Press Release

• Delivers $436.1 Million in Revenue, Up 12 Percent Year-over-Year
• Expands Non-GAAP Gross Margin to 44.0% (43.2% GAAP) and Non-GAAP Operating Margin to 25.7% (19.3% GAAP)
• Posts $0.54 in Non-GAAP Diluted EPS ($0.34 GAAP)
• Repurchases 4 Million Shares of Common Stock
• Guides to $475 Million in Revenue, with Continued Margin Improvements Yielding $0.62 of Non-GAAP Diluted EPS for Q4 FY13

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 18, 2013-- Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS) an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, today reported third fiscal quarter 2013 results for the period ending June 28, 2013. Revenue for the quarter was $436.1 million, up 12 percent when compared to $389.0 million in the third fiscal quarter of 2012.

On a non-GAAP basis, operating income for the third fiscal quarter of 2013 was $111.9 million, or 25.7 percent of sales, up from $91.7 million in the comparable period a year ago. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for the third fiscal quarter of 2013 was $0.54, a penny better than the Company’s guidance, and a 20 percent increase from the $0.45 in the third fiscal quarter of 2012. On a GAAP basis, operating income for the third fiscal quarter of 2013 was $84.3 million and diluted earnings per share was $0.34.

“Skyworks’ outperformance and outlook for sustainable above market growth reflects our progress towards becoming a highly diversified analog semiconductor market leader,” said David J. Aldrich, president and chief executive officer of Skyworks. “We are capturing margin-accretive content across a broad set of end markets spanning automotive, industrial, smart energy, home automation, medical, mobility and cloud computing. Leading customers within each of these targeted markets are increasingly requiring always-on connectivity and enhanced power efficiency which intersects with our core competencies. Our system-level innovations and scale advantages are translating into accelerating top line growth, margin expansion and, most importantly, returns well in excess of our cost of capital. Accordingly, Skyworks is well positioned to capitalize on the Internet of Things tsunami and to outpace the broader analog semiconductor market while increasing shareholder value.”

Q3 Business Highlights

• Enabled home sensor networks at an emerging global home health care provider
• Launched the industry’s lowest noise LNAs supporting GPS, broadband and satellite communication applications
• Secured telematics and infotainment system design wins with a strategic global automotive supplier
• Powered Belkin, Cisco and Netgear 802.11ac enterprise routers
• Ramped voltage regulators across LTE data cards
• Commenced shipments of wireless networking and ZigBee® solutions in support of security sensors, smoke alarms, motion detectors and touch pads
• Supported educational tablets and ebooks with backlighting and panel power management semiconductors
• Gained connectivity and analog control IC content at Huawei, Lenovo and ZTE
• Captured multiple front-end and wireless networking sockets on Qualcomm LTE reference designs
• Introduced silicon-based ultra-high speed switching technology for carrier aggregation applications
• Recorded a 3-fold increase in 4G base station content gains via highly integrated radios incorporating mixer, down converter and IQ modulator functionality

Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2013 Outlook

“Given new program launches and an expanding product pipeline, we expect a strong second half to 2013,” said Donald W. Palette, vice president and chief financial officer of Skyworks. “Specifically, for the current quarter, we anticipate revenue of $475 million, gross margin expansion to the 44.0 to 44.5 percent range and $0.62 of diluted earnings per share, each on a non-GAAP basis.”

For further information regarding use of non-GAAP financial measures in this press release, including a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP financial measures, please refer to the Discussion Regarding the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures set forth below.

Skyworks' Third Fiscal Quarter 2013 Conference Call

Skyworks will host a conference call with analysts to discuss its third fiscal quarter 2013 results and business outlook today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. To listen to the conference call via the Internet, please visit the investor relations section of Skyworks' Web site. To listen to the conference call via telephone, please call 800-230-1085 (domestic) or 612-234-9960 (international), confirmation code: 296576.

Playback of the conference call will begin at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time on July 18, and end at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time on July 25. The replay will be available on Skyworks' Web site or by calling 800-475-6701 (domestic) or 320-365-3844 (international), access code: 296576.

About Skyworks

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors. Leveraging core technologies, Skyworks supports automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, energy management, GPS, industrial, medical, military, wireless networking, smartphone and tablet applications. The Company’s portfolio includes amplifiers, attenuators, circulators, demodulators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, front-end modules, hybrids, infrastructure RF subsystems, isolators, lighting and display solutions, mixers, modulators, optocouplers, optoisolators, phase shifters, PLLs/synthesizers/VCOs, power dividers/combiners, power management devices, receivers, switches and technical ceramics.

Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., Skyworks is worldwide with engineering, manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout Asia, Europe and North America. For more information, please visit Skyworks’ Web site at: www.skyworksinc.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This news release includes "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include without limitation information relating to future results and expectations of Skyworks (e.g., certain projections and business trends). Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "forecasts," "intends," "believes," "plans," "may," "will," or "continue," and similar expressions and variations or negatives of these words. All such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those projected, and may affect our future operating results, financial position and cash flows.

These risks, uncertainties and other important factors include, but are not limited to: uncertainty regarding global economic and financial market conditions; the susceptibility of the semiconductor industry and the markets addressed by our, and our customers', products to economic downturns; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders and our ability, as well as the ability of our customers, to manage inventory; losses or curtailments of purchases or payments from key customers, or the timing of customer inventory adjustments; the availability and pricing of third party semiconductor foundry, assembly and test capacity, raw materials and supplier components; changes in laws, regulations and/or policies that could adversely affect either (i) the economy and our customers’ demand for our products or (ii) the financial markets and our ability to raise capital; our ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative products in a highly price competitive and rapidly changing technological environment; economic, social, military and geo-political conditions in the countries in which we, our customers or our suppliers operate, including security and health risks, possible disruptions in transportation networks and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; fluctuations in our manufacturing yields due to our complex and specialized manufacturing processes; delays or disruptions in production due to equipment maintenance, repairs and/or upgrades; our reliance on several key customers for a large percentage of our sales; fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; our ability to timely and accurately predict market requirements and evolving industry standards, and to identify opportunities in new markets; uncertainties of litigation, including potential disputes over intellectual property infringement and rights, as well as payments related to the licensing and/or sale of such rights; our ability to rapidly develop new products and avoid product obsolescence; our ability to retain, recruit and hire key executives, technical personnel and other employees in the positions and numbers, with the experience and capabilities, and at the compensation levels needed to implement our business and product plans; lengthy product development cycles that impact the timing of new product introductions; unfavorable changes in product mix; the quality of our products and any remediation costs; shorter than expected product life cycles; problems or delays that we may face in shifting our products to smaller geometry process technologies and in achieving higher levels of design integration; and our ability to continue to grow and maintain an intellectual property portfolio and obtain needed licenses from third parties, as well as other risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Note to Editors: Skyworks and Skyworks Solutions are trademarks or registered trademarks of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. All other brands and names listed are trademarks of their respective companies.

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
					Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
					June 28,			June 29,			June 28,				June 29,
(in millions, except per share amounts)					2013			2012			2013				2012
Net revenue				$	436.1		$	389.0		$	1,315.0			$	1,147.5
Cost of goods sold					247.9			223.7			757.5				658.1
Gross profit					188.2			165.3			557.5				489.4
Operating expenses:
	Research and development				56.6			56.1			171.0				155.9
	Selling, general and administrative				40.3			37.5			118.1				120.6
	Amortization of intangibles				7.0			8.6			22.4				24.3
	Restructuring and other charges				-			1.1			6.4				7.8
		Total operating expenses			103.9			103.3			317.9				308.6
Operating income					84.3			62.0			239.6				180.8
	Interest expense				-			-			-				(0.5	)
	Other income (expense), net				0.2			0.1			(0.9	)			(0.1	)
Income before income taxes					84.5			62.1			238.7				180.2
Provision for income taxes					18.8			12.8			44.8				39.7
Net income				$	65.7		$	49.3		$	193.9			$	140.5
	Earnings per share:
		Basic		$	0.35		$	0.26		$	1.03			$	0.76
		Diluted		$	0.34		$	0.26		$	1.01			$	0.74
	Weighted average shares:
		Basic			186.6			186.3			188.2				185.1
		Diluted			191.2			192.5			192.8				191.1

