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Thursday, April 26 2012 6:23 AM, EST Emulex Announces Third Fiscal Quarter 2012 Results; Net Revenues Grow 12% and Non-GAAP Net Income Grows 98% Year-Over-Year M2 Communications "M2 PressWIRE"
COSTA MESA, Calif. , -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced results for its third quarter of fiscal 2012, which ended on April 1, 2012 .

Third Quarter Financial Highlights Net revenues of $125.7 million , an increase of 12% year-over-year Net revenues for our 10Gb Ethernet products more than doubled year-over-year, exceeding 20% of net revenues, compared to 15% in the prior quarter and 12% in Q3 of fiscal 2011 Network Connectivity Products (NCP) net revenues of $91.1 million , or 73% of net revenues, an increase of 9% year-over-year Storage Connectivity Products (SCP) net revenues of $27.9 million , or 22% of net revenues, an increase of 33% year-over-year Advanced Technology and Other Products (ATP) net revenues of $6.8 million , or 5% of net revenues, a decrease of 6% year-over-year GAAP gross margins of 59% and non-GAAP gross margins of 64% GAAP operating income of $8.1 million , or 6% of total net revenues, and non-GAAP operating income of $21.4 million , or 17% of total net revenues GAAP net income of $8.7 million and non-GAAP net income of $18.5 million GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.10 and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.21 Cash, cash equivalents and investments at the end of the quarter of $201.5 million

Third Quarter Business Highlights OneCommand Vision 2.0 named one of the 2011 Products of the Year in the Storage Management Tools category by the editors of TechTarget's Storage Media Group . The award selection was based on innovation, performance, ease of integration into existing environments, ease of use, and manageability Announced OneCommand Vision supports the new Microsoft System Center 2012, enabling a common toolset to manage private and public cloud application and services in a single-pane-of-glass Emulex Connect Partner Program named to CRN's 2012 Partner Programs Guide for excellence in its overall channel program and awarded a 5- Star Partner rating John Alfieri , Emulex vice president, Americas channel sales, honored as one of CRN's 2012 Channel Chiefs

Financial Results

In the third quarter, total net revenues increased 12% from the comparable quarter of last year, reaching $125.7 million . Third quarter net income on a GAAP basis was $8.7 million , or $0.10 per diluted share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $18.3 million , or $0.21 per share, in Q3 of fiscal 2011. Non-GAAP net income for the third quarter was $18.5 million , or $0.21 per diluted share, representing a 98% increase from $9.4 million in the comparable quarter of the prior fiscal year.

For the first nine months of fiscal 2012, total net revenues of $372.8 million represent an increase of 13% over the comparable period of the prior year. GAAP net income for the period was $16.5 million , compared to a GAAP loss of $67.9 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2011. Non-GAAP net income increased 62% to a total of $53.0 million compared to $32.6 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2011. Reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP results are included in the accompanying financial data.

CEO Jim McCluney commented, "I'm particularly pleased with the strength of our results in light of the seasonal weakness that is typically associated with our third fiscal quarter. The continuing expansion of our core markets drove year-over-year revenue growth in excess of 10% for the fifth consecutive quarter, and once again exceeded the high end of our guidance," continued McCluney.

"We look forward to a strong finish to the fiscal year and are optimistic that we will be able to show double digit year-over-year revenue growth for the second consecutive year, and have the opportunity to surpass the half billion dollar annual revenue mark for the first time," McCluney concluded.

Business Outlook

Although actual results may vary depending on a variety of factors, many of which are outside the Company's control, including uncertainty related to the macro IT spending environment, the timing of new server launches by our customers, and the results and related costs of ongoing patent litigation, Emulex is providing guidance for its fourth fiscal quarter ending July 1, 2012 . For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, Emulex is forecasting total net revenues in the range of $126-$130 million . The Company expects non-GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.21-$0.23 in the fourth quarter. On a GAAP basis, Emulex expects earnings per diluted share could amount to $0.09-$0.11 in the fourth quarter. GAAP estimates for the fourth quarter reflect approximately $0.12 per diluted share in expected charges arising primarily from amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation and the royalties and mitigation expenses associated with the Broadcom patent litigation.

