Company: TTMI
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-024839
Chunk: 181

Company: TTM TECHNOLOGIES INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
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 in labor costs and lower gains on the sale of assets. The increase of general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales resulted from lower net sales for the year ended January 1, 2024 as compared to January 2, 2023.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses increased $4.6 million to $31.8 million, or 1.3% of net sales, for the year ended December 30, 2024 from $27.3 million, or 1.2% of net sales, for the year ended January 1, 2024. The increase in research and development expenses was primarily due to increases in labor costs and research and development projects.

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Research and development expenses increased $2.5 million to $27.3 million, or 1.2% of net sales, for the year ended January 1, 2024 from $24.8 million, or 1.0% of net sales, for the year ended January 2, 2023. The increase in expense was primarily due to the inclusion of a full year of Telephonics expenses, which resulted in an increase of $4.5 million, partially offset by a decrease in labor and material costs.

Impairment of Goodwill

For the years ended December 30, 2024 and January 1, 2024, we recorded goodwill impairment charges of $32.6 million and $44.1 million, respectively. See Part II, Item 8, Note 6, Goodwill, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report for further information.

Restructuring Charges

For the years ended December 30, 2024, January 1, 2024, and January 2, 2023, we incurred restructuring charges of $11.2 million, $24.4 million, and $4.1 million, respectively, related to our global realignment restructuring efforts.

For the year ended December 30, 2024, we recognized restructuring charges of $8.1 million and $3.1 million in our PCB reportable segment and Corporate and Other, respectively. For the year ended January 1, 2024, we recognized restructuring charges of $23.7 million and $0.7 million in our PCB reportable segment and Corporate and Other, respectively. For the year ended January 2, 2023, we recognized restructuring charges of $3.5 million and $0.