GENEVA — (Marketwired) — 07/22/13 — STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM)

(NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, reported financial results for the second quarter and first half ending June 29, 2013.

Second quarter net revenues totaled $2.05 billion and gross margin was 32.8%. Net loss attributable to ST was $152 million.

said ST President and CEO Carlo Bozotti.

(a) Net revenues include sales recorded by ST-Ericsson as consolidated by ST
(b) Includes a loss on equity-method investment of $89 million, $13 million and $2 million in the second and first quarters of 2013 and the second quarter of 2012, respectively

As announced on March 18, 2013, ST and Ericsson have agreed to the transfer of certain ST-Ericsson employees and assets to the respective parent companies and to the wind-down of the remaining joint venture. The formal transfer of the parts of ST-Ericsson to the parent companies is expected to be completed in early August, 2013. As already communicated, from March 2, 2013 and until completion of the wind-down, Ericsson is taking on the expenses of the LTE Modem activities, and ST is taking on the existing products and related business as well as expenses for resources working on ST programs. Both parents are assuming equal funding of the wind-down activities.

During the first half of 2013, ST funded $145 million under the ST-Ericsson parent facility. Based upon its latest review, ST estimates its total cash costs from beginning 2013 thru the end of the JV, including covering its share of ST-Ericsson-s ongoing operations during the transition period and restructuring costs in ST-Ericsson and ST related to the exit from the JV, at between $300 million and $350 million. This is lower than the previous estimate as a result of the timely restructuring and the transfer of certain teams to third-party companies.

ST-Ericsson-s net revenues in the second quarter of 2013 decreased 31% sequentially to $176 million reflecting, as anticipated, the decline of legacy products.

Net revenues increased 1.8% sequentially and decreased 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. Greater China & South Asia led all regions with 6.0% sequential revenue growth while the Americas increased by 5.6% and EMEA increased 5.2%. Japan & Korea was lower by 12.8% driven by business dynamics at certain key wireless global accounts.

ST-s second quarter revenues, excluding the Wireless product line, increased 6.8% on a sequential basis and 3.6% on a year-over-year basis, reflecting better than normal seasonality.

Second quarter gross profit was $672 million and gross margin was 32.8%. On a sequential basis, gross margin improved 150 basis points reflecting lower unsaturation charges, manufacturing efficiencies and higher volumes partially offset by price pressure.

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(*)Operating income (loss) before impairment, restructuring and one-time items, operating margin before impairment, restructuring and one-time items and operating margin before impairment, restructuring and one-time items attributable to ST are non-U.S. GAAP measures. Please refer to Attachment A for additional information explaining why the Company believes these measures are important and reconciliation to U.S. GAAP.

R&D expenses were $453 million representing a sequential decrease of $80 million or 15%, benefiting principally from the ongoing restructuring initiatives at ST-Ericsson as well as the charge back to Ericsson of the LTE Modem expenses of $102 million partially offset by seasonality. R&D expenses declined by 27% compared to the year-ago period.

SG&A expenses totaled $285 million in the second quarter, and on a sequential basis, SG&A expenses increased by 2% mainly due to seasonality. SG&A expenses decreased 2% compared to the year-ago period mainly due to cost-reduction initiatives.

Impairment, restructuring and other related closure costs for the second quarter were $43 million compared to $101 million in the prior quarter mainly due to restructuring initiatives within the ST organization.

Operating margin before impairment, restructuring and one-time items attributable to ST was a negative 2.6% in the 2013 second quarter compared to negative 5.3% in the prior quarter.*

In the second quarter of 2013, net loss attributable to non-controlling interest was $21 million, which mainly included the 50% owned by Ericsson in the ST-Ericsson joint venture, as consolidated by ST. In the first quarter of 2013, the corresponding amount was $126 million.

ST recorded in the second quarter a charge of $89 million on equity-method investments largely due to a one-time non-cash charge of $69 million on ST-s equity value in 3Sun due to impairment charges reported by the 3Sun joint venture. 3Sun is a joint initiative between Enel Green Power, Sharp and the Company for the manufacture of thin film photovoltaic panels in Catania, Italy. Each partner owns a third of the common shares of the entity.

Second quarter net loss was $152 million or $(0.17) per share, compared to a net loss of $(0.19) and $(0.08) per share in the prior and year-ago quarter, respectively. On an adjusted basis, net of related taxes, ST reported non-U.S. GAAP net loss per share of $(0.06) in the second quarter, excluding impairment and restructuring charges and one-time items, compared to a net loss of $(0.13) and $(0.05) per share in the prior and year-ago quarter, respectively.*

For the second quarter of 2013, the effective average exchange rate for the Company was approximately $1.30 to EUR 1.00 compared to $1.31 to EUR 1.00 for the first quarter of 2013 and $1.32 to EUR 1.00 for the second quarter of 2012.

