“Additionally, we continued to advance our GaN initiative, completing Gen4 GaN qualification during the quarter. We now have purchase orders in-house for two strategic basestation OEMs for mainstream LTE frequency bands. Lastly, as we continue to expand our footprint beyond just optoelectronics, and into photonic content with our new 25G Lasers, we believe our Optical growth aspirations remain sustainable over the short, medium and long term.”

Mr. Croteau concluded, “With the close of 2016 we’ve posted three years of unprecedented growth and Non-GAAP profitability. We’ve delivered 32 percent compound annual growth, more than doubling revenue over the past three years. Adjusted gross margin improved 970 basis points over the same period. Most importantly, we’ve expanded non-GAAP earnings by 47 percent compounded annually over that time.”

Business Outlook

For the fiscal first quarter ending December 30, 2016, MACOM expects revenue to be in the range of $150 million to $154 million, adjusted gross margin between 57% and 59%, and adjusted earnings per share to be between $0.54 and $0.58 utilizing a 12% adjusted income tax rate on an anticipated 56.5 million fully diluted shares outstanding.

Conference Call

MACOM will host a conference call on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year 2016 financial results and business outlook. Investors and analysts may join the conference call by dialing 1-877-837-3908 and providing the passcode 96988646.

International callers may join the teleconference by dialing +1-973-872-3000 and entering the same confirmation code at the prompt. A telephone replay of the call will be made available beginning two hours after the call and will remain available for 5 business days. The replay number is 1-855-859-2056 with a passcode of 96988646. International callers should dial +1-404-537-3406 and enter the same passcode at the prompt.

Additionally, this conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by all interested parties in the Investors section of MACOM's website at http://www.macom.com. To listen to the live call, please go to the Investors section of MACOM's website and click on the conference call link at least fifteen minutes prior to the start of the conference call. For those unable to participate during the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call and will remain available for approximately 30 days.

About MACOM

MACOM enables a better-connected and safer world by delivering breakthrough semiconductor technologies for optical, wireless and satellite networks that satisfy society’s insatiable demand for information.

Today, MACOM powers the infrastructure that millions of lives and livelihoods depend on every minute to communicate, transact business, travel, stay informed and be entertained. Our technology increases the speed and coverage of the mobile Internet and enables fiber optic networks to carry previously unimaginable volumes of traffic to businesses, homes and datacenters.

Keeping us all safe, MACOM technology enables next-generation radars for air traffic control and weather forecasting, as well as mission success on the modern networked battlefield.

MACOM is the partner of choice to the world’s leading communications infrastructure, aerospace and defense companies, helping solve their most complex challenges in areas including network capacity, signal coverage, energy efficiency and field reliability, through its best-in-class team and broad portfolio of analog RF, microwave, millimeterwave and photonic semiconductor products.

MACOM is a pillar of the semiconductor industry, thriving for more than 60 years of daring to change the world for the better, through bold technological strokes that deliver true competitive advantage to customers and superior value to investors.

Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard. MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

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Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and our commentary in our conference call held today each contain forward-looking statements based on MACOM management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements include, among others, information concerning our stated business outlook and future results of operations, our expectations to ramp up volume GaN base station production programs beginning in the first half of fiscal year 2017, our expectations concerning our high performance MMIC products, growth in our A&D or Multi-Market businesses in 2017, the results of our GaN base station initiative, the sustainability of our optical growth aspirations, the expected outcome of our ongoing litigation against Infineon and any other statements regarding future trends, business strategies, competitive position, industry conditions, acquisitions and market opportunities. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and generally may be identified by terms such as "anticipates," "believes," "could," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "potential," "predicts," "projects," "seeks," "should," "will," "would" or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.