RNS Number:0173R
Samsung Electronics Co. Ld
17 October 2003



 October 17, 2003



                            Earnings Release 3Q 2003
                              Samsung Electronics

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The financial results for 3Q of 2003 have been prepared on an un-audited basis,
and may be subject to change during the independent auditing process.



Sales and Profits


             (Unit : Trillion KRW)     Q3 03    Q2 03    Growth   
              Sales                    11.26     9.84     14.5%   
              Domestic                  2.34     2.33      0.7%   
              Export                    8.92     7.51     18.8%   
              (us$, Bn)                 7.59     6.22     22.1%   
              Profit                                              
              Operating Profit          2.05     1.16     77.0%   
              Net Profit                1.84     1.13     62.8%   
 


Q3 Results Analysis (Q-on-Q)



Memory

* Sales (40% up) & Profits Significantly Up

    - Shipment increase of highly profitable Flash

      *44 mil. --> 66 mil. 512M. Eq.

    - Greater revenue contribution of Flash

      *25% --> 32%



* DRAM Blended ASP

    - 03.2Q Below $6 --> 03.3Q Low $6

    - DDR ASPs increased due to seasonality and supply constraints



* Shrink Technology  (Wafer-in)

    - July : < 0.11 um  42%

    - Oct. : < 0.11 um 67%



* 12" Ramp up

    - Line 11 (MPS) : 10K/Month, DDR (0.10 um)

    - Line 12 : 13K/Month, DDR (0.10 um), NAND (0.09 um)



LCD

* Sales ( 26% up) & Profits Improving : Growing Shipment and ASP

    - Large panel shipment : 5.2Mil. (19% up)

      *N/B panel shipment : 28% up (2.0 Mil --> 2.6 Mil)

      *TV panel : Increasing revenue contribution of 20 inch +

                 (Q2 48% --> Q3 67%)

    - Healthy pricing environment driven by N/B panel demand

     *14.1 inch (June $178 --> Sep. $185)



 5G Lines : Successful Ramp-up

    - Line5 : Full Capacity (100K) in Aug.

    - Line6 : Ramp-up in Oct.







System LSI

 Sales ( 3% up) & Profits Improved

    - Display Driver IC (DDI) revenue : (22% up)

    - CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) revenue : (57% up)

    - SOC revenue : (12% up)







Telecommunication

 - Sales (18% up) & Profits (36% up)

 Handsets

    - Shipments: Increased to 15M unit (25%)

      *Seasonality and new models launch

      *Increased shipment in GSM (30%)

- ASP : Increased Export & Domestic (3%)

      *Product mix improvement (Color, Camera) --> Increased operating
margin



 Network

- Supply of W-CDMA system to SKIMT : Metro area

- Additional shipment of EV-DO systems to Japan KDDI &

     cdma2000 1x to Indonesias Mobile 8







Digital Media

 Sales (1% up) but Profits Declined

    - Increased overseas production: 02 : 70% --> 03 3Q : 82%





 Progress by Product

    - TV : Strong digital TV sales (34% up)

    - Monitor : Growing 17 inch LCD  (23% up)

    - PC : Increased exports of N/PC (7% up)

    - Printer : Improved sales of Laser printers (27% up)

    - DVD : Greater COMBO contribution (40% up)



Home Appliances

 Sales (21% down) due to Seasonality

- Greater overseas production for cost reduction

*Overseas production for major products (02 : 53% --> 03 : 68%)


Sales by Division

                                                                              
  (Unit : Trillion KRW)    Q3 03    (Weight)    Q2 03    (Weight)    Growth   
  Semiconductor             4.76     (42.0%)     3.76     (38.0%)    26.5%    
  Memory                    2.55     (22.6%)     1.83     (18.6%)    39.7%    
  TFT-LCD                   1.38     (12.2%)     1.09     (11.1%)     26.1%   
  System LSI                0.44     (3.9%)      0.43     (4.4%)       2.5%   
  Telecommunication         3.74     (33.0%)     3.18     (32.0%)     17.7%   
  Wireless Handsets         3.41     (30.3%)     2.79     (28.4%)     22.3%   
  Digital Media             1.87     (17.0%)     1.85     (19.0%)      1.2%   
  Home Appliances           0.77     (7.0%)      0.97     (10.0%)    - 20.8%  
  Total                    11.26     (100%)      9.84     (100%)     14.5%    
 
