to obtain capital when desired on favorable terms, if at all, or without dilution to our shareholders.

We anticipate that our current cash and cash equivalents, together with cash provided by operating activities and funds available through our working capital and credit facilities, will be sufficient to meet our current and anticipated needs for general corporate purposes for at least the next 12 months. However, we operate in a market that makes our prospects difficult to evaluate. It is possible that we may not generate sufficient cash flow from operations or otherwise have the capital resources to meet our future capital needs. If this occurs, we may need additional financing to execute on our current or future business strategies.

Furthermore, if we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our shareholders could be significantly diluted, and these newly-issued securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing shareholders. If adequate additional funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, if and when needed, our ability to fund our operations, take advantage of unanticipated opportunities, develop or enhance our manufacturing services, hire additional technical and other personnel, or otherwise respond to competitive pressures could be significantly limited.

The

phase-out

of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) could affect interest rates under our existing credit facility agreement, as well as our ability to seek future debt financing.

LIBOR is the basic rate of interest used in lending between banks on the London interbank market and is widely used as a reference for setting the interest rates on loans globally. We generally use LIBOR as a reference rate to calculate interest rates under our credit facility agreement. In 2017, the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced that it intends to phase out LIBOR by the end of 2021. It is unclear if LIBOR will cease to exist at that time or if new methods of calculating LIBOR will be established such that it continues to exist after 2021. The U.S. Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a steering committee comprised of large U.S. financial institutions, is considering replacing U.S. dollar LIBOR with a new index, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), calculated using short-term repurchase agreements backed by Treasury securities. Whether or not SOFR or another alternative reference rate attains market traction as a LIBOR replacement tool remains in question. If LIBOR ceases to exist, we will need to agree upon a replacement index with the bank under our credit facility agreement, and certain of the interest rates under such agreement may change. The new rates may not be as favorable to us as those in effect prior to any LIBOR

phase-out.

In addition, the transition process may involve, among other things, increased volatility or illiquidity in markets for instruments that currently rely on LIBOR. The transition may also result in reductions in the value of certain instruments or the effectiveness of related transactions such as hedges, increased borrowing costs, uncertainty under applicable documentation, or difficult and costly consent processes. Any such effects of the transition away from LIBOR, as well as other unforeseen effects, may result in expenses, difficulties, complications or delays in connection with future financing efforts, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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Intellectual property infringement claims against our customers or us could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Our services involve the creation and use of intellectual property rights, which subject us to the risk of intellectual property infringement claims from third parties and claims arising from the allocation of intellectual property rights among us and our customers.

Our customers may require that we indemnify them against the risk of intellectual property infringement arising out of our manufacturing processes. If any claims are brought against us or our customers for such infringement, whether or not these claims have merit, we could be required to expend significant resources in defense of such claims. In the event of an infringement claim, we may be required to spend a significant amount of time and money to develop

non-infringing

alternatives or obtain licenses. We may not be successful in developing such alternatives or obtaining such licenses on reasonable terms or at all, which could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Any failure to protect our customers’ intellectual property that we use in the products we manufacture for them could harm our customer relationships and subject us to liability.

We focus on manufacturing complex optical products for our customers. These products often contain our customers’ intellectual property, including trade secrets and

know-how.

Our success depends, in part, on our ability to protect our customers’ intellectual property. We may maintain separate and secure areas for customer proprietary manufacturing processes and materials and dedicate floor space, equipment, engineers and supply chain management to protect our customers’ proprietary drawings, materials and products. The steps we take to protect our customers’ intellectual property may not adequately prevent its disclosure or misappropriation. If we fail to protect our customers’ intellectual property, our customer relationships could be harmed and we may experience difficulty in establishing new customer relationships. In addition, our customers might pursue legal claims against us for any failure to protect their intellectual property, possibly resulting in harm to our reputation and our business, financial condition and operating results.

We have incurred and will continue to incur significant increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will be required to continue to devote substantial time to various compliance initiatives.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as well as other rules implemented by the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), impose various requirements on public companies, including requiring changes in corporate governance practices. These and proposed corporate governance laws and regulations under consideration may further increase our compliance costs. If compliance with these various legal and regulatory requirements diverts our management’s attention from other business concerns, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we assess the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting annually and disclosure controls and procedures quarterly. While we are able to assert in this Annual Report on Form

10-K

that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of June 26, 2020, we cannot predict the outcome of our testing in future periods. If we are unable to assert in any future reporting periods that our internal control over financial reporting is effective (or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion on the effectiveness of our internal controls), we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which would have an adverse effect on our share price.

Given the nature and complexity of our business and the fact that some members of our management team are located in Thailand while others are located in the U.S., control deficiencies may periodically occur. For example, following an internal investigation by the audit committee of our board of directors in September 2014 concerning various accounting

cut-off

issues, we identified certain significant deficiencies in our internal control

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over financial reporting, which have been remediated. While we have ongoing measures and procedures to prevent and remedy control deficiencies, if they occur there can be no assurance that we will be successful or that we will be able to prevent material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting in the future. Moreover, if we identify deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses in future periods, the market price of our ordinary shares could decline and we could be subject to potential delisting by the NYSE and review by the NYSE, the SEC, or other regulatory authorities, which would require the expenditure by us of additional financial and management resources. As a result, our shareholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which would harm our business and the market price of our ordinary shares.

There are inherent uncertainties involved in estimates, judgments and assumptions used in the preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Any changes in estimates, judgments and assumptions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP involves making estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets (including intangible assets), liabilities and related reserves, revenues, expenses and income. Estimates, judgments and assumptions are inherently subject to change in the future, and any such changes could result in corresponding changes to the amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and income. Any such changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

The loan agreements for our long-term debt obligations and other credit facilities contain financial ratio covenants that may impair our ability to conduct our business.

The loan agreements for our long-term and short-term debt obligations contain financial ratio covenants that may limit management’s discretion with respect to certain business matters. These covenants require us to maintain a specified maximum total leverage ratio, minimum debt service coverage ratio (earnings before interest and depreciation and amortization plus cash on hand minus short-term debt), a minimum tangible net worth and a minimum quick ratio, which may restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness and limit our ability to use our cash. In the event of our default on these loans or a breach of a covenant, the lenders may immediately cancel the loan agreement, deem the full amount of the outstanding indebtedness immediately due and payable, charge us interest on a monthly basis on the full amount of the outstanding indebtedness and, if we cannot repay all of our outstanding obligations, sell the assets pledged as collateral for the loan in order to fulfill our obligation. We may also be held responsible for any damages and related expenses incurred by the lender as a result of any default. Any failure by us or our subsidiaries to comply with these agreements could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Our business could be negatively affected as a result of activist shareholders.

If an activist investor takes an ownership position in our ordinary shares, responding to actions by such activist shareholder could be costly and time-consuming, disrupt our operations and divert the attention of management and our employees. Additionally, perceived uncertainties as to our future direction as a result of shareholder activism or changes to the composition of our board of directors may lead to the perception of a change in the direction of our business or other instability, which may be exploited by our competitors, cause concern to our current or potential customers, and make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel. If customers choose to delay, defer or reduce transactions with us or do business with our competitors instead of us because of any such issues, then our business, financial condition and operating results would be adversely affected. In addition, our share price could experience periods of increased volatility as a result of shareholder activism.

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Our investment portfolio may become impaired by deterioration of the capital markets.

We use professional investment management firms to manage our excess cash and cash equivalents. Our short-term investments as of June 26, 2020 are primarily investments in a fixed income portfolio, including certificates of deposit, time deposits, corporate bonds and commercial papers, U.S. agency and U.S. Treasury securities, and sovereign and municipal securities. Our investment portfolio may become impaired by deterioration of the capital markets. We follow an established investment policy and set of guidelines to monitor and help mitigate our exposure to interest rate and credit risk. The policy sets forth credit quality standards and limits our exposure to any one issuer, as well as our maximum exposure to various asset classes. The policy also provides that we may not invest in short-term investments with a maturity in excess of three years.

We regularly review our investment portfolio to determine if any security is other-than-temporarily impaired, which would require us to record an impairment charge in the period any such determination is made. In making this judgment, we evaluate, among other things, the duration and extent to which the fair value of a security is less than its cost; the financial condition of the issuer and any changes thereto; and our intent to sell, or whether we will more likely than not be required to sell, the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. Our assessment on whether a security is other-than-temporarily impaired could change in the future due to new developments or changes in assumptions related to any particular security.

Should financial market conditions worsen, investments in some financial instruments may pose risks arising from market liquidity and credit concerns. In addition, any deterioration of the capital markets could cause our other income and expense to vary from expectations. As of June 26, 2020, we did not record any impairment charges associated with our portfolio of short-term investments, and although we believe our current investment portfolio has little risk of material impairment, we cannot predict future market conditions or market liquidity, or credit availability, and can provide no assurance that our investment portfolio will remain materially unimpaired.

Energy price volatility may negatively impact our business, financial condition and operating results.

We, along with our suppliers and customers, rely on various energy sources in our manufacturing and transportation activities. Energy prices have been subject to increases and volatility caused by market fluctuations, supply and demand, currency fluctuation, production and transportation disruption, world events and government regulations. While we are currently experiencing lower energy prices, a significant increase is possible, which could increase our raw material and transportation costs. In addition, increased transportation costs of our suppliers and customers could be passed along to us. We may not be able to increase our prices enough to offset these increased costs, and any increase in our prices may reduce our future customer orders, which could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Ordinary Shares

Our share price may be volatile due to fluctuations in our operating results and other factors, including the activities and operating results of our customers or competitors, any of which could cause our share price to decline.

Our revenues, expenses and results of operations have fluctuated in the past and are likely to do so in the future from quarter to quarter and year to year due to the risk factors described in this section and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form

10-K.

In addition to market and industry factors, the price and trading volume of our ordinary shares may fluctuate in response to a number of events and factors relating to us, our competitors, our customers and the markets we serve, many of which are beyond our control. Factors such as variations in our total revenues, earnings and cash flow, announcements of new investments or acquisitions, changes in our pricing practices or those of our competitors, commencement or outcome of litigation, sales of ordinary shares by us or our principal shareholders, fluctuations in market prices for our services and general market conditions could cause the market price of our ordinary shares to change substantially. Any of these factors may result in

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large and sudden changes in the volume and price at which our ordinary shares trade. Among other things, volatility and weakness in our share price could mean that investors may not be able to sell their shares at or above the prices they paid. Volatility and weakness could also impair our ability in the future to offer our ordinary shares or convertible securities as a source of additional capital and/or as consideration in the acquisition of other businesses.

Furthermore, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations, as well as general economic, political and market conditions such as recessions, interest rate changes or international currency fluctuations, may cause the market price of our ordinary shares to decline. In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could seriously harm our business.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or if they publish misleading or unfavorable research about our business, the market price and trading volume of our ordinary shares could decline.

The trading market for our ordinary shares depends in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. If securities or industry analysts stop covering us, or if too few analysts cover us, the market price of our ordinary shares could be adversely impacted. If one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our ordinary shares or publishes misleading or unfavorable research about our business, our market price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of us or fails to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our ordinary shares could decrease, which could cause the market price or trading volume of our ordinary shares to decline.

We may become a passive foreign investment company, which could result in adverse U.S. tax consequences to U.S. investors.

Based upon estimates of the value of our assets, which are based in part on the trading price of our ordinary shares, we do not expect to be a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the taxable year 2020 or for the foreseeable future. However, despite our expectations, we cannot assure you that we will not be a PFIC for the taxable year 2020 or any future year because our PFIC status is determined at the end of each year and depends on the composition of our income and assets during such year. If we are a PFIC, our U.S. investors will be subject to increased tax liabilities under U.S. tax laws and regulations and to burdensome reporting requirements.

Certain provisions in our constitutional documents may discourage our acquisition by a third party, which could limit your opportunity to sell shares at a premium.

Our constitutional documents include provisions that could limit the ability of others to acquire control of us, modify our structure or cause us to engage in

change-of-control

transactions, including, among other things, provisions that:

•

establish a classified board of directors;

•

prohibit our shareholders from calling meetings or acting by written consent in lieu of a meeting;

•

limit the ability of our shareholders to propose actions at duly convened meetings; and

•

authorize our board of directors, without action by our shareholders, to issue preferred shares and additional ordinary shares.

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These provisions could have the effect of depriving you of an opportunity to sell your ordinary shares at a premium over prevailing market prices by discouraging third parties from seeking to acquire control of us in a tender offer or similar transaction.

Our shareholders may face difficulties in protecting their interests because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands law.

Our corporate affairs are governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (“MOA”), by the Companies Law (as amended) of the Cayman Islands and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under the laws of the Cayman Islands are not as clearly established under statutes or judicial precedent as in jurisdictions in the U.S. Therefore, you may have more difficulty in protecting your interests than would shareholders of a corporation incorporated in a jurisdiction in the U.S., due to the comparatively less developed nature of Cayman Islands law in this area.

The Companies Law permits mergers and consolidations between Cayman Islands companies and between Cayman Islands companies and

non-Cayman

Islands companies. Dissenting shareholders have the right to be paid the fair value of their shares (which, if not agreed between the parties, will be determined by the Cayman Islands court) if they follow the required procedures, subject to certain exceptions. Court approval is not required for a merger or consolidation which is effected in compliance with these statutory procedures.

In addition, there are statutory provisions that facilitate the reconstruction and amalgamation of companies, provided that the arrangement is approved by a majority in number of each class of shareholders and creditors with whom the arrangement is to be made, and who must in addition represent three-fourths in value of each such class of shareholders or creditors, as the case may be, that are present and voting either in person or by proxy at a meeting convened for that purpose. The convening of the meeting and subsequently the arrangement must be sanctioned by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. A dissenting shareholder has the right to express to the court the view that the transaction ought not to be approved.

When a takeover offer is made and accepted by holders of 90.0% of the shares within four months, the offeror may, within a

two-month

period, require the holders of the remaining shares to transfer such shares on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands but is unlikely to succeed unless there is evidence of fraud, bad faith or collusion.

If the arrangement and reconstruction is thus approved, the dissenting shareholder would have no rights comparable to appraisal rights, which would otherwise ordinarily be available to dissenting shareholders of a corporation incorporated in a jurisdiction in the U.S., providing rights to receive payment in cash for the judicially determined value of the shares. This may make it more difficult for you to assess the value of any consideration you may receive in a merger or consolidation or to require that the offeror give you additional consideration if you believe the consideration offered is insufficient.

Shareholders of Cayman Islands exempted companies have no general rights under Cayman Islands law to inspect corporate records and accounts or to obtain copies of lists of shareholders. Our directors have discretion under our MOA to determine whether or not, and under what conditions, our corporate records may be inspected by our shareholders, but are not obliged to make them available to our shareholders. This may make it more difficult for you to obtain the information needed to establish any facts necessary for a shareholder motion or to solicit proxies from other shareholders in connection with a proxy contest.

Subject to limited exceptions, under Cayman Islands law, a minority shareholder may not bring a derivative action against the board of directors.

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Certain judgments obtained against us by our shareholders may not be enforceable.

The Cayman Islands Parent is a Cayman Islands exempted company and substantially all of our assets are located outside of the U.S. Given our domicile and the location of our assets, it may be difficult to enforce in U.S. courts judgments obtained against us in U.S. courts based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands, Thailand or the PRC would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts against us predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the U.S. or any state. In particular, a judgment in a U.S. court would not be recognized and accepted by Thai courts without a

re-trial

or examination of the merits of the case. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether such Cayman Islands, Thai or PRC courts would be competent to hear original actions brought in the Cayman Islands, Thailand or the PRC against us predicated upon the securities laws of the U.S. or any state.

ITEM 1B.

UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 2.

PROPERTIES.

Our principal registered office is located at c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman,

KYI-9005,

Cayman Islands. We have facilities located in Thailand, the PRC, the U.S., the U.K., Israel and the Cayman Islands that are used for manufacturing and/or general administration purposes. The following table presents the approximate square footage of our principal facilities as of June 26, 2020:


Location	Owned/Leased	Approximate Square Footage

Pinehurst Campus, Bangkok, Thailand	Owned	1,042,000 square feet
Hemaraj Campus, Chonburi, Thailand	Owned	573,000 square feet
Fuzhou, Fujian, PRC	Leased (1)	300,000 square feet
Santa Clara, California, United States	Owned	72,000 square feet
Wiltshire, United Kingdom	Leased (2)	71,000 square feet
Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, United States	Leased (3)	28,000 square feet
Yokneam Illit, Israel	Leased (4)	23,000 square feet
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Leased (5)	1,700 square feet

(1)	Buildings located at this facility have lease terms that expire on various dates: September 30, 2020, March 31, 2021, or September 30, 2023.

(2)	Leased until August 31, 2023.

(3)	Leased until June 30, 2025.

(4)	Leased until October 5, 2024.

(5)	Leased until January 31, 2022.

ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

From time to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising in the ordinary course of our business. There currently are no material claims or actions pending or threatened against us.

ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

Our ordinary shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “FN”.

Holders of Record

As of August 7, 2020, there were approximately 5 shareholders of record of our ordinary shares. Because many of our ordinary shares are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of shareholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of shareholders represented by these record holders.

Dividends

We currently intend to retain any earnings for use in our business and do not currently intend to pay dividends on our ordinary shares. Dividends, if any, on our ordinary shares will be declared by and subject to the discretion of our board of directors. Even if our board of directors decides to distribute dividends, the form, frequency and amount of such dividends will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial conditions, contractual restrictions, applicable laws and regulations and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant.

Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

On August 18, 2017, we announced that our board of directors had approved a share repurchase program to permit us to repurchase up to $30.0 million worth of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares in the open market in accordance with applicable rules and regulations, at such time and such prices as management may decide. In February 2018 and May 2019, we announced that our board of directors approved increases of $30.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively, to the original share repurchase authorization, bringing the aggregate authorization to $110.0 million. The repurchased shares will be held as treasury stock. During the year ended June 26, 2020, 355,000 shares were repurchased under the program, at an average price per share of $58.37, for an aggregate purchase price of $20.7 million. As of June 26, 2020, we had a remaining authorization to purchase up to an additional $41.5 million worth of our ordinary shares.

The following table summarizes share repurchase activity for the three months ended June 26, 2020:


Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid Per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased As Part of Publicly Announced Program		Maximum Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program
March 28, 2020 – April 24, 2020		—	$	—		—	$	41,499,413
April 25, 2020 – May 22, 2020		—	$	—		—	$	41,499,413
May 23, 2020 – June 26, 2020		—	$	—		—	$	41,499,413

Total		—	$	—		—	$	41,499,413

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The equity compensation plan information required by this item, which includes a summary of the number of outstanding equity awards granted to employees and directors as well as the number of securities remaining

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available for future issuance under our equity compensation plans as of June 26, 2020, is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement for our 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended June 26, 2020.

Five-Year Performance Graph

The following performance graph shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Fabrinet under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

The following graph compares the cumulative total return to holders of Fabrinet’s ordinary shares with the cumulative total return of the NASDAQ Composite Index, and the NASDAQ Telecommunications Index.

The graph assumes that $100 was invested in Fabrinet’s ordinary shares and in each of the indices discussed above on June 26, 2015, and that all dividends were reinvested. Historic stock performance is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

ITEM 6.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

The selected consolidated financial data presented below should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form

10-K.

The selected financial data set forth below as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, and for the fiscal years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018 are derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form

10-K.

The selected financial data as of June 29, 2018, June 30, 2017 and June 24, 2016, and for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2017 and June 24, 2016 are derived from the audited consolidated financial statements not included in this Annual Report on Form

10-K.

No retrospective accounting changes have impacted the periods presented. Each of the fiscal years in the table below consisted of 52 weeks, except fiscal year 2017, which consisted of 53 weeks. The results presented below are not necessarily indicative of financial results to be achieved in future periods.

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	Years Ended
(amount in thousands, except per share data)	June 26, 2020 (fiscal year 2020)			June 28, 2019 (fiscal year 2019)			June 29, 2018 (fiscal year 2018)			June 30, 2017 (fiscal year 2017)			June 24, 2016 (fiscal year 2016)
Selected Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Revenues	$	1,641,836		$	1,584,335		$	1,371,925		$	1,420,490		$	976,747
Cost of revenues		(1,455,731	)		(1,405,111	)		(1,218,513	)		(1,249,030	)		(857,224	)

Gross profit		186,105			179,224			153,412			171,460			119,523
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(68,374	)		(55,067	)		(57,812	)		(65,626	)		(49,753	)
Other income related to flooding, net		—			—			—			—			36
Expenses related to reduction in workforce		(329	)		(1,516	)		(1,776	)		—			—

Operating income		117,402			122,641			93,824			105,834			69,806
Interest income		7,592			6,699			3,925			1,977			1,535
Interest expense		(3,044	)		(5,381	)		(3,606	)		(3,321	)		(1,569	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net		(3,797	)		1,406			(6,587	)		(1,142	)		(1,916	)
Other income (expense), net		1,089			868			473			509			376

Income before income taxes		119,242			126,233			88,029			103,857			68,232
Income tax expense		(5,763	)		(5,278	)		(3,862	)		(6,742	)		(6,335	)

Net income		113,479			120,955			84,167			97,115			61,897

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		1,239			(1,129	)		(909	)		(939	)		635

Net comprehensive income	$	114,718		$	119,826		$	83,258		$	96,176		$	62,532

Earnings per share:
Basic	$	3.07		$	3.29		$	2.26		$	2.63		$	1.73
Diluted	$	3.01		$	3.23		$	2.21		$	2.57		$	1.68
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands of shares):
Basic		36,908			36,798			37,257			36,927			35,857
Diluted		37,665			37,415			38,035			37,852			36,872


	As of
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 29, 2018		June 30, 2017		June 24, 2016
Selected Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	225,430	$	180,839	$	158,102	$	133,825	$	142,804
Short-term investments	$	262,693	$	256,493	$	174,269	$	151,450	$	141,709
Short-term restricted cash	$	7,402	$	—	$	3,331	$	3,312	$	—
Working capital (1)	$	330,848	$	296,597	$	284,440	$	287,752	$	205,592
Total assets	$	1,381,387	$	1,255,318	$	1,088,018	$	1,033,075	$	855,857
Long-term borrowings, net	$	51,670	$	60,938	$	64,188	$	71,103	$	60,407
Total liabilities	$	406,978	$	392,219	$	347,079	$	351,501	$	301,438
Total shareholders’ equity	$	974,409	$	863,099	$	740,939	$	681,574	$	554,419

(1)	Working capital is defined as trade accounts receivable plus inventory, less trade accounts payable.


