SAN JOSE, Calif., July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Micrel, Incorporated (Nasdaq: MCRL), a leading global manufacturer of IC solutions for the worldwide high performance linear and power, LAN and timing and communications markets, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Revenues for the second quarter of 2014 were $62.3 million, a $2.4 million or 4.1% increase, compared to $59.9 million for the first quarter of 2014, and the Company's largest sequential revenue increase since the second quarter of 2012. Compared to the second quarter of 2013, revenues were $3.2 million, or 5.4% higher.

GAAP net income was $3.5 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2014, compared to net income of $2.3 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2014, and net income of $5.0 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2013.

Non-GAAP net income was $5.0 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2014, compared to non-GAAP net income of $3.7 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2014, and non-GAAP net income of $6.4 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2013. A reconciliation of the GAAP net income to non-GAAP net income is provided in the financial tables at the end of this press release. Non-GAAP results exclude the impact of share-based compensation and amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets with the related income tax effects. Beginning in the first quarter of 2014, the Company changed the presentation of non-GAAP net income from previously reported to exclude the impact of acquisition-related intangible assets and the related tax effect. The non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2013 and for the first six months of 2013 have been revised from previously reported amounts to exclude the impact of acquisition-related intangible assets and the related tax effect to conform with the current period presentation.

Commenting on the second quarter 2014 results, Micrel's President and CEO Ray Zinn said, "The second quarter resulted in a solid period of growth for Micrel with revenue up 4.1% on a sequential quarter basis to $62.3 million. This trend was driven by the strength in sales of Micrel's timing and communications products. Moreover, second quarter gross margin improved to 52.6% from 52.2% in the previous quarter while inventory on hand held relatively steady. I was also encouraged by our ability to control operating expenses in the quarter despite the higher sales volumes, which helped expand operating margins to the highest level in the past four quarters. Despite the slow recovery and ongoing macro-economic headwind facing our entire industry, I am pleased with the strength of our bookings, which have yielded a book-to-bill ratio above one for the second quarter and on a year-to-date basis. In addition, we remain focused on increasing shareholder value through our stock repurchase program and quarterly dividend payments. During the first six months of 2014, Micrel invested $5.9 million to repurchase approximately 0.6 million shares of common stock, and we also maintained our quarterly dividend of $0.05 per common share payable to shareholders of record as of August 14, 2014."

Outlook

Mr. Zinn continued, "Micrel continues to strategically invest in research and development and I am excited about the growth potential of new products introduced this past quarter. While we have increased our R&D expenses as a percent of sales over the past couple of years, we believe that this increased investment in R&D will help improve revenue growth going forward. Based on our current projections, revenue in the third quarter of 2014 is anticipated to be in the range of up 7% to 14% on a sequential basis. These projections include $3 million to $5 million of revenue we expect to realize when we transition certain of our distributors from a sell-through to a sell-in revenue recognition method during the third quarter. Gross margins are expected to be in the range of 53% to 54%, resulting in GAAP earnings per share within the range of $0.08 to $0.12 per diluted share. For comparison purposes, we expect revenue in the range of up 1% to 6%, gross margin in the range of 52% to 53% and earnings within the range of $0.06 to $0.09 per diluted share without the one-time $3 million to $5 million of revenue and related cost of goods sold impact," Mr. Zinn concluded.

Dividend

The Company announced today that Micrel's Board of Directors has authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock. The payment of this dividend will be made on August 28, 2014 to shareholders of record as of August 14, 2014.

Share Repurchase Plan

In the second quarter of 2014, the Company repurchased 0.3 million shares for a total of $2.9 million. On June 30, 2014, Micrel had approximately $19.9 million remaining under the current repurchase authorization. Stock repurchases may occur from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions; provided that the repurchases are made in accordance with the terms of Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The timing and amount of any repurchase of shares will be determined by the Company's management, based on its evaluation of market conditions, cash on hand and other factors. The authorization will stay in effect until the aggregate authorized amount is expended or the authorization is modified by the Board of Directors.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call today, July 24, 2014, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific Time). President and Chief Executive Officer, Raymond Zinn, and Chief Financial Officer, Bob DeBarr, will present an overview of the 2014 second quarter financial results, discuss current business conditions and then respond to questions.

