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NeoPhotonics Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2012 Financial Results

NeoPhotonics Reports 22% Annual Revenue Growth
Record Annual Revenue of $245.4 million
Over 300% Year-Over-Year Growth from 40/100G Products

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2013-- NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE: NPTN), a leading designer and manufacturer of photonic integrated circuit, or PIC, based optoelectronic modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high speed communications networks, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012.

“We are very pleased with our fiscal 2012 results, particularly with our ability to continue to grow revenue at an accelerated rate of 22% year-over-year, and reach a new record for total annual revenue,” said Tim Jenks, Chairman, President and CEO of NeoPhotonics. “In addition, NeoPhotonics has grown 40/100G product sales to approximately one third of our quarterly revenue as of the fourth quarter of 2012, helping to meet rapidly growing demand for high speed PIC-based products.”

Highlights for the Fourth Quarter of 2012

Revenue was $62.0 million, down $4.1 million, or 6%, from the prior quarter and up $4.8 million, or 8%, from the fourth quarter 2011
Gross margin was 22.7%, down from 31.2% in the prior quarter and up from 21.5% in the fourth quarter 2011; gross margin was adversely impacted by approximately 700 basis points due to higher yield loss and inventory-related expense relating to one of the company’s high speed products and lower wafer fab utilization
Non-GAAP gross margin was 24.5%, down from 32.9% in the prior quarter and up from 23.5% in the fourth quarter 2011
Loss from continuing operations was $3.0 million, down $3.7 million from income in the prior quarter of $0.7 million and an improvement from a loss of $22.8 million in the fourth quarter 2011
Non-GAAP loss from continuing operations was $0.1 million, down $2.8 million from income in the prior quarter of $2.7 million and an improvement from a loss of $6.4 million in the fourth quarter 2011
Diluted loss per share from continuing operations was $0.10, down from income of $0.02 in the prior quarter and an improvement from a loss of $0.92 in the fourth quarter 2011
Non-GAAP diluted loss per share from continuing operations was $0.0, down from income of $0.08 in the prior quarter and an improvement from a loss of $0.26 in the fourth quarter 2011
Adjusted EBITDA was $3.5 million, down from $6.4 million in the prior quarter and an improvement from an adjusted EBITDA loss of $3.0 million in the fourth quarter 2011

Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments was $101.2 million at December 31, 2012, down from $105.9 million in the prior quarter and up from $86.4 million at December 31, 2011. The sequential quarterly decrease in cash was primarily due to payments for capital expenditures, scheduled repayment of bank debt and expenses relating to the pending acquisition of the semiconductor optical components business unit (OCU) of LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd. announced on January 22, 2013.

Highlights for 2012

NeoPhotonics reported record annual revenue of $245.4 million, an increase of $44.4 million, or 22%, from $201.0 million in 2011
Gross margin for 2012 was 25.0%, up from 24.9% in 2011
Non-GAAP gross margin for 2012 was 27.0%, up from 25.7% in 2011
Loss from continuing operations for 2012 was $17.7 million, up from a loss of $15.4 million in 2011
Non-GAAP loss from continuing operations for 2012 was $4.7 million, an improvement from a loss of $9.6 million in 2011
Diluted loss per share from continuing operations for 2012 was $0.62, an improvement from a loss per share of $1.45 in 2011
Non-GAAP diluted loss per share from continuing operations for 2012 was $0.16, an improvement from a loss per share of $0.40 in 2011
Adjusted EBITDA for 2012 was $9.3 million, up from $2.7 million in 2011

A reconciliation of GAAP financial measures to Non-GAAP financial measures is attached to this press release. See “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information” below for a description of these Non-GAAP financial measures.

Outlook for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2013

The company’s current expectations for the first quarter 2013 are:

Revenue in the range of $50 million to $55 million, primarily reflecting seasonally lower business activity and a full quarter impact of changes in product prices negotiated in the fourth quarter
Non-GAAP gross margin in the range of 22% to 24%, primarily reflecting the impact of seasonality and pricing changes noted above, related lower wafer fab utilization and expectations for continued higher manufacturing costs relating to one of the company’s high speed products
Diluted loss per share from continuing operations in the range of $0.25 to $0.35, and on a Non-GAAP basis in the range of a loss of $0.15 to $0.25 per share

The outlook for the first quarter of 2013 excludes the results of operations from LAPIS OCU as the transaction is not yet closed. The Non-GAAP outlook for the first quarter of 2013 excludes the expected amortization of intangibles and other assets of approximately $1.3 million, the anticipated impact of stock-based compensation of approximately $1.2 million, and transaction expenses related to the acquisition of LAPIS OCU of approximately $1.2 million, of which $1.0 million is estimated to relate to cost of goods sold.

