indie Semiconductor Achieves Record Q4 and 2022 Results

Posts Q4 Revenue of $33.0M, up 74% Year-over-Year and 10% sequentially
Expands Q4 Non-GAAP Gross Margin to 52.2%, up 590 Basis Points Year-over-Year and 180 Basis Points Sequentially
Delivers $110.8M in 2022 Revenue, up 129% Year-over-Year
Broadens Design Win Pipeline Across ADAS, User Experience and EV Applications
Forecasts a $160M Q1 Annualized Revenue Run-rate and Profitability by 2H 2023

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — February 16, 2023 — indie Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq: INDI), an Autotech solutions innovator, today announced fourth quarter and year end results for the period ended December 31, 2022. Fourth quarter revenue was up 74 percent from the same period a year ago and 10 percent sequentially to a record $33.0 million, slightly ahead of consensus estimates. Non-GAAP gross margin expanded 590 basis points year-over-year and 180 basis points sequentially to 52.2 percent, better than indie’s 51 percent guidance for the quarter. On a GAAP basis, fourth quarter 2022 operating loss was $28.0 million compared to $26.9 million a year ago. Non-GAAP operating loss for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $15.1 million, in line with guidance and versus $12.7 million during the same period last year, reflecting deeper R&D, sales and marketing investments.

Full year 2022 revenue was up 129 percent year-over-year to a record $110.8 million with non-GAAP gross margin expanding to 49.9 percent, a 620 basis point improvement over the prior year.

“indie capped off another solid growth year with record revenue and non-GAAP gross margin performance in the fourth quarter driven by increasing global demand for our highly innovative Autotech portfolio,” said Donald McClymont, indie’s co-founder and chief executive officer. “In fact, for the second consecutive year we more than doubled our top line on an annual basis, reflecting the strength of our Tier 1 and automotive OEM relationships underpinned by crisp operational execution. Entering 2023, we are ramping new programs and gaining design win momentum across ADAS, user experience and electrification applications. Our significant R&D investments coupled with targeted acquisitions are positioning indie to once again materially outpace our peers in 2023 and to capitalize on the $30 billion Autotech market opportunity.”

Business Highlights

Launched ground-breaking automotive controller portfolio for exterior lighting applications
Entered partnership with Seeing Machines targeting driver and vehicle occupant monitoring solutions
Ramped user experience portfolio across leading North American automotive OEMs
Exceeded 200 million cumulative shipments
Demonstrated innovative power delivery, wireless charging, lighting and ADAS solutions at CES, including Surya™ coherent LiDAR SoC
Captured motor controller designs for electric vehicle battery cooling systems
Closed convertible notes offering of $160 million in support of acquisition plans and commenced $50 million share / warrant repurchase program

Q1 2023 Outlook

We provide guidance on a non-GAAP basis only because certain information necessary to reconcile such results and guidance to GAAP is difficult to estimate and dependent on future events outside of our control and, therefore, is not available without unreasonable efforts. Please refer to the attached Discussion Regarding the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures in this press release for a further discussion of our use of non-GAAP measures, including quantification of known expected adjustment items.

“Based on the depth of our design win pipeline, new program ramps and the planned addition of GEO Semiconductor later this quarter, we expect accelerating sales growth throughout 2023,” said Thomas Schiller, indie’s chief financial officer and executive vice president of strategy. “Specifically, for the first quarter of 2023, we plan to scale to a $160 million annualized revenue run-rate, including a stub portion of GEO revenue, with non-GAAP gross margin in the 52 percent range. Further, we believe the combination of indie’s top line trajectory, gross margin expansion and operating expense leverage will yield profitability in the back half of this year.”

indie’s Q4 2022 Conference Call

indie Semiconductor will host a conference call with analysts to discuss its fourth quarter and 2022 results and business outlook today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. To listen to the conference call via the Internet, please go to the Financials tab on the Investors page of indie’s website. To listen to the conference call via telephone, please call (877)-451-6152 (domestic) or (201)-389-0879 (international), Conference ID: 13735167.

A replay of the conference call will be available beginning at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time on February 16, 2023 until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on March 2, 2023 under the Financials tab on the Investors page of indie’s website, or by calling (844) 512-2921 (domestic) or (412) 317-6671 (international), Replay Pin Number: 13735167.

About indie

indie is empowering the Autotech revolution with next-generation automotive semiconductors and software platforms. We focus on edge sensors spanning multiple modalities, including LiDAR, radar, ultrasound and computer vision for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), user experience and electrification applications. These technologies represent the core underpinnings of both electric and autonomous vehicles while our advanced user interfaces enabled by our mixed-signal SoCs transform the in-cabin experience to mirror and seamlessly connect to the mobile platforms we rely on every day. We are an approved vendor to Tier 1 partners and our solutions can be found in marquee automotive OEMs around the world. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA, indie has design centers and sales offices in Austin, TX; Boston, MA; Detroit, MI; San Francisco and San Jose, CA; Córdoba, Argentina; Budapest, Hungary; Dresden, Munich and Nuremburg, Germany; Cambridge, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Rabat, Morocco; Haifa and Tel Aviv, Israel; Quebec City, Canada; Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea and several locations throughout China.

Please visit us at www.indiesemi.com to learn more.

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