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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
þ
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018
or
¨

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the transition period from _____ to _____

Commission File Number 001-36801
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Qorvo, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  
Delaware
 
46-5288992
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, North Carolina 27409-9421
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
(336) 664-1233
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer þ  
Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer ¨
Smaller reporting company  ¨
Emerging growth company  ¨
 
 
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No þ


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As of July 26, 2018 , there were 125,643,281 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.
 
 
 
 
 


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QORVO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX
 
 
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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.
QORVO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
March 31, 2018
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
334,039

 
$
926,037

Short-term investments (Note 5)
58,010

 

Accounts receivable, less allowance of $148 and $134 as of June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively
360,857

 
345,957

Inventories (Note 3)
501,578

 
472,292

Prepaid expenses
24,873

 
23,909

Other receivables
53,799

 
44,795

Other current assets
34,550

 
30,815

Total current assets
1,367,706

 
1,843,805

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $950,018 at June 30, 2018 and $911,910 at March 31, 2018
1,368,588

 
1,374,112

Goodwill
2,173,889

 
2,173,889

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $1,844,821 at June 30, 2018 and $1,711,520 at March 31, 2018 (Note 4)
729,238

 
860,336

Long-term investments (Note 5)
79,515

 
63,765

Other non-current assets
63,396

 
65,612

Total assets
$
5,782,332

 
$
6,381,519

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts payable
$
219,143

 
$
213,193

Accrued liabilities
133,605

 
167,182

Other current liabilities
50,616

 
60,904

Total current liabilities
403,364

 
441,279

Long-term debt (Notes 6 & 13)
558,280

 
983,290

Deferred tax liabilities (Note 10)
37,155

 
63,084

Other long-term liabilities
105,428

 
118,302

Total liabilities
1,104,227

 
1,605,955

Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
Preferred stock, $.0001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding

 

Common stock and additional paid-in capital, $.0001 par value; 405,000 shares authorized; 125,598 and 126,322 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively
5,167,311

 
5,237,085

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax
(4,936
)
 
(2,752
)
Accumulated deficit
(484,270
)
 
(458,769
)
Total stockholders’ equity
4,678,105

 
4,775,564

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
5,782,332

 
$
6,381,519

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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 QORVO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
July 1, 2017
Revenue
 
$
692,670

 
$
640,831

Cost of goods sold
 
455,937

 
404,454

Gross profit
 
236,733

 
236,377

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
Research and development
 
110,903

 
116,499

Selling, general and administrative
 
135,930

 
139,431

Other operating expense
 
9,115

 
8,276

Total operating expenses
 
255,948

 
264,206

Loss from operations
 
(19,215
)
 
(27,829
)
Interest expense (Note 6)
 
(14,353
)
 
(12,271
)
Interest income
 
3,394

 
766

Other expense (Note 6)
 
(31,955
)
 
(934
)
 
 
 
 
 
Loss before income taxes
 
(62,129
)
 
(40,268
)
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax benefit (Note 10)
 
32,136

 
9,644

Net loss
 
$
(29,993
)
 
$
(30,624
)
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss per share (Note 11) :
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
(0.24
)
 
$
(0.24
)
Diluted
 
$
(0.24
)
 
$
(0.24
)
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding (Note 11):
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
126,198

 
126,961

Diluted
 
126,198

 
126,961


See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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QORVO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
July 1, 2017
Net loss
 
$
(29,993
)
 
$
(30,624
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
 
 
 
 
Unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax
 
5

 
61

Foreign currency translation adjustment, including intra-entity foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term investment nature
 
(2,213
)
 
616

Reclassification adjustments, net of tax:
 
 
 
 
Amortization of pension actuarial loss
 
24

 
42

Other comprehensive (loss) income
 
(2,184
)
 
719

Total comprehensive loss
 
$
(32,177
)
 
$
(29,905
)
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.



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QORVO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended

June 30, 2018
 
July 1, 2017
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
Net loss
$
(29,993
)
 
$
(30,624
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation
43,451

 
42,827

Amortization and other non-cash items (Notes 4 & 6)
166,174

 
134,390

Deferred income taxes
(26,684
)
 
(4,728
)
Foreign currency adjustments
(2,646
)
 
2,477

Loss (gain) on investments and other assets, net
370

 
(763
)
Stock-based compensation expense
19,345

 
21,126

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts receivable, net
(14,849
)
 
(15,901
)
Inventories
(29,587
)
 
(40,036
)
Prepaid expenses and other current and non-current assets
(11,503
)
 
16,748

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
(20,625
)
 
(7,363
)
Income tax (recoverable) / payable
(16,571
)
 
(16,028
)
Other liabilities
(1,623
)
 
1,511

Net cash provided by operating activities
75,259

 
103,636

Investing activities:
 
 
 
Purchase of property and equipment
(43,564
)
 
(124,428
)
Purchase of debt securities and other investments
(132,729
)
 

Proceeds from maturities of other investments
75,000

 

Other investing activities
(8,667
)
 
7,036

Net cash used in investing activities
(109,960
)
 
(117,392
)
Financing activities:
 
 
 
Payment of debt (Note 6)
(458,172
)
 

Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs (Note 7)
(100,004
)
 
(31,925
)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock
9,889

 
20,526

Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units
(6,802
)
 
(8,404
)
Other financing activities
(214
)
 

Net cash used in financing activities
(555,303
)
 
(19,803
)
 
 
 
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
(2,014
)
 
750

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(592,018
)
 
(32,809
)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period
926,402

 
545,779

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period
$
334,384

 
$
512,970

Non-cash investing information:
 
 
 
Capital expenditure adjustments included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
$
35,394

 
$
47,206


See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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QORVO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Qorvo, Inc. and Subsidiaries (together, the "Company" or "Qorvo") have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP"). The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions, which could differ materially from actual results. In addition, certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S GAAP have been condensed, or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In the opinion of management, the financial statements include all adjustments (which are of a normal and recurring nature) necessary for the fair presentation of the results of the interim periods presented. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Qorvo’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 .

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain items in the fiscal 2018 financial statements have been reclassified to conform with the fiscal 2019 presentation.

The Company uses a 52- or 53-week fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to March 31 of each year. The first fiscal quarter of each year ends on the Saturday closest to June 30, the second fiscal quarter of each year ends on the Saturday closest to September 30 and the third fiscal quarter of each year ends on the Saturday closest to December 31. Fiscal years 2019 and 2018 are 52-week years.

2. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

The Company assesses recently issued accounting standards by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") to determine the expected impacts on the Company's financial statements. The summary below describes impacts from newly issued standards as well as material updates to our previous assessments, if any, from Qorvo’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 .

In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2017-01, "Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business." The new guidance clarifies the definition of a business and provides further guidance for evaluating whether a transaction will be accounted for as an acquisition of an asset or a business. The new standard became effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. There was no impact to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus of the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force)." The new guidance addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. The new standard became effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. There was no impact to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, "Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." The new guidance will affect the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities measured under the fair value option and presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. In addition, the FASB clarified guidance related to the assessment of valuation allowances when recognizing deferred tax assets related to unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities. The new standard was adopted by the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. There was no financial impact to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)." The new guidance requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term longer than 12 months, including those previously described as operating leases. Consistent with current U.S. GAAP, the recognition, measurement, and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee will primarily depend on its classification as a finance or operating lease. The new guidance will become effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. The Company expects the valuation of the

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(Unaudited)


right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, for leases previously described as operating leases, to be the present value of its forecasted future lease commitments. The Company is continuing to assess the overall impacts of the new standard, including the discount rate to be applied in these valuations.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)," with several amendments subsequently issued.  The new guidance provides an updated framework for revenue recognition, resulting in a single revenue model to be applied by reporting companies under U.S. GAAP.  Under the new model, recognition of revenue occurs when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  The Company adopted the standard in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 using the modified retrospective approach, under which the cumulative effect of adoption is recognized at the date of initial application. This standard did not have a material impact on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company has implemented changes to its accounting policies, internal controls and disclosures to support the new standard; however, these changes were not material. See Note 8 for further disclosures resulting from the adoption of this new standard.

3. INVENTORIES
The components of inventories, net of reserves, are as follows (in thousands):
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
March 31, 2018
Raw materials
$
122,226

 
$
110,389

Work in process
258,168

 
221,137

Finished goods
121,184

 
140,766

Total inventories
$
501,578

 
$
472,292


4. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Total intangible assets decreased to $729.2 million as of June 30, 2018 , compared to $860.3 million as of March 31, 2018 . This decrease was due to amortization expense of $133.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , primarily related to developed technology and customer relationships (which had net book values of $450.1 million and $266.7 million respectively, as of June 30, 2018 ).

5. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Debt Securities
The following is a summary of available-for-sale debt securities as of June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018 (in thousands):  
 
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Estimated Fair  
Value
June 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Auction rate securities
$
1,950

 
$

 
$
(105
)
 
$
1,845

Commercial paper
58,006

 
4

 

 
58,010

 
$
59,956

 
$
4

 
$
(105
)
 
$
59,855

March 31, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Auction rate securities
$
1,950

 
$

 
$
(107
)
 
$
1,843

 
The estimated fair value of available-for-sale debt securities was based on the prevailing market values on June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018 . The Company determines the cost of an investment sold based on the specific identification method.


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The expected maturity distribution of available-for-sale debt securities is as follows (in thousands):
 
June 30, 2018
 
March 31, 2018
 
Cost
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Cost
 
Estimated
Fair Value
Due in less than one year
$
58,006

 
$
58,010

 
$

 
$

Due after ten years
1,950

 
1,845

 
1,950

 
1,843

Total
$
59,956

 
$
59,855

 
$
1,950

 
$
1,843


Equity Investment Without a Readily Available Fair Value
As of June 30, 2018 , the Company has invested $60.0 million to acquire preferred shares of a private limited company. This investment is classified in "Long-term investments" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of April 1, 2018, in accordance with the adoption of ASU 2016-01 , an equity investment without a readily available fair value is accounted for using the measurement alternative. The measurement alternative is calculated as cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes. As of June 30, 2018 , there was no impairment or observable price change for this investment.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Marketable securities are measured at fair value and recorded in "Cash and cash equivalents," "Short-term investments" and "Long-term investments" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and the related unrealized gains and losses are included in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss," a component of stockholders’ equity, net of tax.

Recurring Fair Value Measurements
The fair value of the financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis was determined using the following levels of inputs as of June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018 (in thousands):
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
Quoted Prices In
Active Markets For
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
June 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
$
37

 
$
37

 
$

 
 
Auction rate securities ("ARS")  (1)
1,845

 

 
1,845

 
 
Commercial paper (2)
58,010

 

 
58,010

 
 
Invested funds in deferred compensation plan (3)
15,306

 
15,306

 

 
 
 
 
Total assets measured at fair value
$
75,198

 
$
15,343

 
$
59,855

 
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred compensation plan obligation (3)
$
15,306

 
$
15,306

 
$

 
 
 
 
Total liabilities measured at fair value
$
15,306

 
$
15,306

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
$
9

 
$
9

 
$

 
 
Auction rate securities (1)
1,843

 

 
1,843

 
 
Invested funds in deferred compensation plan (3)
14,284

 
14,284

 

 
 
 
 
Total assets measured at fair value
$
16,136

 
$
14,293

 
$
1,843

 
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred compensation plan obligation (3)
$
14,284

 
$
14,284

 
$

 
 
 
 
Total liabilities measured at fair value
$
14,284

 
$
14,284

 
$

 

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(1) ARS are debt instruments with interest rates that reset through periodic short-term auctions. The Company’s Level 2 ARS are valued based on quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active.
(2) The Company invests in high quality, investment grade commercial paper which is valued using observable market prices for identical securities that are traded in less active markets.
(3) The Company's non-qualified deferred compensation plan provides eligible employees and members of the Board of Directors with the opportunity to defer a specified percentage of their cash compensation. The Company includes the assets deferred by the participants in the “Other current assets” and “Other non-current assets” line items of its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and the Company's obligation to deliver the deferred compensation in the "Other current liabilities" and “Other long-term liabilities” line items of its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
 
As of June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018 , the Company did not have any Level 3 assets or liabilities.

Other Fair Value Disclosures
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other accrued liabilities approximate fair values because of the relatively short-term maturities of these instruments. See Note 6 for the fair value of the Company's long-term debt.