The company’s current expectations for the full year of 2013 are for revenue growth in the range of 8% to 10% over 2012, and assuming that level of growth, profitability on a full year non-GAAP basis.

In connection with the announced acquisition of LAPIS OCU, which is not a standalone company and has historically not prepared separate financial statements, audited financial information for the business unit is not yet available. Based on preliminary unaudited pro forma financial information provided by management of LAPIS Semiconductor, OCU had revenue of approximately $45 million for the first nine months ended September 30, 2012. Based on the company’s estimates, the addition of OCU is expected to be accretive to the company’s Adjusted EBITDA within the first year following the transaction. The parties expect the transaction to close in the second quarter or sooner and completion of the transaction is subject to various customary closing conditions. Following the consummation of the transaction, NeoPhotonics will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the required historical and pro forma financial results reflecting the acquisition.

Conference Call

The company will discuss these financial results in a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EST today. The public is invited to listen to a live webcast of the conference call on the Investor Relations section of the company website at http://ir.neophotonics.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Investor Relations section on the company’s website approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call.

About NeoPhotonics

NeoPhotonics is a leading designer and manufacturer of photonic integrated circuit, or PIC, based optoelectronic modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high-speed communications networks including coherent 100G data rates. The company’s products enable cost-effective, high-speed data transmission and efficient allocation of bandwidth over communications networks. NeoPhotonics maintains headquarters in San Jose, California and ISO 9001:2000 certified engineering and manufacturing facilities in Silicon Valley (USA) and Shenzhen, China. NeoPhotonics has been included in the Russell 3000® Index since June 2011. For additional information, visit www.neophotonics.com

Forward Looking Statements

The statements in this press release under the heading “Outlook for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2013”, as well as those about the anticipating timing of the OCU acquisition and the expected accretive impact of the transaction to the financial results of NeoPhotonics, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions and current expectations, which could cause the company’s actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause the company’s results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to: possible reduction in or volatility of customer orders or delays in shipments of products to customers; timing of customer drawdowns of vendor-managed inventory; possible disruptions in the supply chain or in demand for the company’s products due to industry developments, economic conditions or natural disasters; volatility in utilization of manufacturing operations and other manufacturing costs; reductions in the company’s rate of new design wins, and/or the rate at which design wins go into production, and the rate of customer acceptance of new product introductions; the company’s reliance on a small number of customers for a substantial portion of its revenues; potential pricing pressure that may arise from changing supply or demand conditions in the industry; a decline in general conditions in the telecommunications equipment industry or the world economy generally (particularly in the United States, China or Europe); effects of seasonality; the risk that the OCU acquisition will not close or that closing will be delayed; the risk that the OCU business may not perform as expected due to transaction-related uncertainty or other factors; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in the company’s documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact the company’s business are set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of the company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2012. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to NeoPhotonics as of the date hereof and qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and NeoPhotonics assumes no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

The company provides Non-GAAP gross margin, Non-GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations, Non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share and adjusted EBITDA, as supplemental information. In computing certain of these Non-GAAP financial measures, the company excludes certain items included under GAAP, including stock-based compensation expense, amortization of purchased intangible assets, amortization of acquisition-related fixed asset and inventory step-ups, acquisition-related costs, gain on sale of shares of an unconsolidated investee, net of direct cost, restructuring charges, fair value adjustment to contingent consideration, goodwill impairment charge, and the related tax effects of Non-GAAP adjustments. In computing adjusted EBITDA, the company also excludes interest (income) expense, net, provision for (benefit from) income taxes and depreciation expense.

Management uses these Non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate the operating performance of the business and aid in the period-to-period comparability. Management also uses the Non-GAAP financial measures for planning and forecasting and measuring results against its forecast. Using several measures to evaluate the business allows the company and investors to assess the company’s relative performance and ultimately monitor the company’s capacity to generate returns for its stockholders. The Non-GAAP financial measures provided herein may not provide information that is directly comparable to that provided by other companies in the company’s industry, as other companies may calculate such financial results differently. The company’s Non-GAAP financial measures are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP, and should not be considered as alternatives to the financial measures derived in accordance with GAAP. The company does not consider these Non-GAAP financial measures to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial results. A reconciliation of the Non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is provided in the financial schedules portion of this press release.


