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Nov 24, 2013 at 1:47 AM

$VMEM Violin Memory Inc. Company Overview

Violin Memory, Inc. develops and supplies persistent memory-based storage systems that are designed to bring storage performance in line with high-speed applications, servers and networks. Its flash memory arrays are specifically designed at each level of the system architecture, starting with memory and optimized through the array, to leverage the inherent capabilities of flash memory. Its Flash Memory Arrays integrate enterprise-class hardware and software technologies to address the limitations of both disk-based and other flash-based storage solutions. The company also develops and supplies Velocity PCIe Flash Memory Cards designed to leverage its persistent memory architecture in servers. It sells its products through its global direct sales force, systems vendors, resellers and other channel partners. Violin Memory was founded by Jon C. R. Bennett and Donpaul C. Stephens on March 9, 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

VMEM Last Price: 3.10

Last Updated: November 24, 2013 1:47 AM EST

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Violin Memory Inc. VMEM Officers and Executives
Name Age Officer Since Title
Mr. Howard A. Bain 67 2012 Chairman
Dr. Donald G. Basile 47 2009 Chief Executive Officer & Director
Mr. Dixon R. Doll 45 2009 Chief Operating Officer & Director
Mr. Cory Joseph Sindelar 44 2011 Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Jon C. R. Bennett - 2005 Chief Technology Officer-Hardware & Technology

Violin Memory, Inc.
685 Clyde Avenue
Mountain View, California 94043-2213
Phone
1 6503961500
Industry
Computer Hardware
Sector
Technology
Fiscal Year-end
01/2014
View SEC Filings Below
Revenue
$73.80M
Net Income
$-109.10M
2013 Sales Growth
36.9%
Employees
445.00
Annual Report Below for VMEM

Violin Memory Inc. VMEM Recent Headlines
MarketWatch News on VMEM
Violin Memory dives 45.8% premarket after earnings 8:56 a.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - Ben Eisen
Violin Memory shares fall 15% in IPO 9:03 a.m. Sept. 27, 2013 - Benjamin Pimentel
Violin Memory shares fall 15% in IPO 8:55 a.m. Sept. 27, 2013 - Benjamin Pimentel
Cloud firms Covisint, RingCentral on IPO deck 2:56 p.m. Sept. 25, 2013 - Benjamin Pimentel

Pfizer Feels the Heat From Novartis 4:14 p.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Violin Memory trounced on Q3 results and guidance, 3 downgrades 9:58 a.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - Seeking Alpha
UPDATE: Deutsche Bank Downgrades Violin Memory Following Sour Notes 8:30 a.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - benzinga.com
Violin Memory – VMEM Stock Goes From IPO to Oblivion in Two Months 6:20 a.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - InvestorPlace.com
UPDATE: J.P. Morgan Downgrades Violin Memory Following Deterioration Of Revenue Model 6:05 a.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - benzinga.com
Friday’s Biggest Stock Losers: VMEM, TFM, and More 4:39 a.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - InvestorPlace.com
Violin Memory collapses 26.8% AH on Q3 miss, disappointing guidance 4:41 p.m. Nov. 21, 2013 - Seeking Alpha
Arian Foster IPO Gets Sidelined 7:08 a.m. Nov. 13, 2013 - InvestorPlace.com
SA PRO: Top Long And Short Ideas, Wednesday November 6 7:30 a.m. Nov. 7, 2013 - Seeking Alpha
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News 6:33 a.m. Nov. 6, 2013 - Seeking Alpha
GSV Capital May Be a Tweet Deal 6:21 a.m. Nov. 5, 2013 - Barrons.com
UPDATE: Sterne Agee Initiates Coverage on Violin Memory on Market Leader Position 8:23 a.m. Nov. 1, 2013 - benzinga.com
Fantex Holdings Sets IPO for NFL’s Arian Foster 6:30 a.m. Oct. 25, 2013 - InvestorPlace.com
Violin Memory Winning Over The Intelligence Community - Is The Fortune 100 Next? 4:26 p.m. Oct. 23, 2013 - Seeking Alpha
UPDATE: Deutsche Bank Initiates Coverage on Violin Memory on Blue Sky Opportunity in Flash Storage 11:14 a.m. Oct. 22, 2013 - benzinga.com
UPDATE: Bank of America Initiates Coverage on Violin Memory on Hyper Growth at Attractive Valuation 11:12 a.m. Oct. 22, 2013 - benzinga.com
Building the Cloud: Who Wins, Who Loses 3:29 a.m. Oct. 12, 2013 - Barrons.com
Flash Memory Arrays Coming Out Of The IPO Woodwork 8:00 a.m. Oct. 4, 2013 - Seeking Alpha
SA Pro: Top Long And Short Ideas, Tuesday October 1 7:30 a.m. Oct. 2, 2013 - Seeking Alpha
Violin Memory Looks Like A Short 11:00 a.m. Oct. 1, 2013 - Seeking Alpha

