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Exhibit 99.1

Nimble Storage Announces Financial Results for Fourth

Quarter and Fiscal Year 2017

 

    Q4FY2017 Revenue growth accelerates; up 30% year-over-year

 

    Continued strong All Flash array momentum; AFA total bookings increase 67% sequentially from Q3FY2017 to an annualized run-rate of over $160M

 

    Over 750 new customers added in Q4; installed base now exceeds 10,200 customers

 

    Nimble Cloud Volumes, announced in February as the only enterprise-grade multicloud block storage service for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure

San Jose, Calif. – March 7, 2017 – Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL), the leader in predictive cloud infrastructure, today reported financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017.

Recent Acquisition Announcement

In light of the recently announced pending acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Nimble Storage will not hold a conference call to discuss these financial results and will not provide Q1FY18 guidance.

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2017 Key Financial Results:

 

  Total revenue increased 30% to $117.0 million, up from $90.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. Excluding fluctuations in foreign currency, revenue would have been $118.7 million representing a 32% increase over the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.

 

  GAAP gross margin was 63.5% compared to 64.4% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. Non-GAAP gross margin was 65.8% compared to 66.4% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.

 

  GAAP operating loss was $36.1 million, compared to a loss of $31.9 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. Non-GAAP operating loss was $10.6 million, compared to a loss of $9.4 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.

 

  GAAP operating margin was negative 31%, compared to negative 35% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. Non-GAAP operating margin was negative 9%, compared to negative 10% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.

 

  GAAP net loss was $36.4 million, or $0.41 per basic and diluted share, compared with a net loss in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 of $32.4 million, or $0.40 per basic and diluted share. Non-GAAP net loss was $10.9 million, or $0.12 per basic and diluted share, compared with a net loss of $9.9 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, or $0.12 per basic and diluted share.

Fiscal Year 2017 Key Financial Results:

 

  Total revenue was $402.6 million, compared to $322.2 million in fiscal 2016, representing growth of 25% year-over-year. GAAP gross margin was 63.8% compared to 65.0% in fiscal 2016. Non-GAAP gross margin was 66.1% compared to 67.1% in fiscal 2016.

 

  GAAP operating loss was $156.6 million, compared to a loss of $118.6 million in fiscal 2016. Non-GAAP operating loss was $61.1 million compared to a loss of $35.3 million in fiscal 2016.

 

  GAAP operating margin was negative 39% compared to negative 37% in fiscal 2016. Non-GAAP operating margin was negative 15% compared to negative 11% in fiscal 2016.

 

  GAAP net loss was $158.3 million, or $1.85 per basic and diluted share, compared with a net loss in fiscal 2016 of $120.1 million, or $1.52 per basic and diluted share. Non-GAAP net loss was $62.8 million, or $0.73 per basic and diluted share, compared with a net loss of $36.8 million in fiscal 2016, or $0.47 per basic and diluted share.


In computing non-GAAP financial measures, the effects of stock-based compensation, which is a recurring non-cash expense for the company, are excluded. The company has provided a reconciliation below of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

Business Highlights

 

    Introduced Nimble Cloud Volumes, the First Multicloud Storage Service. Nimble Cloud Volumes is the only enterprise-grade multicloud block storage service for running applications in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. This service, announced in February, will enable the next wave of applications – traditional transactional workloads – to be moved to the cloud with enterprise-grade availability and data services.

 

    Achieved Six-Nines Availability Powered by InfoSight Predictive Analytics. This is a new standard for uptime in the infrastructure industry. This level of availability translates to an impact of fewer than 25 seconds annually, empowering IT staff to focus on business priorities instead of routine maintenance with an infrastructure that gets smarter every single day.

 

    Nimble All Flash Arrays Awarded the 2016 Product of the Year Award by Storage Magazine/ SearchStorage.com. The AF-Series All Flash arrays won the Gold award and were named as the All-Flash Systems Product of the Year. The CS-Series Adaptive Flash arrays were also recognized with the Silver award in the Disk and Hybrid Systems category.

 

    InfoSight Wins 2016 Technology Leadership Award from Ventana Research in IT Analytics. Nimble Storage end user Flexi-Van Leasing was recognized for its use of InfoSight. The Ventana Research award identifies businesses and IT leaders who are using technologies and applying best practices to create the best possible outcomes in productivity, performance and support of an organization’s goals and objectives.

 

    Bob Kelly Appointed to Nimble Storage Board of Directors. Mr. Kelly serves as a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee. Mr. Kelly is a General Partner at Ignition Partners. He most recently served as the Corporate Vice President of Merger & Acquisition Strategy and Business Development for the Cloud and Enterprise Division at Microsoft Corporation.