The call is available, live, to any interested party, on a listen-only basis, by dialing (877) 407-0789. For international callers, please dial (201) 689-8562. A live webcast will also be available on the 'Investors' section of Micrel's website at: www.micrel.com. An audio replay of the conference call will be available for all interested parties through July 31, 2014, by dialing (877) 870-5176 and entering the participant code 13585282. For international callers, please dial (858) 384-5517 and enter participant code 13585282. The webcast replay will also be available on the Company's website.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release includes statements that qualify as forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements about the following topics: future financial results, including revenues, customer demand and inventories, order lead times, backlog, turns-fill requirements, net income, earnings per share, gross margin, average selling prices, the effect of cost-control efforts, use of free cash flow, stock buyback and dividend programs, supply chain constraints, channel inventory levels and trends, capacity utilization, development of new products, design wins and customer order patterns, and the nature and extent of macro-economic and industry trends. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, such factors as: softness in demand for our products; customer decisions to cancel, reschedule, or delay orders for our products; the effect that lead times and channel inventories have on the demand for our products; distributor acceptance of changing contract terms; economic or financial difficulties experienced by our customers; the effect of business conditions in the computing, wireless, telecommunications and industrial markets; the impact of any previous or future acquisitions; challenges involving integration of acquired businesses and utilization of acquired technology, market adoption, revenue growth and margins of acquired products; changes in demand for the Company's products; the impact of competitive products and pricing and alternative technological advances; the accuracy of estimates used to prepare the Company's financial statements and forecasts; the global economic situation; the ability of the Company's vendors and subcontractors to supply or manufacture the Company's products in a timely manner; the timely and successful development and market acceptance of new products and upgrades to existing products; softness in the economy and the U.S. stock markets as a whole; fluctuations in the market price of Micrel's common stock and other market conditions; the difficulty of predicting our future cash needs; the nature of other investment opportunities available to the Company from time to time; Micrel's operating cash flow, and economic and industry projections. For further discussion of these risks and uncertainties, please refer to the documents the Company files with the SEC from time to time, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. All forward-looking statements are made as of today, and the Company disclaims any duty to update such statements.

Non-GAAP Reporting

The Company presents non-GAAP financial measures only because investors and financial analysts use non-GAAP results in their analysis of historical results and projections of the Company's future operating results. In order to facilitate the computation of non-GAAP results for the financial analyst community and investors, the Company makes reference to non-GAAP net income and earnings per share. These non-GAAP results exclude the impact of share-based compensation and amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets with related income tax effects. Micrel references those results in order to allow a better comparison of results in the current period to those in prior periods as well as to provide insight to the Company's on-going operating performance after exclusion of these items. The Company has reconciled such non-GAAP results to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures in the financial tables at the end of this press release.

Reference to these non-GAAP results should be considered in addition to results that are prepared under current accounting standards, but should not be considered a substitute for results that are presented in accordance with GAAP. It should also be noted that Micrel's non-GAAP information may differ from the non-GAAP information provided by other companies.

About Micrel

Micrel, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of IC solutions for the worldwide high-performance linear and power, LAN and timing and communications markets. The Company's products include advanced mixed-signal, analog and power semiconductors; high performance communication, clock management, MEMs-based clock oscillators and crystal-less clock generators, Ethernet switch and physical layer transceiver ICs. Company customers include leading manufacturers of enterprise, consumer, industrial, mobile, telecommunications, automotive, and computer products. Corporation headquarters and state-of-the-art wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Jose, CA, with regional sales and support offices and advanced technology design centers situated throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. In addition, the Company maintains an extensive network of distributors and reps worldwide. Web: www.micrel.com.