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
				Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
				June 28,			June 29,			June 28,			June 29,
(in millions)				2013			2012			2013			2012
GAAP gross profit			$	188.2		$	165.3		$	557.5		$	489.4
		Share-based compensation expense [a]		2.4			2.1			7.5			7.0
		Acquisition-related expense [b]		1.2			0.7			1.3			3.6
Non-GAAP gross profit			$	191.8		$	168.1		$	566.3		$	500.0
Non-GAAP gross margin %				44.0	%		43.2	%		43.1	%		43.6	%
				Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
				June 28,			June 29,			June 28,			June 29,
(in millions)				2013			2012			2013			2012
GAAP operating income			$	84.3		$	62.0		$	239.6		$	180.8
		Share-based compensation expense [a]		18.1			18.6			54.1			53.7
		Acquisition-related expense (credit) [b]		1.3			(4.0	)		2.1			8.1
		Amortization of intangibles		7.0			8.6			22.4			24.3
		Restructuring and other charges [c]		-			1.1			6.4			7.8
		Litigation settlement gains, losses and expenses [d]		1.1			5.3			1.4			5.8
		Deferred executive compensation		0.1			0.1			0.4			0.4
Non-GAAP operating income			$	111.9		$	91.7		$	326.4		$	280.9
Non-GAAP operating margin %				25.7	%		23.6	%		24.8	%		24.5	%
				Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
				June 28,			June 29,			June 28,			June 29,
(in millions)				2013			2012			2013			2012
GAAP net income			$	65.7		$	49.3		$	193.9		$	140.5
		Share-based compensation expense [a]		18.1			18.6			54.1			53.7
		Acquisition-related expense (credit) [b]		1.3			(4.0	)		2.1			8.1
		Amortization of intangibles		7.0			8.6			22.4			24.3
		Restructuring and other charges [c]		-			1.1			6.4			7.8
		Litigation settlement gains, losses and expenses [d]		1.1			5.3			1.4			5.8
		Deferred executive compensation		0.1			0.1			0.4			0.4
		Amortization of discount on convertible debt [e]		-			-			-			0.3
		Tax adjustments [f]		10.5			7.1			21.6			21.3
Non-GAAP net income			$	103.8		$	86.1		$	302.3		$	262.2
				Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
				June 28,			June 29,			June 28,			June 29,
				2013			2012			2013			2012
GAAP net income per share, diluted			$	0.34		$	0.26		$	1.01		$	0.74
		Share-based compensation expense [a]		0.09			0.10			0.28			0.28
		Acquisition-related expense (credit) [b]		0.01			(0.02	)		0.01			0.04
		Amortization of intangibles		0.04			0.04			0.12			0.13
		Restructuring and other charges [c]		-			-			0.03			0.04
		Litigation settlement gains, losses and expenses [d]		0.01			0.03			0.01			0.03
		Tax adjustments [f]		0.05			0.04			0.11			0.11
Non-GAAP net income per share, diluted			$	0.54		$	0.45		$	1.57		$	1.37

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.

DISCUSSION REGARDING THE USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

Our earnings release contains some or all of the following financial measures which have not been calculated in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"): (i) non-GAAP gross profit and gross margin, (ii) non-GAAP operating income and operating margin, (iii) non-GAAP net income, and (iv) non-GAAP net income per share (diluted). As set forth in the "Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" table found above, we derive such non-GAAP financial measures by excluding certain expenses and other items from the respective GAAP financial measure that is most directly comparable to each non-GAAP financial measure. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate our operating performance and compare it against past periods, make operating decisions, forecast for future periods, compare our operating performance against peer companies and determine payments under certain compensation programs. These non-GAAP financial measures provide management with additional means to understand and evaluate the operating results and trends in our ongoing business by eliminating certain non-recurring expenses (which may not occur in each period presented) and other items that management believes might otherwise make comparisons of our ongoing business with prior periods and competitors more difficult, obscure trends in ongoing operations or reduce management's ability to make useful forecasts.

We provide investors with non-GAAP gross profit and gross margin, non-GAAP operating income and operating margin and non-GAAP net income because we believe it is important for investors to be able to closely monitor and understand changes in our ability to generate income from ongoing business operations. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures give investors an additional method to evaluate historical operating performance and identify trends, an additional means of evaluating period-over-period operating performance and a method to facilitate certain comparisons of our operating results to those of our peer companies. We also believe that providing non-GAAP operating income and operating margin allows investors to assess the extent to which our ongoing operations impact our overall financial performance. We further believe that providing non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share (diluted) allows investors to assess the overall financial performance of our ongoing operations by eliminating the impact of acquisition-related expenses, restructuring charges, litigation gains, losses and expenses, certain financing decisions, amortization of discount on convertible debt and certain tax items which may not occur in each period presented and which may represent non-cash items unrelated to our ongoing operations. We believe that disclosing these non-GAAP financial measures contributes to enhanced financial reporting transparency and provides investors with added clarity about complex financial performance measures.

