2021 Record Revenue of $162.8 Million

SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2021, ended January 2, 2022.

• Record annual revenue increased 16% year-over-year to $162.8 million. Quarterly revenue decreased 3% year-over-year to $38.5 million.
• Annual net loss to shareholders of $50.7 million, or (31)% of revenue. Quarterly net loss to shareholders of $27.0 million, or (70)% of revenue, includes a $13.4 million one-time inventory write-down.
• Annual adjusted EBITDA of $(2.6) million, or (1.6)% of revenue. Quarterly adjusted EBITDA of $(4.9) million, or (12.6)% of revenue.

“SkyWater made great progress this year toward our vision of accelerating the path from ideation to commercialization in the semiconductor industry,” said SkyWater President and CEO Thomas Sonderman. “SkyWater continued to make important advancements on our long-term strategic platforms. Our radiation hardened technology recently achieved a critical qualification milestone and we made significant progress in power management with the introduction of our highly differentiated high-speed switching power MOSFET technology. We remain convinced that SkyWater’s unique model for timely and efficient technology realization is ideally positioned to drive increased shareholder value as our nation commits to enhancing domestic semiconductor manufacturing.”

Sonderman concluded, “Fourth quarter revenue grew 15% year-over-year, excluding the extra operating week in Q4 2020 and tool revenue. Labor market inflation and supply chain challenges persisted throughout the quarter, and we expect to continue to navigate these constraints, while investing strategically for growth. In 2022, we expect revenue growth near our long-term growth target of 25% and gross margin expansion. This is supported by our 2021 pipeline growth, new and expected program wins, and the expected movement of our radiation hardened technology to the productization phase.”

Recent Business Updates:

• Won nine new Advanced Technology Services programs in the fourth quarter of 2021.
• Achieved a critical radiation hardened (rad-hard) technology qualification milestone.
• Established presence in Indiana at WestGate@Crane Technology Park, adjacent to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) as part of the company’s rad-hard technology roadmap.
• Introduced a breakthrough silicon power MOSFET device with Applied Novel Devices, Inc. (AND) enabling improved energy efficiency for power conversion applications.
• Continued to make strong progress at the company’s heterogeneous integration fab in Florida including the fabrication of the company’s first full flow interposer within the first year after taking over operations.
• Increased activities, a common measure of productivity, in the Minnesota facility by 12% year-over-year led by strong Advanced Technology Services execution.
• Continued to amplify the company’s unique capabilities within all levels of government to support our nation’s commitment to invest strategically in domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
• Announced technology development to rapidly enable the production ramp of nanoscale sensors with NanoDx to enhance and expand accurate, rapid testing for several indications, including COVID-19, traumatic brain injury, sepsis and stroke.
• Lauded the U.S. House of Representatives in the passage of the America COMPETES Act, which includes funding of $52 billion for the CHIPS for America Act.
• Continued to navigate a dynamic supply chain for substrates, chemicals, and gases as well as inflationary pressures pervasive in the markets.
• Achieved AS9100 certification, the standardized quality management system for organizations that design, develop, or provide aviation, space and defense products and services, at Minnesota facility.
• Expanded Board of Directors with appointments of independent directors Nancy Fares, Amy Leong and Greg Graves.

Q4 2021 Results:

• 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.

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This press release contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements that are based on the Company’s current expectations or forecasts of future events, rather than past, events and outcomes, and such statements are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements include all statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this presentation, including information or predictions concerning the Company’s future business, results of operations, financial performance, plans and objectives, competitive position, market trends, and potential growth and market opportunities. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by words such as “intends,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continues,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “believes,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “will,” “targets,” “projects,” “seeks” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

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.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We provide supplemental non-GAAP financial information that our management utilizes to evaluate our ongoing financial performance and provide additional insight to investors as supplemental information to our U.S. GAAP results. We provide non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP net loss to shareholders, and non-GAAP net loss per share. We provide these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe this non-GAAP presentation provides a baseline for analyzing trends in our business and to exclude certain items that may not be indicative of our core operating results. The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in this earnings press release should not be viewed as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, the reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, because our non-GAAP measures are not determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, these measures are susceptible to differing calculations, and not all comparable or peer companies may calculate their non-GAAP measures in the same manner. As a result, the non-GAAP financial measures presented in this earnings press release may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies.

We also provide adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin as supplemental non-GAAP measurements. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest expense, income tax provision (benefit), depreciation and amortization, equity-based compensation and certain other items that we do not view as indicative of our ongoing performance, including fair value changes in contingent considerations, fair value changes in warrants and management fees, inventory write-down, corporate conversion and IPO related costs, Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness, SkyWater Florida start-up costs, net income attributable to non-controlling interests, and management transition expense. We believe adjusted EBITDA is a useful performance measure because it allows for an effective evaluation of our operating performance when compared to our peers, without regard to our financing methods or capital structure. We exclude the items listed above from net income or loss in arriving at adjusted EBITDA because these amounts can vary substantially within our industry depending upon accounting methods and book values of assets, capital structures and the method by which the assets were acquired. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net income determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Certain items excluded from adjusted EBITDA are significant components in understanding and assessing a company’s financial performance, such as a company’s cost of capital and tax structure, as well as the historic costs of depreciable assets, none of which are reflected in adjusted EBITDA. Our presentation of adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an indication that our results will be unaffected by the items excluded from adjusted EBITDA. In future fiscal periods, we may exclude such items and may incur income and expenses similar to these excluded items. Accordingly, the exclusion of these items and other similar items in our non-GAAP presentation should not be interpreted as implying that these items are non-recurring, infrequent or unusual, unless otherwise expressly indicated.

The following tables present a reconciliation of the most directly comparable financial measures, calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, to our non-GAAP financial measures.