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STMicroelectronics Reports 2016 First Quarter Financial Results

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, reported financial results for the first quarter ended April 2, 2016.

First quarter net revenues totaled $1.61 billion, gross margin was 33.4%, and net loss was $0.05 per share.

"ST's results were in line with expectations and better than normal seasonality, despite a volatile macro-economic scenario and mixed industry dynamics as we entered the first quarter," commented Carlo Bozotti, STMicroelectronics President and Chief Executive Officer.

"While revenues declined sequentially by 3.3% in the first quarter, we are focused on returning to year-over-year growth. We already started, in the first quarter, with two important product areas, representing about 50% of ST revenues in 2015: automotive, driven by our pervasiveness in all domains, and microcontrollers, driven by the STM32 family. Both businesses are at the heart of our strategy, focused on Smart Driving and on Internet of Things for industrial, home, city and consumer applications. These early results show that the strategic choices we have made are already bringing results."

 Quarterly Financial Summary

U.S. GAAP

(Million US$)		 Q1 2016 Q4 2015 Q1 2015
Net Revenues 1,613 1,668 1,705
Gross Margin 33.4% 33.5% 33.2%
Operating Income (Loss) (33) 25 (19)
Net Income (Loss) attributable to parent company (41) 2 (22)
Non-U.S. GAAP (1)

(Million US$)
Operating Income (Loss) before impairment and restructuring charges (5) 29 10
Free cash flow 31 148 41
Net financial position 439 494 512

 (1) See Appendix for reconciliation to U.S. GAAP and additional information explaining why the Company believes these measures are important.

Quarterly Financial Summary By Product Group

In the first quarter of 2016, ST realigned its product families into three product groups to better leverage the product synergies around its strategic focus on Smart Driving and Internet of Things applications: Automotive and Discrete Group (ADG); Analog and MEMS Group (AMG) and Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group (MDG). MDG includes ST's set-top-box business which is currently undergoing a restructuring targeting annualized savings of $170 million upon completion. All prior-period amounts have been retrospectively aligned to the 2016 reporting segments.

Net Revenues By Product Group
(Million US$)		 Q1 2016 Q4 2015 Q1 2015
Automotive and Discrete Group (ADG) 671 637 674
Analog and MEMS Group (AMG) 369 370 445
Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group (MDG) 532 614 530
Others (a) 41 47 56
Total 1,613 1,668 1,705

(a) Net revenues of "Others" includes revenues from sales of Imaging Product Division, Subsystems, assembly services, and other revenue.

First Quarter Review

First quarter net revenues decreased 3.3% sequentially, in line with the Company's expectations and reflecting seasonal factors overall. Automotive and Discrete Group (ADG) revenues, representing the largest product group of ST, increased 5.4% on a sequential basis driven by strong demand, especially in Europe, in automotive products partially offset by difficult market conditions and seasonality related to discrete products. Analog and MEMS Group (AMG) revenues were substantially flat on a sequential basis while Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group (MDG), moving from a strong base of comparison in the prior quarter, decreased 13.4%.

On a year-over-year basis, first quarter net revenues decreased 5.4% or 3.3% excluding negative currency effects and certain businesses undergoing a phase-out including mobile legacy products, camera modules and set-top box. This mainly reflected weaker market conditions. However, certain product families saw an increase in revenues. Automotive and microcontroller revenues, excluding negative currency effects, both increased over 4.0%.

As of the first quarter of 2016, ST has three regional sales organizations: EMEA; Americas; and Asia Pacific. Asia Pacific was created from the merger of the Japan & Korea and Greater China-South Asia regional sales organizations. On a year-over-year basis, EMEA grew 3.0%, while the Americas and Asia Pacific decreased by 8.0% and 8.6%, respectively.

First quarter gross profit was $538 million and gross margin was 33.4%, including a negative impact of about 60 basis points from unused capacity charges. Gross margin improved 20 basis points year-over-year, benefiting from favorable currency effects, net of hedging, lower unused capacity charges and manufacturing efficiencies partially offset by price pressure. Gross margin decreased 10 basis points sequentially due to manufacturing efficiencies and price pressure partially offset by lower unused capacity charges, favorable product mix and favorable currency effects, net of hedging.

