SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 31, 2011) - Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ CAVM ]), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home, today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011 ended September 30, 2011.

Revenue in the third quarter of 2011 was $67.7 million, a 5.4% sequential decrease from the $71.6 million reported for the second quarter of 2011 and an increase of 22.7% from the $55.2 million reported for the third quarter of last year.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Results

Net income for the third quarter of 2011, on a GAAP basis, was $6.0 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1.9 million, or $0.04 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2011, and a net income of $5.0 million, or $0.10 per diluted share in the third quarter of last year. Gross margins were 59.9% in the third quarter of 2011 compared to 59.9% in the second quarter of 2011 and 62.3% in the third quarter of last year. Total cash and cash equivalents were $74.6 million at September 30, 2011.

Non-GAAP Results

Cavium believes that the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides important supplemental information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to the company's financial condition and results of operations. These measures should only be used to evaluate the Company's results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. Non-GAAP financial measures in third quarter of 2011 exclude expenses totaling $8.3 million related to stock-based compensation and related payroll expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition related expenses and change in earn-out liability. The reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP financial results is provided in the financial statements portion of this release.

Non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2011 was $14.4 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, compared with non-GAAP net income of $18.4 million, or $0.34 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2011. Gross margins, on a non-GAAP basis, was 65.0% and operating margins (non-GAAP income from operations as a percentage of revenue), on a non-GAAP basis, was 20.3% in the third quarter of 2011.

"Though revenues this quarter were in line with the updated financial outlook we provided in September, they were weaker than originally expected, in the enterprise market as well as recognized software services revenue. Sales into the enterprise market were affected by a larger than expected impact of a hub transition at one of our major customers as well as lower demand from other enterprise customers as they adjust their supply chain inventory due to the softer demand environment,"said Syed Ali, President and CEO of Cavium. "However, we continued to experience high levels of design win activity across multiple product families and are confident that we are well positioned for the future."

Recent News Highlights

October 31, 2011 -- Cavium Announces Shipment of 64-core NITROX® III - World's Highest Performance Security and Compression Processors for Cloud Computing and Enterprise
October 31, 2011 -- Radisys Announces Ultra-high Capacity Network Search Solution for Deep Packet Inspection In Next Generation Wireless Infrastructure
October 25, 2011 -- [ Cavium Partners with Aricent to Provide Comprehensive 4G Mobile Evolved Packet Core and Radio Access Solutions for OCTEON® II and OCTEON Fusion Processor Families ]
October 24, 2011 -- [ Cavium and Partners Showcase End-to-End, Market-Leading Carrier Class Solutions for Next Generation Wireless infrastructure at 4G World 2011 ]
October 10, 2011 -- 6WIND Announces Availability of Packet Processing Software Optimized for Cavium's Market-Leading OCTEON® II CN68XX Processor Family
October 3, 2011 -- Cavium Unveils OCTEON Fusion™: Industry's Most Powerful "Base Station-on-a-Chip" Family
September 27, 2011 -- Cavium Ships New Multi-Format High Definition Set Top Box SoC for OTT, IPTV and Pay Cable Markets
September 27, 2011 -- Cavium to Showcase Innovations for Set Top Box, Broadband Gateway, and Wireless Display Applications at Broadband World Forum 2011
September 6, 2011 -- Sensory Networks Releases DPI Software Optimized for Cavium OCTEON® II Processors
August 2, 2011 -- Cavium Announces Shipment of Industry-Leading 10-core OCTEON® II Processors into Mobile Basestation, Enterprise Router, Storage and 10G Adapter Applications
August 2, 2011 -- Cavium Disrupts TCAM Market with Ultra Low Power NEURON Search™ Processor Family

Cavium, Inc. will broadcast its third quarter 2011 financial results conference call today, October 31, 2011, at 2 p.m. Pacific time (5 p.m. Eastern time). The conference call will be available via a live web cast on the investor relations section of the Cavium website at [ http://www.cavium.com ]. Please access the website at least a few minutes prior to the start of the call in order to download and install any necessary audio software. An archived web cast replay of the call will be available on the web site for a limited period of time.

About Cavium

Cavium is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications and the digital home. Cavium offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software-compatible processors ranging in performance from 10 Mbps to 40 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data-center, broadband/consumer and access and service provider equipment. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tool support, reference designs and other services. Cavium recently moved its principal office in San Jose, CA with design team locations in California, Massachusetts, India and Taiwan. For more information, please visit: [ http://www.cavium.com ].

Note on Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions and current expectations. Our actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to the rate of new design wins, the rate at which existing design wins go into production, the timing of purchases by Cavium's customers, acceptance by customers of Cavium's new product introductions, whether or not the company can continue to expand gross margins and operating margins, pricing pressures, general economic conditions, manufacturing difficulties, and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Cavium's business are set forth in the "Risk Factors" section of our Form 10Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2011. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof and qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and we assume no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements.

