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UBIQUITI NETWORKS REPORTS THIRD QUARTER FISCAL 2016 FINANCIAL RESULTS
 ~ Achieves Record Revenue and Earnings ~
~ Non-GAAP Diluted EPS of $0.63 Per Share ~

SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 5, 2016 - Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBNT) (“Ubiquiti” or the “Company”) today announced results for the third fiscal quarter of 2016, ended March 31, 2016.

Third Quarter Fiscal 2016 Financial Summary

Revenues of $167.4 million
GAAP gross profit of $82.5 million and non-GAAP gross profit of $82.4 million
GAAP net income of $52.7 million and non-GAAP net income of $53.0 million
GAAP diluted EPS of $0.62 and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.63
Cash of $502.5 million, up 11% year-over-year

Recent Financial Highlights
 
Enterprise Technology revenues increased 73% year-over-year and 36% sequentially, fueled by new UniFi® AC access points, UniFi Switch and other industry-leading products targeting the Enterprise market.
 
Gross Margins increased 10% year-over-year, fueled by product mix, cost-reduction strategies and stable pricing.
 
GAAP and Non-GAAP diluted EPS increased 35% and 34% year-over-year, respectively, demonstrating the scalability of Ubiquiti’s unique business model.
 
Initiated a new stock repurchase program, authorizing the Company to repurchase up to $50 million of its common stock as disclosed in the Form 8-K filed on May 5, 2016.
 
Recent Product Highlights
 
Continued strong demand for our new UniFi AC access points which feature Wi-Fi 802.11ac technology in a refined industrial design and are ideal for cost-effective deployment of high-performance wireless networks.
 
Introduced the UniFi 8- and 16-Port Gigabit Switches, devices that deliver powerful performance with their independent switching ports. Sharing a total of 150W PoE, these Ethernet ports offer 802.3af/at PoE+ or 24V passive PoE, and two SFP ports offer optical connectivity.
 
Announced MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) for the EdgeRouter™ and EdgePoint™ Router series with a software release (v1.8.0).
 
Released Next Gen HD UniFi Video Cameras.  The UniFi® Video Camera G3 and G3 Dome cameras represent the next generation of the UniFi Video surveillance management system. They both record 1080p HD video, day or night, indoors or outdoors.
 
Shipped the Scalable airFiber® X with the airFiber NxN, a thoughtfully engineered MIMO multiplexer designed for the global last-mile wireless industry. With expected range exceeding 200km+ and increased throughput of up to 2Gbps+, airFiber NxN is a technological leap in true long-range, carrier-class, backhaul technology for the world.
 
Introduced the airFiber® AF 4X and AF-11X, full-duplex licensed spectrum backhaul radios with industry-leading spectral efficiency and TDD throughput.
 
 
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Financial Results Summary ($, in millions, except per share data)

Income statement highlights
    F3Q16       F2Q16       F3Q15  
Revenues
    167.4       161.9       147.5  
    Service Provider Technology
    96.3       109.6       106.3  
    Enterprise Technology
    71.1       52.3       41.2  
Gross Profit
    82.5       79.0       66.0  
    Gross Profit (%)
    49.3 %     48.8 %     44.7 %
Total Operating Expenses
    22.4       22.6       20.7  
Income from Operations
    60.1       56.4       45.2  
GAAP Net Income
    52.7       49.5       41.1  
GAAP EPS (diluted)
    0.62       0.57       0.46  
Non-GAAP Net Income
    53.0       49.7       42.0  
Non-GAAP EPS (diluted)
    0.63       0.58       0.47  
 
Balance Sheet Highlights

Total cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2016 were $502.5 million, compared with $496.7 million as of December 31, 2015.  We held $489.0 million of our $502.5 million of cash and cash equivalents in accounts of our subsidiaries outside of the United States.

On February 3, 2016, the Company extinguished the full $50.0 million available of a stock repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on November 6, 2015. The sequential increase in cash and cash equivalents during the third quarter of fiscal 2016 is net of $50 million in share repurchases as part of this share repurchase program, partially offset by draws of $33 million on our revolver.

This quarter we saw days sales outstanding in accounts receivable ("DSO") of 41 days, compared with 37 days in the prior quarter, and 43 days in the third quarter of fiscal 2015.