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019			June 29, 2018			June 30, 2017			June 24, 2016
Selected Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow Data:
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	150,660		$	147,394		$	138,080		$	70,934		$	47,088
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(71,248	)	$	(98,067	)	$	(58,649	)	$	(90,556	)	$	(39,603	)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	$	(35,305	)	$	(23,223	)	$	(54,106	)	$	13,432		$	22,862
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	44,107		$	26,104		$	25,325		$	(6,190	)	$	30,347

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ITEM 7.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

In addition to historical information, this Annual Report on Form

10-K

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. These statements relate to future events or to our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

•

our goals and strategies;

•

our and our customers’ estimates regarding future revenues, operating results, expenses, capital requirements and liquidity;

•

our expectation that the portion of our future revenues attributable to customers in regions outside of North America will decrease compared with the portion of those revenues for fiscal year 2020;

•

our expectation that we will incur incremental costs of revenue as a result of our planned expansion of our business into new geographic markets;

•

our expectation that our fiscal year 2021 selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses will increase compared to our fiscal year 2020 SG&A expenses;

•

our expectation that our employee costs will increase in Thailand and the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”);

•

our future capital expenditures and our needs for additional financing;

•

the expansion of our manufacturing capacity, including into new geographies;

•

the growth rates of our existing markets and potential new markets;

•

our ability, and the ability of our customers and suppliers, to respond successfully to technological or industry developments;

•

our expectations regarding the potential impact of the

COVID-19

pandemic on our business, financial condition and results of operations;

•

our suppliers’ estimates regarding future costs;

•

our ability to increase our penetration of existing markets and to penetrate new markets;

•

our plans to diversify our sources of revenues;

•

our plans to execute acquisitions;

•

trends in the optical communications, industrial lasers, and sensors markets, including trends to outsource the production of components used in those markets;

•

our ability to attract and retain a qualified management team and other qualified personnel and advisors; and

•

competition in our existing and new markets.

These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this Annual Report on

Form 10-K,

in particular, the risks discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in Item 1A, as well as those discussed in other documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation

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to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. “We,” “us” and “our” refer to Fabrinet and its subsidiaries.

Overview

For an overview of our business, see Part I – ITEM 1. BUSINESS.

Fiscal Years

We utilize a

52-53

week fiscal year ending on the Friday in June closest to June 30. Fiscal year 2020 ended on June 26, 2020 and consisted of 52 weeks. Fiscal year 2019 ended on June 28, 2019 and consisted of 52 weeks. Fiscal year 2018 ended on June 29, 2018 and consisted of 52 weeks.

Recent Developments Related to

COVID-19

In the quarter ended March 27, 2020, the effects of the global

COVID-19

eight-day

Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in January 2020. In accordance with the Chinese government’s official efforts to mitigate the spread of

COVID-19,

COVID-19.

“shelter-in-place”

orders and social distancing guidelines.

non-factory

personnel to work remotely, and (5) restricting all

non-employee

visits to our campuses.

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Given the unprecedented global, human, and economic impact of

COVID-19,

the extraordinary economic short-term uncertainty, and the evolving and differing national strategies for dealing with

COVID-19,

it is extremely challenging to provide forward-looking disclosure. Despite the uncertainty and concern about the global economy and the health of various industries, we believe it important to share our considerations as we continue to assess the impacts of

COVID-19

as they relate to our business in the future:

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With work-from-home protocols in place around the world, global demand for internet bandwidth has grown and we believe it will continue to grow. Because the next-generation telecom and datacom products we manufacture for our customers are important to expand network capacity, we believe this will have a positive impact on our business in the long-term.

•

While we believe that the long-term growth outlook for the markets we serve has not been significantly impacted, in the short-term we are likely to continue to see regional downward demand adjustments for products we manufacture for our customers, especially if the

COVID-19

outbreak intensifies or returns in various geographic areas as happened at the end of our third fiscal quarter. Moreover, we believe the markets for other products we manufacture, such as the industrial lasers and automotive markets, are likely to see reduced demand in a prolonged economic downturn.

•

We expect we will continue to experience disruptions in our supply chain and the availability of parts and materials will continue to fluctuate, especially if the

COVID-19

outbreak intensifies or returns in various geographic areas. However, we believe we can mitigate these disruptions by continuing to identify and secure alternative sources.

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A significant portion of our costs are variable, and because of this, we can adjust manufacturing costs relatively quickly to respond to the changing demand of our customers. However, because parts and materials account for the largest portion of our costs, in combination with the supply chain issues noted above and, to a lesser extent, the expenses associated with our commitment to the safety and health protocols implemented across our global operations, our gross margins will continue to be negatively affected for the foreseeable future, and at least into the first half of fiscal year 2021.

•

The safety and health of our employees is and will remain a key priority, and we will continue to follow robust safety protocols in all of our facilities.

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Given our $488.1 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, and our total debt of approximately $51.8 million, as of June 26, 2020, we believe we are in a solid position from a capital and financial resources perspective. We expect that current cash and cash equivalent balances and short-term investments, and cash flows that are generated from operations will be sufficient to meet our domestic and international working capital needs and other capital and liquidity requirements for at least the next 12 months.

Revenues

We believe our ability to expand our relationships with existing customers and attract new customers is due to a number of factors, including our broad range of complex engineering and manufacturing service offerings, flexible

low-cost

manufacturing platform, process optimization capabilities, advanced supply chain management, excellent customer service, and experienced management team. Although we expect the prices we charge for our manufactured products to decrease over time (partly as a result of competitive market forces), we still believe we will be able to maintain favorable pricing for our services because of our ability to reduce cycle time, adjust our product mix by focusing on more complicated products, improve product quality and yields, and reduce material costs for the products we manufacture. We believe these capabilities have enabled us to help our OEM customers reduce their manufacturing costs while maintaining or improving the design, quality, reliability, and delivery times for their products.

Revenues, by percentage, from individual customers representing 10% or more of our total revenues is set forth in Note 23 of our audited consolidated financial statements. Because we depend upon a small number of

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customers for a significant percentage of our total revenues, a reduction in orders from, a loss of, or any other adverse actions by, any one of these customers would reduce our revenues and could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and share price. Moreover, our customer concentration increases the concentration of our accounts receivable and payment default by any of our key customers will negatively impact our exposure. Many of our existing and potential customers have substantial debt burdens, have experienced financial distress or have static or declining revenues, all of which may be exacerbated by the continued uncertainty in the global economies. Certain customers have gone out of business or have been acquired or announced their withdrawal from segments of the optics market. We generate significant accounts payable and inventory for the services that we provide to our customers, which could expose us to substantial and potentially unrecoverable costs if we do not receive payment from our customers. Therefore, any financial difficulties that our key customers experience could materially and adversely affect our operating results and financial condition by generating charges for inventory write-offs, provisions for doubtful accounts, and increases in working capital requirements due to increased days inventory and in accounts receivable.

Furthermore, reliance on a small number of customers gives those customers substantial purchasing power and leverage in negotiating contracts with us. In addition, although we enter into master supply agreements with our customers, the level of business to be transacted under those agreements is not guaranteed. Instead, we are awarded business under those agreements on a

project-by-project

Revenues by Geography

We generate revenues from three geographic regions: North America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. Revenues are attributed to a particular geographic area based on the

bill-to-location

of our customers, notwithstanding that our customers may ultimately ship their products to end customers in a different geographic region. The substantial majority of our revenues are derived from our manufacturing facilities in Asia-Pacific.

The percentage of our revenues generated from a

bill-to-location

outside of North America decreased from 52.3% in fiscal year 2019 to 49.4% in fiscal year 2020, which was partially due to a decrease in sales to our customers in Asia-Pacific by 4.7%. Based on the short- and medium-term indications and forecasts from our customers, we expect that the portion of our future revenues attributable to customers in regions outside of North America will decrease as compared with the portion of revenues attributable to such customers during fiscal year 2020.

The following table presents percentages of total revenues by geographic regions:


	Years Ended
	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019			June 29, 2018
North America		50.6	%		47.7	%		46.9	%
Asia-Pacific		33.7			38.4			37.8
Europe		15.7			13.9			15.3

		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%

Our Contracts

We enter into supply agreements with our customers which generally have an initial term of up to three years, subject to automatic renewals for subsequent

one-year

terms unless expressly terminated. Although there are no minimum purchase requirements in our supply agreements, our customers provide us with rolling forecasts of their demand requirements. Our supply agreements generally include provisions for pricing and

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periodic review of pricing, consignment of our customer’s unique production equipment to us, and the sharing of benefits from cost-savings derived from our efforts. We are generally required to purchase materials, which may include long lead-time materials and materials that are subject to minimum order quantities and/or

non-cancelable

non-returnable

terms, to meet the stated demands of our customers. After procuring materials, we manufacture products for our customers based on purchase orders that contain terms regarding product quantities, delivery locations and delivery dates. Our customers generally are obligated to purchase finished goods that we have manufactured according to their demand requirements. Materials that are not consumed by our customers within a specified period of time, or that are no longer required due to a product’s cancellation or

end-of-life,

are typically designated as excess or obsolete inventory under our contracts. Once materials are designated as either excess or obsolete inventory, our customers are typically required to purchase such inventory from us even if they have chosen to cancel production of the related products. The excess or obsolete inventory is shipped to the customer and revenue is recognized upon shipment.

Cost of Revenues

The key components of our cost of revenues are material costs, employee costs, and infrastructure-related costs. Material costs generally represent the majority of our cost of revenues. Several of the materials we require to manufacture products for our customers are customized for their products and often sourced from a single supplier or in some cases, our own subsidiaries. Shortages from sole-source suppliers due to yield loss, quality concerns and capacity constraints, among other factors, may increase our expenses and negatively impact our gross profit margin or total revenues in a given quarter. Material costs include scrap material. Historically, scrap rate diminishes during a product’s life cycle due to process, fixturing and test improvement and optimization.

A second significant element of our cost of revenues is employee costs, including indirect employee costs related to design, configuration and optimization of manufacturing processes for our customers, quality testing, materials testing and other engineering services; and direct costs related to our manufacturing employees. Direct employee costs include employee salaries, insurance and benefits, merit-based bonuses, recruitment, training and retention. Historically, our employee costs have increased primarily due to increases in the number of employees necessary to support our growth and, to a lesser extent, costs to recruit, train and retain employees. Our cost of revenues is significantly impacted by salary levels in Thailand, the PRC and the United Kingdom, the fluctuation of the Thai baht, Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”) and Pound Sterling (“GBP”) against our functional currency, the U.S. dollar, and our ability to retain our employees. We expect our employee costs to increase as wages continue to increase in Thailand and the PRC. Wage increases may impact our ability to sustain our competitive advantage and may reduce our profit margin. We seek to mitigate these cost increases through improvements in employee productivity, employee retention and asset utilization.

Our infrastructure costs are comprised of depreciation, utilities, facilities management and overhead costs. Most of our facility leases are long-term agreements. Our depreciation costs include buildings and fixed assets, primarily at our Pinehurst and Chonburi campuses in Thailand, and capital equipment located at each of our manufacturing locations.

During fiscal years 2020, 2019 and 2018, discretionary merit-based bonus awards were made to our

non-executive

employees. Charges included in cost of revenues for bonus awards to

non-executive

employees were $4.6 million, $3.9 million and $3.5 million for fiscal years 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Share-based compensation expense included in cost of revenues was $6.1 million, $5.7 million and $6.8 million for fiscal years 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

We expect to incur incremental costs of revenue as a result of our planned expansion into new geographic markets, though we are not able to determine the amount of these incremental expenses.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Our SG&A expenses primarily consist of corporate employee costs for sales and marketing, general and administrative and other support personnel, including research and development expenses related to the design of customized optics and glass, travel expenses, legal and other professional fees, share-based compensation expense and other general expenses not related to cost of revenues. In fiscal year 2021, we expect our SG&A expenses will increase compared with our fiscal year 2020 SG&A expenses.

The compensation committee of our board of directors approved a fiscal year 2020 executive incentive plan with quantitative objectives based solely on achieving certain revenue targets and

non-U.S.

GAAP operating margin targets for fiscal year 2020. Bonuses under the fiscal year 2020 executive incentive plan are payable after the end of fiscal year 2020. In fiscal year 2019, the compensation committee approved a fiscal year 2019 executive incentive plan with quantitative objectives that were based solely on achieving certain revenue targets and

non-U.S.

GAAP gross margin targets for fiscal year 2019. In the three months ended September 29, 2019, the compensation committee awarded bonuses to our executive employees for Company achievements of performance under our fiscal 2019 executive incentive plan. Discretionary merit-based bonus awards are also available to our

non-executive

employees and payable on a quarterly basis.

Charges included in SG&A expenses for bonus distributions to

non-executive

and executive employees were $4.1 million, $3.7 million and $0.5 million for fiscal years 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Share-based compensation expense included in SG&A expenses was $16.1 million, $11.5 million and $15.8 million for fiscal years 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Additional Financial Disclosures

Foreign Exchange

As a result of our international operations, we are exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency exposures primarily with respect to the Thai baht. Although a majority of our total revenues is denominated in U.S. dollars, a substantial portion of our payroll plus certain other operating expenses are incurred and paid in Thai baht. The exchange rate between the Thai baht and the U.S. dollar has fluctuated substantially in recent years and may continue to fluctuate substantially in the future. We report our financial results in U.S. dollars and our results of operations have been and could in the future be negatively impacted if the Thai baht appreciates against the U.S. dollar. Smaller portions of our expenses are incurred in a variety of other currencies, including RMB, GBP, Canadian dollars, Euros, and Japanese yen, the appreciation of which may also negatively impact our financial results.

In order to manage the risks arising from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, we use derivative instruments. We may enter into foreign currency exchange forward or option contracts to manage foreign currency exposures associated with certain assets and liabilities and other forecasted foreign currency transactions and may designate these instruments as hedging instruments. The forward and put option contracts generally have maturities of up to 12 months. All foreign currency exchange contracts are recognized in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. Gain or loss on our forward and put option contracts generally offset the assets, liabilities, and transactions economically hedged.

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We had foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities in Thai baht, RMB and GBP as follows:


	As of June 26, 2020						As of June 28, 2019
(amount in thousands, except percentages)	Foreign Currency		$		%		Foreign Currency		$		%
Assets
Thai baht		667,955	$	21,617		41.8		664,860	$	21,628		60.0
RMB		158,060		22,402		43.3		53,393		7,767		21.5
GBP		6,220		7,726		14.9		5,270		6,682		18.5

Total			$	51,745		100.0			$	36,077		100.0

Liabilities
Thai baht		2,102,392	$	68,039		89.5		1,961,972	$	63,825		90.0
RMB		42,586		6,036		8.0		26,373		3,836		5.4
GBP		1,545		1,919		2.5		2,598		3,294		4.6

Total			$	75,994		100.0			$	70,955		100.0

The Thai baht assets represent cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, deposits and other current assets. The Thai baht liabilities represent trade accounts payable, accrued expenses, income tax payable and other payables. We manage our exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates by the use of foreign currency contracts and offsetting assets and liabilities denominated in the same currency in accordance with management’s policy. As of June 26, 2020, there was $126.0 million in foreign currency forward contracts and option contracts outstanding on the Thai baht payables. As of June 28, 2019, there was $72.0 million in foreign currency forward contracts outstanding on the Thai baht payables.

The RMB assets represent cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable and other current assets. The RMB liabilities represent trade accounts payable, accrued expenses, income tax payable and other payables. As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, we did not have any derivative contracts denominated in RMB.

The GBP assets represent cash, trade accounts receivable, inventory and property, plant and equipment. The GBP liabilities represent trade accounts payable and other payables. As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, we did not have any derivative contracts denominated in GBP.

For fiscal years 2020 and 2019, we recorded an unrealized loss of $1.2 million and an unrealized gain of $4.8 million, respectively, related to derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

Currency Regulation and Dividend Distribution

Foreign exchange regulation in the PRC is primarily governed by the following rules:

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Foreign Currency Administration Rules, as amended on August 5, 2008, or the Exchange Rules;

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Administration Rules of the Settlement, Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange (1996), or the Administration Rules; and

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Notice on Perfecting Practices Concerning Foreign Exchange Settlement Regarding the Capital Contribution by Foreign-invested Enterprises, as promulgated by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”), on August 29, 2008, or Circular 142.

Under the Exchange Rules, RMB is freely convertible into foreign currencies for current account items, including the distribution of dividends, interest payments, trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions. However, conversion of RMB for capital account items, such as direct investments, loans, security investments and repatriation of investments, is still subject to the approval of SAFE.

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Under the Administration Rules, foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell, or remit foreign currencies at banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business after providing valid commercial documents and relevant supporting documents and, in the case of capital account item transactions, obtaining approval from SAFE. Capital investments by foreign-invested enterprises outside of the PRC are also subject to limitations, which include approvals by the Ministry of Commerce, SAFE and the State Development and Reform Commission.

Circular 142 regulates the conversion by a foreign-invested company of foreign currency into RMB by restricting how the converted RMB may be used. Circular 142 requires that the registered capital of a foreign-invested enterprise settled in RMB converted from foreign currencies may only be used for purposes within the business scope approved by the applicable governmental authority and may not be used for equity investments within the PRC. In addition, SAFE strengthened its oversight of the flow and use of the registered capital of foreign-invested enterprises settled in RMB converted from foreign currencies. The use of such RMB capital may not be changed without SAFE’s approval and may not be used to repay RMB loans if the proceeds of such loans have not been used.

On January 5, 2007, SAFE promulgated the Detailed Rules for Implementing the Measures for the Administration on Individual Foreign Exchange, or the Implementation Rules. Under the Implementation Rules, PRC citizens who are granted share options by an overseas publicly-listed company are required, through a PRC agent or PRC subsidiary of such overseas publicly-listed company, to register with SAFE and complete certain other procedures.

In addition, the General Administration of Taxation has issued circulars concerning employee share options. Under these circulars, our employees working in the PRC who exercise share options will be subject to PRC individual income tax. Our PRC subsidiary has obligations to file documents related to employee share options with relevant tax authorities and withhold individual income taxes of those employees who exercise their share options.

Furthermore, our transfer of funds to our subsidiaries in Thailand and the PRC are each subject to approval by governmental authorities in case of an increase in registered capital, or subject to registration with governmental authorities in case of a shareholder loan. These limitations on the flow of funds between our subsidiaries and us could restrict our ability to act in response to changing market conditions.

Income Tax

Our effective tax rate is a function of the mix of tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which we do business. We are domiciled in the Cayman Islands. Under the current laws of the Cayman Islands, we are not subject to tax in the Cayman Islands on income or capital gains until March 6, 2039.

Throughout the period of our operations in Thailand, we have generally received income tax and other incentives from the Thailand Board of Investment. Preferential tax treatment from the Thai government in the form of a corporate tax exemption on income generated from projects to manufacture certain products at our Chonburi campus is currently available to us through June 2026. Similar preferential tax treatment was available to us through June 2020 with respect to products manufactured at our Pinehurst campus. After June 2020, 50% of our income generated from products manufactured at our Pinehurst campus will be exempted from tax through June 2025. Such preferential tax treatment is contingent on various factors, including the export of our customers’ products out of Thailand and our agreement not to move our manufacturing facilities out of our current province in Thailand for at least 15 years from the date on which preferential tax treatment was granted. Currently, the corporate income tax rate for our Thai subsidiary is 20%.

With respect to our U.S. subsidiaries, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Reform Act”) enacted on December 22, 2017 provided for significant changes to U.S. tax law. Among other provisions, the Tax Reform Act reduced the U.S. corporate income tax rate to 21%, which is the current rate for our U.S. subsidiaries.

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During fiscal year 2019, we completed our assessment of the income tax effects resulting from the Tax Reform Act and concluded that no cumulative remeasurement adjustments were required.

Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent liabilities on the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the financial reporting period. We continually evaluate these estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. The evaluation results form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Because the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates. Some of our accounting policies require higher degrees of judgment than others in their application. We consider the policies discussed below to be critical to an understanding of our consolidated financial statements, as their application places the most significant demands on our management’s judgment.

A quantitative sensitivity analysis is provided where such information is reasonably available, can be reliably estimated, and provides material information to investors. The amounts used to assess sensitivity are included for illustrative purposes only and do not represent management’s predictions of variability.

Our critical accounting policies and the adoption of new accounting policies are disclosed in Note 2 – Summary of significant accounting policies. There were no changes to our accounting policies other than the adoption of Leases (Topic 842), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) and Goodwill impairment (ASU

2017-04).

Revenue Recognition

On June 30, 2018, we adopted ASC 606 using the modified retrospective method, which was applied to those contracts which were not completed as of June 29, 2018. The modified retrospective method required us to recognize the cumulative effect of the adoption of ASC 606, for all contracts with customers, to the opening balance of equity at June 30, 2018.

We derive total revenues primarily from the assembly of products under supply agreements with our customers and the fabrication of customized optics and glass. We recognize revenue relating to contracts that depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for such goods or services. In order to meet this requirement, we apply the following five steps: (1) identify the contract with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenue when a performance obligation is satisfied. Revenue is recognized net of any taxes collected from customers, which is subsequently remitted to governmental authorities.

A performance obligation is a contractual promise to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer. In contracts with multiple performance obligations, we identify each performance obligation and evaluate whether the performance obligation is distinct within the context of the contract at contract inception. The majority of our contracts have a single performance obligation, as the promise to transfer the individual goods or services is not separately identifiable from other promises under the contracts and, therefore, is not distinct.

Sales of finished goods

We manufacture products that are customized to customers’ specifications; however, control of the products is typically transferred to the customer at the point in time the product is either shipped or delivered, depending on the terms of the arrangement, as the criteria for over time recognition are not met. On evaluation of the

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contracts, we identified that there were no contractual rights to bill profit for work in progress in the event of a contract termination, which is expected to be infrequent. Further, in limited circumstances, contracts provide for substantive acceptance by the customer, which results in the deferral of revenue until formal notice of acceptance is received from the customer. Judgment may be required in determining if an acceptance clause provides for substantive acceptance.

Certain customers may request us to store finished products at our warehouse where customers bear risks of loss themselves. In these instances, we receive a written request from the customer asking us to hold the inventory at our warehouse and refrain from using the ordered goods to fulfill other customer orders. In these situations, revenue is only recognized when the completed goods are ready for shipment and transferred to our warehouse.

Customers generally are obligated to purchase finished goods that we have manufactured according to their demand requirements. Materials that are not consumed by customers within a specified period of time, or are no longer required due to a product’s cancellation or

end-of-life,

are typically designated as excess or obsolete inventory under our contracts. Once materials are designated as either excess or obsolete inventory, customers are typically required to purchase such inventory from us even if the customer has chosen to cancel production of the related products. The excess or obsolete inventory is shipped to the customer and revenue is recognized upon shipment.

A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. In determining the net consideration to which we expect to be entitled, we evaluate whether the price is subject to refund or adjustment. We generally do not grant return privileges, except for in the case of defective products during the warranty period. We generally provide a warranty of between one to five years on any given product. These standard warranties are assurance-type warranties, and we do not offer any services in addition to the assurance that the product will continue to work as specified.

The sales price is not considered to be fixed or determinable until all contingencies related to the sale have been resolved. We recognize revenue net of rebates and other similar allowances. Revenues are recognized only if these estimates can be reasonably and reliably determined. We base our estimates on historical results taking into consideration the type of customer, the type of transaction and the specifics of each arrangement.

Services

We provide services for customers that are related to our manufacturing activities. In many cases, although the nature of work performed is that of a service, revenue is only recognizable upon shipment of the product because the customer has specific requirements as to how many items can be shipped at any given point in time, i.e. at

point-in-time.

The related costs are expensed as incurred.

Long-Lived Assets

We review property, plant and equipment for impairment on a quarterly basis or when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount of a long-lived asset or assets group exceeds its fair value. Recoverability of property and equipment is measured by comparing carrying amount to the projected undiscounted cash flows the property and equipment are expected to generate. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment loss recognized, if any, is the amount by which the carrying amount of the property and equipment exceeds its fair value.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers’ financial condition and make provisions for doubtful accounts based on the outcomes of these credit evaluations. We evaluate the collectability of our

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accounts receivable based on specific customer circumstances, current economic trends, historical experience with collections, and the age of past due receivables. Unanticipated changes in the liquidity or financial position of our customers may require additional provisions for doubtful accounts. Under our specific identification method, it is not practical to assess the sensitivity of our estimates.