About Emulex

Emulex , the leader in converged networking solutions, provides enterprise-class connectivity for servers, networks and storage devices within the data center. The Company's product portfolio of Fibre Channel host bus adapters, network interface cards, converged network adapters, controllers, embedded bridges and switches, and connectivity management software are proven, tested and trusted by the world's largest and most demanding IT environments. Emulex solutions are used and offered by the industry's leading server and storage OEMs including, Cisco , Dell , EMC , Fujitsu , Groupe Bull, Hitachi , Hitachi Data Systems , HP, Huawei , IBM, Intel , NEC, NetApp , Oracle , Unisys and Xyratex . Emulex is headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif. , and has offices and research facilities in North America , Asia and Europe . Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX). News releases and other information about Emulex is available at www.Emulex.com.

Note Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Information

To supplement the condensed consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), we have included the following non-GAAP financial measures in this press release or in the webcast to discuss our financial results for the third fiscal quarter which may be accessed via our website at www.emulex.com: (i) non-GAAP gross margin, (ii) non-GAAP operating expenses, (iii) non-GAAP operating income, (iv) non-GAAP net income, and (v) non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude certain expenses and reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of our operations that, when viewed with the GAAP results and the reconciliations to corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of our results of operations and the factors and trends affecting our business. However, these non-GAAP measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. We use our non-GAAP financial measures internally to better understand and evaluate our business, prepare annual budgets, and in measuring performance for some forms of compensation.

Our non-GAAP financial measures reflect adjustments based on the following items, as well as the related income tax effects:

Stock-based compensation . Although stock-based compensation represents an important part of incentive compensation offered to our key employees, we believe that exclusion of the impact of stock-based compensation assists management and investors in evaluating the period over period performance of our business operations and in comparing our performance with those of our competitors. Stock-based compensation expense will recur in future periods.

Amortization of intangibles . Amortization of intangibles generally represents costs incurred by an acquired company or other third party to build value prior to our acquisition of the intangible assets. As such, it is effectively part of the transaction costs of the acquisition rather than ongoing costs of operating our core business. As a result, we believe that exclusion of these costs in presenting non-GAAP financial measures provides management and investors a more effective means of evaluating its historical performance and projected costs and the potential for realizing cost efficiencies within our core business. Amortization of intangibles will recur in future periods.

Site closure related expenses . We have recognized expenses related to closure and consolidation of certain facilities. We believe that exclusion of these expenses is useful to management and investors in evaluating the performance of our ongoing operations on a period-to-period basis and relative to our competitors. In this regard, we note that expenses of this type are infrequent in nature.

Patent damages/sunset period royalties . We have incurred expenses in the form of damages and royalties as a result of a judgment in a patent litigation proceeding. We believe that exclusion of charges related to the Broadcom patent damages and sunset period royalties are useful to management and investors in evaluating the performance of our ongoing operations on a period-to-period basis and relative to our competitors, as this amount relates to a judgment in litigation and does not reflect a continuing cost of operating our core business. In this regard, we note that expenses of this type are infrequent in nature.

Additional costs on sell through of inventory acquired in the ServerEngines acquisition . At the time of an acquisition, the inventory of the acquired company is recorded at fair value and subsequently expensed as sold. We believe that the mark-up on acquired inventory does not constitute part of our core business because it generally represents costs incurred by the acquired company prior to acquisition and as such they are effectively part of transaction costs rather than ongoing costs of operating our core business. In this regard, we note that once the acquired inventory is consumed the mark-up will not be replaced with cash costs and therefore, the exclusion of these costs provides management and investors with better visibility into the actual costs required to generate revenues over time.

Mitigation expenses related to the Broadcom patents . We have recognized mitigation expenses related to the Broadcom patents. We believe that exclusion of these redesign, requalification and appeal expenses is useful to management and investors in evaluating the performance of our ongoing operations on a period-to-period basis and relative to our competitors. In this regard, we note that expenses of this type are infrequent in nature.

Impairment of in-process research and development . We believe that the exclusion of charges relating to the impairment of in-process research and development is useful to management and investors in evaluating the performance of our ongoing operations on a period-to-period basis and relative to our competitors. In this regard, we note that charges of this nature are infrequent and are unrelated to our core business.

Broadcom's unsolicited takeover proposal and related litigation costs . We believe that exclusion of charges related to Broadcom's unsolicited takeover proposal and related litigation costs is useful to management and investors in evaluating the performance of our ongoing operations on a period-to-period basis and relative to our competitors. We believe such costs are generally unrelated to our core business and/or infrequent in nature.

