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VIAVI Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Results

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CHANDLER, Ariz., April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) today reported results for its fiscal third quarter ended March 28, 2026 with the following highlights.

Third Quarter

Net revenue of $406.8 million, up $122.0 million or 42.8% year-over-yearGAAP operating margin of 6.1%, up 310 bps year-over-yearNon-GAAP operating margin of 21.0%, up 430 bps year-over-yearGAAP net income of $6.4 million, down $13.1 million or 67.2% year-over-yearNon-GAAP net income of $67.6 million, up $33.7 million or 99.4% year-over-year GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.03, down $0.06 or 66.7% year-over-yearNon-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.27, up $0.12 or 80.0% year-over-year

“VIAVI’s financial performance for the third quarter has exceeded our expectations, driven by strong growth in the data center and aerospace and defense end markets. We expect these end markets to continue to be strong drivers for the foreseeable future,” said Oleg Khaykin, VIAVI’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

Financial Overview:

The tables below (in millions, except percentage and per share data) provide comparisons of quarterly results to prior periods, including sequential quarterly and year-over-year changes. A full reconciliation between the GAAP and non-GAAP measures included in the tables is contained in this release under the section titled “Use of Non-GAAP (Adjusted) Financial Measures.”

Fiscal Third Quarter Ended March 28, 2026

GAAP Results

Q3

Q2

Q3

Change

FY 2026

FY 2026

FY 2025

Q/Q

Y/Y

Net revenue

$      406.8

$      369.3

$      284.8

10.2 %

42.8 %

Gross margin

57.5 %

57.0 %

56.4 %

50 bps

110 bps

Operating margin

6.1 %

3.1 %

3.0 %

300 bps

310 bps

Income from operations

$       24.8

$       11.4

$         8.5

117.5 %

191.8 %

Net income (loss) per share

0.03

(0.21)

0.09

114.3 %

(66.7) %

Non-GAAP Results

Q3

Q2

Q3

Change

FY 2026

FY 2026

FY 2025

Q/Q

Y/Y

Gross margin

62.2 %

61.8 %

60.0 %

40 bps

220 bps

Operating margin

21.0 %

19.3 %

16.7 %

170 bps

430 bps

Income from operations

$       85.5

$       71.4

$       47.7

19.7 %

79.2 %

Earnings per share

0.27

0.22

0.15

22.7 %

80.0 %

Net Revenue by Segment

Q3

Q2

Q3

Change

FY 2026

FY 2026

FY 2025

Q/Q

Y/Y

Network and Service Enablement

$        321.5

$        291.5

$        208.2

10.3 %

54.4 %

Optical Security and Performance Products

85.3

77.8

76.6

9.6 %

11.4 %

Total

$        406.8

$        369.3

$        284.8

10.2 %

42.8 %

 

Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA customers represented 44.9%, 31.5% and 23.6%, respectively, of total net revenue for the quarter ended March 28, 2026.As of March 28, 2026, the Company held $508.0 million in total cash, short-term investments and short-term restricted cash.As of March 28, 2026, the Company had $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 0.625% Senior Convertible Notes, $400 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% Senior Notes and $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of Term Loan B with a total net carrying value of $1,080.8 million.During the fiscal quarter ended March 28, 2026, the Company used $26.3 million of cash in operating activities. This is primarily due to a portion of the contingent consideration payment classified as an operating outflow.

Business Outlook for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2026

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 ending June 27, 2026, the Company expects net revenue to be between $427 million to $437 million and non-GAAP EPS to be between $0.29 to $0.31.

With respect to our expectations above, the Company has not reconciled GAAP net income (loss) per share to non-GAAP EPS in this press release because it is unable to provide a meaningful or accurate estimate of certain reconciling items described in the “Use of Non-GAAP (Adjusted) Financial Measures” section below and the information is not available without unreasonable effort as a result of the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing and/or amounts of certain items, including certain charges related to restructuring, acquisition, integration and related charges. In addition, the Company believes such reconciliations would imply a degree of precision that may be confusing or misleading to investors.

Conference Call

The Company will discuss these results and other related matters at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time on April 29, 2026 in a live webcast, which will also be archived for replay on the Company’s website at https://investor.viavisolutions.com. The Company will post supplementary slides outlining the Company’s latest financial results on https://investor.viavisolutions.com under the “Quarterly Results” section concurrently with this earnings press release. This press release is being furnished as a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and will be available at www.sec.gov.