Inventory Valuation

Our inventory is stated at the lower of cost (on a

first-in,

first-out

basis) or market value. Our industry is characterized by rapid technological change, short-term customer commitments, and rapid changes in demand. We make provisions for estimated excess and obsolete inventory based on regular reviews of inventory quantities on hand on a quarterly basis and the latest forecasts of product demand and production requirements from our customers. If actual market conditions or our customers’ product demands are less favorable than those projected, additional provisions may be required. In addition, unanticipated changes in liquidity or the financial positions of our customers or changes in economic conditions may require additional provisions for inventory due to our customers’ inability to fulfill their contractual obligations. During fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2019, a change of 10% for excess and obsolete materials, based on product demand and production requirements from our customers, would have affected our net income by approximately $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

Deferred Income Taxes

Our deferred income tax assets represent temporary differences between the carrying amount and the tax basis of existing assets and liabilities that will result in deductible and payable amounts in future years, including net operating loss carry forwards. Based on estimates, the carrying value of our net deferred tax assets assumes that it is more likely than not that we will be able to generate sufficient future taxable income in certain tax jurisdictions to realize these deferred income tax assets. Our judgments regarding future profitability may change depending on future market conditions, changes in U.S. or international tax laws, or other factors. If these estimates and related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to increase or decrease our valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets, resulting in additional or lesser income tax expense. During fiscal year 2018, one of our subsidiaries in the U.S. generated taxable income sufficient for the utilization of loss carryforwards due to better operating performance and effective control of operating expenses and management determined that it was more likely than not that future taxable income would be sufficient to allow the benefit of the loss to be realized. As of June 29, 2018, we reversed certain deferred tax assets valuation allowance as management expected it was more likely than not that we would realize profits in subsequent fiscal years so that the loss carryforwards could be partially utilized. Consequently, as of June 28, 2019, we have assessed and set up a partial valuation allowance for the deferred tax assets at the same level as in fiscal year 2018. However, in fiscal year 2020, such subsidiary in the U.S. generated net operating loss and management expected that such subsidiary would continue to have net operating losses in the foreseeable future; therefore, management believes it is more likely than not that all of the deferred tax assets of such subsidiary will not be utilized. Thus, a full valuation allowance of $2.1 million for the deferred tax assets was set up as of June 26, 2020.

During fiscal year 2020, our subsidiary in the U.K. also generated net operating loss and management expected that such subsidiary would continue to have net operating losses in the foreseeable future; therefore, management believes it is more likely than not that all of the deferred tax assets of such subsidiary will not be utilized. Thus, a full valuation allowance of $1.6 million for the deferred tax assets was set up as of June 26, 2020.

We assess tax positions in a previously filed tax return or a position expected to be taken in a future tax return that is reflected in measuring current or deferred income tax assets and liabilities for interim or annual periods, based on the technical merits of the position. We apply a “more likely than not” standard (i.e., a likelihood greater than 50 percent), in accordance with the authoritative guidance, and recognize a tax provision in the consolidated financial statements for an uncertain tax position that would not be sustained.

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Share-Based Compensation

Awards granted, including share options, restricted share units and performance share units are accounted for by recognizing the cost of employee services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments, based on the fair value of those awards, in the consolidated financial statements over the requisite service period.

In determining the fair value of share option awards, we are required to make estimates of expected dividends to be issued, expected volatility of our shares, expected forfeitures of the awards, risk free interest rates for the expected terms of the awards and expected terms of the awards.

For accounting purposes only, the fair value of each option grant is estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, which takes into account the following factors: (1) the exercise price of the options; (2) the fair value of the underlying ordinary shares; (3) the expected life of the options; (4) the expected volatility of the underlying ordinary shares; (5) the risk-free interest rate during the expected life of the options; and (6) the expected dividend yield of the underlying ordinary shares. However, these fair values are inherently uncertain and highly subjective.

The exercise price of the options is stated in the option agreements. The expected life of the options involves estimates of the anticipated timing of the exercise of the vested options. The expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of our share price. We have applied the U.S. Treasury Bill interest rate with a maturity date similar to the expected life of our options as the risk-free interest rate and assumed a dividend yield for periods when we paid dividends.

The fair value of restricted share units and performance share units are based on the market value of our ordinary shares on the date of grant.

The determination of our share-based compensation expense for both current and future periods requires the input of assumptions, including estimated forfeitures and the price volatility of the underlying ordinary shares. We estimate forfeitures based on past employee retention rates and our expectations of future retention rates, and we will prospectively revise our forfeiture rates based on actual history. Our share-based compensation expense may change based on changes to our actual forfeitures.

Intangibles

Intangibles are stated at historical cost less amortization. Amortization of customer relationships is calculated using the accelerated method as to reflect the pattern in which the economic benefits of the intangible assets are consumed. Amortization of other intangibles is calculated using the straight-line method.

Business acquisition

For the acquisition of our UK subsidiary, we allocated the fair value of purchase consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values at the acquisition date. The allocation of consideration to the individual net assets has been finalized.

The acquired intangible assets, which consist of customer relationships and backlog, are recorded as intangibles in the consolidated balance sheets. The fair value of the acquired intangible assets was determined based on the multi-period excess earnings method. We review intangibles for impairment whenever changes or circumstances indicate the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

Goodwill

Goodwill arising from the acquisition is primarily attributable to the ability to expand future products and services and the assembled workforce. Goodwill is reviewed annually for impairment or more frequently

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whenever changes or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. During the three months ended June 26, 2020, we performed annual goodwill impairment testing on our subsidiary in the U.K. and found that the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeded its fair value. As a result, we recognized goodwill impairment loss of $3.5 million in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. Note that

period-to-period

comparisons of operating results should not be relied upon as indicative of future performance.


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019			June 29, 2018
Revenues	$	1,641,836		$	1,584,335		$	1,371,925
Cost of revenues		(1,455,731	)		(1,405,111	)		(1,218,513	)

Gross profit		186,105			179,224			153,412
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(68,374	)		(55,067	)		(57,812	)
Expenses related to reduction in workforce		(329	)		(1,516	)		(1,776	)

Operating income		117,402			122,641			93,824
Interest income		7,592			6,699			3,925
Interest expense		(3,044	)		(5,381	)		(3,606	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net		(3,797	)		1,406			(6,587	)
Other income (expense), net		1,089			868			473

Income before income taxes		119,242			126,233			88,029
Income tax expense		(5,763	)		(5,278	)		(3,862	)

Net income		113,479			120,955			84,167
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		1,239			(1,129	)		(909	)

Net comprehensive income	$	114,718		$	119,826		$	83,258

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income as a percentage of total revenues for the periods indicated.


	Years Ended
	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019			June 29, 2018
Revenues		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Cost of revenues		(88.7	)		(88.7	)		(88.8	)

Gross profit		11.3			11.3			11.2
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(4.2	)		(3.5	)		(4.2	)
Expenses related to reduction in workforce		(0.0	)		(0.1	)		(0.1	)

Operating income		7.1			7.7			6.9
Interest income		0.5			0.4			0.3
Interest expense		(0.2	)		(0.3	)		(0.3	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net		(0.2	)		0.1			(0.5	)
Other income (expense), net		0.1			0.0			0.1

Income before income taxes		7.3			7.9			6.5
Income tax expense		(0.4	)		(0.3	)		(0.3	)

Net income		6.9			7.6			6.2
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		0.1			0.0			(0.1	)

Net comprehensive income		7.0	%		7.6	%		6.1	%

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The following table sets forth our revenues by end market for the periods indicated.


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 29, 2018
Optical communications	$	1,248,174	$	1,184,936	$	1,000,256
Lasers, sensors, and other		393,662		399,399		371,669	��

Total	$	1,641,836	$	1,584,335	$	1,371,925

We operate and internally manage a single operating segment. As such, discrete information with respect to separate product lines and segments is not accumulated.

Comparison of Fiscal Year 2020 with Fiscal Year 2019

Total revenues.

Our total revenues increased by $57.5 million, or 3.6%, to $1.64 billion for fiscal year 2020, compared with $1.58 billion for fiscal year 2019. This increase was primarily due to an increase in customers’ demand for optical communications manufacturing services, particularly telecom manufacturing services, for fiscal year 2020. Revenues from optical communications products represented 76.0% of our total revenues for fiscal year 2020, compared with 74.8% for fiscal year 2019.

Cost of revenues

. Our cost of revenues increased by $50.6 million, or 3.6%, to $1.46 billion, or 88.7% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2020, compared with $1.41 billion, or 88.7% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2019. The increase in cost of revenues was primarily due to a proportional increase in sales volume.

Gross profit.

Our gross profit increased by $6.9 million, or 3.8%, to $186.1 million, or 11.3% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2020, compared with $179.2 million, or 11.3% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2019.

SG&A expenses

. Our SG&A expenses increased by $13.3 million, or 24.2%, to $68.4 million, or 4.2% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2020, compared with $55.1 million, or 3.5% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2019. Our SG&A expenses increased during fiscal year 2020, compared with fiscal year 2019, mainly due to by (1) an increase in share-based compensation expenses of $4.6 million, including $3.2 million from an increase in awards of performance share units and $1.4 million from an increase in awards of restricted share units; (2) a goodwill impairment loss related to our UK subsidiary of $3.5 million; (3) an increase in new business

start-up

costs incurred by our Israel and Thailand subsidiaries of $1.5 million; (4) an increase in severance liabilities expense of $0.9 million due to a change in labor protection law in Thailand in May 2019 that increased the required severance payment compensation for employees with 20 years of service from 300 days of wage to 400 days of wage; and (5) an increase in executive and management expenses of $0.4 million from bonuses and other benefits.

Operating income.

Our operating income decreased by $5.2 million to $117.4 million, or 7.1% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2020, compared with $122.6 million, or 7.7% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2019.

Interest income.

Our interest income increased by $0.9 million to $7.6 million for fiscal year 2020, compared with $6.7 million for fiscal year 2019. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the average balance of our outstanding cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments.

Interest expense.

Our interest expense decreased by $2.4 million to $3.0 million for fiscal year 2020, compared with $5.4 million for fiscal year 2019. The decrease was primarily due to lower unrealized loss from

mark-to-market

of interest rate swaps recognized to earnings as a result of applying cash flow hedge accounting in fiscal year 2020. In fiscal year 2020, there was unrealized loss from

mark-to-market

of interest rate swaps of $1.7 million recognized to earnings for the three months ended September 27, 2019, before applying cash flow hedge, as compared to an unrealized loss of $2.6 million for fiscal year 2019. In addition, there was amortization

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of the fair value of interest rate swaps as of the hedge inception date of $1.2 million during fiscal year 2020 in relation to applying hedge accounting which results in a decrease in interest expense.

Foreign exchange gain (loss), net.

We recorded foreign exchange loss, net of $3.8 million for fiscal year 2020, compared with foreign exchange gain, net of $1.4 million for fiscal year 2019. The increase in foreign exchange loss was mainly due to an unrealized foreign exchange loss from

mark-to-market

of forward contracts of $1.2 million in fiscal year 2020, as compared to an unrealized foreign exchange gain from

mark-to-market

of forward contracts of $4.8 million in fiscal year 2019.

Income before income taxes.

We recorded income before income taxes of $119.2 million for fiscal year 2020, compared with $126.2 million for fiscal year 2019.

Income tax expense.

Our provision for income tax reflects an effective tax rate of 4.1% and 4.6% for fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2019, respectively. The decrease was primarily due to the fact that we had lower income subject to tax in fiscal year 2020, as compared to fiscal year 2019.

Net income.

We recorded net income of $113.5 million, or 6.9% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2020, compared with net income of $121.0 million, or 7.6% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2019.

Other comprehensive income (loss).

Our other comprehensive income increased by $2.4 million to $1.2 million for fiscal year 2020 compared with other comprehensive loss of $1.1 million for fiscal year 2019.

Comparison of Fiscal Year 2019 with Fiscal Year 2018

Total revenues.

Our total revenues increased by $212.4 million, or 15.5%, to $1.58 billion for fiscal year 2019, compared with $1.37 billion for fiscal year 2018. This increase was primarily due to an increase in customers’ demand for optical communications manufacturing services, particularly telecom manufacturing services, for fiscal year 2019. Revenues from optical communications products represented 74.8% of our total revenues for fiscal year 2019, compared with 72.9% for fiscal year 2018.

Cost of revenues

. Our cost of revenues increased by $186.6 million, or 15.3%, to $1.41 billion, or 88.7% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2019, compared with $1.22 billion, or 88.8% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2018. The increase in cost of revenues was primarily due to a proportional increase in sales volume.

Gross profit.

Our gross profit increased by $25.8 million, or 16.8%, to $179.2 million, or 11.3% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2019, compared with $153.4 million, or 11.2% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2018. The increase in gross profit percentage in fiscal year 2019 was due to higher revenue and fixed costs leverage.

SG&A expenses

. Our SG&A expenses decreased by $2.7 million, or 4.7%, to $55.1 million, or 3.5% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2019, compared with $57.8 million, or 4.2% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2018. Our SG&A expenses decreased during fiscal year 2019, compared with fiscal year 2018, mainly due to (1) a decrease in share-based compensation expenses of $4.3 million because we did not expect to achieve the

pre-defined

performance targets for vesting of certain performance-based restricted share units awarded under our 2017 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan and (2) a decrease in executive severance payments of $2.1 million and a decrease in key executive benefits of $1.8 million in connection with the transition of the Executive Chairman of our board of directors to

non-executive

Chairman during fiscal year 2018. The decrease was offset by (1) an increase of $2.4 million in executive cash bonuses under our fiscal year 2019 executive incentive plan due to our expectation that certain

pre-defined

revenue targets and

non-U.S.

GAAP gross margin targets would be achieved; (2) an increase in severance payment of $1.0 million in connection with

non-executive

management separations; (3) an increase in public company cost of $0.6 million; and (4) an increase in severance liability expense of $0.4 million due to an increase in headcount as well as a change in labor protection law in Thailand that increased the required severance payment compensation for employees with 20 or more years of service from 300 days of wage to 400 days of wage.

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Operating income.

Our operating income increased by $28.8 million to $122.6 million, or 7.7% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2019, compared with $93.8 million, or 6.9% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2018.

Interest income.

Our interest income increased by $2.8 million to $6.7 million for fiscal year 2019, compared with $3.9 million for fiscal year 2018. The increase was primarily due to the higher weighted average interest rate compared to the same period in the last year and an increase in the average balance of our outstanding cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments.

Interest expense.

Our interest expense increased by $1.8 million to $5.4 million for fiscal year 2019, compared with $3.6 million for fiscal year 2018. The increase was due to (1) unrealized loss of $2.6 million from

mark-to-market

of interest rate swap related to our term loan; and (2) an increase of $0.5 million from increase in fixed interest rate from interest rate swap. The increase was offset by (1) the amortization and the write off of deferred debt issuance costs from loan borrowing paid up in fiscal year 2018 of $1.0 million; and (2) a decrease in loan commitment fee of $0.3 million.

Foreign exchange gain (loss), net.

We recorded foreign exchange gain, net of $1.4 million for fiscal year 2019, compared with foreign exchange loss, net of $6.6 million for fiscal year 2018. The foreign exchange gain for fiscal year 2019 was mainly due to unrealized gain of $4.8 million for

mark-to-market

of forward contracts related to hedging of Thai baht spending, compared to unrealized loss of $2.6 million in fiscal year 2018. Moreover, we recorded realized foreign exchange loss from receipts and payments of $4.6 million in fiscal year 2018.

Income before income taxes.

We recorded income before income taxes of $126.2 million for fiscal year 2019, compared with $88.0 million for fiscal year 2018.

Income tax expense.

Our provision for income tax reflects an effective tax rate of 4.6% for fiscal year 2019 and 5.0% for fiscal year 2018.

Net income.

We recorded net income of $121.0 million, or 7.6% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2019, compared with net income of $84.2 million, or 6.2% of total revenues, for fiscal year 2018.

Other comprehensive loss.

Our other comprehensive loss increased by $0.2 million to $1.1 million for fiscal year 2019 compared with $0.9 million for fiscal year 2018.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows and Working Capital

We primarily finance our operations through cash flow from operating activities. As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, we had cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $488.1 million and $437.3 million, respectively, and outstanding debt of $51.7 million and $60.9 million, respectively.

Our cash and cash equivalents, which primarily consist of cash on hand, demand deposits and liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, are placed with banks and other financial institutions. The weighted average interest rate on our cash and cash equivalents for fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2018 was 1.8%, 1.9% and 0.8%, respectively.

Our cash investments are made in accordance with an investment policy approved by the audit committee of our board of directors. In general, our investment policy requires that securities purchased be rated A1,

P-1,

F1 or better. No security may have an effective maturity that exceeds three years. Our investments in fixed income securities are primarily classified as

available-for-sale

and are recorded at fair value. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Unrealized gains and losses on these securities are recorded as other comprehensive income (loss) and are reported as a separate component of shareholders’ equity.

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During fiscal year 2020, (1) we paid off a term loan of $60.9 million under our previous credit facility agreement with Bank of America, (2) our subsidiary in Thailand drew down a new term loan of $60.9 million under a new credit facility agreement with the Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited, and (3) we repaid $9.1 million of the new term loan under the new credit facility agreement. As a result, as of June 26, 2020, we had a long-term borrowing of $51.7 million under our new credit facility agreement. (See Note 16 for further details.) We anticipate that our internally generated working capital, along with our cash and cash equivalents will be adequate to repay these obligations. To better manage our cash on hand, we held short-term investments of $262.7 million as of June 26, 2020.

We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, cash flow from operations, and funds available through our credit facility will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs for at least the next 12 months following the filing of this Annual Report on Form

10-K.

Our ability to sustain our working capital position is subject to a number of risks that we discuss in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form

10-K.

We also believe that our current manufacturing capacity is sufficient to meet our anticipated production requirements for at least the next few quarters.

The following table shows our cash flows for the periods indicated:


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019			June 29, 2018
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	150,660		$	147,394		$	138,080
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(71,248	)	$	(98,067	)	$	(58,649	)
Net cash used in financing activities	$	(35,305	)	$	(23,223	)	$	(54,106	)
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	44,107		$	26,104		$	25,325
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	$	188,241		$	161,433		$	137,137
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	232,832		$	188,241		$	161,433

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $3.3 million, or 2.2%, to $150.7 million for fiscal year 2020, compared with net cash provided by operating activities of $147.4 million for fiscal year 2019 due to better working capital management. This increase in cash was primarily due to (1) an increase in share-based compensation of $5.0 million; (2) goodwill impairment loss in fiscal 2020 of $3.5 million; (3) an increase in cash receipts related to the timing of collection of trade accounts receivable of $1.2 million; and (4) an increase in depreciation and amortization of $0.9 million. These increases in cash were offset by a decrease in net income of $7.5 million.

Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $9.3 million, or 6.7%, to $147.4 million for fiscal year 2019, compared with net cash provided by operating activities of $138.1 million for fiscal year 2018 due to better working capital management. This increase was due to an increase in net income of $36.8 million and a decrease in cash paid to settle accounts payable of $35.3 million. These increases in cash were offset by a decrease in cash receipts related to the timing of collection of trade accounts receivable of $31.3 million, an increase in gain on exchange rate and fair value of derivative instruments of $11.2 million, an increase in ending inventories intended for sale in future quarters of $24.6 million and a decrease in share-based compensation of $5.4 million.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities decreased by $26.8 million, or 27.3 %, to $71.2 million for fiscal year 2020, compared with net cash used in investing activities of $98.1 million for fiscal year 2019. The decrease was primarily due to a net decrease in investment in short-term investments of $74.7 million, offset by funds provided

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to a customer of $24.3 million to support the customer’s transfer of certain manufacturing operations from Berlin, Germany to our facilities in Thailand, which the customer has agreed to repay by September 30, 2020, and an increase of $23.5 million in the net movement of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets.

Net cash used in investing activities increased by $39.4 million, or 67.2 %, to $98.1 million for fiscal year 2019, compared with net cash used in investing activities of $58.6 million for fiscal year 2018. The increase was primarily due to a net increase in investment in short-term investments of $56.0 million, offset by a decrease of $16.5 million in the purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities increased by $12.1 million, or 52.0%, to $35.3 million for fiscal year 2020, compared with net cash used in financing activities of $23.2 million for fiscal year 2019. This increase was primarily due to (1) an increase in cash paid for the repurchase of ordinary shares of $15.3 million; (2) an increase of $5.9 million in net repayments of loans to banks; and (3) an increase in debt issuance costs payment of $0.2 million. These were offset by a decrease in cash paid for withholding tax related to net share settlement of restricted share units of $5.8 million and the release of restricted cash in connection with a business acquisition of $3.5 million in fiscal year 2019.

Net cash used in financing activities decreased by $30.9 million, or 57.1%, to $23.2 million for fiscal year 2019, compared with net cash used in financing activities of $54.1 million for fiscal year 2018. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in cash paid for the repurchase of ordinary shares of $37.0 million and a decrease in cash paid for long-term loans of $8.0 million. These were offset by (1) an increase in cash paid for withholding tax related to net share settlement of restricted share units of $5.1 million, (2) a decrease in cash received from short-term loans from bank of $5.0 million, and (3) the release of restricted cash in connection with a business acquisition of $3.5 million.

Contractual Obligations

The following table sets forth certain of our contractual obligations as of June 26, 2020:


	Payments Due by Period
(amount in thousands)	Total		Less than 1 year		1-3 years		3-5 years		More than 5 years
Long-term debt obligations	$	51,797	$	12,188	$	27,421	$	12,188	$	—
Interest expense obligation (1)		1,760		751		876		133		—
Finance lease obligations		100		100		—		—		—
Operating lease obligations		8,448		2,313		4,514		1,464		157
Severance liabilities (2)		54,218		1,284		3,183		4,726		45,025
Provision for uncertain income tax position		1,459		1,008		6		286		159

Total	$	117,782	$	17,644	$	36,000	$	18,797	$	45,341

(1)	Interest expense obligation reflects the interest rate on long-term debt obligation as of June 26, 2020. The interest rates ranged between 1.7% and 2.8%. For further discussion of long-term and short-term debt obligations, see Note 16 of our audited consolidated financial statements.

(2)	Severance liabilities as of June 26, 2020 are determined based on management assumptions and calculated as expected future cash flows basis. See Note 17 of our audited consolidated financial statements.

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exchange rate as of June 26, 2020) and $160.9 million which may be used for, among other things, an overdraft facility, short-term loans against promissory notes, a letter of guarantee facility, a term loan facility and foreign exchange facilities. The Bank may approve any request for extension of credit under the Credit Facility Agreement and may increase or decrease any facility amount in its sole discretion.

Under the Credit Facility Agreement, on August 20, 2019, the Borrower and the Bank entered into a Term Loan Agreement pursuant to which the Borrower drew down on September 3, 2019 a term loan in the original principal amount of $60.9 million. The proceeds from the term loan, together with cash on hand, were used to repay outstanding obligations under the Company’s previous credit facility agreement with Bank of America, N.A.

The term loan accrues interest at

3-month

LIBOR plus 1.35% and is repayable in quarterly installments of $3.0 million, commencing on September 30, 2019. The term loan will mature on June 30, 2024. The Borrower may prepay the term loan in whole or in part at any time without premium or penalty. Any portion of the term loan repaid or prepaid may not be

re-borrowed.

