友尼森于本季度录得除税前利润771.2万令吉，较截至二零一七年十二月三十一日止前一季度的除税前利润减少78.9％。除税前利润较上季减少主要为美元营收下降，美元/令吉汇率贬值，外汇损失增加。

前景：
最近来自行业分析师的市场研究数据显示，半导体业务收入在2018年将增长7.5％，达到4510亿美元（2017年增长22.2％），主要受内存IC需求和价格上涨的驱动。董事预期友尼森的表现将在第二季度有所改善。

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The Group recorded revenue of RM321.551 million for the quarter ended 31 March 2018, representing a decline in revenue of 10.7% against the corresponding quarter ended 31 March 2017. USA and Asia segments recorded decrease in revenue of 3.5% and 21.8% respectively whilst Europe’s segment revenue increased by 2.4%. The decrease in revenue was mainly attributable to the depreciation of USD/MYR exchange rate as compared to the prevailing rate in the corresponding quarter a year ago.

For the quarter ended 31 March 2018, the Group recorded net profit of RM6.325 million as compared to the net profit of RM45.379 million achieved a year ago. The decline in net profit was mainly due to depreciation of USD/MYR exchange rate coupled with lower profit margins arising from change in product mix as well as the recognition of foreign exchange losses of RM9.950 million in the current financial quarter. Other operating expense was RM4.9m, compared with last year other operating income of RM3.3m.

The Group recorded profit before taxation of RM7.712 million for the current quarter, a decline of 78.9% against the profit before taxation reported in the preceding quarter ended 31 December 2017. The lower profit before tax as compared with the preceding quarter was mainly attributable to the lower USD revenue, depreciation of USD/MYR exchange rate and higher foreign exchange loss.

Prospects:
Recent market research data from industry analysts project semiconductor revenue to grow by 7.5% to US$451 billion in 2018 (having grown by 22.2% in 2017), mainly driven by higher demand and pricing for memory ICs. The directors expect the performance of the Group to improve for the second financial quarter.

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