Finisar : Announces Seventh Consecutive Quarter of Revenue Growth and FY14 Annual Revenue Growth of 24%

SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/12/14 -- Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), a global technology leader for subsystems and components for fiber optic communications, today announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and full 2014 fiscal year ended April 27, 2014.

COMMENTARY

"I am pleased to report that fourth quarter revenues were $306.0 million, and annual fiscal 2014 revenues were $1,156.8 million, both new all-time records for Finisar. Quarterly revenues increased by $12.0 million, or 4.1%, over the third fiscal quarter and $62.6 million, or 25.7%, over the fourth fiscal quarter of the prior year. Quarterly revenues grew for the seventh consecutive quarter. Annual revenues increased by $222.5 million, or 23.8%, over the prior fiscal year," said Jerry Rawls, Finisar's executive Chairman of the Board.

"Demand for transceivers operating at 10Gb/s and faster continued to be strong during the quarter. Demand was also strong for our transceivers for LTE wireless applications. We continue to develop and release new products, which we expect will enable Finisar to expand our market share and continue to grow revenue," said Eitan Gertel, Finisar's Chief Executive Officer.

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Financial Statement Highlights for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014:

• Revenues increased to $306.0 million, up $12.0 million, or 4.1%, from $294.0 million in the preceding quarter.
  
  
• The sale of products for datacom applications increased by $12.6 million, or 6.0%, compared to the preceding quarter.
  
  
• The sale of products for telecom applications decreased by $0.6 million, or (0.7)%, compared to the preceding quarter, primarily driven by the impact of the full three months of the annual price reductions for telecom products that typically take effect on January 1st.
  
  
• GAAP gross margin decreased to 31.7% from 35.9% in the preceding quarter, primarily driven by the impact of the full three months of the annual price reductions for telecom products that typically take effect on January 1st as well as the impact of the u2t Photonics AG acquisition whose products carry a lower than corporate average gross margin.
  
  
• Non-GAAP gross margin decreased to 34.2% from 37.2% in the preceding quarter.
  
  
• GAAP operating income decreased $11.5 million to $21.6 million, or 7.0% of revenues, compared to $33.1 million, or 11.3% of revenues in the preceding quarter.
  
  
• Non-GAAP operating income decreased $7.4 million to $38.9 million, or 12.7% of revenues, compared to $46.3 million, or 15.7% of revenues, in the preceding quarter.
  
  
• GAAP net income includes an approximate $8.3 million gain realized on the sale of our majority owned subsidiary Finisar Korea Ltd. during the quarter. This gain is not included in non-GAAP net income.
  
  
• Cash, cash equivalents and short term investments decreased $41.7 million to $513.0 million at the end of the fourth quarter, compared to $554.7 million at the end of the preceding quarter, principally as the result of the acquisition of u2t Photonics AG, an increase in accounts receivable of $29.6 million and capital expenditures associated with the build out of the second building at our new manufacturing site in Wuxi China.
  
  

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Financial Statement Highlights for fiscal 2014:

• Revenues increased to $1,156.8 million, up $222.5 million, or 23.8%, from $934.3 million in the preceding year.
  
  
• The sale of products for datacom applications increased by $231.1 million, or 39.1%, compared to the preceding year.
  
  
• The sale of products for telecom applications decreased by $8.6 million, or (2.5)%, compared to the preceding year.
  
  
• GAAP gross margin increased to 34.3% from 27.5% in the preceding year.
  
  
• Non-GAAP gross margin increased to 35.9% from 30.9% in the preceding year.
  
  
• GAAP operating income increased $117.4 million to $111.9 million, or 9.7% of revenues, compared to operating loss $(5.6) million, or (0.6)% of revenues in the preceding year.
  
  
• Non-GAAP operating income increased $97.1 million to $162.3 million, or 14.0% of revenues, compared to $65.2 million, or 7.0% of revenues, in the preceding year.
  
  
• GAAP net income includes an approximate $8.3 million gain realized on the sale of our majority owned subsidiary Finisar Korea Ltd. during the quarter. This gain is not included in non-GAAP net income.
  
  

OUTLOOK

The Company indicated that it currently expects revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 to be in the range of $320 to $335 million, non-GAAP gross margin of approximately 32%, non-GAAP operating margin of approximately 10.3% to 11.3%, and non-GAAP earnings per diluted share to be in the range of approximately $0.30 to $0.34.

CONFERENCE CALL

Finisar will discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter and current business outlook during its regular quarterly conference call scheduled for Thursday, June 12, 2014, at 2:00 pm PT (5:00 pm ET). To listen to the call you may connect through the Finisar investor relations page at http://investor.finisar.com or dial 1-877-857-6173 (domestic) or +1-719-325-4797 (international) and enter conference ID 3838782.

An audio replay will be available for two weeks following the call by dialing 1-888-203-1112 (domestic) or +1-719-457-0820 and then following the prompts: enter conference ID 3838782 and provide your name, affiliation, and contact number. A replay of the webcast will be available shortly after the conclusion of the call on the Company's website until the next regularly scheduled earnings conference call.