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(*)Operating margin before impairment, restructuring and one-time items attributable to ST and adjusted net earnings per share are non-U.S. GAAP measures. For additional information and reconciliation to U.S. GAAP, please refer to Attachment A.

(a) Embedded Processing Solutions includes the Wireless product line which includes a portion of sales and operating results of ST-Ericsson as consolidated in the Company-s revenues and operating results, as well as other items affecting operating results related to the wireless business.
(b) Net revenues of “Others” includes revenues from sales of Subsystems, assembly services and other revenues.
(c) Operating income (loss) of “Others” includes items such as unused capacity charges, impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs, phase out and start-up costs, and other unallocated expenses such as: strategic or special research and development programs, certain corporate-level operating expenses, patent claims and litigations, and other costs that are not allocated to product groups, as well as operating earnings of the Subsystems and Other Products Group. “Others” includes $2 million, $24 million and $16 million of unused capacity charges in the second and first quarters of 2013 and second quarter of 2012, respectively; and $43 million, $101 million and $56 million of impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs in the second and first quarters of 2013 and second quarter of 2012, respectively.

Sense & Power and Automotive Products (SPA) second quarter net revenues increased 7.3% sequentially, mainly driven by Industrial and Power products and Automotive. SPA revenues increased 4.6% compared to the year-ago quarter driven by MEMS. SPA operating margin was 3.5% in the 2013 second quarter compared to 5.1% and 8.3% in the prior and year-ago quarter, respectively, with the decrease principally driven by resources deployed from ST-Ericsson to strengthen R&D activities and price pressure within the Analog, MEMS and Sensors (AMS) group.

Embedded Processing Solutions (EPS) second quarter net revenues decreased 5.0% and 16.0% on a sequential and year-over-year basis, respectively, due to a significant decrease in ST-Ericsson sales and to a lesser extent, Digital Convergence (DCG). EPS segment operating margin improved to negative 12.8% in the 2013 second quarter, from negative 24.2% and negative 23.7% in the prior and year-ago quarter, respectively, mainly due to a significant reduction in expenses.

Free cash flow* was negative $134 million in the second quarter, principally reflecting anticipated cash resources to fund ST-Ericsson, compared to negative $65 million in the prior quarter.

Capital expenditure payments, net of proceeds from sales, were $121 million during the second quarter of 2013 compared to $111 million in the prior quarter.

Inventory increased by $30 million to $1.34 billion at quarter end. Inventory in the second quarter of 2013 was at 4.1 turns or 88 days, substantially flat compared to the prior quarter.

As expected, ST-s net financial position* decreased in the second quarter to a net cash position of $954 million at June 29, 2013, adjusted by $145 million of ST-Ericsson-s debt to our joint venture partner, compared to $1.1 billion at March 30, 2013. ST-s financial resources equaled $1.77 billion and total debt was $964 million at June 29, 2013.

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(*)Free cash flow and net financial position are non-U.S. GAAP measures. For additional information and reconciliation to U.S. GAAP, please refer to Attachment A.
Total equity, including non-controlling interest, was $5.68 billion at quarter end.

Net revenues decreased 2.6% to $4.05 billion from $4.16 billion in the year-ago period mainly reflecting lower ST-Ericsson sales. Net revenues for the first half of 2013, excluding the Wireless product line, increased 2.5% to $3.62 billion.

Gross margin was 32.1% of net revenues, compared to 32.0% of net revenues for the 2012 first half. The first half 2013 gross margin was impacted by unsaturation charges of $26 million compared to $87 million in the year-ago period. Net loss, as reported, was $322 million in the first half of 2013, or $(0.36) per share, compared to a net loss of $252 million, or $(0.28) per share in the first half of 2012. On an adjusted basis, net of related taxes, ST reported a non-U.S. GAAP net loss per share of $(0.19) excluding impairment, restructuring charges and one-time items in the first half of 2013, the same as in the first half of 2012.*

The effective average exchange rate for the Company was approximately $1.30 to EUR 1.00 for the first half of 2013, compared to $1.32 to EUR 1.00 for the first half of 2012.

Mr. Bozotti stated,

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* Adjusted net earnings per share is a non-US GAAP measure. For additional information and reconciliation to U.S. GAAP, please refer to Attachment A.

