• Revenue: Revenue of $38.5 million decreased 3% year-over-year. Advanced Technology Services revenue of $24.4 million decreased 7% year-over-year due to less non-recurring tool revenue. Advanced Technology Services revenue contains $1.1 million of tool revenue in fourth quarter 2021 and $4.9 million in fourth quarter 2020. Wafer Services revenue of $14.2 million increased 5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2020 driven by increased revenue from a large customer contract.
• Gross Profit (Loss): GAAP gross loss was $16.6 million, or (43.1)% of revenue, compared to gross profit of $3.5 million, or 8.9% of revenue, in the fourth quarter of 2020. GAAP gross loss for the fourth quarter of 2021 includes a $13.4 million inventory write-down charge for temperature differential sensing wafers. Cost of revenues in fourth quarter of 2021 contained $2.7 million for heterogeneous integration and $1.7 million in depreciation for the radiation hardened facility. Non-GAAP gross loss was $1.9 million, or (4.8)% of revenue, compared to gross profit of $4.8 million, or 12.2% of revenue, in the fourth quarter of 2020.
• Net Loss: GAAP net loss to shareholders of $27.0 million, or $(0.69) per share, compared to a net loss to shareholders of $12.3 million, or $(0.68) per share, in the fourth quarter of 2020. Non-GAAP net loss to shareholders of $11.2 million, or $(0.28) per share, compared to a net loss to shareholders of $11.4 million, or $(0.63) per share, in the fourth quarter of 2020.
• Adjusted EBITDA: Adjusted EBITDA was $(4.9) million, or (12.6)% of revenue, compared to $1.3 million or 3.2% of revenue in the fourth quarter of 2020.
• Balance Sheet: Cash and cash equivalents of $12.9 million compared to $7.4 million from January 3, 2021.

A reconciliation between historical GAAP and non-GAAP information is contained in the tables below in the section titled, “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

Investor Webcast

SkyWater will host a conference call on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. CT to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results. A live webcast of the call will be available online at IR.SkyWaterTechnology.com.

About SkyWater Technology

SkyWater (NASDAQ: SKYT) is a U.S. investor-owned semiconductor manufacturer and a DOD-accredited Trusted supplier. SkyWater’s Technology as a Service^SM model streamlines the path to production for customers with development services, volume production and heterogeneous integration solutions in its world-class U.S. facilities. This pioneering model enables innovators to co-create the next wave of technology with diverse categories including mixed-signal CMOS, read-out ICs, rad-hard, power discretes, MEMS, superconducting ICs, photonics, carbon nanotubes and interposers. SkyWater serves growing markets including aerospace & defense, automotive, biomedical, cloud & computing, consumer, industrial and IoT. For more information, visit: www.skywatertechnology.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Preliminary Results

The Company’s results for the fiscal quarter and year ended January 2, 2022 are preliminary, unaudited and subject to the finalization of the Company’s fourth quarter review and full-year audit and should not be viewed as a substitute for full financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company cautions you that actual results may differ materially from those described in this press release.

SkyWater Technology Forward-Looking Statements

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Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Key factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to be different than expected or anticipated include, but are not limited to: our goals and strategies; our future business development, financial condition and results of operations; our ability to continue operating our sole semiconductor foundry at full capacity; our ability to appropriately respond to changing technologies on a timely and cost-effective basis; our customer relationships and our ability to retain and expand our customer relationships; our ability to accurately predict our future revenues for the purpose of appropriately budgeting and adjusting our expenses; our expectations regarding dependence on our largest customers; our ability to diversify our customer base and develop relationships in new markets; the performance and reliability of our third-party suppliers and manufacturers; our ability to procure tools, materials, and chemicals amid industry-wide supply chain shortages; our ability to control costs, including our operating and capital expenses; the size and growth potential of the markets for our solutions, and our ability to serve and expand our presence in those markets; the level of demand in our customers’ end markets; our ability to attract, train and retain key qualified personnel in a competitive labor market; adverse litigation judgments, settlements or other litigation-related costs; changes in trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs; our ability to raise additional capital or financing; our ability to accurately forecast demand; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations and financial condition and our customers, suppliers and workforce; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy; the level and timing of U.S. government program funding; our ability to maintain compliance with certain U.S. government contracting requirements; regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the prospectus the Company filed with the SEC on April 22, 2021 and in other documents that the Company files with the SEC, which are available at http://www.sec.gov. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.

SKYT-IR

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.