ANADIGICS Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results

Achieves Record Quarterly Net Sales of $80.5 million; up 8.2% sequentially and
49.4% From Year Ago Quarter

WARREN, N.J., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ANADIGICS, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ANAD), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions in the rapidly
growing broadband wireless and wireline communications markets, reported
record second quarter 2008 net sales of $80.5 million, an increase of 8.2%
compared with net sales of $74.4 million in the prior quarter, and an increase
of 49.4% compared to net sales of $53.9 million in the year ago quarter.
Net income was $6.0 million, or $0.10 per share, compared with $3.9
million, or $0.07 per share, in the prior quarter and net income of $1.9
million, or $0.03 per share, in the year ago quarter. Pro forma income for
the second quarter 2008, which excludes non-cash stock compensation expense,
discontinued operations and an impairment charge of $0.6 million on the
company's investment in auction rate securities, was $11.6 million, or $0.18
per diluted share, compared with $9.2 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, in
the prior quarter and $5.7 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, in the year
ago quarter.
"Our second quarter 2008 results were driven by strong sequential revenue
growth in Broadband for both WiFi and CATV including initial production
shipments of our new digital tuner, FiOS and DOCSIS 3.0 products," said Dr.
Bami Bastani, President and Chief Executive Officer. "As we enter the third
quarter 2008, Broadband will continue to have strong momentum, which will
partially offset an expected decline in Wireless as certain of our customers
have lowered their demand expectations and are reducing inventory levels.
However, we believe this to be temporary as design-in activity has increased
and therefore, are aggressively pursuing our capacity expansion plans in China
to meet future demand."
As of June 28, 2008 cash and short and long-term marketable securities
totaled $161.4 million compared with $166.5 million at March 29, 2008.
"Our reported second quarter 2008 financial results highlight the
Company's capability in achieving operating leverage in our business," said
Tom Shields, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "The
Company's balance sheet remains strong as we continue to invest in sustaining
business growth for the long-term."
The Company further reported that it will accelerate previous plans
announced on April 11, 2007 to expand wafer capacity in China. Such
accelerated plans include increasing the total investment in the build-out of
the 6" gallium arsenide integrated circuit wafer fabrication facility in
Kunshan, China from $49.88 million to approximately $100.0 million. Such
investments are expected to provide the completion of building construction by
October 2008 and expanded wafer capacity commencing with the third quarter
2009. Additionally, the Company has initiated the immediate recruiting of
required resources and will incur certain operating costs relative to the
wafer fabrication facility in the third quarter 2008, which are estimated at
$1.0 million. The company expects to have the ability to fund the China
investments from internally generated operating cash flows and cash on-hand.
However, if advantageous, the Company will explore other available and
alternative means of financing.
Outlook for the Third Quarter 2008
Net sales for the third quarter 2008 are estimated to be in the range of
$75.0 million to $81.0 million. Net sales at this level would represent an
approximate 26% to 36% increase on a comparable basis with third quarter 2007.
The low end of the net sales guidance reflects softness in industry demand and
inventory re-balancing that may occur in the third quarter 2008 from our
Wireless customers. Net income per share on a GAAP basis for the third
quarter 2008 is expected to approximate $0.01 to $0.05. Pro forma diluted
earnings per share, excluding non-cash stock compensation expense, are
expected to be in the range of approximately $0.10 - $0.14. The net income
and pro forma diluted earnings per share are based on an estimated diluted
weighted average outstanding common share count of 62.7 million.
The statements regarding outlook are forward looking and actual results
may differ materially. Please see safe harbor statement at the end of the
press release.
This press release includes financial measures that are not in accordance
with GAAP, consisting of non-GAAP, or pro forma, net income or loss and
non-GAAP, or pro forma, income or loss per share. Management uses non-GAAP
net income or loss and non-GAAP income or loss per share to evaluate the
company's operating and financial performance in light of business objectives,
for planning purposes, when publicly providing our business outlook and to
facilitate period-to-period comparisons. ANADIGICS believes that these
