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Vitesse Reports Operating Profitability for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012CAMARILLO, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012, ended September 30, 2012. "Vitesse achieved our goal of operating profitability in the fourth quarter and for fiscal year 2012," said Chris Gardner, CEO of Vitesse. "In 2012, we demonstrated organizational agility in a tough market environment and increased operating income by over $12 million compared to 2011. We improved our financial leverage, reducing overall year-over-year operating expenses by 27%, and increased our cash position by nearly $7 million, or 38%. In addition, our continued investment in R&D allowed us to dramatically scale our product feature set and capabilities to meet evolving market needs. The introduction of Vitesse's patented VeriTime™ synchronization technology for 4G/LTE drove growth in our new product portfolio and reinforced our product leadership. "In fiscal year 2012, Vitesse's total new product revenue increased 111% from fiscal year 2011. Looking ahead, these new products will drive our growth. In the last two years, we captured over 600 design wins with an estimated lifetime revenue of $500 million. Nearly 50 percent of our design wins were in the new IP Edge market, particularly Mobile Access, capturing multiple wins with nine of the market share leaders. We continue to expect revenues from our new products to double from 2012 to 2013 and double again in 2014." Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results Summary
Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results Summary
Balance Sheet Data at September 30, 2012 as Compared to September 30, 2011
Financial Outlook For the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, ending December 31, 2012, Vitesse expects revenues to be in the range of $25.0 million to $27.0 million and product margins are expected to be between 54% and 57%. Operating expenses are expected to be between $18.0 million and $19.0 million. The Company's long-term operating model, which assumes a quarterly-revenue run rate of $43 million or more, and is stated as a percentage of product revenue, targets:
The Company defines EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Management uses EBITDA measures internally to evaluate the Company's operating performance before charges that are considered by management to be outside of the Company's core operating results. In addition, the measures are used for planning and forecasting of the Company's future periods. December 4, 2012 Conference Call Information A conference call is scheduled for today, December 4, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to report financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012. To listen to the conference call via telephone, dial 888.438.5535 (U.S. toll-free) or 719.457.1035 (International) and provide the passcode 8148011. Participants should dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. To listen via the Internet, the webcast can be accessed through the investor section of the Vitesse corporate web site at investor.vitesse.com/events.cfm. The playback of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the call concludes and will be accessible on the Vitesse corporate web site or by calling 877.870.5176 (U.S. toll-free) or 858.384.5517 (International) and entering the passcode 8148011. The audio replay will be available for seven days. About Vitesse Vitesse (NASDAQ: VTSS) designs a diverse portfolio of high-performance semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks worldwide. Vitesse products enable the fastest-growing network infrastructure markets including Mobile Access/IP Edge, Cloud Computing and SMB/SME Enterprise Networking. Visit www.vitesse.com or follow us on Twitter @VitesseSemi. Vitesse is a registered trademark and VeriTime is a trademark of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders. VTSS-F Cautions Regarding Forward Looking Statements All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release and the related conference call for analysts and investors, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements that are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our business and industry, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," and similar terms, and variations or negatives of these words. Examples of forward-looking statements in this release include the Company's financial outlook for its first fiscal quarter of 2013, the Company's long-term operating model, projected revenues from design wins and anticipated revenue growth. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the Company's actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors and uncertainties that could affect the Company's forward-looking statements include, among other things: identification of feasible new product initiatives, management of R&D efforts and the resulting successful development of new products and product platforms; acceptance by customers of the Company's products; reliance on key suppliers; rapid technological change in the industries in which the Company operates; and competitive factors, including pricing pressures and the introduction by others of new products with similar or better functionality than the Company's products. These and other risks are more fully described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which should be read in conjunction herewith for a further discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Non-GAAP Measures A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, nor are they a substitute for, GAAP measures. Other companies may use different non-GAAP measures and presentation of results. We provide non-GAAP measures of non-GAAP income (loss) from operations and non-GAAP net income (loss) as a supplement to financial results based on GAAP income from operations and GAAP net income. The Company believes that the additional non-GAAP measures are useful to investors for the purpose of financial analysis. We believe the presentation of non-GAAP measures provides investors with additional insight into underlying operating results and prospects for the future by excluding gains, losses and other charges that are considered by management to be outside of the Company's core operating results. Management uses these measures internally to evaluate the Company's in-period operating performance before taking into account these non-operating gains, losses and charges. In addition, the measures are used for planning and forecasting of the Company's performance in future periods. In deriving non-GAAP income (loss) from operations from GAAP income (loss) from operations, we exclude stock-based compensation charges, amortization of intangible assets, as well as restructuring and impairment charges. In deriving non-GAAP net income (loss) from GAAP net income (loss), we further exclude gain or loss on the embedded derivative and loss on extinguishment of debt. Stock-based compensation charges, amortization of intangible assets, gain or loss on the embedded derivative and loss on extinguishment of debt represent charges that recur in amounts unrelated to the Company's operations. Restructuring and impairment costs relate to strategic initiatives that result in short term increases in costs that end with the fulfillment of the initiative and cost reductions in future periods. The non-GAAP financial measures we provide have certain limitations because they do not reflect all of the costs associated with the operation of our business as determined in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP income (loss) from operations and Non-GAAP net income (loss) are in addition to, and are not a substitute for or superior to, income (loss) from operations and net income (loss), which are prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. A detailed reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is set forth below. Investors are encouraged to review these reconciliations to appropriately incorporate the non-GAAP measures and the limitations of these measures into their analyses. For complete information on stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, restructuring and impairment charges, and the change in the fair value of our embedded derivatives, please see our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2012.
* Included in the adjustments are calculations required by the two class method relative to participation rights of our preferred shares.
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