• Revenue of $130.8 million
• GAAP earnings of $0.40 per diluted share
• Non-GAAP earnings of $0.51 per diluted share
• Ended quarter with $199.0 million in cash and marketable securities

“Near record sales to semiconductor applications drove our strong profitability and cash generation in the third quarter,” said Yuval Wasserman, President and CEO of Advanced Energy. “We expect the fourth quarter slowdown in the semiconductor capital equipment market to be slightly offset by sales to our industrial applications. With the wind down of the inverter business nearly complete, we are excited at the opportunities ahead for our industry-leading technology in an expanding number of Precision Power applications.”

Results Excluding the Inverter Business

Excluding the inverter business, sales were $107.9 million in the third quarter of 2015, above the second quarter’s sales of $104.6 million and up 18.3% from $91.2 million in the third quarter of 2014. Sales to the semiconductor market increased sequentially, while industrial sales were roughly flat.

Non-GAAP operating income for the business excluding inverters was $32.4 million, or 30.1% of sales.

Inverters

Closing out the third quarter, inverter sales were $22.9 million, down from $32.2 million in the second quarter, and down 55.8% from $52.0 million in the third quarter of 2014.

Non-GAAP operating loss for Inverters was $7.5 million.

Restructuring and Tax Charges

During the quarter, the company incurred $13.2 million in charges related to the wind down of the inverter business that was announced on June 29, 2015. These include:

• Restructuring charges of $13.9 million consisting of $8.0 million for contract settlement costs, $5.6 million for severance and related costs and $0.3 million for facility closure costs;
• An inventory write-down of $3.4 million that is included in cost of sales; and
• Recovery of previously impaired accounts receivable of $4.1 million that is included in Selling, General and Administrative.
• The remainder of the restructuring plan is expected to be substantially complete by year end. Total year restructuring, tax and other charges related to the wind down are anticipated to be within the expected range of $260 million to $290 million. Cash costs for the wind down are expected to be $20 million to $30 million in 2015. The total year 2015 GAAP tax expense is currently anticipated to range from zero to a slight tax benefit.

Net Income (Loss)

Net income for the third quarter of 2015 was $16.4 million or $0.40 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $232.5 million or $5.68 per diluted share in the second quarter, and net income of $12.3 million or $0.30 per diluted share in the third quarter 2014.

On a non-GAAP basis, adjusted net income for this quarter was $21.1 million or $0.51 per diluted share as compared to $17.7 million or $0.43 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2015, and $16.9 million or $0.42 per diluted share in the same period last year.

Fourth Quarter 2015 Guidance                           

Based on the company’s current view, guidance for the fourth quarter of 2015 is within the following ranges:
               

*Non-GAAP Operating Income excludes restructuring charges, stock based compensation, amortization of intangibles and tax release items.

Third Quarter 2015 Conference Call

Management will host a conference call tomorrow morning, Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss Advanced Energy's financial results. Domestic callers may access this conference call by dialing 855-232-8958. International callers may access the call by dialing 315-625-6980. Participants will need to provide the operator with the Conference ID Number 51521886, which has been reserved for this call. For a replay of this teleconference, please call 855-859-2056 or 404-537-3406 and enter Conference ID Number 51521886. The replay will be available for one week following the conference call. A webcast will also be available on the Investor Relations web page athttp://ir.advanced-energy.com.

About Advanced Energy

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq:AEIS) is a global leader in innovative power and control technologies for high-growth, precision power solutions for thin films processes and industrial applications. Advanced Energy is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, with dedicated support and service locations around the world. For more information, go towww.advanced-energy.com.

This release includes GAAP and non-GAAP income and per-share earnings data. Advanced Energy’s non-GAAP measures exclude restructuring charges, acquisition-related costs, stock based compensation and amortization of intangibles and tax release items. For the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2015 guidance, the company expects stock based compensation of $0.8 million, amortization of intangibles of $1.1 million and restructuring charges ranging between $15 million and $20 million in the inverter business as the company continues to wind down the segment. The non-GAAP measures included in this release are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, similar measures calculated under generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Advanced Energy believes that these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, the company believes that these non-GAAP measures, in combination with its financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP, provide investors with additional perspective. Management uses these non-GAAP measures to evaluate business performance and for planning purposes. While some of the excluded items may be incurred and reflected in the company’s GAAP financial results in the foreseeable future, the company believes that the items excluded from certain non-GAAP measures do not accurately reflect the underlying performance of its continuing operations for the period in which they are incurred. The use of non-GAAP measures has limitations in that such measures do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the company’s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP, and these measures should only be used to evaluate the company’s results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.

Please refer to the Form 8-K regarding this release furnished today to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Forward-Looking Statements

The company’s guidance with respect to anticipated financial results for the fourth quarter and year ending December 31, 2015, estimates of future costs related to the inverter business, estimates regarding the timing of completion of the wind-down of the inverter business, expectations regarding future market trends and the company’s future performance within specific markets and other statements that are not historical information are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (a) the effects of global macroeconomic conditions upon demand for our products; (b) the volatility and cyclicality of the industries the company serves, particularly the semiconductor industry; (c) the delays of renewable energy projects; (d) expected decreases in customer orders and sales and potential disruptions in operations, supplier relationships and employee relations given the decision to wind down the Solar Inverter business; (e) the company's ability to identify and execute upon a sale of the assets or license of intellectual property (if any) of the inverter business; (f) unanticipated developments that may prevent or delay wind down or sale activities; (g) the company's ability to realize on its plan to avoid costs as it winds down the Solar Inverter business; (h) the accuracy of the company's estimates and assumptions on which its financial statement projections are based, including estimates and assumptions related to the wind down of the Solar Inverter business; (i) the impact of price changes resulting from a variety of factors; (j) the timing of orders received from customers; (k) the company’s ability to realize benefits from cost improvement efforts including avoided costs, restructuring plans and inorganic growth; (l) the company’s ability to obtain materials and manufacture products; and (m) unanticipated changes to management's estimates, reserves or allowances. These and other risks are described in Advanced Energy's Form 10-K, Forms 10-Q and other reports and statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). These reports and statements are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies may also be obtained from Advanced Energy's investor relations page athttp://ir.advanced-energy.com or by contacting Advanced Energy's investor relations at 970-407-6555. Forward-looking statements are made and based on information available to the company on the date of this press release. Aspirational goals and targets discussed on the conference call or in the presentation materials should not be interpreted in any respect as guidance. The company assumes no obligation to update the information in this press release.

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Based on the decision by the Company to exit the inverter segment in a wind-down of operations commencing effective June 29, 2015 we have ceased allocating corporate overhead to the inverter segment as of that date. These costs include allocated costs which have historically been shared between the inverter segment and the precision power segment but which going forward will burden solely our single reporting segment, the precision power business. For comparability to assist the reader with understanding how our results would have been reported had we not had the inverter segment we have prepared the following Non-GAAP presentation. The following non-GAAP tables present historical comparative periods presented on a consistent basis with this forward looking presentation approach with respect to internal costs. We have eliminated from the historical GAAP segment presentation for inverters the corporate overhead expenses previously allocated to inverters and these costs have been reflected as burdening the Precision Power segment (reflected below in the column "Non-GAAP results excluding inverter amounts").