-Financial Tables to Follow-



                                                                                                           MICREL, INCORPORATED

                                                                                             CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                                                                                                   (In thousands, except share amounts)

                                                                                                               (Unaudited)


                                                              Three Months Ended                                                      Six  Months  Ended
                                                           ------------------                                                ------------------

                                         June 30,             March 31,               June 30,                 June 30,                 June 30,

                                              2014                   2014                    2013                      2014                      2013
                                              ----                   ----                    ----                      ----                      ----

    Net revenue                                    $62,339                                          $59,857                                            $59,171              $122,196 $118,904

    Cost of revenue *                       29,548                             28,638                               28,089                               58,186      56,742
                                            ------                             ------                               ------                               ------      ------

    Gross profit                            32,791                             31,219                               31,082                               64,010      62,162

    Gross profit %                         52.6%                             52.2%                               52.5%                               52.4%      52.3%


    Operating expenses:

    Research and development
     *                                      15,436                             15,481                               13,501                               30,917      27,272

    Selling, general and
     administrative *                       11,976                             12,436                               11,433                               24,412      23,294
                                            ------                             ------                               ------                               ------      ------

    Total operating expenses                27,412                             27,917                               24,934                               55,329      50,566

    Income from operations                   5,379                              3,302                                6,148                                8,681      11,596

    Interest and other income (expense):

    Interest income                             92                                103                                  126                                  195         252

    Other expense                              (8)                              (72)                                (52)                                (80)      (143)
                                               ---                                ---                                  ---                                  ---        ----

    Interest and other
     income (expense), net                      84                                 31                                   74                                  115         109

    Income before provision
     for income taxes                        5,463                              3,333                                6,222                                8,796      11,705

    Provision for income
     taxes                                   1,934                              1,044                                1,187                                2,978       1,425

    Net income                                      $3,529                                           $2,289                                             $5,035                $5,818  $10,280
                                                    ======                                           ======                                             ======                ======  =======


    Net income per share:

    Basic                                            $0.06                                            $0.04                                              $0.09                 $0.10    $0.18
                                                     =====                                            =====                                              =====                 =====    =====

    Diluted                                          $0.06                                            $0.04                                              $0.09                 $0.10    $0.17
                                                     =====                                            =====                                              =====                 =====    =====


    Shares used in computing per share
     amounts:

    Basic                                   56,537                             56,388                               58,303                               56,463      58,287
                                            ======                             ======                               ======                               ======      ======

    Diluted                                 57,448                             57,208                               59,007                               57,331      59,021
                                            ======                             ======                               ======                               ======      ======


    * Share-based compensation expense
     included in:

    Cost of revenue                                   $243                                             $234                                               $270                  $477     $514

    Research and development                   833                                690                                  652                                1,523       1,304

    Selling, general and
     administrative                            873                                798                                  772                                1,671       1,495
                                               ---                                ---                                  ---                                -----       -----

                                                    $1,949                                           $1,722                                             $1,694                $3,671   $3,313
                                                    ======                                           ======                                             ======                ======   ======



                                                                                                                   MICREL, INCORPORATED

                                                                                                 SUPPLEMENTAL RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP RESULTS

                                                                                                           (In thousands, except share amounts)

                                                                                                                        (Unaudited)


                                                                    Three  Months  Ended                                    Six  Months  Ended
                                                                 --------------------                               ------------------

                                                      June 30,           March 31,              June 30,              June 30,                 June 30,

                                                           2014                2014                    2013                   2014                      2013
                                                           ----                ----                    ----                   ----                      ----

    GAAP net income                                             $3,529                                        $2,289                                          $5,035             $5,818 $10,280

    Adjustments:

    Share-based compensation included in:

    Cost of revenues                                        243                             234                               270                                 477        514

    Research and development                                833                             690                               652                               1,523      1,304

    Selling, general and
     administrative                                         873                             798                               772                               1,671      1,495

    Amortization of acquisition-
     related intangible assets                              305                             426                               275                                 731        549

    Tax effect of adjustments                             (783)                          (708)                            (642)                            (1,491)    (1,285)
                                                           ----                            ----                              ----                              ------     ------

    Total adjustments to GAAP net
     income                                               1,471                           1,440                             1,327                               2,911      2,577
                                                          -----                           -----                             -----                               -----      -----

