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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009.
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to .
Commission File Number: 000-30269
PIXELWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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OREGON
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91-1761992 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
16760 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road, Suite 101
Portland, OR 97224
(503) 601-4545
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code,
and Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the last 90 days.
Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its
corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes o No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated
filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer o
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Non-accelerated filer o
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Smaller reporting company þ |
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act).
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Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of July 31, 2009: 13,396,859
PIXELWORKS, INC.
FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
PIXELWORKS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
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June 30, |
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December 31, |
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2009 |
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2008 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
18,795 |
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$ |
53,149 |
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Short-term marketable securities |
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6,848 |
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8,058 |
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Accounts receivable, net |
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5,146 |
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6,149 |
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Inventories, net |
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3,720 |
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4,981 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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3,230 |
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3,381 |
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Total current assets |
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37,739 |
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75,718 |
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Long-term marketable securities |
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2,550 |
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2,110 |
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Property and equipment, net |
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5,070 |
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5,187 |
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Other assets, net |
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5,030 |
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5,331 |
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Acquired intangible assets, net |
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2,196 |
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3,386 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
52,585 |
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$ |
91,732 |
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
4,489 |
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$ |
4,215 |
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Accrued liabilities and current portion of long-term liabilities |
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7,458 |
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9,419 |
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Current portion of income taxes payable |
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216 |
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137 |
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Total current liabilities |
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12,163 |
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13,771 |
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Long-term liabilities, net of current portion |
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1,993 |
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2,035 |
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Income taxes payable, net of current portion |
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9,040 |
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10,581 |
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Long-term debt |
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15,779 |
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60,634 |
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Total liabilities |
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38,975 |
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87,021 |
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 11) |
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Shareholders equity: |
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Common stock |
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334,404 |
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333,974 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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408 |
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55 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(321,202 |
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(329,318 |
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Total shareholders equity |
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13,610 |
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4,711 |
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Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
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$ |
52,585 |
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$ |
91,732 |
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PIXELWORKS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended |
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Six Months Ended |
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June 30, |
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June 30, |
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2009 |
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2008 |
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2009 |
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2008 |
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Revenue, net |
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$ |
14,213 |
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$ |
20,793 |
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$ |
24,993 |
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$ |
44,769 |
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Cost of revenue (1) |
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7,440 |
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10,295 |
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14,064 |
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22,600 |
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Gross profit |
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6,773 |
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10,498 |
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10,929 |
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22,169 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Research and development (2) |
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4,532 |
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7,193 |
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9,308 |
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13,915 |
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Selling, general and administrative (3) |
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3,340 |
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4,491 |
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7,213 |
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9,177 |
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Restructuring |
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64 |
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(158 |
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101 |
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850 |
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Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
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74 |
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164 |
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Total operating expenses |
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7,936 |
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11,600 |
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16,622 |
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24,106 |
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Loss from operations |
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(1,163 |
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(1,102 |
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(5,693 |
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(1,937 |
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Gain on repurchase of long-term debt, net |
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3,836 |
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12,860 |
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11,557 |
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Interest expense |
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(145 |
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(419 |
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(396 |
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(992 |
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Interest income |
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75 |
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553 |
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173 |
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1,536 |
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Amortization of debt issuance costs |
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(26 |
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(125 |
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(87 |
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(271 |
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Other income |
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218 |
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218 |
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Other-than-temporary impairment of a marketable security |
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(6,490 |
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Interest and other income, net |
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3,740 |
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227 |
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12,550 |
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5,558 |
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Income (loss) before income taxes |
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2,577 |
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6,857 |
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3,621 |
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Provision (benefit) for income taxes |
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358 |
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375 |
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(1,259 |
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(1,262 |
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Net income (loss) |
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$ |
2,219 |
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$ |
8,116 |
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$ |
4,883 |
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Net income (loss) per share basic |
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$ |
0.17 |
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$ |
0.61 |
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$ |
0.33 |
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Net income (loss) per share diluted |
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$ |
0.16 |
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(0.09 |
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$ |
0.61 |
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$ |
0.33 |
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Weighted average shares outstanding: |
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Basic |
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13,291 |
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14,577 |
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13,321 |
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14,753 |
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Diluted |
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13,475 |
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14,577 |
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13,344 |
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14,766 |
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(1) Includes: |
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Amortization of acquired developed technology |
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$ |
573 |
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$ |
705 |
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$ |
1,190 |
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$ |
1,410 |
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Additional amortization of non-cancelable prepaid royalty |
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50 |
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118 |
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Restructuring |
