KOPN Kopin Corporation

• Full year total revenue growth of 39%, including wearable growth of 44%
• Strategic transition on track

Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading developer of innovative wearable computing technologies and solutions, today provided an update on its business initiatives and reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 27, 2014.

“2014 was an important year for Kopin and we have made substantial progress since announcing our strategy to reinvent the Company as the leading provider of technologies and solutions for the coming wearable world,” said Dr. John Fan, Kopin’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “And with a strong cash position and a debt-free balance sheet, we have the means to execute our strategy and maintain our level of investment in the growing wearable systems market as we head into 2015.”

Dr. Fan continued. “The wearable industry seems to have shifted more towards enterprise applications. At Kopin we have always believed that enterprise applications are the logical initial entry point for smart headsets and we have focused our Golden-i headsets for enterprise applications over the past five years. We have been the pioneer in this enterprise segment and we are extremely well positioned for this enterprise category. We expect the market will see products from two tier-one customers this year which include Kopin products. Additionally, two years ago, we added our focus to consumer applications. We believe that for consumer applications, the device must be different from that of enterprise applications. Along with developing smaller, more efficient optical engines, we have placed significant emphasis on voice, which we believe will become the new touch. We have made great progress in these key enabling technologies and we are confident that consumer smart headsets are very viable and are close to reality.”

Fourth Quarter Results

Total revenues for the fourth quarter ended December 27, 2014, were $10.6 million, compared with $5.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2013.

Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2014 was $5.3 million, or $0.08 per share, compared with net loss of $9.7 million, or $0.16 per share, for the same period of 2013. The fourth quarter of 2013 included noncash charges to write-down certain intangible assets of approximately $1.5 million and an equity investment of approximately $2.5 million.

Full Year Results

Total revenues for the 12 months ended December 27, 2014, were $31.8 million, compared with $22.9 million in the same period of 2013.

Research and development expenses for the year 2014 were $20.7 million compared with $17.5 million in the same period of 2013, reflecting an increase in costs to develop our wearable and military technologies.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $19.9 million in 2014, compared with $19.1 million in the same period of 2013.

Included in the 2013 results of operations are noncash charges to write-down certain intangible assets of approximately $1.5 million and impairment charges in investments of approximately $5.0 million.

On January 16, 2013 we sold our III-V product line and investment in Kopin Taiwan Corporation (KTC). The gain on the sale and the results of operations of our III-V product line and KTC through the date of sale are shown as discontinued operations in our financial statements. Our net loss for the 12 months ended December 27, 2014 was $28.2 million, or $0.45 per share. For the year ended December 28, 2013 our net loss from continuing operations was $24.9 million, or $0.40 per share, our net income from discontinued operations was $20.1 million, or $0.32 per share, and our net loss for the year ended December 28, 2013 was $4.7 million, or $0.08 per share.

Cash used in operating activities for the fiscal year 2014 was $19.6 million and we used $0.3 million for the repurchase of our common stock. Kopin’s cash, equivalents and marketable securities was $90.9 million at December 27, 2014. Kopin has no long-term debt.

Financial Results Conference Call

In conjunction with its fourth quarter and fiscal year end 2014 financial results, Kopin will host a teleconference call for investors and analysts at 5:00 p.m. ET today. To participate, please dial (877) 709-8150 (U.S. and Canada) or (201) 689-8354 (International). The call will also be available as a live and archived audio webcast on the “Investors” section of the Kopin website, www.kopin.com.

About Kopin

Kopin Corporation is a leading developer and provider of innovative wearable technologies and solutions for integration into head-worn computing and display systems to military, industrial and consumer customers. Kopin’s technology portfolio includes ultra-small displays, optics, speech enhancement technology, system and hands-free control software, low-power ASICs, and ergonomically designed smart headset reference systems. Kopin’s proprietary components and technology are protected by more than 285 global patents and patents pending. For more information, please visit Kopin’s website at www.kopin.com.

Kopin, CyberDisplay, Pupil and Golden-i are trademarks of Kopin Corporation.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release may be considered “forward-looking” statements under the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include, without limitation, statements relating to our belief that we have the means to execute our strategy and maintain our level of investment in the growing wearable systems market as we head into 2015; our belief that the wearable systems market is growing; our belief that the wearable industry seems to have shifted more towards enterprise applications; our belief that enterprise applications are the logical initial entry point for smart headsets; our belief that we are extremely well positioned for enterprise category; our expectation that the market will see products from two tier-one customers this year; our belief that voice technology will become the new touch; our belief that the device for consumer applications must be different from that of enterprise applications; and our belief that consumer smart headsets are very viable and are close to reality. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: we may not have sufficient funds to continue our investment level; the wearable systems market may not grow; the enterprise market for wearable headsets may not develop; our competitors may have superior products to ours and therefore we may not be well positioned in the enterprise or commercial wearable headset market; our tier-one or any customers may not introduce products this year; voice technology may not be the new touch because the technology does not work or if it works it may not be accepted by the market, it may not be manufacturable or competitors products may be superior; it may take longer than the Company estimates to develop products; the Company’s products may not be accepted by the market place; there may be issues that prevent the adoption or further development of the Company’s wearable computing technologies; manufacturing, marketing or other issues may prevent either the adoption or acceptance of products; the Company might be adversely affected by competitive products and pricing; new product initiatives and other research and development efforts may be unsuccessful; the Company could experience the loss of significant customers; costs to produce the Company’s products might increase significantly, or yields could decline; the Company’s customers might be unable to ramp production volumes of their products, or the Company’s product forecasts could turn out to be wrong; manufacturing delays, technical issues, economic conditions or external factors may prevent the Company from achieving its goals; and other risk factors and cautionary statements listed in the Company’s periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 12 months ended December 28, 2013, and the Company’s subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are based only on information currently available to the Company and only as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report.