6 . DEBT

Long-term debt as of June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018 is as follows (in thousands):
 
June 30, 2018
 
March 31, 2018
6.75% Senior Notes due 2023
$
15,263

 
$
444,464

7.00% Senior Notes due 2025
548,500

 
548,500

Less unamortized issuance costs
(5,483
)
 
(9,674
)
Total long-term debt
$
558,280

 
$
983,290


Credit Agreement
On December 5, 2017, the Company and certain of its U.S. subsidiaries (the "Guarantors") entered into a five-year unsecured senior credit facility pursuant to a credit agreement with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), swing line lender and L/C issuer, and a syndicate of lenders (the “Credit Agreement”). On June 5, 2018, the Company and the Guarantors entered into the First Amendment (the "Amendment") to the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement includes a senior delayed draw term loan of up to $400.0 million (the "Term Loan") and a $300.0 million senior revolving line of credit (the "Revolving Facility", together with the Term Loan, the "Credit Facility"). On the closing date, $100.0 million of the Term Loan was funded (and subsequently repaid in March 2018), with the remainder available, at the discretion of the Company, in up to two draws. The Amendment, among other things, extended the delayed draw availability period from June 5, 2018 to January 3, 2019. The Revolving Facility includes a $25.0 million sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit and a $10.0 million sublimit for swing line loans. The Company may request that the Credit Facility be increased up to $300.0 million , subject to securing additional funding commitments from the existing or new lenders. The Credit Facility is available to finance working capital, capital expenditures and other corporate purposes. Outstanding amounts are due in full on the maturity date of December 5, 2022 (with amounts borrowed under the swingline option due in full no later than ten business days after such loan is made), subject to scheduled amortization of the Term Loan principal as set forth in the Credit Agreement prior to the maturity date. During the three months ended June 30, 2018 , there were no borrowings under the Revolving Facility and the Company had no outstanding amounts under the Credit Facility as of June 30, 2018 .

The Credit Agreement contains various conditions, covenants and representations with which the Company must be in compliance in order to borrow funds and to avoid an event of default. As of June 30, 2018 , the Company was in compliance with these covenants.
  
Senior Notes
On November 19, 2015, the Company issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% senior notes due December 1, 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) and $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.00% senior notes due December 1, 2025 (the “2025 Notes”). The 2023 Notes were, and the 2025 Notes are, senior unsecured obligations of the Company and

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guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors. The 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of November 19, 2015 (the "2015 Indenture"), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as trustee. The 2015 Indenture contains customary events of default, including payment default, failure to provide certain notices and certain provisions related to bankruptcy events. The 2015 Indenture also contains customary negative covenants.

In March 2018, the Company repurchased $5.5 million and $1.5 million of the 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes, respectively, at prices equal to 107.50% of the principal amount of the 2023 Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and 109.50% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

On June 15, 2018, the Company commenced cash tender offers for any and all of the 2023 Notes (the “2023 Tender Offer”) and up to $150.0 million (the “Tender Cap”) of the 2025 Notes (the “2025 Tender Offer,” and together with the 2023 Tender Offer, the “Tender Offers”). On June 29, 2018, the Company completed the purchase of $429.2 million aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes in the 2023 Tender Offer at a price equal to 106.75% of the principal amount of the 2023 Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On July 19, 2018, the Company redeemed the remaining $15.3 million principal amount of the 2023 Notes at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of the 2023 Notes redeemed, plus a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest.

On July 10, 2018, the Company increased the Tender Cap to $300.0 million , and on July 16, 2018, the Company completed the purchase of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes at a price equal to 109.63% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

In connection with the 2023 Notes purchased on June 29, 2018 in the 2023 Tender Offer, the Company recognized a loss of $33.4 million as "Other expense" in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended June 30, 2018 .

At any time prior to December 1, 2020, the Company may redeem all or part of the 2025 Notes, at a redemption price equal to their principal amount, plus a “make whole” premium as of the redemption date, and accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, at any time prior to December 1, 2018, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes with the proceeds of one or more equity offerings, at a redemption price equal to 107.00% , plus accrued and unpaid interest. Furthermore, at any time on or after December 1, 2020, the Company may redeem the 2025 Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices specified in the 2015 Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

With respect to the 2023 Notes, interest was payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year at a rate of 6.75%  per annum, and with respect to the 2025 Notes, interest is payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year at a rate of 7.00%  per annum. Interest paid on the 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 was $34.2 million and $34.4 million , respectively.
  
The 2023 Notes traded, and the 2025 Notes currently trade, over the counter and their fair values as of June 30, 2018 of $16.3 million and $594.9 million , respectively (compared to carrying values of $15.3 million and $548.5 million , respectively), were estimated based upon the values of their last trade at the end of the period. The fair values of the 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes were $474.5 million and $596.5 million , respectively (compared to carrying values of $444.5 million and $548.5 million , respectively), as of March 31, 2018 , based upon the values of their last trade at the end of the period.

Interest Expense
During the three months ended June 30, 2018 , the Company recognized $17.1 million of interest expense related to the 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes, which was partially offset by $3.5 million of interest capitalized to property and equipment. During the three months ended July 1, 2017 , the Company recognized $17.3 million of interest expense related to the 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes, which was partially offset by $5.6 million of interest capitalized to property and equipment.

7. STOCK REPURCHASES

On November 3, 2016, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $500.0 million of the Company's outstanding stock. As of March 31, 2018, $162.1 million was available for future repurchases, and during the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company repurchased 0.4 million shares of its common stock for approximately $35.9 million under this program.

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On May 23, 2018, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of the Company's outstanding stock, which included approximately $126.3 million authorized under the prior program terminated concurrent with the new authorization. Under this program, share repurchases are made in accordance with applicable securities laws on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The extent to which the Company repurchases its shares, the number of shares and the timing of any repurchases depends on general market conditions, regulatory requirements, alternative investment opportunities and other considerations. The program does not require the Company to repurchase a minimum number of shares, does not have a fixed term, and may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time without prior notice.

During the three months ended June 30, 2018 , the Company repurchased approximately 0.8 million shares of its common stock for approximately $64.1 million under the current program. As of June 30, 2018 , $935.9 million remains available for repurchases under the current share repurchase program.

8. REVENUE

Change in Accounting Policy
The Company adopted ASU 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)," in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 for open contracts using the modified retrospective approach through a cumulative adjustment to "Accumulated deficit" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2018. The impact from the cumulative-effect adjustment was immaterial (less than 1% of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2018), related to over-time revenue recognition for customer-controlled inventory and point in time revenue recognition for intellectual property with a right to use. As the adoption of ASU 2014-09 did not have a material impact, comparative financial information for prior periods has not been restated and continues to be presented under the accounting standards in effect for the respective periods.

Revenue Recognition Policy
The Company generates revenue primarily from the sale of semiconductor products, either directly to a customer or to a distributor, or at completion of a consignment process. Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the Company's customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. A majority of the Company's revenue is recognized at a point in time, either on shipment or delivery of the product, depending on individual customer terms and conditions. Revenue from sales to the Company’s distributors is recognized upon shipment of the product to the distributors (sell-in). Revenue is recognized from the Company’s consignment programs at a point in time when the products are pulled from consignment inventory by the customer. Revenue recognized for product and services over-time is immaterial (less than 2% of overall revenue). The Company applies a five-step approach as defined in the new standard in determining the amount and timing of revenue to be recognized: (1) identifying the contract with a customer; (2) identifying the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determining the transaction price; (4) allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognizing revenue when the corresponding performance obligation is satisfied.

Sales agreements are in place with certain customers and contain terms and conditions with respect to payment, delivery, warranty and supply, but typically do not require minimum purchase commitments. In the absence of a sales agreement, the Company’s standard terms and conditions apply. The Company considers a customer's purchase order, which is governed by a sales agreement or the Company’s standard terms and conditions, to be the contract with the customer.

The Company’s pricing terms are negotiated independently, on a stand-alone basis. In determining the transaction price, the Company evaluates whether the price is subject to refund or adjustment to determine the net consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled. Variable consideration in the form of rebate programs is offered to certain customers, including distributors. These rebates represent less than 3% of net revenue and are classified as a contra accounts receivable. The Company determines variable consideration by estimating the most likely amount of consideration it expects to receive from the customer. The Company's terms and conditions do not give its customers a right of return associated with the original sale of its products. However, the Company may authorize sales returns under certain circumstances, which include courtesy returns and like-kind exchanges. Sales returns are classified as a refund liability. The Company reduces revenue and records reserves for product returns and allowances, rebate programs and scrap allowance based on historical experience or specific identification depending on the contractual terms of the arrangement.


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The Company’s accounts receivable balance is from contracts with customers and represents the Company’s unconditional right to receive consideration from its customers. Payments are due within one year of completion of the performance obligation and subsequent invoicing and, therefore, do not include significant financing components. To date, there have been no material impairment losses on accounts receivable. Contract assets and contract liabilities recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were immaterial in the periods presented.

The Company invoices customers for each delivery upon shipment and recognizes revenues in accordance with delivery terms. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had $37.3 million in remaining unsatisfied performance obligations with an original duration greater than one year, substantially all of which are expected to be recognized as income over the next twelve months.

The Company includes shipping charges billed to customers in "Revenue" and includes the related shipping costs in "Cost of goods sold" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Taxes assessed by government authorities on revenue-producing transactions, including value-added and excise taxes, are presented on a net basis (excluded from revenue) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company incurs commission expense that is incremental to obtaining contracts with customers. Sales commissions (which are recorded in the "Selling, general and administrative" expense line item in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations) are expensed when incurred because such commissions are not owed until the performance obligation is satisfied, which coincides with the end of the contract term, and therefore no remaining period exists over which to amortize the commissions.

The following table presents the Company's revenue disaggregated by geography, based on the billing addresses of its customers (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
June 30, 2018
 
July 1, 2017
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
  China
 
$
366,534

 
$
349,631

  Taiwan
 
155,171

 
90,158

  United States
 
108,466

 
138,360

  Other Asia
 
34,569

 
36,175

  Europe
 
22,636

 
21,236

  Other
 
5,294

 
5,271

Total Revenue
 
$
692,670

 
$
640,831


9 . OPERATING SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company's operating segments as of June 30, 2018 are Mobile Products (MP) and Infrastructure and Defense Products (IDP) based on the organizational structure and information reviewed by the Company's Chief Executive Officer, who is the Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), and these segments are managed separately based on the end markets and applications they support. The CODM allocates resources and assesses the performance of each operating segment primarily based on non-GAAP operating income (loss) and non-GAAP operating income (loss) as a percentage of revenue.

MP is a leading global supplier of cellular radio frequency ("RF") and Wi-Fi solutions for a variety of mobile devices, including smartphones, notebook computers, wearables, tablets, and cellular-based applications for the Internet of Things ("IoT"). Mobile device manufacturers and mobile network operators are adopting new technologies to address the growing demand for data-intensive, increasingly cloud-based distributed applications and for mobile devices with smaller form factors, improved signal quality, less heat and longer talk and standby times. New wireless communications standards are being deployed to utilize available spectrum more efficiently. Carrier aggregation is being implemented to support wider bandwidths, increase data rates and improve network performance. These trends increase the complexity of smartphones, require more RF content and place a premium on performance, integration, systems-level expertise, and product and technology portfolio breadth, all of which are MP strengths. MP offers a comprehensive product portfolio of bulk acoustic wave ("BAW") and surface acoustic wave ("SAW") filters, power amplifiers ("PAs"), low noise amplifiers ("LNAs"), switches, multimode multi-band PAs and

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transmit modules, RF power management integrated circuits, diversity receive modules, antenna switch modules, antenna tuning and control solutions, modules incorporating PAs and duplexers and modules incorporating switches, PAs and duplexers.

IDP is a leading global supplier of RF solutions with a diverse portfolio of solutions that "connect and protect," spanning communications and defense applications. These applications include high performance defense systems such as radar, electronic warfare and communication systems, Wi-Fi customer premises equipment for home and work, high speed connectivity in Long-Term Evolution ("LTE") and 5G base stations, cloud connectivity via data center communications and telecom transport, automotive connectivity and other IoT, including smart home solutions. IDP products include high power gallium arsenide ("GaAs") and gallium nitride ("GaN") PAs, LNAs, switches, Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor ("CMOS") system-on-a-chip solutions, premium BAW and SAW filter solutions and various multi-chip and hybrid assemblies.  

