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Elantec Semiconductor, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 1998 Financial Results.


MILPITAS Milpitas (mĭl'pē`təs), city (1990 pop. 50,686), Santa Clara co., W Calif., a suburb of San Jose, southeast of San Francisco; inc. 1954. Manufactures include computers and paint. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1998--Elantec Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
:ELNT) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September September: see month.  30, 1998. Net revenues for the fourth quarter were $11.5 million representing an increase of 19% from the $9.7 million reported for the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997. Net revenues for fiscal year 1998 were a record $46.2 million representing an increase of 31% from the $35.4 million reported for fiscal 1997.

Net income was $3.5 million or $0.38 per basic and diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 1998. This compared with net income of $0.5 million, or $0.05 per basic and $0.06 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997. Net income was $7.2 million or $0.79 per basic share and $0.75 per diluted share for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1998. This compared to net income of $0.6 million or $0.06 per basic and diluted share reported for fiscal 1997.

Results for the current quarter included a $3.1 million favorable fa·vor·a·ble  
adj.
1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds.

2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis.

3.
 tax adjustment resulting primarily from the reversal reversal n. the decision of a court of appeal ruling that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and is reversed. The result is that the lower court which tried the case is instructed to dismiss the original action, retry the case, or is ordered to change its  of substantially all the Company's valuation allowance for certain deferred tax assets at September 30, 1998. This reversal was made in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[]

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 with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes." Excluding the fourth quarter tax adjustment, pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts.

The phrase pro forma
 net income for the fiscal fourth quarter was $0.5 million or $0.05 per pro forma basic and diluted share, respectively. This compared to net income of $0.5 million or $0.06 and $0.05 per basic and diluted share, respectively, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997.

Excluding the tax adjustment, pro forma net income for fiscal 1998 was $4.1 million or $0.45 and $0.43 per pro forma basic and diluted share, respectively, compared to net income of $0.6 million or $0.06 per basic and diluted share for the prior year.

The Company will hold a conference call today, October October: see month.  26, 1998 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific time to review the financial results. The conference call number is (913) 981-5509. A replay will be available for forty-eight hours by calling (719) 457-0820.

Elantec designs, manufactures and markets high performance analog integrated circuits Integrated circuits

Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1.
 primarily for the video/multimedia, data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a , instrumentation instrumentation, in music: see orchestra and orchestration.
instrumentation

In technology, the development and use of precise measuring, analysis, and control equipment.
 and communications markets. The Company targets high growth commercial markets in which advances in digital integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for  technology are driving increasing demand for high speed, high performance and low power consumption analog circuits analog circuit, electronic circuit that operates with currents and voltages that vary continuously with time and have no abrupt transitions between levels. Generally speaking, analog circuits are contrasted with digital circuits, which function as though currents or .

Certain matters discussed in the press release with respect to the strength of the Company's sales and the overall analog market are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the timing of or delays in new product and process technology introductions by the Company or its competitors COMPETITORS, French law. Persons who compete or aspire to the same office, rank or employment. As an English word in common use, it has a much wider application. Ferriere, Dict. de Dr. h.t. , competitive pricing pressures, fluctuations in manufacturing yield, changes in the mix or markets in which products are sold, availability and cost of raw materials and other risks discussed in the section entitled en·ti·tle  
tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles
1. To give a name or title to.

2. To furnish with a right or claim to something:
 "Business" in the Company's 1997 Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company's actual future results could differ materially from those discussed herein. -0-


                      Elantec Semiconductor, Inc.
              CONDENSED Consolidated Financial Statements
                 (in thousands, except per share data)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME


                                           Three
                                        Months Ended
                          -----------------------------------------
                          Sept. 30        June 30        Sept. 30
                           1998(1)        1998(1)        1997(2)
                          ----------    ------------    -----------
Net revenues              $ 11,501       $ 11,815        $  9,698
Cost of revenues             6,851          6, 123          5,375
Gross profit                 4,650          5,692           4,323

Operating expenses:
   Research and
     development             1,819          1,997           1,511
   Marketing, sales,
      general and
      administrative          2,315        2,440            2,387
Total operating expenses      4,134        4,437            3,898


Income from operations          516        1,255              425
Interest and other income, net    9           14              144
Income before taxes             525        1,269              569
Provision (benefit)
  for taxes on income         (3,002)        101               71
Net income                  $  3,527    $  1,168         $    498

Earnings per share:
  Basic                     $   0.38    $   0.13         $   0.06
  Diluted                   $   0.38    $   0.12         $   0.05

Shares used in computing
  per share amounts:
  Basic                        9,183       9,170            8,999
  Diluted                      9,347       9,769            9,318

                                             Twelve

                                           Months Ended

                                     ------------------------
                                     Sept. 30      Sept. 30
                                       1998(2)       1997(2)
                                     ----------    ----------
Net revenues                           $ 46,210   $   35,388
Cost of revenues                         24,831       20,111

Gross profit                             21,379       15,277

Operating expenses:
   Research and
     development                          7,228       6,234
   Marketing, sales,
      general and
      administrative                      9,890       8,866
Total operating expenses                 17,118      15,100

Income from operations                    4,261         177
Interest and other income, net              261         470
Income before taxes                       4,522         647
Provision (benefit)
  for taxes on income                    (2,683)         81
Net income                             $  7,205   $     566

Earnings per share:                    $   0.79   $    0.06
  Basic                                $   0.75   $    0.06
  Diluted

Shares used in computing


  Basic                                   9,636       9,323
  Diluted

                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                                     Sept. 30     Sept. 30
                                     1998(2)      1997(2)
                                     --------   ----------
Assets:
Current assets:
   Cash, cash equivalents
     and short-term investments     $  9,466       $ 15,928
   Trade receivables                   5,207          3,315
   Inventories                         9,059          7,369
   Deferred income taxes               3,367              0
   Prepaid expenses and other
     current assets                      600            627
Total current assets                  27,699         27,239

Property and equipment, net           18,625          9,230
Other assets                             657            622
Non-current deferred income
  taxes                                  563              0

Total assets                        $ 47,544       $ 37,091


Liabilities and stockholders'
 equity:
Current liabilities:
   Accounts payable and accrued
     liabilities                     $  6,808      $  5,367
   Deferred income                      2,626         2,094
   Current portion of long-term
    debt and capital
    lease obligations                   1,480         1,491
Total current liabilities              10,914         8,952

Long-term debt and capital lease
  obligations                           4,354         3,336

Stockholders' equity                   32,276        24,803

Total liabilities and
  stockholders' equity                 $47,544       $37,091

(1) Unaudited
(2) The information in this column was derived from the Company's
audited consolidated financial statements.
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