STMicroelectronics Reports 2013Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results

• Fourth quarter financial results in line with expectations
• Fourth quarter net revenues $2.01 billion, up 3.9% year-over-year excluding ST-Ericsson
• Positive free cash flow of $91 million in the fourth quarter*

New Delhi, January 28 2014 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications,reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full yearendedDecember 31, 2013.

Fourth quarter net revenues totaled $2.01billion, gross margin was 32.9%, and net loss was $0.04 per share. For the full year net revenues totaled $8.08 billion, gross margin was 32.3%, and net loss was $0.56 per share.

“Fourth quarter revenue and gross margin results were well in line with our outlook range, coming in at the mid-point of our guidance, which translated into positive operating income before impairment and restructuring and a substantial positive free cash flow,” said ST President and CEO Carlo Bozotti.

“In 2013, we grew 3.2% excluding the former ST-Ericsson products, a better performance than our served market, with the main contributions coming from our microcontrollers and automotive products. We also made good progress on our customer diversification and mass market and distribution initiatives. In addition, our leading-edge set-top box products and FD-SOI-based ASICs led to important design wins and traction with major worldwide operators and OEM customers.

“We made solid progress in executing the strategy we announced in December 2012 but we still have much to accomplish. We completed the split up of ST-Ericsson in a timely manner and by adding some of their competencies we strengthened our product development teams.Furthermore, we brought our quarterly operating expenses down by about 25 percent compared to the year-ago quarter and our fourth quarter net operating expenses within our targetrange. We also started to make gradual structural changes to our manufacturing footprint which will benefit our gross margin and we announced a key frame agreement with the French government to support our R&D efforts for CMOS derivative technology.”

^(*) Free cash flow is a non-U.S. GAAP measure. Please refer to Attachment A for additional information explaining why the Company believes this measure is important and for reconciliation to U.S. GAAP.
Summary Financial Highlights

(a)     Net revenues include sales recorded by ST-Ericsson as consolidated by ST. ST-Ericsson was deconsolidated on September 1, 2013

(b)     FY2012 as reported includes a net charge of $54 million related to NXP arbitration award

Fourth Quarter Review

Overall, net revenues as reportedincreased 0.1% sequentially and decreased 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. On a sequential basis by region of shipment, Greater China & South Asia posted growth of 4.1%, while Japan & Korea, the Americas, and EMEA decreased by 5.6%, 2.8%, and 1.0%, respectively.

ST’s fourth quarter revenues, excluding WPS (former ST-Ericsson products), grew 0.2%on a sequential basisand 3.9% year-over-year. Sequential growth wasdriven by Automotive andMicrocontrollerswhile year-over-year growth was driven by Imaging, Automotive, Microcontrollers, and Industrial and Power.

Fourth quarter gross profit was $662 million and gross margin was 32.9%. On a sequential basis, gross margin increased50 basis points,primarily due to manufacturing efficiencies partially offset by negative currency effects and, as anticipated, unsaturation charges.

R&D expenses were $407 millionin the fourth quarter representing a sequential decrease of$16 million or 3.7%,primarily due toongoing cost reduction initiativespartially offset by the unfavorable seasonality effect.R&D expenses decreased30% compared to $585million in the year-ago period.

SG&A expenses were $249 million in the fourth quarter decreasing $4 million or 1.5% on a sequential basismainly due to ongoing cost reduction initiatives partially offset bythe unfavorable seasonality effect. SG&A expenses decreased14% compared to $291 million in the year-ago period.

Fourth quarter operating income, before impairment and restructuringcharges,was $18 million compared to $54 million in the prior quarter, which included an $80million gain from the sale of businesses. Operating margin in the fourth quarter, before impairment and restructuring charges,was 0.9% with Sense& Power and Automotive (SP&A)operating margin at7.7% and Embedded Processing Solutions (EPS) atnegative8.5%.Operating margin improved from negative 6.5% in the year-ago quartermainly due to the split up of ST-Ericsson.

Impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs for the fourthquarter were $29 millionincurred underthe Company’s existing plans, compared to $120 million in the prior quarter.

(*)Operating income (loss) before impairment and restructuring charges and operating margin before impairment and restructuring charges are non-U.S. GAAP measures. Please refer to Attachment A for additional information explaining why the Company believes these measures are important and reconciliation to U.S. GAAP.

