Enovix Organizes for Drone/Military Surge

Annual cost savings of $8.5 million accompany a $19 million investment to double Korean drone battery capacity.

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Enovix (Nasdaq: ENVX) completed the first phase of its cost-reduction plan, cutting approximately 220 employee and contract-labor positions worldwide. The reduction, from 946 positions, carries $8.5 million in annual savings. Resources are shifting toward South Korea while costs fall in the U.S., India and Malaysia.

Enovix is investing $19 million to double its Korean plant’s drone battery capacity. A multinational drone-system provider placed an initial order for 100,000 batteries in October, with deliveries scheduled in early 2027. Early Q4’26 drone and defense orders exceeded total Q3’26 revenue. Its drone, defense and industrial pipeline reached $216 million at Q3’26 end, but is not orders or committed revenue. Enovix expects Korean revenue in 2027 to be a multiple of 2026 revenue. Malaysia’s Fab2 is focusing on a lead smart-eyewear customer’s production order and product development and sampling.

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• Major pointEnovix described retirement of $100 million of 2030 bonds as profitable. 16% of market cap
• Moderate pointCompleted cost reductions deliver $8.5 million per year in savings.
• Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Korean plant investment of $19 million will double drone battery capacity. 3.1% of market cap
• Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Initial drone-system customer order covers 100,000 battery units, with deliveries scheduled in early 2027.
• Moderate pointDrone and defense orders in early Q4’26 exceeded total Q3’26 revenue.
• Moderate pointDrone, defense and industrial opportunity pipeline reached $216 million at the end of Q3’26.
• Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Enovix expects 2027 Korean revenue to be a multiple of 2026 revenue.
• Moderate pointMalaysia’s Fab2 is fulfilling a production order from its lead smart-eyewear customer.
• Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Enovix expects follow-on orders from the drone-system customer in the second half of 2027 and beyond.

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• Moderate pointWarrant dividend remains a proposal, including an opportunity to retire $172 million in 2028 bonds. 28% of market cap
• Minor pointWorkforce reduction eliminated approximately 220 employee and contract-labor positions out of 946.
• Minor pointCustomer pipeline represents opportunities, not orders or committed revenue; conversion depends on qualifications, awards and production.
• Minor pointPreliminary Q3’26 results and pipeline information are unaudited and subject to change.

News Explained

Enovix says its November 12, 2026 call will discuss a proposed warrant dividend for shareholders and 2028 and 2023 bondholders, including a possible route to retire $172 million of 2028 bonds; the release describes a proposal for discussion, not a completed distribution or retirement.

Key Figures

Positions reduced: Approximately 220 of 946 employee and contract-labor positions Annual cost savings: $8.5 million per year Plant investment: $19 million +3 more

Positions reduced

Approximately 220 of 946 employee and contract-labor positions

First phase of the cost-reduction plan

Annual cost savings

$8.5 million per year

Savings from the position reductions

Plant investment

$19 million

Korean plant drone-battery capacity expansion

Capacity expansion

Double

Korean plant drone-battery capacity

Customer pipeline

$216 million

Drone, defense and industrial pipeline at Q3'26 end; not orders, backlog or committed revenue

Initial purchase order

100,000 battery units

Multinational dual-use drone systems provider; deliveries scheduled for early 2027

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   Korean capacity expansion

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   Reported a $19 million plan to double Korean drone-battery capacity, now described as under investment.

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Key Terms

taa-compliant, silicon-anode, warrant dividend

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taa-compliant regulatory

"TAA-compliant, military-qualified plant"

TAA-compliant means a product or service meets the Trade Agreements Act rules for U.S. government buying: it is made in, or substantially transformed in, the United States or in one of the countries approved under the law. For investors, TAA compliance is like having a certified passport that lets a company sell into federal procurement channels and compete for government contracts, which can open a steady revenue stream and reduce sales barriers to large public-sector customers.

silicon-anode technical

"advanced 100% active silicon-anode AI-1TM batteries"

A silicon-anode is a type of battery electrode that uses silicon instead of (or alongside) traditional graphite to store electrical charge; silicon can hold many more lithium ions, like a sponge that soaks up more water than a smaller cloth. For investors, it matters because silicon-anode batteries promise higher energy capacity and faster charging for devices and electric vehicles, potentially boosting product performance and margins, but they also bring technical and cost risks tied to durability and manufacturing.

warrant dividend financial

"our exciting warrant dividend proposal to all shareholders"

A warrant dividend is a payment to shareholders made in the form of warrants—receipts that give the holder the right to buy company shares at a set price in the future—instead of cash. It matters because it can boost potential upside like a coupon that lets you buy more stock later, but it can also dilute existing ownership and affect share value when the warrants are exercised, so investors should weigh future opportunity against possible dilution.

