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Exhibit 99.1

 

NETLIST REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2015 RESULTS

 

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, November 10, 2015 - Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST), a leading provider of high performance memory solutions for the cloud computing and storage markets, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 26, 2015.

 

Revenues for the three months ended September 26, 2015, were $1.6 million, compared to revenues of $4.8 million for the third quarter ended September 27, 2014.  Gross profit for the three months ended September 26, 2015, was $24,000 compared to a gross profit of $1.1 million, for the third quarter ended September 27, 2014.

 

Adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) was a loss of ($3.6) million for the third quarter ended September 26, 2015, compared to an adjusted EBITDA loss of ($3.0) million for the prior year period.

 

Net loss for the third quarter ended September 26, 2015, was ($5.4) million, or ($0.11) loss per share, compared to a net loss in the prior year period of ($4.1) million, or ($0.10) loss per share.  These results include stock-based compensation expense of $0.4 million for the third quarter of 2015 and $0.5 million for the third quarter of 2014.

 

As of September 26, 2015, cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash were $13.3 million, total assets were $16.6 million, working capital was $0.1 million, total debt, net of debt discounts, was $7.6 million, and stockholders’ equity was $0.4 million.

 

“The third quarter results reflect the current transition phase of our business and the significant R&D investments being made in our new hybrid memory technologies,” said C.K. Hong, Netlist’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are making solid progress in the development of HyperVault, and are engaged in active strategic discussions to bring this groundbreaking technology to market. In addition, we are positioning the Company for an upturn in the business in 2016 with key hires in engineering, sales and marketing, particularly in response to strong customer interest in the ExpressVault (EV3) product line.”

 

Conference Call Information

 

C.K. Hong, Chief Executive Officer, and Gail Sasaki, Chief Financial Officer, will host an investor conference call today, November 10, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to review the company’s results for the third quarter ended September 26, 2015.  The dial-in number for the call is 1-412-858-4600.  The live webcast and archived replay of the call can be accessed in the Investors section of Netlist’s website at www.netlist.com.

 

Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

Certain of the information set forth herein, including EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization), may be considered non-GAAP financial measures. Netlist believes this information is useful to investors because it provides a basis for measuring Netlist’s available capital resources, the operating performance of Netlist’s business and Netlist’s cash flow, excluding net interest expense, provisions for income taxes, depreciation, amortization, stock-based

 



 

compensation and net other  expense that would normally be included in the most directly comparable measures calculated and presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Netlist’s management uses these non-GAAP financial measures along with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures in evaluating Netlist’s operating performance, capital resources and cash flow. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information presented in compliance with GAAP, and non-financial measures as reported by Netlist may not be comparable to similarly titled amounts reported by other companies.

 

Adjusted EBITDA loss is a non-GAAP measure in which the net interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation and net other (income) expense are added back to the GAAP basis loss. The non-GAAP measures are described above and are reconciled to the corresponding GAAP measure in the condensed consolidated financial statements portion of this release under the heading “Unaudited Schedule Reconciling GAAP Net Loss to Non-GAAP EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.”

 

About Netlist:

 

Netlist creates solutions that accelerate turning data into information. We design and manufacture controller and software-based memory solutions for our OEM and Hyperscale customers in the server and storage markets. Flagship products NVvault® and EXPRESSvault™ accelerate system performance and provide mission critical fault tolerance. HyperVault®, Netlist’s next-generation technology, expands the performance and capacity of memory channel storage. The company holds a portfolio of patents, many seminal, in the area of hybrid memory, rank multiplication and load-reduction, among others. Founded in 2000, Netlist is headquartered in Irvine, CA with manufacturing and operation facilities in Suzhou, People’s Republic of China. To learn more, please visit www.netlist.com.

 

Safe Harbor Statement:

 

This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and the future performance of Netlist. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks associated with the launch and commercial success of our products, programs and technologies; our limited capital resources; the success of product partnerships; continuing development, qualification and volume production of HyperVault™, EXPRESSvault™, NVvault®, HyperCloud® and VLP Planar-X RDIMM; the timing and magnitude of the decrease in sales; our ability to leverage our NVvault® and EXPRESSvault™ technology in a more diverse customer base; the rapidly-changing nature of technology; risks associated with intellectual property, including risks associated with the inherent uncertainty of the litigation process; patent infringement litigation against us as well as the costs and unpredictability of litigation over infringement of our intellectual property and the possibility of our patents being reexamined by the United States Patent and Trademark office; volatility in the pricing of DRAM ICs and NAND; changes in and uncertainty of customer acceptance of, and demand for, our existing products and products under development, including uncertainty of and/or delays in product orders and product qualifications; delays in the Company’s and its customers’ product releases and development; introductions of new products by competitors; changes in end-user demand for technology solutions; the Company’s ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the Company’s reliance on suppliers of critical components and vendors in the supply chain; fluctuations in the market price of critical components; evolving industry standards; and the political and regulatory environment in the People’s Republic of China. Other risks and uncertainties are described in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2015, and subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made by the Company from time to time. Except as required by law, Netlist undertakes no