    Non-GAAP net income*                                        $5,000                                        $3,729                                          $6,362             $8,729 $12,857
                                                                ======                                        ======                                          ======             ====== =======


    Shares used in computing non-GAAP net income per share:

    Basic                                                56,537                          56,388                            56,303                              56,463     58,287
                                                         ======                          ======                            ======                              ======     ======

    Diluted                                              57,448                          57,208                            59,007                              57,331     59,021
                                                         ======                          ======                            ======                              ======     ======


    GAAP net income per share -
     basic                                                       $0.06                                         $0.04                                           $0.09              $0.10   $0.18

    Total adjustments to GAAP net
     income                                                0.03                            0.03                              0.02                                0.05       0.04
                                                           ----                            ----                              ----                                ----       ----

    Non-GAAP net income per share
     - basic                                                     $0.09                                         $0.07                                           $0.11              $0.15   $0.22
                                                                 =====                                         =====                                           =====              =====   =====


    GAAP net income per share -
     diluted                                                     $0.06                                         $0.04                                           $0.09              $0.10   $0.17

    Total adjustments to GAAP net
     income                                                0.03                            0.03                              0.02                                0.05       0.05
                                                           ----                            ----                              ----                                ----       ----

    Non-GAAP net income per share
     - diluted                                                   $0.09                                         $0.07                                           $0.11              $0.15   $0.22
                                                                 =====                                         =====                                           =====              =====   =====


    * Non-GAAP results were reached
     by excluding share-based
     compensation expense and
     amortization of acquisition-
     related intangible assets with
     related income tax effects.  Non-
     GAAP results were presented to
     supplement our GAAP consolidated
     financial statements to allow a
     better comparison of results in
     the current period to those in
     prior periods and to provide
     meaningful insight to the
     Company's on-going operating
     performance after exclusion of
     these items.



                                   MICREL, INCORPORATED

                          CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                           (In thousands, except share amounts)

                                       (Unaudited)


                                 June 30,                   December 31,
                                      2014                           2013
                                      ----                           ----

    ASSETS


    CURRENT ASSETS:

    Cash, cash
     equivalents
     and short-
     term
     investments                              $100,405                       $88,593

    Restricted
     cash                            1,096                            1,116

    Accounts
     receivable,
     net                            34,692                           29,437

    Inventories                     42,051                           43,201

    Prepaid taxes                        -                           4,513

    Prepaid
     expenses and
     other                           1,983                            2,698

    Deferred
     income taxes                   24,133                           21,662
                                    ------                           ------

    Total current
     assets                        204,360                          191,220


    LONG-TERM
     INVESTMENTS                     1,732                            4,195

    PROPERTY,
     PLANT AND
     EQUIPMENT,
     NET                            56,254                           57,779

    LONG-TERM
     PREPAID TAXES                   1,711                                -

    DEFERRED
     INCOME TAXES                    2,436                            1,581

    GOODWILL                         8,655                            8,554

    INTANGIBLE
     ASSETS, NET                    10,533                           11,749

    OTHER ASSETS                     1,543                            1,046
                                     -----                            -----

    TOTAL                                     $287,224                      $276,124
                                              ========                      ========


    LIABILITIES AND
     SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY


    CURRENT LIABILITIES:

    Accounts
     payable                                   $16,021                       $13,502

    Deferred
     income on
     shipments to
     distributors                   33,023                           27,026

    Income taxes
     payable                         1,378                                -

    Accrued
     liabilities                    11,956                           12,874
                                    ------                           ------

    Total current
     liabilities                    62,378                           53,402


    LONG-TERM
     INCOME TAXES
     PAYABLE                         3,771                            3,575

    LONG-TERM
     DEFERRED
     INCOME TAXES                      983                              973

    OTHER LONG-
     TERM
     LIABILITIES                       185                              201


    SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

    TOTAL
     SHAREHOLDERS'
     EQUITY                        219,907                          217,973
                                   -------                          -------

    TOTAL
     LIABILITIES
     AND
     SHAREHOLDERS'
     EQUITY                                   $287,224                      $276,124
                                              ========                      ========

SOURCE Micrel, Inc.