About VIAVI Solutions

VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAVI) is a global leader in test and measurement and optical technologies. Our test, monitoring, assurance, and resilient position, navigation and timing solutions enable and secure critical infrastructure ranging from data center ecosystems and communication networks to military, aerospace, railway and first responder communications. In addition, we develop and advance technologies used in high-volume optical applications across anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, aerospace, industrial and automotive end markets.

Learn more about VIAVI at www.viavisolutions.com. Follow us on VIAVI Perspectives, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains 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. These statements include any expectation, anticipation or guidance as to future financial performance, including future revenue, gross margin, operating expense, operating margin, profitability targets, cash flow and other financial metrics, as well as the impact and duration of certain trends and market position and conditions, including market stabilization and recovery. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. In particular, the Company’s ability to predict future financial performance continues to be difficult due to, among other things: (a) continuing general limited visibility across many of our product lines; (b) quarter-over-quarter product mix fluctuations, which can materially impact profitability measures due to the broad gross margin ranges across our portfolio; (c) consolidations in our industry and customer base; (d) competitive pressures; (e) unforeseen changes or deceleration in the demand for current and new products, technologies, services, delays or unforeseen events in the roll-out of new industry platforms or evolving technology such as 3D sensing and customer purchasing delays due to macroeconomic conditions, tightening of expenditures or as they assess or transition to such new technologies and/or architectures, all of which limit near-term demand visibility, and could negatively impact potential revenue; (f) continued decline of average selling prices across our businesses; (g) notable seasonality and a significant level of in-quarter book-and-ship business; (h) various product and manufacturing transfers, site consolidations, product discontinuances and restructuring and workforce reduction plans, including the number of employees impacted by a restructuring plan, the estimated expenses the Company will recognize, the timing of these payments and expenses, and anticipated cost savings associated with such plans; (i) challenges in execution of business strategy; (j) financial projections and expectations, including profitability of certain business units, synergies, benefits and other matters related to the acquisition of the high-speed ethernet, network security and channel emulation testing business of Spirent Communications plc; (k) challenges integrating the businesses the Company has acquired and realizing all of the expected benefits and savings; (l) supply chain and materials constraints and the ability of our suppliers and contract manufacturers to meet production and delivery requirements to our forecasted demand; (m) potential disruptions or delays to our manufacturing and operations due to climate conditions and natural disasters in the regions where we operate, such as wildfires, drought conditions and related water shortages in Arizona, as well as wildfires in Northern California and related blackouts and power outages in that region; (n) the uncertain and ongoing impact to our supply chain of geopolitical tensions, such as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the instability in the Middle East, evolving global trade and tariff negotiations and the uncertain tariff landscape, sanctions and other trade measures imposed by domestic and foreign governments, adverse actions and escalating tensions with foreign governments, including China, and the possibility of escalation of “trade wars,” cyber-attacks, and retaliatory measures; (o) the impact of infectious disease outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics on our financial results, revenues, customer demand, business operations and manufacturing and on the business operations of our customers, contract manufacturers and suppliers; and (p) inherent uncertainty related to global markets, including inflationary pressures, recessions, tightening monetary policy and liquidity, and the effect of such markets on demand for our products. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. For more information on the risks and uncertainties associated with the Company’s business, please refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” sections of the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date thereof and the Company assumes no obligation to update such statements. We have not filed our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 28, 2026. As a result, all financial results described in this earnings release should be considered preliminary, and are subject to change to reflect any necessary adjustments or changes in accounting estimates, that are identified prior to the time we file the Form 10-Q.

Contact Information

Investors:
Vibhuti Nayar
408-404-6305
vibhuti.nayar@viavisolutions.com

Press:
Amit Malhotra
202-341-8624
amit.malhotra@viavisolutions.com

The following financial tables are presented in accordance with GAAP, unless otherwise specified.