Appointment of CAO

As disclosed in the Form 8-K filed on May 5, 2016, the Company appointed Kevin Radigan as Chief Accounting Officer effective May 3, 2016.  Mr. Radigan will perform the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer duties.

Business Outlook

Based on recent business trends, Ubiquiti currently believes the demand environment in its end markets supports the following forecast for the Company's fourth fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2016.  The following are Ubiquiti’s financial performance estimates for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016:

Revenues between $170 million and $180 million
GAAP diluted EPS of $0.60 - $0.66
Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.61 - $0.67
 
 
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Conference Call Information

Ubiquiti Networks will host a Q&A-only call to discuss the Company’s financial results at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time today.  Management’s prepared remarks can be found on the Investor Relations section of the Ubiquiti Networks website, http://ir.ubnt.com/results.cfm.

To listen to the Q&A call via telephone, dial (877) 291-1296 (U.S. toll-free) or (720) 259-9209 (International) to be connected to the call by an operator.  Participants should dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.  Investors may also listen to a live webcast of the Q&A conference call by visiting the Investor Relations section of the Ubiquiti Networks website at http://ir.ubnt.com.

A recording of the Q&A call will be available approximately two hours after the call concludes and will be accessible on the Investor Relations section of the Ubiquiti Networks website, http://ir.ubnt.com.
 
About Ubiquiti Networks

Ubiquiti Networks (Nasdaq:UBNT) is closing the digital divide by building network communication platforms for everyone and everywhere. With over 38 million devices sold worldwide, Ubiquiti is transforming under-networked enterprises and communities. Our leading edge platforms, airMAX®, UniFi®, airFiber®, UniFi® Video, mFi® and EdgeMAX®, combine innovative technology, disruptive price-to-performance and the support of a global user community to eliminate barriers to connectivity. For more information, join our community at http://www.ubnt.com.

Ubiquiti, Ubiquiti Networks, the U logo, UBNT, airMAX, UniFi, airFiber, mFi, EdgeMAX and sunMAX are registered trademarks or trademarks of Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
 
Investor Relations Contact

Anne Fazioli
Ubiquiti Networks, Vice President of Investor Relations
IR@ubnt.com

 
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Safe Harbor for Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Statements other than statements of historical fact including words such as “look”, "will", “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, "forecast", “consider” and “plan” and statements in the future tense are forward looking statements.  The statements in this press release that could be deemed forward-looking statements include statements regarding expectations related to our cash position, expenses, new products, and financial performance estimates including revenues, GAAP diluted EPS and non-GAAP diluted EPS for the Company's fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2016, and any statements or assumptions underlying any of the foregoing.

Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual future results to differ materially, or cause a material adverse impact on our results.  Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, fluctuations in our operating results; varying demand for our products due to the financial and operating condition of our distributors and their customers, and distributors' inventory management practices; political and economic conditions and volatility affecting the stability of business environments, economic growth, currency values, commodity prices and other factors that may influence the ultimate demand for our products in particular geographies or globally; impact of counterfeiting and our ability to contain such impact; our reliance on a limited number of distributors; inability of our contract manufacturers and suppliers to meet our demand; our dependence on Qualcomm Atheros for chipsets without a short-term alternative; as we move into new markets competition from certain of our current or potential competitors who may be more established in such markets; our ability to keep pace with technological and market developments; success and timing of new product introductions by us and the performance of our products generally; our ability to effectively manage the significant increase in our transactional sales volumes; we may become subject to warranty claims, product liability and product recalls; that a substantial majority of our sales are into countries outside the United States and we are subject to numerous U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws; costs related to responding to government inquiries related to regulatory compliance; our reliance on the Ubiquiti Community; our reliance on certain key members of our management team, including our founder and chief executive officer, Robert J. Pera; adverse tax-related matters such as tax audits, changes in our effective tax rate or new tax legislative proposals; whether the final determination of our income tax liability may be materially different from our income tax provisions; the impact of any intellectual property litigation and claims for indemnification; litigation related to U.S. Securities laws; and economic and political conditions in the United States and abroad.  We discuss these risks in greater detail under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2015, and subsequent filings filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), which are available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.  Copies may also be obtained by contacting the Ubiquiti Networks Investor Relations Department, by email at IR@ubnt.com or by visiting the Investor Relations section of the Ubiquiti Networks website, http://ir.ubnt.com.

Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.  Also, forward-looking statements represent our management's beliefs and assumptions only as of the date made.  Except as required by law, Ubiquiti Networks undertakes no obligation to update information contained herein.  You should review our SEC filings carefully and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.
 
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

To supplement our condensed consolidated financial results prepared under generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, we use non-GAAP measures of net income and earnings per diluted share that are adjusted to exclude certain costs, expenses and gains such as stock based compensation expense, Business e-mail compromise ("BEC") fraud loss/(recovery), implementation of overhead capitalization, reserve against vendor deposits relating to a purchase commitment termination fee and the tax effects of these non-GAAP adjustments.  Reconciliations of the adjustments to GAAP results for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 are provided below.  In addition, an explanation of the ways in which management uses non-GAAP financial information to evaluate its business, the substance behind management's decision to use this non-GAAP financial information, material limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial information, the manner in which management compensates for those limitations, and the substantive reasons management believes that this non-GAAP financial information provides useful information to investors is included under "About our Non-GAAP Net Income and Adjustments" after the tables below.

 
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Ubiquiti Networks Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Nine Months Ended March 31,
   
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Revenues
 
$
167,433
   
$
147,456
   
$
480,719
   
$
450,680
 
Cost of revenues
 
84,940
   
81,479
   
245,681
   
254,631
 
Gross profit
 
82,493
   
65,977
   
235,038
   
196,049
 
Operating expenses:
               
Research and development
 
13,820
   
15,236
   
42,810
   
39,893
 
Sales, general and administrative
 
8,538
   
5,510
   
24,113
   
16,568
 
Business e-mail compromise (“BEC”) fraud loss/(recovery)
 
(3
)
 
   
(8,294
)
 
 
Total operating expenses
 
22,355
   
20,746
   
58,629
   
56,461
 
Income from operations
 
60,138
   
45,231
   
176,409
   
139,588
 
Interest expense and other, net
 
(510
)
 
(763
)
 
(1,277
)
 
(804
)
Income before provision for income taxes
 
59,628
   
44,468
   
175,132
   
138,784
 
Provision for income taxes
 
6,929
   
3,331
   
19,222
   
13,639
 
Net income and comprehensive income
 
$
52,699
   
$
41,137
   
$
155,910
   
$
125,145
 
Net income per share of common stock:
               
Basic
 
$
0.63
   
$
0.47
   
$
1.83
   
$
1.42
 
Diluted
 
$
0.62
   
$
0.46
   
$
1.80
   
$
1.40
 
Weighted average shares used in computing net income per share of common stock:
               
Basic
 
83,349
   
87,904
   
85,051
   
88,115
 
Diluted
 
84,685
   
89,400
   
86,433
   
89,707
 
 
 
Ubiquiti Networks Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income to Non-GAAP Net Income
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Nine Months Ended March 31,
   
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Net income and comprehensive income
 
$
52,699
   
$
41,137
   
$
155,910
   
$
125,145
 
Stock-based compensation:
               
Cost of revenues
 
114
   
141
   
341
   
440
 
Research and development
 
566
   
810
   
1,770
   
2,499
 
Sales, general and administrative
 
202
   
425
   
755
   
1,240
 
Purchase commitment termination fee
 
   
   
   
5,500
 
Business e-mail compromise (“BEC”) fraud loss/(recovery)
 
(3
)
 
   
(8,294
)
 
 
Implementation of overhead capitalization
 
(219
)
 
   
(1,213
)
 
 
Tax effect of Non-GAAP adjustments
 
(327
)
 
(550
)
 
(1,002
)
 
(2,331
)
Total Non-GAAP adjustments
 
333
   
826
   
(7,643
)
 
7,348
 
Non-GAAP net income
 
$
53,032
   
$
41,963
   
$
148,267
   
$
132,493
 
Non-GAAP diluted EPS
 
$
0.63
   
$
0.47
   
$
1.72
   
$
1.48
 
Weighted-average shares used in Non-GAAP diluted EPS
 
84,685
   
89,400
   
86,433
   
89,707
 
 
 
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Ubiquiti Networks Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share amounts)
(Unaudited)
   
March 31, 2016
 
June 30, 2015(1)
Assets
       
Current assets:
       