NeoPhotonics Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(In thousands, except percentages, share and per share data)

	Three months ended									Year ended
	Dec. 31, 2012			Sep. 30, 2012			Dec. 31, 2011			Dec. 31, 2012			Dec. 31, 2011

Revenue	$	62,023		$	66,152		$	57,183		$	245,423		$	201,029
Cost of goods sold ⁽¹⁾		47,973			45,536			44,909			184,163			150,944
Gross profit		14,050			20,616			12,274			61,260			50,085
		22.7	%		31.2	%		21.5	%		25.0	%		24.9	%
Operating expenses:
Research and development ⁽¹⁾		8,535			9,893			11,039			38,288			30,855
Sales and marketing ⁽¹⁾		3,458			3,354			3,368			13,241			11,686
General and administrative ⁽¹⁾		5,351			6,770			7,287			25,808			21,900
Amortization of purchased intangible assets		320			321			326			1,316			994
Adjustment to fair value of contingent consideration		(308	)		(850	)		(1,287	)		(554	)		(1,287	)
Goodwill impairment charges		-			-			13,106			-			13,106
Restructuring charges		(91	)		-			1,297			68			1,297
Total operating expenses		17,265			19,488			35,136			78,167			78,551

Income (loss) from operations		(3,215	)		1,128			(22,862	)		(16,907	)		(28,466	)

Interest income		168			147			253			592			407
Interest expense		(134	)		(135	)		(192	)		(568	)		(422	)
Other income (expense), net		696			154			(53	)		575			14,246
Total interest and other income (expense), net		730			166			8			599			14,231

Income (loss) before income taxes		(2,485	)		1,294			(22,854	)		(16,308	)		(14,235	)
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes		(476	)		(571	)		22			(1,364	)		(1,155	)
Income (loss) from continuing operations		(2,961	)		723			(22,832	)		(17,672	)		(15,390	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax		(28	)		-			523			142			636
Net income (loss)		(2,989	)		723			(22,309	)		(17,530	)		(14,754	)
Deemed dividend on beneficial conversion of Series X redeemable convertible preferred stock		-			-			-			-			(17,049	)
Accretion of redeemable convertible preferred stock		-			-			-			-			(7	)
Net income (loss) attributable to NeoPhotonics Corporation common stockholders	$	(2,989	)	$	723		$	(22,309	)	$	(17,530	)	$	(31,810	)

Net income (loss) per share - Basic:
Continuing operations	$	(0.10	)	$	0.02		$	(0.92	)	$	(0.62	)	$	(1.45	)
Discontinued operations	$	(0.00	)	$	-		$	0.02		$	0.00		$	0.03
Net income (loss)	$	(0.10	)	$	0.02		$	(0.90	)	$	(0.62	)	$	(1.42	)

Net income (loss) per share - Diluted:
Continuing operations	$	(0.10	)	$	0.02		$	(0.92	)	$	(0.62	)	$	(1.45	)
Discontinued operations	$	(0.00	)	$	-		$	0.02		$	0.00		$	0.03
Net income (loss)	$	(0.10	)	$	0.02		$	(0.90	)	$	(0.62	)	$	(1.42	)

Weighted average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share:
Basic		30,414,735			30,215,144			24,807,478			28,529,849			22,359,802
Diluted		30,414,735			30,611,304			24,807,478			28,529,849			22,359,802

(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense (credit) as follows for the periods presented:
Cost of goods sold	$	248		$	228		$	120		$	800		$	503
Research and development		475			404			256			1,743			1,033
Sales and marketing		279			242			145			935			647
General and administrative		341			408			219			1,299			925
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	1,343		$	1,282		$	740		$	4,777		$	3,108

NeoPhotonics Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(In thousands)

	As of
	Dec. 31, 2012			Dec. 31, 2011
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments	$	101,241		$	86,384
Restricted cash		2,626			3,227
Accounts receivable, net		70,354			68,877
Inventories		43,793			35,341
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		7,701			5,882
Current assets held-for-sale		-			1,687
Total current assets		225,715			201,398
Long-term investments		188			92
Property, plant and equipment, net		54,440			56,344
Other intangible assets, net		14,213			17,999
Other long-term assets		1,076			1,049
Long-term assets held-for-sale		-			167
Total assets	$	295,632		$	277,049

LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	36,308		$	37,599
Notes payable		12,003			14,620
Current portion of long-term debt		5,000			5,000
Accrued and other current liabilities		19,959			18,299
Current liabilities held-for-sale		-			1,681
Total current liabilities		73,270			77,199
Long-term debt, net of current portion		17,167			22,166
Deferred income tax liabilities		653			927
Other noncurrent liabilities		1,724			3,103
Total liabilities		92,814			103,395

