Kopin Provides Business Update and Third Quarter 2018 Operating Results

11/08/18

Ships 5,000 Display Modules to a Tier One Customer for AR Glasses

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 third quarter ended September 29,
2018.

“The shipment of 5,000 display modules to a Tier One US internet company
for its soon-to-launch next generation augmented reality (AR) smart
glasses was a major milestone for Kopin and a highlight of the quarter,”
said John CC Fan, CEO of Kopin Corp. “This company is helping drive the
use of AR headsets by enterprises to improve efficiency and safety by
allowing a worker to perform tasks hands free, such as communicating
with an expert resource or document data. We expect to ramp shipments in
2019 as the product moves from testing to full production. We are also
seeing significant order increases from other enterprise headset
customers, reflecting the expanding interest from companies across many
verticals that are seeing the benefits of AR. We anticipate shipping
over 100,000 units to enterprise AR smart glass customers in 2019.

“We expect to begin beta shipments this quarter of Golden-iTM
Infinity, our own solution targeting the enterprise market, with
commercialization anticipated in the first quarter of 2019. Golden-i
Infinity utilizes Kopin’s patented core technologies including our
display, our Whisper® voice extraction for improved speech
recognition, and advanced user interface controls to integrate the
benefits of AR into an industrial workers’ daily tasks.”

Dr. Fan continued, “In our military business, we continued to ship
displays for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program and we expect to ship
the initial FWS-I production units in November instead of October, due
to a slight delay from one of our component suppliers. In our military
development program, we are achieving the necessary milestones to
successfully develop both the FWS-CS and the armored vehicle programs.
We expect these programs will complete this phase in 2019.”

Dr. Fan concluded, “We are seeing very strong demand for enterprise AR
smart glasses and we continue to be a dominant supplier for military
applications. Yet while enterprise AR is gaining traction, it is
certainly a challenging time for virtual reality VR/AR consumer
wearables, especially for VR, which is going through a reassessment.
Further complicating the issue is the tariff situation with China which
we believe negatively affected our results this quarter, particularly
the demand from Chinese customers that buy our components for drone
applications. With the weakness in consumer AR/VR demand and the slight
delay in FWS-I shipments, we are reducing our full year revenue outlook
to $24.5 million to $26.5 million from the previous $30 million to $35
million.

Third Quarter Financial Results

Total revenues for the third quarter ended September 29, 2018 were $5.1
million, compared with $6.1 million for the third quarter ended
September 30, 2017.

Research and development (R&D) expenses for the third quarter of 2018
were $4.6 million compared to $5.3 million for the third quarter of 2017.

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses were $7.2 million
for the third quarter of 2018 compared to $5.3 million for the third
quarter of 2017.

Net loss attributable to the controlling interest for the third quarter
of 2018 was $9.8 million, or $0.13 per share, compared with net loss of
$8.2 million, or $0.11 per share, for the third quarter of 2017.

During the third quarter of 2018 Kopin had 11 patents granted and filed
for three new applications. Kopin has over 300 patents and patents
pending, almost all of which are related to wearable applications.

Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended
September 29, 2018 was approximately $20.2 million. Kopin has cash and
equivalents and marketable securities of approximately $46.2 million at
September 29, 2018.

Effective December 31, 2017, Kopin adopted ASC Topic 606 using the
“modified retrospective” approach, meaning the standard was applied only
to the financial results of fiscal year 2018 with a cumulative
adjustment to retained earnings. Under this transition method, Kopin
applied the standard only to contracts that were not complete at the
initial adoption date.

The following tables show the impact of adoption of Topic 606 on our
results of operations for the three and nine months periods ended
September 29, 2018 (amount in millions):

 
  Three Months Ended September 29, 2018
  Balances Without   Effect of
Adoption of Change
Statement of Operations   As Reported   Topic 606   Higher/(Lower)
Net product revenues $ 3.6 $ 3.9 $

(0.3

)

Research and development revenues 1.5 1.6 (0.1 )
Cost of product revenues 3.7 3.5 0.2
Net loss attributable to the controlling interest   $ (9.8 )   $ (9.3 )   $

(0.5

)

 
Nine Months Ended September 29, 2018
Balances Without Effect of
Adoption of Change
Statement of Operations   As Reported   Topic 606   Higher/(Lower)
Net product revenues $ 13.2 $ 14.9 $ (1.7 )
Research and development revenues 3.6 3.8 (0.2 )
Cost of product revenues 11.2 12.0 (0.8 )
Net loss attributable to the controlling interest   $ (24.6 )   $ (23.4 )   $ (1.2 )
 

All amounts above are estimates and readers should refer to our Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 29, 2018 for final disposition.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call to discuss the results at 8:30
am ET today. To participate, please dial (877) 395-9764 (U.S. and
Canada) or (647) 689-5666 (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.