Combined R&D and SG&A expenses were $571 million compared to $591 million in the year-ago quarter mainly due to favorable currency effects, net of hedging, as well as the savings plan completed in 2015. On a sequential basis, combined R&D and SG&A expenses decreased by $12 million, benefiting from favorable currency effects, net of hedging, and lower calendar days in the first quarter compared to the fourth quarter.

First quarter other income & expenses, net, registered income of $28 million mainly due to R&D funding.

First quarter operating loss before impairment and restructuring charges(1) was $5 million, equivalent to negative 0.3% of revenues, compared to income of $10 million, equivalent to positive 0.6% of revenues, in the year-ago quarter, reflecting lower revenues and pricing pressure, partially offset by favorable currency effects, net of hedging, improved product mix and manufacturing efficiencies. On a year-over-year basis, ADG and MDG operating results improved while AMG registered lower profitability mainly due to lower revenues.

Impairment and restructuring charges in the first quarter were $28 million principally relating to the initial phase of the Set-top Box restructuring plan.

First quarter net loss was $41 million, equivalent to negative $0.05 per share, compared to a net loss of $22 million in the year-ago quarter and a net income of $2 million in the prior quarter.

For the first quarter of 2016, the effective average exchange rate for the Company was approximately $1.10 to €1.00 compared to $1.23 to €1.00 for the first quarter of 2015 and $1.11 to €1.00 for the fourth quarter of 2015.

Cash Flow and Balance Sheet Highlights

Capital expenditure payments, net of proceeds from sales, were $100 million during the first quarter of 2016 compared to $89 million in the year-ago and prior quarter.

Inventory was $1.30 billion at quarter end, up 4% from the prior quarter. Inventory in the first quarter of 2016 was at 3.3 turns or 109 days.

In the first quarter, the Company paid cash dividends totaling $88 million. On April 1, 2016, ST's Supervisory Board, proposed to resolve the distribution of a cash dividend of US$0.24 per outstanding share of the Company's common stock, to be distributed in quarterly installments of US$0.06 in each of the second, third and fourth quarters of 2016 and first quarter of 2017 to shareholders of record in the month of each quarterly payment. The Company's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held on May 25, 2016 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

ST's net financial position(1) was $439 million at April 2, 2016 compared to $494 million at December 31, 2015. ST's financial resources equaled $2.04 billion and total debt was $1.60 billion at April 2, 2016.

Total equity, including non-controlling interest, was $4.82 billion at quarter end.

(1) Non-U.S. GAAP measure. See Appendix for additional information and reconciliation to U.S. GAAP.

Second Quarter 2016 Business Outlook

Mr. Bozotti commented, "Following a few quarters of market softness, during the first quarter we started to see signs of a recovery in the industry, with bookings improving across all regions and particularly in automotive and industrial. Based on this, we anticipate a sequential increase in net revenues by about 5.5% at the mid-point, and the gross margin to be about 34.0% at the mid-point."

The Company expects second quarter 2016 revenues to increase about 5.5% on a sequential basis, plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Gross margin in the second quarter is expected to be about 34.0% plus or minus 2.0 percentage points and reflects unsaturation charges negatively impacting gross margin by about 60 basis points.

This outlook is based on an assumed effective currency exchange rate of approximately $1.12 = €1.00 for the 2016 second quarter and includes the impact of existing hedging contracts. The second quarter will close on July 2, 2016.

Recent Corporate Developments

The complete agenda and all relevant detailed information concerning the 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, as well as all related AGM materials are available on the Company's website ( www.st.com).

Q1 2016 - Product and Technology Highlights

Automotive and Discrete Group (ADG)

Analog and MEMS Group (AMG)

Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group (MDG)

Use of Supplemental Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Information

This press release contains supplemental non-U.S. GAAP financial information, including operating income (loss) before impairment and restructuring charges, operating margin before impairment and restructuring charges, adjusted net earnings per share, free cash flow and net financial position.

Readers are cautioned that these measures are unaudited and not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as a substitute for U.S. GAAP financial measures. In addition, such non-U.S. GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled information by other companies.