-SELECTED PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL DATA –

 

VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in millions, except per share data)

(unaudited)

PRELIMINARY

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

March 28, 2026

March 29, 2025

March 28, 2026

March 29, 2025

Net revenue

$          406.8

$          284.8

$        1,075.2

$          793.8

Cost of revenues

159.7

118.0

429.1

323.5

Amortization of acquired technologies

13.0

6.1

32.4

12.7

Gross profit

234.1

160.7

613.7

457.6

Operating expenses:

Research and development

71.0

50.0

192.9

151.5

Selling, general and administrative

113.6

101.3

344.9

259.7

Amortization of other intangibles

7.4

1.2

15.2

3.3

Restructuring and related charges (benefits)

17.3

(0.3)

16.9

0.9

Total operating expenses

209.3

152.2

569.9

415.4

Income from operations

24.8

8.5

43.8

42.2

Interest and other income (expense), net

3.3

2.2

(34.0)

9.3

Interest expense

(14.3)

(7.5)

(37.0)

(22.5)

 Income (loss) before income taxes and equity investment earnings

13.8

3.2

(27.2)

29.0

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

7.4

(16.3)

36.1

2.2

Equity investment earnings

—

—

0.2

—

Net income (loss)

$             6.4

$            19.5

$          (63.1)

$            26.8

Net income (loss) per share:

Basic

$            0.03

$            0.09

$          (0.28)

$            0.12

Diluted

$            0.03

$            0.09

$          (0.28)

$            0.12

Shares used in per share calculations:

Basic

232.0

222.6

226.2

222.2

Diluted

249.5

226.9

226.2

225.2

The preliminary financial statements are estimated based on our current information.

 

VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in millions, unaudited)

PRELIMINARY

March 28, 2026

June 28, 2025

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$                499.0

$                423.6

Short-term investments

1.8

1.7

Restricted cash

7.2

3.7

Accounts receivable, net

320.3

261.0

Inventories, net

147.9

117.9

Prepayments and other current assets

77.5

77.3

Total current assets

1,053.7

885.2

Property, plant and equipment, net

222.5

231.9

Goodwill, net

701.8

595.7

Intangibles, net

398.0

131.6

Deferred income taxes

79.7

87.2

Other non-current assets

72.1

62.2

Total assets

$              2,527.8

$              1,993.8

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$                 81.7

$                 68.8

Accrued payroll and related expenses

72.8

63.6

Deferred revenue

85.2

74.1

Accrued expenses

27.8

28.7

Short-term debt

244.5

246.2

Other current liabilities

140.5

108.3

Total current liabilities

652.5

589.7

Long-term debt

836.3

396.3

Other non-current liabilities

192.5

227.6

Total liabilities

1,681.3

1,213.6

Total stockholders’ equity

846.5

780.2

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$              2,527.8

$              1,993.8

The preliminary financial statements are estimated based on our current information.

 

VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.

REPORTABLE SEGMENT INFORMATION

(in millions, unaudited)

PRELIMINARY

Three Months Ended March 28, 2026

Network and
Service
Enablement

Optical Security
and Performance
Products

Other Items (1)

Consolidated
GAAP Measures

Net revenue

$      321.5

$       85.3

$            —

$      406.8

Gross profit

$      210.0

$       42.9

$        (18.8)

$      234.1

Gross margin

65.3 %

50.3 %

57.5 %

Operating income

$       55.4

$       30.1

$        (60.7)

$       24.8

Operating margin

17.2 %

35.3 %

6.1 %

Three Months Ended March 29, 2025

Network and
Service
Enablement

Optical Security
and Performance
Products

Other Items (1)

Consolidated
GAAP Measures

Net revenue

$      208.2

$       76.6

$            —

$      284.8

Gross profit

$      131.3

$       39.5

$        (10.1)

$      160.7

Gross margin

63.1 %

51.6 %

56.4 %

Operating income

$       21.7

$       26.0

$        (39.2)

$         8.5

Operating margin

10.4 %

33.9 %

3.0 %

Nine Months Ended March 28, 2026

Network and
Service
Enablement

Optical Security
and Performance
Products

Other Items (1)

Consolidated
GAAP Measures

Net revenue

$     829.0

$     246.2

$           —

$   1,075.2

Gross profit

$     534.7

$     125.9

$        (46.9)

$     613.7

Gross margin

64.5 %

51.1 %

57.1 %

Operating income

$     117.1

$       86.9

$       (160.2)

$       43.8

Operating margin

14.1 %

35.3 %

4.1 %

Nine Months Ended March 29, 2025

Network and
Service
Enablement

Optical Security
and Performance
Products

Other Items (1)

Consolidated
GAAP Measures

Net revenue

$     567.5

$     226.3

$           —

$     793.8

Gross profit

$     357.9

$     119.0

$        (19.3)

$     457.6

Gross margin

63.1 %

52.6 %

57.6 %

Operating income

$       31.8

$       80.2

$        (69.8)

$       42.2

Operating margin

5.6 %

35.4 %

5.3 %

(1) See Reconciliation of GAAP Measures from Continuing Operations to Non-GAAP Measures below for details of Other Items.