CAVIUM, INC.
Unaudited GAAP Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
			Three Months Ended
			September 30, 2011			June 30, 2011

Net revenue			$	67,729		$	71,615
Cost of revenue				27,172			28,698
Gross profit				40,557			42,917
Operating expenses:
	Research and development			23,571			23,660
	Sales, general and administrative			11,599			17,554
		Total operating expenses		35,170			41,214
Income from operations				5,387			1,703
Other income (expense), net:
	Interest expense			(55	)		(63	)
	Other, net			(53	)		49
Total other expense, net				(108	)		(14	)
	Income before income taxes			5,279			1,689
	Benefit from income taxes			(752	)		(233	)
Net income			$	6,031		$	1,922
Net income per common share, basic			$	0.12		$	0.04
Shares used in computing basic net income per common share				48,739			48,381
Net income per common share, diluted			$	0.12		$	0.04
Shares used in computing diluted net income per common share				50,751			51,104



CAVIUM, INC.
Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Adjustments
(in thousands)

Reconciliation of GAAP research and development expenses to non-GAAP:
	GAAP research and development expenses		$	23,571		$	23,660
		Stock-based compensation and related payroll taxes		(3,787	)		(3,992	)
		Acquisition-related expenses		(631	)		(586	)
		Acquisition-related compensation expenses		-			(1,324	)
	Non-GAAP research and development expenses		$	19,153		$	17,758
Reconciliation of GAAP sales, general and administrative expenses to non-GAAP
	GAAP sales, general and administrative expenses		$	11,599		$	17,554
		Stock-based compensation and related payroll taxes		(4,084	)		(4,425	)
		Amortization of acquired intangibles		(347	)		(347	)
		Acquisition-related expenses		(114	)		(632	)
		Acquisition-related compensation expenses		(500	)		(1,087	)
		Change in earn-out liability		4,564			-
	Non-GAAP sales, general and administrative expenses		$	11,118		$	11,063

CAVIUM, INC.
Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Adjustments
(In thousands, except per share data and percentages)

			Three Months Ended
Reconciliation of GAAP gross profit & margin to non-GAAP:			September 30, 2011			June 30, 2011
Net revenue			$	67,729		$	71,615
GAAP gross profit				40,557			42,917
GAAP gross margin				59.9	%		59.9	%
	Acquisition-related expenses:
		Cost of revenue		619			1,268
	Amortization of acquired intangibles:
		Cost of revenue		2,309			2,309
	Stock-based compensation and related payroll taxes:
		Cost of revenue		511			480
Non-GAAP gross profit			$	43,996		$	46,974
Non-GAAP gross margin				65.0	%		65.6	%

				Three Months Ended
Reconciliation of GAAP income from operations to non-GAAP:				September 30, 2011			June 30, 2011
GAAP income from operations			$	5,387		$	1,703
	Amortization of acquired intangibles			2,656			2,656
	Stock-based compensation and related payroll taxes			8,382			8,897
	Acquisition-related expenses			1,364			2,486
	Acquisition-related compensation expenses			500			2,411
	Change in earn-out liability			(4,564	)		-
Non-GAAP income from operations			$	13,725		$	18,153
Non-GAAP income from operations as a percentage of revenue				20.3	%		25.3	%

				Three Months Ended
Reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP:				September 30, 2011			June 30, 2011
GAAP net income			$	6,031		$	1,922
Non-GAAP adjustments:
	Stock-based compensation and related payroll taxes:
		Cost of revenue		511			480
		Research and development		3,787			3,992
		Sales, general and administrative		4,084			4,425
	Amortization of acquired intangibles:
		Cost of revenue		2,309			2,309
		Sales, general and administrative		347			347
	Acquisition-related expenses			1,364			2,486
	Acquisition-related compensation expenses			500			2,411
	Change in earn-out liability			(4,564	)		-
	Total of non-GAAP adjustments			8,338			16,450
Non-GAAP net income			$	14,369		$	18,372

GAAP net income per share, diluted			$	0.12		$	0.04
	Non-GAAP adjustments detailed above			0.15			0.30
Non-GAAP net income per share, diluted			$	0.27		$	0.34

GAAP weighted average shares, diluted				50,751			51,104
	Non-GAAP share adjustment			1,951			2,710
Non-GAAP weighted average shares, diluted				52,702			53,814

CAVIUM, INC.
Unaudited GAAP Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)

			As of			As of
			September 30, 2011			June 30, 2011
Assets
Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents		$	74,582		$	69,233
	Accounts receivable, net			47,496			46,188
	Inventories			33,353			28,245
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets			3,205			3,762
	Deferred income taxes			9,025			9,039
		Total current assets		167,661			156,467
Property and equipment, net				17,997			15,091
Intangible assets, net				58,496			58,148
Goodwill				101,402			101,402
Deferred income taxes				27,243			27,173
Other non-current assets				1,537			1,566
		Total assets	$	374,336		$	359,847

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable		$	24,738		$	16,693
	Accrued expenses and other current liabilities			9,719			14,023
	Deferred revenue			14,322			14,927
	Capital lease and technology license obligations, current			6,396			9,328
		Total current liabilities		55,175			54,971
Capital lease and technology license obligations, net of current				917			796
Deferred tax liability				5,917			5,917
Other non-current liabilities				1,778			2,596
		Total liabilities		63,787			64,280

Stockholders' equity
	Common stock			49			49
	Additional paid-in capital			342,548			333,597
	Accumulated deficit			(32,048	)		(38,079	)
		Total stockholders' equity		310,549			295,567
		Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	374,336		$	359,847

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