The Company expects third quarter 2013 revenues to be about flat on a sequential basis, plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Gross margin in the third quarter is expected to be about 33.5%, plus or minus 2.0 percentage points.

This outlook is based on an assumed effective currency exchange rate of approximately $1.30 = EUR 1.00 for the 2013 third quarter and includes the impact of existing hedging contracts. The third quarter will close on September 28, 2013.

On April 22, ST announced the appointment of Martine Verluyten as Chair of the Audit Committee of the ST Supervisory Board, succeeding Tom de Waard. Verluyten has been a member of the ST Supervisory Board and has served on its Audit Committee since May 2012.

On May 22, the Company announced that Executive Vice President Jean-Marc Chery had been appointed General Manager of the Embedded Processing Solutions Segment, a new position, and Vice-Chairman of the Corporate Strategic Committee where he has been a Member since 2008. Chery continues to lead the Packaging and Test Manufacturing and Quality functions for ST.

On May 28, ST announced that ST-Ericsson, a 50-50 joint venture with Ericsson that the parent Companies are winding down, had sold the assets and intellectual property rights (IPR) associated with its mobile connectivity Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to a leading semiconductor company.

On June 17, ST announced that it had signed a comprehensive agreement with Rambus Inc. expanding existing licenses between the two Companies, settling all outstanding claims, and committing both organizations to explore additional opportunities for collaboration. The multifaceted agreement gives Rambus access to ST-s Fully-Depleted Silicon On Insulator (FD-SOI) process-technology design environment while giving ST secured license terms from the Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI) division of Rambus that makes it possible for ST to expand deployment of security technology for banking, identity, PayTV, video gaming, smartphones, and government, across a wider range of products.

On June 21, ST announced that all the resolutions proposed by the Supervisory Board were approved at the Company-s Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was held in Amsterdam.

The main resolutions approved by the shareholders were:

The adoption of the Company-s 2012 Statutory Annual Accounts prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS);

The distribution, in line with the Dividend Policy of the Company, of a semi-annual cash dividend per common share of US$0.10 in the second quarter of 2013 and US$0.10 in the third quarter of 2013, to be paid in June and September of 2013, respectively, to shareholders of record in the month of each quarterly payment;

The appointment of Ms. Janet Davidson as a new member of the Supervisory Board for a three-year term, expiring at the 2016 AGM, as a replacement for Mr. Raymond Bingham, whose mandate has expired;

The reappointment of Mr. Alessandro Ovi as member of the Supervisory Board for a three-year term, expiring at the 2016 AGM;

The amendment of the compensation scheme of the Supervisory Board;

The approval of a new four-year Unvested Stock Award Plan for Management and Key Employees.

On May 21, ST announced its leadership of Places2Be, a 3-year, EUR 360M advanced-technology pilot-line project with the participation of 18 other leading European companies and academic institutions to support the industrialization of Fully-Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (FD-SOI) microelectronics technology. Places2Be (“Pilot Lines for Advanced CMOS Enhanced by SOI in 2x nodes, Built in Europe”) aims to support the deployment of an FD-SOI pilot line at 28nm and the subsequent node, as well as a dual source that will enable volume manufacturing in Europe. Places2Be will drive the creation of a European microelectronics design ecosystem using this FD-SOI platform and explore the path towards the next step for this technology (14/10nm).

During the quarter, ST made strong progress with important new-product introductions and significant design wins.

Deployment of the SPIRIT1, sub-GHz RF transceiver-based application for remote control of street lights has begun along the river Seine in Paris.

Earned design-ins for Pulser IC in portable ultrasound imaging equipment.

Passed security certification by NDS for ST8034 smart-card interface, a necessary step in the expansion of ST-s smart-card presence in the set-top box market.

Captured a major socket in a 1st-tier customer in the glucose-metering market with a dedicated op amp, reinforcing our best-in-class capabilities and positioning in the analog segment.

Collected a win for a high-end digital top-port microphone in a new tablet to be launched this fall.

Achieved milestone shipment rate of 10Munits/quarter for Fuel-Gauge battery-monitor IC.

Ramping production of 6-axis accelerometer and gyroscope for a high-profile launch by a major phone manufacturer.

Achieved significant qualifications for 6-axis accelerometer and gyroscope and 6-axis accelerometer and compass for important phone manufacturers.

In production with 9-axis inertial module for several innovative navigation-related applications from top-tier Americas manufacturers.

Building momentum for MOSFETs with a qualification from a top switched-mode power supply (SMPS) maker and captured design wins with important leaders for lighting and charger applications in China and South Asia.