 

    Vice President of Worldwide Channels Named a 2017 CRN Channel Chief. Leonard Iventosch was recognized on this annual list that represents top leaders in the IT channel who excel at driving growth and revenue in their organizations through channel partners.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To provide investors with additional information regarding our financial results, Nimble Storage has disclosed in this release and the accompanying tables non-GAAP financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP. The company provides non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net loss, and non-GAAP net loss per share. In computing these non-GAAP financial measures, the company excludes the effects of stock-based compensation, which is a recurring non-cash expense for the company. The company has provided reconciliation below of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.


The company discloses these non-GAAP financial measures because they are key measures used by the company’s management and board of directors to understand and evaluate operating performance and trends, to prepare and approve the annual budget and to develop short-term and long-term operational and compensation plans. In particular, the exclusion of certain expenses in calculating non-GAAP financial measures can provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of the company’s business. Accordingly, the company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating the company’s operating results in the same manner as the company’s management and board of directors.

Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and, as such, should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of the company’s results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

 

    Non-GAAP financial measures do not consider the potentially dilutive impact of equity-based compensation, which is an ongoing expense for the company; and

 

    Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate non-GAAP financial measures differently, which reduces their usefulness as comparative measures.

Nimble Storage Resources

 

  Nimble Storage Website

 

  Case Studies and Videos

 

  Follow Nimble Storage on Twitter: @NimbleStorage

 

  Follow Nimble Storage on LinkedIn

 

  Visit Nimble Storage on Facebook

 

  Visit the NimbleConnect Community

About Nimble Storage

Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL) is the leader in predictive cloud infrastructure. Its Predictive Cloud Platform gives users fast, reliable access to data. By combining predictive analytics with flash storage, IT teams radically simplify operations in their data center and in the cloud. Over 10,000 customers rely on Nimble to power their businesses. Find out more at www.nimblestorage.com (NYSE:NMBL) and follow us on Twitter: @NimbleStorage.

Nimble Storage, the Nimble Storage logo, Nimble Cloud Volumes, Predictive Cloud Platform, CASL, InfoSight, SmartStack and NimbleConnect are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nimble Storage. Other trade names or words used in this document are the properties of their respective owners.

Press Contact:

Kristalle Cooks

408-514-3313

Kristalle@nimblestorage.com

Investor Relations Contact:

John Nunziati

408-514-3399

IR@nimblestorage.com

SOURCE: Nimble Storage


Nimble Storage, Inc.

Preliminary Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
January 31,
    Year Ended
January 31,
 
     2017     2016     2017     2016  

Revenue:

        

Product

   $ 94,814     $ 73,083     $ 322,114     $ 265,602  

Support and service

     22,214       17,008       80,483       56,613  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     117,028       90,091       402,597       322,215  

Cost of revenue:

        

Product (1)

     32,870       24,866       110,651       86,506  

Support and service (1)

     9,832       7,175       35,002       26,129  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost of revenue

     42,702       32,041       145,653       112,635  

Total gross profit

     74,326       58,050       256,944       209,580  

Operating expenses:

        

Research and development (1)

     31,744       24,806       116,222       93,990  

Sales and marketing (1)

     67,853       55,823       254,919       197,979  

General and administrative (1)

     10,813       9,288       42,420       36,247  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     110,410       89,917       413,561       328,216  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from operations

     (36,084     (31,867     (156,617     (118,636

Interest income, net

     78       45       274       240  

Other expense, net

     (30     (312     (629     (656
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before provision for income taxes

     (36,036     (32,134     (156,972     (119,052

Provision for income taxes

     375       266       1,343       1,017  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (36,411   $ (32,400   $ (158,315   $ (120,069
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

   $ (0.41   $ (0.40   $ (1.85   $ (1.52
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share, basic and diluted

     88,145       81,175       85,541       78,932  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(1) Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:

        

Cost of product revenue

   $ 813     $ 502     $ 2,860     $ 1,972  

Cost of support and service revenue

     1,843       1,256       6,394       4,743  

Research and development

     8,807       6,302       30,027       23,259  

Sales and marketing

     9,672       11,016       39,636       39,648  

General and administrative

     4,398       3,392       16,625       13,682  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation expense

   $ 25,533     $ 22,468     $ 95,542     $ 83,304  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


Nimble Storage, Inc.