  
 
Operating Profit by Division 

                                                                              
  (Unit: Trillion KRW)    Q3 03     (Profit    Q2 03     (Profit     (Margin  
                                    Margin)              Margin)     Chamge)  
  Semiconductor           1.35       28.4%      0.57      15.0%     139.1%   point     
  Telecommunication       0.75       19.9%      0.55      17.3%       35.6%  point   
  Digital Media          0.002       0.1%       0.04      2.1%      - 95.2%  point     
  Home Appliances        - 0.05      -6.0%     0.003      0.3%      - 1,500% point     
  Total                   2.05       18.2%      1.16      11.8%       77.0%  point 
  
Financial Analysis 
 
                                                                              
  (Unit: Trillion KRW)      End of Sept. 03    End of June. 03      Change    
  Assets                         36.39              33.83            2.56     
  Liabilities                     8.50               7.78            0.72     
  (Debt)                         (1.16)             (1.16)         No Change  
  Shareholders Equity            27.89              26.05            1.84     
  (Paid-in Capital)              (0.89)             (0.89)         No Change  
  Net Debt / Equity Ratio         -21%               -15%         - 6% point  
                                                                              
                                 Q3 03              Q2 03           Change    
  R O E*                         27.3%              17.6%         9.7% point  
  Profitability (Net              0.16               0.12            0.04     
  Income/ Sales)                                                              
  Asset Turnover (Sales /         1.28               1.16            0.12     
  Asset)                                                                      
  Leverage (Asset /Equity)        1.30               1.32           - 0.02      
                                                                       
                                                                              
* Annualized 



Profitability Analysis


(Unit: Trillion KRW)                                   Q3 03          Q2 03       Growth (Change)
Sales                                                  11.26           9.84            14.5%
Gross Profit                                            3.65           2.82            29.8%
(%)                                                    (33%)          (29%)          (4% point)
  SG & A                                                1.60           1.65            -3.3%
(%)                                                    (14%)          (17%)         (- 3% point)
Operating Profit                                        2.05           1.16            77.0%
(%)                                                    (18%)          (12%)          (6% point)
Net Profit                                              1.84           1.13            62.8%
(%)                                                    (16%)          (12%)          (4% point)



Cash Flow


            (Unit: Trillion KRW)                   Q3 03      Q2 03  
            Cash* (Beginning of period)             4.97      5.29   
            Cashflow from Operation                 3.46      2.34   
            Net Profit                              1.84      1.13   
            Depreciation                            0.97      0.91   
            Loss from Equity method                 0.04      0.06   
            Increase in Working Capital             0.61      0.24   
            (Inventory, A/R, Accrued Expenses)                       
            Cashflow from Investment               (1.36)    (1.50)  
            CAPEX                                  (1.42)    (1.39)  
            Cashflow from Financing               (0.002)    (1.16)  
            Decrease in Debt                         -        0.71   
            Dividends                              (0.08)       -    
            Repurchase of Shares                     -       (0.35)  
            Net decrease in cash                    2.10     (0.32)  
            Cash (End of period)                    7.07      4.97   

* Cash = cash + cash equivalent + short-term financial instruments +
marketable securities 


Capex Plan



                                                                     
            (Unit: Trillion KRW)    FY03 Plan    Original    Change  
            Semiconductor              6.27        5.77       0.50   
            Memory                     3.64        3.29       0.35   
            TFT-LCD                    2.01        1.64       0.37   
            System LSI                 0.58        0.84      - 0.26  
            Telecom                    0.28        0.32      - 0.04  
            Digital Media & etc.       0.48        0.69      - 0.21  
            Total                      7.03        6.78       0.25   
 
 
 
Capex Plan 
 

                                                                   
             (Unit: Trillion KRW)    FY03 Plan    Q3 03    FY2002  
             Semiconductor              6.27       4.44     3.60   
             Memory                     3.64       2.66     2.03   
             TFT-LCD                    2.01       1.41     1.41   
             System LSI                 0.58       0.35     0.16   
             Telecom                    0.28       0.19     0.27   
             Digital Media & etc.       0.48       0.21     0.32   
             Total                      7.03       4.84     4.19   
 

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