Wolfspeed
Investor Presentation
July 14, 2016
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US$ 850m
Transaction type:
Financing:
Signing date:
2016-07-14
Revenues of US$ 173m in the twelve months ending March 27, 2016
Outlook:
Revenue CAGR of ~20% and gross margin* of ~55% expected going forward
Market position:
Power: #1 in SiC
RF power: #2 in GaN-on-SiC
Profile:
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Margin and adjusted EPS accretive from day 1
Expected Gross Margin*:
55%
20%
Strategic Fit
Become #1 in RF power
Create #1 in SiC power; further strengthen
automotive & industrial; accelerate SiC
adoption; expand power semi-market beyond Si
*According to US GAAP, excluding effects from purchase price accounting
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10 times faster
download
~25 times
shorter latency
1000 times
higher data
volume
The promise of 5G
5G
10 .. 100 times
more connected
devices
5G redefines
automotive connectivity
manufacturing concepts (Industry 4.0)
transportation systems
energy networks
healthcare monitoring
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~80 GHz
Available: today
Available: tomorrow
Available: today
highest performance
GaN-on-SiC
100 W
GaN-on-Si
10 W
LDMOS (Si)
1W
SiGe-BiCMOS
SiGe
Mobile Comm
1 GHz
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RF-CMOS
10 GHz
100 GHz
frequency [log scale]
GaN-on-Si
Competitive position
#3 in RF power*(Si-LDMOS)
GaN-on-Si in development
Superior package
know-how
System/application
know-how
Prime access to global base
station customers
Acquired business
Infineon in future
GaN-on-SiC
RF power
#2 in GaN-onSiC*
Most
comprehensive
portfolio
Sole vertically
integrated
vendor
SiC substrate
wafer
production
Costperformance
leader in GaN
RF components
Optimization
across
substrate,
component &
system
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IFX:
#1
#3
GaN-based products:
CAGR(15-25): +22%
1200
1000
800
110
112
+18%
600
+33%
260
+8%
400
746
460
380
530
200
280
0
2015
Si (LDMOS)
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2020
GaN-on-SiC
2025
GaN-on-Si
Today:
2018:
2020/21:
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other
(e.g. resistor,
capacitor, etc.)
semiconductor
Si-based solution
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other
Si IGBT reference
semiconductor
SiC-based solution
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Pout [W]
10M
SiC
1M
Central PV*
pile
100k
OBC**
String PV*
10k
Silicon
1k
1k
GaN
Remains
mainstream
technology
10k
100k
1M
10M
fsw [Hz]
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Competitive position
Si
SiC
GaN-on-Si
#2 in
SiC*
Trench
MOSFET
Acquired
business
Infineon
in future
SiC
Power
#1 in SiC*
Planar
MOSFET
Vertically
integrated
Substrate
business
Stronger
leadership in
power semis
Costperformance
leadership
in all technologies
Vertically
integrated in
SiC, allowing
optimization
from system
to substrate
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Lower system cost triggers faster introduction of SiC-based components in earlyadopter markets and creates additional semiconductor opportunity
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Smaller form-factor
14
12
CAGR16-21
10
30%
Smaller form-factor
6
4
2
0
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
*Source: IHS, Alternative Propulsion Forecast, Jan 2016 (includes BEV, PHEV, HEV, mild-hybrids)
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[US$ m]
1600
1400
CAGR2015-2020:
+20%
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
tipping points
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
PV* inverter
drives
xEV charging
infrastructure
xEV onboard
charger
xEV main
inverter
Source: IHS, SiC & GaN Power Semiconductor Report 2016, 2016
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* PV = photovoltaic
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55%
20%
20
[EUR m]
1,803
1,776
1,685
2,428
gross cash
debt
27
gross cash
debt
net cash
net debt
-743
21
500
new debt
$350
300
$250
200
$350
$250
$235
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Eurobond
Sep 2018
3-year
$-term
loan
4-year
-term
loan
5-year
$-term
loan
Eurobond
Mar 2022
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025
8-year
USPP
Notes
Apr 2024
2026
10-year
USPP
Notes
Apr 2026
2027
2028
12-year
USPP
Notes
Apr 2028
Note: In addition other debt with maturities between 2017 and 2023 totaling 149m.
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