See the Appendix of this press release for a reconciliation of the Company's non-U.S. GAAP financial measures to their corresponding U.S. GAAP financial measures. To compensate for these limitations, the supplemental non-U.S. GAAP financial information should not be read in isolation, but only in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Forward-looking information

Some of the statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended) that are based on management's current views and assumptions, and are conditioned upon and also involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance, or events to differ materially from those anticipated by such statements, due to, among other factors:

Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results and performance of our business to differ materially and adversely from the forward-looking statements. Certain forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology, such as "believes," "expects," "may," "are expected to," "should," "would be," "seeks" or "anticipates" or similar expressions or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions.

Some of these risk factors are set forth and are discussed in more detail in "Item 3. Key Information - Risk Factors" included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2016. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this release as anticipated, believed, or expected. We do not intend, and do not assume any obligation, to update any industry information or forward-looking statements set forth in this release to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

STMicroelectronics Conference Call and Webcast Information

On April 27, 2016, the management of STMicroelectronics will conduct a conference call to discuss the Company's operating performance for the first quarter of 2016.

The conference call will be held at 9:30 a.m. CET / 8:30 a.m. BST / 3:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (ET) / 12:30 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time (PT). The conference call will be available live via the Internet by accessing http://investors.st.com. Those accessing the webcast should go to the Web site at least 15 minutes prior to the call, in order to register, download and install any necessary audio software. The webcast will be available until May 13, 2016.

About STMicroelectronics
ST is a global semiconductor leader delivering intelligent and energy-efficient products and solutions that power the electronics at the heart of everyday life. ST's products are found everywhere today, and together with our customers, we are enabling smarter driving and smarter factories, cities and homes, along with the next generation of mobile and Internet of Things devices. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.

In 2015, the Company's net revenues were $6.90 billion, serving more than 100,000 customers worldwide. Further information can be found at www.st.com

For further information, please contact:
INVESTOR RELATIONS:
Tait Sorensen                                       
Group VP, Investor Relations
STMicroelectronics
Tel: +1 602 485 2064
tait.sorensen@st.com

MEDIA RELATIONS:
Nelly Dimey                                         
Director, Corporate Media and Public Relations
Tel: + 33 1 58 07 77 85
nelly.dimey@st.com

STMicroelectronics N.V.    
Consolidated Statements of Income    
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except per share data ($))    
     
  Three Months Ended
  (Unaudited) (Unaudited)
  April 02, March 28,
  2016 2015
     
Net sales   1,605   1,693
Other revenues   8   12
  NET REVENUES   1,613   1,705
Cost of sales   (1,075)   (1,139)
  GROSS PROFIT   538   566
Selling, general and administrative   (229)   (222)
Research and development   (342)   (369)
Other income and expenses, net   28   35
Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs   (28)   (29)
  Total Operating Expenses   (571)   (585)
  OPERATING LOSS   (33)   (19)
Interest expense, net   (5)   (5)
Income (loss) on equity-method investments   -   4
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES   (38)   (20)
  AND NONCONTROLLING INTEREST    
Income tax expense   (2)   (1)
  NET LOSS   (40)   (21)
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest   (1)   (1)
  NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO PARENT COMPANY   (41)   (22)
     
  EARNINGS PER SHARE (BASIC) ATTRIBUTABLE TO PARENT COMPANY STOCKHOLDERS   (0.05)   (0.03)
  EARNINGS PER SHARE (DILUTED) ATTRIBUTABLE TO PARENT COMPANY STOCKHOLDERS   (0.05)   (0.03)
     
  NUMBER OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE    
  SHARES USED IN CALCULATING    
  DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE 878.6 874.0
STMicroelectronics N.V.      
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS      
As at April 02, December 31, March 28,
In millions of U.S. dollars 2016 2015 2015
  (Unaudited) (Audited) (Unaudited)
ASSETS      
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents 1,697 1,771 1,949
Restricted cash - 4 -
Marketable securities 343 335 338
Trade accounts receivable, net 891 820 971
Inventories 1,302 1,251 1,193
Deferred tax assets 99 91 96
Assets held for sale - 1 34
Other current assets 468 407 408
Total current assets 4,800 4,680 4,989
Goodwill 79 76 76
Other intangible assets, net 162 166 184
Property, plant and equipment, net 2,333 2,321 2,468
Non-current deferred tax assets 458 436 385
Long-term investments 57 57 58
Other non-current assets 492 459 552
  3,581 3,515 3,723
Total assets 8,381 8,195 8,712
       
