Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

March 6, 2014

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 

 

AMBARELLA, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands   001-35667   98-0459628

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I. R. S. Employer

Identification No.)

3101 Jay Street

Santa Clara, CA 95054

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 734-8888

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On March 6, 2014, Ambarella, Inc. issued a press release announcing its results for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2014. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information in this current report on Form 8-K and the exhibits attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Press Release dated March 6, 2014


Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: March 6, 2014   Ambarella, Inc.
 

/s/ George Laplante

 

George Laplante

Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit Title

99.1    Press Release dated March 6, 2014
EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Ambarella, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2014 Financial Results

Fourth Quarter Revenue up 27% Year over Year

Contact:

Deborah Stapleton

650.470.4200

deb@stapleton.com

March 6, 2014 — Santa Clara, Calif. – Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), a leading developer of low-power, HD video compression and image processing semiconductors, today announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended January 31, 2014.

Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 was $40.0 million, up 26.8% from $31.5 million in the same period in fiscal 2013. For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014, revenue was $157.6 million, up 30.2% from $121.1 million for the year ending January 31, 2013.

Gross margin under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 was 64.0%, compared with 63.2% for the same period in fiscal 2013. For the year ended January 31, 2014, GAAP gross margin was 63.4%, compared with 66.6% for the year ended January 31, 2013.

GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 was $5.5 million, or $0.18 per diluted ordinary share, compared with GAAP net income of $3.6 million, or $0.13 per diluted ordinary share, for the same period in fiscal 2013. GAAP net income for the year ended January 31, 2014 was $25.7 million, or $0.85 per diluted ordinary share. This compares to GAAP net income of $18.2 million, or $0.60 per diluted ordinary share, for the year ended January 31, 2013.

Gross margin on a non-GAAP basis for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 was 64.1%, compared with 63.3% for the same period in fiscal 2013. For the year ended January 31, 2014, non-GAAP gross margin was 63.5%, compared with 66.7% for the year ended January 31, 2013.

Non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 was $8.2 million, or $0.26 per diluted ordinary share. This compares with non-GAAP net income of $5.0 million, or $0.18 per diluted ordinary share, for the same period in fiscal 2013. Non-GAAP net income for the year ended January 31, 2014 was $33.2 million, or $1.10 per diluted ordinary share. This compares to non-GAAP net income of $22.7 million, or $0.79 per diluted ordinary share, for the year ended January 31, 2013.

Ambarella reports gross margin, net income and earnings per share in accordance with GAAP and, additionally, on a non-GAAP basis. Non-GAAP financial information excludes the impact of stock-based compensation and the associated tax impact. A reconciliation of the GAAP to non-GAAP gross margin, net income and earnings per share numbers, as well as a description of the items excluded from the non-GAAP calculations, is included in the financial statements portion of this press release.


Cash on hand at the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2014 was $143.4 million, compared with $100.5 million at the end of the same quarter a year ago.

“We are very pleased with our fourth quarter and fiscal year 2014 financial results,” said Fermi Wang, president and CEO. “During the fourth quarter we had revenue of $40M, up 26.8% from the same period last year. Our revenue for the whole fiscal year was up 30.2% from last year, while revenue from IP-security cameras more than doubled. In Q4 we introduced innovative surround-view solutions for the automotive market and collaborated with Google to explore new opportunities in wearable cameras. We look forward to driving continued innovation in the year ahead.”

Quarterly Conference Call

Ambarella plans to hold a conference call at 5 p.m. Eastern Time / 2 p.m. Pacific Time today with Fermi Wang, Chief Executive Officer, and George Laplante, Chief Financial Officer, to discuss fourth quarter and fiscal 2014 results. The call can be accessed by dialing 877-304-8963 in the USA; international callers should dial 760-666-4834. Participant passcode is 48732876 or “Ambarella.” Please dial in ten minutes prior to the scheduled conference call time. A live and archived webcast of the call will be available on Ambarella’s website at http://www.ambarella.com/ for up to 30 days after the call.

About Ambarella

Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), is a leading developer of low-power, high-definition (HD) video compression and image processing solutions. The company’s products are used in a variety of HD cameras including security IP-cameras, wearable sports cameras, digital still cameras, and automotive video camera recorders. Ambarella technology is also used in television broadcasting with TV programs being transmitted worldwide using Ambarella compression chips. For more information about Ambarella, please visit www.ambarella.com.

“Safe harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are not historical facts and often can be identified by terms such as “outlook,” “projected,” “intends,” “will,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “believes,” “could,” or similar expressions, including the comments of our CEO relating to our ability to generate revenue from our collaboration with Google or other business relationships, and the ability of our technology and product features to gain market acceptance and design wins. The achievement or success of the matters covered by such forward-looking statements involves risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results could differ materially from those predicted or implied and reported results should not be considered as an indication of our future performance.

The risks and uncertainties referred to above include, but are not limited to, risks associated with revenue being generated from new customers or design wins, neither of which is assured; our growth strategy; our ability to anticipate future market demands and future needs of our customers; our ability to introduce new and enhanced solutions; our ability to retain and expand customer relationships and to achieve design wins; our ability to successfully enter new markets; anticipated trends and challenges, including competition, in the markets in which we operate; our ability to effectively manage growth; our ability to retain key employees; and the potential for intellectual property disputes or other litigation.


