LivaNova Reports First-Quarter 2022 Results

LivaNova PLC (Nasdaq: LIVN), a market-leading medical technology and innovation company, today reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Financial Summary and Highlights¹

• Worldwide sales were $240.2 million, a decrease of 3.0 percent on a reported basis and 0.3 percent on a constant-currency basis, as compared to the previous year

• Excluding sales from the Heart Valves business, which was divested effective June 1, 2021, worldwide sales increased by 6.2 percent on a reported basis and 9.1 percent on a constant-currency basis

• Reported U.S. GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.06 and adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.48

• Achieved key milestones in ANTHEM-HFrEF pivotal trial and initiated interim analyses

• Implanted 250^th unipolar depression patient in RECOVER clinical study and initiated interim analyses

• Implanted 1^st patient in OSPREY clinical trial for patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea

• Acquired ALung Technologies, Inc., a privately held medical device company within the Advanced Circulatory Support (ACS) space focused on creating advanced medical devices for treating respiratory failure

“Against a backdrop of macroeconomic challenges, we achieved sales growth across all regions in Cardiopulmonary, as cardiac surgery procedure volumes recovered, and in Neuromodulation, which accelerated after experiencing COVID-related pressures early in the quarter,” said Damien McDonald, Chief Executive Officer of LivaNova. “We continue to invest in our strategic portfolio initiatives, the phased launch of our next-generation heart-lung machine, Essenz, and expanded indications in Advanced Circulatory Support."

First-Quarter 2022 Results

The following table summarizes worldwide sales for the first quarter of 2022 by segment (in millions):

All sales growth rates below reflect comparable, constant-currency growth. Constant-currency growth accounts for the impact from fluctuations in the various currencies in which the Company operates as compared to reported growth.

Cardiopulmonary sales increased 12.4 percent versus the first quarter of 2021 with growth across all regions. This growth was primarily driven by oxygenator sales due to an increase in cardiac surgery procedure volumes and heart-lung machine sales in the Rest of World region.

Neuromodulation sales increased 7.5 percent versus the first quarter of 2021 with growth across all regions driven by replacement implants.

ACS sales decreased 9.7 percent compared to the first quarter of 2021 primarily due to a reduction in patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) related to hospital staffing shortages and less severe COVID-19 cases.

Financial Performance²

On a U.S. GAAP basis, first-quarter 2022 operating income was $9.5 million, as compared to an operating loss of $5.7 million for the first quarter of 2021. Adjusted operating income for the first quarter of 2022 was $28.4 million, as compared to $30.3 million for the first quarter of 2021.

On a U.S. GAAP basis, first-quarter 2022 diluted earnings per share was $0.06, as compared to a diluted loss per share of $0.63 in the first quarter of 2021. First-quarter 2022 adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.48, as compared to $0.34 per share in the first quarter of 2021.

Subsequent Event

On May 2, 2022, LivaNova acquired the remaining 97% equity interests in ALung Technologies, Inc. (ALung). The purchase price included $10 million paid at closing, subject to customary adjustments, and contingent considerations payable upon the achievement of sales-based milestones. ALung is a privately held medical device company focused on developing and manufacturing advanced medical devices for treating respiratory failure. ALung products are complementary to LivaNova's ACS portfolio and, as such, the business and financial results will be included in the Company's ACS segment. The acquisition is expected to have a neutral impact on adjusted diluted earnings per share in 2022.

Full-Year 2022 Outlook

LivaNova continues to expect worldwide net sales for full-year 2022 to grow between 3 and 5 percent on a constant-currency basis after excluding the impact of the Heart Valves divestiture. LivaNova assumes foreign currency is now a 2 to 3 percent headwind.

Adjusted diluted earnings per share for 2022 are still expected to be in the range of $2.50 to $2.80, assuming a share count of 54 million for full-year 2022. In 2022, the Company still estimates that adjusted free cash flow will be in the range of $90 to $110 million.

Conference Call Instructions

The Company will host a live audiocast at 1 p.m. London time (8 a.m. EDT) on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 that will be accessible at www.livanova.com/events. Listeners should log on approximately 10 minutes in advance to ensure proper setup. To listen to the conference call by telephone, dial +1 844 200 6205 (if dialing from within the U.S.) or +1 929 526 1599 (if dialing from outside the U.S.). The conference call access code is 596849. Within 24 hours of the audiocast, a replay will be available at www.livanova.com/events, where it will be archived and accessible for approximately 90 days.

About LivaNova

LivaNova PLC is a global medical technology and innovation company built on nearly five decades of experience and a relentless commitment to provide hope for patients and their families through innovative medical technologies, delivering life-changing improvements for both the Head and Heart. Headquartered in London, LivaNova employs approximately 3,000 employees and has a presence in more than 100 countries for the benefit of patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare systems worldwide. For more information, please visit www.livanova.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In this press release, management has disclosed financial measurements that present financial information not in accordance with GAAP. Company management uses these measurements as aids in monitoring the Company’s ongoing financial performance from quarter to quarter and year to year on a regular basis and for benchmarking against other medical technology companies. Non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other companies. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered along with, but not as alternatives to, the operating performance measure as prescribed by GAAP.

Unless otherwise noted, all sales growth rates in this release reflect comparable, constant-currency growth. Management believes that referring to comparable, constant-currency growth is the most useful way to evaluate the sales performance of LivaNova and to compare the sales performance of current periods to prior periods on a consistent basis. Constant-currency growth, a non-GAAP financial measure, measures the change in sales between current and prior-year periods using average exchange rates in effect during the applicable prior-year period.