Fair value adjustments on assets . We have recognized a fair value adjustment in connection with a loan made to ServerEngines prior to the acquisition. We believe that exclusion of this adjustment is useful to management and investors in evaluating the performance of our ongoing operations on a period-to-period basis and relative to our competitors. In this regard, we note that adjustments of this type are infrequent in nature.

Tax impact associated with platform contribution transactions . We believe eliminating the discrete tax impact associated with the Company's recent globalization initiatives, including the platform contribution transactions (PCT) between one of our U.S. entities and a foreign subsidiary to license certain product technology, including the recently acquired ServerEngines technology, is useful to management and investors in evaluating the performance of the Company's ongoing operations on a period-to-period basis and relative to the Company's competitors. In this regard, we note that adjustments of this type are generally infrequent in nature.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above, including, without limitation, those contained in the discussion of "Business Outlook" above, and the reconciliation of forward-looking diluted earnings per share below, contain forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or changes to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect any future events or circumstances. We wish to caution readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors include intellectual property claims, with or without merit, that could result in costly litigation, cause product shipment delays, require us to indemnify customers, or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements, which may or may not be available. Furthermore, we have in the past obtained, and may be required in the future to obtain, licenses of technology owned by other parties. We cannot be certain that the necessary licenses will be available or that they can be obtained on commercially reasonable terms. If we were to fail to obtain such royalty or licensing agreements in a timely manner and on reasonable terms, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected. Ongoing lawsuits, such as the action brought by Broadcom Corporation ( Broadcom ), present inherent risks, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations. Such potential risks include continuing expenses of litigation, risk of loss of patent rights and/or monetary damages, risk of injunction against the sale of products incorporating the technology in question, counterclaims, attorneys' fees, incremental costs associated with product or component redesigns, and diversion of management's attention from other business matters. With respect to the Broadcom litigation such potential risks also include the availability of an adequate sunset period of time to make design changes, the ability to implement any design changes, the availability of customer resources to complete any re-qualification or re-testing that may be needed, the ability to maintain favorable working relationships with Emulex suppliers of SerDes modules and the ability to obtain a settlement that does not put us at a competitive disadvantage. In addition, the fact that the economy generally, and the technology and storage segments specifically, have been in a state of uncertainty makes it difficult to determine if past experience is a good guide to the future and makes it impossible to determine if markets will grow or shrink in the short term. The current economic downturn and the resulting disruptions in world credit and equity markets that are creating economic uncertainty for our customers and the storage networking market as a whole has and could continue to adversely affect our revenues and results of operations. Furthermore, the effect of any actual or potential unsolicited offers to acquire us may have an adverse effect on our operations. As a result of these uncertainties, we are unable to predict our future results with any accuracy. Other factors affecting these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: faster than anticipated decline in the storage networking market; slower than expected growth of the storage networking market or the failure of our Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) customers to successfully incorporate our products into their systems; our dependence on a limited number of customers and the effects of the loss of, decrease in or delays of orders by any such customers, or the failure of such customers to make timely payments; the emergence of new or stronger competitors as a result of consolidation movements in the market; the timing and market acceptance of our products or our OEM customers' new or enhanced products; costs associated with entry into new areas of the storage technology market; the variability in the level of our backlog and the variable and seasonal procurement patterns of our customers; any inadequacy of our intellectual property protection and the costs of actual or potential third-party claims of infringement and any related indemnity obligations or adverse judgments; impairment charges, including but not limited to goodwill and intangible assets; changes in tax rates or legislation; the effects of acquisitions; the effects of terrorist activities; natural disasters, such as the earthquake and resulting tsunami off the coast of Japan in March 2011 and the significant flooding in various parts of Thailand in October 2011 , and any resulting disruption in our supply chain or customer purchasing patterns or any other resulting economic or political instability; the highly competitive nature of the markets for our products as well as pricing pressures that may result from such competitive conditions; the effects of changes in our business model to separately charge for software; the effect of rapid migration of customers towards newer, lower cost product platforms; possible transitions from board or box level to application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) solutions for selected applications; a shift in unit product mix from higher-end to lower-end or mezzanine card products; a faster than anticipated decrease in the average unit selling prices or an increase in the manufactured cost of our products; delays in product development; our reliance on third-party suppliers and subcontractors for components and assembly; our ability to attract and retain key technical personnel; our ability to benefit from research and development activities; our dependence on international sales and internationally produced products; changes in accounting standards; and the potential effects of global warming and any resulting regulatory changes on our business. These and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements and are discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission , including our recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, under the caption "Risk Factors."

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