Redeemable common stock		5,000			-
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock		76			62
Additional paid-in capital		433,996			392,792
Accumulated other comprehensive income		11,829			11,353
Accumulated deficit		(248,083	)		(230,553	)
Total stockholders' equity		197,818			173,654

Total liabilities, redeemable common stock and stockholders' equity	$	295,632		$	277,049

NeoPhotonics Corporation
Reconciliation of Consolidated GAAP Financial Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited)
(In thousands, except percentages, share and per share data)

	Three months ended									Year ended
	December 31, 2012			September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011			December 31, 2012			December 31, 2011

NON-GAAP GROSS PROFIT:
GAAP gross profit	$	14,050		$	20,616		$	12,274		$	61,260		$	50,085
Stock-based compensation expense		248			228			120			800			503
Amortization of purchased intangible assets		642			616			532			2,472			598
Amortization of acquisition-related fixed asset step-up		225			243			292			1,512			292
Amortization of acquisition-related inventory step-up		-			-			215			-			215
Acquisition-related costs		50			40			12			148			12
Non-GAAP gross profit	$	15,215		$	21,743		$	13,445		$	66,192		$	51,705
Non-GAAP gross margin (% of revenue)		24.5	%		32.9	%		23.5	%		27.0	%		25.7	%

NON-GAAP INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS:
GAAP income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(2,961	)	$	723		$	(22,832	)	$	(17,672	)	$	(15,390	)
Stock-based compensation expense		1,343			1,282			740			4,777			3,108
Amortization of purchased intangible assets		963			937			858			3,788			1,592
Amortization of acquisition-related fixed asset step-up		356			386			427			2,480			427
Amortization of acquisition-related inventory step-up		-			-			215			-			215
Acquisition-related costs		629			240			1,089			2,648			1,426
Gain on sale of shares of an unconsolidated investee, net of direct cost		-			-			-			-			(13,829	)
Restructuring charges		(91	)		2			1,297			68			1,297
Fair value adjustment to contingent consideration		(308	)		(850	)		(1,287	)		(554	)		(1,287	)
Goodwill impairment charge		-			-			13,106			-			13,106
Income tax effect of Non-GAAP adjustments		(56	)		(67	)		(6	)		(202	)		(227	)
Non-GAAP income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(125	)	$	2,653		$	(6,393	)	$	(4,667	)	$	(9,562	)

ADJUSTED EBITDA:
GAAP income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(2,961	)	$	723		$	(22,832	)	$	(17,672	)	$	(15,390	)
Stock-based compensation expense		1,343			1,282			740			4,777			3,108
Amortization of purchased intangible assets		963			937			858			3,788			1,592
Amortization of acquisition-related fixed asset step-up		356			386			427			2,480			427
Amortization of acquisition-related inventory step-up		-			-			215			-			215
Acquisition-related costs		629			240			1,089			2,648			1,426
Gain on sale of shares of an unconsolidated investee, net of direct cost		-			-			-			-			(13,829	)
Restructuring charges		(91	)		2			1,297			68			1,297
Fair value adjustment to contingent consideration		(308	)		(850	)		(1,287	)		(554	)		(1,287	)
Goodwill impairment charge		-			-			13,106			-			13,106
Interest (income) expense, net		(34	)		(12	)		(61	)		(24	)		15
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		476			571			(22	)		1,364			1,155
Depreciation expense		3,095			3,151			3,470			12,444			10,844
Adjusted EBITDA	$	3,468		$	6,430		$	(3,000	)	$	9,319		$	2,679

NON-GAAP DILUTED INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS:
GAAP diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	(0.10	)	$	0.02		$	(0.92	)	$	(0.62	)	$	(1.45	)

Non-GAAP diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	(0.00	)	$	0.08		$	(0.26	)	$	(0.16	)	$	(0.40	)

SHARES USED TO COMPUTE NON-GAAP DILUTED INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS:
Shares used to compute GAAP diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations		30,414,735			30,611,304			24,807,478			28,529,849			22,359,802
Shares used to compute non-GAAP diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations		30,414,735			31,393,431			24,807,478			28,529,849			24,027,658

Source: NeoPhotonics Corporation

JD Fay, Chief Financial Officer
NeoPhotonics Corporation
408-895-6086
or
Erica Mannion, Investor Relations
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