California Micro Devices Provides December Quarter Financial Estimates

MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today estimated that revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended December 31, 2009, was between $12.5 and $12.6 million, at or exceeding the $12.5 million high end of prior guidance. Both GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins were approximately equal to the high end of their respective guidance ranges of approximately 35%. Non-GAAP operating expenses of approximately $3.9 to $4.0 million were below the lower end of their guidance range of $4.1 million while GAAP operating expenses of approximately $5.1 million were in excess of the high end of their guidance range of $4.3 million, primarily due to acquisition-related transaction costs of approximately $1.0 million. GAAP EPS is estimated to be a loss of approximately ($0.03), compared to the ($0.04) low-end of prior guidance, while non-GAAP EPS is estimated to be a profit of approximately $0.02, exceeding the $0.01 high end of prior guidance. The company also estimated that positive operating cash flow for the quarter was approximately $900,000, exceeding the $200,000 high end of prior guidance. For purposes of this release, the non-GAAP EPS estimate excludes acquisition-related transaction costs of approximately $0.04 per share as well as stock-based compensation expenses of approximately $0.01 per share, and uses a cash basis tax rate, which had negligible impact. Non-GAAP gross margin excludes approximately $50 thousand of stock-based compensation expenses. Non-GAAP operating expenses exclude approximately $1.0 million of acquisition-related transaction costs and approximately $200 thousand of stock-based compensation expenses.

About California Micro Devices Corporation

California Micro Devices Corporation is a leading supplier of protection devices for the mobile handset, high brightness LED (HBLED), digital consumer electronics and personal computer markets. Detailed corporate and product information may be accessed at www.cmd.com.

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In addition to disclosing estimated financial results calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this press release contains estimated non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the effects of employee share-based compensation as required by Accounting Standards Codification Topic Nos. 718 "Compensation - Stock Compensation" (ASC 718) and 260 "Earnings Per Share" (ASC 260). The estimated non-GAAP financial measures, as used by management and disclosed by the company, exclude the estimated income statement effects of all forms of employee share-based compensation and the effects of ASC 260 upon the number of diluted shares used in calculating non-GAAP earnings per share. They also exclude estimated acquisition-related transaction costs and utilize a tax rate that is based upon the income taxes the company expects to actually pay relating to the activities and results for the relevant fiscal time period. The estimated non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the company should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, estimated GAAP financial measures. The GAAP financial measures, and the reconciliation to estimated non-GAAP financial measures set forth at the end of the first paragraph of this release should be carefully evaluated. The estimated non-GAAP financial measures used by the company may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other companies. For additional information regarding this estimated non-GAAP financial measure, see the Form 8-K dated January 11, 2010 that the company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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