MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, July 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ: CAMT; TASE: CAMT), today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2016.

Highlights of the Second Quarter 2016

• Revenues of $27.3 million, up 7% year over year;
• Non-GAAP gross margin of 46.8%; GAAP gross margin of 46.7%
• Non-GAAP operating income of $1.9 million; GAAP operating income of $1.7 million;
• Non-GAAP net income of $1.5 million; GAAP net income of $1.3 million;
• Expecting continued growth driven by Semiconductor Advance packaging applications.Q3 revenue guidance of $27.5 to $29 million.

Rafi Amit, Camtek's Chairman and CEO, commented, "We are very pleased with our results, reporting revenues of over $27 million, which was ahead of our guidance. We also demonstrated solid gross and operating margins, leading to our strong profitability this quarter. This was driven by our performance in the semiconductor business. Advanced packaging continues to grow and capture a larger portion of the capital expenditure made by major manufacturers. Camtek is in a very strong position to continue to capitalize on this."

Added Mr. Amit, "For the third quarter, we expect continued revenue growth, reaching a level of between $27.5- $29 million. This is in line with our positive outlook for the rest of the year, particularly in the back-end semiconductor space. As we stated back in February, we are targeting year on year double-digit growth in our semiconductor business."

Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results

Revenues for the second quarter of 2016 were $27.8 million. This compares to second quarter 2015 revenues of $25.4 million, a growth of 7% and prior quarter revenues of $24.5 million, an increase of 12%.

Gross profit on a GAAP basis in the quarter totaled $12.7 million (46.7% of revenues), compared to $10.9 million (42.7% of revenues) in the second quarter 2015 and $10.3 million in the prior quarter (42.2% of revenues).The improved gross margin is due to the increase in revenue and favorable product mix.

Gross profit on a non-GAAP basis in the quarter totaled $12.8 million (46.8% of revenues), compared to $10.9 million (42.7% of revenues) in the second quarter 2015 and $10.3 million in the prior quarter (42.3% of revenues).

Operating profit on a GAAP basis in the quarter totaled $1.7 million (6.4% of revenues), compared to $1.1 million (4.5% of revenues) in the second quarter 2015 and an operating profit of $372 thousand in the prior quarter.

Operating profit on a non-GAAP basis in the quarter totaled $1.9 million (6.8% of revenues), compared to $1.2 million (4.5% of revenues) in the second quarter 2015 and $452 thousand in the prior quarter (1.8% of revenues).

Net income on a GAAP basis in the quarter totaled $1.3 million, or $0.04 per diluted share. This compares to net income of $647 thousand, or $0.02 per diluted share, in the second quarter 2015 and a net income of $24 thousand, or $0.00 per share, in the prior quarter.

Net income on a non-GAAP basis in the quarter totaled $1.5 million, or $0.04 per diluted share. This compares to net income of $825 thousand, or $0.03 per diluted share, in the second quarter 2015 and a net income of $194 thousand, or $0.01 per diluted share, in the prior quarter.

Cash, cash equivalents, short and long-term restricted deposits, as of June 30, 2016 were $31.8 million compared to $38.7 million as of December 31, 2015. The Company reported a negative operating cash flow of $1.6 million during the quarter.

Conference Call

Camtek will host a conference call today, Thursday, July 21, 2016, at 10:00 am ET.

Rafi Amit, Chairman and CEO, and Moshe Eisenberg, CFO, will host the call and will be available to answer questions after presenting the results. To participate, please call one of the following telephone numbers a few minutes before the start of the call.

US: 1 888 668 9141 at 10:00 am Eastern TimeIsrael: 03 918 0685 at 5:00 pm Israel TimeInternational: +972 3 918 0685

For those unable to participate, the teleconference will be available for replay on Camtek's website at http://www.camtek.com beginning 24 hours after the call.

ABOUT CAMTEK LTD.

Camtek Ltd. provides automated and technologically advanced solutions dedicated to enhancing production processes, increasing products yield and reliability, enabling and supporting customers' latest technologies in the Semiconductors, Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) and IC Substrates industries.

Camtek addresses the specific needs of these interconnected industries with dedicated solutions based on a wide and advanced platform of technologies including intelligent imaging, image processing and functional 3D inkjet printing.

This press release is available at www.camtek.com .

This press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future performance of the Company. These statements are only predictions and may change as time passes. We do not assume any obligation to update that information. Actual events or results may differ materially from those projected, including as a result of changing industry and market trends, reduced demand for our products, the timely development of our new products and their adoption by the market, increased competition in the industry, intellectual property litigation, price reductions as well as due to risks identified in the documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

Use of non-GAAP Measures

This press release provides financial measures that exclude certain items such as: (i) revaluation of liabilities with respect to the acquisition of Printar; and (ii) share based compensation expenses, and are therefore not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Management believes that these Non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance. The presentation of this non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. Management uses both GAAP and non-GAAP measures when evaluating the business internally and therefore felt it is important to make these non-GAAP adjustments available to investors. A reconciliation between the GAAP and non-GAAP results appears in the tables at the end of this press release.

Consolidated Balance Sheets(In thousands)

Consolidated Statements of Operations(in thousands, except share data)

Camtek Ltd. Reconciliation of GAAP To Non-GAAP results(In thousands, except share data)

(1) During the three and the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, the Company recorded acquisition expenses of $0.1 million, $0.2 million, $0.1 million, $0.3 million and $0.8 million, respectively, consisting of: (1) Revaluation adjustments of $0.1 million, $0.2 million, $0.1 million, $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively, of contingent consideration and certain future liabilities recorded at fair value. These amounts are recorded under finance expenses line item; (2) Implication of re-organization and impairment charges of $0, $0, $0, $0 and $0.1 million, respectively.

(2) During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company recorded inventory write downs in the amount of $1.0 million, recorded under cost of revenues line item.

(3) During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company recorded a provision of $14.6 million ($13.3 million net of tax) in conjunction with the final court ruling on February 3, 2016 in Camtek's appeal in the patent infringement case of Rudolph Technologies Inc. regarding the Falcon system.

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