Press Releases on VMEM
The Rosen Law Firm Announces Investigation of Securities Fraud Claims Against Violin Memory, Inc -- VMEM 8:58 a.m. Nov. 23, 2013 - BusinessWire
VIOLIN MEMORY INVESTIGATION INITIATED BY FORMER LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates Violin Memory, Inc. Following Disclosure of Third Quarter Losses and Analysts Downgrades 10:00 p.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - BusinessWire
Shareholder Rights Law Firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP Announces Investigation of Violin Memory, Inc. 6:39 p.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - BusinessWire
SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Violin Memory, Inc. - VMEM 2:31 p.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - PR Newswire
Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Investigation on Behalf of Investors of Violin Memory, Inc. 1:09 p.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - BusinessWire
NAT, VMEM, P and NLSN added to NYSE Active Stock Watch List at GSR 10:22 a.m. Nov. 22, 2013 - ACCESSWIRE
Violin Memory Announces Third Fiscal Quarter 2014 Financial Results 4:05 p.m. Nov. 21, 2013 - BusinessWire
Violin Memory Announces Mick Bradley as Managing Director of EMEA 3:01 a.m. Nov. 20, 2013 - BusinessWire
Violin Memory Announces Symphony Management Version 2.0 8:00 a.m. Nov. 18, 2013 - BusinessWire
GSV Capital Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2013 Results of Operations 4:52 p.m. Nov. 11, 2013 - GlobeNewswire
Violin Memory to Announce Fiscal Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results 8:00 a.m. Nov. 6, 2013 - BusinessWire
Violin Memory Accelerates Database Performance for Online Transaction Processing and Decision Support System Workloads 7:00 a.m. Oct. 21, 2013 - BusinessWire
Violin Memory and Skyera Lead in Branded Channel Adoption among SSD/Flash Storage Companies 3:30 p.m. Oct. 15, 2013 - PR Newswire
Violin Scale-out Memory Platform Accelerates Windows Applications in the Enterprise Cloud 7:00 a.m. Oct. 15, 2013 - BusinessWire
GSV Capital Provides Update on Portfolio Company Developments 8:00 a.m. Oct. 3, 2013 - GlobeNewswire
Violin Memory Prices Initial Public Offering 9:37 p.m. Sept. 26, 2013 - Marketwire

Valuation
P/E Current
-2.34
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items)
-0.98
Enterprise Value to EBITDA
-3.28
Enterprise Value to Sales
3.20
Efficiency
Revenue/Employee
0.17
Income Per Employee
-0.25
Receivables Turnover
3.64
Total Asset Turnover
0.52
Liquidity
Current Ratio
5.20
Quick Ratio
4.55
Cash Ratio
3.80

Profitability
Gross Margin
42.20
Operating Margin
-147.56
Pretax Margin
-147.71
Net Margin
-147.84
Return on Assets
-76.31
Return on Equity
-102.25
Return on Total Capital
-101.92
Return on Invested Capital
-101.92
Capital Structure
Total Debt to Total Equity
0.00
Total Debt to Total Capital
0.00
Total Debt to Total Assets
0.00
Long-Term Debt to Equity
0.00
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital
0.00

Violin Memory Inc. VMEM Financials
Fiscal year is February-January. All values USD millions. 2011 2012 2013 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue - - 11.4M 53.89M 73.8M
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl. D&A - - 8.08M 39.27M 42.65M
COGS excluding D&A - - 7.31M 34.2M 33.64M
Depreciation & Amortization Expense - - 765,000 5.06M 9.01M
Depreciation - - 765,000 5.06M 9.01M
Amortization of Intangibles - - 0 0 0
Gross Income - - 3.32M 14.62M 31.14M

2011 2012 2013 5-year trend
SG&A Expense - - 19.92M 54.36M 140.04M
Research & Development - - 9.7M 26.64M 57.84M
Other SG&A - - 10.22M 27.72M 82.2M
Other Operating Expense - - 0 0 0
Unusual Expense - - 0 2.1M 0
EBIT after Unusual Expense - - 0 (2.1M) 0
Non Operating Income/Expense - - 110,000 89,000 (79,000)
Non-Operating Interest Income - - - - -
Equity in Affiliates (Pretax) - - 0 0 0
Interest Expense - - 251,000 3.03M 31,000
Gross Interest Expense - - 251,000 3.03M 31,000
Interest Capitalized - - 0 0 0
Pretax Income - - (16.74M) (44.78M) (109.01M)
Income Tax - - 1,000 7,000 97,000
Income Tax - Current Domestic - - 1,000 7,000 97,000
Income Tax - Current Foreign - - 0 0 0
Income Tax - Deferred Domestic - - 0 0 0
Income Tax - Deferred Foreign - - 0 0 0
Income Tax Credits - - 0 0 0
Equity in Affiliates - - 0 0 0
Other After Tax Income (Expense) - - 0 0 0
Consolidated Net Income - - (16.74M) (44.79M) (109.1M)
Minority Interest Expense - - 0 0 0
Net Income - - (16.74M) (44.79M) (109.1M)
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations - - 0 0 0
Extra Items & Gain/Loss Sale Of Assets - - 0 0 0
Cumulative Effect - Accounting Chg - - 0 0 0
Discontinued Operations - - 0 0 0
Net Income After Extraordinaries - - (16.74M) (44.79M) (109.1M)
Preferred Dividends - - 0 0 0
Net Income Available to Common - - (16.74M) (44.79M) (109.1M)
EPS (Basic) - - (0.20) (0.55) (1.33)
Basic Shares Outstanding - - 82.13M 82.13M 82.13M
EPS (Diluted) - - (0.20) (0.55) (1.33)
Diluted Shares Outstanding - - 82.13M 82.13M 82.13M
EBITDA - - (15.84M) (34.67M) (99.88M)

Violin Memory Inc. VMEM Filings
SEC Filings for Violin Memory Inc.

Filing Date Document Date Type Category Amended
11/21/2013 11/21/2013 8-K Special Events
09/27/2013 N/A S-8 Registration Statement
09/16/2013 N/A S-1/A Registration Statement *
08/26/2013 N/A S-1 Registration Statement
SEC Filings provided by EDGAR Online, Inc.

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