Fourth quarter net loss was $36 million or $(0.04) per share, compared to a net loss of $(0.16) and$(0.48) per share in the prior and year-ago quarter, respectively. On an adjusted basis, ST reported a non-U.S. GAAP net loss per share estimated at $(0.01) in the fourth quarterexcluding impairment and restructuring charges, net of estimated income tax effect, compared to a net loss estimated at $(0.03) and $(0.11) per share in the prior and year-ago quarter, respectively.*

For the fourth quarter of 2013, the effective average exchange rate for the Company was approximately $1.34to €1.00, compared to $1.31 to €1.00 for the third quarter of 2013 and $1.30 to €1.00 for the fourth quarter of 2012.

Quarterly Net Revenues Summary

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(*)Net revenues excluding Wireless (WPS), operating income (loss) before impairment and restructuring chargesand operating margin before impairment and restructuring charges and adjusted net earnings per share are non-U.S. GAAP measures. Please refer to Attachment A for additional information explaining why the Company believes these measures are important and reconciliation to U.S. GAAP.

Quarterly Revenues and Operating Results by ST Product Segment

^(a)Embedded Processing Solutions includes the Wireless product linewhich includes a portion of sales and operating results of ST-Ericsson as consolidated in the Company’s revenues and operating results until September 1, 2013, as well as other items affecting operating results related to the wireless business.

^(b)Net revenues of “Others” includes revenues from sales of Subsystems, assembly services and other revenues.

^(c) Operating income (loss) of “Others” includes items such as unused capacity charges, impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs, phase out and start-up costs, and other unallocated expenses such as: strategic or special research and development programs, certain corporate-level operating expenses, patent claims and litigations, and other costs that are not allocated to product groups, as well as operating earnings of the Subsystems and Other Products Group. “Others” includes $7million, $0 million and $66 million of unused capacity charges in the fourth and thirdquarters of 2013 and fourth quarter of 2012, respectively; and $29million, $120 million and $588million of impairment, restructuring charges and other related closure costs in thefourth and third quarters of 2013 and fourth quarter of 2012, respectively.

Sense & Power and Automotive Products (SP&A) fourth quarter net revenues increased 2.3%sequentially.SP&A revenues increased 4.2% compared to the year-ago quarter driven by APG andIPD. SP&Aoperating margin was 7.7% in the 2013 fourth quarter compared to 6.2% and 9.0% in the prior and year-agoquarter, respectively, with the sequential increase principally driven by product mix.

Embedded Processing Solutions (EPS)fourth quarter net revenues decreased 3.2% sequentially. EPS decreased 19.4%on a year-over-year basismainly reflecting the progressive phase-out ofWPS (former ST-Ericsson products). EPS segmentoperating margin was anegative 8.5% in the 2013fourth quarter compared tonegative 2.2%(or negative 11.5% excluding thegain from the sale of businesses) and negative 18.9% in the prior and year-agoquarter, respectively.

Cash Flow and Balance Sheet Highlights

In the fourth quarter of 2013, as anticipated, the Company generated positive free cash flow*of$91 million compared to negative$72 million in the prior quarter.

Capital expenditure payments, net of proceeds from sales, were $531 million for 2013, compared to $476 million for 2012. In 2013, the ratio of capital investment spending to revenues was about 6.6% compared to 5.6% in 2012.

Inventory increasedsequentially by $20 million to $1.34 billion at quarter end.Inventory in the fourth quarter of 2013 was at 4.0 turns or 90 days, compared to 4.3 turns or 84 days in the year-ago quarter.

Dividends paid to stockholders in the fourth quarter were $89 millionand for the full year were $346 million.

(*)Free cash flowis a non-U.S. GAAP measure. For additional information and reconciliation to U.S. GAAP, please refer to Attachment A.

ST’s net financial position* was a net cash position of $741 million at December 31, 2013, compared to $739millionat September 28, 2013, and $1.19 billion at December 31, 2012.ST’s financial resources equaled $1.89 billion and total debt was $1.15billion at December 31, 2013, compared to $2.49 billion and $1.30 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2012.

Total equity, including non-controlling interest, was $5.73billion at December 31, 2013, compared to $6.36 billion at December 31, 2012.