The preliminary financial schedules are estimated based on our current information.

Use of Non-GAAP (Adjusted) Financial Measures

The Company provides non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS financial measures as supplemental information regarding the Company’s operational performance and believes providing this additional information allows investors to see Company results through the eyes of management, to evaluate more clearly and consistently the Company’s core operational performance and expenses and evaluate the efficacy of the methodology used by management to measure such performance. The Company uses the measures disclosed in this release to evaluate the Company’s historical and prospective financial performance, as well as its performance relative to its competitors. Specifically, management uses these items to further its own understanding of the Company’s core operating performance, which the Company believes represents its performance in the ordinary, ongoing and customary course of its operations. Accordingly, management excludes from core operating performance items such as those relating to certain purchase price accounting adjustments, amortization of acquisition related intangibles, amortization expense related to acquisition related inventory step-up, stock-based compensation, legal settlements, restructuring, changes in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities, certain investing and acquisition related expenses and other activities and income tax expenses or benefits that management believes are not reflective of such ordinary, ongoing and core operating activities. The non-GAAP adjustments are outlined below. 

Cost of revenues, costs of research and development and costs of selling, general and administrative: The Company’s GAAP presentation of gross margin and operating expenses may include (i) additional depreciation and amortization from changes in estimated useful life and the write-down of certain property, plant and equipment and intangibles, (ii) charges such as severance, benefits and outplacement costs related to restructuring plans with a specific and defined term, (iii) costs for facilities not required for ongoing operations, and costs related to the relocation of certain equipment from these facilities and/or contract manufacturer facilities, (iv) stock-based compensation, (v) amortization expense related to acquired intangibles, (vi) amortization expense related to acquisition related inventory step-up, (vii) changes in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities, (viii) acquisition related transaction and integration costs related to acquired entities, (ix) significant legal settlements and other contingencies and (x) other charges unrelated to our core operating performance comprised mainly of other costs and contingencies unrelated to current and future operations, including transformational initiatives such as the implementation of simplified automated processes, site consolidations, and reorganizations. The Company excludes these items in calculating non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS.

Non-cash interest expense and other expense: The Company excludes certain expenses, including loss on debt extinguishment, accretion of debt discount, and other non-cash activities that management believes are not reflective of such ordinary, ongoing and core operating activities, when calculating non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS.

Income tax expense or benefit: The Company excludes certain non-cash tax expense or benefit items, such as (i) the utilization of net operating losses (NOLs) where valuation allowances were released, (ii) intra-period tax allocation benefit and (iii) the tax effect for amortization of non-tax deductible intangible assets, in calculating non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS.

Non-GAAP financial measures are not in accordance with, preferable to, or an alternative for, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to non-GAAP operating income is operating income. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to non-GAAP operating margin is operating margin. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to non-GAAP net income is net income. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to non-GAAP EPS is earnings per share.

VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP MEASURES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

TO NON-GAAP MEASURES

(in millions, except per share data)

(unaudited)

PRELIMINARY

The following tables reconcile GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures:

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

March 28, 2026

March 29, 2025

March 28, 2026

March 29, 2025

Gross
Profit

Gross
Margin

Gross
Profit

Gross
Margin

Gross
Profit

Gross
Margin

Gross
Profit

Gross
Margin

GAAP measures

$   234.1

57.5 %

$   160.7

56.4 %

$   613.7

57.1 %

$   457.6

57.6 %

Stock-based compensation

1.1

0.3 %

2.0

0.7 %

3.2

0.3 %

4.5

0.6 %

Other charges unrelated to core operating performance (1)

3.8

1.0 %

0.3

0.1 %

5.2

0.5 %

0.4

0.1 %

Amortization of acquisition related inventory step-up

0.9

0.2 %

1.7

0.6 %

6.1

0.5 %

1.7

0.2 %

Amortization of intangibles

13.0

3.2 %

6.1

2.2 %

32.4

3.0 %

12.7

1.6 %

Total related to Cost of Revenues

18.8

4.7 %

10.1

3.6 %

46.9

4.3 %

19.3

2.5 %

Non-GAAP measures

$   252.9

62.2 %

$   170.8

60.0 %

$   660.6

61.4 %

$   476.9

60.1 %

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

March 28, 2026

March 29, 2025

March 28, 2026

March 29, 2025

Operating
Income

Operating
Margin

Operating
 Income

Operating
Margin

Operating
Income

Operating
Margin

Operating
Income

Operating
Margin

GAAP measures

$    24.8

6.1 %

$     8.5

3.0 %

$    43.8

4.1 %

$    42.2

5.3 %

Stock-based compensation

13.9

3.4 %

14.1

4.9 %

41.2

3.8 %

40.5

5.1 %

Change in fair value of contingent liability

2.6

0.6 %

2.5

0.9 %

24.3

2.3 %

(4.9)

