Microchip Technology Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024

Microchip will host a conference call today, February 1, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss this release. This call will be simulcast over the Internet at www.microchip.com. The webcast will be available for replay until February 15, 2024.

A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available at approximately 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on February 1, 2024 and will remain available until 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on February 15, 2024. Interested parties may listen to the replay by dialing 201-612-7415/877-660-6853 and entering access code 13742831.

Cautionary Statement:

The statements in this release relating to proactively taking measures to navigate these short-term challenges, our focus firmly set on ensuring the long-term sustainability and growth of our business, remaining confident in the long-term opportunities for our business, being cautious about demand in the near term given the weak macro environment and customers' ongoing actions to reduce inventory, taking steps to limit discretionary spending and tightly manage inventory levels during this downcycle, that we intend to have two-week shutdowns in our large wafer fabrication facilities in each of the March and June quarters and reduced activity in many of our other factories, resulting in underutilization charges, that we believe our average lead times of less than eight weeks position us to navigate this choppy market environment effectively, that we continue investing in the innovative technologies and capabilities that will allow us to serve customers better and emerge even stronger when end market conditions improve, that we expect to reduce our non-GAAP operating expenses in the March 2024 quarter, that we anticipate customers may continue to reduce inventory levels in the short-term as they adjust operations and seek to match demand in an increasingly dynamic market, that we anticipate net sales in the March quarter to be between $1.225 billion and $1.425 billion, that we are confident that our solutions remain the engine of innovation for the applications and end markets we serve, that our focus on Total System Solutions and key market megatrends continue to fuel strong design win momentum which we expect will drive above-market long-term growth, our unwavering commitment to executing our MCHP 3.0 strategic imperatives prioritizes striking a balance between fostering sustainable long-term growth and delivering substantial value to our shareholders, that our highly skilled engineering workforce will allow it to expand rapidly and develop new solutions for a wide range of markets, our fourth quarter fiscal 2024 guidance for net sales and GAAP and non-GAAP gross profit, operating expenses, operating income, other expense, net, income tax provision, net income, diluted common shares outstanding, earnings per diluted share, capital expenditures for the March 2024 quarter and for all of fiscal 2024, selectively adding capital equipment to maintain, grow and operate our internal manufacturing capabilities to support the expected growth of our business, our belief that non-GAAP measures are useful to investors and our assumed average stock price in the March 2024 quarter are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to: any continued uncertainty, fluctuations or weakness in the U.S. and world economies (including China) due to changes in interest rates, high inflation or the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (including lock-downs in China), actions taken or which may be taken by the Biden administration or the U.S. Congress, monetary policy, political, geopolitical, trade or other issues in the U.S. or internationally (including the military conflicts in Ukraine-Russia and the Middle East), further changes in demand or market acceptance of our products and the products of our customers and our ability to meet any increases in market demand or customer requests to reschedule or cancel orders; the mix of inventory we hold, our ability to satisfy any short-term orders from our inventory and our ability to effectively manage our inventory levels; the impact that the CHIPS Act will have on increasing manufacturing capacity in our industry by providing incentives for us, our competitors and foundries to build new wafer manufacturing facilities or expand existing facilities; the amount and timing of any incentives we may receive under the CHIPS Act, the impact of current and future changes in U.S. corporate tax laws (including the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), foreign currency effects on our business; changes in utilization of our manufacturing capacity and our ability to effectively manage and expand our production levels to meet any increases in market demand or any customer requests to reschedule or cancel orders; the impact of inflation on our business; competitive developments including pricing pressures; the level of orders that are received and can be shipped in a quarter; our ability to realize the expected benefits of our long-term supply assurance program; changes or fluctuations in customer order patterns and seasonality; our ability to effectively manage our supply of wafers from third party wafer foundries to meet any decreases or increases in our needs and the cost of such wafers, our ability to obtain additional capacity from our suppliers to increase production to meet any future increases in market demand; our ability to successfully integrate the operations and employees, retain key employees and customers and otherwise realize the expected synergies and benefits of our acquisitions; the impact of any future significant acquisitions or strategic transactions we may make; the costs and outcome of any current or future litigation or other matters involving our acquisitions (including the acquired business, intellectual property, customers, or other issues); the costs and outcome of any current or future tax audit or investigation regarding our business or our acquired businesses; fluctuations in our stock price and trading volume which could impact the number of shares we acquire under our share repurchase program and the timing of such repurchases; disruptions in our business or the businesses of our customers or suppliers due to natural disasters (including any floods in Thailand), terrorist activity, armed conflict, war, worldwide oil prices and supply, public health concerns (including the COVID-19 pandemic) or disruptions in the transportation system; and general economic, industry or political conditions in the United States or internationally.

For a detailed discussion of these and other risk factors, please refer to Microchip's filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. You can obtain copies of Forms 10-K and 10-Q and other relevant documents for free at Microchip's website ( www.microchip.com) or the SEC's website ( www.sec.gov) or from commercial document retrieval services.

Stockholders of Microchip are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date such statements are made. Microchip does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or new information after this February 1, 2024 press release, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

About Microchip:

Microchip Technology Incorporated is a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs, which reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market. Our solutions serve more than 125,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality. For more information, visit the Microchip website at www.microchip.com.

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