During the year ended June 26, 2020, the Company recorded $1.5 million of interest expense in connection with this term loan.

Any borrowings under the Credit Facility Agreement, including those borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement, are guaranteed by Fabrinet and secured by land and buildings owned by the Borrower in the Pathumthani and Chonburi Provinces in Thailand.

The Term Loan Agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants applicable to the Borrower, including delivery of financial statements and other information, compliance with laws, maintenance of insurance, restrictions on granting security interests or liens on its assets, disposing of its assets, incurring indebtedness and making acquisitions. While the term loan is outstanding, the Borrower is required to maintain a loan to value of the mortgaged real property ratio of not greater than 65%. If the loan to value ratio is not maintained, the Borrower will be required to provide additional security or prepay a portion of the term loan in order to restore the required ratio. The Company is also required to maintain a debt service coverage ratio of at least 1.25 times and a debt to equity ratio less than or equal to 1.0 times. In the case of any payment of a dividend by the Company, its debt service coverage ratio must be at least 1.50 times. As of June 26, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants under the Term Loan Agreement.

The events of default in the Term Loan Agreement include failure to pay amounts due under the Term Loan Agreement or the related finance documents when due, failure to comply with the covenants under the Term Loan Agreement or the related finance documents, cross default with other indebtedness of the Borrower, events of bankruptcy or insolvency in respect of the Borrower, and the occurrence of any event or series of events that in the opinion of the Bank has or is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect.

As of June 26, 2020, $51.7 million of the term loan was outstanding under the Credit Facility Agreement.

As of June 26, 2020, we also had certain operating lease arrangements in which the lease payments are calculated using the straight-line method. Our rental expenses under these leases were $2.1 million, $1.9 million and $1.8 million for fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2018, respectively.

Capital Expenditures

The following table sets forth our capital expenditures, which include amounts for which payments have been accrued, for the periods indicated.


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 29, 2018
Capital expenditures	$	51,317	$	20,834	$	30,535

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Our capital expenditures for fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2018 principally related to investment in our new facilities in Thailand and the U.S.. During fiscal year 2020, we purchased equipment to support the expansion of our manufacturing facilities in Thailand, the PRC and Israel. During fiscal year 2019, we purchased additional equipment to continue to support the expansion of our manufacturing facilities in Thailand. During fiscal year 2018, we purchased additional equipment to continue to support the expansion of our manufacturing facilities in Thailand and the U. K. During fiscal year 2021, we expect our capital expenditures to increase compared to fiscal year 2020 mainly related to investment in existing and new manufacturing facilities.

Off-Balance

Sheet Commitments and Arrangements

As of June 26, 2020, we had an outstanding standby letter of credit of 6.0 million Euros related to our support of a customer with the transfer of certain manufacturing operations from Berlin, Germany to our facilities in Thailand. As of June 26, 2020, the standby letter of credit was backed by cash collateral of $7.4 million.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for recent accounting pronouncements that could have an effect on us.

ITEM 7A.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Interest Rate Risk

We had cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments totaling $488.1 million, $437.3 million and $332.4 million, as of June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, respectively. We have interest rate risk exposure relating to the interest income generated by excess cash invested in highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less from the original dates of purchase. The cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments are held for working capital purposes. We have not used derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio. We have not been exposed nor do we anticipate being exposed to material risks due to changes in market interest rates. Declines in interest rates, however, will reduce future investment income. If overall interest rates had declined by 10 basis points during fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2018, our interest income would have decreased by approximately $0.4 million, $0.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, assuming consistent investment levels.

We also have interest rate risk exposure in movements in interest rates associated with our interest bearing liabilities. The interest bearing liabilities are denominated in U.S. dollars and the interest expense is based on the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), plus an additional margin, depending on the lending institution. If the LIBOR had increased by 100 basis points during fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2018, our interest expense would have increased by approximately $0.1 million, $0.6 million and $0.6 million, respectively, assuming consistent borrowing levels.

We therefore entered into interest rate swap agreements (the “Swap Agreements”) to manage this risk and increase the profile of our debt obligation. The terms of the Swap Agreements allow us to effectively convert the floating interest rate to a fixed interest rate. This locks the variable interest expenses associated with our floating rate borrowings and results in fixed interest expenses that are unsusceptible to market rate increase. We designated the Swap Agreements as a cash flow hedge, and they qualify for hedge accounting because the hedges are highly effective. While we intend to continue to meet the conditions for hedge accounting, if hedges do not qualify as highly effective, the changes in the fair value of the derivatives used as hedges would be reflected in our earnings. From September 27, 2019, any gains or losses related to these outstanding interest rate swaps will be recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income in the consolidated balance sheets, with subsequent reclassification to interest expense when settled.

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We maintain an investment portfolio in a variety of financial instruments, including, but not limited to, U.S. government and agency bonds, corporate obligations, money market funds, asset-backed securities, and other investment-grade securities. The majority of these investments pay a fixed rate of interest. The securities in the investment portfolio are subject to market price risk due to changes in interest rates, perceived issuer creditworthiness, marketability, and other factors. These investments are classified as

available-for-sale

and, consequently, are recorded on our consolidated balance sheets at fair value with unrealized gains or losses reported as a separate component of shareholders’ equity.

Investments in both fixed-rate and floating-rate interest earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk. The fair market values of our fixed-rate securities decline if interest rates rise, while floating-rate securities may produce less income than expected if interest rates fall. Due in part to these factors, our future investment income may be less than we expect because of changes in interest rates or we may suffer losses in principal if forced to sell securities that have experienced a decline in market value because of changes in interest rates.

Foreign Currency Risk

As a result of our foreign operations, we have significant expenses, assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies. Substantially all of our employees and most of our facilities are located in Thailand, the PRC and the U. K. Therefore, a substantial portion of our payroll as well as certain other operating expenses are paid in Thai baht, RMB and GBP. The significant majority of our revenues are denominated in U.S. dollars because our customer contracts generally provide that our customers will pay us in U.S. dollars.

As a consequence, our gross profit margins, operating results, profitability and cash flows are adversely impacted when the dollar depreciates relative to the Thai baht, the GBP or the RMB. We have a particularly significant currency rate exposure to changes in the exchange rate between the Thai baht, the GBP, the RMB and the U.S. dollar. We must translate foreign currency-denominated results of operations, assets and liabilities for our foreign subsidiaries to U.S. dollars in our consolidated financial statements. Consequently, increases and decreases in the value of the U.S. dollar compared with such foreign currencies will affect our reported results of operations and the value of our assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets, even if our results of operations or the value of those assets and liabilities has not changed in its original currency. These transactions could significantly affect the comparability of our results between financial periods or result in significant changes to the carrying value of our assets, liabilities and shareholders’ equity.

We attempt to hedge against these exchange rate risks by entering into derivative instruments that are typically one to twelve months in duration, leaving us exposed to longer term changes in exchange rates. We designated the foreign currency forward contracts used to hedge fluctuations in the U.S. dollar value of forecasted transactions denominated in Thai baht as cash flow hedges, as they qualified for hedge accounting because the hedges are highly effective. While we intend to continue to meet the conditions for hedge accounting, if hedges do not qualify as highly effective, the changes in the fair value of the derivatives used as hedges would be reflected in our earnings. From December 28, 2019, any gains or losses related to these outstanding foreign currency forward contracts will be recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income in the consolidated balance sheets, with subsequent reclassification to the same statement of operations and comprehensive income line item as the earnings effect of hedge items when settled. We recorded unrealized loss of $1.2 million and unrealized gain of $4.8 million for the year ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively, related to derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments. As foreign currency exchange rates fluctuate relative to the U.S. dollar, we expect to incur foreign currency translation adjustments and may incur foreign currency exchange losses. For example, a 10% weakening in the U.S. dollar against the Thai baht, the RMB and the GBP would have resulted in a decrease in our net dollar position of approximately $2.7 million and $0.4 million as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively. We cannot give any assurance as to the effect that future changes in foreign currency rates will have on our consolidated financial position, operating results or cash flows.

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Credit Risk

Credit risk refers to our exposures to financial institutions, suppliers and customers that have in the past and may in the future experience financial difficulty, particularly in light of recent conditions in the credit markets and the global economy. As of June 26, 2020, our cash and cash equivalents were held in deposits and highly liquid investment products with maturities of three months or less with banks and other financial institutions having credit ratings of A minus or above. Our short-term investments as of June 26, 2020 are held in various financial institutions with a maturity limit not to exceed three years, and all securities are rated A1,

P-1,

F1 or better. We continue to monitor our surplus cash and consider investment in corporate and U.S. government debt as well as certain

available-for-sale

securities in accordance with our investment policy. We generally monitor the financial performance of our suppliers and customers, as well as other factors that may affect their access to capital and liquidity. Presently, we believe that we will not incur material losses due to our exposures to such credit risk.

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ITEM 8.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Consolidated Financial Statements of Fabrinet


	Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		62

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019		65

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018		66

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the Years Ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018		67

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018		68

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		70

Supplementary Financial Data

Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited) for the Years Ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Fabrinet

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Fabrinet and its subsidiaries (the Company ) as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity and consolidated statements of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 26, 2020, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 26, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 26, 2020 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of June 26, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.

Basis for Opinions

The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting

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includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Revenue recognition – Identifying and evaluating terms and conditions in contracts for the timing of revenue recognition.

As described in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, management applies the following steps in their determination of revenue to be recognized: 1) identification of the contract with a customer; 2) identification of the performance obligations in the contract; 3) determination of the transaction price; 4) allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and 5) recognition of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation. Since the control of the product is typically transferred to the customer depending on the terms of the contract, management applies judgment in identifying and evaluating any terms and conditions when the Company has an enforceable right to payment. For the fiscal year ended June 26, 2020, the Company’s revenue was $1,642.0 million.

The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to revenue recognition, specifically the identification and evaluation of terms and conditions in contracts for the timing of revenue recognition, is a critical audit matter are that there was a significant amount of judgment exercised by management in identifying and evaluating terms and conditions in contracts that impact the timing of revenue recognition. This in turn led to a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of audit effort in performing our audit procedures to evaluate whether terms and conditions in contracts and point of controls transferred were appropriately identified and evaluated by management.

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of internal

controls relating to the revenue recognition process, including controls related to the identification and evaluation of terms and conditions in contracts and the determination of the appropriate amount and timing of revenue recognition based on the contractual terms. These procedures also included, among others: (i) assessed the terms in the customer contract and evaluated the appropriateness of management’s application of their accounting policies and determination of revenue recognition; (ii) tested the mathematical accuracy of management’s calculations of revenue and the associated timing of revenue recognized in the financial statements; (iii) selected a sample of sales transaction from the period within a defined period before

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and after the Company’s fiscal year ended and obtained the invoice, customer contract, bill of lading and proof of delivery, in order to evaluate whether revenue was recognized in the appropriate fiscal year; and (iv) selected a sample of credit memos from the period immediately subsequent to the Company’s fiscal year end and obtained the related invoice, and shipping documents to evaluate whether they relate to revenue recognition in the fiscal year ended.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Ltd.

Bangkok, Thailand

August 18, 2020

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1999.

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FABRINET

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share data and par value)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	225,430		$	180,839
Short-term restricted cash		7,402			—
Short-term investments		262,693			256,493
Trade accounts receivable, net		272,665			260,602
Contract assets		13,256			12,447
Inventories		309,786			293,612
Other receivable		24,310			—
Prepaid expenses		5,399			8,827
Other current assets		13,915			11,015
Total current assets		1,134,856			1,023,835
Non-current assets
Long-term restricted cash		—			7,402
Property, plant and equipment, net		228,274			210,686
Intangibles, net		4,312			3,887
Operating right-of-use assets		8,068			—
Goodwill		—			3,705
Deferred tax assets		5,675			5,679
Other non-current assets		202			124
Total non-current assets		246,531			231,483
Total Assets	$	1,381,387		$	1,255,318

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Long-term borrowings, current portion, net	$	12,156		$	3,250
Trade accounts payable		251,603			257,617
Fixed assets payable		15,127			7,317
Contract liabilities		1,556			2,239
Operating lease liabilities, current portion		1,979			—
Income tax payable		2,242			1,801
Accrued payroll, bonus and related expenses		19,265			16,510
Accrued expenses		12,104			8,997
Other payables		21,514			15,317
Total current liabilities		337,546			313,048
Non-current liabilities
Long-term borrowings, non-current portion, net		39,514			57,688
Deferred tax liability		4,729			3,561
Operating lease liabilities, non-current portion		5,873			—
Severance liabilities		17,379			15,209
Other non-current liabilities		1,937			2,713
Total non-current liabilities		69,432			79,171
Total Liabilities		406,978			392,219
Commitments and contingencies (Note 22)
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred shares (5,000,000 shares authorized, $0.01 par value; 0 shares issued and outstanding as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019)		—			—
Ordinary shares (500,000,000 shares authorized, $0.01 par value; 38,471,967 shares and 38,230,753 shares issued as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively; and 36,727,864 shares and 36,841,650 shares outstanding as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively)		385			382
Additional paid-in capital		175,610			158,299
Less: Treasury shares (1,744,103 shares and 1,389,103 shares as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively)		(68,501	)		(47,779	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(1,147	)		(2,386	)
Retained earnings		868,062			754,583
Total Shareholders’ Equity		974,409			863,099
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	1,381,387		$	1,255,318

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FABRINET

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME


	Years Ended
(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share data)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019			June 29, 2018
Revenues	$	1,641,836		$	1,584,335		$	1,371,925
Cost of revenues		(1,455,731	)		(1,405,111	)		(1,218,513	)

Gross profit		186,105			179,224			153,412
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(68,374	)		(55,067	)		(57,812	)
Expenses related to reduction in workforce		(329	)		(1,516	)		(1,776	)

Operating income		117,402			122,641			93,824
Interest income		7,592			6,699			3,925
Interest expense		(3,044	)		(5,381	)		(3,606	)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net		(3,797	)		1,406			(6,587	)
Other income (expense), net		1,089			868			473

Income before income taxes		119,242			126,233			88,029
Income tax expense		(5,763	)		(5,278	)		(3,862	)

Net income		113,479			120,955			84,167

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Change in net unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities		538			2,043			(1,019	)
Change in net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments		570			(1	)		(1	)
Change in retirement benefit plan – prior service cost		528			(2,537	)		—
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment		(397	)		(634	)		111

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		1,239			(1,129	)		(909	)

Net comprehensive income	$	114,718		$	119,826		$	83,258


Earnings per share
Basic	$	3.07		$	3.29		$	2.26
Diluted	$	3.01		$	3.23		$	2.21

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands of shares)
Basic		36,908			36,798			37,257
Diluted		37,665			37,415			38,035

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FABRINET

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY


(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share data)	Ordinary Share				Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Shares			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Retained Earnings		Total
	Shares		Amount		Additional Paid-in Capital			Treasury Shares			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Retained Earnings		Total
Balances at June 30, 2017		37,340,496		373		133,293			—			(348	)		548,256		681,574
Net income		—		—		—			—			—			84,167		84,167
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—			—			(909	)		—		(909	)
Share-based compensation		—		—		22,581			—			—			—		22,581
Issuance of ordinary shares		383,237		4		1,432			—			—			—		1,436
Repurchase of 1,289,103 shares held as treasury shares		—		—		—			(42,401	)		—			—		(42,401	)
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted share units		—		—		(5,509	)		—			—			—		(5,509	)

Balances at June 29, 2018		37,723,733		377		151,797			(42,401	)		(1,257	)		632,423		740,939
Net income		—		—		—			—			—			120,955		120,955
Other comprehensive loss		—		—		—			—			(1,129	)		—		(1,129	)
Cumulative effect adjustment from adoption of ASC 606		—		—		—			—			—			1,205		1,205
Share-based compensation		—		—		17,157			—			—			—		17,157
Issuance of ordinary shares		507,020		5		(6	)		—			—			—		(1	)
Repurchase of 100,000 shares held as treasury shares		—		—		—			(5,378	)		—			—		(5,378	)
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted share units		—		—		(10,649	)		—			—			—		(10,649	)

Balances at June 28, 2019		38,230,753		382		158,299			(47,779	)		(2,386	)		754,583		863,099
Net income		—		—		—			—			—			113,479		113,479
Other comprehensive income		—		—		—			—			1,239			—		1,239
Share-based compensation		—		—		22,203			—			—			—		22,203
Issuance of ordinary shares		241,214		3		(3	)		—			—			—		—
Repurchase of 355,000 shares held as treasury shares		—		—		—			(20,722	)		—			—		(20,722	)
Tax withholdings related to net share settlement of restricted share units		—		—		(4,889	)		—			—			—		(4,889	)

Balances at June 26, 2020		38,471,967		385		175,610			(68,501	)		(1,147	)		868,062		974,409

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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FABRINET

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


	Years Ended
(in thousands of U. S. dollars)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019			June 29, 2018

Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	113,479		$	120,955		$	84,167
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization		30,875			29,944			29,087
Loss (gain) on disposal and impairment of property, plant and equipment		329			(4	)		18
Loss on disposal of intangibles		—			149			447
Loss on impairment of goodwill		3,514			—			—
(Gain) loss from sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities		(96	)		135			364
Accretion of premiums on short-term investments		(508	)		(592	)		(506	)
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs		26			—			994
Allowance for doubtful accounts (reversal)		240			36			(23	)
Unrealized loss (gain) on exchange rate and fair value of foreign currency forward contracts		1,963			(6,980	)		4,222
Unrealized loss on fair value of interest rate swaps		1,672			2,591			—
Amortization of fair value at hedge inception of interest rate swaps		(1,220	)		—			—
Share-based compensation		22,203			17,157			22,581
Deferred income tax		1,262			879			(2,074	)
Other non-cash expenses		(619	)		(450	)		332
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Trade accounts receivable		(12,260	)		(13,494	)		17,852
Contract assets		(809	)		(2,570	)		—
Inventories		(16,174	)		(44,598	)		(19,868	)
Other current assets and non-current assets		(182	)		(2,777	)		(4,464	)
Trade accounts payable		(5,990	)		38,807			3,502
Contract liabilities		(683	)		2,239			—
Income tax payable		442			1,092			(1,267	)
Severance liabilities		2,802			3,343			1,801
Other current liabilities and non-current liabilities		10,394			1,532			915

Net cash provided by operating activities		150,660			147,394			138,080


Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of short-term investments		(196,373	)		(233,080	)		(152,908	)
Proceeds from sales of short-term investments		48,808			99,142			61,795
Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments		142,508			54,215			67,417
Funds provided to customer to support transfer of manufacturing operations (Note 10)		(24,310	)		—			—
Purchase of property, plant and equipment		(42,327	)		(18,661	)		(33,825	)
Purchase of intangibles		(1,180	)		(282	)		(1,577	)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment		1,626			599			449

Net cash used in investing activities		(71,248	)		(98,067	)		(58,649	)

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FABRINET

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)


	Years Ended
(in thousands of U. S. dollars)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019			June 29, 2018

Cash flows from financing activities
Payment of debt issuance costs		(153	)		—			—
Proceeds from short-term borrowings		—			—			5,000
Repayment of short-term borrowings		—			—			(1,003	)
Proceeds from long-term borrowings		60,938			—			—
Repayment of long-term borrowings		(70,079	)		(3,250	)		(11,212	)
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares under employee share option plan		—			—			1,436
Repayment of finance lease liabilities		(400	)		(468	)		(417	)
Repurchase of ordinary shares		(20,722	)		(5,378	)		(42,401	)
Release of restricted cash held in connection with business acquisition		—			(3,478	)		—
Withholding tax related to net share settlement of restricted share units		(4,889	)		(10,649	)		(5,509	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(35,305	)		(23,223	)		(54,106	)

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	44,107		$	26,104		$	25,325

Movement in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	$	188,241		$	161,433		$	137,137
Increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		44,107			26,104			25,325
Effect of exchange rate on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		484			704			(1,029	)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	232,832		$	188,241		$	161,433

Supplemental disclosures
Cash paid for
Interest	$	1,688		$	2,605		$	2,219
Taxes	$	8,466		$	7,637		$	1,352
Cash received for interest	$	9,676		$	5,811		$	3,945

Non-cash investing and financing activities
Construction, software and equipment related payables	$	15,127		$	7,317		$	5,144

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets that sums to the total of the same amounts shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows:


	As of
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 29, 2018
Cash and cash equivalents	$	225,430	$	180,839	$	158,102
Restricted cash		7,402		7,402		3,331

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	232,832	$	188,241	$	161,433

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

1.	Business and organization

General

Fabrinet (“Fabrinet” or the “Parent Company”) was incorporated on August 12, 1999, and commenced operations on January 1, 2000. The Parent Company is an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, British West Indies. The “Company” refers to Fabrinet and its subsidiaries as a group.

The Company provides advanced optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) of complex products, such as optical communication components, modules and

sub-systems,

industrial lasers, automotive components, medical devices and sensors. The Company offers a broad range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities across the entire manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, complex printed circuit board assembly, advanced packaging, integration, final assembly and testing. The Company focuses primarily on the production of

low-volume,

high-mix

products. The principal subsidiaries of Fabrinet include Fabrinet Co., Ltd. (“Fabrinet Thailand”), Casix, Inc. (“Casix”), Fabrinet West, Inc. (“Fabrinet West”) and Fabrinet UK Limited (“Fabrinet UK”).

2.	Summary of significant accounting policies

Principles of consolidation

The Company utilizes a

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The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and include Fabrinet and its subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of estimates

The preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amount of total revenues and expenses during the year. The Company bases estimates on historical experience and various assumptions about the future that are believed to be reasonable based on available information. The Company’s reported financial position or results of operations may be materially different under different conditions or when using different estimates and assumptions, particularly with respect to significant accounting policies, which are discussed below. Significant assumptions are used in accounting for share-based compensation, allowance for doubtful accounts, income taxes, inventory obsolescence, goodwill and valuation of intangible assets related to business acquisitions, among others. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making estimates, actual results reported in future periods may be different from these estimates. In the event that estimates or assumptions prove to be different from actual results, adjustments will be made in subsequent periods to reflect more current information. Additionally, the extent to which the evolving COVID-19 pandemic impacts the Company’s consolidated financial statements will depend on a number of factors, including the magnitude and duration of the pandemic. These estimates may change, as new events occur and additional information is obtained, as well as other factors related to COVID-19 that could result in material impacts to our consolidated financial statements in future reporting periods.

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Reclassifications

For presentation purposes, certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

The reclassifications have been made to the consolidated balance sheet as of June 28, 2019 and the consolidated statement of cash flows for fiscal year ended June 28, 2019 as following table:


	Year ended June 28, 2019
(amount in thousands)	As previously reported			Reclassification			After reclassified
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Current liabilities
Fixed assets payable	$	—		$	7,317		$	7,317
Finance lease liabilities, current portion	$	398		$	(398	)	$	—
Other payables	$	22,236		$	(6,919	)	$	15,317
Non-current liabilities
Finance lease liabilities, non-current portion	$	102		$	(102	)	$	—
Other non-current liabilities	$	2,611		$	102		$	2,713

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Cash flows from operating activities
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Unrealized loss on fair value of interest rate swaps	$	—		$	2,591		$	2,591
Severance liabilities	$	3,343		$	(3,343	)	$	—
(Reversal of) Inventory obsolescence	$	(563	)	$	563		$	—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Inventories	$	(44,035	)	$	(563	)	$	(44,598	)
Other current assets and non-current assets	$	(186	)	$	(2,591	)	$	(2,777	)
Severance liabilities	$	—		$	3,343		$	3,343

These reclassifications do not affect the Company’s net income, cash flows or shareholders’ equity.

