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NEWS RELEASE

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LSI Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Results

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 22, 2014 – LSI Corporation (NASDAQ: LSI) today reported results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013.

On December 15, 2013, LSI entered into a definitive agreement with Avago Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: AVGO) under which Avago has agreed to acquire LSI for $11.15 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.6 billion. In anticipation of this transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of 2014, LSI will not issue financial guidance for the upcoming quarter or conduct a fourth quarter results conference call. LSI has also discontinued its quarterly dividend and stock repurchases.

Fourth Quarter 2013 Financial Highlights

 

    Fourth quarter 2013 revenues of $605 million

 

    Fourth quarter 2013 GAAP* net income of $0.08 per diluted share

 

    Fourth quarter 2013 non-GAAP** net income of $0.20 per diluted share

 

    Fourth quarter 2013 operating cash flows of $134 million

 

    Fourth quarter operating expenses of $271 million on a GAAP basis and $225 million on a non-GAAP basis

Full Year 2013 Financial Highlights

 

    2013 full year revenue of $2.37 billion

 

    2013 full year earnings per diluted share of $0.22 on a GAAP basis and $0.68 on a non-GAAP basis


    2013 full year gross margins of 51.1% on a GAAP basis and 54.9% on a non-GAAP basis

 

    2013 full year operating cash flows of $338 million

 

    2013 year-end cash and short-term investments of $810 million

“We ended the year on a strong note, with solid quarterly results and the announcement of Avago’s proposed acquisition of LSI,” said Abhi Talwalkar, LSI’s president and CEO. “Our employees did a great job in the quarter and in the year, bringing several exciting new products to market and expanding our capabilities to better serve our growing customer base in flash storage, datacenters and mobile networks.”

Additional 2013 Business Highlights

 

    Fourth quarter storage revenues were $482 million, networking revenues were $93 million and IP revenue was $30 million.

 

    Established position as the No. 2 provider in the rapidly growing PCIe flash adapter market segment with over 100% growth over 2012 and greater than 100,000 lifetime units shipped.

 

    Began sampling next-generation SF3700 SandForce® controllers, LSI’s third generation of flash controllers specifically architected to bring out the full performance of PCIe technology.

 

    Strong penetration of ARM-based Axxia® products into base stations, including small cells, and into enterprise and datacenter networking applications. Revenue from networking growth areas was up 5% over prior year.

 

    Won supplier of the year award at Cisco, with more than 10 unique designs in development.

 

    Began shipments of 28nm enterprise SoCs to three of four hard disk drive OEMs, and volume SoCs into a new client customer.

 

    Extended SAS and RAID leadership and first to ship 12Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip and I/O controller solutions, leading the 6Gb to 12Gb market transition.

Fourth quarter 2013 revenues were $605 million, compared to $600 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 and $607 million in the third quarter of 2013.

Fourth quarter 2013 GAAP net income was $45 million or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to fourth quarter 2012 GAAP net income of $23 million or $0.04 per diluted share. Third quarter 2013 GAAP net income was $37 million or $0.06 per diluted share.


Fourth quarter 2013 GAAP net income included a net charge of $68 million from special items, consisting primarily of approximately $30 million of amortization of acquisition-related items, $21 million of stock-based compensation expense, and $17 million of net restructuring and other items, including merger related costs.

Fourth quarter 2013 non-GAAP net income was $113 million or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to fourth quarter 2012 non-GAAP net income of $101 million or $0.18 per diluted share. Third quarter 2013 non-GAAP net income was $93 million or $0.17 per diluted share.

Our tax provision on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis can vary significantly quarter to quarter based on our profitability in different geographic tax jurisdictions and certain discrete items. We experienced such events in the fourth quarter with the expiration of certain statutes of limitations that resulted in a non-cash net tax benefit of $2 million for the period versus the provision of $7 million we guided to in October.

Server and storage semiconductors represented 80% of total revenues for the fourth quarter.