The “All other” category includes operating expenses such as stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, acquisition and integration related costs, restructuring charges, start-up costs, (loss) gain on assets and other miscellaneous corporate overhead expenses that the Company does not allocate to its reportable segments because these expenses are not included in the segment operating performance measures evaluated by the Company’s CODM. The CODM does not evaluate operating segments using discrete asset information. The Company’s operating segments do not record intercompany revenue. The Company does not allocate gains and losses from equity investments, interest and other income, or taxes to operating segments. Except as discussed above regarding the “All other” category, the Company’s accounting policies for segment reporting are the same as for the Company as a whole.

The following tables present details of the Company’s reportable segments and a reconciliation of the “All other” category (in thousands):  
 
Three Months Ended
 
June 30,
2018
 
July 1,
2017
Revenue:
 
 
 
MP
$
486,079

 
$
456,223

IDP
206,591

 
183,638

All other (1)

 
970

Total revenue
$
692,670

 
$
640,831

Income (loss) from operations
 
 
 
MP
$
89,171

 
$
87,807

IDP
55,204

 
49,586

All other
(163,590
)
 
(165,222
)
Loss from operations
(19,215
)
 
(27,829
)
Interest expense
(14,353
)
 
(12,271
)
Interest income
3,394

 
766

Other expense
(31,955
)
 
(934
)
Loss before income taxes
$
(62,129
)
 
$
(40,268
)
 
(1) "All other" revenue relates to royalty income that is not allocated to MP or IDP for the three months ended July 1, 2017. As a result of the adoption of ASU 2014-09, income related to a right-to-use license of intellectual property was recognized at a point-in-time and, therefore, is included as a transition adjustment impacting retained earnings.

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Three Months Ended
 
June 30,
2018
 
July 1,
2017
Reconciliation of “All other” category:
 
 
 
Stock-based compensation expense
$
(19,345
)
 
$
(21,126
)
Amortization of intangible assets
(133,175
)
 
(134,686
)
Acquisition and integration related costs
(1,082
)
 
(2,777
)
Restructuring charges
(2,802
)
 
(531
)
Start-up costs
(5,361
)
 
(6,624
)
Other (expense) income (including (loss) gain on assets and other miscellaneous corporate overhead)
(1,825
)
 
522

Loss from operations for “All other”
$
(163,590
)
 
$
(165,222
)

10. INCOME TAXES

U.S. Tax Reform
On December 22, 2017 , the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was enacted into law. This new law includes significant changes to the U.S. corporate income tax system, including a permanent reduction in the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% , full expensing for investments in new and used qualified property, limitations on the deductibility of interest expense and executive compensation, and the transition of U.S. international taxation from a worldwide tax system to a territorial tax system.
In December 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 118 (“SAB 118”), which provides guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the Tax Act. SAB 118 provides a measurement period that should not extend beyond one year from the Tax Act enactment date for companies to complete the accounting under ASC Topic 740 - Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). The provisional tax effects recorded to date will be revised during the measurement period, possibly materially, due to further refinement of the calculations, changes in interpretations and assumptions made, and additional guidance that may be issued by the Department of the U.S. Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, and other regulatory and standard setting bodies. The Company will complete its analysis within fiscal 2019 consistent with the guidance provided in SAB 118, and any adjustments during this measurement period will be included in net earnings from continuing operations as an adjustment to income tax expense.
As described in Note 12 Income Taxes in our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K, we were able to reasonably estimate certain effects of the Tax Act provisions that became effective during fiscal 2018 and, therefore, recorded provisional amounts, including a $116.4 million expense related to the one-time transition tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries (the “Transitional Repatriation Tax”) and a $39.1 million benefit from the remeasurement of U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities. While the Company has not finalized the accounting for the tax effects of the Tax Act, for the three months ended June 30, 2018, we have made a $15.2 million measurement period adjustment to reduce the tax expense related to the previously recorded provisional amounts. This was comprised of a $11.4 million reduction in the Transitional Repatriation Tax liability and a $3.8 million increase in U.S deferred tax assets.
The new Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) provisions create a new requirement that certain income earned by foreign subsidiaries must be currently included in the gross income of the U.S. shareholder. No provisional adjustments related to the potential GILTI impact on deferred taxes has been made as the Company has not made its accounting policy choice of either: (1) treating taxes due on future U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to GILTI as a current-period expense when incurred (the “period cost method”) or (2) factoring such amounts into the Company's measurement of its deferred taxes (the “deferred method”).
The GILTI and executive compensation limitation provisions in the Tax Act became effective for the Company in fiscal 2019 . Provisional estimates for the current year impact of these new provisions are included in the calculation of the fiscal 2019 annual effective tax rate applied to year-to-date income (loss).

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Income Tax Expense
The Company’s provision for income taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 has been calculated by applying an estimate of the annual effective tax rate for the full fiscal year to “ordinary” income or loss (pre-tax income or loss excluding unusual or infrequently occurring discrete items) for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 .

The Company’s income tax benefit was $32.1 million and $9.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 , respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate was 51.7% for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 23.9% for the three months ended July 1, 2017 . The Company's effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2019 differed from the statutory rate primarily due to tax rate differences in foreign jurisdictions, foreign permanent differences, state income taxes, domestic tax credits generated, changes in unrecognized tax benefits, GILTI, and a discrete tax benefit for changes in provisional estimates related to the Transitional Repatriation Tax. The Company's effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 differed from the statutory rate primarily due to tax rate differences in foreign jurisdictions, state income taxes, domestic tax credits generated, changes in unrecognized tax benefits, a discrete tax benefit for excess stock compensation deductions in accordance with the new guidance for accounting for employee share-based payments (ASU 2016-09, "Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting" ), and a discrete tax expense associated with intra-entity transfers in accordance with the new guidance for the intra-entity transfer of assets other than inventory (ASU 2016-16, "Income Taxes (Topic 740), Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory" ).

Deferred Taxes
A valuation allowance remained against certain domestic and foreign net deferred tax assets as it is more likely than not that the related deferred tax assets will not be realized.

The Company has increased the deferred tax assets by $3.8 million for adjustments related to the provisional Transitional Repatriation Tax estimates.

The Company has domestic federal and state tax NOL and credit carry-forwards that expire in fiscal years 2019 to 2038 if unused. The use of the NOLs that were acquired in prior year acquisitions is subject to certain annual limitations under Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and similar state income tax provisions.

Uncertain Tax Positions
The Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefits increased from $122.8 million as of the end of fiscal 2018 to $125.6 million as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2019 , due primarily to an increase related to tax positions taken with respect to the current fiscal year.


11. NET LOSS PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except per share data):
 
Three Months Ended
 
June 30, 2018
 
July 1, 2017
Numerator:
 
 
 
Numerator for basic and diluted net loss per share — net loss available to common stockholders
$
(29,993
)
 
$
(30,624
)
Denominator:
 
 
 
Denominator for basic net loss per share — weighted average shares
126,198

 
126,961

Effect of dilutive securities:
 
 
 
Stock-based awards

 

Denominator for diluted net loss per share — adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions
126,198

 
126,961

Basic net loss per share
$
(0.24
)
 
$
(0.24
)
Diluted net loss per share
$
(0.24
)
 
$
(0.24
)


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In the computation of diluted net loss per share for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 , approximately 3.3 million and 4.4 million outstanding shares, respectively, were excluded because the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

12. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION

In accordance with the 2015 Indenture governing the 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes, the Guarantors guaranteed the Company's obligations under the 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes. The 2023 Notes were, and the 2025 Notes are, fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by each Guarantor, each of which is 100% owned, directly or indirectly, by Qorvo, Inc. (the "Parent Company"). A Guarantor can be released in certain customary circumstances.

The following presents the condensed consolidating financial information separately for:
(i)
Parent Company, the issuer of the guaranteed obligations;
(ii)
Guarantor subsidiaries, on a combined basis, as specified in the 2015 Indenture;
(iii)
Non-guarantor subsidiaries, on a combined basis;
(iv)
Consolidating entries, eliminations and reclassifications representing adjustments to (a) eliminate intercompany transactions between or among the Parent Company, the guarantor subsidiaries and the non-guarantor subsidiaries, (b) eliminate intercompany profit in inventory, (c) eliminate the investments in the Company’s subsidiaries and (d) record consolidating entries; and
(v)
The Company, on a consolidated basis.

Each entity in the condensed consolidating financial information follows the same accounting policies as described in the consolidated financial statements, except for the use by the Parent Company and Guarantors of the equity method of accounting to reflect ownership interests in subsidiaries that are eliminated upon consolidation. The financial information may not necessarily be indicative of the financial position, results of operations, comprehensive (loss) income, and cash flows, had the Parent Company, Guarantors or non-guarantor subsidiaries operated as independent entities.
 



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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
 
June 30, 2018
(in thousands)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations and Reclassifications
 
Consolidated
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$

 
$
78,851

 
$
255,188

 
$

 
$
334,039

Short-term investments

 
58,010

 

 

 
58,010

Accounts receivable, less allowance

 
54,894

 
305,963

 

 
360,857

Intercompany accounts and notes receivable

 
296,498

 
39,146

 
(335,644
)
 

Inventories

 
186,645

 
335,819

 
(20,886
)
 
501,578

Prepaid expenses

 
17,282

 
7,591

 

 
24,873

Other receivables

 
4,272

 
49,527

 

 
53,799

Other current assets

 
33,460

 
1,090

 

 
34,550

Total current assets

 
729,912

 
994,324

 
(356,530
)
 
1,367,706

Property and equipment, net

 
1,086,252

 
282,536

 
(200
)
 
1,368,588

Goodwill

 
1,121,941

 
1,051,948

 

 
2,173,889

Intangible assets, net

 
345,109

 
384,129

 

 
729,238

Long-term investments

 
1,854

 
77,661

 

 
79,515

Long-term intercompany accounts and notes receivable

 
1,078,040

 
107,181

 
(1,185,221
)
 

Investment in subsidiaries
6,212,724

 
2,310,787

 

 
(8,523,511
)
 

Other non-current assets
83,679

 
30,721

 
30,487

 
(81,491
)
 
63,396

Total assets
$
6,296,403

 
$
6,704,616

 
$
2,928,266

 
$
(10,146,953
)
 
$
5,782,332

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Accounts payable
$

 
$
74,096

 
$
145,047

 
$

 
$
219,143

Intercompany accounts and notes payable

 
39,146

 
296,498

 
(335,644
)
 

Accrued liabilities
3,482

 
90,971

 
38,943

 
209

 
133,605

Other current liabilities

 
1,461

 
49,155

 

 
50,616

Total current liabilities
3,482

 
205,674

 
529,643

 
(335,435
)
 
403,364

Long-term debt
558,280

 

 

 

 
558,280

Deferred tax liabilities

 
58,676

 
13,286

 
(34,807
)
 
37,155

Long-term intercompany accounts and notes payable
1,056,536

 
107,181

 
21,504

 
(1,185,221
)
 

Other long-term liabilities

 
52,382

 
53,046

 

 
105,428

Total liabilities
1,618,298

 
423,913

 
617,479

 
(1,555,463
)
 
1,104,227

Total stockholders’ equity
4,678,105

 
6,280,703

 
2,310,787

 
(8,591,490
)
 
4,678,105

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
6,296,403

 
$
6,704,616

 
$
2,928,266

 
$
(10,146,953
)
 
$
5,782,332



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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
 
March 31, 2018
(in thousands)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations and Reclassifications
 
Consolidated
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$

 
$
629,314

 
$
296,723

 
$

 
$
926,037

Accounts receivable, less allowance

 
76,863

 
269,094

 

 
345,957

Intercompany accounts and notes receivable

 
272,409

 
53,363

 
(325,772
)
 

Inventories

 
154,651

 
339,434

 
(21,793
)
 
472,292

Prepaid expenses

 
17,530

 
6,379

 

 
23,909

Other receivables

 
5,959

 
38,836

 

 
44,795

Other current assets

 
29,627

 
1,188

 

 
30,815

Total current assets

 
1,186,353

 
1,005,017

 
(347,565
)
 
1,843,805

Property and equipment, net

 
1,085,255

 
289,146

 
(289
)
 
1,374,112

Goodwill

 
1,121,941

 
1,051,948

 

 
2,173,889

Intangible assets, net

 
395,317

 
465,019

 