  Kopin Corporation Supplemental Information (Unaudited)         Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended  

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Display Revenues by Category (in millions)

Military Applications $ 6.0 $ 1.1 $ 14.3 $ 8.6 Consumer Electronics Applications 0.4 1.3 2.8 5.3 Industrial Applications 0.9 0.6 3.7 2.4 Wearable Applications 1.4 1.5 6.2 4.3 Research and Development   1.9   1.0   4.8   2.3 Total $ 10.6 $ 5.5 $ 31.8 $ 22.9    

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

Continuing Operations Cost of component revenues $ 186,000 $ 160,000 $ 777,000 $ 415,000 Research and development 194,000 166,000 967,000 423,000 Selling, general and administrative   892,000   229,000   3,084,000   3,365,000 $ 1,272,000 $ 555,000 $ 4,828,000 $ 4,203,000    

Other Financial Information

Depreciation and amortization $ 414,000 $ 568,000 $ 3,002,000 $

3,646,000

Capital expenditures $ - $ 217,000 $ 1,490,000 $

742,000

Treasury stock purchases $ - $ 2,005,000 $ 299,000 $ 7,992,000           Kopin Corporation Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended

December 27, 2014

December 28, 2013

December 27, 2014

December 28, 2013

Revenues: Revenues $ 8,756,290 $ 4,509,219 $ 26,956,741 $ 20,574,812 Research and development revenues   1,881,095     1,040,712     4,850,724     2,322,897   10,637,385 5,549,931 31,807,465 22,897,709 Expenses: Cost of component revenues 6,054,836 3,864,598 19,638,149 20,655,216 Research and development 5,680,298 4,041,767 20,736,021 17,534,020 Selling, general and administrative 4,974,597 3,472,961 19,908,020 19,124,750 Impairment of intangibles assets and goodwill   -     1,511,414     -     1,511,414   16,709,731 12,890,740 60,282,190 58,825,400   Loss from operations (6,072,346 ) (7,340,809 ) (28,474,725 ) (35,927,691 )   Other income (expense), net   635,267     (2,340,162 )   10,378     (2,133,968 )  

Loss before benefit for income taxes, equity loss in unconsolidated affiliate and net loss from noncontrolling interest

(5,437,079 ) (9,680,971 ) (28,464,347 ) (38,061,659 )   Benefit for income taxes   118,000     54,000     180,000     12,933,209    

Loss before equity loss in unconsolidated affiliate and net loss from noncontrolling interest

(5,319,079 ) (9,626,971 ) (28,284,347 ) (25,128,450 )   Equity loss in unconsolidated affiliate   (126,568 )   (216,907 )   (386,442 )   (625,098 )   Loss from continuing operations (5,445,647 ) (9,843,878 ) (28,670,789 ) (25,753,548 ) Income from discontinued operations, net of tax   -     -     -     20,147,532   Net loss (5,445,647 ) (9,843,878 ) (28,670,789 ) (5,606,016 )   Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest   143,401     184,041     458,745     896,400     Net loss $ (5,302,246 ) $ (9,659,837 ) $ (28,212,044 ) $ (4,709,616 )   Net (loss) income per share: Basic Continuing operations $ (0.08 ) $ (0.16 ) $ (0.45 ) $ (0.40 ) Discontinued operations   -     -     -     0.32   Net (loss) income per share $ (0.08 )   (0.16 ) $ (0.45 ) $ (0.08 ) Diluted Continuing operations $ (0.08 ) $ (0.16 ) $ (0.45 ) $ (0.40 ) Discontinued operations   -     -     -     0.32   Net (loss) income per share $ (0.08 ) $ (0.16 ) $ (0.45 ) $ (0.08 )     Weighted average number of common shares outstanding: Basic   62,734,237     61,528,968     62,638,675     62,347,852   Diluted   62,734,237     61,528,968     62,638,675     62,347,852       Kopin Corporation Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)     December 27, 2014 December 28, 2013 ASSETS Current assets: Cash and marketable securities $ 90,858,936 $ 112,729,201 Accounts receivable, net 3,802,324 2,388,461 Inventory 4,081,886 3,078,055 Prepaid and other current assets   1,181,474     1,412,285   Total current assets 99,924,620 119,608,002   Equipment and improvements, net 4,589,421 6,034,963 Goodwill and intangible assets 1,593,210 2,597,634 Other assets 1,900,828 3,024,458 Note receivable   14,933,335     14,866,666   Total assets $ 122,941,414   $ 146,131,723   LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Accounts payable $ 5,503,734 $ 3,868,865 Accrued expenses 5,870,719 5,309,785 Deferred income taxes 1,282,000 1,512,771 Billings in excess of revenue earned   586,471     547,681   Total current liabilities 13,242,924 11,239,102   Lease commitments 311,187 329,435   Total Kopin Corporation stockholders' equity 109,846,959 134,553,247 Noncontrolling interest   (459,656 )   9,939 Total stockholders' equity   109,387,303     134,563,186 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 122,941,414   $ 146,131,723

 

 

Kopin CorporationRichard Sneider, 508-870-5959Treasurer and Chief Financial OfficerRSneider@kopin.comorMarket Street PartnersJoAnn Horne, 415-445-3233PartnerJHorne@marketstreetpartners.com