Cash and short-term investments totaled approximately $810 million at quarter end. LSI did not repurchase any shares in the fourth quarter.

 

* Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
** Excludes stock-based compensation, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, purchase accounting effect on inventory, restructuring of operations and other items, net, gain on remeasurement of a pre-acquisition equity interest to fair value, and gain/loss on sale/write-down of investments. It also excludes the income tax effect associated with the above-mentioned items.

Forward-Looking Statements: This news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on the current opinions and estimates of management. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause LSI’s actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the risk that the conditions to the closing of the merger of LSI and a subsidiary of Avago are not satisfied (including a failure of the stockholders of LSI to approve, on a timely basis or otherwise, the merger and the risk that regulatory approvals required for the merger, including clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, are not obtained, on a timely basis or otherwise, or are obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated); litigation relating to the merger; uncertainties as to the timing of the consummation of the merger and the ability of each of LSI and Avago to consummate the merger; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts the current plans and operations of LSI; the ability of LSI to retain and hire key personnel; competitive responses to the proposed merger; unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the merger; the failure by Avago to obtain the necessary debt financing arrangements set forth in the commitment letters received in connection with the merger; potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of the merger; legislative, regulatory and economic developments; our ability to achieve anticipated synergies and to develop integrated new products following our acquisition of SandForce; our reliance on major customers and suppliers; our ability to keep up with rapid technological change; our ability to compete successfully in competitive markets; fluctuations in the timing and volumes of customer demand; the unavailability of appropriate


levels of manufacturing capacity; and general industry and macro-economic conditions. For additional information, see the documents filed by LSI with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and specifically the risk factors set forth in the company’s most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q. LSI disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

About LSI

LSI Corporation (NASDAQ: LSI) designs semiconductors and software that accelerate storage and networking in datacenters, mobile networks and client computing. Our technology is the intelligence critical to enhanced application performance, and is applied in solutions created in collaboration with our partners. More information is available at www.lsi.com.

LSI, the LSI & Design logo, Storage.Networking.Accelerated., SandForce and Axxia are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

All other brand or product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

 

Investor Relations Contact:      Media Relations Contact:

Sujal Shah

610-712-5471

sujal.shah@lsi.com

    

Dave Miller

408-712-7813

dave.c.miller@lsi.com

Additional Information and Where to Find It; Participants in Solicitation

This communication is being made in respect of the proposed transaction involving LSI Corporation (“LSI”) and Avago Technologies Limited (“Avago”). The proposed transaction will be submitted to the stockholders of LSI for their consideration. In connection with the proposed transaction, LSI will prepare a proxy statement to be filed with the SEC. LSI and Avago also plan to file with the SEC other documents regarding the proposed transaction. LSI’S SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. When completed, a definitive proxy statement and a form of proxy will be mailed to the stockholders of LSI. Investors will be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the proxy statement and other relevant documents (when available) filed with the SEC from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Investors will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy of the proxy statement and other relevant documents (when available) by going to www.lsiproxy.com, by writing to LSI Corporation, 1110 American Parkway NE, Allentown, PA 18109, Attn: Response Center, or by calling 1 (800) 372-2447.

LSI and Avago and their respective directors, executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from LSI’s stockholders with respect to the meeting of stockholders that will be held to consider the proposed Merger. Information regarding LSI’s directors and executive officers is contained in LSI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, the proxy statement for LSI’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 28, 2013, and subsequent filings which LSI has made with the SEC. Information regarding Avago’s directors and executive officers is contained in Avago’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 28, 2012, the proxy statement for the Avago’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on February 20, 2013, and subsequent filings which Avago has made with the SEC. Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interests of LSI and its directors and executive officers in the proposed Merger, which may be different than those of LSI’s stockholders generally, by reading the proxy statement and other relevant documents regarding the proposed Merger, when it becomes available. You may obtain free copies of this document as described in the preceding paragraph.