Golden-i, Whisper and Kopin are registered 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. Words such as “could,” “may,” “expects,”
“anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,”
“believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “predicts,” and variations on such
words, and similar expressions that reflect our current views with
respect to future events and operational, economic and financial
performance are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation,
statements relating to our expectation
that shipments to a tier
one internet company are expected to ramp in 2019;
our belief
that the significant order increases from other enterprise headset
customers, reflects the expanding interest from companies across many
verticals that are seeing the benefits of AR; that we anticipate
shipping over 100,000 units to enterprise AR smart glass customers in
2019;
our expectation that we will begin beta shipments this
quarter of Golden-I Infinity, with commercialization anticipated in the
first quarter of 2019; our expectation that we will ship the initial
FWS-I production units in November; our expectation that the FWS-CS and
the armored vehicle programs will end development in 2019; and our
expectation that our revenues for the fiscal year 2018 will be in the
range of $24.5 to $26.5 million. 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.
Important factors that could affect performance and cause results to
differ materially from management’s expectations are described in the
sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
30, 2017, as updated from time to time in the Company’s Securities and
Exchange Commission filings. These risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, shipments to the tier one internet company are may
not ramp in 2019; our belief that the significant order increases from
other enterprise headset customers, reflects the expanding interest from
companies across many verticals that are seeing the benefits of AR may
be wrong;
delays in the development or production issues with
Golden-I Infinity units may prevent beta shipments this quarter to any
customers; Golden-I Infinity may not be commercialized in the first
quarter of 2019; development or production issues with the Golden-I
Infinity products, lack of demand for the Golden-i Infinity product or
other issues may prevent the sale of Golden-i Infinity;
development
or production issues may prevent the
FWS-I units being shipped in
November, 2018; the FWS-CS and the armored vehicle programs may not be
finished in 2019; the F-35, FWS-CS, armored vehicle or FWS-I programs
could be cancelled; we may not receive additional orders for our
components for the F-35, FWS-CS, armored vehicle and FWS-I programs; we
may be designed out of the F-35 and FWS-I programs; our enterprise
customers expectations of demand may be wrong and not occur which would
negatively impact sales of our components to them; our revenues for the
fiscal year 2018 may not be in the range of $24.5 to $26.5 million. We
undertake no obligation to update any of these forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date
of this release, except as required by the federal securities laws.

 
Kopin Corporation
Supplemental Information
(Unaudited)
 
  Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
   
September 29, 2018 September 30, 2017 September 29, 2018 September 30, 2017
Display Revenues by Category (in millions)
Military Applications $ 1.5 $ 2.8 $ 5.4 $ 6.4
Industrial Applications 1.3 1.1 4.3 4.1
Consumer Electronics Applications 0.8 1.3 3.2 2.8
Research and Development 1.5 0.6 3.6 1.9
Other     0.3   0.2   1.2
Total $ 5.1 $ 6.1 $ 16.7 $ 16.4
 
 
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
Cost of component revenues $ 52,000 $ 143,000 $ 319,000 $ 406,000
Research and development 159,000 203,000 627,000 616,000
Selling, general and administrative   979,000   676,000   2,933,000   1,968,000
$ 1,190,000 $ 1,022,000 $ 3,879,000 $ 2,990,000
 
 
Other Financial Information
Depreciation and amortization $ 559,000 $ 736,000 $ 1,689,000 $ 1,878,000
 
 
Kopin Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
 
  Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
September 29, 2018   September 30, 2017 September 29, 2018   September 30, 2017
Revenues:
Net product revenues $ 3,643,619 $ 5,589,402 $ 13,160,507 $ 14,501,945
Research and development revenues   1,482,711     549,765     3,563,341     1,942,819  
5,126,330 6,139,167 16,723,848 16,444,764
Expenses:
Cost of product revenues 3,659,800 4,144,884 11,219,741 11,379,467
Research and development 4,599,266 5,253,860 13,577,075 14,213,950
Selling, general and administrative   7,166,136     5,344,999     21,011,049     16,186,946  
15,425,202 14,743,743 45,807,865 41,780,363
 
Loss from operations (10,298,872 ) (8,604,576 ) (29,084,017 ) (25,335,599 )
 
Other income, net   174,892     306,437     4,442,262     691,042  
 
Loss before benefit (provision) for income taxes and net loss (10,123,980 ) (8,298,139 ) (24,641,755 ) (24,644,557 )
(income) from noncontrolling interest
 
Benefit (provision) for income taxes   316,000     (4,500 )   115,000     1,141,500  
 
Net loss (9,807,980 ) (8,302,639 ) (24,526,755 ) (23,503,057 )
 
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest   16,596     55,217     (41,862 )   65,223  
 
Net loss attributable to the controlling interest $ (9,791,384 ) $ (8,247,422 ) $ (24,568,617 ) $ (23,437,834 )
 
Net loss per share:
Basic and diluted $ (0.13 ) $ (0.11 ) $ (0.34 ) $ (0.34 )
 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted   73,135,253     72,187,688     73,102,979     69,117,640  
 
 
Kopin Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
 
  September 29, 2018   December 30, 2017
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and marketable securities $ 46,203,016 $ 68,755,684
Accounts receivable, net 2,628,139 4,659,986
Contract assets and unbilled receivables 1,935,262
Inventory 4,953,908 5,080,797
Prepaid and other current assets   1,177,819     1,243,029  
 
Total current assets 56,898,144 79,739,496
 
Land, equipment and improvements, net 5,075,602 5,077,043
Goodwill and intangible assets 1,982,045 2,663,883
Equity investment 5,572,816
Other assets   2,096,578     3,842,068  
 
Total assets $ 71,625,185   $ 91,322,490  
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 4,229,388 $ 4,918,605
Accrued expenses 4,851,590 4,351,537
Income tax payable 1,573 1,416,892
Deferred income taxes 547,266 520,000
Contract liabilities and billings in excess of revenue earned   428,642     896,479  
 
Total current liabilities 10,058,459 12,103,513
 
Other long term liabilities 2,080,680 1,569,253
Lease commitments 260,660 269,877
 
Total Kopin Corporation stockholders’ equity 59,929,151 78,099,269
Noncontrolling interest   (703,765 )   (719,422 )
Total stockholders’ equity   59,225,386     77,379,847  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 71,625,185   $ 91,322,490  
 

Kopin Corporation
Richard Sneider, 508-870-5959
Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer
Richard_Sneider@kopin.com
or
Market
Street Partners
Joann Horne, 415-445-3233
JHorne@marketstreetpartners.com