Marvell Technology Reports Fiscal Third Quarter Results

F3Q09 Revenue: $791 Million, up 4% Year-on-Year
• F3Q09 Net Income: $71 Million (GAAP), $145 Million (non-GAAP)
• F3Q09 EPS: $0.11 (GAAP), $0.23 (non-GAAP)
• F3Q09 Free Cash Flow: $246 Million

Santa Clara, California. — Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions, today reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, ended November 1, 2008.

Net revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 was $791.0 million, an increase of 4 percent over $758.2 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2008, ended October 27, 2007, and a 6 percent sequential decrease from $842.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2009, ended August 2, 2008.

“The results for our third quarter were in-line with our revised expectations, however we continue to experience limited visibility into the near-term demand for our products,” said Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Marvell Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We are taking the appropriate steps to better align our operating expenses to reflect the challenging business environment we face. Our results in our third quarter demonstrate initial progress toward these goals.”

Marvell reports net income (loss), basic and diluted net income (loss) per share in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and on a non-GAAP basis as outlined below. Reconciliations of GAAP net income (loss) to non-GAAP net income for the three and nine months ended November 1, 2008 and October 27, 2007 appear in the financial statements below. Non-GAAP net income, where applicable, excludes the effect of stock-based compensation, amortization and write-offs of acquired intangible assets and restructuring costs.

GAAP net income was $70.9 million, or $0.11 per share (diluted), for the third quarter of fiscal 2009, compared with a GAAP net loss of $6.4 million, or a loss of $0.01 per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2008. In the second quarter of fiscal 2009 GAAP net income was $71.4 million, or $0.11 per share (diluted).

Non-GAAP net income increased to $145.3 million, or $0.23 per share (diluted) for the third quarter of fiscal 2009, a 69 percent increase compared with non-GAAP net income of $86.2 million, or $0.14 per share (diluted) for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 and a decrease of 6 percent from non-GAAP net income of $154.0 million, or $0.24 per share (diluted) for the second quarter of fiscal 2009.

Non-GAAP gross margin for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 was 52.3 percent, compared to non-GAAP gross margin of 52.3 percent for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 and non-GAAP gross margin of 48.3 percent for the third quarter of fiscal 2008.

Shares used to compute GAAP net income per diluted share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 were 631 million shares, compared with 591 million shares in the third quarter of fiscal 2008 and 638 million shares in the second quarter of fiscal 2009. Shares used to compute non-GAAP net income per diluted share for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 were 633 million shares compared with 631 million shares for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 and 640 million shares for the second quarter of fiscal 2009.

Cash flow from operations for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 was $258.5 million, up 41 percent sequentially from the $182.9 million reported in the second quarter of fiscal 2009. Free cash flow, defined as cash flow from operations, less investments in property, plant and equipment, was $245.7 million, up 47 percent sequentially from the $166.9 million reported in the second quarter of fiscal 2009.