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EMCORE Announces Acquisition of Systron Donner Inertial, a World Leading Manufacturer of Quartz MEMS Navigation Products
“This acquisition delivers immediate scale to our growing navigation systems product line and positions
- Expected to increase the navigation systems products to over one third of EMCORE’s total revenue; making the aerospace and defense market
EMCORE's largest revenue source. - Expands EMCORE’s navigation systems product portfolio and accelerates growth through the contribution of substantial additional revenue, which in the unaudited books and records of SDI, totaled approximately
$28 million for the 12 months endedMarch 31, 2019 . - Adds additional
Raytheon ,Lockheed Martin andBoeing 777X programs to EMCORE’s existing navigation systems portfolio. - Expected to create material operating synergies in manufacturing, sales and engineering.
- Expected to be non-GAAP EPS accretive by the end of calendar 2019
Through the transaction,
Updated Business Outlook
In addition, today the Company revised its revenue guidance of
Conference Call Information
The company will host a conference call today,
The call will be available, live, to interested parties by dialing 888-204-4368. For international callers, please dial +1-323-794-2423. The conference passcode number is 8531297. The call will be webcast live via the Company's website at http://www.emcore.com. Please go to the site beforehand to register and download any necessary software. A webcast will be available for replay beginning
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These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including without limitation, the following: (a) the rapidly evolving markets for the Company's products and uncertainty regarding the development of these markets; (b) the Company's historical dependence on sales to a limited number of customers and fluctuations in the mix of products and customers in any period; (c) delays and other difficulties in commercializing new products; (d) the failure of new products: (i) to perform as expected without material defects, (ii) to be manufactured at acceptable volumes, yields, and cost, (iii) to be qualified and accepted by our customers, and (iv) to successfully compete with products offered by our competitors; (e) uncertainties concerning the availability and cost of commodity materials and specialized product components that we do not make internally; (f) actions by competitors; (g) acquisition-related risks, including that (i) the revenues and net operating results obtained from the Systron Donner business may not meet our expectations, (ii) the costs and cash expenditures for integration of the Systron Donner business operations may be higher than expected, (iii) there could be losses and liabilities arising from the acquisition of Systron Donner that we will not be able to recover from any source, and (iv) we may not realize sufficient scale in our navigation systems product line from the Systron Donner acquisition and will need to take additional steps, including making additional acquisitions, to achieve our growth objectives for this product line; and (h) other risks and uncertainties discussed under Item 1A - Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018, as updated by our subsequent periodic reports.
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Investor Contacts
Sapphire Investor Relations, LLC
Erica Mannion or Michael Funari
+1-617-542-6180
investor_emkr@emcore.com
Source: EMCORE Corporation