SAFE HARBOR UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

This press release contains forward-looking statement concerning Finisar's expected financial performance. These statements are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections about our business and industry, and the markets and customers we serve, and they are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Finisar assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Examples of such risks include those associated with: the uncertainty of customer demand for Finisar's products; the rapidly evolving markets for Finisar's products and uncertainty regarding the development of these markets; Finisar's historical dependence on sales to a limited number of customers and fluctuations in the mix of products and customers in any period; ongoing new product development and introduction of new and enhanced products; the challenges of rapid growth followed by periods of contraction; intensive competition; and the uncertainty of achieving anticipated cost savings and synergies in connection with the recently completed u2t acquisition. Further information regarding these and other risks relating to Finisar's business is set forth in Finisar's annual report on Form 10-K (filed June 24, 2013) and quarterly SEC filings.

ABOUT FINISAR

Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) is a global technology leader for fiber optic subsystems and components that enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for telecommunications, networking, storage, wireless, and cable TV applications. For 25 years, Finisar has provided critical optics technologies to system manufacturers to meet the increasing demands for network bandwidth. Finisar is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA with R&D, manufacturing sites, and sales offices worldwide. For additional information, visit www.finisar.com.

FINISAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The following financial tables are presented in accordance with GAAP, except that the GAAP financial results included in this press release for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2014 do not include the impact of the amortization of acquired intangible assets in connection with the acquisition of u2t Photonics AG because the Company is in the process of obtaining a third-party valuation of such intangible assets and thus such impact has not yet been determined. The amount of such amortization of acquired intangible assets, when determined, is not expected to be material in the periods presented.

FINISAR NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, Finisar provides the following financial measures defined as non-GAAP financial measures by the Securities and Exchange Commissions: non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP income per share. These non-GAAP financial measures are supplemental information regarding the Company's operating performance on a non-GAAP basis that excludes certain gains, losses and charges of a non-cash nature or which occur relatively infrequently and which management considers to be outside our core operating results. Some of these non-GAAP measures also exclude the ongoing impact of historical business decisions made in different business and economic environments. Management believes that tracking non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share provides management and the investment community with valuable insight into our current operations, our ability to generate cash and the underlying business trends which are affecting our performance. These non-GAAP measures are used by both management and our Board of Directors, along with the comparable GAAP information, in evaluating our current performance and planning our future business activities. In particular, management finds it useful to exclude non-cash charges in order to better correlate our operating activities with our ability to generate cash from operations and to exclude certain cash charges as a means of more accurately predicting our liquidity requirements. We believe that these non-GAAP measures, when used in conjunction with our GAAP financial information, also allow investors to better evaluate our financial performance in comparison to other periods and to other companies in our industry.

In calculating non-GAAP gross profit in this release, we have excluded the following items from cost of revenues in applicable periods:

• Changes in excess and obsolete inventory reserve (predominantly non-cash charges or non-cash benefits);
• Amortization of acquired technology (non-cash charges related to technology obtained in acquisitions);
• Stock-based compensation expense (non-cash charges);
• Impairment of acquired developed technology and other long-lived assets (non-cash charges);
• Acquisition method accounting adjustment for sale of acquired inventory (non-cash charges);
• Flood related recovery (non-recurring cash benefit);
• Reduction in force costs (non-recurring cash charges); and
• Acquisition related retention payments (non-recurring charges).

In calculating non-GAAP operating income in this release, we have excluded the same items to the extent they are classified as operating expenses, and have also excluded the following items in applicable periods:

• Gain or loss on litigation settlements and resolutions and related costs (non-recurring cash charges or benefits);
• Gain on fair value re-measurement of contingent consideration (non-cash benefit);
• Shareholder class action and derivative litigation costs (non-recurring cash expenses associated with the derivative litigation related to our historical stock option granting practices and related to the class action and derivative litigation related to our March 8, 2011 earnings announcement);
• Acquisition related costs (non-recurring cash charges);
• Impairment of long-lived assets (non-cash charges); and
• Amortization of purchased intangibles (non-cash charges).

In calculating non-GAAP income and non-GAAP income per share in this release, we have also excluded the following items in applicable periods:

• Gains and losses on sales of assets (non-recurring and/or non-cash losses and gains related to the periodic disposal of assets no longer required for current activities);
• Gains and losses related to minority investments (non-cash or non-recurring benefits or charges);
• Other miscellaneous expenses (income) (non-recurring charges or benefits);
• Dollar denominated foreign exchange transaction losses (gains) (non-cash charges or benefits);
• Amortization of debt issuance costs (non-cash charges);
• Debt extinguishment loss (non-cash charges);
• Non-controlling interest non-GAAP adjustment (non-cash and/or non-recurring charges or benefits attributable to the non-controlling interest in majority-controlled subsidiaries); and
• Differences between cash payable for income taxes and the provision for income taxes in accordance with GAAP, less discrete items.

A reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial information to the corresponding GAAP information is set forth below:

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Investor Contact:
Kurt Adzema
Chief Financial Officer
408-542-5050
Investor.relations@finisar.com

Press contact:
Victoria McDonald
Director, Corporate Communications
408-542-4261

Source: Finisar

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