NXP Semiconductors Reports First Quarter 2014 Results

EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 04/23/14 -- NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI)

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2014, ended March 30, 2014, and provided guidance for the second quarter 2014.

"Our results for the first quarter of 2014 were very good, above the mid-point of our guidance, as NXP delivered Product revenue of $1,207 million, a 14 percent increase from the prior year period and a 4 percent sequential decline. Total NXP revenue in the first quarter was $1,246 million, a 15 percent increase year-on-year, and a 4 percent sequential decline, slightly better than typical seasonal decline," said Richard Clemmer, NXP Chief Executive Officer.

"Our HPMS segment performed better than expected during the first quarter, resulting in 18 percent year-on-year growth, though declining about 5 percent sequentially -- this after a better than seasonally strong fourth quarter. Performance within our Automotive business was better than our initial expectations, resulting in 20 percent year-on-year growth primarily due to better than expected demand for in-vehicle networking solutions. Similarly, within our Identification business, revenue performance was better than planned resulting in 6 percent year-on-year growth due to improved demand for infrastructure and mobile payment products. In our Portable & Computing business, our results were near the high end of expectations, reflecting 45 percent growth versus the prior year. Within our Industrial & Infrastructure business, revenue performance was slightly below plan but still up 19 percent year-on-year. Within our Standard products segment, revenue performance was incrementally better than originally planned.

"During the quarter, non-GAAP, diluted earnings per share were $0.98, above the mid-point of guidance due to the combination of better product revenue; positive product mix; and offset by slightly higher operating expenses. Taken together, NXP generated $223 million in free cash flow during the quarter, representing 18 percent non-GAAP free cash flow margin. Additionally, we repurchased 8.3 million shares during the quarter, executing on our commitment to aggressively and opportunistically return cash to shareholders via our share repurchase program. In summary the first quarter results were better than anticipated, and we believe NXP is ideally positioned to continue to deliver solid revenue growth, strong earnings and robust free cash flow in future periods," said Clemmer.

Additional and Subsequent Information for the First Quarter of 2014:

• On February 6, 2014, NXP announced that it, effective same date, expanded its existing stock repurchase program. Under the expanded stock repurchase program, NXP may repurchase up to twenty-five (25) million shares of its common stock from time to time in both privately negotiated and open market transactions, subject to management's evaluation of market conditions, terms of private transactions, the best interests of NXP shareholders, applicable legal requirements and other factors.
• NXP repurchased approximately 8.3 million shares in the first quarter of 2014 for a total cost of approximately $458 million.
• Net cash interest paid in the first quarter of 2014 was $45 million, versus $54 million in the prior year period.
• On February 14, 2014, NXP entered into a new $400 million aggregate principal amount senior secured term loan facility due March 4, 2017. Concurrently, NXP called the $486 million principal amount senior secured term loan facility due March 4, 2017. A $100 million draw-down under our existing revolving credit facility was used to settle the combined transactions, as well as pay the related call premium of $5 million and accrued interest of $4 million. Approximately $5 million will be used for general corporate purposes.
• SSMC, NXP's consolidated joint-venture wafer fab with TSMC, reported first quarter 2014 operating income of $36 million, EBITDA of $48 million and a closing cash balance of $396 million.
• Utilization in NXP wafer fabs averaged 93 percent in the first quarter of 2014 compared to 83 percent in the prior year period and 95 percent in the prior quarter.

Discussion of GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations
In addition to providing financial information on a basis consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), NXP also provides the following selected financial measures on a non-GAAP basis: (i) "non-GAAP gross profit," (ii) "non-GAAP gross margin," (iii) "non-GAAP Research and development," (iv) "non-GAAP Selling, general and administrative," (v) non-GAAP Other income," (vi) "non-GAAP operating income (loss)," (vii) "non-GAAP operating margin," (viii) "non-GAAP net income/ (loss)," (ix) "PPA effects," (x) "Restructuring costs," (xi) "Stock based compensation," (xii) "Other incidental items," (xiii) "non-GAAP Financial Income (expense)," (xiv) "non-GAAP Results relating to equity-accounted investees," (xv) "non-GAAP Cash tax (expense)," (xvi) "diluted non-GAAP EPS," (xvii) "EBITDA," "adjusted EBITDA" and "trailing 12 month adjusted EBITDA," (xviii) "net debt" and (xix) "non-GAAP free cash flow."

In this release, references to:

• "non-GAAP gross profit," "non-GAAP research and development," "non-GAAP Selling, general and administrative," "non-GAAP Other income," "non-GAAP operating income (loss)," and "non-GAAP net income/ (loss)" are to NXP's gross profit, research and development, selling general and administrative, operating income and net income/ (loss) calculated on a basis consistent with GAAP, net of the effects of purchase price accounting ("PPA"), restructuring costs, stock-based compensation, other incidental items and certain other adjustments. "PPA effects" reflect the fair value adjustments impacting acquisition accounting and other acquisition adjustments charged to the income statement applied to the formation of NXP on September 29, 2006 and all subsequent acquisitions. "Restructuring costs" consist of costs related to restructuring programs and gains and losses resulting from divestment activities and impairment charges. "Stock based compensation" consists of incentive expense granted to eligible employees in the form of equity based instruments. "Other incidental items" consist of process and product transfer costs (which refer to the costs incurred in transferring a production process and products from one manufacturing site to another) and certain charges related to acquisitions and divestitures. "Other adjustments" include or exclude certain items that management believes provides insight into our core operating results, our ability to generate cash and underlying business trends affecting our performance.
  