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
502,549
   
$
446,401
 
Accounts receivable, net
 
75,245
   
66,104
 
Inventories
 
42,776
   
37,031
 
Vendor Deposits
 
13,459
   
19,998
 
Current deferred tax asset
 
1,551
   
1,535
 
Prepaid income taxes
 
   
2,566
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
5,848
   
7,711
 
Total current assets
 
641,428
   
581,346
 
Property and equipment, net
 
13,127
   
15,602
 
Long-term deferred tax asset
 
1,538
   
1,515
 
Other long-term assets
 
2,261
   
2,109
 
Total assets
 
$
658,354
   
$
600,572
 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
       
Current liabilities:
       
Accounts payable
 
$
29,696
   
$
43,856
 
Income taxes payable
 
1,746
   
1,108
 
Debt - short-term
 
10,000
   
10,000
 
Other current liabilities
 
15,873
   
15,170
 
Total current liabilities
 
57,315
   
70,134
 
Long-term taxes payable
 
22,433
   
19,810
 
Debt - long-term
 
146,000
   
87,500
 
Deferred revenues - long-term
 
1,153
   
974
 
Total liabilities
 
226,901
   
178,418
 
Stockholders’ equity:
       
Common stock
 
83
   
87
 
Additional paid–in capital
 
   
 
Treasury stock
 
   
 
Retained earnings
 
431,370
   
422,067
 
Total stockholders’ equity
 
431,453
   
422,154
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$
658,354
   
$
600,572
 
 
(1) Derived from audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended June 30, 2015.

 
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Ubiquiti Networks Inc.
Revenues by Product Type (In thousands)
(Unaudited)
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Nine Months Ended March 31,
   
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Service provider technology
 
$
96,326
   
$
106,242
   
$
309,341
   
$
313,233
 
Enterprise technology
 
71,107
   
41,214
   
171,378
   
137,447
 
Total revenues
 
$
167,433
   
$
147,456
   
$
480,719
   
$
450,680
 
 
 
Ubiquiti Networks Inc.
Revenues by Geographical Area
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Nine Months Ended March 31,
   
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
North America
 
$
57,791
   
$
45,692
   
$
168,158
   
$
153,400
 
South America
 
15,450
   
17,866
   
61,393
   
71,242
 
Europe, the Middle East and Africa
 
73,269
   
66,770
   
194,745
   
177,474
 
Asia Pacific
 
20,923
   
17,128
   
56,423
   
48,564
 
Total revenues
 
$
167,433
   
$
147,456
   
$
480,719
   
$
450,680
 
 
About our Non-GAAP Net Income and Adjustments

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

To supplement our condensed consolidated financial results prepared under generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, we use non-GAAP measures of net income and earnings per diluted share that are GAAP net income and GAAP earnings per diluted share adjusted to exclude certain costs, expenses and gains/losses.

We believe that the presentation of non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP earnings per diluted share provides important supplemental information regarding non-cash expenses, significant items that we believe are important to understanding our financial, and business trends relating to our financial condition and results of operations.  Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP earnings per diluted share are among the primary indicators used by management as a basis for planning and forecasting future periods and by management and our board of directors to determine whether our operating performance has met specified targets and thresholds.  Management uses non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP earnings per diluted share when evaluating operating performance because it believes that the exclusion of the items described below, for which the amounts or timing may vary significantly depending upon the Company's activities and other factors, facilitates comparability of the Company's operating performance from period to period.  We have chosen to provide this information to investors so they can analyze our operating results in the same way that management does and use this information in their assessment of our business and the valuation of our Company.

 
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Use and Economic Substance of Non-GAAP Financial Measures used by Ubiquiti Networks

We compute non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share by adjusting GAAP net income and GAAP earnings per diluted share to remove the impact of certain adjustments and the tax effect of those adjustments.  Items excluded from net income are:

Stock-based compensation expense
Business e-mail compromise ("BEC") fraud loss/(recovery)
Implementation of overhead capitalization
Reserve against vendor deposits relating to a purchase commitment termination fee
Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments, applying the principles of ASC 740

Usefulness of Non-GAAP Financial Information to Investors

These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative to, GAAP and may be materially different from other non-GAAP measures, including similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies.  The presentation of this additional information should not be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or superior to, net income or earnings per diluted share prepared in accordance with GAAP.  Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations in that they do not reflect certain items that may have a material impact upon our reported financial results.

For more information on the non-GAAP adjustments, please see the table captioned “Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income to Non-GAAP Net Income” included in this press release.
 
 
 
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