(0.6) %

Acquisition and integration related charges

0.7

0.2 %

13.3

4.7 %

12.4

1.1 %

16.7

2.1 %

Other charges unrelated to core operating performance (2)

4.9

1.2 %

0.6

0.2 %

11.7

1.1 %

0.2

— %

Amortization of acquisition related inventory step-up

0.9

0.2 %

1.7

0.6 %

6.1

0.6 %

1.7

0.2 %

Amortization of intangibles

20.4

5.0 %

7.3

2.5 %

47.6

4.4 %

16.0

2.0 %

Restructuring and related charges (benefits)

17.3

4.3 %

(0.3)

(0.1) %

16.9

1.6 %

0.9

0.1 %

Litigation settlement

—

— %

—

— %

—

— %

(1.3)

(0.1) %

Total related to Cost of Revenues and Operating Expenses

60.7

14.9 %

39.2

13.7 %

160.2

14.9 %

69.8

8.8 %

Non-GAAP measures

$    85.5

21.0 %

$    47.7

16.7 %

$   204.0

19.0 %

$   112.0

14.1 %

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

March 28, 2026

March 29, 2025

March 28, 2026

March 29, 2025

Net Income

Diluted
EPS

Net Income

Diluted
EPS

Net (Loss)
Income

Diluted
EPS

Net 
Income

Diluted
EPS

GAAP measures

$     6.4

$    0.03

$    19.5

$    0.09

$   (63.1)

$   (0.28)

$    26.8

$    0.12

Items reconciling GAAP Net Income (Loss) and EPS to Non-GAAP Net Income and EPS:

Stock-based compensation

13.9

0.06

14.1

0.06

41.2

0.17

40.5

0.18

Change in fair value of contingent liability

2.6

0.01

2.5

0.01

24.3

0.11

(4.9)

(0.02)

Acquisition and integration related charges

0.7

—

13.3

0.06

12.4

0.05

16.7

0.08

Other charges unrelated to core operating performance (2)

4.9

0.02

0.6

—

11.7

0.05

0.2

—

Amortization of acquisition related inventory step-up

0.9

—

1.7

0.01

6.1

0.03

1.7

0.01

Amortization of intangibles

20.4

0.08

7.3

0.03

47.6

0.20

16.0

0.07

Restructuring and related charges (benefits)

17.3

0.07

(0.3)

—

16.9

0.07

0.9

—

   Litigation settlement

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1.3)

(0.01)

Non-cash interest expense and other expense (3)

2.4

0.01

1.3

0.01

46.6

0.20

3.5

0.02

(Benefits from) provision for income taxes

(1.9)

(0.01)

(26.1)

(0.12)

8.5

0.04

(24.4)

(0.11)

   Total related to Net Income and EPS

61.2

0.24

14.4

0.06

215.3

0.92

48.9

0.22

Non-GAAP measures

$    67.6

$    0.27

$    33.9

$    0.15

$   152.2

$    0.64

$    75.7

$    0.34

Shares used in per share calculation for Non-GAAP EPS

249.5

226.9

236.9

225.2

Note: Certain totals may not add due to rounding.

(1) Included in the three months ended March 28, 2026 are charges of $3.6 million charges related to the write off of property, plant and equipment and other charges unrelated to core operating performance.

(2) Included in the three months ended March 28, 2026 are charges of $3.9 million related to the write off of property, plant and equipment, $0.3 million of accelerated depreciation and other charges unrelated to core operating performance. In addition, included in the nine months ended March 28, 2026 are $3.5 million of losses on disposal of long-lived assets, $2.1 million charge for restoration services for a VIAVI facility impacted by a fire and other charges unrelated to core operating performance. Included in the nine months ended March 29, 2025 is a gain of $0.9 million on the sale of assets previously classified as held for sale and other charges unrelated to core operating performance.