  
• "non-GAAP gross margin" and "non-GAAP operating margin" are to our non-GAAP gross profit or our non-GAAP operating income as a percentage of our sales, respectively;
  
  
• "non-GAAP Financial Income (expense)" is the interest income or expense net of impacts due to foreign exchange changes on our Euro-denominated debt, gains or losses due to the extinguishment of long-term debt and less other financial expenses deemed to be one-time in nature;
  
  
• "non-GAAP Cash tax (expense)" is the difference between our GAAP tax provision and the cash taxes paid during the period;
  
  
• "diluted non-GAAP EPS" attributable to stockholders are to non-GAAP net income or loss attributable to NXP's stockholders, divided by the diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, adjusted for treasury shares held;
  
  
• "EBITDA" are to NXP's earnings before financial income (expense), taxes, depreciation and amortization. "EBITDA" excludes certain tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us, does not reflect any cash capital expenditure requirements for the assets being depreciated and amortized that may have to be replaced in the future, does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs and does not reflect the significant financial expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest payments, on our debts;
  
  
• "adjusted EBITDA" is to EBITDA after adjustments for "restructuring costs," "stock-based compensation," "other incidental items," "other adjustments" and results related to equity accounted investees;
  
  
• "trailing 12 month adjusted EBITDA" are to adjusted EBITDA for the last 12 months;
  
  
• "net debt" is to the sum total of long and short term debt less total cash and cash equivalents, as reflected on the balance sheet;
  
  
• "non-GAAP free cash flow" is the sum of our Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities and our net Capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment, as reflected on the cash flow statement.
  
  

Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable measures calculated in accordance with GAAP are provided in the financial statements portion of this release in a schedule entitled "Financial Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Results (unaudited)."

NXP provides non-GAAP measures because management believes that they are helpful to understand the underlying operating and profit structure of NXP's operations, to provide additional insight as to how management assesses the performance and allocation of resources among its various segments and because the financial community uses them in its analysis of NXP's operating and/or financial performance, historical results and projections of NXP's future operating results. NXP presents "non-GAAP gross profit," "non-GAAP research and development," "non-GAAP Selling, general and administrative," "non-GAAP Other income," "non-GAAP operating income," "non-GAAP net income/ (loss)," "non-GAAP gross margin," "non-GAAP operating margin" and "non-GAAP EPS" because these financials measures are net of "PPA effects," "restructuring costs," "stock based compensation," "other incidental items," and "other adjustments" which have affected the comparability of NXP's results over the years. NXP presents "EBITDA," "adjusted EBITDA" and "trailing 12 month adjusted EBITDA" because these financials measures enhance an investor's understanding of NXP's financial performance.

Non-GAAP measures should not be considered a substitute for any information derived or calculated in accordance with GAAP, are not intended to be measures of financial performance or condition, liquidity, profitability or operating cash flows in accordance with GAAP, and should not be considered as alternatives to net income (loss), operating income or any other performance measures determined in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures can vary from other participants in the semiconductor industry. They have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation for analysis of NXP's financial results as reported under GAAP.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

NXP will host a conference call on April 24, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (2:00 p.m. Central European Time) to discuss its first quarter 2014 financial results and provide an outlook for the second quarter of 2014.

Interested parties may join the conference call by dialing 1 - 800 - 638 - 4817 (within the U.S.) or 1 - 617 - 614 - 3943 (outside the U.S.). The participant pass-code is 49614953. To listen to a webcast of the event, please visit the Investor Relations section of the NXP website at www.nxp.com/investor. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay shortly after the call concludes.

About NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) creates solutions that enable secure connections for a smarter world. Building on its expertise in High Performance Mixed Signal electronics, NXP is driving innovation in the automotive, identification and mobile industries, and in application areas including wireless infrastructure, lighting, healthcare, industrial, consumer tech and computing. NXP has operations in more than 25 countries, and posted revenue of $4.82 billion in 2013. Find out more at www.nxp.com.

Forward-looking Statements
This document includes forward-looking statements which include statements regarding NXP's business strategy, financial condition, results of operations, and market data, as well as any other statements which are not historical facts. By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to numerous factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those projected. These factors, risks and uncertainties include the following: market demand and semiconductor industry conditions; the ability to successfully introduce new technologies and products; the end-market demand for the goods into which NXP's products are incorporated; the ability to generate sufficient cash, raise sufficient capital or refinance corporate debt at or before maturity; the ability to meet the combination of corporate debt service, research and development and capital investment requirements; the ability to accurately estimate demand and match manufacturing production capacity accordingly or obtain supplies from third-party producers; the access to production capacity from third-party outsourcing partners; any events that might affect third-party business partners or NXP's relationship with them; the ability to secure adequate and timely supply of equipment and materials from suppliers; the ability to avoid operational problems and product defects and, if such issues were to arise, to correct them quickly; the ability to form strategic partnerships and joint ventures and to successfully cooperate with alliance partners; the ability to win competitive bid selection processes to develop products for use in customers' equipment and products; the ability to successfully establish a brand identity; the ability to successfully hire and retain key management and senior product architects; and, the ability to maintain good relationships with our suppliers. In addition, this document contains information concerning the semiconductor industry and NXP's business segments generally, which is forward-looking in nature and is based on a variety of assumptions regarding the ways in which the semiconductor industry, NXP's market segments and product areas may develop. NXP has based these assumptions on information currently available, if any one or more of these assumptions turn out to be incorrect, actual market results may differ from those predicted. While NXP does not know what impact any such differences may have on its business, if there are such differences, its future results of operations and its financial condition could be materially adversely affected. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak to results only as of the date the statements were made. Except for any ongoing obligation to disclose material information as required by the United States federal securities laws, NXP does not have any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after we distribute this document, whether to reflect any future events or circumstances or otherwise. For a discussion of potential risks and uncertainties, please refer to the risk factors listed in our SEC filings. Copies of our SEC filings are available on our Investor Relations website, www.nxp.com/investor or from the SEC website, www.sec.gov.

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