Further information on these and other factors that could affect our financial results is included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for our 2013 fiscal year and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for our third quarter of fiscal year 2014, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Additional information will also be set forth in the company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, annual reports on Form 10-K and other filings the company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, copies of which may be obtained by visiting the Investor Relations portion of our web site at www.ambarella.com or the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this release, which are based on information available to us on the date hereof. The results we report in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014 could differ from the preliminary results announced in this press release.

Ambarella assumes no obligation and does not intend to update the forward-looking statements made in this press release, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The company has provided in this release non-GAAP financial information including non-GAAP gross margin, net income, and earnings per share, as a supplement to the consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing the company’s financial results to assess operational performance and liquidity. The company believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing its performance and when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods. Further, the company believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors because they allow for greater transparency with respect to key financial metrics that the company uses in making operating decisions and because the company believes that investors and analysts use them to help assess the health of its business and for comparison to other companies. Non-GAAP results are presented for supplemental informational purposes only for understanding the company’s operating results. The non-GAAP information should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies.

The company has provided below reconciliations between its non-GAAP financial measures to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.


AMBARELLA, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended January 31,     Twelve Months Ended January 31,  
     2014      2013     2014     2013  

Revenue

   $ 39,967       $ 31,518      $ 157,608      $ 121,066   

Cost of revenue

     14,405         11,584        57,761        40,405   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     25,562         19,934        99,847        80,661   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

         

Research and development

     13,010         11,198        48,777        42,829   

Selling, general and administrative

     6,850         5,114        23,153        17,926   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     19,860         16,312        71,930        60,755   

Income from operations

     5,702         3,622        27,917        19,906   

Other income (loss), net

     6         (3     (22     136   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     5,708         3,619        27,895        20,042   

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     175         (24     2,241        1,854   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 5,533       $ 3,643      $ 25,654      $ 18,188   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income per share attributable to ordinary shareholders:

         

Basic

   $ 0.19       $ 0.14      $ 0.93      $ 0.64   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 0.18       $ 0.13      $ 0.85      $ 0.60   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used to compute net income per share attributable to ordinary shareholders:

         

Basic

     28,430,988         26,894,966        27,680,778        13,511,646   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

     31,430,522         28,547,219        30,172,563        15,016,986   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table presents details of stock-based compensation expense included in each functional line item in the consolidated statements of operations above:

 

     Three Months Ended January 31,      Twelve Months Ended January 31,  
     2014      2013      2014      2013  
     (unaudited, in thousands)  

Stock-based compensation:

           

Cost of revenue

   $ 63       $ 33       $ 178       $ 92   

Research and development

     1,628         963         4,887         2,942   

Selling, general and administrative

     1,184         562         3,470         1,965   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation

   $ 2,875       $ 1,558       $ 8,535       $ 4,999   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


AMBARELLA, INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended January 31,     Twelve Months Ended January 31,  
     2014     2013     2014     2013  

GAAP net income

   $ 5,533      $ 3,643      $ 25,654      $ 18,188   

Two-class method - allocation to participating securities

     (3     (8     (31     (9,578

Treasury stock method - additional allocation to ordinary shares

     —          —          2        432   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP net income - diluted

   $ 5,530      $ 3,635      $ 25,625      $ 9,042   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP adjustments:

        

Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax effect

     2,648        1,372        7,558        4,538   

Two-class method - additional allocation to participating securities

     (2     (2     (9     (1,827

Treasury stock method - additional allocation to ordinary shares

     1        —          1        117   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income - diluted

   $ 8,177      $ 5,005      $ 33,175      $ 11,870   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP - diluted weighted average shares

     31,430,522        28,547,219        30,172,563        15,016,986   

Non-GAAP - diluted weighted average shares

     31,430,522        28,547,219        30,172,563        15,016,986   

GAAP - diluted net income per share

   $ 0.18      $ 0.13      $ 0.85      $ 0.60   

Non-GAAP adjustments:

        

Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax effect

     0.08        0.05        0.25        0.30   

Non-GAAP adjustment to two-class method diluted net income

     —          —          —          (0.12

Non-GAAP adjustment to treasury stock method diluted net income

     —          —          —          0.01   

Non-GAAP - diluted net income per share

   $ 0.26      $ 0.18      $ 1.10      $ 0.79   

For each period presented, the difference between GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin was 0.1%, respectively, or $63,000 for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, $33,000 for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, $178,000 for fiscal 2014 and $92,000 for fiscal 2013. The difference was due to the effect of stock-based compensation and the associated tax impact, recorded for GAAP purposes.


AMBARELLA, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited, in thousands)

 

     January 31,
2014
     January 31,
2013
 

ASSETS

     

Current assets:

     

Cash

   $ 143,394       $ 100,494   

Accounts receivable, net

     18,837         20,153   

Inventories

     10,452         8,918   

Restricted cash

     3         3   

Deferred tax assets, current

     1,599         1,220   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     2,951         2,360   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     177,236         133,148   

Property and equipment, net

     3,018         2,536   

Deferred tax assets, non-current

     1,134         938   

Other assets

     1,919         1,981   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 183,307       $ 138,603   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

     

Current liabilities:

     

Accounts payable

     8,321         7,051   

Accrued liabilities

     11,705         14,042   

Income taxes payable

     545         286   

Deferred revenue, current

     4,831         3,451   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     25,402         24,830   

Other long-term liabilities

     1,544         1,441   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     26,946         26,271   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

     

Preference shares

     —           —     

Ordinary shares

     13         12   

Additional paid-in capital

     110,285         91,911   

Retained earnings

     46,063         20,409   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     156,361         112,332   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 183,307       $ 138,603