 
860,336

Long-term investments

 
1,847

 
61,918

 

 
63,765

Long-term intercompany accounts and notes receivable

 
543,127

 
116,494

 
(659,621
)
 

Investment in Subsidiaries
6,198,885

 
2,388,222

 

 
(8,587,107
)
 

Other non-current assets
72,122

 
31,011

 
32,516

 
(70,037
)
 
65,612

Total assets
$
6,271,007

 
$
6,753,073

 
$
3,022,058

 
$
(9,664,619
)
 
$
6,381,519

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Accounts payable
$

 
$
78,278

 
$
134,915

 
$

 
$
213,193

Intercompany accounts and notes payable

 
53,363

 
272,409

 
(325,772
)
 

Accrued liabilities
23,102

 
101,286

 
43,163

 
(369
)
 
167,182

Other current liabilities

 
3,882

 
57,022

 

 
60,904

Total current liabilities
23,102

 
236,809

 
507,509

 
(326,141
)
 
441,279

Long-term debt
983,290

 

 

 

 
983,290

Deferred tax liabilities

 
83,449

 
16,366

 
(36,731
)
 
63,084

Long-term intercompany accounts and notes payable
489,051

 
116,494

 
54,076

 
(659,621
)
 

Other long-term liabilities

 
62,417

 
55,885

 

 
118,302

Total liabilities
1,495,443

 
499,169

 
633,836

 
(1,022,493
)
 
1,605,955

Total stockholders’ equity
4,775,564

 
6,253,904

 
2,388,222

 
(8,642,126
)
 
4,775,564

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
6,271,007

 
$
6,753,073

 
$
3,022,058

 
$
(9,664,619
)
 
$
6,381,519



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(Unaudited)


 
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
(in thousands)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations and Reclassifications
 
Consolidated
Revenue
$

 
$
231,939

 
$
625,961

 
$
(165,230
)
 
$
692,670

Cost of goods sold

 
190,311

 
409,697

 
(144,071
)
 
455,937

Gross profit

 
41,628

 
216,264

 
(21,159
)
 
236,733

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Research and development
6,401

 
3,279

 
102,448

 
(1,225
)
 
110,903

Selling, general and administrative
12,795

 
57,956

 
86,379

 
(21,200
)
 
135,930

Other operating expense
150

 
7,940

 
1,054

 
(29
)
 
9,115

Total operating expenses
19,346

 
69,175

 
189,881

 
(22,454
)
 
255,948

(Loss) income from operations
(19,346
)
 
(27,547
)
 
26,383

 
1,295

 
(19,215
)
Interest expense
(14,042
)
 
(537
)
 
(161
)
 
387

 
(14,353
)
Interest income

 
2,406

 
1,375

 
(387
)
 
3,394

Other (expense) income
(33,373
)
 
328

 
1,090

 

 
(31,955
)
(Loss) income before income taxes
(66,761
)
 
(25,350
)
 
28,687

 
1,295

 
(62,129
)
Income tax benefit
11,454

 
16,804

 
3,878

 

 
32,136

Income in subsidiaries
25,314

 
32,565

 

 
(57,879
)
 

Net (loss) income
$
(29,993
)
 
$
24,019

 
$
32,565

 
$
(56,584
)
 
$
(29,993
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive (loss) income
$
(32,177
)
 
$
24,024

 
$
30,255

 
$
(54,279
)
 
$
(32,177
)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(Unaudited)


 
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
 
Three Months Ended July 1, 2017
(in thousands)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations and Reclassifications
 
Consolidated
Revenue
$

 
$
271,953

 
$
580,554

 
$
(211,676
)
 
$
640,831

Cost of goods sold

 
184,004

 
392,736

 
(172,286
)
 
404,454

Gross profit

 
87,949

 
187,818

 
(39,390
)
 
236,377

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Research and development
6,796

 
16,738

 
97,284

 
(4,319
)
 
116,499

Selling, general and administrative
14,245

 
66,212

 
94,052

 
(35,078
)
 
139,431

Other operating expense
85

 
7,060

 
1,010

 
121

 
8,276

Total operating expenses
21,126

 
90,010

 
192,346

 
(39,276
)
 
264,206

Loss from operations
(21,126
)
 
(2,061
)
 
(4,528
)
 
(114
)
 
(27,829
)
Interest expense
(11,924
)
 
(575
)
 
(334
)
 
562

 
(12,271
)
Interest income

 
494

 
834

 
(562
)
 
766

Other (expense) income

 
(214
)
 
1,998

 
(2,718
)
 
(934
)
Loss before income taxes
(33,050
)
 
(2,356
)
 
(2,030
)
 
(2,832
)
 
(40,268
)
Income tax benefit (expense)
16,246

 
(7,524
)
 
922

 

 
9,644

Loss in subsidiaries
(13,820
)
 
(1,108
)
 

 
14,928

 

Net loss
$
(30,624
)
 
$
(10,988
)
 
$
(1,108
)
 
$
12,096

 
$
(30,624
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive loss
$
(29,905
)
 
$
(10,927
)
 
$
(450
)
 
$
11,377

 
$
(29,905
)


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(Unaudited)


 
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
(in thousands)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations and Reclassifications
 
Consolidated
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
$
555,303

 
$
(566,340
)
 
$
86,296

 
$

 
$
75,259

Investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchase of property and equipment

 
(37,020
)
 
(6,544
)
 

 
(43,564
)
Purchase of debt securities and other investments

 
(132,729
)
 

 

 
(132,729
)
Proceeds from maturities of other investments

 
75,000

 

 

 
75,000

Other investing activities

 
234

 
(8,901
)
 

 
(8,667
)
Net transactions with related parties

 
110,047

 

 
(110,047
)
 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 
15,532

 
(15,445
)
 
(110,047
)
 
(109,960
)
Financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Payment of debt
(458,172
)
 

 

 

 
(458,172
)
Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs
(100,004
)
 

 

 

 
(100,004
)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock
9,889

 

 

 

 
9,889

Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units
(6,802
)
 

 

 

 
(6,802
)
Other financing activities
(214
)
 

 

 

 
(214
)
Net transactions with related parties

 
345

 
(110,392
)
 
110,047

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(555,303
)
 
345

 
(110,392
)
 
110,047

 
(555,303
)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

 
(2,014
)
 

 
(2,014
)
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 
(550,463
)
 
(41,555
)
 

 
(592,018
)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period

 
629,314

 
297,088

 

 
926,402

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period
$

 
$
78,851

 
$
255,533

 
$

 
$
334,384

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(Unaudited)


 
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
 
Three Months Ended July 1, 2017
(in thousands)
Parent Company
 
Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations and Reclassifications
 
Consolidated
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
$
19,803

 
$
(21,261
)
 
$
105,094

 
$

 
$
103,636

Investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchase of property and equipment

 
(104,016
)
 
(20,412
)
 

 
(124,428
)
Other investing activities

 
7,011

 
25

 

 
7,036

Net cash used in investing activities

 
(97,005
)
 
(20,387
)
 

 
(117,392
)
Financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Repurchase of common stock, including transaction costs
(31,925
)
 

 

 

 
(31,925
)
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock
20,526

 

 

 

 
20,526

Tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units
(8,404
)
 

 

 

 
(8,404
)
Net transactions with related parties

 
345

 
(345
)
 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(19,803
)
 
345

 
(345
)
 

 
(19,803
)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

 
750

 

 
750

Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 
(117,921
)
 
85,112

 

 
(32,809
)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period


 
226,186

 
319,593

 

 
545,779

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period

$

 
$
108,265

 
$
404,705

 
$

 
$
512,970


13 . SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The following table summarizes the Company's long-term debt as of June 30, 2018 on an actual basis and as adjusted for subsequent events:
 
Actual
 
As Adjusted
6.75% Senior Notes due 2023
$
15,263

 
$

7.00% Senior Notes due 2025
548,500

 
248,500

5.50% Senior Notes due 2026

 
500,000

Less unamortized issuance costs
(5,483
)
 
(8,286
)
Total long-term debt
$
558,280

 
$
740,214


Tender Offers
On July 10, 2018, the Company increased the Tender Cap with respect to the 2025 Tender Offer from $150.0 million to $300.0 million , and on July 16, 2018, the Company completed the purchase of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes in the 2025 Tender Offer at a price equal to 109.63% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

On July 19, 2018, the Company redeemed all of the remaining $15.3 million outstanding principal amount of the 2023 Notes at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of the 2023 Notes redeemed, plus a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(Unaudited)


Senior Notes due 2026
On July 16, 2018, the Company completed an offering of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.50% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”). The 2026 Notes pay interest semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 at a rate of 5.50% per annum. The 2026 Notes will mature on July 15, 2026, unless earlier redeemed in accordance with their terms.

The 2026 Notes were sold in a private offering to certain institutions that then resold the 2026 Notes in the United States to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Company used a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to fund the 2025 Tender Offer and to pay related fees and expenses of the offering and the Tender Offers, and will use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes. The 2026 Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and are initially guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of the Guarantors.

The 2026 Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of July 16, 2018 (the “2018 Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as trustee. The 2018 Indenture contains customary events of default, including payment default, exchange default, failure to provide certain notices thereunder and certain provisions related to bankruptcy events. The 2018 Indenture also contains customary negative covenants.

At any time prior to July 15, 2021, the Company may redeem all or part of the 2026 Notes, at a redemption price equal to their principal amount, plus a “make-whole” premium as of the redemption date, and accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, at any time prior to July 15, 2021, the Company may redeem up to  35%  of the original aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes with the proceeds of one or more equity offerings, at a redemption price equal to  105.50% , plus accrued and unpaid interest. Furthermore, at any time on or after July 15, 2021, the Company may redeem the 2026 Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices specified in the 2018 Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

The 2026 Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, or any state securities laws, and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

In connection with the offering of the 2026 Notes, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2018 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the initial purchasers of the 2026 Notes, on the other hand.

Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to use their commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file with the SEC a registration statement (the “Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) relating to the registered exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange the 2026 Notes for a new series of the Company’s exchange notes having terms substantially identical in all material respects to, and in the same aggregate principal amount as, the 2026 Notes; (ii) cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC; and (iii) cause the Exchange Offer to be consummated no later than the 360th day after July 16, 2018 (or if such 360th day is not a business day, the next succeeding business day). The Company and the Guarantors have also agreed to use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to consummate the Exchange Offer.

Under certain circumstances, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to use their commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file a shelf registration statement relating to the resale of the 2026 Notes as promptly as practicable, and (ii) cause the shelf registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC as promptly as practicable. The Company and the Guarantors have also agreed to use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the shelf registration statement continuously effective until one year after its effective date (or such shorter period that will terminate when all the 2026 Notes covered thereby have been sold pursuant thereto).

If the Company fails to meet any of these targets, the annual interest rate on the 2026 Notes will increase by  0.25%  during the 90-day period following the default, and will increase by an additional  0.25%  for each subsequent 90-day period during which the default continues, up to a maximum additional interest rate of  1.00%  per year. If the Company cures the default, the interest rate on the 2026 Notes will revert to the original level.