(3) The Company incurred losses of $3.7 million and $46.2 million for the three and nine months ended March 28, 2026, respectively, in connection with the extinguishment of certain 1.625% Senior Convertible Notes and prepayments of the Term Loan B.

The preliminary financial schedules are estimated based on our current information.

 

VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP MEASURES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

TO ADJUSTED EBITDA

(in millions, unaudited)

PRELIMINARY

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

March 28, 2026

March 29, 2025

March 28, 2026

March 29, 2025

GAAP Net income (loss)

$              6.4

$            19.5

$           (63.1)

$            26.8

Interest and other (income) expense, net (1)

(3.3)

(2.2)

34.0

(9.3)

Interest expense

14.3

7.5

37.0

22.5

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

7.4

(16.3)

36.1

2.2

Equity investment earnings

—

—

(0.2)

—

Depreciation

10.3

9.3

30.1

28.8

Amortization

20.4

7.3

47.6

16.0

EBITDA

55.5

25.1

121.5

87.0

Restructuring and related charges (benefits)

17.3

(0.3)

16.9

0.9

Stock-based compensation

13.9

14.1

41.2

40.5

Change in fair value of contingent liability

2.6

2.5

24.3

(4.9)

Acquisition and integration related charges

0.7

13.3

12.4

16.7

Other charges (benefits) unrelated to core operating performance (2)

4.6

0.6

11.3

(1.3)

Amortization of acquisition related inventory step-up

0.9

1.7

6.1

1.7

Adjusted EBITDA

$            95.5

$            57.0

$           233.7

$           140.6

Note: Certain totals may not add due to rounding.

(1) The Company incurred losses of $3.7 million and $46.2 million for the three and nine months ended March 28, 2026, respectively, in connection with the extinguishment of certain 1.625% Senior Convertible Notes and prepayments of the Term Loan B.

(2) Included in the three months ended March 28, 2026 are charges of $3.9 million related to the write off of property, plant and equipment and other charges unrelated to core operating performance. In addition, included in the nine months ended March 28, 2026 are $3.5 million of losses on disposal of long-lived assets, $2.1 million charge for restoration services for a VIAVI facility impacted by a fire and other charges unrelated to core operating performance. Included in the nine months ended March 29, 2025 is a gain of $0.9 million on the sale of assets previously classified as held for sale and other charges unrelated to core operating performance.

The preliminary financial schedules are estimated based on our current information.

 

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Former Global CTO of Banco Santander, former Group CIO of Currys, former CEO of IBPAP, and former Microsoft CVP and CTO of AI join the advisory community

Advisors will provide guidance on AAVA platform innovation, AI strategy, C-suite alignment, and enterprise adoption across Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, and the UK

The growing community of advisors will bring practitioner perspective closer to Ascendion as enterprises move AI from experimentation to governed, production-scale outcomes

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ascendion, an AI-native software engineering company, today announced the appointment of four global business and technology leaders to its AI Advisory Community: Andy Gamble, Jack Madrid, Julieta Ross, Ph.D., and Joseph Sirosh, Ph.D. 

The advisors bring perspectives rarely found in one group: executives who answered to Boards, regulators, and C-suites for what technology actually delivered; a builder of AI and data platforms at global scale; and a leader who shaped one of the world’s largest technology-services and talent ecosystems. Their experience spans banking, high-tech, media, and retail. Each will work directly with Ascendion’s regional and engineering leaders, so their counsel reaches the decisions it is meant to shape. 

“We are changing how software gets built. Enterprise leaders have moved past experiments. They want AI that delivers outcomes boards can measure and risk they can manage. Andy, Jack, Julieta, and Joseph have the experience and know where transformation succeeds. They will challenge our thinking, raise our ambition, and help us navigate a period of intense — and exciting — change,” said Karthik Krishnamurthy, CEO, Ascendion. 

Each advisor will map to a different part of the business, strengthening Ascendion’s alignment with leadership communities across the globe. 