measures are useful to investors because they enhance investors' ability to
review the company's business from the same perspective as the company's
management and facilitate comparisons of this period's results with prior
periods. These non-GAAP measures exclude charges related to stock-based
compensation, an impairment of auction rate securities and discontinued
operations. Non-GAAP measures are used by some investors when assessing the
performance of our Company. These financial measures are not in accordance
with GAAP and may differ from non-GAAP methods of accounting and reporting
used by other companies. Management acknowledges that stock-based
compensation is a recurring cost and is an important part of our employee's
compensation and impacts their performance. However the expense is non-cash
in nature and there are various valuation methodologies and assumptions used
in determining stock-based compensation that may be unrelated to operations,
such as volatility and current interest rates. The presentation of the
additional information should not be considered a substitute for net income or
loss or income or loss per share prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Limitations of non-GAAP financial measures. The primary material
limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP measures as compared to the
most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are (i) they may not be
comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies in ANADIGICS
industry, and (ii) they exclude financial information that some may consider
important in evaluating our performance. We compensate for these limitations
by providing reconciliations of reported net income or loss and income or loss
per share to non-GAAP net income or net loss and non-GAAP income or loss per
share, respectively, within this press release.
Conference Call
ANADIGICS' senior management will conduct a conference call today at 5:00
PM Eastern time. A live audio Webcast will be available at
www.anadigics.com/investors. A recording of the call will be available
approximately two hours after the end of the call on the ANADIGICS Web site or
by dialing 800-642-1687 (available until July 29, 2008).
Recent Highlights
June 25, 2008 - ANADIGICS Announces First Programmable Gain Amplifier
Optimized for DOCSIS 3.0
June 24, 2008 - ANADIGICS Launches Family of Active Splitters Designed for
Set-top Boxes with Multiple Tuners
June 23, 2008 - ANADIGICS Launches Fully Integrated 1GHz Tuner for Set-top
Boxes
June 17, 2008 - ANADIGICS Expands Broadband and Wireless Sales Support in
Israel
May 28, 2008 - ANADIGICS Supports LG Electronics' New Professional Level
Camera Phone
May 27, 2008 - ANADIGICS' New High-Power CATV Amplifier Facilitates
Migration towards deep Fiber Architecture
May 20, 2008 - ANADIGICS Continues to Stand Behind LG Electronics,
Powering Phone Giant's Latest Multimedia Mobile Handset
May 15, 2008 - ANADIGICS' New Linear Amplifiers Raise Standards for Power
and Performance in CATV Set-top Boxes and Distribution Systems
April 30, 2008 - ANADIGICS Announces 3G Power Amplifier Designed to
Deliver Power Performance required by EGSM Platforms throughout Europe
April 23, 2008 - Engineered for UMTS900 Handsets, ANADIGICS New Power
Amplifier is Powering EGSM WCDMA Networks.
About ANADIGICS, Inc.
ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD) is a leading provider of semiconductor
solutions in the rapidly growing broadband wireless and wireline
communications markets. The Company's products include power amplifiers, tuner
integrated circuits, active splitters, line amplifiers, and other components,
which can be sold individually or packaged as integrated radio frequency and
front end modules.
Safe Harbor Statement
Except for historical information contained herein, this press release
contains projections and other forward-looking statements (as that term is
defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). These
projections and forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current views
with respect to future events and financial performance and can generally be
identified as such because the context of the statement will include words
such as "believe", "anticipate", "expect", or words of similar import.
Similarly, statements that describe our future plans, objectives, estimates or
goals are forward-looking statements. No assurances can be given, however,
that these events will occur or that these projections will be achieved and
actual results and developments could differ materially from those projected
as a result of certain factors. Important factors that could cause actual
results and developments to be materially different from those expressed or
implied by such projections and forward-looking statements include those
factors detailed from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2007, and those discussed elsewhere herein.
Investor Relations
Thomas Shields
ANADIGICS, Inc.
141 Mt. Bethel Road
Warren, NJ 07059
Tel: +1 908 412-5995
E-mail: tshields@anadigics.com