Full Year 2013 Results

During 2013, ST and Ericsson split up the ST-Ericsson joint venture, thus exiting the wireless IC platform business.**

Net revenuesfor the full year 2013 decreased 4.8% to $8.08 billion from $8.49billion in 2012 mainly reflecting lower WPS (former ST-Ericsson products)sales. Net revenues for the full year 2013, excluding WPS, increased 3.2% to $7.38 billion.

Gross marginwas 32.3% of net revenues for the full year 2013, compared to 32.8% of net revenues in 2012.

Sense &Power and Automotive revenues for the full year 2013 totaled $4.78 billion, up 3.3% compared to 2012 led by APG and IPD. SP&A operating margin decreased to 5.7% in 2013 from 8.8%in 2012 principally due to increased R&D efforts.

Embedded Processing Solutions revenueswere $3.27 billion, down 14.6% compared to 2012 mainly due to the wind down of ST-Ericsson. EPS revenues excluding WPS increased 3.4% principally driven by strong growth in MMS. EPS operating margin wasnegative 12.2%compared to negative 23.1% in 2012 mainly due to the wind down of ST-Ericsson and higher sales in Microcontrollers.

Net loss, as reported, was $500million in the full year 2013, or $(0.56) per share, compared to a net loss of $1.16billion, or $(1.31) per share in the full year 2012. On an adjusted basis, ST reported a non-U.S. GAAP net loss per share estimated at$(0.23)excluding impairment and restructuring chargesand one-time items, net of estimated income tax effect,in the full year 2013, compared to $(0.33) in the full year 2012.*

The effective average exchange rate for the Company was approximately $1.31 to €1.00 for the full year 2013, same as the effective average exchange ratefor the full year 2012.

(*)Net financial position and adjusted net earnings per share are non-U.S. GAAP measures. For additional information and reconciliation to U.S. GAAP, please refer to Attachment A.

(**)On August 2, 2013, ST and Ericsson completed the formal transfer of the parts of ST-Ericsson to the respective parent companies. The split up of ST-Ericsson has been completed with both parents having assumed equal funding of the wind-down activities. As previously communicated, ST and Ericsson have taken the expenses and the margin of their respective activities since March 2, 2013. Effective as of September 1, 2013, ST has deconsolidated ST-Ericsson.

Full Year Net Revenues Summary

Full Year Revenue and Operating Results by Product Segment

First Quarter 2014 Business Outlook

Mr. Bozotti stated,“In the first quarter, we expect overall revenuesto decrease sequentially by about 9.5% at the midpoint. First quarter revenues reflect, on top of seasonality including the New Year holiday in Asia, a drop in revenues from ST-Ericsson legacy products of more than half from the fourth quarter of 2013 level. 

“While the semiconductor market did not perform as expected in 2013, we are encouraged by the positive macro-economic signs and by the market dynamics expected in 2014. We are well positioned to capture opportunities and to continue to grow faster than the market we serveas we focus on product leadership in Sense, Power and Automotive and in Embedded Processing.

“We will continue to advance towards our operating margin targetof about 10%, expected by mid-2015, based on a combination of revenue growth, gross margin improvement and reduction of net expenses towards the low end of our target range.

The Company expects first quarter 2014 revenues to decrease about9.5%on a sequential basis, plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. As a result, gross margin in the first quarter is expected to be about 32.4%, plus or minus 2.0 percentage points.

Net operating expenses target in the range of $600 million to $650 million average per quarter includes SG&A and R&D expenses net of R&D grants. The Company expects the Nano2017 R&D grants to become effective in the first quarter of 2014.

This outlook is based on an assumed effective currency exchange rate of approximately $1.35to €1.00 for the 2014first quarter and includes the impact of existing hedging contracts. The first quarter will close on March 29, 2014.

Recent Corporate Developments

On December 2, ST announced that all the resolutions proposed by the Supervisory Board were approved at the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, which was held in Schiphol, The Netherlands. The resolutions approved by the shareholders were:

• The distribution of a cash dividend of US$0.10 per common share for each of the fourth quarter of 2013, paid in December 2013, and first quarter of 2014, to be paid in March 2014 to shareholders of record in the month of the quarterly payment.