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY      
Current liabilities:      
Short-term debt 173 191 200
Trade accounts payable 666 525 706
Other payables and accrued liabilities 692 703 860
Dividends payable to stockholders 10 97 14
Deferred tax liabilities 4 2 -
Accrued income tax 52 42 38
Total current liabilities 1,597 1,560 1,818
Long-term debt 1,428 1,421 1,575
Post-employment benefit obligations 367 351 367
Long-term deferred tax liabilities 11 12 10
Other long-term liabilities 161 158 181
  1,967 1,942 2,133
Total liabilities 3,564 3,502 3,951
Commitment and contingencies      
Equity      
Parent company stockholders' equity      
Common stock (preferred stock: 540,000,000 shares authorized, not issued; common stock: Euro 1.04 nominal value, 1,200,000,000 shares authorized, 910,970,920 shares issued, 878,593,740 shares outstanding) 1,157 1,157 1,157
Capital surplus 2,790 2,779 2,749
Retained earnings 483 525 795
Accumulated other comprehensive income 612 460 332
Treasury stock (288) (289) (334)
Total parent company stockholders' equity 4,754 4,632 4,699
Noncontrolling interest 63 61 62
Total equity 4,817 4,693 4,761
Total liabilities and equity 8,381 8,195 8,712
STMicroelectronics N.V.      
       
SELECTED CASH FLOW DATA      
       
Cash Flow Data (in US$ millions) Q1 2016 Q4 2015 Q1 2015
       
Net Cash from operating activities 141 245 149
Net Cash used in investing activities (110) (98) (108)
Net Cash used in financing activities (107) (239) (102)
Net Cash decrease (74) (98) (68)
       
Selected Cash Flow Data (in US$ millions) Q1 2016 Q4 2015 Q1 2015
       
Depreciation & amortization 184 194 175
Net payment for Capital expenditures (100) (89) (89)
Dividends paid to stockholders (88) (92) (82)
Change in inventories, net (22) (11) 18

Appendix
STMicroelectronics
Supplemental Financial Information

Net Revenues By Market Channel(%) Q1 2016 Q4 2015 Q1 2015
Total OEM 67% 67% 70%
Distribution 33% 33% 30%

In the first quarter of 2016, ST realigned its product families into three product groups to better leverage the product synergies around its strategic focus on Smart Driving and Internet of Things applications: Automotive and Discrete Group (ADG); Analog and MEMS Group (AMG) and Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group (MDG). MDG includes ST's set-top-box business which is currently undergoing a restructuring targeting annualized savings of $170 million upon completion. All prior-period amounts have been retrospectively aligned to the 2016 reporting segments.

Product Group Data

(Million US$)		 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 FY 2015 Q1 2016
Automotive and Discrete Group (ADG)            
 - Net Revenues 674 714 706 637 2,731 671
 - Operating Income (Loss) 36 46 68 44 194 39
Analog and MEMS Group (AMG)            
 - Net Revenues 445 445 411 370 1,671 369
 - Operating Income (Loss) 37 30 34 8 109 2
Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group (MDG)            
 - Net Revenues 530 558 590 614 2,292 532
 - Operating Income (Loss) (28) (1) 22 36 29 (3)
Others (a)            
 - Net Revenues 56 43 57 47 203 41
 - Operating Income (Loss) (64) (63) (33) (63) (223) (71)
Total            
 - Net Revenues 1,705 1,760 1,764 1,668 6,897 1,613
 - Operating Income (Loss) (19) 12 91 25 109 (33)

(a) Net revenues of "Others" includes revenues from sales of Imaging Product Division, Subsystems, assembly services, and other revenue. Operating income (loss) of "Others" includes items such as unused capacity charges, impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs, phase out and start-up costs, and other unallocated expenses such as: strategic or special research and development programs, certain corporate-level operating expenses, patent claims and litigations, and other costs that are not allocated to product groups, as well as operating earnings of the Imaging Product Division, Subsystems and other products. "Others" includes $10 million, $30 million, and $19 million of unused capacity charges in the first quarter of 2016 and fourth and first quarters of 2015, respectively; and $28 million, $4 million, and $29 million of impairment, restructuring charges, and other related closure costs in the first quarter of 2016 and fourth and first quarters of 2015, respectively.