ANADIGICS, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts, unaudited)

Three months ended Six months ended
June 28, June 30, June 28, June 30,
2008 2007 2008 2007

Net sales $80,493 $53,869 $154,862 $103,442
Cost of sales 50,573 34,963 98,337 68,250
Gross profit 29,920 18,906 56,525 35,192
Research and development expenses 14,797 11,080 29,128 20,818
Selling and administrative
expenses 9,441 7,482 18,321 14,841
Operating income (loss) 5,682 344 9,076 (467)
Interest income 1,281 2,198 3,219 3,438
Interest expense (591) (655) (1,182) (1,280)
Other expense (324) - (1,136) -
Income from continuing operations 6,048 1,887 9,977 1,691
Loss from discontinued operations - - - (965)
Net income $ 6,048 $ 1,887 $ 9,977 $ 726

Basic earnings (loss) per share
Income from continuing operations $ 0.10 $ 0.03 $ 0.17 $ 0.03
Loss from discontinued operations $ - $ - $ - $ (0.02)
Net income $ 0.10 $0.03 $ 0.17 $ 0.01

Diluted earnings (loss) per share
Income from continuing operations $ 0.10 $ 0.03 $ 0.16 $ 0.03
Loss from discontinued operations $ - $ - $ - $ (0.02)
Net income $ 0.10 $ 0.03 $ 0.16 $ 0.01

Basic shares outstanding 60,027 56,523 59,669 52,419
Basic & dilutive shares
outstanding 69,351 59,604 68,596 55,774

Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP to Pro Forma Non-GAAP Financial
Measures

GAAP net income $ 6,048 $ 1,887 $ 9,977 $ 726
Stock compensation expense in
continuing operations
Cost of sales 1,026 851 1,752 1,751
Research and development 1,905 1,392 3,801 2,892
Selling and administrative 2,010 1,597 3,794 3,073
Auction rate securities
impairment 614 - 1,437 -
Loss from discontinued
operations (1) - - - 965
Pro forma net income $11,603 $ 5,727 $ 20,761 $ 9,407

Pro forma earnings (loss) per
share *
Basic $ 0.19 $ 0.10 $ 0.35 $ 0.18
Diluted $ 0.18 $ 0.10 $ 0.32 $ 0.17

(*) Calculated using related GAAP shares outstanding

(1) The loss from discontinued operations reflected the divestiture of
Telcom Devices, Inc., comprising $490 from the loss on sale and
$475 loss on operations in the first quarter of 2007.

ANADIGICS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in thousands)

June 28, 2008 December 31, 2007
Assets (unaudited)

Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $124,149 $57,786
Marketable securities 17,043 103,778
Accounts receivable 50,340 45,664
Inventory 27,398 23,989
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets 4,648 3,277
Total current assets 223,578 234,494

Marketable securities 20,210 15,248
Plant and equipment, net 99,377 76,129
Goodwill and other intangibles,
net of amortization 6,394 6,524
Other assets 883 1,066
$350,442 $333,461

Liabilities and stockholders'
equity

Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $25,913 $34,184
Accrued liabilities 11,070 7,928
Total current liabilities 36,983 42,112

Other long-term liabilities 3,189 3,243
Long-term debt 38,000 38,000

Total Stockholders' equity 272,270 250,106
$350,442 $333,461

* The condensed balance sheet at December 31, 2007 has been derived
from the audited financial statements at such date but does not
include all the information and footnotes required by generally
accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.

SOURCE ANADIGICS, Inc.

Investor Relations, Thomas Shields of ANADIGICS, Inc., +1-908-412-5995,
tshields@anadigics.com