Preliminary Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     As of  
     January 31,
2017
    January 31,
2016
 
     (Unaudited)        
Assets     

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 184,814     $ 211,160  

Restricted cash, current

     409       793  

Accounts receivable, net

     64,336       50,432  

Inventories

     21,944       15,994  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     8,540       5,212  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     280,043       283,591  

Property and equipment, net

     51,258       47,404  

Intangible assets, net

     1,007       —    

Other long-term assets

     712       754  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 333,020     $ 331,749  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity     

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 33,008     $ 24,330  

Accrued compensation and benefits

     28,914       19,325  

Deferred revenue, current portion

     71,121       54,580  

Other current liabilities

     12,724       8,933  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     145,767       107,168  

Deferred revenue, non-current portion

     72,943       60,265  

Other long-term liabilities

     7,280       8,708  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     225,990       176,141  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

    

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Common stock

     79       75  

Additional paid-in capital

     586,111       476,271  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (838     (731

Accumulated deficit

     (478,322     (320,007
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     107,030       155,608  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 333,020     $ 331,749  


Nimble Storage, Inc.

Preliminary Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
January 31,
    Year Ended
January 31,
 
     2017     2016     2017     2016  
Cash flows from operating activities:         

Net loss

   $ (36,411   $ (32,400   $ (158,315   $ (120,069

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

        

Depreciation and amortization

     6,121       4,613       22,596       15,598  

Stock-based compensation expense

     25,533       22,468       95,542       83,304  

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

     55       22       145       182  

Provision (recoveries) for allowance for doubtful accounts

     6       (56     3       25  

Provision for excess and obsolete inventories

     226       77       635       157  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

        

Accounts receivable

     (5,085     (5,858     (13,907     (15,186

Inventories

     (2,364     (1,350     (9,018     (3,930

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (756     392       (3,611     (663

Short term restricted cash

     (329     (793     464       (793

Accounts payable

     (82     1,537       8,890       7,661  

Deferred revenue

     10,336       9,396       29,219       40,399  

Accrued and other liabilities

     10,831       4,242       11,761       (930
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     8,081       2,290       (15,596     5,755  
Cash flows from investing activities:         

Purchase of property and equipment

     (5,461     (6,392     (23,928     (29,423

Purchase of intangible asset

     —         —         (938     —    

Change in restricted cash

     —         3,904       (6     3,909  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (5,461     (2,488     (24,872     (25,514
Cash flows from financing activities:         

Proceeds from exercise of stock options, net of repurchases

     1,372       1,658       4,097       8,146  

Proceeds from issuance of stock under employee stock purchase plan

     —         —         10,131       14,321  

Excess tax benefit from employee stock plans

     —         325       —         551  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     1,372       1,983       14,228       23,018  

Foreign exchange impact on cash and cash equivalents

     83       (337     (106     (493
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     4,075       1,448       (26,346     2,766  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     180,739       209,712       211,160       208,394  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 184,814     $ 211,160     $ 184,814     $ 211,160  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


Nimble Storage, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(In thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended     Year Ended  
     January 31,
2017
    January 31,
2016
    January 31,
2017
    January 31,
2016
 

Revenue

   $ 117,028     $ 90,091     $ 402,597     $ 322,215  

GAAP gross margin

   $ 74,326     $ 58,050     $ 256,944     $ 209,580  

Stock-based compensation

     2,656       1,758       9,254       6,715  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP gross margin

   $ 76,982     $ 59,808     $ 266,198     $ 216,295  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP gross margin %

     63.5     64.4     63.8     65.0

Stock-based compensation %

     2.3     2.0     2.3     2.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP gross margin %

     65.8     66.4     66.1     67.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP operating margin

   $ (36,084   $ (31,867   $ (156,617   $ (118,636

Stock-based compensation

     25,533       22,468       95,542       83,304  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP operating margin

   $ (10,551   $ (9,399   $ (61,075   $ (35,332
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP operating margin %

     -31     -35     -39     -37

Stock-based compensation %

     22     25     24     26
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP operating margin %

     -9     -10     -15     -11
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP net loss

   $ (36,411   $ (32,400   $ (158,315   $ (120,069

Stock-based compensation

     25,533       22,468       95,542       83,304  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net loss

   $ (10,878   $ (9,932   $ (62,773   $ (36,765
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP net loss per share, basic and diluted

   $ (0.41   $ (0.40   $ (1.85   $ (1.52

Stock-based compensation

     0.29       0.28       1.12       1.05  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net loss per share

   $ (0.12   $ (0.12   $ (0.73   $ (0.47
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares used to compute GAAP and Non-GAAP net loss per share

     88,145       81,175       85,541       78,932