VIMC (MM)

BEIJING, Aug. 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Vimicro International Corporation (NASDAQ:VIMC), a leading fabless semiconductor company that designs and develops multimedia semiconductor products and solutions, today announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2007 ended June 30, 2007. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070528/CNM014LOGO ) Second Quarter of 2007 - (Unaudited) Net revenue in the second quarter of 2007 was $26.5 million as compared to $16.9 million reported in the first quarter of 2007 and $32.9 million in the second quarter of 2006. Second quarter 2007 net income was $0.2 million, compared with a net loss of $3.8 million in the first quarter of 2007 and net income of $1.8 million in the second quarter of 2006. Earnings per ADS (each representing four ordinary shares) were $0.01, compared with a loss per ADS of ($0.11) in the first quarter of 2007 and earnings per ADS of $0.05 in the second quarter of 2006. Non-GAAP net income in the second quarter, which excluded $1.4 million in share-based compensation expense, was $1.6 million compared to a net loss of $2.5 million in the first quarter of 2007 and net income of $2.6 million in the second quarter of 2006. Non-GAAP earnings per ADS for the second quarter of 2007 were $0.04, compared with a loss of ($0.07) in the first quarter of 2007 and earnings per ADS of $0.07 in the second quarter of 2006. Business Outlook "I am pleased to see the strong pick up in our results this quarter. Our increased efforts on global sales and marketing as well as our new R&D initiatives have resulted in better revenue and net profit," said Dr. John Deng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vimicro. "I am positive on the continual growth of our core PC/Notebook multimedia products as the market continues to expand. Additionally, we remain excited about the new multimedia opportunities related to the 3G rollout in China, which will further drive the long-term growth of Vimicro." Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results Conference Call and Web Cast Vimicro will host a conference call and Web cast today, August 23, 2007, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, to discuss the Company's second quarter 2007 financial results. Investors and other interested parties may access the call by dialing 866-356-4279 (or +1-617-597-5394 outside of the U.S.), with the pass code 21800344, at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. In addition, an audio Web cast will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company's Web site at http://www.vimicro.com/ . Following the live Web cast, an archived version will be available on the Company's Web site. A telephone replay of the call will also be available approximately two hours after the call and will be available until August 30, 2007 at midnight (ET). The replay number is 888-286-8010 with a pass code of 79542796. International callers should dial +1-617-801-6888 and enter the same pass code at the prompt. About Vimicro International Corporation Vimicro International Corporation is a worldwide leading fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets proprietary embedded multimedia signal processing chips and solutions that enable multimedia applications for mobile phones over 2.5G/3G networks and PCs over broadband Internet. Vimicro's ADSs, each of which represents four ordinary shares, are currently trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "VIMC." Disclosure of Home Country Practice Vimicro followed home country practice with respect to distribution of annual reports in 2006 and 2007. Vimicro has posted its annual reports on http://www.vimicro.com/english/investors.htm and will send its shareholders a written notice containing the website address for its annual reports and informing them that upon receipt of request from any of its shareholders, Vimicro would deliver a hard copy of the annual report to such shareholder. Forward-Looking Statements This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Vimicro's expectations and forecasts, contain forward-looking statements. Vimicro may also make written or oral forward- looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on forms 20-F and 6-K, etc., in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Vimicro's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward- looking statement, including but not limited to the following: our limited history of achieving net profit; our growth strategies; our future business development, results of operations and financial condition; our ability to develop and sell mobile multimedia processors that meet changing consumer preferences and industry standards; decrease in the demand for our notebook and PC camera multimedia processors and third-party image sensors which we bundle with some of our PC camera multimedia processors; that multimedia opportunities associated with the 3G build out in China will make a significant contribution to our longer-term growth; our ability to increase our penetration of the PC and notebook multimedia markets; our ability to secure sufficient foundry capacity in a timely manner; our ability to maintain existing customers and attract new customers; and the expected growth of the mobile multimedia processor market. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in our annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Vimicro does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. All information provided in this press release is as of August 23, 2007, and Vimicro undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law. Non-GAAP Measures To supplement the consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, Vimicro uses non-GAAP measures of non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted net earnings per ADS, which are adjusted from the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP to exclude amortization of share-based compensation expenses. These non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance investors' overall understanding of the company's financial performance as they exclude share- based expenses that are not expected to result in future cash payments. The non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results. A limitation of using these non-GAAP financial measures is that these non-GAAP measures exclude share-based compensation charges that have been and will continue to be significant recurring expenses in our business for the foreseeable future. We compensate for these limitations by providing the relevant disclosure of our share-based compensation charges in our reconciliations to the GAAP measures. For more information on the non-GAAP financial measures, please see the tables captioned "Reconciliation of non-GAAP results of operations measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures" set forth at the end of this release. Vimicro believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP measures in assessing the performance of Vimicro's liquidity and when planning and forecasting future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to Vimicro's historical liquidity. Vimicro computes its non-GAAP financial measures using the same consistent method from quarter to quarter. The accompanying tables have more details on the GAAP financial measures that are most comparable to non-GAAP financial measures and the related reconciliations between financial measures. Currency Translation This announcement contains translations of certain RMB amounts into U.S. dollars. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from RMB to U.S. dollars are based on the applicable exchange rates quoted by the Bank of China as of June 30, 2007, depending on the period discussed (the second quarter of 2007), which were RMB 7.6155 to US$1.00. Vimicro International Corporation Consolidated Balance Sheets (Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except number of share data) 06/30/07 12/31/06 (unaudited) (audited) Assets Current assets: Cash 118,003 114,834 Accounts receivable, net 5,324 6,315 Notes receivable 911 2,435 Inventories, net 10,535 11,955 Prepayments and other current assets, net 2,477 3,353 Deferred tax assets 179 170 Total current assets 137,429 139,062 Investment in an associated company 150 146 Property, equipment and software, net 10,237 8,498 Other assets 1,855 644 Total assets 149,671 148,350 Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity Current liabilities: Accounts payable 6,540 5,379 Taxes payable 1,095 1,500 Advances from customers 77 246 Due to an associated company 56 56 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 6,474 6,072 Deferred grants 269 210 Total current liabilities 14,511 13,463 Non-current liabilities: Deferred tax liabilities 30 30 Total liabilities 14,541 13,493 Shareholders' equity: Ordinary shares, $.0001 par value. 140,026,937 and 139,782,585 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively 14 14 Additional paid-in capital 134,202 131,449 Deferred stock-based compensation -- -- Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 3,137 1,987 Accumulated deficit (4,955) (1,325) Statutory reserve 2,732 2,732 Total shareholders' equity 135,130 134,857 Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred shares and shareholders' equity 149,671 148,350 Vimicro International Corporation Consolidated Statements of Income (Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except number of share data) 2007 2Q 2007 1Q 2006 2Q (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) Net revenue 26,496 16,880 32,864 Cost of revenue (18,416) (11,633) (22,485) Gross profit 8,080 5,247 10,379 Operating expenses* Research and development, net (5,019) (5,708) (3,849) Sales and marketing (1,169) (1,394) (1,434) General and administrative (2,557) (2,776) (4,061) Income (loss) from operations (665) (4,631) 1,035 Other income (expense): Interest income 1,065 1,096 1,100 Others, net (147) (353) (127) Income(loss) before income taxes and share of loss of associated company and minority interest 253 (3,888) 2,008 Income taxes expense (48) 53 (221) Net income (loss) before share of loss of associated company and minority interest 205 (3,835) 1,787 Share of loss of associated company, net of tax -- -- (1) Net income (loss) before minority interest 205 (3,835) 1,786 Net income (loss) 205 (3,835) 1,786 Other comprehensive income (loss): Foreign currency translation adjustment 697 453 113 Comprehensive income (loss) 902 (3,382) 1,899 Income (loss) per share -Basic 0.00 (0.03) 0.01 -Diluted 0.00 (0.03) 0.01 Income (loss) per ADS -Basic 0.01 (0.11) 0.05 -Diluted 0.01 (0.11) 0.05 Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding -Basic 139,507,099 139,435,920 136,915,297 -Diluted 143,126,310 139,435,920 148,648,334 Weighted average number of ADS outstanding -Basic 34,876,775 34,858,980 34,228,824 -Diluted 35,781,578 34,858,980 37,162,083 *Components of share- based compensation expenses are included in the following expense captions: Research and development (693) (682) (573) Sales and marketing (191) (206) (205) General and administrative (502) (448) (54) Total (1,385) (1,336) (832) Reconciliations of non-GAAP results of operations measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures (*) (Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share data, unaudited) Three months ended Three months ended June 30, 2007 March 31, 2006 GAAP Adjust Non-GAAP GAAP Adjust Non-GAAP Result ment Results Result ment Results Income (Loss) from operations (665) 1,385 720 (4,631) 1,336 (3,295) Net income (loss) 205 1,385 1,590 (3,835) 1,336 (2,499) Diluted income (loss) per ADS 0.01 0.03 0.04 (0.11) 0.04 (0.07) Three months ended June 30, 2006 GAAP Adjustment Non-GAAP Result Results Income (Loss) from operations 1,035 832 1,867 Net income (loss) 1,786 832 2,618 Diluted income (loss) per ADS 0.05 0.02 0.07 (*) The adjustment is to exclude non-cash for share-based compensation for employees and non-employees. For further information about Vimicro, please contact: Shelton Group Investor Relations Ryan Bright Tel: +1-972-239-5119 x159 Email: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070528/CNM014LOGO DATASOURCE: Vimicro International Corporation CONTACT: Investor Contact - Ryan Bright of Shelton Group Investor Relations, +1-972.239.5119 ext. 159, or , for Vimicro International Corporation Web site: http://www.vimicro.com/

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