LivaNova calculates forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures based on internal forecasts that omit certain amounts that would be included in GAAP financial measures. For example, forward-looking net sales growth projections are estimated on a constant-currency basis and exclude the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. Forward-looking non-GAAP adjusted tax rate and adjusted diluted earnings per share guidance exclude other items such as, but not limited to, changes in fair value of derivatives and contingent consideration arrangements and asset impairment charges that would be included in comparable GAAP financial measures. The most directly comparable GAAP measure for constant-currency net sales, non-GAAP adjusted tax rate and adjusted diluted earnings per share are net sales, the effective tax rate and earnings per share, respectively. The most directly comparable GAAP measure for adjusted free cash flow is net cash provided by operating activities. However, non-GAAP financial adjustments on a forward-looking basis are subject to uncertainty and variability as they are dependent on many factors, including but not limited to, the effect of foreign currency exchange fluctuations, impacts from potential acquisitions or divestitures, the ultimate outcome of legal proceedings, gains or losses on the potential sale of businesses or other assets, restructuring costs, merger and integration activities, changes in fair value of derivatives and contingent consideration arrangements, asset impairment charges and the tax impact of the aforementioned items, tax law changes or other tax matters. Accordingly, forward-looking GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable forward-looking GAAP financial measures are not available without unreasonable effort.

The Company also believes adjusted financial measures such as adjusted gross profit percentage, adjusted selling, general and administrative expense, adjusted research and development expense, adjusted other operating expenses, adjusted operating income, adjusted income tax expense, adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share, are measures by which LivaNova generally uses to facilitate management review of the operational performance of the company, to serve as a basis for strategic planning and to assist in the design of compensation incentive plans. Additionally, the Company also uses the non-GAAP liquidity measure adjusted free cash flow. Furthermore, adjusted financial measures allow investors to evaluate the Company’s core performance for different periods on a more comparable and consistent basis, and with other entities in the medical technology industry by adjusting for items that are not related to the ongoing operations of the Company or incurred in the ordinary course of business.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this press release, other than purely historical information, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). These statements include, but are not limited to, LivaNova’s plans, objectives, strategies, financial performance and outlook, trends, the amount and timing of future cash distributions, prospects or future events and involve known and unknown risks that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual financial results, performance, achievements or prospects may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. 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Important factors that may cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to: (i) changes in technology, including the development of superior or alternative technology or devices by competitors and/or competition from providers of alternative medical therapies; (ii) risks related to reductions, interruptions or increasing costs related to the supply of raw materials and components and the distribution of finished products, including as a result of inflation, war, etc.; (iii) failure to develop and commercialize new products and the rate and degree of market acceptance of such products; (iv) failure to obtain approvals or maintain the current regulatory approvals for our products’ approved indications; (v) failure to comply with, or changes in, laws, regulations or administrative practices affecting government regulation of our products, including, but not limited to, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) laws and regulations; (vi) changes in customer spending patterns; (vii) failure to establish, expand or maintain market acceptance of our products for the treatment of our approved indications; (viii) any legislative or administrative reform to the healthcare system, including the U.S. Medicare or Medicaid systems or international reimbursement systems, that significantly reduces reimbursement for our products or procedures or denies coverage for such products or procedures or enhances coverage for competitive products or procedures, as well as adverse decisions by administrators of such systems on coverage or reimbursement issues relating to our products; (ix) failure to obtain or maintain coverage and reimbursement for our products’ approved indications and risks related to cost containment efforts of healthcare purchasing organizations; (x) unfavorable results from clinical studies or failure to meet milestones; (xi) losses or costs from pending, or future lawsuits and governmental investigations, including any amount of liability or damages imposed by the Appeals Court or the Supreme Court of Italy with respect to SNIA S.p.A.; (xii) risks relating to our indebtedness under the exchangeable senior notes, our revolving credit facility and our bridge loan facility; (xiii) volatility in the global market and worldwide economic conditions, including volatility caused by the invasion of Ukraine, changes to existing trade agreements and relationships between the U.S. and other countries including the implementation of sanctions and/or COVID-19; (xiv) effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting; (xv) changes in our profitability and/or failure to manage costs and expenses; (xvi) fluctuations in future quarterly operating results and/or variations in sales and operating expenses relative to estimates; (xvii) cyber-attacks or other disruptions to our information technology systems; (xviii) product liability, intellectual property, shareholder-related, environmental-related, income tax and other litigation, disputes, losses and costs; (xix) protection, expiration and validity of our intellectual property; (xx) failure to comply with applicable U.S. laws and regulations, including federal and state privacy and security laws and regulations, and applicable non-U.S. laws and regulations; (xxi) non-U.S. operational and economic risks and concerns; (xxii) risks relating to the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 and its variants around the world; (xxiii) failure to retain key personnel, prevent labor shortages, or manage labor costs; (xxiv) harsh weather or natural disasters, including as a result of climate change, that interrupt our business operations or the business operations of our hospital-customers or failure to comply with evolving environmental laws; (xxv) failure of new acquisitions to further our strategic objectives or strengthen our existing businesses; (xxvi) changes in tax laws, including exposure to additional income tax liabilities; (xxvii) changes in our common stock price; and (xxviii) activist investors causing disruptions to the business.

The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties that affect the Company’s business, including those described in the “Risk Factors” section of Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other documents filed from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission by LivaNova.

We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are made only as of the date of this press release. The Company does not undertake or assume any obligation to update publicly any of the forward-looking statements in this press release to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable law. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

The following table presents the reconciliation of GAAP diluted weighted average shares outstanding, used in the computation of GAAP diluted net loss per common share, to adjusted diluted weighted average shares outstanding, used in the computation of adjusted diluted earnings per common share (in millions of shares):

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