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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

SAFE HARBOR FOR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), that relate to our plans, objectives, estimates and goals. Statements expressing expectations regarding our future and projections relating to products, sales, revenues and earnings are typical of such statements and are made under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "estimate," "forecast," and "predict," and variations of such words and similar expressions, identify such forward-looking statements. Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to the factors listed below:

business, political, and macroeconomic changes, including trade disputes and downturns in the semiconductor industry and the overall global economy;

our ability to introduce new products that are competitive and can be manufactured at lower costs or that command higher prices based on superior performance;

our ability to forecast our customers' demand for our products accurately;

our customers’ and distributors’ ability to manage the inventory they hold and accurately forecast their demand for our products;

our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, operations, product technologies and personnel as well as achieve expected synergies;

our ability to achieve cost savings and improve yields and margins on our new and existing products;

our ability to utilize our capacity efficiently, or to acquire or source additional capacity, in response to customer demand;

our ability to continue to improve our product designs, develop new products, and achieve design wins as our industry's product life cycles are short and our customers’ requirements change rapidly;

our dependence on a limited number of customers for a substantial portion of our revenue;

our reliance on the U.S. government and on U.S. government sponsored programs (principally for defense and aerospace applications) for a portion of our revenue;

our ability to bring new products to market in response to market shifts and to use technological innovation to shorten time-to-market for our products;

our ability to efficiently and successfully operate our wafer fabrication, assembly and test and tape and reel facilities;

variability in manufacturing yields and product quality;

variability in raw material costs and availability of raw materials;

our dependence on third parties, including distributors, wafer foundries, wafer starting material suppliers, passive component manufacturers, assembly and packaging suppliers and test and tape and reel suppliers;

our ability to manage platform provider and customer relationships;

our ability to procure, commercialize and enforce intellectual property rights ("IPR") and to operate our business without infringing on the unlicensed IPR of others;

the risks associated with security breaches and other disruptions, which could compromise our proprietary information and expose us to liability and could cause our business and reputation to suffer;

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the possibility that we may be subject to theft, loss or misuse of personal data by or about our employees, customers or other third parties;

currency fluctuations, tariffs, trade barriers, tax and export license requirements and health and security issues associated with our foreign operations;

the impact of environmental, health and safety regulations and climate change;

the impact of changes in generally accepted accounting principles and in tax laws or the interpretation of such tax laws, including the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act") enacted during the third quarter of fiscal 2018;

the impact of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Base Erosion and Profit Shifting initiative on tax policy and enacted laws in the countries in which we operate;

our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel and develop leaders for key business units and functions; and

the possibility that future acquisitions may dilute our stockholders’ ownership and cause us to incur debt and assume contingent liabilities or adversely affect our results of operations.

These and other risks and uncertainties, which are described in more detail in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other reports and statements that we file with the SEC, could cause the actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any of these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise such statements, except as required by the federal securities laws.

OVERVIEW

Company

The following Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") is intended to help the reader understand the consolidated results of operations and financial condition of Qorvo. MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

We are a product and technology leader at the forefront of the growing global demand for always-on broadband connectivity. We combine a broad portfolio of radio frequency ("RF") solutions, highly differentiated semiconductor technologies, deep systems-level expertise and scale manufacturing to supply a diverse group of customers in expanding markets, including smartphones and other mobile devices, defense and aerospace, Wi-Fi customer premises equipment, cellular base stations, optical networks, automotive connectivity and smart home applications. Within these markets, our products enable a broad range of leading-edge applications — from very-high-power wired and wireless infrastructure solutions to ultra-low-power smart home solutions. Our products and technologies help transform how people around the world access their data, transact commerce, and interact with their communities.

We employ more than 8,100 people. We have world-class manufacturing facilities, and our fabrication facility in Richardson, Texas, is a U.S. Department of Defense accredited ‘Trusted Source’ (Category 1A) for gallium arsenide ("GaAs"), gallium nitride ("GaN") and bulk acoustic wave ("BAW") technologies. Our design and manufacturing expertise covers many semiconductor process technologies, which we source both internally and through external suppliers. Our primary wafer fabrication facilities are in Florida, North Carolina, Oregon and Texas, and our primary assembly and test facilities are in China, Costa Rica, Germany and Texas. We also operate design, sales and manufacturing facilities throughout Asia, Europe and North America.

We design, develop, manufacture and market our products to leading U.S. and international original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers in the following operating segments:

Mobile Products (MP) - MP is a leading global supplier of cellular RF and Wi-Fi solutions for a variety of mobile devices, including smartphones, notebook computers, wearables, tablets and cellular-based applications for the Internet of Things ("IoT"). Mobile device manufacturers and mobile network operators are adopting new technologies to address the growing demand for data-intensive, increasingly cloud-based distributed applications and for mobile devices with smaller form

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factors, improved signal quality, less heat and longer talk and standby times. New wireless communications standards are being deployed to utilize available spectrum more efficiently. Carrier aggregation is being implemented to support wider bandwidths, increase data rates and improve network performance. These trends increase the complexity of smartphones, require more RF content and place a premium on performance, integration, systems-level expertise, and product and technology portfolio breadth, all of which are MP strengths. We offer a comprehensive product portfolio of BAW and surface acoustic wave ("SAW") filters, power amplifiers ("PAs"), low noise amplifiers ("LNAs"), switches, multimode multi-band PAs and transmit modules, RF power management integrated circuits, diversity receive modules, antenna switch modules, antenna tuning and control solutions, modules incorporating PAs and duplexers ("PADs") and modules incorporating switches, PAs and duplexers.

Infrastructure and Defense Products (IDP) - IDP is a leading global supplier of RF solutions with a diverse portfolio of solutions that "connect and protect," spanning communications and defense applications. These applications include high performance defense systems such as radar, electronic warfare and communication systems, Wi-Fi customer premises equipment for home and work, high speed connectivity in Long-Term Evolution ("LTE") and 5G base stations, cloud connectivity via data center communications and telecom transport, automotive connectivity and other IoT, including smart home solutions. Our IDP products include GaAs and GaN PAs, LNAs, switches, Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor ("CMOS") system-on-a-chip solutions, premium BAW and SAW filter solutions and various multi-chip and hybrid assemblies.  

As of June 30, 2018 , our reportable segments are MP and IDP. These business segments are based on the organizational structure and information reviewed by our Chief Executive Officer, who is our chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), and are managed separately based on the end markets and applications they support. The CODM allocates resources and evaluates the performance of each operating segment primarily based on operating income and operating income as a percentage of revenue (see Note 9 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information regarding our operating segments).

FIRST QUARTER FISCAL 2019 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Quarterly revenue increased 8.1% as compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2018 , primarily due to higher demand for our cellular RF solutions in support of our customers based in China and higher demand for our Wi-Fi products.

Gross margin for the first quarter of fiscal 2019 was 34.2% as compared to 36.9% for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 . The decrease was primarily due to lower factory utilization and average selling price erosion, partially offset by cost and other productivity improvements.

Our operating loss was $19.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to operating loss of $27.8 million for the three months ended July 1, 2017 , primarily due to higher revenue and lower operating expenses, partially offset by lower gross margin.

Diluted net loss per share for both the first quarter of fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2018 was $0.24 .

Cash flow from operations was $75.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2019 as compared to $103.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 . This year-over-year decrease was primarily due to changes in working capital.

Capital expenditures were $43.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2019 as compared to $124.4 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 . This year-over-year decrease was primarily due to capital expenditures incurred in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 to increase our premium filter capacity.

Changes in provisional estimates associated with the Tax Act, enacted during the third quarter of fiscal 2018, resulted in a decrease of $11.4 million to the provisional fiscal 2018 estimate of $116.4 million for the one-time deemed repatriation of our historical unremitted foreign earnings and an increase of $3.8 million to U.S. deferred tax assets.

The new Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) provisions of the Tax Act, which result in certain income earned by foreign subsidiaries being currently included in the gross income of the U.S. shareholder, became effective in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Provisional amounts for GILTI are included in the determination of the annual effective tax rate applied to year-to-date losses in the calculation of the income tax benefit.


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During the first quarter of fiscal 2019 , we completed the purchase of $429.2 million aggregate principal amount of our 2023 Notes in the 2023 Tender Offer (each defined in Note 6 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) at a redemption price of 106.75% , plus accrued and unpaid interest.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2019 , we repurchased approximately 1.2 million shares of our common stock for approximately $100.0 million .




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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated

The following table presents a summary of our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 (in thousands, except percentages):  
 
Three Months Ended
                      
June 30,
2018
 
% of
Revenue
 
July 1,
2017
 
% of
Revenue
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
Percentage
Change
Revenue
$
692,670

 
100.0
 %
 
$
640,831

 
100.0
 %
 
$
51,839

 
8.1
 %
Cost of goods sold
455,937

 
65.8

 
404,454

 
63.1

 
51,483

 
12.7

Gross profit
236,733

 
34.2

 
236,377

 
36.9

 
356

 
0.2

Research and development
110,903

 
16.0

 
116,499

 
18.2

 
(5,596
)
 
(4.8
)
Selling, general and administrative
135,930

 
19.7

 
139,431

 
21.7

 
(3,501
)
 
(2.5
)
Other operating expense
9,115

 
1.3

 
8,276

 
1.3

 
839

 
10.1

Operating loss
$
(19,215
)
 
(2.8
)%
 
$
(27,829
)
 
(4.3
)%
 
$
8,614

 
(31.0
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Revenue  increased for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , as compared to the  three months ended July 1, 2017 , due to higher demand for our cellular RF solutions in support of our customers based in China and higher demand for our Wi-Fi products.

Gross margin for the three months ended June 30, 2018 was 34.2% , as compared to 36.9% for the three months ended July 1, 2017 . The decrease was primarily due to lower factory utilization and average selling price erosion, partially offset by cost and other productivity improvements.

Operating loss was $19.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , as compared to operating loss of $27.8 million for the three months ended July 1, 2017 . The change in operating loss was primarily due to higher revenue and lower operating expenses, partially offset by lower gross margin.

We adopted ASU 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)" in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 . The adoption did not have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this report for additional information related to our revenue recognition disclosures.

Operating Expenses

Research and development expense decreased $5.6 million , or 4.8% , for the three months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the three months ended July 1, 2017 , primarily due to the timing of product development spend.

Selling, general and administrative expense decreased $3.5 million , or 2.5% , for the three months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the three months ended July 1, 2017 , primarily due to lower intangible amortization expense.

Other operating expense increased for the three months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the three months ended July 1, 2017 , primarily due to restructuring charges of approximately $2.8 million (primarily related to employee termination benefits) associated with the cost reduction actions initiated in the second quarter of fiscal 2018. These costs were offset by lower integration expenses as compared to fiscal 2018.

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Segment Product Revenue, Operating Income and Operating Income as a Percentage of Revenue

Mobile Products
 
 
Three Months Ended
(In thousands, except percentages)
 
June 30,
2018
 
July 1,
2017
 
Increase
 
Percentage
Change
Revenue
 
$
486,079

 
$
456,223

 
$
29,856

 
6.5
%
Operating income
 
89,171

 
87,807

 
1,364

 
1.6

Operating income as a % of revenue
 
18.3
%
 
19.2
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MP revenue increased $29.9 million , or 6.5% , for the three months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the three months ended July 1, 2017 , primarily due to higher demand for our cellular RF solutions in support of our customers based in China.

MP operating income increased $1.4 million , or 1.6% , for the three months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the three months ended July 1, 2017 , primarily due to higher revenue and lower operating expenses, offset by lower gross margin. Operating expenses decreased primarily due to the timing of product development spend. Gross margin was negatively impacted by lower factory utilization and average selling price erosion, partially offset by cost and other productivity improvements.

Infrastructure and Defense Products
 
 
Three Months Ended
(In thousands, except percentages)
 
June 30,
2018
 
July 1,
2017
 
Increase
 
Percentage
Change
Revenue
 
$
206,591

 
$
183,638

 
$
22,953

 
12.5
%
Operating income
 
55,204

 
49,586

 
5,618

 
11.3

Operating income as a % of revenue
 
26.7
%
 
27.0
%
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IDP revenue  increased $23.0 million , or 12.5% , for the three months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the three months ended July 1, 2017 , primarily due to higher demand for our Wi-Fi products.

IDP operating income increased $5.6 million , or 11.3% , for the three months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the three months ended July 1, 2017 , primarily due to higher revenue, offset by higher operating expenses. Operating expenses increased primarily due to higher product development costs.

See Note 9 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of segment operating income to the consolidated operating loss for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 .

OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME AND INCOME TAXES
 
 
Three Months Ended
(In thousands)                
 
June 30,
2018
 
July 1,
2017
Interest expense
 
$
(14,353
)
 
$
(12,271
)
Interest income
 
3,394

 
766

Other expense
 
(31,955
)
 
(934
)
Income tax benefit
 
32,136

 
9,644


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Interest Expense
During the first quarter of fiscal 2019 , we recorded interest expense related to our 6.75% senior notes due December 1, 2023 (the "2023 Notes") and 7.00% senior notes due December 1, 2025 (the "2025 Notes") of $17.1 million (which was partially offset by $3.5 million of capitalized interest) as compared to $17.3 million (which was partially offset by $5.6 million of capitalized interest) for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 .
 
On June 29, 2018, we purchased $429.2 million aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes in the 2023 Tender Offer. In July 2018, we purchased $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes in the 2025 Tender Offer (defined in Note 6 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) and completed an offering of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 2026 Notes. Collectively, these transactions extended the weighted-average maturity of our outstanding senior notes by an additional 16 months and are expected to reduce our annual interest expense by approximately $23.0 million.

