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| We are well positioned for the expected recovery as we are a leader in most of our businesses and have invested in future growth with capacity and new products |
| And of course, what’s going on with hyperscalers and GenAI, our product families there are also very positively being very positively received in the marketplace |
| Although we don’t like the way the year finished, even with the challenges we had over the last two years, that the NICS EBITDA has grown from negative $15 million to plus $240 million, and we believe we’ve gained share over this time, and we believe we’re well positioned to continue to gain share in the future |
| The uptick in the CCS and OWN order rates early in 2024 is a positive trend toward that recovery |
| This capacity as well as our new product offerings positions us well for when the demand does recover |
| As we indicated in previous calls, CCS has strong long-term market tailwinds, including significant spending commitments expected to start late in 2024 and into 2025 driven by continued build-out of fiber networks and data centers |
| All of our other leading indicators point to continued strong demand for our products, however, customers are pushing demand out |
| But I do think that when the markets come back, all the capacity we put in place, we’re going to be very well positioned for that |
| And I think when markets come back, I think that’s going to be very positive for us |
| So that’s also a positive thing for us |
| We have also seen a boost in our hyperscale and cloud business as a result supporting investments in GenAI projects with key customers |
| As we invest in new products and technologies, we are well positioned to take advantage of growth in this market |
| We are excited about our continued product development specifically our RUCKUS One and Wi-Fi 7 products |
| We are positive about what’s going to happen in the rural areas |
| So we feel good about that |
| We remain bullish on CCS as a result of the long-term market tailwinds and our strong position in this market |
| So when you think about OWN, I think we have pretty strong market share positions in North America already |
| We are well positioned for a market recovery and a recovery will occur |
| I think our opportunity there is what can we do outside of North America and then we also are seeing some pretty good traction on people looking at our MOSAIC product line |
| Our businesses have strong market positions, and we do not intend to sell assets on the cheap [ph] |
| Our CommScope NEXT initiatives program has supported the improvement in this business |
| With this cost action and the cost actions we have already taken, on recovery of the demand, we should be well positioned to drive strong profitability |
| Our NICS business was also supported by the strong ICM performance led by the DAS business providing in-building 5G connectivity |
| We are still bullish on medium- and long-term growth |
| Our leading indicators continue to point to strong demand for RUCKUS products |
| We are bullish on DOCSIS 4.0 upgrades, and we will likely see increased momentum in the latter part of 2024 |
| During the fourth quarter, our cash and liquidity remained strong |
| Again, like we are in CCS, we are well positioned in the market and feel like we will benefit when the market recovers |
| Our ownership position in Vantiva will allow us to take advantage of the combined scale of the two businesses as well as the substantial synergies the combination will deliver |
| We feel that we are well positioned to continue to take market share in the medium and long term |
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| CCS adjusted EBITDA of $84 million was a decrease of 55% from the prior year, driven primarily by the drop in revenue |
| For the fourth quarter, consolidated CommScope reported net sales of $1.186 billion, a decrease of 38% from the prior year, driven by declines in all segments |
| ANS net sales of $231 million decreased 38% from the prior year due to customer inventory adjustment and project delays |
| ANS adjusted EBITDA of $54 million was down $41 million or 43% from the prior year driven by lower revenue |
| Home net sales were $294 million declining 25% from the prior year, essentially across all business units, driven by customer inventory adjustments and lower demand |
| Our fourth quarter continued to be impacted by lower customer orders driven by lower market demand and larger-than-expected customer inventory buildup |
| Visibility to the first quarter indicates a very difficult quarter from a revenue, adjusted EBITDA and cash perspective |
| NICS adjusted EBITDA of $29 million decreased 48% from the prior year, $27 million change primarily driven by the decline in RUCKUS revenue |
| Demand in this segment remained soft with limited visibility |
| Adjusted EPS was negative $0.02 per share |
| ANS continues to be challenged as many of our large customers are adjusting inventory and delaying upgrades |
| For Core CommScope, net sales of $1.186 billion declined 38% from the prior year and adjusted EBITDA of $199 million decreased to 48% |
| The results of the reduced demand for RUCKUS product will be a key contributor to our overall sequential decline from the fourth quarter of 2023 to the first quarter of 2024 |
| During the quarter, we also experienced unexpected significant downward pressure in our NICS and ANS businesses |
| Not surprisingly, given the negative market implications on near-term revenue and profit of our potential divestiture candidates as well as the negative financial impacts on certain potential strategic buyers, we have not thus far been successful in achieving valuations that make sense to us |
| NICS net sales of $217 million decreased by 25% versus the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| The business continues to be under significant pressure as demand remains low |
| OWN net sales of $183 million decreased 40% from the prior year and across the majority of the business units |
| As with CCS, visibility remains limited |
| For the full year, Core CommScope reported net sales of $5.79 billion, a decrease of 23% from the prior year |
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