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Winning Through Disruption In The
Transport Market
Investor Overview
December 2016
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Redefining what the network will be
• Unique technology innovation with PIC
• Best-in class systems with Automation,
Convergence and Scalability
Industry leading global service & support
Unmatched reliability
Right tools for right job
Focused on customer success
Infinera: A Differentiated Technology Company
Enabling An Infinite Pool of Intelligent Bandwidth
Cloud Xpress DTN-X
XTC Series
Photonic Integrated Circuit
(PIC)
XT-500
XTM/XTG Series
Cloud Xpress 2
FlexCoherent®
Electronics
XT-3600
XT-3300
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Global Customer Base
Over 600 customers
spanning six continents
Three of the top four
Internet Content Providers
Six of the top seven
global cable operators
Leading North America and
Pan-European wholesale operators
17 Tier 1 operators globally
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Infinera Differentiators
PIC-enabled Technology
• PIC enables scalable, intelligent
functions: SDN, integrated
switching, sliceable bandwidth
• High capacity applications: Long-
haul, Cloud/DCI, Metro Core
Infinera differentiates due to its technology, market expansion opportunities and vertically
integrated business model
Infinera PIC Fab
Vertical Integration
• Lower cost structure
than competition
• Control over innovation
destiny and supply chain
Portfolio of Purpose-built Products
• Cloud Xpress 2 for DC Interconnect
• XT-Series for Long-haul and Metro
• XTC-10/4 for Long-haul
• XTM Series & XTC-2 for Metro
Cloud Xpress 2 XTM Series XTC-Series XT-Series
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Building Blocks
Markets
Our Strategy: How Infinera Wins
Deliver Differentiated
Next Gen Platforms in 2017
Increase Cadence of Optical Engine
Lead in Open: Open APIs,
Open Line System
Disaggregated & Integrated Solutions
Optimized per Customer
Balanced Portfolio – LH/SS/Metro/DCI
(ETE)
Grow Faster than the Overall
Optical Market
Help Customers Transition to Layer T and Win in Their Markets
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Disruptive Technology Innovation:
The Infinera Way
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The Infinera Approach Conventional Approach
ASICs and coherent
Intelligent software
Photonic integrated circuits Coherent optical engine
Vertically Integrated
Vertically Integrated
Technology Leadership Infinera Uniquely Delivers Massive Scale
Moore’s Law-like for Optical
I dustry s o ly large-scale photonic integrated circuit
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A Quantum Leap In Optical Transport To Terabits
Bigger Multi-terabit super-channels
Multi-terabit wire-rate L1 encryption
Smaller O e of orld’s s allest ulti-terabit
subsystems
Lower power vs. competition
Better
Sliceable photonics, lower Total Cost of Ownership
Advanced coherent, improved capacity-reach performance
DSP PIC
Advanced electronics (DSP/ASIC): Next-gen FlexCoherent® processor
Cutting-edge photonics: Fourth-gen Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)
The next step function in optical with Infinite Capacity Engine
Infinera Infinite Capacity Engine
Industry’s First 2.4 Tb/s Transport Technology
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La er T I o atio Tool o
Massive Scale Vertical IP Ownership
Infinite Pool of Bandwidth
Infinite Capacity Engine
Open & Programmable
Xceed Software Suite
Leading the Move to Open Systems
Flexible
Building Blocks for Optimized Networks
Integrated Switching
Disaggregated DWDM
Flex Grid Optical Switching
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Market Expansion Opportunities
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Explosion Of Bandwidth Hungry Applications And Devices
Infinera well-positioned to address bandwidth explosion
*Source: TeleGeography Global Bandwidth Forecast Q3 2016
Video
Cloud
Mobility
IoT
By the end of the decade*
Mobility 11.6B devices
Traffic >30 exabytes/month
Video 80% global internet usage = video
11x more mobile video traffic than 2015
Cloud Public cloud services: 19.4% CAGR from 2015
to $141B (2019)
Internet of Things
> 24B networked devices
42.5 Mb/s avg fixed broadband speed, 2x 2014
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Generational Shift in Network Architecture
1990-2010
IP NGN
Layer 3 – 7
Layer 0 – 3
NMS
PSTN
Pre 1990s
Management
Forwarding
Control
mostly
software
mostly
hardware
Today
Layer T
Layer C Cloud Services
SDN
Layer T & Layer C
Intelligent Transport
Optics Become Dominant
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0
25
50
75
100
125
150
175
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Tb/s
Layer T Traffic Patterns Changing
Private: 58% CAGR Mostly DC to DC
Internet: 21% CAGR Mostly user to content
Trans-Atlantic Bandwidth Mix
Source: Telegeography Q3-2016 Global Bandwidth Forecast Service
100G Services are Surging Source: Ovum Ethernet Services Forecast Report: 2015–20
100G: 75% CAGR
10G: 16% CAGR
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Largest ICPs Poised to Achieve Significant Market Share
Source: Cloud arket share fro UB“ report, /9/ Is the “k the Li it for Cloud Co puti g
Top 4 Cloud & Content Providers: 77% market share by 2020
31% 35%48%
55%62%
68%74% 77%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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$20.0
$40.0
$60.0
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$100.0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
IaaS + PaaS Estimated Revenue
Amazon Microsoft
Google IBM
Big 4 Combined Mkt Share%
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The Infinera Unified End-to-End portfolio
XTM Series DTN-X Family: XTC Series
DTN-X Family: XT Series Cloud Xpress Family
XTC-10
XTC-4
XTC-2E
XTC-2 XTG Series TM-3000
TM-301 TM-102 EDU NID
CX CX 2 XT-500 XT-3300 XT-3600
DC INTERCONNECT
LONG-HAUL / SUBSEA METRO
INFINERA XCEED SOFTWARE SUITE AND DNA
