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AFOP REPORTS RECORD QUARTERLY SALES IN Q2 2015
GUIDANCE FOR YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASES OF 33% IN Q3 2015

Sunnyvale, CA – July 22, 2015 - Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. (Nasdaq GM: AFOP), an innovative supplier of fiber optic components, subsystems and integrated modules for the fiber optic communication market, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.

Revenues for the second quarter of 2015 were $25,045,000, a 16% increase from revenues of $21,663,000 reported in the first quarter of 2015 and a 3% increase from revenues of $24,199,000 reported in the second quarter of 2014.

Net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 was $5,040,000, or $0.28 per share, compared to net income of $3,558,000, or $0.20 per share, for the first quarter of 2015, and net income of $3,782,000, or $0.20 per share, for the second quarter of 2014.

Non-GAAP net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 was $6,705,000, or $0.38 per share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $5,222,000, or $0.29 per share, for the first quarter of 2015 and non-GAAP net income of $6,446,000, or $0.35 per share, for the second quarter of 2014.

Gross margin for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 increased to 42%, compared to 41% in the first quarter of 2015 and 40% in the year ago quarter. Operating margin for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 was 27%, compared to 25% in the first quarter of 2015 and 27% in the year ago quarter.

Non-GAAP gross margin for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 was 43%, compared to 41% in the first quarter of 2015 and 41% in the year ago quarter. Non-GAAP operating margin for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 was 30%, compared to 27% in the first quarter of 2015 and 29% in the year ago quarter.

Peter Chang, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Thanks to the support of our customers and particularly the revenue growth from a broader set of OEM customers serving data center demands, we were able to deliver record quarterly revenue, which exceeded our previous guidance. With our focus on operational excellence and the higher quarterly revenue, we further improved our quarterly financial performance with record levels of gross margin, operating margin, profits and EPS.”

“More importantly, as bandwidth demands drive the need for further network investments in both Telecom and Datacom communications, overall trends in Datacom continue to be bullish and customer demands remain strong. With the progress we have made serving our customers and extending our product technology in recent quarters, we are encouraged by the opportunity for continuous business growth in the coming years. For the third quarter, we expect revenues to be in the range of $24 million to $26 million. For the full year of 2015, we expect to deliver both record revenues and profits.” concluded Mr. Chang.

Conference Call

A more detailed review of second quarter financial results as well as the outlook for the third quarter of 2015 will be provided, when the complete second quarter results are discussed on a conference call at 1:30 p.m. (Pacific) on July 22, 2015. To participate in AFOP’s conference call, please call 877-675-3572 at least ten minutes prior to the call in order for the operator to connect you. The confirmation number for the call is 72362987. AFOP will also provide a live webcast of its second quarter 2015 conference call at AFOP’s website: www.AFOP.com. The webcast replay will be available on AFOP’s website 90 minutes after the live conference call.

About AFOP
Founded in 1995, Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of high performance fiber optic components and integrated modules. AFOP's products are used by leading and emerging communications equipment manufacturers to deliver optical networking systems to the long-haul, enterprise, data center, metropolitan and last mile access segments of the communications network. AFOP offers a broad product line of passive optical components including interconnect systems, splitters, thin film CWDM and DWDM components and modules, and optical attenuators. AFOP is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with manufacturing and product development capabilities in the United States, Taiwan and China. AFOP's website is located at http://www.afop.com.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements as to our expectations regarding future revenue and profit levels and the time periods thereof, our business prospects, demand for our products and sources of demand, and our expectations for growth in the fiber optic industry, are forward looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to general economic conditions and trends, trends in demand for bandwidth, the impact of competitive products and pricing, timely introduction of new technologies, timely design acceptance by our customers, the acceptance of new products and technologies by our customers, customer demand for our products, the timing of customer orders, loss of key customers or customer orders, our ability to ramp new products into volume production, the mix of products sold and product pricing, the costs associated with running our operations, industry-wide shifts in supply and demand for optical components and modules, the success of cost control efforts, our ability to obtain and maintain operational efficiencies, financial stability in foreign markets, and other risks detailed from time to time in our SEC reports, including AFOP's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. AFOP disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

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