• An amendment of the Articles of Association of the Company authorizing the Supervisory Board, in addition to the General Meeting of Shareholders, to resolve upon the distribution of quarterly dividends from the reserves of the Company.

Q4 2013 – Product and Technology Highlights

During the quarter, ST made strong progress with important new-product introductions and significant design wins.

Embedded Processing Solutions (EPS)

Digital Convergence (DCG)

• Earned important design wins in Europe and the US in Ultra HD and HEVC video technologies with major tier-one operators.
• Awarded multiple broadcast set-top box designs, with full certification from major conditional-access system vendors, including Nagra and Viaccess. Over 50 location-specific part numbers are available to serve the worldwide market.
• Captured set-top-box sockets from MultiChoice, South Africa’s top pay-TV provider to boost customers’ access to high-definition services.
• Won design at a major consumer company in the Far East in 28nm FD-SOI.

Imaging, Bi-CMOS, ASIC and Silicon Photonics (IBP)

• Awarded several image-sensor and camera-module sockets for main and front-facing camera applications by a leading smartphone manufacturer, to support volume deliveries in new H1’14 smartphone programs.

Microcontroller, Memory and Secure MCU (MMS)

• Landed design wins for the STM32F4 as a sensor hub at several key smartphone OEMs and in a smartwatch at one of them.
• Earned sockets for the STM32F1 with Java Virtual Machine for a heating-control user interface with a French industrial OEM  and for the STM32F0 for input/output accessories with a major US Smartphone OEM.
• Achieved new ST31 dual-interface secure microcontroller certification for Asia banking with two additional major payment smartcard players.
• Introduced a second-generation Secure Element that further improves performance and security for mobile devices.
• Announced a family of “dynamic NFC tag” memories enabling NFC connectivity with smartphones for a wide range of electronic devices.

Sense & Power and Automotive Products (SP&A)

Analog, MEMS and Sensors (AMS)

• Captured a socket for a smart 6-axis accelerometer/gyro combo in a new generation of tablets and smartphones from a fast-rising Asian manufacturer. Another top Asian manufacturer is qualifying a different 6-axis combo for a smart watch.
• Selected by a global manufacturer for a high-gravity accelerometer for predictive maintenance in transportation applications.
• Started volume shipments of high-performance digital microphones for tablets at a top-tier manufacturer and of a high-performance top-port digital microphone at a major Chinese smartphone manufacturer.
• Introduced a new family of 6-axis smart sensors that are fully compliant with Android 4.4 KitKat.
• Earned qualification from a Chinese manufacturer for an automotive accelerometer and a gyroscope module for navigation projects, increased shipments for high-gravity accelerometers for airbags to a large Pac Rim manufacturer, started production of a gyro for an American manufacturer for a navigation application, and began sampling the first 24g accelerometer for non-safety Automotive applications, such as car black boxes.
• Began volume shipments of a second-generation touch-screen controller to a large Asian manufacturer and captured a design win for the third-generation device with the same Asian manufacturer.

Automotive (APG)

• Confirmed leadership in automotive lighting by earning the strategic platform from a major Japanese Tier1 manufacturer.
• Won an award as the sole supplier for VIPower products from a major Japanese Tier1.
• Selected by a leading Japanese manufacturer of vehicle engine management and climate-control systems for gasoline direct injection applications.
• Captured several design wins for airbag applications with Chinese customers.
• Registered many design wins for the 32-bit Power architecture microcontrollers across a broad range of application domains.
• Announced the latest generation of industry-leading multi-constellation satellite-location chips, which with the addition of capabilities to track the Chinese BeiDou satellites, is able to receive signals from all of the global navigation systems.

Industrial and Power Discrete (IPD)

