LSI: Fiscal 4Q12 Financial Results

LSI Corporation reported results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012.

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Highlights

• Fourth quarter 2012 revenues from continuing operations of $600 million, up 15% year-over-year
• Fourth quarter 2012 GAAP income from continuing operations of $0.05 per diluted share
• Fourth quarter 2012 non-GAAP income from continuing operations of $0.18 per diluted share
• Fourth quarter 2012 operating cash flows of $95 million
• Full year 2012 revenues of $2.51 billion, up 23% year over year

First Quarter 2013 Business Outlook

• Projected revenues from continuing operations of $535 million to $575 million
• GAAP income from continuing operations in the range of ($0.03) to $0.06 per share
• Non-GAAP income from continuing operations in the range of $0.09 to $0.15 per share

On May 6, 2011, LSI completed the sale of its external storage systems business. The financial results of the external storage systems business have been classified as discontinued operations in LSI’s financial statements. Our ongoing business is referred to as "continuing operations."

"2012 was a year of exciting progress for LSI as we delivered 23% revenue growth, strong expansion in operating margin and earnings per share from continuing operations, and record design wins. We introduced several important new products, and customers are increasingly looking to new LSI solutions for mega datacenters, mobile networks and flash," said Abhi Talwalkar, LSI’s president and CEO. "LSI’s intelligent silicon offers proven solutions as businesses turn to the cloud and look for new ways to accelerate their ability to quickly analyze, store, share and protect data. While there is uncertainty in the macro environment and softness in some end markets, we are centered in dynamic new growth cycles that are expected to drive long-term growth in our flash, server and networking businesses."

Fourth quarter 2012 revenues from continuing operations were $600 million, in line with guidance, compared to $523 million generated from continuing operations in the fourth quarter of 2011, and compared to $624 million generated from continuing operations in the third quarter of 2012.

Fourth quarter 2012 GAAP income from continuing operations was $29 million or $0.05 per diluted share, compared to fourth quarter 2011 GAAP income from continuing operations of $11 million or $0.02 per diluted share. Third quarter 2012 GAAP income from continuing operations was $40 million or $0.07 per diluted share. Fourth quarter 2012 GAAP income from continuing operations included a net charge of $72 million from special items, consisting primarily of approximately $30 million of amortization of acquisition-related items, $25 million of stock-based compensation expense, $16 million of net restructuring and other items, and $1 million income tax effect.

Fourth quarter 2012 non-GAAP income from continuing operations was $101 million or $0.18 per diluted share, compared to fourth quarter 2011 non-GAAP income from continuing operations of $73 million or $0.13 per diluted share. Third quarter 2012 non-GAAP income from continuing operations was $99 million or $0.17 per diluted share.

Cash and short-term investments totaled approximately $676 million at quarter end. The company completed fourth-quarter purchases of approximately 7 million shares of its common stock for approximately $46 million. In 2012 the company purchased approximately 36 million shares of its common stock for approximately $273 million.

LSI recorded full-year 2012 revenues from continuing operations of $2.51 billion, a 23% increase compared to $2.04 billion in 2011.

"We delivered solid profitability and results in 2012, making good progress on our gross margin targets and generating strong cash flows," said Bryon Look, LSI’s CFO. "With a strong balance sheet, zero debt and $479 million remaining on our share buyback authorization, we are in a good position to continue to return capital to our shareholders."

Capital spending is projected to be around $25 million in the first quarter and approximately $80 million in total for 2013.

Depreciation and software amortization is projected to be around $15 million in the first quarter and approximately $60 million in total for 2013.