Changes in accounting policies

Except for the adoption of the new lease accounting standard and the derivatives and hedging standard described within the

sub-heading

“New Accounting Pronouncements – adopted by the Company”, the Company has consistently applied its accounting policies to all periods presented in these consolidated financial statements.

Foreign currency transactions and translation

The consolidated financial statements are presented in United States dollars (“$” or “USD”). The functional currency of Fabrinet and most of its subsidiaries is the USD.

With respect to subsidiaries that use USD as their functional currency, transactions denominated in a currency other than USD are translated into USD at the rates of exchange in effect at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rate prevailing at the consolidated balance sheet dates. Transaction gains and losses are included in foreign exchange gain (loss) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

Fabrinet translates the assets and liabilities of its subsidiaries that do not use USD as their functional currency into USD using exchange rates in effect at the end of each period. Revenue and expenses for such

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subsidiaries are translated using rates that approximate those in effect during the period. Gains and losses from these translations are recognized in foreign currency translation adjustment included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

Cash and cash equivalents

All highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase are classified as cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash deposited in checking accounts, time deposits with maturities of less than three months, money market accounts, and short-term investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase.

Short-term investments

Management determines the appropriate classification of its investments at the time of purchase and

re-evaluates

the designations at each balance sheet date. The Company may sell certain of the Company’s short-term investments prior to their stated maturities for strategic reasons including, but not limited to, anticipation of credit deterioration and duration management. The maturities of the Company’s short-term investments generally range from three months to three years. The Company’s short-term investments, which consist of investments in U.S. Treasury, fixed income securities, liquidity funds that invest in short-term debt securities and certificates of deposit and time deposits, have been classified and accounted for as

available-for-sale.

The Company’s investments in marketable securities are classified as

available-for-sale

securities and reported at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses related to changes in the fair value of securities are recognized in AOCI in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Changes in the fair value of

available-for-sale

securities impact the Company’s net income only when such securities are sold or when other-than-temporary impairment is recognized. Realized gains and losses on the sale of securities are determined by specific identification of each security’s cost basis.

The Company reviews its short-term investments on a regular basis to evaluate whether or not any security has experienced an other-than-temporary decline in fair value. The Company considers factors such as the length of time and extent to which the market value has been less than the cost, the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issue and the Company’s intent to sell, or whether it is more likely than not the Company will be required to sell the investment before recovery of the investment’s amortized cost basis. If the Company believes that an other-than-temporary decline exists in one of these securities, the Company will write down these investments to fair value.

Trade accounts receivable

Accounts receivable are carried at anticipated realizable value. The Company assesses the collectability of its accounts receivable based on specific customer circumstances, current economic trends, historical experience with collection and the age of past due receivables and provides an allowance for doubtful receivables based on a review of all outstanding amounts at the period end. Bad debts are

written-off

when identified.

Unanticipated changes in the liquidity or financial position of the Company’s customers may require revision to its allowances for doubtful accounts.

Contract assets

A contract asset is recognized when the Company has recognized revenues prior to generating an invoice for payment. Contract assets are classified separately within the consolidated balance sheets and transferred to accounts receivable when rights to payment become unconditional. The Company reviews contract assets for impairment on a quarterly basis, or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable.

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Contract liabilities

A contract liability is recognized when the Company has advance payment arrangements with customers. The contract liabilities balance is normally recognized as revenue within six months.

Inventory

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is estimated using the standard costing method, computed on a

first-in,

first-out

basis, with adjustments for variances to reflect actual costs not in excess of net realizable market value. Market value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the costs of completion and selling expenses. The Company assesses the valuation of inventory on a quarterly basis and writes down the value for estimated excess and obsolete inventory based upon estimates of future demand.

Leases

Operating leases

The Company determines if an arrangement contains a lease at inception. The Company applies the guidance in ASC 842 to determine whether a contract is, or contains, a lease. A contract is or contains a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the use of identified property, plant, or equipment (an identified asset) for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Operating leases are included in operating lease right of use (“ROU”) assets and operating lease liabilities within the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company rents certain real estate under agreements that are classified as operating leases.

Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of future payments. The operating lease ROU assets also include any lease payments made and exclude lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred. Variable lease payments are expensed as incurred and are not included within the ROU asset and lease liability calculation. Variable lease payments primarily include reimbursements of costs incurred by lessors for common area maintenance and utilities. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option.

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. The Company recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company does not account for lease components (e.g., fixed payments including rent) separately from the

non-lease

components (e.g., common-area maintenance costs).

Finance leases

Finance leases are accounted for in a manner similar to financed purchases. The

right-of-use

asset is amortized to amortization expense. Interest expense is recorded in connection with the lease liability.

Property, plant and equipment

Land is stated at historical cost. Other property, plant and equipment, except for construction in process and machinery under installation, are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. Repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method to

write-off

the cost of each asset to its residual value over its estimated useful life as follows:


Land improvements			10 years
Building and building improvements			5 - 30 years
Leasehold improvements			Shorter of useful life or lease term

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Manufacturing equipment			3 - 7 years
Office equipment			3 - 7 years
Motor vehicles			3 - 5 years
Computer hardware			3 - 5 years

Construction in process and machinery under installation is stated at historic cost and depreciation begins after it is constructed and fully installed and is ready for its intended use in the operations of the Company.

Gains and losses on disposal are determined by comparing proceeds with carrying amounts and are included in other income in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

The Company reviews long-lived assets or asset groups for recoverability on a quarterly basis for any events or changes in circumstances that indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Recoverability of long-lived assets or asset groups is measured by comparing their carrying amount to the projected undiscounted cash flows that the long-lived assets or asset groups are expected to generate. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment loss recognized, if any, is the amount by which the carrying amount of the long-lived assets exceeds its fair value.

Intangibles

Intangible assets are reviewed for impairment quarterly or more frequently whenever changes or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of related assets may not be recoverable.

Goodwill

Goodwill arising from acquisition is primarily attributable to the ability to expand future products and services and the assembled workforce. Goodwill is reviewed annually for impairment or more frequently whenever circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a reporting unit may exceed its fair value. The impairment charge is based on that difference and is limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to that unit. The Company conducts impairment testing for goodwill at the reporting unit level. Reporting units may be operating segments as a whole, or an operation one level below an operating segment, referred to as a component. The Company has determined that its reporting unit is Fabrinet UK.

The Company may initiate goodwill impairment testing by considering qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that a reportable segment’s carrying value is greater than its fair value. If the Company’s qualitative assessment indicates it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, no further analysis is required and goodwill is not impaired. Otherwise, the Company performs a quantitative goodwill impairment test to determine if goodwill is impaired. The quantitative test compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of the reportable segment exceeds the carrying value of the net assets associated with the segment, goodwill is not considered impaired. If the carrying value of the net assets associated with the reportable segment exceeds the fair value of the segment, the Company recognizes an impairment loss in an amount equal to the excess, not to exceed the carrying value of the reportable segment’s goodwill. The reporting unit’s carrying value used in an impairment test represents the assignment of various assets and liabilities, excluding certain corporate assets and liabilities, such as cash, investments, and debt.

Goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes. Accordingly, if goodwill is impaired for financial reporting purposes, there is no impact on deferred taxes.

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Treasury shares

Treasury share purchases are accounted for under the cost method whereby the entire cost of the acquired stock is recorded as treasury shares. Gains and losses in excess of par value on the subsequent reissuance of shares are credited or charged to additional

paid-in

capital in the consolidated balance sheets using the average-cost method.

Borrowing costs

Borrowing costs are accounted for on an accrual basis and are charged to the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income in the year incurred, except for interest costs on general and specific borrowings attributable to finance certain qualifying assets. Such costs to finance qualifying assets are capitalized during the period of time that is required to complete and prepare the assets for their intended use, as part of the cost of the assets. All other borrowing costs are expensed as incurred.

Where funds are not borrowed for a specific acquisition, construction or production of assets, the capitalization rate used to determine the amount of interest to be capitalized is the weighted average interest rate applicable to the Company’s outstanding borrowings during the year. Where funds are borrowed specifically for the acquisition, construction or production of assets, the amount of borrowing costs eligible for capitalization on the respective assets is determined as the actual borrowing costs are incurred on that borrowing during the respective periods.

Fair value of financial instruments

Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. A fair value hierarchy is established which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs for the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. The three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value are defined as follows:

Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 inputs for similar assets and liabilities in active markets other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 inputs that are significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (i.e. supported by little or no market activity), which require the reporting entity to develop its own valuation techniques and assumptions.

The Company utilizes the market approach to measure fair value for its financial assets and liabilities. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities.

The carrying amounts of certain financial instruments, which include cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, contract assets, trade accounts payable, and contract liabilities, approximate their fair values due to their short maturities. The carrying amounts of borrowings approximate their fair values as the applicable interest rate is based on market interest rates. The particular recognition methods adopted are disclosed in the individual policy statements associated with each item.

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Derivatives

The derivative assets and liabilities are measured at fair value and recognized on the consolidated balance sheets by offset fair value amounts under master netting arrangements. For presentation in consolidated balance sheets, the Company may choose not to separate a derivative into its current and

non-current

portion as follows:

•

A derivative whose fair value is a net liability is classified in total as current.

•

A derivative whose fair value is a net asset and whose current portion is an asset is classified in total as

non-current.

If the current portion is liability, it should be presented as current liability.

For presentation in consolidated statements of cash flows are classified in the same line item as the underlying item.

The Company applies hedge accounting to arrangements that qualify and are designated for cash flow or fair value hedge accounting treatment. Hedge accounting is discontinued prospectively if the hedging relationship ceases to be effective or the hedging or hedged items cease to exist as a result of maturity, sale, termination or cancellation.

Derivatives designated and qualifying as hedges of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges which include foreign currency forward contracts and interest rate swap. In a cash flow hedging relationship, the change in the fair value of the hedging derivative is initially recorded in AOCI in the consolidated balance sheets, gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The reclassified amounts are presented in the same income statement line item as the earnings effect of the hedged item.

In accordance with the fair value measurement guidance, the Company’s accounting policy is to measure the credit risk of its derivative financial instruments that are subject to master netting agreements on a net basis by counterparty portfolio. The Company executes derivative instruments with financial institutions that are credit-worthy, which the Company defines as institutions that hold an investment grade credit rating.

Concentration of credit risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, derivatives, accounts receivable and contract assets.

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments are maintained with several financial institutions. Deposits held with banks may exceed the amount of insurance provided on such deposits. Generally, these deposits may be redeemed upon demand and are maintained with financial institutions with reputable credit and therefore bear minimal credit risk. The Company seeks to mitigate its credit risks by spreading such risks across multiple counterparties and monitoring the risk profiles of these counterparties. The Company limits its short-term investments in marketable securities to securities with a maturity not in excess of three years and securities that are rated A1,

P-1,

F1, or better.

The Company enters into derivative contracts with financial institutions with reputable credit and monitors the credit profiles of these counterparties.

The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations for credit worthiness of its customers and usually does not require collateral from its customers. Management has implemented a program to closely monitor near term cash collection and credit exposures to mitigate any material losses.

Revenue recognition

The Company derives revenues primarily from the assembly of products under supply agreements with its customers and the fabrication of customized optics and glass. The Company recognizes revenue relating to

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contracts with customers that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for such goods or services. In order to meet this requirement, the Company applies the following five steps: (1) identify the contract with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations under the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations under the contract, and (5) recognize revenue when a performance obligation is satisfied. Revenue is recognized net of any taxes collected from customers, which is subsequently remitted to governmental authorities.

A performance obligation is a contractual promise to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer. In contracts with multiple performance obligations, the Company identifies each performance obligation and

evaluates whether the performance obligation is distinct within the context of the contract at contract inception. The majority of the Company’s contracts have a single performance obligation, as the promise to transfer the individual goods or services is not separately identifiable from other promises under the contracts and, therefore, is not distinct.

Sales of finished goods

The Company manufactures products that are customized to customers’ specifications; however, control of the products is typically transferred to the customer at the point in time the product is either shipped or delivered, depending on the terms of the arrangement, as the criteria for over time recognition are not met. On evaluation of the contracts, the Company identified that there were no contractual rights to bill profit for work in progress in the event of a contract termination, which is expected to be infrequent. Further, in limited circumstances, contracts provide for substantive acceptance by the customer, which results in the deferral of revenue until formal notice of acceptance is received from the customer. Judgment may be required in determining if an acceptance clause provides for substantive acceptance.

Certain customers may request the Company to store finished products at the Company’s warehouse where customers bear risks of loss themselves. In these instances, the Company receives a written request from the customer asking the Company to hold the inventory at the Company’s warehouse and refrain from using the ordered goods to fulfill other customer orders. In these situations, revenue is only recognized when the completed goods are ready for shipment and transferred to the Company’s warehouse.

Customers generally are obligated to purchase finished goods that the Company has manufactured according to their demand requirements. Materials that are not consumed by customers within a specified period of time, or are no longer required due to a product’s cancellation or

end-of-life,

are typically designated as excess or obsolete inventory under the Company’s contracts. Once materials are designated as either excess or obsolete inventory, customers are typically required to purchase such inventory from the Company even if the customer has chosen to cancel production of the related products. The excess or obsolete inventory is shipped to the customer and revenue is recognized upon shipment.

A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. In determining the net consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled, the Company evaluates whether the price is subject to refund or adjustment. The Company generally does not grant return privileges, except for in the case of defective products during the warranty period. The Company generally provides a warranty of between one to five years on any given product.

These standard warranties are assurance-type warranties

and the Company does not offer any services in addition to the assurance that the product will continue to work as specified.

The sales price is not considered to be fixed or determinable until all contingencies related to the sale have been resolved. The Company recognized revenue net of rebates and other similar allowances. Revenues are recognized only if these estimates can be reasonably and reliably determined. The Company bases its estimates on historical results taking into consideration the type of customer, the type of transaction and the specifics of each arrangement.

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Services

The Company provides services for customers that are related to the Company’s manufacturing activities. In many cases, although the nature of work performed is that of a service, revenue is only

cognized upon shipment

of the product because the customer has specific requirements as to how many items can be shipped at any given point in time, i.e. at point-in-time. The related costs are expensed as incurred.

Service revenues of $90.5 million, $106.1 million and $73.5 million were recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, respectively.

Contract Costs

The incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer are recognized as an asset (not expensed as incurred) if such costs are expected to be recovered. Incremental costs of obtaining a contract are costs that the Company would not have incurred if the contract had not been obtained (e.g., sales commissions or similar incentive payments linked directly to new or modified customer contracts). Costs that would have been incurred regardless of whether a customer contract was obtained (e.g., costs of pursuing the

contract

, legal advice, etc.) are expensed as incurred, unless such costs are explicitly chargeable to the customer. During the

years

ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the Company did 0t have any incremental costs of obtaining a contract.

Shipping and Handling

Shipping costs billed to customers are recorded as revenue. Shipping and handling expense related to costs incurred to deliver product are recognized within cost of goods sold. The Company accounts for shipping and handling activities that occur after control has transferred as a fulfillment cost, as opposed to a separate performance obligation, and the costs of shipping and handling are recognized concurrently with the related revenue.

Warranty provision

Provisions for estimated expenses relating to product warranties are made at the time the products are sold using historical experience. Generally, this warranty is limited to workmanship and the Company’s liability is capped at the price of the product. The provisions will be adjusted when experience indicates an expected settlement will differ from initial estimates.

Warranty cost allowances (reversal) of $0.02 million, $0.07 million and $(0.02) million were recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, respectively.

Share-based compensation

Share-based compensation is recognized in the consolidated financial statements based on grant-date fair value. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense ratably over the requisite service period. The Company estimates the fair value of share option awards utilizing the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model (“BSM”), net of estimated forfeitures. For restricted share units and performance share units, the fair values are based on the market value of our ordinary shares on the date of grant.

Employee contribution plan

The Company operates a defined contribution plan, known as a provident fund, in its subsidiaries in Thailand and the United Kingdom. The assets of these plans are in separate trustee-administered funds. The

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provident fund is funded by matching payments from employees and by the subsidiaries on a monthly basis. Current contributions to the provident fund are accrued and paid to the fund manager on a monthly basis. The Company sponsors the Fabrinet U.S. 401(k) Retirement Plan (the “401(k) Plan”), a Defined Contribution Plan under ERISA, at its subsidiaries in the United States, which provides retirement benefits for its eligible employees through tax deferred salary deductions.

Severance liabilities

Under labor protection laws applicable in Thailand and the Company’s subsidiary in Thailand’s employment policy, all employees of such subsidiary with more than 120 days of service are entitled to severance pay on forced termination or retrenchment or in the event that the employee reaches the retirement age of 55. The entitlement to severance pay is determined according to an employee’s individual employment tenure with the Company and is subject to a maximum benefit of 400 days of salary unless otherwise agreed upon in an employee’s employment contract. For employees of other subsidiaries who have a specific termination date, the entitlement to severance pay is determined according to their employment tenure, until their designated termination date.

The Company accounts for these severance liabilities based on an actuarial valuation using the Projected Unit Credit Method, which apply the long-term Thai government bond yield as a discount rate. There are no separate plan assets held in respect to these liabilities.

The Company’s subsidiary in the U.K. operates a defined benefit pension plan that defines the pension benefit an employee will receive on retirement, usually dependent upon several factors including but not limited to age, length of service and remuneration. The defined benefit obligation is calculated using the projected unit credit method. Annually the Company engages independent actuaries to calculate the obligation. The present value is determined by discounting the estimated future payments using market yields on high quality corporate bonds that are denominated in sterling and that have terms approximating the estimated period of the future payments (discount rate). The plan assets are held separately from those of the Company in independently administered funds and are measured at fair value.

Severance liabilities are recognized in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet under

non-current

liabilities. The related expenses, if incurred during the period, are recognized in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income as selling, general and administrative expenses. Prior service cost is initially recognized to other comprehensive income (loss) at the date of plan amendment. Such prior service cost is amortized as expenses as a component of net periodic pension cost

using

the weighted average remaining years of service to full eligibility date

for

active employees.

Annual leave

Employee entitlements to annual leave are recognized when

earned by

the employee. On termination of employment, accrued employee entitlement to annual leave is paid in cash.

Income taxes

The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance if, based on the weight of the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

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Fabrinet’s subsidiaries are subject to income tax audits by the respective tax authorities in all of the jurisdictions in which they operate. The determination of tax liabilities in each of these jurisdictions requires the interpretation and application of complex and sometimes uncertain tax laws and regulations.

The Company recognizes liabilities based on its estimate of whether, and the extent to which, additional tax liabilities are

more-likely-than-not.

If the Company ultimately determines that the payment of such a liability is not probable, then it reverses the liability and recognizes a tax benefit during the period in which the determination is made that the liability is no longer probable. The recognition and measurement of current taxes payable or refundable and deferred tax assets and liabilities requires that the Company makes certain estimates and judgments. Changes to these estimates or a change in judgment may have a material impact on the Company’s tax provision in a future period.

The authoritative guidance provides for recognition of deferred tax assets if the realization of such deferred tax assets is more likely than not to occur based on an evaluation of both positive and negative evidence and the relative weight of the evidence. A company shall reduce its deferred tax assets by a valuation allowance if, based on the weight of available evidence, it is “more likely than not” (i.e., a likelihood of greater than 50 percent) that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The valuation allowance shall be sufficient to reduce the deferred tax asset to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. The valuation allowance shall be monitored and considered from all available evidence, both positive and negative, to determine whether, based on the weight of that evidence, a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is not needed.

The accounting standard clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entity’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attributes for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return.

The Company recognizes a tax benefit in the financial statements for an uncertain tax position only if management’s assessment is that the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained upon examination by the tax jurisdiction based solely on the technical merits of the position. The term “tax position” refers to a position in a previously filed tax return or a position expected to be taken in a future tax return that is reflected in measuring current or deferred income tax assets and liabilities for interim or annual periods. The accounting interpretation also provides guidance on measurement methodology, derecognition thresholds, financial statement classification and disclosures, recognition of interest and penalties, and accounting for the cumulative-effect adjustment at the date of adoption.

New Accounting Pronouncements—not yet adopted by the Company

In December 2019, the Financial

Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)

2019-12,

“Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.” The amendments in this update simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. The amendments also improve consistent application of and simplify U.S. GAAP for other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. This ASU will be effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this update on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13

, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820), Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.” This ASU is intended to improve the effectiveness of disclosures in the notes to the financial statements, including (1) the development of a framework that promotes consistent decisions by the FASB about disclosure requirements and (2) the appropriate exercise of discretion by reporting entities. The amendment modifies the disclosure requirements on transferring between level 1 and level 2 and valuation processes of level 3 fair value measurements. The amendments in this update are effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those

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fiscal years. The Company assessed the preliminary impact from the adoption of this update and expected no impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU

2016-13,

“Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” which establishes a new credit impairment model for financial assets measured at amortized cost and

available-for-sale

debt securities. The FASB issued subsequent amendments to Topic 326, including ASU

2018-19,

ASU

2019-04,

ASU

2019-05,

ASU

2019-11

and ASU

2020-02,

which provided further guidance and transition relief. For public business entities, this update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15

, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. This ASU will be effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021. Early adoption is permitted. The Company assessed the preliminary impact

from

the

adoption

of this update

and expected

no impact on its consolidated financial statements.

New Accounting Pronouncements—adopted by the Company

On June 29, 2019, the Company adopted the new lease accounting standard, Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 842, which provides guidance for the recognition and disclosure of lease arrangements. The Company adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective transition approach. Accordingly, the Company’s comparative financial statements as of June 28, 2019 have not been adjusted. ASC 842 also provides practical expedients for the Company’s ongoing accounting. The Company elected the short-term lease recognition exemption for its operating leases with a term of less than 12 months, which will not require recognition of ROU assets or lease liabilities for these leases.

For periods prior to adoption of ASC 842, the Company is required to present disclosures in accordance with ASC Topic 840. Future minimum lease payments due under

non-cancelable

operating leases as of June 28, 2019 were as follows:


(amount in thousands)
2020	$	1,746
2021		1,342
2022		1,219
2023		1,172
Thereafter		230

Total future minimum operating lease payments	$	5,709

The most significant impact of the adoption of ASC 842 was the recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities for operating leases with a term of greater than 12 months, while the accounting for finance leases will remain substantially unchanged. See Note

for further details.