 



 

obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

(Tables Follow)

 

For more information, please contact:

 

 

 

 

 

Brainerd Communicators, Inc.

 

Netlist, Inc.

Mike Smargiassi or Jenny Perales

 

Gail M. Sasaki

NLST@braincomm.com

 

Chief Financial Officer

(212) 986-6667

 

(949) 435-0025

 



 

Netlist, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(audited)

 

 

 

September 26,

 

December 27,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

12,647

 

$

11,040

 

Restricted cash

 

700

 

700

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

457

 

1,091

 

Inventories

 

1,841

 

1,880

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

692

 

988

 

Total current assets

 

16,337

 

15,699

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

218

 

393

 

Other assets

 

64

 

150

 

Total assets

 

$

16,619

 

$

16,242

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

6,902

 

$

3,957

 

Accrued payroll and related liabilities

 

753

 

710

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

468

 

420

 

Accrued engineering charges

 

500

 

500

 

Current portion of long-term debt, net of debt discount

 

7,569

 

2,205

 

Total current liabilities

 

16,192

 

7,792

 

Long-term debt, net of current portion and debt discount

 

 

3,632

 

Long-term warranty liability

 

47

 

99

 

Total liabilities

 

16,239

 

11,523

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock

 

 

 

Common stock

 

50

 

41

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

129,381

 

117,546

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(129,051

)

(112,868

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

380

 

4,719

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

16,619

 

$

16,242

 

 



 

Netlist, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 26,

 

September 27,

 

September 26,

 

September 27,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

 

$

1,617

 

$

4,791

 

$

5,160

 

$

16,679

 

Cost of sales(1)

 

1,593

 

3,678

 

4,332

 

12,602

 

Gross profit

 

24

 

1,113

 

828

 

4,077

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development(1)

 

1,449

 

1,445

 

4,369

 

3,555

 

Intellectual property legal fees

 

899

 

1,552

 

6,679

 

3,719

 

Selling, general and administrative(1)

 

1,710

 

1,782

 

5,213

 

5,185

 

Total operating expenses

 

4,058

 

4,779

 

16,261

 

12,459

 

Operating loss

 

(4,034

)

(3,666

)

(15,433

)

(8,382

)

Other expense, net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

(447

)

(393

)

(1,416

)

(1,181

)

Other income (expense), net

 

(889

)

 

667

 

(5

)

Total other expense, net

 

(1,336

)

(393

)

(749

)

(1,186

)

Loss before provision for income tax

 

(5,370

)

(4,059

)

(16,182

)

(9,568

)

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

1

 

2

 

Net loss

 

$

(5,370

)

$

(4,059

)

$

(16,183

)

$

(9,570

)

Net loss per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

$

(0.11

)

$

(0.10

)

$

(0.33

)

$

(0.24

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

50,354

 

41,472

 

48,471

 

39,911

 


(1) Amounts include stock-based compensation expense as follows:

 

Cost of sales

 

$

11

 

$

13

 

$

37

 

$

42

 

Research and development

 

123

 

179

 

461

 

548

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

240

 

313

 

795

 

961

 

 



 

Netlist, Inc.

Unaudited Schedule Reconciling GAAP Net Loss to Non-GAAP EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

(in thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 26,

 

September 27,

 

September 26,

 

September 27,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP net loss

 

$

(5,370

)

$

(4,059

)

$

(16,183

)

$

(9,570

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

447

 

393

 

1,416

 

1,181

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

1

 

2

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

30

 

187

 

312

 

722

 

EBITDA (loss)

 

(4,893

)

(3,479

)

(14,454

)

(7,665

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

374

 

505

 

1,293

 

1,551

 

Other expense (income), net

 

889

 

 

(667

)

5

 

Adjusted EBITDA (loss)

 

$

(3,630

)

$

(2,974

)

$

(13,828

)

$

(6,109

)