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Vicor Reports Continued Commitment to its Strategy and Organizational Changes

February 20, 2013 by Jeff Shepard

Earlier today, Vicor Corporation provided an update on its expected results for the fourth quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013. On November 26, 2012, the Company stated it expected to report fourth quarter fully diluted earnings at an essentially break-even level. The Company now expects to record a substantial after tax loss, primarily as a result of certain charges recorded for the fourth quarter. Financial results for the three and 12 months ended December 31, 2012, will be released over Marketwire at the close of the NASDAQ Market Session on February 26, 2013.

Commenting on the fourth quarter, James A. Simms, Chief Financial Officer stated, "Our earlier expectations of essentially break-even results for the fourth quarter assumed an operating loss would be offset by the previously disclosed gain on the settlement of certain insurance litigation. Our actual operating loss was larger than forecast, and we also recorded several large non-cash charges, including the impairment of goodwill, an increase in reserves for certain inventories of raw materials and components, and a reduction in the carrying value of certain deferred tax assets. Accordingly, we anticipate Vicor will report for the fourth quarter an after tax loss, on a per share basis, of approximately ($0.12) per share. Our final results will be disclosed on February 26th."

Addressing near-term performance, Dr. Patrizio Vinciarelli, Chief Executive Officer stated, "For the fourth quarter, our consolidated bookings declined 27%. We are therefore expecting to record first quarter revenue and earnings sequentially lower than the fourth quarter. Reflecting our near-term demand expectations, we undertook a reduction in force on February 12th, and are monitoring production activity closely, with furloughs of manufacturing personnel within our Brick Business Unit and our VI Chip subsidiary continuing on an as-needed basis.

“As I stated in November, we believe our financial performance may not improve until after new products in which we have made considerable investment begin to contribute to our revenues and earnings. We began introducing these products in 2011, and will have additional new product introductions throughout 2013. Anticipating that these products will have more favorable performance and cost attributes, we remain committed to our strategy and the organizational changes we have made to support this strategy, Dr. Vinciarelli concluded."