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FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enovix Corporation (“Enovix” or the “Company,” Nasdaq: ENVX), a developer and manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries, today announced that it has completed the first phase of the cost reduction plan described to shareholders in August by Executive Chairman T.J. Rodgers. Over the past week, the Company rebalanced its world-wide deployment to put more focus on its South Korean operations, in both headcount and capital deployment, while reducing costs in the U.S., India and Malaysia. The change was a reduction of approximately 220 employee and contract-labor positions out of 946 with savings of $8.5 million per year.

In Korea, the Company’s TAA-compliant, military-qualified plant is ramping to meet strong demand from U.S. and allied drone and defense programs for non-Chinese batteries. Enovix is investing $19 million to double the plant’s drone battery capacity to serve its rapidly growing drone, defense and industrial pipeline, which ballooned to $216 million at the end of Q3’26. A multinational provider of dual-use drone systems placed an initial purchase order in October for 100,000 battery units, with deliveries scheduled in early 2027 and expectations for follow-on orders in the second half of 2027 and beyond. The drone and defense purchase orders received in the first weeks of Q4’26 have already exceeded the Company’s total Q3’26 revenue. The Company believes the underlying growth in drone and defense demand for non-Chinese batteries will continue throughout the decade.

T.J. Rodgers, Enovix Executive Chairman, said, “Our streamlining effort is intended to prevent the rapid hiring for the new opportunities from actually increasing costs. We are keeping a lid on costs in every other location and investing in Korea, where we expect 2027 revenue to be a multiple of 2026 revenue.”

In Malaysia, the Company is focusing its Fab2 operations on fulfilling a production order for its advanced 100% active silicon-anode AI-1^TM batteries from its lead smart eyewear customer, as well as on product development and sampling for smartphone, smart eyewear, wearable and other edge-AI customers.

Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Call

Enovix will host a live video webcast to update investors and analysts at 1:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 12, 2026, during which T.J. Rodgers, Ryan Benton, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Steve Bakos, Chief Revenue Officer and General Manager, and Michael Vyvoda, Chief Operating Officer, will discuss Q3’26 results, the cost-reduction plan, the previously announced warrant distribution, and provide Q4’26 guidance as well as full-year 2027 revenue guidance. Register for the webcast here or on the Events page of the Investor Relations website: https://ir.enovix.com/news-events/investor-calendar. Investors may submit questions on the registration page that they would like addressed on the call by Enovix management.

Rodgers concluded, “We are focusing on our streamlining effort now, so that we can spend more time in the analyst meeting on 1) the profitable retirement of $100 million of our 2030 bonds, and 2) our exciting warrant dividend proposal to all shareholders and the 2028 and 2023 bond holders, including the opportunity to retire the $172 million in 2028 bonds through the warrant dividend.”

About Enovix

Enovix develops and manufactures advanced lithium-ion batteries, including proprietary silicon-anode architectures for smartphones, smart eyewear, defense, industrial and emerging edge-AI applications. Its proprietary silicon-anode battery architecture enables higher energy density and performance in space-constrained devices while maintaining safety and reliability, supporting commercialization across consumer and industrial markets.

Enovix is headquartered in Silicon Valley with facilities in India, South Korea and Malaysia, serving customers globally. For more information visit https://enovix.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance and are identified by words such as anticipate, believe, could, estimate, expect, intend, may, might, plan, possible, potential, predict, project, should, will, would and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: the expected cost savings and other benefits of our cost reduction and restructuring actions, and the timing of those savings; our plans for our Malaysia operations, including continued production, shipments to our smart eyewear customer, product development and sampling for smartphone, smart eyewear, wearable and other edge-AI customers; the timing of any future volume increases; the amount, timing and benefits of our planned capacity expansion in South Korea; our expectation that 2027 revenue from our South Korea operations will be a multiple of 2026 revenue; our belief that growth in demand for non-Chinese batteries from U.S. and allied drone and defense programs will continue throughout the decade; the announced drone battery purchase order, including the quantity and timing of deliveries and our expectation of follow-on orders in the second half of 2027 and beyond; the fulfillment of drone and defense purchase orders received in the fourth quarter of 2026; the conversion of pipeline opportunities into purchase orders; our preliminary, unaudited third quarter 2026 revenue and customer pipeline; the expected timing and content of our third quarter 2026 financial results, conference call and guidance; our research and development priorities; the previously announced warrant distribution; our offer to retire $172 million of our 2028 bonds; the retirement of $100 million of our 2030 bonds; and our plans to reduce our cost structure and accelerate our path to profitability. These statements are based on the current expectations of our management, are not predictions of actual performance, and actual results may differ materially from the future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

Risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results and events anticipated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the possibility that our cost reduction actions do not produce the expected savings, produce them later than expected, or result in greater charges or cash expenditures than expected; the possibility that the reductions disrupt our operations, impair our ability to ship products, sample products or support customers, or result in the loss of additional personnel; the possibility that the warrant distribution or our offer to retire our 2028 bonds is delayed, modified or not completed, that bondholders do not participate to the extent we expect, or that the amount of cash proceeds received or debt retired differs materially from our expectations; the possibility that our final third quarter 2026 results differ from the preliminary results referenced in this release as a result of the completion of our quarter-end closing procedures, review by our independent registered public accounting firm or other developments; the possibility that the announced drone battery purchase order or other drone and defense purchase orders are modified, delayed, reduced or cancelled, that deliveries do not occur on the expected schedule or that the customer does not place follow-on orders; the possibility that other opportunities in our sales pipeline do not convert into purchase orders, or convert later or in smaller amounts than we expect; the possibility that our South Korea capacity expansion costs more, takes longer or delivers less capacity than we expect; changes in U.S. and allied defense budgets, procurement priorities and drone programs, and in demand for non-Chinese battery supply; our dependence on a limited number of customers; our ability to satisfy applicable government sourcing, regulatory and certification requirements, including TAA and NDAA requirements; our ability to successfully develop, manufacture and commercialize our battery products and transition to high-volume production; our ability to scale manufacturing operations and achieve expected production capacity and yields; the level and timing of customer demand, qualification and adoption of our products across end markets; lengthy and unpredictable customer qualification and sales cycles, particularly in defense and other regulated markets; our history of losses and expectation of continued losses; liquidity constraints, capital availability and our ability to service existing debt; intense competition and our ability to keep up with rapid technological change in the battery industry; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; the outcome of litigation, regulatory investigations and other legal matters; changes in tax laws or regulations; changes in the political, economic or regulatory environment generally and in the markets in which we operate; and other risks described in the disclosures contained in our filings with the SEC, including in the "Risk Factors" and "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents that we have filed, or will file, with the SEC. These documents are available in the SEC Filings section of the Investor Relations page at https://ir.enovix.com and at www.sec.gov. It is not possible for us to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. Accordingly, you should not rely on any of the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date on which they are made. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Preliminary Financial Information

The preliminary third quarter 2026 financial results and customer pipeline information referenced in this release are unaudited, are based on management’s estimates as of October 12, 2026 and are subject to change upon completion of the Company’s financial closing procedures and review. The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has not audited, reviewed, compiled or performed any procedures with respect to this preliminary information and does not express an opinion or any other form of assurance with respect to it. Further information concerning, and risks relating to, our preliminary third quarter 2026 financial results are included in our October 12, 2026 press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update this preliminary information other than as required by law.

Note Regarding Customer Pipeline and Design Wins

We may refer in this press release and other communications to our “customer pipeline” and “design wins.” Our customer pipeline represents our estimate of the peak annual production value of identified design opportunities for products manufactured in South Korea. A “design win” refers to an opportunity that has been awarded to Enovix but has not yet entered production. Customer pipeline and design win amounts do not represent customer orders, backlog or committed revenue and should not be viewed as forecasts of future revenue. Actual revenue, if any, will depend on a number of factors, including customer qualification, final program awards, production timing, capacity and volumes, and the successful launch and ramp of customer programs. These measures are forward-looking and are subject to the risks and uncertainties described above under “Forward-Looking Statements.”

For media and investor inquiries, please contact:
Investor Contact:
Monica Gould
Blueshirt Group
ir@enovix.com

Source: Enovix Corporation

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How much is Enovix saving through its workforce reduction?

Enovix’s completed first phase of cost reductions carries $8.5 million in annual savings. It reduced approximately 220 employee and contract-labor positions out of 946 while shifting headcount and capital deployment toward South Korea and reducing costs in the U.S., India and Malaysia.

What does Enovix’s $216 million customer pipeline measure?

The customer pipeline estimates the peak annual production value of identified opportunities for products manufactured in South Korea. It is not customer orders, backlog, committed revenue or a revenue forecast. Actual revenue depends on customer qualification, final program awards, production timing, capacity and volumes, and customer program launches and ramps.

What is Enovix proposing for its warrant dividend and bonds?

Enovix’s warrant dividend proposal covers all shareholders and holders of its 2028 and 2023 bonds, including an opportunity to retire $172 million in 2028 bonds through the dividend. Management plans to discuss the proposal and retirement of $100 million of 2030 bonds at its November 12, 2026 earnings webcast.

How preliminary is Enovix’s Q3 2026 financial and pipeline information?

The preliminary information is unaudited, based on management estimates as of October 12, 2026, and subject to change after financial closing procedures and review. The independent accounting firm has not audited, reviewed, compiled or performed procedures on it and provides no assurance.