We calculate non-GAAP gross profit by excluding from GAAP gross profit, share-based compensation expense, restructuring-related charges and acquisition-related expenses. We calculate non-GAAP operating income by excluding from GAAP operating income, share-based compensation expense, restructuring-related charges, acquisition-related expenses, litigation settlement gains, losses and expenses and certain deferred executive compensation. We calculate non-GAAP net income and net income per share (diluted) by excluding from GAAP net income and net income per share (diluted), share-based compensation expense, restructuring-related charges, acquisition-related expenses, litigation settlement gains, losses and expenses, amortization of discount on convertible debt, certain deferred executive compensation and certain tax items, which may not occur in all periods for which financial information is presented. We exclude the items identified above from the respective non-GAAP financial measure referenced above for the reasons set forth with respect to each such excluded item below:

Share-Based Compensation - because (1) the total amount of expense is partially outside of our control because it is based on factors such as stock price volatility and interest rates, which may be unrelated to our performance during the period in which the expense is incurred, (2) it is an expense based upon a valuation methodology premised on assumptions that vary over time, and (3) the amount of the expense can vary significantly between companies due to factors that can be outside of the control of such companies.

Acquisition-Related Expenses - including such items as, when applicable, amortization of acquired intangible assets, fair value adjustments to contingent consideration, fair value charges incurred upon the sale of acquired inventory, acquisition-related professional fees and deemed compensation expenses, because they are not considered by management in making operating decisions and we believe that such expenses do not have a direct correlation to our future business operations and thereby including such charges does not accurately reflect the performance of our ongoing operations for the period in which such charges are incurred.

Litigation Settlement Gains, Losses and Expenses- including gains, losses and expenses related to the resolution of other than ordinary course threatened and actually filed lawsuits and other than ordinary course contractual disputes, because (1) they are not considered by management in making operating decisions, (2) such gains, losses and expenses tend to be infrequent in nature, (3) such gains, losses and expenses are generally not directly controlled by management, (4) we believe such gains, losses and expenses do not necessarily reflect the performance of our ongoing operations for the period in which such charges are recognized and (5) the amount of such gains or losses and expenses can vary significantly between companies and make comparisons less reliable.

Restructuring-Related Charges - because, to the extent such charges impact a period presented, we believe that they have no direct correlation to our future business operations and including such charges does not necessarily reflect the performance of our ongoing operations for the period in which such charges are incurred.

Deferred Executive Compensation - including charges related to any contingent obligation pursuant to an executive severance agreement, because we believe the period over which the obligation is amortized may not reflect the period of benefit and that such expense has no direct correlation with our recurring business operations and including such expenses does not accurately reflect the compensation expense for the period in which incurred.

Amortization of Discount on Convertible Debt - comprised of the amortization of the debt discount recorded at inception of the convertible debt borrowing related to the adoption of ASC 470-20, because the expense is dependent on fair value assessments and is not considered by management when making operating decisions.

Certain Income Tax Items - including certain deferred tax charges and benefits which do not result in a current tax payment or tax refund and other adjustments, including but not limited to, items unrelated to the current fiscal year or which are not indicative of our ongoing business operations.

The non-GAAP financial measures presented in the table above should not be considered in isolation and are not an alternative for, the respective GAAP financial measure that is most directly comparable to each such non-GAAP financial measure. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on these non-GAAP financial measures and are urged to review and consider carefully the adjustments made by management to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures to arrive at these non-GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measures may have limited value as analytical tools because they may exclude certain expenses that some investors consider important in evaluating our operating performance or ongoing business performance. Further, non-GAAP financial measures are likely to have limited value for purposes of drawing comparisons between companies because different companies may calculate similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures in different ways because non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles.

Our earnings release contains forward looking estimates of non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter of our 2013 fiscal year ("Q4 2013"). We provide these non-GAAP measures to investors on a prospective basis for the same reasons (set forth above) that we provide them to investors on a historical basis.

The following table provides a reconciliation of our forward looking estimate of non-GAAP gross margin to a forward looking estimate of GAAP gross margin for Q4 2013:

						Forward looking non-GAAP gross margin estimate			44.0 - 44.5%
						Less: Share-based compensation expense			(0.6%)
						Forward looking GAAP gross margin estimate			43.4 - 43.9%

