TowerJazz Reports Increase in Revenue, EBITDA and Net Profit for the First Quarter of 2016

About TowerJazz
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ:TSEM) (TASE:TSEM) and its fully owned U.S. subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor, Inc. and TowerJazz Texas Inc., operate collectively under the brand name TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader. TowerJazz manufactures integrated circuits, offering a broad range of customizable process technologies including: SiGe, BiCMOS, mixed-signal/CMOS, RF CMOS, CMOS image sensor, integrated power management (BCD and 700V), and MEMS. TowerJazz also provides a world-class design enablement platform for a quick and accurate design cycle as well as Transfer Optimization and development Process Services (TOPS) to IDMs and fabless companies that need to expand capacity.

To provide multi-fab sourcing and extended capacity for its customers, TowerJazz operates two manufacturing facilities in Israel (150mm and 200mm), two in the U.S. (200mm) and three additional facilities in Japan (two 200mm and one 300mm) through TowerJazz Panasonic Semiconductor Co. (TPSCo), established with Panasonic Corporation of which TowerJazz has the majority holding. Through TPSCo, TowerJazz provides leading edge 45nm CMOS, 65nm RF CMOS and 65nm 1.12um pixel technologies, including the most advanced image sensor technologies. For more information, please visit www.towerjazz.com or www.tpsemico.com.

This press release includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary from those projected or implied by such forward-looking statements and you should not place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with: (i) demand in our customers’ end markets; (ii) over demand for our foundry services and/or products that exceeds our capacity; (iii) maintaining existing customers and attracting additional customers, (iv) high utilization and its effect on cycle time, yield and on schedule delivery which may cause customers to transfer their product(s) to other fabs, (v) operating results fluctuate from quarter to quarter making it difficult to predict future performance, (vi) impact of our debt and other liabilities on our financial position and operations, (vii) our ability to successfully execute acquisitions, integrate them into our business, utilize our expanded capacity and find new business, (viii) fluctuations in cash flow, (ix) our ability to satisfy the covenants stipulated in our agreements with our lenders, banks and bond holders, (x) pending litigation, including the shareholder class actions that were filed against the Company, certain officers, its directors and/or its external auditor in the US and Israel, following a short sell thesis report issued by a short-selling focused firm, which the Company believes contains false and misleading information about the Company's strategy, business model and financials; (xi) our majority stake in TPSCo and our acquisition of TowerJazz Texas (“TJT”), including new customer  engagements, qualification and production ramp-up, (xii) in the course of the operations cessation, dissolution and closure of TJP within the scope of restructuring our activities and business in Japan, settling any future claims or potential claims from suppliers or other third parties, (xiii) meeting the conditions set in the approval certificates received from the Israeli Investment Center under which we received a significant amount of grants in past years, (xiv) receipt of orders that are lower than the customer purchase commitments, (xv) failure to receive orders currently expected,  (xvi) possible incurrence of additional indebtedness, (xvii) effect of global recession, unfavorable economic conditions and/or credit crisis, (xviii) our ability to accurately forecast financial performance, which is affected by limited order backlog and lengthy sales cycles, (xix)possible situations of  obsolete inventory if forecasted demand exceeds actual demand when we manufacture products before receipt of customer orders, (xx) the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and the resulting periodic overcapacity, fluctuations in operating results and future average selling price erosion, (xxi) the execution of our debt re-financing, restructuring and/or fundraising to enable the service and/ or re-financing of our debt and other liabilities, (xxii) operating our facilities at high utilization rates which is critical in order to cover a portion or all of the high level of fixed costs associated with operating a foundry, and our debt, in order to improve our results, (xxiii)  the purchase of equipment to increase capacity, the timely completion of the equipment installation, technology transfer and raising the funds therefor, (xxiv) the concentration of our business in the semiconductor industry, (xxv)  product returns, (xxvi) our ability to maintain and develop our technology processes and services to keep pace with new technology, evolving standards, changing customer and end-user requirements, new product introductions and short product life cycles, (xxvii) competing effectively, (xxviii) use of outsourced foundry services by both fabless semiconductor companies and integrated device manufacturers;  (xxix) achieving acceptable device yields, product performance and delivery times,  (xxx) our dependence on intellectual property rights of others, our ability to operate our business without infringing others’ intellectual property rights and our ability to enforce our intellectual property against infringement, (xxxi) retention of key employees and recruitment and retention of skilled qualified personnel, (xxxii) exposure to inflation, currency rates (mainly the Israeli Shekel and Japanese Yen) and interest rate fluctuations and risks associated with doing business locally and internationally, as well  fluctuations in the market price of our traded securities, (xxxiii) issuance of ordinary shares as a result of conversion and/or exercise of any of our convertible securities may depress the market price of our ordinary shares and may impair our ability to raise future capital, (xxxiv) meeting regulatory requirements worldwide, including environmental and governmental regulations; and (xxxv) business interruption due to fire and other natural disasters, the security situation in Israel and other events beyond our control such as power interruptions.

A more complete discussion of risks and uncertainties that may affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements included in this press release or which may otherwise affect our business is included under the heading "Risk Factors" in Tower’s most recent filings on Forms 20-F and 6-K, as were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the Israel Securities Authority. Future results may differ materially from those previously reported. The Company does not intend to update, and expressly disclaims any obligation to update, the information contained in this release.

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TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES  
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED) 
(dollars in thousands) 
                
                
          March 31,  December 31,  March 31,  
          2016  2015   2015    
                               
A S S E T S                      
                               
  CURRENT ASSETS                      
    Cash and short term deposits     $ 244,577 $ 205,575 $ 134,216    
    Trade accounts receivable       122,918   110,065   105,491    
    Other receivables         9,363   7,376   7,408    
    Inventories         128,031   105,681   86,153    
    Other current assets         16,666   18,030   20,314    
      Total current assets         521,555   446,727   353,582    
                               
  LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS       11,816   11,737   11,785    
                               
  PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET       582,250   459,533   408,513    
                               
  INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET       35,601   34,468   41,225    
                               
  GOODWILL         7,000   7,000   7,000    
                               
  OTHER ASSETS, NET         5,688   6,759   6,391    
                               
        TOTAL ASSETS       $ 1,163,910 $ 966,224 $ 828,496    
                               
                               
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                    
                               
  CURRENT LIABILITIES                      
    Short term debt and current maturities of loans and debentures     $ 49,150 $ 33,259 $ 26,721    
    Trade accounts payable         104,617   91,773   108,616    
    Deferred revenue and customers' advances       31,061   23,373   8,112    
    Other current liabilities         73,929   62,714   59,102    
        Total current liabilities       258,757   211,119   202,551    
                               
  LONG-TERM DEBT         260,201   256,875   225,841    
                               
  LONG-TERM CUSTOMERS' ADVANCES       28,444   21,102   6,181    
                               
  EMPLOYEE RELATED LIABILITIES       14,387   14,189   15,973    
                               
  DEFERRED TAX LIABILITY       95,638   69,744   75,854    
                               
  OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES       2,116   7,609   10,057    
                               
      Total liabilities         659,543   580,638   536,457    
                               
  TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY       504,367   385,586   292,039    
                               
        TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY     $ 1,163,910 $ 966,224 $ 828,496    
                               

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