X-FAB Third Quarter Results

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Highlights for Q3 2017:

• Revenue of USD 140.3 million, up 9% year-on-year and up 1% quarter-on-quarter
• EBITDA of USD 26.7 million with an EBITDA margin of 19%
• Both revenue and EBITDA are in-line with guidance
• EBIT of USD 12.8 million, down 35% year-on-year and up 40% quarter-on-quarter
• Net profit of USD 22.4 million, up 34% year-on-year and down 7% quarter-on-quarter
• Earnings per share of USD 0.17

Q4 2017 Outlook:

• Revenue expected of USD 147-153 million with an EBITDA margin of about 20%

In the third quarter, the integration of X-FAB France moved forward. As scheduled, first production on X-FAB’s proprietary technologies was delivered out of the factory in Corbeil-Essonnes.

The capacity expansion of the Malaysian fab is on track after the USD 40 million CAPEX project was kicked off in the second quarter of 2017. The capacity of the site will increase by 4,000 wafer starts per month to a total of 28,000 wafer starts per month, which will become fully effective in the second quarter of 2018.

X-FAB Texas is expected to record first SiC production revenue in the fourth quarter of 2017.

In the third quarter, the utilization rate of the factories increased. In addition to this, the share of X-FAB’s core market segments automotive, industrial and medical went up while the lower margin consumer business decreased. These factors contributed to an improved profitability. Revenues in the consumer segment experienced a dip in the third quarter due to an ongoing transition to next generation products on customer side. The consumer segment is expected to strengthen in the fourth quarter of 2017.

At a constant USD/Euro currency exchange rate, revenues grew by 8% year-on-year and were flat quarter-on-quarter.

Revenue Breakdown per Quarter

In the third quarter of 2017, prototyping revenues as indicator for future business came in at USD 12.8 million. Year-to-date, prototyping revenues totaled USD 39.1 million, which is an increase of 25% compared to the same period last year. Prototyping revenues in the core market segments automotive, industrial and medical typically convert into production revenues within four to five years after initial prototyping. With the stronger contribution from the core markets in the third quarter representing 66% of total revenue, overall visibility continued to improve.

Commenting on the development of X-FAB’s medical business, Rudi De Winter added: "I am very excited about our medical business which reached a share of 5% of total sales in the past quarter. The medical business grew by 68% in the first nine months of the year compared to the same period of last year. This was mainly driven by revenues for various lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devices, e.g. for the DNA analysis of tumor cells. As these lab-on-a-chip applications keep progressing with FDA approvals, and as they are more and more qualifying for reimbursement by medical insurances, the adoption of these techniques will increase.”

FX Sensitivity
Relating to the financials as per September 2017 YTD, an evolution of the USD/Euro exchange rate from 1.10 to 1.20 would translate into a net positive effect on the financial result by about USD 10 million while on a yearly basis it would have a negative effect of USD 12 million on the operational result.

X-FAB Quarterly Conference Call
X-FAB’s third quarter results will be discussed in a live conference call on Tuesday, November 7^th, 2017 at 5.00 pm CET. The conference call will be in English. Please register in advance of the conference using the following link: http://emea.directeventreg.com/registration/7598149

Upon registering, you will be provided with participant dial-in numbers, Direct Event passcode and a unique registrant ID. In the 10 minutes prior to the call, you will need to use the conference access information provided in the email received at the point of registering.

The conference call will be available for replay from November 7^th 8 pm CET until November 13^th 8 pm CET. The replay number will be +44 (0)1452550000, conference ID 7598149.

The fourth quarter and full year results will be communicated on February 13^th, 2018.

About X-FAB
X-FAB is the leading analog/mixed-signal and MEMS foundry group manufacturing silicon wafers for automotive, industrial, consumer, medical and other applications. Its customers worldwide benefit from the highest quality standards, manufacturing excellence and innovative solutions by using X-FAB’s modular CMOS processes in geometries ranging from 1.0 to 0.13 µm, and its special BCD, SOI and MEMS long-lifetime processes. X-FAB’s analog-digital integrated circuits (mixed-signal ICs), sensors and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) are manufactured at six production facilities in Germany, France, Malaysia and the U.S. X-FAB employs more than 3,800 people worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.xfab.com.

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