INFINERA FLEXIBLE GRID OPEN LINE SYSTEM
Mobile
Front/Backhaul
Triple Play
Cable
Broadband
Business
Ethernet
Data Center
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Long-haul Adding new tools to solve customer needs
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Established Long-haul Leader
* Based on average of latest quarterly reports from Dell’Oro, O u , IH“, ACG, Cignal AI
Long Haul Market Leadership*
#1 in North America 3 of past 4 quarters
Q3-16: #2 North America, #5 Worldwide
XTC Series
XT-500
XT-3600
XT-3300
Technological Differentiation
Operational simplicity
Terabit-class PIC-enabled scalability
Power/space network efficiency
XT Series
DTN-X Family
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Data Center Interconnect Capturing emerging cloud infrastructures
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Cloud Architecture Drives Network Demands
sources: google.com, facebook.com
Search Query
930x Network Traffic
Cloud Data Center Network
1500 Miles
HTTP request
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Cloud Xpress Cloud Xpress 2
The Infinera Cloud Xpress Family
500 Gb/s super-channel line
10/40/100 GbE clients
Hyperscale Density Simple Operation Low Power Automation Built-in Security Instant Bandwidth
1.2 Tb/s super-channel line in 1RU
100 GbE clients
16-QAM
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The Metro Market A new market for Infinera as 100G Metro begins to ramp
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1G to 100G Packet Optical
100G at Layer 1 and Layer 2 P-OTS
16 QAM applications with XT-3300 and 3600
Multi-service, access to core
Low power and latency, high density design
Metro Solutions From Core To Access
Cloud Xpress Family
XTC-2/2E
Building a differentiated portfolio from Core to Access
XTM/XTG Series
XT-3600
XT-3300
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Metro: A Significant Market Expansion Opportunity
• Strong customer base and reputation in Metro Edge/Access
• Power efficient and purpose-built products
• Early technology leadership in Mobile Fronthaul
Differentiated Approach
• High capacity solutions for Metro Core upgrades to 100G
• Over time, lowers cost structure and enhances technology differentiation
Vertical Integration
• Long-haul customer base upgrading to 100G Metro
• Strong presence in Metro-heavy Cable vertical Customer Base
Infinera Current Metro Market Share: 3% Worldwide*
Significant opportunities to grow!
*A erage of latest proje tio s fro O u , IH“, Dell’Oro a d ACG
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Differentiated Financial Opportunity
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Gross Margin
Operating Expenses
A structure to deliver differentiated financials
Structured financial model
High scale integration Unique pricing
structures
Instant Bandwidth
Long-Haul
DCI
Metro
Fixed cost leverage
R&D = 20% of revenue
Success based S&M investment
G&A grows slower than revenue
Financial discipline
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$438
$544
$668
$888 $865
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42%
44%
48% 48%
34%
39%
44%
49%
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$200
$400
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$1.000
FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 Consensus
$ (
Mil
lio
ns)
Revenue Gross Margin Operating Margin
-9%
1%
8%
13%
6%
Balance sheet as of the end of Q3-16; All gross margin and operating margin figures are non-GAAP
Differentiated Financial Results + A Recent Setback
Q3 16 Perfor a ce $185 million revenue
49.2% gross margin
3.6% operating margin
Q4 16 Outlook $165 to $185 million revenue
40% to 42% gross margin
(12)% to (8%) operating margin
$(0.16) to ($0.12) diluted EPS
Solid Balance Sheet $210M net cash (Cash less face
value of convertible debt)
10 consecutive quarters of positive Cash Flow from Ops
Last 4 quarters Cash Flow from Ops = $69 million
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FY17 – Paving the Path to Profitable Growth
Revenue Growth Drivers
Current
Products
+ XT-3300
+ CX-2 + XTC-10/4 1.2 Tb/s + XT-3600
Entering 2018 with a new portfolio attacking a broad market
Margin Expansion
End of 2016 1H 2017
2H 2017
More Purpose-built
products Integration
drives lower costs
Fewer investment
deals
Improving Yields
Follow on IB licenses
Expansion of gross margin begins 2017; continues in 2018
Fixed cost leverage as
volumes grow
+ XTM 400G
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The Future is Bright: I fi era’s Ulti ate Opportu it
• Top 3 DWDM
vendor worldwide
• Most profitable
optical transport
vendor worldwide
Long Haul/Subsea return to growth; DCI and Metro = high growth opportunities
Photonic integration and pricing strategies enable differentiated cost model
Balancing technology investments with disciplined expense management
Long Term Goals Intact
• Outgrow Market
• 50% Gross Margin
• 15% Operating Margin
Gross margin and operating margin targets are non-GAAP
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GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation (In millions, except percentages and per share data)
(Unaudited)
Note: Amounts represent the midpoint of the expected range.
Q3'16 Q4'16
Actual Outlook
Reconciliation of Gross Margin:
U.S. GAAP 45.6% 37%
Stock-based compensation 0.8% 1%
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 2.8% 3%
Non-GAAP 49.2% 41%
Reconciliation of Operating Expenses:
U.S. GAAP 101$
Stock-based compensation (9)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets (2)
Non-GAAP 90$
Reconciliation of Operating Margin:
U.S. GAAP (5.9)% (20)%
Stock-based compensation 5.5% 6%
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 3.6% 4%
Acquisition-related costs 0.4%
Non-GAAP 3.6% (10)%
Net Income per Common Share:
U.S. GAAP (0.27)$
Stock-based compensation 0.08
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 0.04
Amortization of debt discount 0.02
Income tax effects (0.01)
Non-GAAP (0.14)$