On June 29, 2019, the Company adopted ASU

2017-12,

“Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.” ASU

2017-12

simplifies existing hedge accounting guidance in order to better portray the economic impact of risk management activities in the financial statements, including eliminating the separate measurement and presentation of hedge ineffectiveness. Prior to the adoption of ASU

2017-12,

the Company was required to separately measure and reflect the amount by which the hedging instrument did not offset the changes in the fair value or cash flows of hedged items, and to record the ineffective portion as earnings. Upon the adoption of ASU

2017-12,

the Company no longer recognizes hedge ineffectiveness as earnings, but instead records the entire changes in the fair value of the hedged instruments as other comprehensive income. Amounts recorded as other comprehensive income are subsequently reclassified to earnings in the same income statement line item that is used to present the earnings effect of the hedged item when the hedged item affects earnings. See Note 7 for further details.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU

2020-04,

“Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting,” which temporarily simplifies the accounting for

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contract modifications, including hedging relationships, due to the transition from LIBOR and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference interest rates. For example, entities can elect not to remeasure the contracts at the modification date or reassess a previous accounting determination if certain conditions are met. Additionally, entities can elect to continue applying hedge accounting for hedging relationships affected by reference rate reform if certain conditions are met. The new standard was effective upon issuance and generally can be applied to applicable contract modifications through December 31, 2022. This ASU was effective for the Company in the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 with no impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU

2017-04,

“Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.” ASU

2017-04

modifies the concept of impairment assessment from the condition that exists when the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value to the condition that exists when the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value. Public companies that are SEC filers should adopt the amendment for annual and any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. This ASU will be effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The Company early adopted this ASU in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 with no impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

3.	Revenues from contracts with customers

Contract Assets and Liabilities

A contract asset is recognized when the Company has recognized revenues prior to an invoice for payment. Contract assets are classified separately on the consolidated balance sheets and transferred to accounts receivable when rights to payment become unconditional. No impairment for contract assets was recorded for the years ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019.

A contract liability is recognized when the Company has advance payment arrangements with customers. The contract liabilities balance is normally recognized as revenue within six months.

The following tables summarize the activity in the Company’s contract assets and contract liabilities during the

years

ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019:


(amount in thousands)	Contract Assets
Beginning balance, June 28, 2019	$	12,447
Revenue recognized		73,476
Amounts collected or invoiced		(72,667	)

Ending balance, June 26, 2020	$	13,256


(amount in thousands)	Contract Assets
Beginning balance, June 30, 2018	$	—
Cumulative effect adjustment upon adoption of ASC 606		9,877
Revenue recognized		112,739
Amounts collected or invoiced		(110,169	)

Ending balance, June 28, 2019	$	12,447

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(amount in thousands)	Contract Liabilities
Beginning balance, June 28, 2019	$	2,239
Advance payment received during the year		9,278
Revenue recognized		(9,961	)

Ending balance, June 26, 2020	$	1,556


(amount in thousands)	Contract Liabilities
Beginning balance, June 30, 2018	$	—
Advance payment received during the year		4,458
Revenue recognized		(2,219	)

Ending balance, June 28, 2019	$	2,239

Revenue by Geographic Area

and End Market

Total revenues are attributed to a particular geographic area based on

the bill-to-location of

the Company’s customers. The Company operates primarily in three geographic regions: North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

The following table presents total revenues by geographic regions:


(amount in thousands, except percentages)	Year ended June 26, 2020		As a % of Total Revenues			Year ended June 28, 2019		As a % of Total Revenues
North America	$	830,888		50.6	%	$	756,278		47.7	%
Asia-Pacific		552,923		33.7			608,386		38.4
Europe		258,025		15.7			219,671		13.9

	$	1,641,836		100.0	%	$	1,584,335		100.0	%

The following table sets forth revenues by end market.


(amount in thousands, except percentages)	Year ended June 26, 2020		As a % of Total Revenues			Year ended June 28, 2019		As a % of Total Revenues
Optical communications	$	1,248,174		76.0	%	$	1,184,936		74.8	%
Lasers, sensors and other		393,662		24.0			399,399		25.2

	$	1,641,836		100.0	%	$	1,584,335		100.0	%

4.	Income taxes

Cayman Islands

Fabrinet is domiciled in the Cayman Islands. Under the current laws of the Cayman Islands, Fabrinet is not subject to tax in the Cayman Islands on income or capital gains until March 6, 2039.

Income of the Company exempted from corporate income tax in the Cayman Islands amounted to $101.9 million, $104.6 million and $58.4 million for the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, respectively.

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Thailand

Fabrinet Thailand is where the majority of the Company’s operations and production takes place. The Company

s not subject to tax from July 2012 through June 2020 on income generated from the manufacture of products at Pinehurst Building 6, and is not subject to tax from July 2018 through June 2026 on income generated from the manufacture of products at its Chonburi campus.

After June 2020, 50% of our income generated from products manufactured at our Pinehurst campus will be exempted from tax through June 2025.

Such preferential tax treatment is

contingent on various factors, including the export of our customers’ products out of Thailand and our agreement not to move our manufacturing facilities out of our current province in Thailand for at least

15 years

from the date on which preferential tax treatment was granted. Currently, the corporate income tax rate for our Thai subsidiary is

People’s Republic of China

The corporate income tax rate for Casix is 25%.

The United States

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Reform Act”) enacted on December 22, 2017 provided for significant changes to U.S. tax law. Among other provisions, the Tax Reform Act reduced the U.S. corporate income tax

rate to 21% effective January 1, 2018.

Accordingly, the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries were subject to a Federal statutory tax rate

of 21%

for fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2019.

The United Kingdom

The corporate income tax rate for U.K. subsidiaries is 19%.

The Company’s income tax expense consisted of the following:


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019		June 29, 2018
Current	$	6,274		$	4,384	$	5,457
Deferred		(511	)		894		(1,595	)

Total income tax expense	$	5,763		$	5,278	$	3,862

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The reconciliation between the Company’s taxes that would arise by applying the statutory tax rate of the country of the Company’s principal operations, Thailand, to the Company’s effective tax charge is shown below:


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019			June 29, 2018
Income before income taxes (1)	$	119,242		$	126,233		$	88,029

Tax expense calculated at a statutory corporate income tax rate of 20%		23,848			25,247			17,606
Effect of income taxes from locations with tax rates different from Thailand		577			977			2,657

Income not subject to tax (2)		(20,797	)		(21,161	)		(12,824	)
Income tax on unremitted earnings		1,221			1,260			1,007
Effect of different tax rate in relation to deferred tax utilization		—			—			423
Effect of foreign exchange rate adjustment		382			603			(134	)
Tax rebate from research and development application		(1,228	)		(649	)		(454	)
Provision for uncertain income tax position		(641	)		(229	)		277
Utilization of loss carryforward		—			—			(3,224	)
Valuation allowance (reversal of)		2,446			—			(1,587	)
Others		(45	)		(770	)		115

Corporate income tax expense	$	5,763		$	5,278		$	3,862

(1)	Income before income taxes was mostly generated from domestic income in the Cayman Islands.

(2)

Income not subject to tax relates to income earned in the Cayman Islands and income subject to an investment promotion privilege for Pinehurst Building 6 and the Company’s Chonburi campus. Income not subject to tax per ordinary share on a diluted basis was $0.55, $0.57, and $0.34 for the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019, and June 29, 2018, respectively.

The Company’s deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities, net of valuation allowance, at each balance sheet date are as follows:


	As of
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019
Deferred tax assets:
Depreciation	$	1,219	$	1,957
Severance liability		2,958		2,012
Reserves and allowance		1,405		1,485
Net operating loss carryforwards		—		1,616
Others		321		13

Total	$	5,903	$	7,083

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	As of
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019
Deferred tax liabilities:
Temporary differences from intangibles and changes in the fair value of assets acquired	$	(336	)	$	(590	)
Deferred tax from unremitted earnings		(4,620	)		(4,123	)
Others		—			(252	)

Total		(4,956	)		(4,965	)

Net	$	947		$	2,118

The changes in the valuation allowances of deferred tax assets were as follows:


(amount in thousands)	Valuation allowances of deferred tax assets
Balance as of June 30, 2017	$	6,399
Reversal		(5,234	)

Balance as of June 29, 2018		1,165
Additional		126

Balance as of June 28, 2019		1,291
Additional		2,437

Balance as of June 26, 2020	$	3,728

During fiscal year 2018, one of the Company’s subsidiaries in the U.S. generated taxable income sufficient for the utilization of loss carryforwards due to better operating performance and effective control of operating expenses and management determined that it was more likely than not that future taxable income would be sufficient to allow the benefit of the loss to be realized. As of June 29, 2018, such subsidiary in the U.S. reversed certain deferred tax assets valuation allowance as management expected it was more likely than not that such subsidiary would realize profits in subsequent fiscal years so that the loss carryforwards could be partially utilized. Consequently, as of June 28, 2019, such subsidiary have assessed and set up a partial valuation allowance for the deferred tax assets at the same level as in fiscal year 2018. However, in fiscal year 2020, such subsidiary in the U.S. generated net operating loss and management expected that such subsidiary would continue to have net operating losses in the foreseeable future; therefore, management believes it is more likely than not that all of the deferred tax assets of such subsidiary will not be utilized. Thus, a full valuation allowance of $ 2.1 million for the deferred tax assets was set up as of June 26, 2020.

During fiscal year 2020, one of the Company’s subsidiaries in the U.K. also generated net operating loss and management expected that such subsidiary

would continue to have net operating losses in the foreseeable future; therefore, management believes it is more likely than not that all of the deferred tax assets of such

subsidiary

will not be utilized

Thus

, a full valuation allowance

of $1.6 million

for the deferred tax assets was set up as of June 26, 2020

Income tax liabilities have not been established for withholding tax and other taxes that would be payable on the unremitted earnings of Fabrinet Thailand. Such amounts of Fabrinet Thailand are permanently reinvested; unremitted earnings for Fabrinet Thailand totaled $112.3 million and $109.7 million as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively. Unrecognized deferred tax liabilities for such unremitted earnings were $7.0 million and $6.9 million as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively.

Deferred tax liabilities of $1.1 million and $1.3 million have been established for withholding tax on the unremitted earnings of Casix for the years ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively, which are included in

non-current

deferred tax liability in the consolidated balance sheets.

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Uncertain income tax positions

Interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions are recognized in income tax expense. The Company had approximately $0.5 million and $0.8 million of accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain income tax positions on the consolidated balance sheets as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively. The Company

recorded

(reversed) interest and penalties of $0.1 million, $(0.1) million and $0.3 million for the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, respectively, in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. With regard to the Thailand jurisdiction, tax years 2015 through 2019 remain open to examination by the local authorities.

The following table indicates the changes to the Company’s uncertain income tax positions for the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018 included in other

non-current

liabilities.


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019			June 29, 2018
Beginning balance	$	1,323		$	1,445		$	1,420
Additions during the year		157			235			25
Release of tax positions of prior years		(510	)		(357	)		—

Ending balance	$	970		$	1,323		$	1,445

5. Earnings per ordinary share

Basic earnings per ordinary share is computed by dividing reported net income by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per ordinary share is computed by calculating the effect of potential dilutive ordinary shares outstanding during the year using the treasury stock method. Dilutive ordinary equivalent shares consist of share options, restricted share units and performance share units. The earnings per ordinary share was calculated as follows:


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands except per share amounts)	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 29, 2018
Net income attributable to shareholders	$	113,479	$	120,955	$	84,167

Weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands of shares)		36,908		36,798		37,257
Incremental shares arising from the assumed exercise of share options and vesting of restricted share units and performance share units (thousands of shares)		757		617		778

Weighted-average number of ordinary shares for diluted earnings per ordinary share (thousands of shares)		37,665		37,415		38,035

Basic earnings per ordinary share	$	3.07	$	3.29	$	2.26
Diluted earnings per ordinary share	$	3.01	$	3.23	$	2.21
Outstanding performance share units excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per ordinary share (thousands of shares) (1)		99		401		284

(1)	These performance share units were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per ordinary share because they are not expected to vest based on the Company’s current assessment of the related performance obligations.

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6.	Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

The Company’s cash, cash equivalents,

and short-term investments by category is as follows:


					Fair Value
(amount in thousands)	Carrying Cost		Unrealized Gain/ (Loss)		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Marketable Securities		Other Investments
As of June 26, 2020
Cash	$	218,117	$	—	$	218,117	$	—	$	—
Cash equivalents		7,313		—		7,313		—		—
Liquidity funds		41,051		—		—		—		41,051
Certificates of deposit and time deposits		11,800		—		—		—		11,800
Corporate debt securities		159,220		948		—		160,168		—
U.S. agency and U.S. Treasury securities		49,130		544		—		49,674		—

Total	$	486,631	$	1,492	$	225,430	$	209,842	$	52,851


As of June 28, 2019
Cash	$	178,019	$	—	$	178,019	$	—	$	—
Cash equivalents		2,820		—		2,820		—		—
Liquidity funds		20,552		—		—		—		20,552
Certificates of deposit and time deposits		35,028		—		—		—		35,028
Corporate debt securities		130,959		297		—		131,256		—
U.S. agency and U.S. Treasury securities		69,552		105		—		69,657		—

Total	$	436,930	$	402	$	180,839	$	200,913	$	55,580

The cash equivalents include short-term bank deposits, investments in money market funds, and marketable securities with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase. The effective interest rate on short term bank deposits was 1.8% and 1.9% per annum for the years ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively.

As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, 63% and 58%, respectively, of our cash and cash equivalents were held by the Parent Company.

The following table summarizes the cost and estimated fair value of short-term investments classified as

available-for-sale

securities based on stated effective maturities as of June 26, 2020:


	June 26, 2020				June 28, 2019
(amount in thousands)	Carrying Cost		Fair Value		Carrying Cost		Fair Value
Due within one year	$	76,127	$	76,196	$	69,746	$	69,830
Due between one to five years		132,223		133,646		130,765		131,083

Total	$	208,350	$	209,842	$	200,511	$	200,913

During the year ended June 26, 2020, the Company recognized a realized gain of $0.1 million from sales and maturities of

available-for-sale

securities.

As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the Company considered the decline in market value of its short-term investments portfolio to be temporary in nature and did not consider any of its securities other-than-temporarily impaired. The Company typically invests in highly-rated securities, and its investment policy

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generally limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. The policy requires investments generally to be investment grade, with the primary objective of minimizing the potential risk of principal loss. Fair values were determined for each individual security in the investment portfolio. When evaluating an investment for other-than-temporary impairment, the Company reviews factors such as the length of time and extent to which fair value has been below its cost basis, the financial condition of the issuer and any changes thereto, changes in market interest rates, and the Company’s intent to sell, or whether it is more likely than not it will be required to sell, the investment before recovery of the investment’s cost basis. NaN impairment losses were recorded for the years ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019.

7.	Fair value of financial instruments

Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be recei

ed for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. A fair value hierarchy is established, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs for the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. The three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value are defined as follows:

Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for assets or liabilities, either directly or indirectly. If the assets or liabilities have a specified (contractual) term, Level 2 inputs must be observable for substantially the full term of assets or liabilities.

Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for assets or liabilities, which require the reporting entity to develop its own valuation techniques and assumptions.

The following table provides details of

the financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis, including:


	Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
(amount in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total
As of June 26, 2020
Assets
Cash equivalents	$	—	$	7,313		$	—	$	7,313
Liquidity funds		—		41,051			—		41,051
Certificates of deposit and time deposits		—		11,800			—		11,800
Corporate debt securities		—		160,168			—		160,168
U.S. agency and U.S. Treasury securities		—		49,674			—		49,674
Derivative assets		—		2,230	(1)		—		2,230

Total	$	—	$	272,236		$	—	$	272,236

Liabilities
Derivative liabilities	$	—	$	5,273	(2)	$	—	$	5,273


Total	$	—	$	5,273		$	—	$	5,273

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	Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
(amount in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total
As of June 28, 2019
Assets
Cash equivalents	$	—	$	2,820		$	—	$	2,820
Liquidity funds		—		20,552			—		20,552
Certificates of deposit and time deposits		—		35,028			—		35,028
Corporate debt securities		—		131,256			—		131,256
U.S. agency and U.S. Treasury securities		—		69,657			—		69,657
Derivative assets		—		2,201	(3)				2,201

Total	$	—	$	261,514		$	—	$	261,514

Liabilities
Derivative liabilities	$	—	$	2,591	(4)	$	—	$	2,591

Total	$	—	$	2,591		$	—	$	2,591

(1)	Foreign currency forward contracts with a notional amount of $125.0 million and Canadian dollars of 0.6 million, and option contract with a notional amount of $1.0 million.

(2)	Interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $125.1 million.

(3)	Foreign currency forward contracts with notional amount of $72.0 million and Canadian dollars of $0.6 million.

(4)	Interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $64.2 million.

Derivative financial instruments

The Company utilizes derivative financial instruments to hedge (i) foreign exchange risk associated with certain foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities and other foreign currency transactions, and (ii) interest rate risk associated with its long-term debt.

The Company minimizes the credit risk associated with its derivative instruments by limiting the exposure to any single counterparty and by entering into derivative instruments only with counterparties that meet the Company’s minimum credit quality standard.

Foreign currency forward and option contracts

As a result of foreign currency rate fluctuations, the U.S. dollar equivalent values of the Company’s foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities fluctuate. The Company uses foreign currency forward and option contracts to manage the foreign exchange risk associated with a portion of its foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities and other foreign currency transactions. The Company enters into foreign currency forward and option contracts to hedge fluctuations in the U.S. dollar value of forecasted transactions denominated in Thai baht and Canadian dollars with counterparties that meet the Company’s minimum credit quality standard.

The Company may enter into foreign currency forward contracts

with maturi

ties of

up to 12 months

to hedge fluctuations in the U.S. dollar value of forecasted transactions denominated in Thai baht, including inventory purchases, payroll and other operating expenses. The Company considers these forward contracts as dual-purpose hedges, that hedge both the foreign exchange fluctuation (i) from inception through the forecasted expenditure, and (ii) any subsequent revaluation of the account payable or accrual. The Company may designate the forward contracts that hedge the foreign exchange fluctuation from inception through the forecasted expenditure as cash flow hedges. The gain or loss on a derivative instrument designated and qualified as a cash flow hedging instrument is recorded as a component of other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The reclassified amounts are presented in the same income statement line item as the earnings effect of the hedged item. Once the forecasted transactions are recorded, the Company will

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discontinue the hedging relationship by

de-designating

the derivative instrument and recording subsequent changes in fair value through contract maturity to foreign exchange gain (loss), net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income as a natural hedge against the Thai baht denominated assets and liabilities.

The Company may also enter into

non-designated

foreign currency forward and option contracts to provide an offset to the

re-measurement

of foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities and to hedge certain forecasted exposures. Changes in the fair value of these

non-designated

derivatives are recorded through foreign exchange gain (loss), net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

As of June 26, 2020, the Company had 125 outstanding U.S. dollar foreign currency forward contracts against Thai baht with an aggregate notional amount of $125.0 million, one foreign currency contract with notional amount of Canadian dollars 0.6 million and 1 foreign currency option contract with notional amount of $1.0 million with maturity dates ranging from July 2020 through January 2021.

As of June 26, 2020, hedging relationship over foreign currency forward contracts which designated for hedge accounting had been tested to be highly effective based on the performance of retrospective and prospective regression testing. During the year ended June 26, 2020, the Company recorded an unrealized gain

of $1.1

million

from changes in the fair value of these foreign currency forward contracts, designated as hedging instruments, in other comprehensive income in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. A

loss

of $

1.6

million

was reclassified from AOCI to foreign exchange gain (loss), net, cost of revenues, and selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income from the discontinuance of cash flow hedge. As of June 26, 2020, the amount in AOCI that is expected to be reclassified into earnings within 12 months as

gain

of $2.7 million

During the year ended June 26, 2020, the Company included an unrealized

loss

of $

1.2

million from changes in fair value of foreign currency forward and option contracts which were not designated for hedge accounting in earnings as foreign exchange gain (loss), net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

As of June 28, 2019, the Company had 45 outstanding foreign currency forward contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $72.0 million and one foreign currency forward contract with notional amount of Canadian dollar

0.6

million

with maturity dates from July through September 2019. These foreign currency forward contracts were not designated for hedge accounting and were used to hedge fluctuations in the U.S. dollar value of forecasted transactions denominated in Thai baht and Canadian dollars. During the year

ended June 28, 2019, the Company included unrealized

gain of $

4.8

million from changes in fair value of foreign currency contracts in earnings as foreign exchange gain (loss), net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. As of June 28, 2019, the Company had 0 foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges.

Interest rate swap agreements

The Company entered into interest rate swap agreements to mitigate interest rate risk and improve the interest rate profile of the Company’s debt obligations. As of June 26, 2020, the Company had 2 outstanding interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $125.1 million. As of June 28, 2019, the Company had 1 outstanding interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $64.2 million.

On July 25, 2018, Fabrinet Thailand entered into an interest rate swap agreement to effectively convert the floating interest rate of its term loan under the credit facility agreement with Bank of America (the “BofA Facility Agreement”) to a fixed interest rate

2.86

% per

annum through the scheduled maturity of the term loan in June 2023 (see Note 16). The Company did not designate this interest rate swap for hedge accounting.

On September 3, 2019, the Company drew down a term loan under a new Credit Facility Agreement with the Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited (the “Bank”) (see Note 16) and on September 10, 2019, repaid in full the outstanding term loan under the BofA Facility Agreement (see Note 16). In conjunction with the funding of the new term loan, the Company entered into a second interest rate swap agreement. The

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combination of both of these interest rate swaps effectively convert the floating interest rate of the Company’s term loan with the Bank to a fixed interest rate of 4.36% per annum through the maturity of the term loan in June 2024.

On September 27, 2019, the Company designated these two interest rate swaps as a cash flow hedge for the Company’s term loan under the Credit Facility Agreement with the Bank. The combination of these two interest rate swaps qualified for hedge accounting based on a regression testing result which proved the hedges are highly effective. In addition, the Company has designated and documented contemporaneously the hedging relationships involving these interest rate swaps. At least quarterly, the Company performs a qualitative effectiveness test on the interest rate swaps to support the continued application of hedge accounting. As of June 26, 2020, the hedging relationship was determined to be highly effective based on the performance of a qualitative effectiveness testing. While the Company intends to continue to meet the conditions for hedge accounting, if hedges do not qualify as highly effective, the changes in the fair value of the derivatives used as hedges would be reflected in earnings. From September 27, 2019, any gains or losses related to these interest rate swaps will be recorded in AOCI in the consolidated balance sheets, with a portion reclassified from AOCI into earnings at each reporting period based on either the accrued interest amount or the interest payment.

As of June 26, 2020, the amount in AOCI that is expected to be reclassified into earnings within 12 months

as loss

$0.3 million.

Prior to September 27, 2019, these interest rate swaps were not designated as cash flow hedges and all changes in the fair value of these interest rate swaps were reflected in earnings. During the year

ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the Company recorded unrealized loss of $1.7 million and $2.6 million, respectively, from changes in the fair value of these interest rate swaps as interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

The following table provides a summary of the impact of derivative gain (loss) of the Company’s foreign currency forward contracts and interest rate swaps which were designated as cash flow hedges on the consolidated statements of operations and other comprehensive income:


		Year Ended
(amount in thousands)	Financial statements line item	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019
Derivatives gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency forward contracts	Other comprehensive income	$	1,081		$	—
Interest rate swaps	Other comprehensive income		(910	)		—

Total derivatives gain recognized in other comprehensive income		$	171		$	—

Derivatives loss ( gain) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings:
Foreign currency forward contracts	Cost of revenues	$	2,512		$	—
Foreign currency forward contracts	Selling, general and administrative expenses		105			—
Foreign currency forward contracts	Foreign exchange gain (loss), net		(998	)		—
Interest rate swaps	Interest expense		(1,220	)		—

Total derivatives loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings		$	399		$	—

Change in net unrealized gain on derivative instruments		$	570		$	—

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Fair value of derivatives

The following table provides the fair values of the Company’s derivative financial instruments for the periods presented:


	June 26, 2020						June 28, 2019
(amount in thousands)	Derivative Assets			Derivative Liabilities			Derivative Assets		Derivative Liabilities
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency forward and option contracts	$	9		$	(611	)	$	2,201	$	—
Interest rate swaps		—			—			—		(2,591	)

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency forward contracts		2,814			(83	)		—		—
Interest rate swaps		—			(5,172	)		—		—

Derivatives, gross balances		2,823			(5,866	)		2,201		(2,591	)
Derivatives, gross balances offset in the balance sheet		(593	)		593			—		—

Derivatives, net balances	$	2,230		$	(5,273	)	$	2,201	$	(2,591	)

The Company presents its derivatives at net fair values in the consolidated balance sheets.