(Appendix - continued)

STMicroelectronics
Supplemental Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Information
U. S. GAAP - Non-U.S. GAAP Reconciliation
In Million US$ Except Per Share Data

The supplemental non-U.S. GAAP information presented in this press release is unaudited and subject to inherent limitations. Such non-U.S. GAAP information is not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and should not be considered as a substitute for U.S. GAAP measurements. Also, our supplemental non-U.S. GAAP financial information may not be comparable to similarly titled non-U.S. GAAP measures used by other companies. Further, specific limitations for individual non-U.S. GAAP measures, and the reasons for presenting non-U.S. GAAP financial information, are set forth in the paragraphs below. To compensate for these limitations, the supplemental non-U.S. GAAP financial information should not be read in isolation, but only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Operating income (loss) before impairment and restructuring charges and one-time items is used by management to help enhance an understanding of ongoing operations and to communicate the impact of the excluded items, such as impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs. Adjusted net earnings and earnings per share (EPS) are used by management to help enhance an understanding of ongoing operations and to communicate the impact of the excluded items like impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs attributable to ST and other one-time items, net of the relevant tax impact.

The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information for investors and management because they measure the Company's capacity to generate profits from its business operations, excluding the effect of acquisitions and expenses related to the rationalizing of its activities and sites that it does not consider to be part of its on-going operating results, thereby offering, when read in conjunction with the Company's GAAP financials, (i) the ability to make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of the Company's on-going operating results, (ii) the ability to better identify trends in the Company's business and perform related trend analysis, and (iii) an easier way to compare the Company's results of operations against investor and analyst financial models and valuations, which usually exclude these items.

Q1 2016

(US$ millions and cents per share)		 Gross Profit Operating Income (loss) Net Earnings Corresponding EPS
U.S. GAAP 538 (33) (41) (0.05)
Impairment & Restructuring   28 28  
Estimated Income Tax Effect     (3)
Non-U.S GAAP 538 5 (16) (0.02)
Q4 2015

(US$ millions and cents per share)		 Gross Profit Operating Income (loss) Net Earnings Corresponding EPS
U.S. GAAP 559 25 2 0.00
Impairment & Restructuring   4 4  
Estimated Income Tax Effect     (4)
Non-U.S GAAP 559 29 2 0.00
Q1 2015

(US$ millions and cents per share)		 Gross Profit Operating Income (loss) Net Earnings Corresponding EPS
U.S. GAAP 566 (19) (22) (0.03)
Impairment & Restructuring   29 29  
Estimated Income Tax Effect     (1)
Non-U.S GAAP 566 10 6 0.01

(continued)
(Appendix - continued)

Net financial position: resources (debt), represents the balance between our total financial resources and our total financial debt. Our total financial resources include cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, short-term deposits and restricted cash, and our total financial debt includes short-term borrowings, current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt, all as reported in our consolidated balance sheet. We believe our net financial position provides useful information for investors because it gives evidence of our global position either in terms of net indebtedness or net cash position by measuring our capital resources based on cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities and the total level of our financial indebtedness. Net financial position is not a U.S. GAAP measure.

Net Financial Position (in US$ millions) April 2, 2016 December 31, 2015 March 28, 2015
Cash and cash equivalents 1,697 1,771 1,949
Marketable securities 343 335 338
Total financial resources 2,040 2,106 2,287
Short-term debt (173) (191) (200)
Long-term debt (1,428) (1,421) (1,575)
Total financial debt (1,601) (1,612) (1,775)
Net financial position 439 494 512

Free cash flow is defined as net cash from operating activities minus net cash from (used in) investing activities, excluding payment for purchases (proceeds from the sale of) marketable securities and short-term deposits, restricted cash and net cash variation for joint ventures deconsolidation. We believe free cash flow provides useful information for investors and management because it measures our capacity to generate cash from our operating and investing activities to sustain our operating activities. Free cash flow is not a U.S. GAAP measure and does not represent total cash flow since it does not include the cash flows generated by or used in financing activities. In addition, our definition of free cash flow may differ from definitions used by other companies.

Free cash flow (in US$ millions) Q1 2016 Q4 2015 Q1 2015
Net cash from operating activities 141 245 149
Net cash used in investing activities (110) (98) (108)
Payment for purchase and proceeds from sale of marketable securities, investment in short-term deposits, restricted cash and net cash variation for joint ventures deconsolidation - 1 -
Free cash flow 31 148 41

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