• Captured design wins from a leading Korean manufacturer for its newest switching battery charger.
• Began ramping  a new step-down monolithic switching regulator for an Infotainment project by a major Japanese Automotive Tier1  for an American car maker.
• Earned significant design wins for ultrafast IGBTs (Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistors) in power-factor correction applications with a major Chinese appliance manufacturer.
• Continued to gain traction with E-Fuse in leading Hard Disk Drive and SSD platforms from top-tier manufacturers.
• Landed big design wins for our high-efficiency MOSFETs with a leading Korean TV Maker.
• Awarded the socket for field-effect rectifier diodes for mobile and tablet chargers by a leading Asian OEM and won key EMIF filters & protection-device sockets in high-visibility smartphone, tablet, notebook and other portable applications.
• Introduced the world’s first intelligent-gateway SoC, which combines a high-performance processing subsystem with Powerline Communication (PLC), security and peripheral features to support hybrid networks utilizing popular wired and wireless standards.
• Leveraging expertise in PLC and smart-meter ICs in the launch of a unique future-proof SoC that simplifies smart-meter design, reduces time-to-market, and significantly reduces component count and bill-of-materials costs.
• Announced an advanced energy-harvesting and battery-charging chip that enhances flexibility, simplifies design, and extends application reach.

Use of Supplemental Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Information

This press release contains supplemental non-U.S. GAAP financial information, including net revenues excluding Wireless (WPS), operating income (loss) before impairment and restructuring charges, operating margin before impairment and restructuring charges, adjusted net earnings, adjusted net earnings per share, free cash flow and net financial position.

Readers are cautioned that these measures are unaudited and not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as a substitute for U.S. GAAP financial measures. In addition, such non-U.S. GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled information by other companies.

See Attachment A of this press release for a reconciliation of the Company’s non-U.S. GAAP financial measures to their corresponding U.S. GAAP financial measures. To compensate for these limitations, the supplemental non-U.S. GAAP financial information should not be read in isolation, but only in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Forward-looking information

Some of the statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended) that are based on management’s current views and assumptions, and are conditioned upon and also involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance, or events to differ materially from those anticipated by such statements, due to, among other factors:

•Uncertain macro-economic and industry trends;

•            Customer demand and acceptance for the products which we design, manufacture and sell;

•Unanticipated events or circumstances, which may either impact our ability to execute the planned reductions in our net operating expenses and / or meet the objectives of our R&D Programs, which benefit from public funding;

•Future events or circumstances, which may have an impact on the timing and final cost of the wind down of the ST-Ericsson joint venture;

•The loading and the manufacturing performance of our production facilities;

•The functionalities and performance of our IT systems, which support our critical operational activities including manufacturing, finance and sales; 

•            Variations in the foreign exchange markets and, more particularly, in the rate of the U.S. dollar exchange rate as compared to the Euro and the other major currencies we use for our operations;

• The impact of intellectual property (“IP”) claims by our competitors or other third parties, and our ability to obtain required licenses on reasonable terms and conditions;

• Restructuring charges and associated cost savings that differ in amount or timing from our estimates;

• Changes in our overall tax position as a result of changes in tax laws, the outcome of tax audits or changes in international tax treaties which may impact our results of operations as well as our ability to accurately estimate tax credits, benefits, deductions and provisions and to realize deferred tax assets;

•The outcome of ongoing litigation as well as the impact of any new litigation to which we may become a defendant;

•Natural events such as severe weather, earthquakes, tsunami, volcano eruptions or other acts of nature, health risks and epidemics in locations where we, our customers or our suppliers operate;

• Changes in economic, social, political, or infrastructure conditions in the locations where we, our customers, or our suppliers operate, including as a result of macro-economic or regional events, military conflict, social unrest, or terrorist activities;

• Availability and costs of raw materials, utilities, third-party manufacturing services, or other supplies required by our operations.

Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results and performance of our business to differ materially and adversely from the forward-looking statements. Certain forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology, such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “are expected to,” “should,” “would be,” “seeks” or “anticipates” or similar expressions or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions.

Some of these risk factors are set forth and are discussed in more detail in “Item 3. Key Information — Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the SEC on March 4, 2013. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this release as anticipated, believed, or expected. We do not intend, and do not assume any obligation, to update any industry information or forward-looking statements set forth in this release to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

STMicroelectronics Conference Call and Webcast Information

On January 28, 2014, the management of STMicroelectronics will host an earnings presentation in

Paris and will also conduct a conference call to discuss performance for the fourth quarter and full

year of 2013.

The earnings presentation will be held at 5:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time / 11:00 a.m. CET and the

conference call at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time / 3:00 p.m. CET. Both the earnings presentation and

conference call will be available live via the Internet by accessing http://investors.st.com. Those

accessing the webcast should go to the Web site at least 15 minutes prior to the call, in order to

register, download and install any necessary audio software.