The Company’s netting arrangements allow net settlements under certain conditions. The Company’s derivative instruments are typically settled monthly or quarterly.

The Company recorded the fair value of derivative financial instruments in the consolidated balance sheets as follows:


Derivative Financial Instruments		Balance Sheet Line Item
Fair Value of Derivative Assets		Other current assets
Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities		Accrued expenses

8.	Trade accounts receivable, net


(amount in thousands)	As of June 26, 2020			As of June 28, 2019
Trade accounts receivable	$	273,001		$	260,698
Less: Allowance for doubtful account		(336	)		(96	)

Trade accounts receivable, net	$	272,665		$	260,602

9.	Inventories


(amount in thousands)	As of June 26, 2020		As of June 28, 2019
Raw materials	$	141,522	$	113,321
Work in progress		136,344		141,730
Finished goods		17,950		24,916
Goods in transit		13,970		13,645

Inventories	$	309,786	$	293,612

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10.	Other receivable

On October 1, 2019, the Company provided funds in the amount of $24.3 million to a customer to support the customer’s transfer of certain manufacturing operations from Berlin, Germany to the Company’s facilities in Thailand. The customer has agreed to repay this amount by September 30, 2020. As of June 26, 2020, the Company recorded the $24.3 million funds as other receivable in the consolidated balance sheet. For the year ended June 26, 2020, the Company classified these funds as an investing activity in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

11.	Restricted cash

As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the Company had one outstanding standby letter of credit of 6.0 million Euros related to the Company’s support of a customer with the transfer of certain manufacturing operations from Berlin, Germany to the Company’s facilities in Thailand. As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the standby letter of credit was backed by cash collateral of $7.4 million.

12.

Leases

The Company leases facilities under

non-cancelable

operating lease agreements. The Company leases a portion of its capital equipment and vehicles, certain land and buildings for its facilities in Thailand, the Cayman Islands, China, the U.S., the U.K. and Israel under operating lease arrangements that expire at various dates through 2026. Certain of these lease arrangements provide the Company the ability to extend the lease from one to five years following the expiration of the current term. However, the Company

may

exclude

lease extension options from its ROU assets and lease liabilities as the Company is not reasonably assured that it will exercise these options. None of the lease agreements contain residual value guarantees provided by the lessee. The Company also has one intercompany lease transaction which is a lease of office and manufacturing space between Fabritek and Fabrinet West.

In accordance with ASC 840, rent expense under operating leases amounted to $1.9 million and $1.8 million for the fiscal years ended June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, respectively. Amounts of minimum future annual commitments under

non-cancelable

operating and finance leases in accordance with ASC 840 were as follows:


	As of June 28, 2019
(amount in thousands)	Operating leases		Finance leases		Total
2020	$	1,746	$	398	$	2,144
2021		1,342		102		1,444
2022		1,219		—		1,219
2023		1,172		—		1,172
Thereafter		230		—		230

Total future minimum operating lease payments	$	5,709	$	500	$	6,209

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Operating leases

The

following table shows the impact of adoption of ASC 842 on the adoption date of June 29, 2019 on the consolidated balance sheets:

Consolidated Balance Sheets


	Impact of Adopting ASC 842
(amount in thousands)	Balance at June 28, 2019		Adjustment		Balance at June 29, 2019
Assets
Operating lease ROU assets	$	—	$	5,370	$	5,370
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Operating lease liabilities, current	$	—	$	1,601	$	1,601
Operating lease liabilities, non-current	$	—	$	3,769	$	3,769

As of June 26, 2020, the maturities of the Company’s operating lease liabilities were as follows:


(amount in thousands)
2021	$	2,313
2022		2,314
2023		2,200
2024		1,176
2025		288
Thereafter		157

Total undiscounted lease payments		8,448
Less imputed interest		(596	)

Total present value of lease liabilities	$	7,852	(1)

(1)

Includes current portion of operating lease liabilities of $2.0 million.

Rental expense related to the Company’s operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Rental expense for long-term leases for the year ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018 was $2.1 million, $1.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively. Rental expense for short-term leases for the year ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018 was $0.2 million, $0.1 million and de minimis amount, respectively.

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Finance leases

In connection with the acquisition of Fabrinet UK, the Company assumed the finance lease commitments for certain equipment, with various expiration dates through September 2020. The equipment can be purchased at

pre-determined

prices upon expiration of such contracts.

As of June 26, 2020, the Company had finance lease liabilities of $0.1 million, which were recorded under other payables in the consolidated balance sheets.

The following summarizes additional information related to the Company’s operating leases and finance leases:


	As of June 26, 2020
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)
Operating leases		3.3
Finance leases		0.3
Weighted-average discount rate
Operating leases		3.7	%
Finance leases		4.1	%

The following information represents supplemental disclosure for the statement of cash flows related to operating and finance leases:


(amount in thousands)	Year Ended June 26, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	2,326
Financing cash flows from finance leases	$	400
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities	$	8,068
Finance lease assets	$	80

13.	Property, plant and equipment, net

The components of property, plant and equipment, net were as follows:


(amount in thousands)	Land and Land Improvements			Building and Building Improvements			Manufacturing Equipment			Office Equipment			Motor Vehicles			Computers			Construction and Machinery Under Installation		Total
As of June 26, 2020
Cost	$	45,099		$	145,912		$	198,036		$	5,600		$	939		$	16,766		$	12,657	$	425,009
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(17	)		(51,393	)		(127,397	)		(4,135	)		(678	)		(12,273	)		—		(195,893	)
Less: Impairment reserve		—			—			(840	)		—			—			(2	)		—		(842	)

Net book value	$	45,082		$	94,519		$	69,799		$	1,465		$	261		$	4,491		$	12,657	$	228,274

As of June 28, 2019
Cost	$	45,080		$	142,909		$	163,795		$	5,029		$	870		$	13,987		$	10,815	$	382,485
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(11	)		(44,736	)		(110,980	)		(3,656	)		(658	)		(10,900	)		—		(170,941	)
Less: Impairment reserve		—			—			(856	)		—			—			(2	)		—		(858	)

Net book value	$	45,069		$	98,173		$	51,959		$	1,373		$	212		$	3,085		$	10,815	$	210,686

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Leased assets included in manufacturing equipment comprise certain machine and equipment from finance lease agreements assumed from the acquisition of Fabrinet UK.


(amount in thousands)	As of June 26, 2020			As of June 28, 2019
Cost—Finance leases	$	1,992		$	2,034
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(1,199	)		(1,090	)

Net book value	$	793		$	944

Depreciation expense amounted to $

29.7

million, $

28.7

million and $

27.4

million for the years ended June

2020

, June

2019

and June

2018

, respectively, and has been allocated between cost of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

The cost of fully depreciated property, plant and equipment

written-off

during the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018 amounted to $2.9 million, $2.0 million and $3.5 million, respectively.

During the year

ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, the Company recognized impairment reserves for property, plant and equipment of

$0.8 million

$0.9 million and 0, respectively.

During the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, the Company had 0 borrowing costs

capitalized

14.	Intangibles

The following tables present details of the Company’s intangibles:


(amount in thousands)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Net
As of June 26, 2020
Software	$	8,317	$	(5,577	)	$	—		$	2,740
Customer relationships		4,373		(2,691	)		(110	)		1,572
Backlog		119		(119	)		—			—

Total intangibles	$	12,809	$	(8,387	)	$	(110	)	$	4,312


(amount in thousands)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Net
As of June 28, 2019
Software	$	6,582	$	(4,868	)	$	—		$	1,714
Customer relationships		4,373		(2,096	)		(104	)		2,173
Backlog		119		(119	)		—			—

Total intangibles	$	11,074	$	(7,083	)	$	(104	)	$	3,887

In connection with the acquisition of Fabrinet UK, the Company recorded $4.4 million of customer relationships and $0.1 million of backlog in the consolidated balance sheets. As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the weighted-average remaining life of customer relationships was 4.6 years and 5.4 years, respectively.

The Company recorded amortization expense relating to intangibles of $1.3 million, $1.2 million and $1.7 million for the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, respectively.

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Based on the carrying amount of intangibles as of June 26, 2020, and assuming no future impairment of the underlying assets, the estimated future amortization during each fiscal year was as follows:


(amount in thousand)
2021	$	1,320
2022		1,542
2023		663
2024		434
2025		205
Thereafter		148

Total	$	4,312

15.

Goodwill

In connection with the acquisition of Fabrinet UK, the Company recorded goodwill in the consolidated balance sheets.

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill were as follows:


(amount in thousands)	Goodwill
Balance as of June 28, 2019	$	3,705
Impairment charge		(3,514	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(191	)

Balance as of June 26, 2020	$	—

As of June 26, 2020, the Company performed the annual impairment test for goodwill. The impairment test includes both qualitative and quantitative factors to assess the likelihood of an impairment. The reporting

unit’s carrying value used in an impairment test represents the assignment of various assets and liabilities. Qualitative factors include industry and market considerations, overall financial performance, and other relevant events and factors affecting the reporting unit. The quantitative impairment test was performed by using an income approach. Fair value is estimated based on the discounted cash flow model that the subject assets can be expected to generate over their remaining useful life. Key assumptions used to determine projected cash flow were revenue growth rate, estimated costs and operating expenses and discount rates based on a reporting unit’s weighted average cost of capital. As a result of goodwill impairment testing, the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeded its fair value, and the Company recognized goodwill impairment loss of $3.5 million in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. As of June 28, 2019, 0 goodwill impairment had been recognized.

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16.	Borrowings

The Company’s total borrowings, including current and

non-current

portions of long-term borrowings, consisted of the following:

(amount in thousands)


Rate	Conditions		Maturity		As of June 26, 2020			As of June 28, 2019
Long-term borrowings, current portion, net:
Long-term borrowings, current portion					$	12,188		$	3,250
Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs—current portion						(32	)		—

Long-term borrowings, current portion, net					$	12,156			3,250

Long-term borrowings, non-current portion, net:
Term loan borrowings:
1-month LIBOR +1.50% per annum (1)		Repayable in quarterly installments		June 2023	$	—		$	60,938
3-month LIBOR +1.35% per annum (1)		Repayable in quarterly installments		June 2024		51,797			—
Less: Current portion						(12,188	)		(3,250	)
Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs— non-current portion						(95	)		—

Long-term borrowings, non-current portion, net					$	39,514		$	57,688

(1)

We have entered into interest rate swaps that effectively fix a series of our future interest payments on our term loans. Refer to Note 7.

The movements of long-term borrowings were as follows for the years ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019:


	Years ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019
Opening balance	$	60,938		$	64,188
Borrowings during the period		60,938			—
Repayments during the period		(70,079	)		(3,250	)

Closing balance	$	51,797		$	60,938

As of June 26, 2020, the future maturities of long-term borrowings during each fiscal year were as follows:


(amount in thousand)
2021	$	12,188
2022		15,233
2023		12,188
2024		12,188

Total	$	51,797

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Credit facilities agreements:

Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited

On August 20, 2019, Fabrinet Thailand (the “Borrower”) and Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited (the “Bank”) entered into a Credit Facility Agreement (the “Credit Facility Agreement”). The Credit Facility Agreement provides for a facility of 110.0 million Thai baht (approximately $3.6 million based on the applicable exchange rate as of September 27, 2019) and $160.9 million which may be used for, among other things, an overdraft facility, short-term loans against promissory notes, a letter of guarantee facility, a term loan facility and foreign exchange facilities. The Bank may approve any request for extension of credit under the Credit Facility Agreement and may increase or decrease any facility amount in its sole discretion.

BofA Facility Agreement.

The term loan accrues interest at

3-month

re-borrowed.

During the year ended June 26, 2020, the Company recorded $1.5 million of interest expense in connection with this term loan.

At June 26, 2020, there was $51.8 million outstanding under the term loan.

Bank of America, N.A.

On May 22, 2014, the Company and a consortium of banks entered into a syndicated senior credit facility agreement led by Bank of America (the “BofA Facility Agreement”). The BofA Facility Agreement provided for a $200.0 million credit line, comprised of a $150.0 million revolving loan facility and a $50.0 million delayed draw term loan facility.

From time to time, the Company amended the BofA Facility Agreement, before repaying all outstanding amounts under the agreement and terminating such agreement on September 10, 2019.

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The most recent amendment on June 4, 2018 (i) reduced the revolving commitments thereunder from $150.0 million to $25.0 million, (ii) refinanced the outstanding amounts under the revolving loan and term loan facilities into a $65.0 million term loan which was to be repaid in quarterly installments through the maturity date of June 4, 2023, and (iii) reduced the interest rate margins and commitment fees. The term loan bore interest, at the Company’s option, at a rate per annum equal to a LIBOR rate plus a spread of 1.50% to 2.25%, or a base rate plus a spread of 0.50% to 1.25%. During the year

ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the Company recorded $0.5 million and $2.4 million, respectively, of interest expense in connection with this term loan.

On September 10, 2019, the Company fully repaid $61.0 million in principal, accrued interest and other fees under the agreement. The early termination of this agreement did not trigger any early termination fees. A

s of

June 26, 2020, there were 0 amounts outstanding under the Bof

Facility Agreement. A

June 28, 2019, there was $60.9 million outstanding under the

BofA Facility

Agreement, related to the term loan.

17.	Severance liabilities

The following table provides information regarding severance liabilities:


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019
Changes in severance liabilities
Balance, beginning of the fiscal year	$	15,473		$	10,390
Current service cost	$	1,907		$	2,345
Prior service cost (1)		—			2,537
Interest cost		462			352
Benefit paid		(48	)		(274	)
Actuarial ( gain ) loss on obligation		(117	)		130
Foreign currency translation		(4	)		(7	)

Balance, end of the fiscal year	$	17,673		$	15,473


Changes in plan assets
Balance, beginning of the fiscal year	$	317		$	299
Actual return on plan assets	$	(34	)	$	(7	)
Employer contributions		18			36
Benefit paid		—			—
Foreign currency translation		(7	)		(11	)

Balance, end of the fiscal year	$	294		$	317

Underfunded status	$	(17,379	)	$	(15,156	)

(1)

Prior service cost is the change in Projected Benefit Obligation resulting from changes to employee benefits from local law changes.

The amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets under

non-current

liabilities and

non-current

assets were determined as follows:


(amount in thousands)	As of June 26, 2020		As of June 28, 2019
Non-current assets	$	—	$	53
Non-current liabilities	$	17,379	$	15,209

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The following table provides information regarding accumulated benefit obligations:


(amount in thousands)	As of June 26, 2020		As of June 28, 2019
Accumulated benefit obligations	$	11,864	$	10,208

The following table sets forth the plan assets at fair value as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019.


(amount in thousands)			Fair value measurement as of June 26, 2020
	Total		Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Other (1)	$	294	$	160	$	134

Total Assets	$	294	$	160	$	134


(amount in thousands)			Fair value measurement as of June 28, 2019
	Total		Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Other (1)	$	317	$	183	$	134

Total Assets	$	317	$	183	$	134

(1)

The “Other” category represents the bid value of the trustees’ insurance policy held with Old Mutual Wealth and the value of assets held with Royal London.

The Trustees have chosen to invest in the following funds:


Fund	% of Total
Old Mutual Wealth Invesco Perpetual High Income		38	%
Old Mutual Wealth Creation Balanced Portfolio		17	%
Royal London Deposit Administration		45	%

The Old Mutual Wealth assets are administered on unit-linked principles and allow access to a range of funds; these have been treated as Level 2 fair value measurement.

The Royal London assets are administered on a deposit administration basis. This is similar to a with profits fund but with a lower exposure to the stock market. The policy is invested in a mix of assets, mainly UK Government bonds and Corporate bonds, the returns of which are smoothed over time. These assets are considered as unobservable inputs and have been treated as Level 3 fair value measurement because the fair value of which is based on the previous year end observable value and other unobservable inputs such as declared rates of bonus plus an enhancement on the policy for this scheme.

The principal actuarial assumptions used were as follows:

Weighted average actuarial assumptions used to determine severance liabilities


	Years Ended
	June 26, 2020	June 28, 2019	June 29, 2018
Discount rate	0.4% - 3.1%	2.3% - 3.2%	2.5% - 3.7%
Future salary increases	3.5% - 10.0%	3.5% - 10.0%	3.5% - 10.0%

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Weighted average actuarial assumptions used to determine benefit costs


	Years Ended
	June 26, 2020	June 28, 2019	June 29, 2018
Discount rate	2.3% - 3.2%	2.5% - 3.7%	1.9% - 3.6%
Expected long-term rate of return on assets	2.1%	1.6%	1.9%

18.	Share-based compensation

Share-based compensation

In determining the grant date fair value of share option awards, the Company is required to make estimates of expected dividends to be issued, expected volatility of Fabrinet’s ordinary shares, expected forfeitures of the awards, risk free interest rates for the expected term of the awards and expected terms of the awards. Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant and revised if necessary in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The grant date fair value of restricted share units and performance share units is based on the market value of our ordinary shares on the date of grant.

The effect of recording share-based compensation expense for the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018 was as follows:


		Years Ended
(amount in thousands)		June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 29, 2018
Share-based compensation expense by type of award:	��
Restricted share units		$	16,555	$	14,691	$	17,143
Performance share units			5,648		2,466		5,438

Total share-based compensation expense			22,203		17,157		22,581
Tax effect on share-based compensation expense			—		—		—

Net effect on share-based compensation expense		$	22,203	$	17,157	$	22,581

Share-based compensation expense was recorded in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income as follows:


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 29, 2018
Cost of revenue	$	6,098	$	5,656	$	6,784
Selling, general and administrative expense		16,105		11,501		15,797

Total share-based compensation expense	$	22,203	$	17,157	$	22,581

The Company did 0t capitalize any share-based compensation expense as part of any asset costs during the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018.

Share-based award activity

On December 12, 2019, the Company’s shareholders approved Fabrinet’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”). Upon the approval of the 2020 Plan, Fabrinet’s Amended and Restated 2010 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2010 Plan”) was simultaneously terminated. The 2020 Plan provides for the grant of equity awards thereunder with respect to (i) 1,700,000 ordinary shares, plus (ii) up to 1,300,000 ordinary shares that, as of immediately prior to the termination of the 2010 Plan, had been reserved but not issued pursuant to any awards granted under the 2010 Plan and are not subject to any awards thereunder. Upon termination of the 2010 Plan, 1,281,619 ordinary shares were reserved for issuance under the 2020 Plan

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pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence. As of June 26, 2020, there were 51,916 restricted share units outstanding, 3,836 performance share units outstanding and 2,923,551 ordinary shares available for future grant under the 2020 Plan.

As of June 26, 2020, there were 721,514 restricted share units and 436,304 performance share units outstanding under the 2010 Plan. NaN ordinary shares are available for future grant under the 2010 Plan.

On November

2017

, the Company adopted the

2017

Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the “

2017

Inducement Plan”) with a reserve of

160,000

ordinary shares authorized for future issuance solely for the granting of inducement share options and equity awards to new employees. The

2017

Inducement Plan was adopted without shareholder approval in reliance on the “employment inducement exemption” provided under the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual. As of

June 26, 2020

, there were an aggregate of

24,327

restricted share units outstanding and

111,347

ordinary shares available for future grant under the

2017

Inducement Plan.

The 2010 Plan, 2017 Inducement Plan and 2020 Plan are collectively referred to as the “Equity Incentive Plans.”

Share options

Share options have been granted to directors and employees. Fabrinet’s board of directors has the authority to determine the type of option and the number of shares subject to an option. Options generally vest and become exercisable over four years and expire, if not exercised, within seven years of the grant date. In the case of a grantee’s first grant, 25 percent of the underlying shares vest 12 months after the vesting commencement date and 1/48 of the underlying shares vest monthly over each of the subsequent 36 months. In the case of any additional grants to a grantee, 1/48 of the underlying shares vest monthly over four years, commencing one month after the vesting commencement date.

The following table summarizes share option activity under the 2010 Plan:


	Number of Shares			Number of Exercisable Options		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance as of June 30, 2017		96,688			96,688	$	15.70
Granted		—					—		—
Exercised		(92,288	)			$	16.02
Forfeited		—					—
Expired		(1,500	)			$	5.75

Balance as of June 29, 2018		2,900			2,900	$	15.16
Granted		—					—		—
Exercised		—					—
Forfeited		—					—
Expired		(2,900	)			$	15.16

Balance as of June 28, 2019		—			—		—

During the year ended June 26, 2020, there was no movement of share option.

The fair value of each share option grant was determined by the Company using the methods and assumptions discussed below. Each of these inputs is subjective and generally requires significant judgment and management estimate to determine.

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The total fair value of share options vested during the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018 was NaN. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018 was NaN, NaN and $2.0 million, respectively. In conjunction with these option exercises, there was no tax benefit realized by the Company due to the fact that it is exempted from income tax.

Valuation Method

—The Company estimated the fair value of the Company’s ordinary shares to be used in the BSM by taking into consideration a number of assumptions, as discussed below.

Expected Dividend

—The Company used zero as an annualized dividend yield since it did not anticipate pay

ing

any cash dividends in the near future.

Expected Volatility

—The Company determined the expected volatility based on the Company’s historical volatility over the last four years.

Risk-Free Interest Rate

—The Company based the risk-free interest rate on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury

zero-coupon

issues with a remaining term equivalent to the expected term of the option.

Expected Term

—Expected terms used in the BSM represent the periods that the company’s share options are expected to be outstanding and are determined based on the Company’s historical experience of similar awards, giving consideration to the contractual terms of the share options, vesting schedules and expectations of future employee behavior.

Vesting Period

—Fabrinet’s share options generally vest and become exercisable over a four-year period, and expire seven years from the date of grant. For an initial grant, 25 percent of the underlying shares subject to an option vest 12 months after the vesting commencement date and 1/48 of the underlying shares vest monthly over each of the subsequent 36 months. In the case of any additional grants to an optionholder, 1/48 of the underlying shares subject to an option vest monthly over four years, commencing one month after the vesting commencement date.

Fair Value

—The fair value of Fabrinet’s share options granted to employees was estimated using the weighted-average for each assumption of expected volatility, risk-free rate of return, and expected term.

Restricted share units and performance share units

Restricted share units and performance share units have been granted under the Equity Incentive

Plans

Restricted share units granted to employees generally vest in equal installments over three or four years on each anniversary of the vesting commencement date. Restricted share units granted to

non-employee

directors generally cliff vest 100% on the first of January,

approximately

one year from the grant date, provided the director continues to serve through such date.

Performance share units granted to executives will vest, if at all, at the end of a

two-year

performance period based on the Company’s achievement of

pre-defined

performance criteria, which consist of revenue and

non-

U.S.

GAAP

gross margin or operating margin targets. The actual number of performance share units that may vest at the end of the performance period ranges from 0% to 100% of the award grant.