Other Expense
In the first quarter of fiscal 2019 , we recorded a loss on debt extinguishment of $33.4 million , primarily as a result of the 2023 Tender Offer.

Income Taxes
On December 22, 2017 , the U.S. enacted the Tax Act that instituted fundamental changes to the taxation of multinational corporations, including a reduction in the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% which became effective as of January 1, 2018 , and implemented a territorial tax system. As a result of the Tax Act, we recorded as of March 31, 2018 a provisional tax expense of $77.3 million , which was comprised of a $116.4 million tax expense related to the one-time transition tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries (the “Transitional Repatriation Tax”), offset by a provisional deferred tax benefit of $39.1 million from the remeasurement of U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities. As of the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2019, provisional amounts continue to be recorded because certain information related to the computation of earnings and profits, distributable reserves, non-U.S. income taxes paid, and foreign exchange gains and losses related to wholly owned subsidiaries are still being gathered and analyzed; information related to non-wholly owned subsidiaries is not available; and there is evolving information and guidance from federal and state taxing authorities regarding the application and interpretation of the recently enacted legislation. In accordance with current SEC guidance, the Company will finalize its provisional estimates for the impact of the Tax Act in the reporting period in which the accounting is completed, which will not exceed one year from the date of enactment of the Tax Act.
While as of June 30, 2018 the Company has not completed the accounting for any of the tax effects of tax reform described above, in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 we recorded a discrete income tax benefit of $15.2 million relating to our fiscal 2018 estimated provisional tax expense. This was comprised of an $11.4 million reduction in the provisional Transitional Repatriation Tax and a $3.8 million increase in U.S deferred tax assets. In addition, provisional amounts are recorded for the impact of the new GILTI and limitations on compensation provisions enacted by the Tax Act, which both became effective for the Company in fiscal 2019. The GILTI provisions result in certain income earned by foreign subsidiaries currently being included in the gross income of the U.S. shareholder.
Our provision for income taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 has been calculated by applying an estimate of the annual effective tax rate for the full fiscal year to “ordinary” income or loss (pre-tax income or loss excluding unusual or infrequently occurring discrete items) for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 .

For the three months ended June 30, 2018 , we recorded an income tax benefit of $32.1 million which was comprised primarily of tax benefit related to domestic and international operations generating pre-tax book losses and tax benefit relating to the adjustments in the provisional Tax Act estimates, offset by a tax expense related to international operations generating pre-tax book income. For the three months ended July 1, 2017 , income tax benefit was $9.6 million which was comprised primarily of tax benefit related to domestic and international operations generating pre-tax book losses and tax benefit relating to the adoption of new accounting guidance relating to stock compensation, offset by a tax expense related to international operations generating pre-tax book income and tax expense relating to the adoption of new accounting guidance relating to intra-entity transfers of assets.

A valuation allowance remained against certain domestic and foreign net deferred tax assets as it is more likely than not that the related deferred tax assets will not be realized.


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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Cash generated by operations is our primary source of liquidity. As of June 30, 2018 , we had working capital of approximately $964.3 million , including $334.0 million in cash and cash equivalents, compared to working capital of approximately $1,402.5 million at March 31, 2018 , including $926.0 million in cash and cash equivalents. The decrease in working capital was primarily due to the retirement of the 2023 Notes in the first quarter of fiscal 2019.

Our $392.0 million of total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of June 30, 2018 includes approximately $254.0 million held by our foreign subsidiaries, of which $139.7 million is held by Qorvo International Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. If the undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries are needed in the U.S., we may be required to accrue and pay state income and/or foreign local withholding taxes to repatriate.  Under our current plans, we may repatriate the foreign earnings of Qorvo International Pte. Ltd. and plan to permanently reinvest the undistributed earnings of our other foreign subsidiaries.

Stock Repurchases
During the three months ended June 30, 2018 , we repurchased approximately 1.2 million shares of our common stock for approximately $100.0 million under the current and prior repurchase programs. As of June 30, 2018 , $935.9 million remains available for repurchases under our share repurchase program.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Operating activities for the three months ended June 30, 2018 generated cash of $75.3 million , compared to $103.6 million for the three months ended July 1, 2017 . This year-over-year decrease was primarily due to changes in working capital.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $110.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $117.4 million for the three months ended July 1, 2017 . Capital expenditures decreased $80.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , as compared to the three months ended July 1, 2017 , primarily due to capital expenditures incurred in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 to increase our premium filter capacity. This decrease in cash used in investing activities was partially offset by the purchase of commercial paper and other investments in the three months ended June 30, 2018 .

Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities was $555.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 , compared to $19.8 million for the three months ended July 1, 2017 . This year-over-year increase was primarily due to the retirement of the 2023 Notes and higher share repurchase activity in the three months ended June 30, 2018 .

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Credit Agreement On December 5, 2017, we and certain of our U.S. subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”) entered into a five-year unsecured senior credit facility with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender, and L/C issuer, and a syndicate of lenders (the “Credit Agreement”). On the same date, in connection with the execution of the Credit Agreement, we terminated our prior credit agreement, dated April 7, 2015. On June 5, 2018, we and the Guarantors entered into the First Amendment (the "Amendment") to the Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement includes a senior delayed draw term loan of up to $400.0 million (the "Term Loan") and a $300.0 million revolving line of credit (the "Revolving Facility", together with the Term Loan, the "Credit Facility"). On the closing date, $100.0 million of the Term Loan was funded and this amount was subsequently repaid in March 2018. The remainder of the Term Loan is available, at our discretion, in up to two draws. The Amendment, among other things, extended the delayed draw availability period from June 5, 2018 to January 3, 2019. The Revolving Facility includes a $25.0 million sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit and a $10.0 million sublimit for swing line loans. We may request at any time that the Credit Facility be increased up to $300.0 million . The Credit Facility is available to finance working capital, capital expenditures and other corporate purposes. Our obligations under the Credit Agreement are jointly and severally guaranteed by the Guarantors. Outstanding amounts are due in full on the maturity date of December 5, 2022 (with amounts borrowed under the swing line option due in full no later than ten business days after such loan is made). We had no outstanding amounts under the Credit Facility as of June 30, 2018 .

The Credit Agreement contains various conditions, covenants and representations with which we must be in compliance in order to borrow funds and to avoid an event of default. As of June 30, 2018 , we were in compliance with all the financial covenants under the Credit Agreement.

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Notes Offering 2015 On November 19, 2015, we issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes and $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes. The 2023 Notes were, and the 2025 Notes are, senior unsecured obligations of the Company and guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Guarantors. The 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of November 19, 2015 (the "2015 Indenture") containing customary events of default, including payment default, failure to provide certain notices and certain provisions related to bankruptcy events. The 2015 Indenture also contains customary negative covenants. With respect to the 2023 Notes, interest was payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year at a rate of 6.75% per annum, and with respect to the 2025 Notes, interest is payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year at a rate of 7.00% per annum. Interest paid on the 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 was $34.2 million and $34.4 million , respectively.

In March 2018, we repurchased $5.5 million of the 2023 Notes at a price equal to 107.50% of the principal amount of the 2023 Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest and $1.5 million of the 2025 Notes at a price equal to 109.50% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

In June 2018, we completed the purchase of $429.2 million aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes in the 2023 Tender Offer at a price equal to 106.75% of the principal amount of the 2023 Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On July 19, 2018, the Company redeemed all of the remaining $15.3 million principal amount of the 2023 Notes at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of the 2023 Notes redeemed, plus a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest.

On July 16, 2018, the Company completed the purchase of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes in the 2025 Tender Offer at a price equal to 109.63% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

See Note 6 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the 2023 Notes and the 2025 Notes.

Notes Offering 2018 On July 16, 2018, we completed an offering of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.50% senior notes due July 15, 2026 (the "2026 Notes"). The 2026 Notes were sold in a private offering to certain institutions that then resold the 2026 Notes in the United States to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to certain non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. We used a portion of the net proceeds of the offering of the 2026 Notes to fund the 2025 Tender Offer and to pay related fees and expenses of the offering and the Tender Offers (as defined in Note 6 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), and will use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes. The 2026 Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and are guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of the Guarantors.

The 2026 Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of July 16, 2018 (the “2018 Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as trustee. The 2018 Indenture contains customary events of default, including, among other things, payment default, exchange default, failure to provide certain notices thereunder and certain provisions related to bankruptcy events. The 2018 Indenture also contains customary negative covenants. In connection with the offering of the 2026 Notes, we also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2018 (see Note 13 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

The 2026 Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.

Capital Commitments At June 30, 2018 , we had capital commitments of approximately $81.2 million primarily related to projects to increase our premium filter capacity, projects for manufacturing cost savings initiatives, equipment replacements and general corporate purposes.

Future Sources of Funding Our future capital requirements may differ materially from those currently anticipated and will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to, market acceptance of and demand for our products, acquisition opportunities, technological advances and our relationships with suppliers and customers. Based on current and projected levels of cash flow from operations, coupled with our existing cash and cash equivalents and our Credit Facility, we believe that we have sufficient liquidity to meet both our short-term and long-term cash requirements. However, if there is a significant decrease in demand for our products, or in the event that growth is faster than we anticipate, operating cash flows may be insufficient to meet our needs. If existing resources and cash from operations are not sufficient to meet our future requirements or if we perceive conditions to be favorable, we may seek additional debt or equity financing. We cannot be sure that any

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additional equity or debt financing will not be dilutive to holders of our common stock. Further, we cannot be sure that additional equity or debt financing, if required, will be available on favorable terms, if at all.

Legal We are involved in various legal proceedings and claims that have arisen in the ordinary course of business that have not been fully adjudicated. These actions, when finally concluded and determined, will not, in the opinion of management, have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Taxes We are subject to income and other taxes in the United States and in numerous foreign jurisdictions. Our domestic and foreign tax liabilities are subject to the allocation of revenues and expenses in different jurisdictions. Additionally, the amount of taxes paid is subject to our interpretation of applicable tax laws in the jurisdictions in which we operate. We are subject to audits by tax authorities. While we endeavor to comply with all applicable tax laws, there can be no assurance that a governing tax authority will not have a different interpretation of the law than we do or that we will comply in all respects with applicable tax laws, which could result in additional taxes. There can be no assurance that the outcomes from tax audits will not have an adverse effect on our results of operations in the period during which the review is conducted.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

There have been no material changes to our market risk exposures during the first quarter of fiscal 2019 . For a discussion of our exposure to market risk, refer to Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” contained in Qorvo's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 .

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures in accordance with Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of such date, to enable the Company to record, process, summarize and report in a timely manner the information that the Company is required to disclose in its Exchange Act reports, and to accumulate and communicate such information to management, including the Company’s CEO and the CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

We implemented controls relating to the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 to ensure that the necessary revenue contracts, policies and process flows were sufficiently reviewed to identify adoption impact. There were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2018  that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

In addition to the other information set forth in this report and in our other reports and statements that we file with the SEC, including our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, careful consideration should be given to the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A., “Risk Factors” in Qorvo's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 , which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in Qorvo's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 are not the only risks that we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.


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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Purchases of Equity Securities

Period
 
Total number of shares purchased  (in thousands)
 
Average price paid per share
 
Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs (in thousands)
 
Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs
April 1, 2018 to April 28, 2018
 

 
$

 

 
$162.1 million
April 29, 2018 to May 26, 2018
 
446

 
$
80.56

 
446

 
$1,000.0 million
May 27, 2018 to June 30, 2018
 
794

 
$
80.70

 
794

 
$935.9 million
Total
 
1,240

 
$
80.65

 
1,240

 
$935.9 million

On November 3, 2016, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $500.0 million of our outstanding stock. As of March 31, 2018, $162.1 million was available for future repurchases, and during the first quarter of fiscal 2019, we repurchased 0.4 million shares of our common stock for approximately $35.9 million under this program.

On May 23, 2018, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of our outstanding stock, which included approximately $126.3 million authorized under the prior program terminated concurrent with the new authorization. Under this program, share repurchases will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The extent to which we repurchase our shares, the number of shares and the timing of any repurchases will depend on general market conditions, regulatory requirements, alternative investment opportunities and other considerations. The program does not require us to repurchase a minimum number of shares, does not have a fixed term, and may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time without prior notice.

During the three months ended June 30, 2018 , we repurchased approximately 0.8 million shares of our common stock for approximately $64.1 million under the current program. As of June 30, 2018 , $935.9 million remains available for repurchases under the current share repurchase program.