Julieta Ross, Ph.D., former Global CTO of Banco Santander, brings two decades of leading technology inside global banks, along with public-company board experience. She will work with Ascendion’s leadership on executive relationships, go-to-market strategy, and growth, and will help the company meet the governance, regulatory, and risk expectations that banking and financial services leaders place on AI. Andy Gamble, former Group CIO of Currys plc, has spent nearly three decades as a technology buyer and transformation leader across consumer electronics, industrial, and retail businesses. He will advise Ascendion’s work across Europe and the UK, with a focus on consumer goods, manufacturing, and retail, and will share what executive teams and Boards expect from a technology partner. Joseph Sirosh, Ph.D., former Microsoft CVP and CTO of AI, has spent his career building and scaling machine learning platforms in the high-tech industry. He will advise Ascendion’s engineering leadership on the evolution of AAVA and its broader platform strategy as AAVA becomes an orchestration and harness layer for enterprise AI. Jack Madrid, former President and CEO of IBPAP, spent five years leading the industry association behind one of the world’s largest technology and business-services ecosystems, centered in the Philippines. He brings robust experience working across industries, including banking, high-tech, and media, and will advise Ascendion on Asia-Pacific markets and on how AI is reshaping global delivery, skills, and workforce models. 

Together, the advisors give Ascendion an outside perspective on the full spectrum of enterprise AI, from agentic platform strategy and product engineering to industry alignment and delivery. They will add capacity to Ascendion’s ongoing work on AI governance, helping ensure trusted impact from AI-native software engineering, and their practice-based insight will inform how Ascendion applies its Engineering to the Power of AI™ approach to commercial models, platform design, service execution, and workforce development. 

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Ascendion is a global AI-native software engineering company delivering trusted business outcomes – capital unlock, innovation velocity, lower risk – to 250+ enterprise clients. The company delivers business outcomes at scale by combining expert engineers, AI agents, and AAVA, Ascendion’s agentic AI platform. Together, they design, engineer, and operate production-ready software that improves everyday work and life. Learn more at www.ascendion.com.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AvePoint Inc. (NASD: AVPT) will replace LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE: LXP) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Monday, November 2. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board are acquiring LXP Industrial Trust in a deal expected to close soon, pending final closing conditions.

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Action

Company Name

Ticker

GICS Sector

Nov 2, 2026

S&P SmallCap 600

Addition

AvePoint

AVPT

Information Technology

Nov 2, 2026

S&P SmallCap 600

Deletion

LXP Industrial Trust

LXP

Real Estate

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Archera Surpasses $5.6 Billion in Cloud and AI Spend Under Management, Closes Series C Led by Pivot Investment Partners, and Expands Insurance-Backed Cloud Commitments

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The round will help Archera expand its guaranteed cloud commitments, bringing insurance-backed financial protection to companies navigating unpredictable AI and cloud spending. The company has delivered more than $700 million in customer savings and now manages approximately $5.6 billion in annual cloud and AI spend.

BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As artificial intelligence makes cloud spending harder to predict, companies face an increasingly expensive choice: commit to long-term cloud and AI contracts to unlock significant discounts or preserve flexibility and leave savings on the table. Archera has raised a $15 million Series C to expand its Guaranteed Commitments and change that equation.

The cloud economics company today announced it closed its Series C funding round, led by Pivot Investment Partners, with participation from existing investors including HighSage Ventures. The financing brings Archera’s total funding to $38.3 million. It will support the expansion of Archera’s Guaranteed Commitments and its suite of free cloud cost tools, including its FinOps Agent and MCP.

Insurance-backed financial protection is central to Archera’s next phase of growth. Archera purchased a policy on a surplus lines basis from Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company to back its guarantee. This model helps businesses pursue cloud commitment savings while managing the financial risk of usage changes.

The company has delivered more than $700 million in savings to over 2,200 organizations, including PubNub, Art.com, and Astronomer. The thesis behind Archera is simple: companies shouldn’t have to predict AI’s future to commit and save money on today’s infrastructure.

Why Cloud and AI Commitments Need to Change

Cloud providers reward customers who commit to spending over one- to three-year periods with substantial discounts and access to capacity. Historically, those commitments have helped businesses reduce infrastructure costs. But AI is changing the risk and economics of that decision.

A new model launch can multiply GPU spending in months. A more efficient model, a shift in architecture, or a move to a different service can reduce it just as quickly. Long-term commitments that once looked financially sound can become expensive liabilities.

Companies are left choosing between overcommitting and risking unused spend, or undercommitting and missing out on available discounts. Many choose the latter, sacrificing potential savings to preserve flexibility.

Archera believes that the trade-off is unnecessary. Its Guaranteed Commitments provide resource-level cloud and AI discounts with terms as short as 30 days. If usage declines and a covered commitment goes unused, Archera covers the cost under the terms of its guarantee.