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The following table summarizes restricted share unit activity under the Equity Incentive Plans:


	Number of Shares			Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Balance as of June 30, 2017		1,058,605		$	31.59
Granted		552,637		$	35.95
Issued		(436,867	)	$	27.81
Forfeited		(100,795	)	$	33.62

Balance as of June 29, 2018		1,073,580		$	35.19
Granted		391,328		$	50.02
Issued		(515,482	)	$	34.18
Forfeited		(148,675	)	$	38.42

Balance as of June 28, 2019		800,751		$	42.48
Granted		367,088		$	50.87
Issued		(335,355	)	$	40.98
Forfeited		(34,727	)	$	44.59

Balance as of June 26, 2020		797,757		$	46.88

Expected to vest as of June 26, 2020		697,093		$	46.81

The following table summarizes performance share unit activity under the Equity Incentive Plans:


	Number of Shares			Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Balance as of June 30, 2017		227,268		$	40.48
Granted		378,624		$	37.16
Issued		—			—
Forfeited		—			—

Balance as of June 29, 2018		605,892		$	38.41
Granted		201,994		$	48.02
Issued		(227,268	)	$	40.48
Forfeited		(32,118	)	$	40.47

Balance as of June 28, 2019		548,500		$	40.97
Granted		242,310		$	48.65
Issued		—			—
Forfeited		(350,670	)	$	36.99

Balance as of June 26, 2020		440,140		$	48.37

Expected to vest as of June 26, 2020		378,928		$	48.37

The fair value of restricted share units and performance share units is based on the market value of our ordinary shares on the date of grant.

The total fair value of restricted share units and performance share units vested during the year

ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018 was $13.7 million, $26.8 million and $12.2 million, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of restricted share units and performance share units outstanding as of June 26, 2020 was $73.5 million.

As of June 26, 2020, there was $12.2 million and $5.6 million of unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to restricted share units and performance share units, respectively, under the Equity

Incentive Plans that is expected to be recorded over a weighted-average period of 2.4 years and 1.1 years, respectively.

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For the years ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the Company withheld an aggregate of 94,141 shares and 235,730 shares, respectively, upon the vesting of restricted share units, based upon the closing share price on the vesting date to settle the employees’ minimum statutory obligation for the applicable income and other employment taxes. For the years ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the Company then remitted cash of $4.9 million and $10.6 million, respectively, to the appropriate taxing authorities, and presented it as a financing activity within the consolidated statements of cash flows. The payment had the effect on shares issued by the Company as it reduced the number of shares that would have been issued on the vesting date and was recorded as a reduction of additional

paid-in

capital.

19.	Employee benefit plans

Employee contribution plan

The Company operates a defi

ed contribution plan, known as a provident fund, in its subsidiaries in Thailand and the United Kingdom. The assets of these plans are in separate trustee-administered funds. The provident fund is funded by matching payments from employees and by the subsidiaries on a monthly basis. Current contributions to the provident fund are accrued and paid to the fund manager on a monthly basis. The Company’s contributions to the provident fund amounted to $5.5 million, $4.8 million and $4.2 million during the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, respectively.

The Company sponsors the Fabrinet U.S. 401(k) Retirement Plan (“401(k) Plan”), a Defined Contribution Plan under ERISA, at its subsidiaries in the United States which provides retirement benefits for eligible employees through tax deferred salary deductions. The 401(k) Plan allows employees to contribute up to 80% of their annual compensation, subject to annual contributions limits established by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company provides for a 100% match of employees’ contributions to the 401(k) Plan up to the first 6% of annual compensation. All matching contributions are made in cash and vest immediately. The Company’s matching contributions to the 401(k) Plan were $0.7 million, $0.8 million and $0.7 million during the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, respectively.

Executive incentive plan and employee performance bonuses

For the years ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the Company maintained an executive incentive plan with quantitative objectives, based on achieving certain revenue and

non-U.S.

GAAP operating margin or gross margin targets. During the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, discretionary merit-based bonus awards were also available to Fabrinet’s

non-executive

employees.

Bonus distributions to employees were $8.7 million, $7.6 million and $4.0 million for the years ended June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, respectively.

20.	Shareholders’ equity

Fabrinet’s authorized share capital is 500,000,000 ordinary shares, par value of $0.01 per ordinary share, and 5,000,000 preferred shares, par value of $0.01 per preferred share.

For the year ended June 26, 2020, Fabrinet issued 241,214 ordinary shares upon the vesting of restricted share units and performance share units, net of shares withheld.

For the year ended June 28, 2019, Fabrinet issued 507,020 ordinary shares upon the vesting of restricted share units and performance share units, net of shares withheld.

For the year ended June 29, 2018, Fabrinet issued 92,288 ordinary shares upon the exercise of options, for cash consideration at a weighted average exercise price of $15.56 per share, and 290,949 ordinary shares upon the vesting of restricted share units, net of shares withheld.

All such issued shares are fully paid.

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Treasury shares

In August 2017, the Company’s board of directors approved a share repurchase program to permit the Company to repurchase up to $30.0 million worth of its issued and outstanding ordinary shares in the open market in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. In February 2018 and May 2019, the Company’s board of directors approved an increase of $30.0 million and $50.0 million, respectively, to the original share repurchase authorization, bringing the aggregate authorization to $110.0 million.

During the year ended June 26, 2020, 355,000 shares were repurchased under the program, at an average price per share of $58.37, totaling $20.7 million. As of June 26, 2020, the Company had a remaining authorization to purchase up to $41.5 million of its ordinary shares under the share repurchase program. Shares repurchased under the share repurchase program are held as treasury shares.

21.	Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”)

The changes in AOCI for the years ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019 were as follows:


(amount in thousands)	Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-sale Securities			Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments			Retirement benefit plan - Prior service cost			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Total
Balance as of June 29, 2018	$	(1,091	)	$	33		$	—		$	(199	)	$	(1,257	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassification		1,845			—			(2,537	)		(634	)		(1,326	)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		198			(1	)		—			—			197
Tax effects		—			—			—			—			—

Other comprehensive income		2,043			(1	)		(2,537	)		(634	)		(1,129	)

Balance as of June 28, 2019		952			32			(2,537	)		(833	)		(2,386	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassification		634			171			—			(397	)		408
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		(96	)		399			528			—			831
Tax effects		—			—			—			—			—

Other comprehensive income		538			570			528			(397	)		1,239

Balance as of June 26, 2020	$	1,490		$	602		$	(2,009	)	$	(1,230	)	$	(1,147	)

The following table presents the

pre-tax

amounts reclassified from AOCI into the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the years ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively.


(amount in thousands)		Years ended
AOCI components	Financial statements line item	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities	Interest income	$	(96	)	$	198
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments	Cost of revenues		2,512			—
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments	Selling, general and administrative expenses		105			(1	)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments	Foreign exchange loss, net		(998	)		—
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments	Interest expense		(1,220	)		—
Retirement benefit plan – Prior service cost	Selling, general and administrative expenses		528			—

Total amounts reclassified from AOCI		$	831		$	197

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22.	Commitments and contingencies

Letter of credit and bank guarantees

As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the Company had one outstanding standby letter of credit of 6.0 million Euros, related to the Company’s support of a customer’s transfer of certain manufacturing operations from Berlin, Germany to the Company’s facilities in Thailand. As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the standby letter of credit was backed by cash collateral of $7.4 million.

As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, there were outstanding bank guarantees given by a bank on behalf of our subsidiary in Thailand for electricity usage and other normal business expenses totaling $1.6 million

and there were other bank guarantees given by a bank on behalf of our subsidiaries in China and the U.K. to support their operations of

$0.1 million and $25 thousand, respectively.

Purchase obligations

Purchase obligations represent legally-binding commitments to purchase inventory and other commitments made in the normal course of business to meet operational requirements. Although open purchase orders are considered enforceable and legally binding, their terms generally give the Company the option to cancel, reschedule and/or adjust its requirements based on its business needs prior to the delivery of goods or performance of services. Obligations to purchase inventory and other commitments are generally expected to be fulfilled within one year.

As of June 26, 2020, the Company had an outstanding commitment to third parties of $11.1 million.

Indemnification of directors and officers

Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of directors and officers, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Fabrinet’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide for indemnification of directors and officers for actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses incurred in their capacities as such, except that such indemnification does not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty that may attach to any of them.

In accordance with Fabrinet’s form of indemnification agreement for its directors and officers, Fabrinet has agreed to indemnify its directors and officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims by reason of their being such a director or officer. Fabrinet maintains a director and officer liability insurance policy that may enable it to recover a portion of any future amounts paid under the indemnification agreements.

23.	Business segments and geographic information

Operating segments are defined as comp1nts of an enterprise that engage in business activities for which discrete financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company’s CODM is Fabrinet’s Chief Executive Officer. As of June 26, 2020, June 28, 2019 and June 29, 2018, the Company operated and internally managed a single operating segment. Accordingly, the Company does not accumulate discrete information with respect to separate product lines and does not have separate reportable segments.

Total revenues are attributed to a particular geographic area based on the

bill-to-location

of the Company’s customer. The Company operates in three geographic regions: North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

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The following table presents total revenues by geographic regions:


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 29, 2018
North America	$	830,888	$	756,278	$	643,236
Asia-Pacific		552,923		608,386		519,203
Europe		258,025		219,671		209,486

Total	$	1,641,836	$	1,584,335	$	1,371,925

As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the Company had approximately $29.5 million and $31.4 million, respectively, of long-lived assets based in North America, with the substantial remainder of assets based in Asia-Pacific and Europe.

The following table presents revenues by end market:


	Years Ended
(amount in thousands)	June 26, 2020		June 28, 2019		June 29, 2018
Optical communications	$	1,248,174	$	1,184,936	$	1,000,256
Lasers, sensors, and other		393,662		399,399		371,669

Total	$	1,641,836	$	1,584,335	$	1,371,925

Significant customers

Total revenues, by percentage, from individual customers representing 10% or more of total revenues in the respective periods were as follows:


	Years Ended
	June 26, 2020			June 28, 2019			June 29, 2018
Lumentum Operations LLC		19	%		20	%		16	%
Acacia Communications Inc.		10	%		*			*
Infinera Corporation		10	%		*			*

Represents less than 10% of total revenues.

Accounts receivable from individual customers representing 10% or more of accounts receivable as of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively, were as follows:


	As of June 26, 2020			As of June 28, 2019
Lumentum Operations LLC		20	%		23	%
Acacia Communications Inc.		13	%		12	%

24.	Financial instruments

Objectives and significant terms and conditions

The principal financial risks faced by the Company are foreign currency risk and interest rate risk. The Company borrows at floating rates of interest to finance its operations. A minority of sales and purchases and a majority of labor and overhead costs are entered into in foreign currencies. In order to manage the risks arising from fluctuations in currency exchange rates, the Company uses derivative instruments. Trading for speculative purposes is prohibited under Company policies.

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The Company enters into short-term foreign currency forward and option contracts to manage foreign currency exposures associated with certain assets, liabilities and other forecasted foreign currency transactions and may designate these instruments as hedging instruments. The foreign currency forward and option contracts generally have maturities of up to twelve months. All foreign currency exchange contracts are recognized on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. Gain or loss on the Company’s derivative instruments generally offset the assets, liabilities and transactions economically hedged.

Foreign currency risk

The Company operates internationally and is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency exposures primarily with respect to the Thai baht, Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”) and Pound sterling (“GBP”).

As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, the Company had outstanding foreign currency assets and liabilities as follows:


	As of June 26, 2020				As of June 28, 2019
(amount in thousands)	Currency		$		Currency		$
Assets
Thai baht		667,955	$	21,617		664,860	$	21,628
RMB		158,060		22,402		53,393		7,767
GBP		6,220		7,726		5,270		6,682

Total			$	51,745			$	36,077

Liabilities
Thai baht		2,102,392	$	68,039		1,961,972	$	63,825
RMB		42,586		6,036		26,373		3,836
GBP		1,545		1,919		2,598		3,294

Total			$	75,994			$	70,955

The Thai baht assets represent cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, deposits and other current assets. The Thai baht liabilities represent trade accounts payable, accrued expenses, income tax payable and other payables. The Company manages its exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates by the use of foreign currency contracts and offsetting assets and liabilities denominated in the same currency in accordance with management’s policy. As of June 26, 2020 there were $126.0 million of foreign currency forward and option contracts outstanding on the Thai baht payables. As of June 28, 2019, there were $72.0 million of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding on the Thai baht payables.

The RMB assets represent cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable and other current assets. The RMB liabilities represent trade accounts payable, accrued expenses and other payables. As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, there were 0 derivative contracts denominated in RMB.

The GBP assets represent cash, trade accounts receivable, inventory and property, plant and equipment. The GBP liabilities represent trade accounts payable. As of June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019, there were 0 derivative contracts denominated in GBP.

For fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2019, and fiscal year 2018, the Company recorded unrealized loss of $1.2 million, unrealized gain of $4.8 million, and unrealized loss of $1.7 million, respectively, related to derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments in its consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

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Interest Rate Risk

The Company’s principal interest bearing assets are time deposits and short-term investments with maturities of three years or less held with high quality financial institutions. The Company’s principal interest bearing liabilities are bank loans which bear interest at floating rates.

The Company entered into interest rate swap agreements (the “Swap Agreements”) to manage this risk and increase the profile of the Company’s debt obligation. The terms of the Swap Agreements allow the Company to effectively convert the floating interest rate to a fixed interest rate. This locks the variable in interest expenses associated with our floating rate borrowings and results in fixed interest expenses, which is unsusceptible to market rate increase. The Company designated the Swap Agreements as a cash flow hedge, and they qualify for hedge accounting because the hedges are highly effective. While the Company intend to continue to meet the conditions for hedge accounting, if hedges do not qualify as highly effective, the changes in the fair value of the derivatives used as hedges would be reflected in our earnings. From September 27, 2019, any gains or losses related to these outstanding interest rate swaps will be recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income in the consolidated balance sheets, with subsequent reclassification to interest expense when settled.

25.	Subsequent Event

In August 2020, the Company’s board of directors approved the repurchase of up to an additional $58.5 million of Fabrinet’s outstanding ordinary shares, bringing the aggregate authorization under Fabrinet’s existing share repurchase program to $168.5 million.

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UNAUDITED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following table sets forth a summary of the Company’s quarterly financial information for each of the four quarters in the fiscal years ended June 26, 2020 and June 28, 2019:


	Three Months Ended
(in thousands, except per share data)	Jun 26, 2020		Mar 27, 2020		Dec 27, 2019		Sep 27, 2019		Jun 28, 2019		Mar 29, 2019		Dec 28, 2018		Sep 28, 2018
Total revenues	$	405,113	$	411,210	$	426,217	$	399,296	$	405,127	$	398,951	$	403,080	$	377,177

Gross profit	$	46,624	$	44,336	$	49,158	$	45,987	$	46,626	$	46,758	$	45,564	$	40,276

Net income	$	28,024	$	28,267	$	31,231	$	25,957	$	32,957	$	28,635	$	31,513	$	27,850

Basic net income per share:
Net income	$	0.76	$	0.76	$	0.84	$	0.70	$	0.89	$	0.78	$	0.86	$	0.76

Weighted-average shares used in basic net income per share calculations		36,723		36,987		37,011		36,913		36,836		36,891		36,841		36,625

Diluted net income per share:
Net income	$	0.75	$	0.75	$	0.83	$	0.69	$	0.88	$	0.76	$	0.84	$	0.75

Weighted-average shares used in diluted net income per share calculations		37,571		37,797		37,763		37,529		37,511		37,539		37,471		37,140

ITEM 9.

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9A.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule

13a-15(e)

and

15d-15(e)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”)), as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form

10-K.

Based on their evaluation, our management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information we are required to disclose in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act, (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to Fabrinet’s management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended June 26, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting of the Company as defined in Rule

13a-15(f)

and

15d-15(f)

under the Exchange Act. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately, and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Management has assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 26, 2020. In making this assessment, management used the criteria described in

Internal Control -Integrated Framework

(2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).

Based on their assessment, management concluded that we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of the end of fiscal year 2020, based on the criteria in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO. The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 26, 2020 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Ltd., an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which appears herein.

ITEM 9B.

OTHER INFORMATION.

Not applicable.

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PART III

ITEM 10.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

Information responsive to this item is incorporated herein by reference to our definitive proxy statement with respect to our 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form

10-K

(the “2020 Proxy Statement”).

ITEM 11.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

Information responsive to this item is incorporated herein by reference to our 2020 Proxy Statement.

ITEM 12.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

Information responsive to this item is incorporated herein by reference to our 2020 Proxy Statement.

ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

Information responsive to this item is incorporated herein by reference to our 2020 Proxy Statement.

ITEM 14.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Information responsive to this item is incorporated herein by reference to our 2020 Proxy Statement.

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PART IV

ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

(a) The following documents are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Annual Report on

Form 10-K:

1. Financial Statements

: See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form

10-K.

2. Financial Statement Schedules

: All schedules are omitted because they are not required, are not applicable or the information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.

3. Exhibits

: We have filed, or incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form

10-K,

the exhibits listed in Item 15(b) of this Annual Report on Form

10-K.

(b)

Exhibits:

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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number	Description	Incorporated by reference herein


		Form	Exhibit No.	Filing Date	File No.


3.1	Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association	S-1/A	3.1	May 3, 2010	333-163258

4.1	Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate	S-1/A	4.1	June 14, 2010	333-163258

4.2	Description of Fabrinet’s Securities	10-K	4.2	August 20, 2019	001-34775

10.1.1+	2010 Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated	8-K	10.1	December 15, 2017	001-34775

10.1.2+	2010 Performance Incentive Plan – Form of Share Option Agreement	10-Q	10.2	February 5, 2013	001-34775

10.1.3+	2010 Performance Incentive Plan – Form of Restricted Share Agreement	10-Q	10.3	February 5, 2013	001-34775

10.1.4+	2010 Performance Incentive Plan – Form of Restricted Share Unit Agreement	10-Q	10.4	February 5, 2013	001-34775

10.1.5+	2010 Performance Incentive Plan – Form of Performance Share Unit Agreement	10-Q	10.5	November 9, 2016	001-34775

10.2.1+	2017 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan	S-8	99.1.1	November 8, 2017	333-221423

10.2.2+	2017 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan – Form of Restricted Share Unit Agreement	S-8	99.1.2	November 8, 2017	333-221423

10.2.3+	2017 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan – Form of Performance-Based Restricted Share Unit Agreement	S-8	99.1.3	November 8, 2017	333-221423

10.3.1+	2020 Equity Incentive Plan	S-8	99.1	December 12, 2020	333-235462

10.3.2+	2020 Equity Incentive Plan – Form of Restricted Share Unit Agreement	S-8	99.2	December 12, 2020	333-235462

10.3.3+	2020 Equity Incentive Plan – Form of Performance-Based Restricted Share Unit Agreement	S-8	99.3	December 12, 2020	333-235462

10.4+	Letter agreement, dated August 14, 2019, regarding amendment of David T. Mitchell’s RSUs	8-K	10.1	August 20, 2019	001-34755

10.5+	Offer letter, dated September 20, 2017, by and between Seamus Grady and Fabrinet	8-K	10.1	September 25, 2017	001-34755

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Exhibit Number	Description	Incorporated by reference herein


		Form	Exhibit No.	Filing Date	File No.


10.6+	Change in Control and Severance Agreement, dated February 26, 2019, by and between Seamus Grady and Fabrinet	8-K	10.1	February 28, 2019	001-34755

10.7+	Amended and Restated Offer Letter, dated January 9, 2018, by and between Dr. Harpal Gill and Fabrinet USA, Inc.	8-K	10.1	May 8, 2018	001-34755

10.8+	Employment Agreement, dated July 1, 2007, by and between Dr. Harpal Gill and Fabrinet Co., Ltd.	S-1	10.5	November 7, 2007	333-147191

10.9+	Amended and restated offer letter, dated February 1, 2020, between Toh-Seng Ng and Fabrinet USA, Inc.	8-K	10.1	February 3, 2020	001-34755

10.10+	Amended and restated offer letter, dated March 17, 2020, between Csaba Sverha and Fabrinet USA, Inc.	10-Q	10.2	May 5, 2020	001-34755

10.11+	Description of Fiscal 2020 Executive Incentive Plan	8-K, Item 5.02	N/A	August 20, 2019	001-34755

10.12+	Description of Fiscal 2021 Executive Incentive Plan	8-K, Item 5.02	N/A	August 17, 2020	001-34755

10.13+	Form of Indemnification Agreement	S-1/A	10.10	January 28, 2010	333-163258

10.14	Manufacturing Agreement, dated May 29, 2005, by and between the registrant and FBN New Jersey Holdings Corp.	S-1	10.10	November 7, 2007	333-147191

10.15	Manufacturing Agreement, dated January 2, 2000, by and between the registrant and Fabrinet Co., Ltd.	S-1	10.11	November 7, 2007	333-147191

10.16	Administrative Services Agreement, dated January 2, 2000, by and between the registrant and Fabrinet USA, Inc.	S-1	10.12	November 7, 2007	333-147191

10.17	Administrative Services Agreement, dated July 3, 2008, by and between the registrant and Fabrinet Pte. Ltd.	S-1	10.14	November 20, 2009	333-163258

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Exhibit Number	Description	Incorporated by reference herein


		Form	Exhibit No.	Filing Date	File No.


10.18	Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2019, by and between Fabrinet Co., Ltd. and Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited	8-K	10.1	September 12, 2019	001-34775

10.19	Term Loan Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2019, by and between Fabrinet Co., Ltd. and Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited	8-K	10.2	September 12, 2019	001-34775

10.20†	Primary Contract Manufacturing Agreement, dated January 1, 2008, by and between JDS Uniphase Corporation and the registrant	S-1/A	10.27	January 19, 2010	333-163258

21.1	List of Subsidiaries	10-K	21.1	August 20, 2019	001-34755

23.1	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers ABAS Ltd.

24.1	Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to the signature page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K)

31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1	Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101.INS	Inline XBRL Instance

101.SCH	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

101.CAL	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

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Description

Incorporated by reference herein

Form

Exhibit
No.

Filing Date

File No.

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

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+	Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.

†	Confidential treatment has been granted for portions of this exhibit.

(c)	Financial Statement Schedules: See Item 15(a)(2), above.

ITEM 16.

FORM

10-K

SUMMARY.

Not applicable.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on August 18, 2020.


FABRINET

By:		/S/ CSABA SVERHA
Name:		Csaba Sverha
Title:		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Seamus Grady and Csaba Sverha and each of them, as his true and lawful

attorney-in-fact

and agent with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form

10-K

and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said

attorney-in-fact

and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that said

attorney-in-fact

and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


Signature	Title	Date

/S/ SEAMUS GRADY Seamus Grady	Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director	August 18, 2020

/S/ CSABA SVERHA Csaba Sverha	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	August 18, 2020

/S/ DAVID T. MITCHELL David T. Mitchell	Chairman of the Board of Directors	August 18, 2020

/S/ HOMA BAHRAMI Homa Bahrami	Director	August 18, 2020

/S/ GREGORY P. DOUGHERTY Gregory P. Dougherty	Director	August 18, 2020

/S/ THOMAS F. KELLY Thomas F. Kelly	Director	August 18, 2020

/S/ FRANK H. LEVINSON Frank H. Levinson	Director	August 18, 2020

/S/ ROLLANCE E. OLSON Rollance E. Olson	Director	August 18, 2020

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