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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.
 
4.1

 
 
10.1

 
 
10.2

 
 
31.1

 
 
31.2

 
 
32.1

 
 
32.2

 
 
101

The following materials from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018; (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017; (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017; (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017; and (v) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

*Executive compensation plan or agreement

Our SEC file number for documents filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is 001-36801.


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
Qorvo, Inc.
 
 
 
 
Date:
August 2, 2018
 
/s/ Mark J. Murphy
 
 
 
Mark J. Murphy
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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QORVO, INC.
2012 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Other Stock-Based Award Agreement
THIS AGREEMENT, including any special terms and conditions for the Participant’s country set forth in the appendix (the “Appendix”) attached hereto (collectively, the “Agreement”), is made effective as of [_________] (the “Effective Date”) between QORVO, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [_________] , an Employee of, or an individual in service to, the Company or an Affiliate (the “Participant”).
RECITALS :
WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Administrator”) has approved the grant to the Participant of a short-term incentive opportunity under the Qorvo, Inc. Short-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “STIP”), which may be settled in the form of cash payments or the delivery of shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”), as specified by the Administrator, in satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any bonus award earned under the STIP during any performance period; and
WHEREAS, the Administrator has determined that the Participant shall receive an Other Stock-Based Award in the form of Restricted Stock Units pursuant to the Qorvo, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), for the number of shares of Common Stock set forth on the signature page hereto, the vesting of which is subject to certain service requirements, as further described in this Agreement, representing the satisfaction of the bonus award earned under the STIP during the performance period ended March 31, 2018;
NOW, THEREFORE, in furtherance of the purposes of the Plan, the Company and the Participant hereby agree as follows:
1. Incorporation of Plan and STIP . The rights and duties of the Company and the Participant under this Agreement shall in all respects be subject to and governed by the provisions of the Plan and the STIP, copies of which are delivered herewith or have previously been provided to the Participant and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any conflict between the provisions in this Agreement and those of the Plan or the STIP, the provisions of the Plan or the STIP shall govern, and, in the event of a conflict between the terms of the Plan and the STIP, the Plan shall govern, in each case unless the Administrator determines otherwise. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the same definitions as set forth in the Plan.
2.      Grant of Other Stock-Based Award . Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant an Other Stock-Based Award in the form of an Award of Restricted Stock Units (the “Award”), for the number of shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) set forth on the signature page hereto.
3.      Vesting of Award; Effect of Termination of Employment; Forfeiture of Award .
(a)      Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, and subject to the continued employment or service of the Participant with the Company or an Affiliate through the applicable vesting date(s) described herein, the Shares subject to the Award shall vest at the time(s) as are described in this Agreement, including the signature page hereto. The Administrator has sole authority to determine whether and to what degree the Award has vested and is payable and to

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interpret the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, no Shares shall be distributable pursuant to the Award prior to the completion of any registration or qualification of the Award or the Shares under any Applicable Law (including, but not limited to, the requirements of the Securities Act) that the Administrator shall in its sole discretion determine to be necessary or advisable. The Administrator may delay the right to receive or dispose of Shares (or other benefits) upon settlement of the Award at any time if the Administrator determines that allowing issuance of Shares (or distribution of other benefits) would violate any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state or local securities laws or applicable policies of the Company, and the Administrator may provide in its discretion that any time periods to receive Shares (or other benefits) subject to the Award are tolled or extended during a period of suspension or delay (subject to any Code Section 409A considerations); provided, however, that, if the Participant solely is subject to the laws of the U.S., any such delay, suspension, tolling or extension shall not apply to any Shares subject to an effective Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The Company may cause a restrictive legend to be placed on any certificate for Shares issued pursuant to the Award in such form as may be prescribed from time to time by Applicable Law or as may be advised by legal counsel.
(b)      Except as may be otherwise provided in the Plan or this Agreement, in the event the employment or service of the Participant is terminated for any reason (whether by the Company or an Affiliate or by the Participant, whether voluntary or involuntary, and regardless of the reason for such termination and whether or not found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Participant is rendering services or the terms of his or her employment or service agreement, if any) and all or part of the Award has not vested as of the Participant’s Termination Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, then the Award, to the extent not vested as of the Participant’s Termination Date, shall be forfeited immediately upon such termination, and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect to the Award or the Shares underlying that portion of the Award that has not yet vested. The Participant expressly acknowledges and agrees that the termination of his or her employment or service shall (except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement or the Plan) result in forfeiture of the Award and the Shares to the extent the Award has not vested as of his or her Termination Date.
(c)      Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(b), in the event the employment or service of the Participant is terminated due to the Participant’s death or Disability, the Award shall automatically fully vest effective as of the Termination Date.
(d)      For purposes of the Award (and except as otherwise required under Code Section 409A), the Termination Date occurs on the date the Participant is no longer actively providing services to the Company or any Affiliate and will not be extended by any notice period (e.g., the Participant’s period of service would not include any contractual notice period or any period of “garden leave” or similar period mandated under employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Participant is employed or providing services, or the terms of his or her employment or service agreement, if any); the Administrator shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when the Participant is no longer actively providing services for purposes of the Award (including whether the Participant may still be considered to be providing services while on a leave of absence).
(e)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Participant shall be entitled to the greater of the benefits provided in this Agreement and any Change in Control Agreement, Employment Agreement or any other similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate with respect to the terms governing the vesting of the Award.

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4.      Stockholder Rights . The Participant or his or her legal representatives, legatees or distributees shall not be deemed to be the holder of any Shares subject to the Award and shall not have any dividend rights (except as otherwise provided in Section 5 herein), voting rights or other rights as a stockholder unless and until (and then only to the extent that) the Award has vested and certificates for such Shares have been issued and delivered to him or her (or, in the case of uncertificated shares, other written evidence of ownership in accordance with Applicable Law shall have been provided).
5.      Settlement of Award; Dividend Equivalents . The Award, if vested in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall be payable in whole Shares. The total number of Shares that may be acquired pursuant to the Award (or portion thereof) shall be rounded to the nearest whole Share. A certificate or certificates for the Shares subject to the Award or portion thereof shall be issued in the name of the Participant or his or her beneficiary (or, in the case of uncertificated shares, other written evidence of ownership in accordance with Applicable Law shall be provided) as soon as practicable after, and only to the extent that, the Award or portion thereof has vested and Shares are distributable. Shares or any other benefit subject to the Award shall, upon vesting of the Award, be issued and distributed to the Participant (or his or her beneficiary) no later than the later of (a) the fifteenth (15th) day of the third month following the Participant’s first taxable year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, or (b) the fifteenth (15th) day of the third month following the end of the Company’s first taxable year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, or otherwise in accordance with Code Section 409A. Any Shares issuable to such person or persons as shall have acquired the right to the Award by will or the laws of descent and distribution following the Participant’s death pursuant to Section 3(c) above shall be issued to such person or persons no later than the later of (x) the ninetieth (90th) day following the date of the Participant’s death, or (y) the fifteenth (15th) day of the third month following the taxable year of the Participant’s death, or otherwise in accordance with Code Section 409A. The Participant (or such person or persons as shall have acquired the right to the Award by will or the laws of descent and distribution) shall not be permitted, directly or indirectly, to designate the taxable year of distribution. If the Company pays a dividend on its Common Stock at any time after the Effective Date, such dividends will accrue on the Award, but will not be settled and distributed to the Participant unless and until the Award vests and is settled in accordance with this section.
6.      No Right of Continued Employment or Service . Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employment or service of the Company or an Affiliate or to interfere in any way with the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate the Participant’s employment or service at any time. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan and this Agreement, all rights of the Participant under the Plan with respect to the unvested portion of his or her Award shall terminate upon the Termination Date. The grant of the Award does not create any obligation to grant further awards.
7.      Nontransferability of Award and Shares . The Award shall not be transferable (including by sale, assignment, pledge or hypothecation) other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The designation of a beneficiary in accordance with the Plan (to the extent permitted by the Administrator) does not constitute a transfer. The Participant shall not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber the Shares subject to the Award until such Shares have been issued and delivered to the Participant.
8.      Withholding; Tax Consequences .
(a)      The Participant acknowledges that, regardless of any action taken by the Company or, if different, his or her employer (the “Employer”), the ultimate liability for all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, payment on account or other tax-related items related to

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the Participant’s participation in the Plan and the STIP and legally applicable to the Participant (“Tax-Related Items”) is and remains the Participant’s responsibility and may exceed the amount actually withheld by the Company or the Employer.  Further, if the Participant is subject to Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction, the Participant acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction.
(b)      Prior to any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, the Participant agrees to make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company and/or the Employer to satisfy all Tax-Related Items.  In this regard, the Participant authorizes the Company or its respective agents to satisfy their withholding obligations with regard to all Tax-Related Items by withholding Shares to be issued upon settlement of the Award. In the event that the Company determines that withholding Shares is problematic under applicable local laws or has materially adverse accounting consequences , by his or her acceptance of the Award, the Participant authorizes (i) the Company and any brokerage firm determined acceptable to the Company to sell, on his or her behalf, a whole number of Shares from those Shares issuable to the Participant as the Company determines to be appropriate to generate cash proceeds sufficient to satisfy the obligation for Tax-Related Items, or (ii) the Company or the Employer (subject to any Code Section 409A considerations) to satisfy their withholding obligations for Tax-Related Items by withholding from the Participant’s wages or other cash compensation. The Company may withhold or account for Tax-Related Items by considering minimum statutory withholding rates or other applicable withholding rates, including maximum rates applicable in the Participant’s jurisdiction, in which case the Participant may receive a refund of any over-withheld amount in cash and will have no entitlement to the Shares equivalent.  If Shares are withheld, for tax purposes, the Participant is deemed to have been issued the full number of Shares subject to the vested portion of the Award, notwithstanding that a number of the Shares are held back solely for the purpose of paying the Tax-Related Items. Further, the Participant shall pay to the Company or the Employer any amount of Tax-Related Items that the Company or the Employer may be required to withhold as a result of his or her participation in the Plan or acquisition of Shares that cannot be satisfied by the means described above. The Company may refuse to issue or deliver the Shares or the proceeds of the sale of Shares if the Participant fails to comply with his or her obligations in connection with the Tax-Related Items.
(c)      The Participant acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer have made no warranties or representations to the Participant with respect to the Tax-Related Items (including but not limited to income tax consequences) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Participant is in no manner relying on the Company or its representatives for an assessment of such tax consequences. The Participant further acknowledges that there may be adverse tax consequences upon the grant or vesting of the Award and/or the acquisition or disposition of the Shares subject to the Award and the receipt of any dividends, and that he or she should consult with his or her own attorney, accountant and/or tax advisor regarding the decision to enter into this Agreement and the consequences thereof. The Participant also acknowledges that the Company has no responsibility to take or refrain from taking any actions in order to achieve a certain tax result for the Participant.
9.      Nature of Grant . In accepting the Award, the Participant acknowledges, understands and agrees that:

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(a)      the Plan and the STIP are established voluntarily by the Company, are discretionary in nature, and may be amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time, to the extent permitted by the Plan and the STIP, as applicable;
(b)      all decisions with respect to future equity-based awards to the Participant, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company;
(c)      the Participant’s participation in the Plan and the STIP is voluntary;
(d)      the Award and any Shares acquired under the Plan and the STIP, as applicable, and the value of and income attributable to the same, are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation;
(e)      unless otherwise agreed with the Company, the Award and any Shares acquired under the Plan and the STIP, as applicable, and the value of and income attributable to the same, are not granted as consideration for, or in connection with, any service the Participant may provide as a director of any Affiliate;
(f)      the Award and any Shares acquired under the Plan and the STIP, as applicable, and the value of and income attributable to the same, are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, holiday pay, pension or retirement or welfare benefits or similar payments;
(g)      the future value of the Shares underlying the Award is unknown and cannot be predicted;
(h)      unless otherwise provided in the Plan or the STIP, the Award and the benefits evidenced by this Agreement do not create any entitlement to have the Award or any such benefits transferred to, or assumed by, another company nor be exchanged, cashed out or substituted for, in connection with any corporate transaction affecting the Common Stock;
(i)      no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of the Award resulting from the Participant’s termination of employment or service (for any reason whatsoever whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Participant is employed or rendering services or the terms of his or her employment or service agreement, if any); and;
(j)      if the Participant is employed or providing services outside of the U.S.:
(i)      the Award and any Shares acquired under the Plan and the STIP, as applicable, and the value of and income attributable to the same, are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for any purpose; and
(ii)      neither the Company, the Employer nor any other Affiliate shall be liable for any foreign exchange rate fluctuation between the Participant’s local currency and the U.S. dollar that may affect the value of the Award or of any amounts due to the Participant pursuant to the vesting of the Award or the subsequent sale of any Shares acquired under the Plan.