LSI CORPORATION

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In millions)

(Unaudited)

 

     December 31,     September 29,     December 31,  
     2013     2013     2012  

Assets

      

Current assets:

      

Cash and short-term investments

   $ 809.8      $ 664.6      $ 676.0   

Accounts receivable, net

     270.8        292.6        264.1   

Inventories

     156.3        170.1        206.3   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     71.7        66.7        80.4   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     1,308.6        1,194.0        1,226.8   

Property and equipment, net

     302.3        286.9        269.7   

Goodwill and identified intangible assets, net

     622.6        652.2        741.1   

Other assets

     128.2        118.2        118.6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 2,361.7      $ 2,251.3      $ 2,356.2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

      

Current liabilities

   $ 483.0      $ 460.1      $ 516.9   

Pension, tax and other liabilities

     443.0        638.7        679.6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     926.0        1,098.8        1,196.5   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

      

Common stock and additional paid-in capital

     5,576.0        5,503.8        5,578.8   

Accumulated deficit

     (3,749.0     (3,777.5     (3,840.8

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (391.3     (573.8     (578.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     1,435.7        1,152.5        1,159.7   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 2,361.7      $ 2,251.3      $ 2,356.2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


LSI CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Operations (GAAP)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended      Year Ended  
     December 31,     September 29,      December 31,      December 31,      December 31,  
     2013     2013      2012      2013      2012  

Revenues

   $ 605,067      $ 606,943       $ 600,128       $ 2,370,229       $ 2,506,087   

Cost of revenues

     272,284        272,458         275,538         1,069,594         1,162,414   

Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles

     19,746        19,746         21,318         78,984         85,404   

Purchase accounting effect on inventory

     —          —           —           —           14,458   

Stock-based compensation expense

     2,203        2,059         2,858         9,374         11,946   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cost of revenues

     294,233        294,263         299,714         1,157,952         1,274,222   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross profit

     310,834        312,680         300,414         1,212,277         1,231,865   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Research and development

     162,691        163,486         165,758         651,902         643,230   

Stock-based compensation expense

     9,628        8,810         11,613         40,466         47,064   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total research and development

     172,319        172,296         177,371         692,368         690,294   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative

     62,437        66,199         64,919         265,526         270,965   

Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles

     9,883        9,883         8,667         39,532         34,668   

Stock-based compensation expense

     8,757        9,340         10,291         38,368         49,290   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total selling, general and administrative

     81,077        85,422         83,877         343,426         354,923   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Restructuring of operations and other items, net

     17,405        6,739         22,917         52,403         49,091   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income from operations

     40,033        48,223         16,249         124,080         137,557   

Interest income and other, net

     2,746        836         7,606         13,710         37,711   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     42,779        49,059         23,855         137,790         175,268   

(Benefit from)/provision for income taxes

     (2,264     12,500         1,202         13,136         (20,960
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 45,043      $ 36,559       $ 22,653       $ 124,654       $ 196,228   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income per share:

             

Basic

   $ 0.08      $ 0.07       $ 0.04       $ 0.23       $ 0.35   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 0.08      $ 0.06       $ 0.04       $ 0.22       $ 0.34   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares used in computing per share amounts:

             

Basic

     547,347        545,451         552,761         547,817         559,459   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

     570,206        563,621         568,611         567,479         580,548   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reconciliations of certain GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures are included below.

 

     Three Months Ended      Year Ended  
     December 31,      September 29,      December 31,      December 31,      December 31,  
     2013      2013      2012      2013      2012  

Reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP net income:

              

GAAP net income

   $ 45,043       $ 36,559       $ 22,653       $ 124,654       $ 196,228   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Special items:

              

a) Stock-based compensation expense - cost of revenues

     2,203         2,059         2,858         9,374         11,946   

b) Stock-based compensation expense - R&D

     9,628         8,810         11,613         40,466         47,064   

c) Stock-based compensation expense - SG&A

     8,757         9,340         10,291         38,368         49,290   

d) Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles - cost of revenues

     19,746         19,746         21,318         78,984         85,404   

e) Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles - SG&A

     9,883         9,883         8,667         39,532         34,668   

f) Purchase accounting effect on inventory

     —           —           —           —           14,458   

g) Restructuring of operations and other items, net

     17,405         6,739         22,917         52,403         49,091   

h) Gain on sale of investments

     —           —           —           —           (2,550

i) Gain on re-measurement of a pre-acquisition equity interest to fair value

     —           —           —           —           (5,765

j) Income tax effect

     —           —           833         —           (42,365
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total special items

     67,622         56,577         78,497         259,127         241,241   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income

   $ 112,665       $ 93,136       $ 101,150       $ 383,781       $ 437,469   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-GAAP income per share:

              

Basic

   $ 0.21       $ 0.17       $ 0.18       $ 0.70       $ 0.78   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 0.20       $ 0.17       $ 0.18       $ 0.68       $ 0.75   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares used in computing non-GAAP per share amounts:

              

Basic

     547,347         545,451         552,761         547,817         559,459   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

     570,206         563,621         568,611         567,479         580,548   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


LSI CORPORATION

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended     Year Ended  
     December 31,     September 29,     December 31,     December 31,     December 31,  
     2013     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Operating activities:

          

Net income

   $ 45,043      $ 36,559      $ 22,653      $ 124,654      $ 196,228   

Adjustments:

          

Depreciation and amortization

     45,111        46,335        44,166        181,278        180,484   

Stock-based compensation expense

     20,588        20,209        24,762        88,208        108,300   

Non-cash restructuring of operations and other items, net

     247        85        221        6,662        5,960   

Gain on sale of investments

     —          —          —          —          (2,550

Gain on re-measurement of a pre-acquisition equity interest to fair value

     —          —          —          —          (5,765

(Gain)/loss on sale of property and equipment

     —          (54     (46     (58     2,528   

Unrealized foreign exchange loss/(gain)

     425        (1,452     (518     (3,281     (598

Deferred taxes

     (23,745     (416     (9,972     (24,212     (53,218

Changes in assets and liabilities, net of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combination:

          

Accounts receivable

     21,718        (50,605     (7,620     (7,197     (6,689

Inventories

     13,837        3,436        2,748        49,843        (2,116

Prepaid expenses, assets held for sale and other assets

     (13,956     (1,398     (16,850     (24,471     (17,570

Accounts payable

     5,980        (28,186     23,208        (32,807     27,543   

Accrued and other liabilities

     18,968        38,416        12,103        (20,824     (58,378
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     134,216        62,929        94,855        337,795        374,159   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities:

          

Purchases of debt securities available-for-sale

     (43,300     (45,941     (37,206     (206,419     (131,662

Proceeds from maturities and sales of debt securities available-for-sale

     40,732        42,686        28,320        134,435        57,843   

Purchases of other investments

     (800     —          (500     (1,550     (500

Proceeds from sale of other investments

     —          —          —          —          2,550   

Purchases of property and equipment

     (21,521     (21,697     (27,494     (86,575     (130,779

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

     155        183        67        420        1,693   

Increase in non-current assets

     —          (3,821     —          (3,821     —     

Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired

     —          —          —          —          (319,231
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (24,734     (28,590     (36,813     (163,510     (520,086
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities:

          

Issuance of common stock

     52,798        9,416        20,985        94,103        111,628   

Payment of dividends to stockholders

     (16,478     (16,311     —          (32,789     —     

Purchases of common stock under repurchase program

     —          (41,207     (46,338     (163,487     (272,585
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities

     36,320        (48,102     (25,353     (102,173     (160,957
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     715        443        (1,668     (872     (1,399
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

     146,517        (13,320     31,021        71,240        (308,283

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     396,251        409,571        440,507        471,528        779,811   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 542,768      $ 396,251      $ 471,528      $ 542,768      $ 471,528