Achieved big wins for IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) with a large Asian welding customer and with Intelligent Power Modules for air-conditioning and motor-control applications.

Earned design wins in several server SMPS platforms with ViperPlus high-voltage converters from a major Taiwanese SMPS manufacturer.

Gaining market traction with the innovative digital-power STLUX385x platform for various projects with wins in major EMEA lighting customers.

Captured design wins from major German factory automation customers with newest octal intelligent power switch.

Earned wins for RF antenna-tuner solution for smartphones from a leading Taiwanese OEM.

Won new socket for the new field-effect rectifier diodes for mobile and tablet chargers at a leading Asian OEM.

Earned an important award for a microcontroller companion chip that integrates all key functions for stability-control systems for the Korean market from a leading Korean supplier.

Captured a design win from a global leader in the braking market for a fully integrated electronic parking-brake solution.

Reinforced leadership in Infotainment with the awarding of a multi-standard digital terrestrial tuner from a leading European Tier 1.

Won several awards for VIPower smart-power technology in Body Control Modules from leading global Tier 1s and earned a socket from another leading European Tier 1 for our 32-bit automotive microcontrollers for an airbag application.

Continued STM32 momentum with several design wins for the STM32 family for smart-watch applications at major global OEMs, as a sensor-hub in various mobile applications at a major manufacturer, and in a next-generation low-power fitness-monitoring system at a key Americas OEM.

Ramped production of STM32 controllers for Wi-Fi modules for Internet of Things applications at various customers.

Earned a win from a leading home-appliance manufacturer for our dual-interface memory / dynamic NFC RFID tag in a washing machine.

Captured the prestigious -Electron d-Or 2013- award from ElectroniqueS Magazine for the ST31, the first 32-bit Contactless Secure Microcontroller.

Continued building momentum for ASICs to be manufactured in 28nm FD-SOI technology, with two new design wins for networking and consumer applications.

Maintained success with worldwide customers of awards for new set-top box Class2 product family, which has now also obtained the full certification from Nagra and Viaccess.

Began an important design at a key customer for the US cable modem based on the Orly/STiD platform.

Captured multiple design-ins of DisplayPort smart connectivity products in various applications, including 4Kx2K TV, the first TV with DisplayPort input, at a large global consumer manufacturer.

Won a slot for the Image Signal Processor from a leading phone manufacturer.

Secured design wins for ASICs using Silicon Photonics with two of the world-s top optical communications manufacturers.

Collected a broad range of design wins from many customers that use ST BiCMOS or Silicon Photonics process technology in almost 30 new ASIC projects.

This press release contains supplemental non-U.S. GAAP financial information, including operating income (loss) before impairment, restructuring and one-time items, operating margin before impairment, restructuring and one-time items, operating margin before impairment, restructuring and one-time items attributable to ST, adjusted net earnings, adjusted net earnings per share, free cash flow, net financial position and net financial position, adjusted to account for 50% investment in ST-Ericsson.

Readers are cautioned that these measures are unaudited and not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as a substitute for U.S. GAAP financial measures. In addition, such non-U.S. GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled information by other companies.

See Attachment A of this press release for a reconciliation of the Company-s non-U.S. GAAP financial measures to their corresponding U.S. GAAP financial measures. To compensate for these limitations, the supplemental non-U.S. GAAP financial information should not be read in isolation, but only in conjunction with the Company-s consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Some of the statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended) that are based on management-s current views and assumptions, and are conditioned upon and also involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those anticipated by such statements, due to, among other factors:

uncertain macro-economic and industry trends;

customer demand and acceptance for the products which we design, manufacture and sell;

unanticipated events or circumstances which may either impact our ability to execute the planned reductions in our net operating expenses and / or meet the objectives of our R&D Programs which benefit from public funding;

future events or circumstances which may require us to reassess our current plans concerning the break up and wind down of our ST-Ericsson joint venture;

the loading and the manufacturing performances of our production facilities;

the functionalities and performance of our IT systems, which support our critical operational activities including manufacturing, finance and sales;

variations in the foreign exchange markets and, more particularly, in the rate of the U.S. dollar exchange rate as compared to the Euro and the other major currencies we use for our operations;

the impact of intellectual property (“IP”) claims by our competitors or other third parties, and our ability to obtain required licenses on reasonable terms and conditions;

restructuring charges and associated cost savings that differ in amount or timing from our estimates;

changes in our overall tax position as a result of changes in tax laws, the outcome of tax audits or changes in international tax treaties which may impact our results of operations as well as our ability to accurately estimate tax credits, benefits, deductions and provisions and to realize deferred tax assets;

the outcome of ongoing litigation as well as the impact of any new litigation to which we may become a defendant;

natural events such as severe weather, earthquakes, tsunami, volcano eruptions or other acts of nature, health risks and epidemics in locations where we, our customers or our suppliers operate;

changes in economic, social, political or infrastructure conditions in the locations where we, our customers or our suppliers operate including as a result of macro-economic or regional events, military conflict, social unrest or terrorist activities;

availability and costs of raw materials, utilities, third-party manufacturing services, or other supplies required by our operations;

Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results and performance of our business to differ materially and adversely from the forward-looking statements. Certain forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology, such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “are expected to,” “should,” “would be,” “seeks” or “anticipates” or similar expressions or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions.

Some of these risk factors are set forth and are discussed in more detail in “Item 3. Key Information – Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the SEC on March 4, 2013. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this release as anticipated, believed or expected. We do not intend, and do not assume any obligation, to update any industry information or forward-looking statements set forth in this release to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

On July 23, 2013, the management of STMicroelectronics will conduct a conference call to discuss the Company-s operating performance for the second quarter of 2013.

The conference call will be held at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time / 3:00 p.m. CET. The conference call will be available live via the Internet by accessing . Those accessing the webcast should go to the Web site at least 15 minutes prior to the call, in order to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. The webcast will be available until August 2, 2013.

ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the spectrum of sense and power and automotive products and embedded processing solutions. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and innovative contribution to people-s life. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.

In 2012, the Company-s net revenues were $8.49 billion. Further information on ST can be found at .

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The supplemental non-U.S. GAAP information presented in this press release is unaudited and subject to inherent limitations. Such non-U.S. GAAP information is not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and should not be considered as a substitute for U.S. GAAP measurements. Also, our supplemental non-U.S. GAAP financial information may not be comparable to similarly titled non-U.S. GAAP measures used by other companies. Further, specific limitations for individual non-U.S. GAAP measures, and the reasons for presenting non-U.S. GAAP financial information, are set forth in the paragraphs below. To compensate for these limitations, the supplemental non-U.S. GAAP financial information should not be read in isolation, but only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Operating income (loss) before, impairment, restructuring and one-time items is used by management to help enhance an understanding of ongoing operations and to communicate the impact of the excluded items, such as impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs. Adjusted net earnings and earnings per share (EPS) are used by management to help enhance an understanding of ongoing operations and to communicate the impact of the excluded items like impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs attributable to ST and other one-time items, net of the relevant tax impact.

Operating income (loss) before impairment, restructuring and one-time items attributable to ST is calculated as operating income (loss) before impairment, restructuring and one-time items excluding 50% of ST-Ericsson operating income (loss) before impairment, restructuring and one-time items as consolidated by ST. Operating margin before impairment, restructuring and one-time items attributable to ST is calculated as operating income (loss) before restructuring attributable to ST divided by reported revenues excluding 50% of ST-Ericsson revenues as consolidated by ST.

The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information for investors and management because they measure the Company-s capacity to generate profits from its business operations, excluding the effect of acquisitions and expenses related to the rationalizing of its activities and sites that it does not consider to be part of its on-going operating results, thereby offering, when read in conjunction with the Company-s GAAP financials, (i) the ability to make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of the Company-s on-going operating results, (ii) the ability to better identify trends in the Company-s business and perform related trend analysis, and (iii) an easier way to compare the Company-s results of operations against investor and analyst financial models and valuations, which usually exclude these items.

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Net financial position: resources (debt), represents the balance between our total financial resources and our total financial debt. Our total financial resources include cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, short-term deposits and restricted cash, and our total financial debt includes short-term borrowings, current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt, all as reported in our consolidated balance sheet. We believe our net financial position provides useful information for investors because it gives evidence of our global position either in terms of net indebtedness or net cash position by measuring our capital resources based on cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities and the total level of our financial indebtedness. Net financial position is not a U.S. GAAP measure.

Free cash flow is defined as net cash from operating activities minus net cash from (used in) investing activities, excluding purchase of and proceeds from the sale of marketable securities, short term deposits and release of restricted cash. We believe free cash flow provides useful information for investors and management because it measures our capacity to generate cash from our operating and investing activities to sustain our operating activities. Free cash flow is not a U.S. GAAP measure and does not represent total cash flow since it does not include the cash flows generated by or used in financing activities. In addition, our definition of free cash flow may differ from definitions used by other companies.

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