The result is a different way to approach cloud purchasing. Businesses can pursue deeper discounts and unlock capacity otherwise gated behind a commitment, without bearing the entire financial consequence when actual usage diverges from forecasts.

Turning Cloud Optimization Into a Financial Product

Traditional cloud cost management tools provide visibility, recommendations, automation, and forecasting, but they can’t eliminate the financial risk of unused commitments. Archera combines its free FinOps platform and Agent with a financial guarantee that addresses inaccurate forecasts.

“Every tool in this market is trying to forecast your cloud usage a little better. We think that’s the wrong bet,” said Aran Khanna, co-founder and CEO of Archera. “Nobody can forecast AI demand, not the customer, not the cloud provider. So instead of predicting it, we guarantee it, and we have purchased an insurance policy to back that guarantee. If covered usage drops, we address the unused commitment cost under the terms of our guarantee. That’s a new way to purchase cloud, not another dashboard, and it’s why we’ve been able to return $700 million to our customers.”

The approach positions cloud commitments as a financial risk decision, helping finance and engineering leaders manage budgets while adapting to changing technology.

Built for CFOs, CTOs, and the Teams Managing AI Costs

The approach addresses a growing challenge across finance and engineering: how to control infrastructure costs without constraining the business.

For CFOs: Capture commitment-level discounts while reducing exposure to eligible unused spend under the guarantee.For CTOs and engineering leaders: Preserve flexibility to adopt new AI models, change architectures, and scale workloads without letting past commitments dictate future decisions.For FinOps teams: Increase commitment coverage with a financial backstop when usage changes, without more back-and-forth with engineering teams to get perfect forecasts.For cloud partners and resellers: Give customers a differentiated way to pursue cloud savings that can be reinvested in new cloud services while managing commitment risk.

Archera’s platform connects to AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud billing data in read-only mode and analyzes actual usage. It then recommends and automates the purchasing of both native commitments and Archera Guaranteed Commitments.

Customers can evaluate their potential savings before making any purchasing decision. Commitments remain in the customer’s own cloud account, preserving end-to-end control over cloud purchasing strategy.

Archera earns when customers save through its guaranteed commitments, aligning its commercial model with the outcomes customers seek.

Customers Are Rethinking the Commitment Model

For organizations accustomed to treating cloud commitments as a single, high-stakes decision, Archera offers a more flexible approach.

“Working with Archera meant rethinking commitments as a spectrum rather than a single, high-stakes decision,” said James Hamilton, VP of Operations and Controller at PubNub. “This was a big mind shift for us. We needed to think about how our commitments could be broken up into a spectrum of purchases versus a single one-time buy.”

That flexibility is particularly valuable as companies adopt AI workloads, where technology choices and resource requirements can shift faster than traditional budgeting cycles.

Instead of making one large bet on future usage, businesses can take a more measured approach while still securing meaningful discounts.

A Series C to Expand Insurance-Backed Cloud Purchasing

Archera has been operating profitably at scale. It raised a Series C to support larger guarantees, expand its reach, serve more customers, and upgrade the insurance policies backing its guarantee to serve larger global clients.

The company plans to use the capital in three ways:

Accelerate go-to-market efforts.Expand its global partner network across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Japan, and Latin America.Serve more teams focused on AI-driven workloads.

“Archera has built a capital-efficient and differentiated business at the intersection of cloud infrastructure and risk management,” said Dinkar Jetley, co-founder and managing partner at Pivot Investment Partners. “The team pairs a deep understanding of the cloud ecosystem with a rigorous approach to underwriting, and the result is a compelling value proposition that a fast-growing roster of customers relies on as their cloud spend scales. We are privileged to have led this Series C round and look forward to working closely with Aran and the management team in the years ahead.”

Built by People Who Understand Cloud Infrastructure

Aran and Nikhil Khanna founded Archera in 2019. Aran previously planned capacity for Azure’s core compute and database services at Microsoft and was a founding member of AWS’s deep learning team leading launches, including SageMaker, DeepLens, and the Neuron SDK, behind Amazon’s Trainium and Inferentia AI chips.

His research on deep learning model efficiency has been cited more than 1,900 times, and he serves on the FinOps Foundation governing board.

As AI transforms infrastructure economics, Archera aims to make cloud savings more accessible without forcing businesses to assume unnecessary financial risk.

To explore potential savings, request a free assessment at Archera.ai.

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