Mellanox Delivers Record Revenue for the First Quarter of 2019 

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & YOKNEAM, Israel, April 18, 2019 -- Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, has announced preliminary financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2019.

“Mellanox delivered record revenue in Q1, achieving 5 percent sequential growth and 22 percent year-over-year growth. All of our product lines grew sequentially, showing the benefits of our diversified data center strategy,” said Eyal Waldman, president and CEO of Mellanox Technologies. “Our R&D execution has resulted in differentiated products, while at the same time we have generated operating margin of 14.6% on a GAAP basis and 28.3% on a non-GAAP basis. Additionally, we increased cash and short-term investments by $114 million during the quarter.”

“Across InfiniBand and Ethernet product lines, our innovations are driving continued market leadership. Our 200 gigabit HDR InfiniBand solutions are enabling the world’s fastest supercomputers and driving our overall InfiniBand growth. During Q1, HDR InfiniBand connected tens-of-thousands of compute and storage end-points across supercomputing, hyperscale, and cloud data centers around the globe to achieve breakthrough performance. Our Ethernet solutions continue to penetrate the market for both adapters and switches. Our market leadership in 25 gigabit per second Ethernet solutions is well established, and our 100 gigabit per second solutions are the fastest growing portion of our Ethernet adapter product line. We are also encouraged by the adoption of our BlueField System-on-a-Chip and SmartNIC technology. With further innovations to come, Mellanox is well-positioned to continue its growth trajectory,” Mr. Waldman concluded.

First Quarter 2019 - Highlights

• Revenue of $305.2 million in the first quarter, an increase of 21.6 percent, compared to $251.0 million in the first quarter of 2018.
• GAAP gross margins of 64.6 percent in the first quarter, compared to 64.5 percent in the first quarter of 2018.
• Non-GAAP gross margins of 68.0 percent in the first quarter, compared to 69.0 percent in the first quarter of 2018.
• GAAP operating income of $44.7 million in the first quarter, compared to $12.0 million in the first quarter of 2018.
• Non-GAAP operating income of $86.3 million in the first quarter, or 28.3 percent of revenue, compared to $52.1 million, or 20.8 percent of revenue in the first quarter of 2018.
• GAAP net income of $48.6 million in the first quarter, compared to $37.8 million in the first quarter of 2018.
• Non-GAAP net income of $86.5 million in the first quarter, compared to $51.4 million in the first quarter of 2018.
• GAAP net income per diluted share of $0.87 in the first quarter, compared to $0.71 in the first quarter of 2018.
• Non-GAAP net income per diluted share of $1.59 in the first quarter, compared to $0.98 in the first quarter of 2018.
• $88.4 million in cash provided by operating activities in the first quarter, compared to $55.4 million in the first quarter of 2018.
• Cash and investments totaled $552.6 million at March 31, 2019, compared to $438.5 million at December 31, 2018.

Commentary regarding Mellanox Acquisition by NVIDIA

As announced on March 11, 2019, NVIDIA Corporation intends to acquire all the issued and outstanding common shares of Mellanox for $125 per share in cash. The acquisition will unite NVIDIA’s strength in accelerated computing with Mellanox’s expertise in high-performance interconnect technology to address the data center market, better serve our customers, and accelerate innovation. Due to the pending acquisition, Mellanox will not hold an earnings conference call and has suspended the practice of providing forward-looking guidance.

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About Mellanox

Mellanox Technologies is a leading supplier of end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand intelligent interconnect solutions and services for servers, storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure. Mellanox’s intelligent interconnect solutions increase data center efficiency by providing the highest throughput and lowest latency, delivering data faster to applications, unlocking system performance and improving security. Mellanox offers a choice of high-performance solutions: network and multicore processors, network adapters, switches, cables, software and silicon, that accelerate application runtime and maximize business results for a wide range of markets including high performance computing, enterprise data centers, cloud, storage, cyber security, telecom and financial services. More information is available at: www.mellanox.com.

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