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10.      Data Privacy Information and Consent .
a) Data Collection and Usage. The Company and the Employer may collect, process and use certain personal information about the Participant, including, but not limited to, the Participant’s name, home address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number, passport or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of Common Stock or directorships held in the Company, details of the Award or any other entitlement to Shares awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Participant’s favor (“Data”), for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Plan and the STIP. The legal basis, where required, for the processing of Data is the Participant’s consent.
b) Stock Plan Administration Service Providers. The Company transfers Data to Fidelity Stock Plan Services LLC and its affiliated companies, an independent service provider based in the U.S., which is assisting the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan and the STIP. The Company may select a different service provider or additional service providers and share Data with such other provider serving in a similar manner. The Participant may be asked to agree on separate terms and data processing practices with the service provider, with such agreement being a condition to the ability to participate in the Plan and the STIP.
c) International Data Transfers. The Company and its service providers are based in the U.S. The Participant’s country or jurisdiction may have different data privacy laws and protections than the U.S. For example, the European Commission has issued a limited adequacy finding with respect to the U.S. that applies only to the extent companies register for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program. The Company's legal basis, where required, for the transfer of Data is the Participant’s consent.
d) Data Retention. The Company will hold and use the Data only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage the Participant’s participation in the Plan and the STIP, or as required to comply with legal or regulatory obligations, including under tax and security laws.
e) Voluntariness and Consequences of Consent Denial or Withdrawal. Participation in the Plan and the STIP is voluntary and the Participant is providing the consents herein on a purely voluntary basis. If the Participant does not consent, or if the Participant later seeks to revoke the Participant’s consent, the Participant’s salary from or employment with the Employer will not be affected; the only consequence of refusing or withdrawing the Participant’s consent is that the Company would not be able to grant the Award or other equity awards to the Participant or administer or maintain such awards.
f) Data Subject Rights. The Participant may have a number of rights under data privacy laws in the Participant’s jurisdiction. Depending on where the Participant is based, such rights may include the right to (i) request access or copies of Data the Company processes, (ii) rectification of incorrect Data, (iii) deletion of Data, (iv) restrictions on processing of Data, (v) portability of Data, (vi) lodge complaints with competent authorities in the Participant’s jurisdiction, and/or (vii) receive a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of Data. To receive clarification regarding these rights or to exercise these rights, the Participant can contact his or her local human resources representative.

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By accepting the Award and indicating consent via the Company’s acceptance procedure, the Participant is declaring that he or she agrees with the data processing practices described herein and consents to the collection, processing and use of Data by the Company and the transfer of Data to the recipients mentioned above, including recipients located in countries which do not adduce an adequate level of protection from a European (or other non-U.S.) data protection law perspective, for the purposes described above.
Finally, upon request of the Company or the Employer, the Participant agrees to provide a separate executed data privacy consent form (or any other agreements or consents) that the Company and/or the Employer may deem necessary to obtain from the Participant for the purpose of administering the Participant’s participation in the Plan and the STIP in compliance with the data privacy laws in the Participant’s country, either now or in the future. The Participant understands and agrees that the Participant will not be able to participate in the Plan and the STIP if the Participant fails to provide any such consent or agreement requested by the Company and/or the Employer.
11.      Administration . The authority to construe and interpret this Agreement, the Plan and the STIP, and to administer all aspects of the Plan and the STIP, shall be vested in the Administrator, and the Administrator shall have all powers with respect to this Agreement as are provided in the Plan and the STIP, including but not limited to the sole authority to determine whether and to what degree the Award has vested. Any interpretation of this Agreement by the Administrator and any decision made by it with respect to this Agreement is final and binding.
12.      Superseding Agreement; Successors and Assigns . This Agreement supersedes any statements, representations or agreements of the Company with respect to the grant of the Award or any related rights, and the Participant hereby waives any rights or claims related to any such statements, representations or agreements. Except as may be otherwise provided in the Plan or expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement does not supersede or amend any existing Change in Control Agreement, Inventions, Confidentiality and Nonsolicitation Agreement, Noncompetition Agreement, Severance Agreement, Employment Agreement or any other similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, including, but not limited to, any restrictive covenants contained in such agreements. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective executors, administrators, next-of-kin, successors and assigns.
13.      Governing Law and Venue . Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the STIP or herein, this Agreement shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions of any state, and in accordance with applicable federal laws of the United States. For purposes of litigating any dispute that arises directly or indirectly from the relationship of the parties evidenced by the Award or this Agreement, the parties hereby submit to and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of North Carolina and agree that such litigation shall be conducted only in the courts of Guilford County, North Carolina, or the federal courts of the United States for the Middle District of North Carolina, and no other courts, such jurisdiction being where the Award is made and/or to be performed.
14.      Electronic Delivery and Participation; Acceptance of Agreement . The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver to and obtain Participant’s acceptance of any documents related to the Award by electronic means or request the Participant’s consent to participate in the Plan and the STIP by electronic means. The Participant hereby consents to receive and accept such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, to agree to participate in the Plan and the STIP through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or a third party designated by the Company. The Company reserves the

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right to treat the Award and the Agreement as cancelled, void and of no effect if the Participant fails to return a signed copy of the Agreement within thirty (30) days of receipt.
15.      Language . The Participant acknowledges that the Participant is sufficiently proficient in English to understand the terms of this Agreement. If the Participant has received this Agreement, or any other document related to the Award, the Plan and/or the STIP translated into a language other than English and if the meaning of the translated version is different than the English version, the English version will control.
16.      Appendix . The Award shall be subject to any special terms and conditions for the Participant’s country set forth in the Appendix, if any. If the Participant relocates to one of the countries included in the Appendix during the term of the Award, the special terms and conditions for such country shall apply to him or her to the extent the Company determines that the application of such provisions is necessary or advisable for legal or administrative reasons. The Appendix constitutes part of this Agreement.
17.      Imposition of Other Requirements . The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on the Award and the Shares acquired upon vesting of the Award, to the extent the Company determines it is necessary or advisable for legal or administrative reasons, and to require the Participant to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing.
18.      Amendment; Waiver . Subject to the terms of the Plan, the STIP and this Agreement, this Agreement may be modified or amended only by the written agreement of the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator shall have unilateral authority to amend this Agreement (without Participant consent) to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law or changes to Applicable Law (including but not limited to U.S. federal securities laws and Code Section 409A). The waiver by the Company of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the Participant shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by the Participant.
19.      Notices . Except as may be otherwise provided by the Plan and the STIP, any written notices provided for in this Agreement or the Plan or the STIP shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficiently given if either hand delivered or if sent by fax or overnight courier, or by postage paid first class mail. Notices sent by mail shall be deemed received three (3) business days after mailed but in no event later than the date of actual receipt. Notice may also be provided by electronic submission, if and to the extent permitted by the Administrator. Notices shall be directed, if to the Participant, at the Participant’s address indicated by the Company’s records, or if to the Company, at the Company’s principal office located in Greensboro, NC, attention Corporate Treasurer, Qorvo, Inc.
20.      Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are severable and if any one or more provisions may be determined to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless be binding and enforceable.
21.      Counterparts; Further Instruments . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The parties hereto agree to execute such further instruments and to take such further action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
22.      Right of Offset . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the STIP or this Agreement, the Company may at any time (subject to any Code Section 409A considerations) reduce the amount of any payment or other benefit otherwise payable to or on behalf of the Participant by the amount of any obligation

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of the Participant to or on behalf of the Company or an Affiliate that is or becomes due and payable, and, by entering into this Agreement, the Participant shall be deemed to have consented to such reduction.
23.      Compliance with Recoupment, Ownership and Other Policies or Agreements . As a condition to receiving the Award, the Participant agrees that he or she shall abide by all provisions of any equity retention policy, compensation recovery policy, stock ownership guidelines and/or other similar policies maintained by the Company, each as in effect from time to time and to the extent applicable to the Participant from time to time. In addition, the Participant shall be subject to such compensation recovery, recoupment, forfeiture, or other similar provisions as may apply at any time to the Participant under Applicable Law.
24.      Insider Trading/Market-Abuse Laws . The Participant acknowledges that, depending on the Participant’s or the Participant’s broker’s country or the country in which the Shares are listed, the Participant may be subject to insider trading restrictions and/or market-abuse laws, which may affect the Participant’s ability to accept, acquire, sell or otherwise dispose of Shares, rights to Shares, or rights linked to the value of Shares during such times as the Participant is considered to have “inside information” regarding the Company (as defined by the laws or regulations in the Participant’s country). Local insider trading laws and regulations may prohibit the cancellation or amendment of orders the Participant places before possessing inside information. Furthermore, the Participant could be prohibited from (i) disclosing the inside information to any third party (other than on a “need to know” basis) and (ii) “tipping” third parties or causing them otherwise to buy or sell securities. The Participant understands that third parties include fellow employees.
Any restrictions under these laws or regulations are separate from and in addition to any restrictions that may be imposed under any applicable Company insider-trading policy. The Participant is responsible for complying with any applicable restrictions, and should speak to the Participant’s personal legal advisor for further details regarding any applicable insider-trading and/or market-abuse laws in the Participant’s country.
25.      Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Requirements . The Participant acknowledges that there may be certain foreign asset and/or account reporting requirements which may affect his or her ability to acquire or hold the Shares acquired under the Plan and the STIP or cash received from participating in the Plan and the STIP (including from any dividends paid on the Shares acquired under the Plan and the STIP) in a brokerage or bank account outside his or her country. The Participant may be required to report such accounts, assets or transactions to the tax or other authorities in his or her country. The Participant also may be required to repatriate sale proceeds or other funds received as a result of participating in the Plan and the STIP to his or her country through a designated bank or broker within a certain time after receipt. The Participant acknowledges that it is his or her responsibility to be compliant with such regulations, and the Participant should speak to his or her personal advisor on this matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed on behalf of the Company and by the Participant effective as of the Effective Date stated herein.
Shares Subject to Award:     [_________]
Vesting Date:
100% of the Shares shall vest on the six-month anniversary of the Effective Date, subject to the continued employment or service of the Participant with the Company or an Affiliate through such date, unless otherwise provided in the Agreement.

QORVO, INC.

By:     /s/ Robert A. Bruggeworth
Robert A. Bruggeworth
President and Chief Executive Officer


Attest:

/s/ Jeffrey C. Howland
Jeffrey C. Howland
Secretary

PARTICIPANT

[ACCEPT/DECLINE]

Signature: [_________]
Printed Name: [_________]
Employee ID: [_________]

Date: [_________]

Note: If there are any discrepancies in the printed name shown above, please make the appropriate corrections on this form and return to Treasury Department, Qorvo, Inc., 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421. Please retain a copy of the Agreement for your files.
 

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EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT, AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Robert A. Bruggeworth, certify that:
 
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Qorvo, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 2, 2018
 
 
 
/s/ ROBERT A. BRUGGEWORTH
 
Robert A. Bruggeworth
 
President and Chief Executive Officer




EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR 15d-14(a) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT, AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Mark J. Murphy, certify that:
 
1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Qorvo, Inc.;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
    
Date: August 2, 2018
 
 
 
/s/ MARK J. MURPHY
 
Mark J. Murphy
 
Chief Financial Officer




EXHIBIT 32.1


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Robert A. Bruggeworth, President and Chief Executive Officer of Qorvo, Inc. (the “Company”), certify pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that, to my knowledge:

(1)
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2)
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 
/s/ ROBERT A. BRUGGEWORTH
 
 
     Robert A. Bruggeworth
 
 
     President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
August 2, 2018
 




EXHIBIT 32.2


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Mark J. Murphy, Chief Financial Officer of Qorvo, Inc. (the “Company”), certify pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that, to my knowledge:

(1)
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2)
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 
/s/MARK J. MURPHY
 
 
     Mark J. Murphy
 
 
     Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
August 2, 2018