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Ixia Announces First Quarter Financial Results

Tue April 30, 2013 4:03 PM | about: XXIA

CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Ixia (XXIA) today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.

Total revenue for the 2013 first quarter was $122.8 million, compared with $86.7 million reported for the 2012 first quarter. The 2013 first quarter includes $38.4 million in revenue from the recent acquisitions of Anue Systems, Inc. (Anue) and BreakingPoint Systems (BreakingPoint), which closed in June and August 2012, respectively.

On a GAAP basis, the company recorded net income for the 2013 first quarter of $8.1 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, compared with net income of $5.2 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the 2012 first quarter. Non-GAAP net income for the 2013 first quarter was $20.3 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, compared with non-GAAP net income of $12.2 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, for the 2012 first quarter.

Additional non-GAAP information and a reconciliation of our non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures for the 2013 and 2012 first quarters may be found in the attached financial tables.

The first quarter was a solid start to the year, with good momentum from our mobility and data center solutions, commented Vic Alston, Ixia's president and chief executive officer. Service provider revenue was at a record level in the quarter as our customers continue to rollout their next generation mobile networks. Revenue from Anue and BreakingPoint grew on a combined basis over 70 percent from the first quarter of last year.

Alston continued, The fundamental dynamics driving our markets remain strong. Our customers are rapidly moving to mobile networks, virtual data centers and hybrid cloud environments to deliver next generation applications. We believe these market trends will continue to drive demand for Ixias mobility, security and data center solutions and that we are well positioned for long-term growth.

Ixia ended the 2013 first quarter with approximately $208 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments, compared with $177 million at December 31, 2012.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

Ixia will host a conference call today, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, for analysts and investors to discuss its 2013 first quarter results and its business outlook for the 2013 second quarter. Open to the public, investors may access the call by dialing [phone]. A live webcast of the conference call, along with supplemental financial information, will be accessible from the "Investors" section of Ixia's web site (www.ixiacom.com). Following the live webcast, an archived version will be available in the "Investors" section on the Ixia web site for 90 days.

Non-GAAP Information

To supplement our consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), we have included certain non-GAAP financial measures in this press release and in the attachments hereto. Specifically, we have provided non-GAAP financial measures (i.e., non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share) that exclude certain non-cash and/or non-recurring income and expense items such as proceeds and expenses from certain legal and contractual settlements, expenses incurred as part of our restatement of certain previously filed financial statements, stock-based compensation expenses, acquisition and other related costs, restructuring expenses, the amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, and the related income tax effects of these items, as well as certain other non-cash income tax impacts such as changes in the valuation allowance recorded against certain deferred tax assets. The aforementioned items represent income and expense items that may be difficult to estimate from period to period and/or that we believe are not directly attributable to the underlying performance of our business operations. These non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance the user's overall understanding of our financial performance. We believe that by excluding these items, our non-GAAP measures provide supplemental information to both management and investors that is useful in assessing our core operating performance, in evaluating our ongoing business operations and in comparing our results of operations on a consistent basis from period to period. These non-GAAP financial measures are also used by management to plan and forecast future periods and to assist in making operating and strategic decisions. The presentation of this additional information is not prepared in accordance with GAAP. The information therefore may not necessarily be comparable to that of other companies and should be considered as a supplement to, not a substitute for, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures which are included below in the attached financial tables.

About Ixia

From the lab to the network to the cloud, Ixia solutions optimize networks and data centers to accelerate, secure and scale the delivery of applications and services. Ixia delivers the industry's only solution with complete visibility into critical network, data center, applications and services. Ixia provides actionable insight for enterprises, service providers, government agencies and equipment manufacturers with solutions that test, assess and optimize networks. Ixia solutions use predictive data to accelerate and secure application and service delivery, giving customers the confidence to know their business networks are engineered to be understandable, dynamic and resilient. For more information, please visit www.ixiacom.com.

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

Certain statements made in this press release are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding growth, profitability, financial performance and future business. In some cases, such forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as may, will, should, expect, plan, believe, estimate, predict or the like. Such statements reflect our current intent, belief and expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause future results to differ materially from our current expectations include the risk that the anticipated benefits and synergies of our recent acquisitions of Anue and BreakingPoint will not be realized, changes in the global economy, competition, consistency of orders from significant customers, our success in developing and producing new products, market acceptance of our products, war, terrorism, political unrest, natural disasters and other circumstances that could, among other consequences, reduce the demand for our products, disrupt our supply chain and/or impact the delivery of our products. Such factors also include those identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, and in our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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