We are unable to provide a reconciliation of our forward looking estimate of Q4 2013 non-GAAP diluted earnings per share to a forward looking estimate of Q4 2013 GAAP diluted earnings per share because certain information needed to make a reasonable forward looking estimate of GAAP diluted earnings per share for Q4 2013 (other than estimated share-based compensation expense of $0.10 per diluted share, certain tax items of $0.07 per diluted share, estimated amortization of intangibles of $0.03 per diluted share and estimated deferred executive compensation expense with a de minimis impact on diluted earnings per share) is difficult to predict and estimate and is often dependent on future events which may be uncertain or outside of our control. Such events may include unanticipated changes in our GAAP effective tax rate, unanticipated one time charges related to asset impairments (fixed assets, inventory, intangibles or goodwill), unanticipated acquisition related costs, unanticipated litigation settlement gains, losses and expenses and other unanticipated non-recurring items not reflective of ongoing operations. We believe the probable significance of these unknown items, in aggregate, to be in the range of $0.00 to $0.05 in quarterly earnings per diluted share on a GAAP basis. Our forward looking estimates of both GAAP and non-GAAP measures of our financial performance may differ materially from our actual results and should not be relied upon as statements of fact.

[a]		These charges represent expense recognized in accordance with ASC 718 - Compensation, Stock Compensation.
		Approximately $2.4 million, $7.3 million and $8.4 million were included in cost of goods sold, research and development expense and selling, general and administrative expense, respectively, for the three months ended June 28, 2013.
		Approximately $7.5 million, $22.1 million and $24.5 million were included in cost of goods sold, research and development expense and selling, general and administrative expense, respectively, for the nine months ended June 28, 2013.
		For the three months ended June 29, 2012, approximately $2.1 million, $7.5 million and $9.0 million were included in cost of goods sold, research and development expense and selling, general and administrative expense, respectively.
		For the nine months ended June 29, 2012, approximately $7.0 million, $20.6 million and $26.0 million were included in cost of goods sold, research and development expense and selling, general and administrative expense, respectively.
[b]		The acquisition-related expense recognized during the three and nine months ended June 28, 2013 includes a $1.2 million and $1.3 million charge to cost of sales related to the sale of acquired inventory, respectively, and $0.1 million and $0.8 million in transaction costs included in general and administrative expenses associated with acquisitions, respectively.
		The acquisition-related expense recognized during the three and nine months ended June 29, 2012 includes a $0.7 million and $3.6 million charge to cost of sales related to the sale of acquired inventory, respectively, and $0.7 million and $9.9 million in transaction costs included in general and administrative expenses associated with acquisitions, and an arbitration, completed or contemplated during the three and nine months ended June 29, 2012, respectively. Also included in general and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended June 29, 2012 is a $5.4 million credit due to a reduction in the estimated fair value of contingent consideration liabilities associated with acquisitions.
[c]		During the nine months ended June 28, 2013, the Company recorded a $6.4 million charge related to the implementation of restructuring plans to reduce global headcount.
		During the nine months ended June 29, 2012, the Company implemented a restructuring plan to reduce the headcount associated with its acquisition of Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. For the three and nine months ended June 29, 2012, the Company recorded $1.1 million and $7.8 million, respectively, primarily related to this restructuring plan.
[d]		During the three and nine months ended June 28, 2013, the Company recognized a $1.1 million and $1.4 million charge, respectively, primarily related to general and administrative expense associated with ongoing litigations.
		During the three and nine months ended June 29, 2012, the Company recognized a $5.3 million and $5.8 million charge, respectively, related to the resolution of contractual disputes.
[e]		These charges represent the amortization expense recognized in accordance with ASC 470-20. Approximately $0.4 million of amortization expense was recognized during the nine months ended June 29, 2012.
[f]		During the three and nine months ended June 28, 2013, these amounts primarily represent the utilization of net operating loss and research and development tax credit carryforwards and non-cash expense related to uncertain tax positions. As a result of the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the GAAP tax rate includes a retroactive adjustment for the recognition of research and development tax credits earned in fiscal year 2012.
		During the three and nine months ended June 29, 2012, these amounts primarily represent the utilization of net operating loss and research and development tax credit carryforwards and non-cash expense related to uncertain tax positions.

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
				June 28,		Sept. 28,
(in millions)				2013		2012
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents			$	400.3	$	307.1
Accounts receivable, net				283.9		297.6
Inventory				232.3		232.9
Other current assets				43.1		45.7
Property, plant and equipment, net				309.2		279.4
Goodwill and intangible assets, net				872.0		894.5
Other assets				77.1		79.4
Total assets			$	2,217.9	$	2,136.6
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable			$	115.2	$	140.6
Accrued and other current liabilities				43.8		42.1
Other long-term liabilities				58.8		48.4
Stockholders' equity				2,000.1		1,905.5
Total liabilities and equity			$	2,217.9	$	2,136.6

Source: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

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