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Innoviz Technologies Provides Commercial Updates and Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial ResultsNew customer win in Asia expands Innoviz's geographic footprint and adds new leading autonomous driving platform partner Innoviz grew its forward-looking order book to $6.9 billion, upgraded production throughput, shipped D-Sample units to customers, and accelerated its momentum in non-automotive markets TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INVZ) (the "Company" or "Innoviz"), a Tier-1 supplier of high-performance, solid-state LiDAR sensors and perception software, today provided updates on commercial progress, technology leadership, and corporate developments and reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.
Management Commentary "Our results in the third quarter underscore our ongoing strategic execution and the substantial progress we are making to strengthen our position as a Tier-1 supplier to the world's top car makers, along with a rapidly growing list of non-automotive customers," said Omer Keilaf, CEO of Innoviz. "We are proud of our latest OEM program win in Asia and our recent customer momentum, having posted a win in back-to-back quarters. We are encouraged by our robust pipeline, which includes many of the world's largest OEMs, in addition to the well-known names that are already in our order book. We are excited with where Innoviz stands today, and as we look ahead, we are confident in our ability to maintain our position as a leader in our industry as we continue to deliver for our customers." Commercial Progress As previously announced on September 8, 2022, an Asia-based, emerging global EV leader selected Innoviz to serve as its direct LiDAR supplier for series production passenger vehicles. Innoviz plans to supply the emerging EV leader with the InnovizTwo LiDAR sensor for its production vehicles, further strengthening the Company's leadership in L3 automation around the world.
Innoviz is accelerating its production and design efforts and positioning the business to continue growing and delivering for customers across the automotive space.
Technology Leadership Innoviz remains committed to investing in technology development and perception software.
Innoviz also remains focused on leveraging the maturity of InnovizOne to benefit non-automotive segments, expanding its global market reach further beyond the automotive industry. During the quarter, Innoviz announced three new strategic projects with existing and new non-automotive partners:
Corporate Developments To better position itself for long-term growth, Innoviz moved its corporate headquarters to a new facility in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel. The move included the Company's Israel-based production lines, and the resulting downtime and re-installation was used for meaningful improvements in its systems. These upgrades have resulted in substantially reduced cycle times and a significant improvement in throughput for the calibration and testing processes. The move has eliminated a key bottleneck in the overall production process that will enable more InnovizOne units to be sold into non-automotive markets beginning in the fourth quarter of 2022 and ramping into 2023. Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results Revenues in the third quarter of 2022 were $0.9 million, compared to $2.1 million in the third quarter of 2021, with revenues impacted primarily by downtime from the Company's headquarter move and related testing and calibration system upgrades. The Company expects InnovizOne sales to normalize in the fourth quarter of 2022. Operating expenses in the third quarter of 2022 were $31.3 million, compared to $30.0 million in the third quarter of 2021. Operating expenses in the third quarter of 2022 included $4.9 million of share-based compensation compared to $8.2 million of share-based compensation in the third quarter of 2021. The increase in operating expenses in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter of 2021 was primarily due to an increase in head count, partially offset by a decrease in share-based compensation. Research and development expenses in the third quarter of 2022 were $24.2 million, an increase from $20.6 million in the third quarter of 2021. Research and development expenses in the third quarter of 2022 included $3.2 million attributable to share-based compensation compared to $3.7 million in the third quarter of 2021. Innoviz maintains a high liquidity level with approximately $218 million in cash, short term deposits, short term restricted cash and marketable securities as of September 30, 2022. Guidance Innoviz reaffirms the following 2022 guidance it has previously provided:
Conference Call Innoviz management will hold a web conference today, November 9, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time (6:00 a.m. Pacific time) to discuss these results. Innoviz CEO Omer Keilaf and CFO Eldar Cegla will host the call, followed by a question-and-answer session. Investors are invited to attend by registering in advance here. All relevant information will be sent upon registration. A replay of the webinar will also be available shortly after the call in the Investors section of Innoviz's website for 90 days. About Innoviz Technologies Innoviz is a global leader in LiDAR technology, working towards a future with safe autonomous vehicles on the world's roads. Innoviz's LiDAR and perception software "see" better than a human driver and reduce the possibility of error, meeting the automotive industry's strictest expectations for performance and safety. Operating across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Innoviz has been selected by internationally recognized premium car brands for use in consumer vehicles as well as by other commercial and industrial leaders for a wide range of use cases. For more information, visit www.innoviz-tech.com Join the discussion: Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter Media Contact Investor Contact (US) Investor Contact (Israel) Forward Looking Statements This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding the services offered by Innoviz, the anticipated technological capability of Innoviz's products, the markets in which Innoviz operates, Innoviz's forward-looking order book, and Innoviz's projected future results. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. "Forward-looking order book" is the cumulative projected future sales of hardware and perception software based on current estimates of volumes and pricing relating to a project. Many factors could cause actual future events, and, in the case of our forward-looking order book, actual orders, to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this announcement including but not limited to, the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, the ability to convert design wins into definitive orders and the magnitude of such orders, the ability to identify and realize additional opportunities, and potential changes and developments in the highly competitive LiDAR technology and related industries. The foregoing list is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider such risk and the other risks and uncertainties described in Innoviz's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 30, 2022 and other documents filed by Innoviz from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Innoviz assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Innoviz gives no assurance that it will achieve its expectations.
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