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43 |
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Stock-based compensation |
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3 |
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20 |
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10 |
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38 |
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(2) Includes stock-based compensation |
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108 |
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449 |
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226 |
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898 |
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(3) Includes stock-based compensation |
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105 |
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313 |
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357 |
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738 |
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PIXELWORKS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
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Six Months Ended |
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June 30, |
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2009 |
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2008 |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net income |
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$ |
8,116 |
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$ |
4,883 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities: |
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Gain on repurchase of long-term debt, net |
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(12,860 |
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(11,557 |
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Other-than-temporary impairment of a marketable security |
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6,490 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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2,299 |
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3,375 |
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Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
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1,190 |
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1,574 |
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Stock-based compensation |
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593 |
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1,674 |
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Deferred income tax benefit |
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(207 |
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(473 |
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Amortization of debt issuance costs |
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87 |
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271 |
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Amortization (accretion) on short- and long-term marketable securities |
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16 |
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(295 |
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Loss on asset disposals |
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6 |
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80 |
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Other |
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24 |
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27 |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Accounts receivable, net |
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1,003 |
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(515 |
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Inventories, net |
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1,261 |
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4,994 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current and long-term assets, net |
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207 |
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(535 |
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Accounts payable |
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274 |
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(334 |
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Accrued current and long-term liabilities |
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(3,147 |
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(1,667 |
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Income taxes payable |
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(1,462 |
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(62 |
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
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(2,600 |
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7,930 |
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Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities |
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4,100 |
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36,814 |
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Purchases of marketable securities |
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(2,993 |
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(16,659 |
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Purchases of property and equipment |
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(412 |
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(1,245 |
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Purchases of other assets |
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(27 |
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Proceeds from sales of property and equipment |
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20 |
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Net cash provided by investing activities |
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668 |
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18,930 |
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Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Repurchase of long-term debt |
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(31,532 |
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(37,939 |
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Payments on asset financings |
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(727 |
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(2,764 |
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Repurchase of common stock |
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(167 |
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(1,371 |
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Proceeds from issuances of common stock |
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4 |
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36 |
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Net cash used in financing activities |
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(32,422 |
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(42,038 |
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Net change in cash and cash equivalents |
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(34,354 |
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(15,178 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
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53,149 |
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74,572 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
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$ |
18,795 |
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$ |
59,394 |
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PIXELWORKS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1: BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Nature of Business
We are an innovative designer, developer and marketer of video and pixel processing semiconductors
and software for high-end digital video applications. Our solutions enable manufacturers of
digital display and projection devices, such as large-screen liquid crystal displays and digital
front projectors, to differentiate their products with a consistently high level of video quality,
regardless of the contents source or format. We were founded in 1997 and are incorporated under
the laws of the state of Oregon.
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Certain information and footnote
disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such
regulations, although we believe that the disclosures provided are adequate to prevent the
information presented from being misleading.
The financial information included herein for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2009
and 2008 is unaudited; however, such information reflects all adjustments, consisting of normal
recurring adjustments, that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of
the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company for these interim
periods. The financial information as of December 31, 2008 is derived from our audited
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008,
included in Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2009, and
should be read in conjunction with such consolidated financial statements.
We have evaluated subsequent events through August 6, 2009, the date of issuance of the condensed
consolidated financial statements.
The results of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2009 are not
necessarily indicative of the results expected for the entire fiscal year ending December 31, 2009.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In April 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Staff Position (FSP)
FAS 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability
Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly. This
pronouncement provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with SFAS 157,
Fair Value Measurement (SFAS 157) when the volume and level of activity for the asset or
liability have significantly decreased. This FSP also includes guidance on identifying
circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly. We do not currently have any financial
assets in non-active markets. The adoption of this FSP during the current quarter did not have a
material impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
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In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 107-1, APB 28-1, Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of
Financial Instruments. This pronouncement amends SFAS 107, Disclosures about Fair Value of
Financial Instruments, (SFAS 107) to require disclosures about fair value of financial
instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair value in interim financial statements as well
as in annual financial statements. Prior to this FSP, fair values for these assets and liabilities
were only disclosed annually. This FSP applies to all financial instruments within the scope of
SFAS 107 and requires disclosure of the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the
fair value of financial instruments. The adoption of this FSP during the current quarter did not
have a material impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, Recognition and Presentation of
Other-Than-Temporary Impairments. This FSP requires the recognition of an other-than-temporary
impairment if we intend to sell an impaired debt security and it is more likely than not that the
security will be sold before it recovers its cost basis. This FSP also requires increased
disclosure about the credit and noncredit components of impaired debt securities that are not
expected to be sold and also requires increased and more frequent disclosures regarding expected
cash flows, credit losses, and an aging of securities with unrealized losses. The adoption of this
FSP during the current quarter did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial
position or results of operations.
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS 168, The FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM
and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a replacement of FASB Statement
No. 162 (SFAS 168), which establishes the FASB Accounting Standards Codification as the source
of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied in the preparation of
financial statements in conformity with US GAAP. SFAS 168 explicitly recognizes rules and
interpretive releases of the SEC under federal securities laws as authoritative GAAP for SEC
registrants. SFAS 168 will become effective for interim and annual periods ending after
September 15, 2009 and is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial
position or results of operations.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to
make estimates and judgments that affect amounts reported in the financial statements and
accompanying notes. Our significant estimates and judgments include those related to product
returns, warranty obligations, bad debts, inventories, property and equipment, intangible assets,
impairment of long-lived assets, valuation of short- and long-term marketable securities,
amortization of prepaid royalties, valuation of share-based payments, income taxes, litigation and
other contingencies. The actual results experienced could differ materially from our estimates.
As of June 30, 2009, we elected to use the simplified method to estimate the expected term used
in the valuation of stock options granted after the May 19, 2009 amendment of the 2006
Incentive Stock Plan, which shortened the contractual life of newly issued stock options from ten
to six years. The simplified method was used in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)
107, Share Based Payment and SAB 110, Certain Assumptions Used in Valuation MethodsExpected Term,
as we do not have sufficient historical share option exercise experience for options granted with a
six year contractual life. We will continue to use the simplified method until we have sufficient
historical share option exercise experience to develop a more refined estimate of expected term.
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Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2008 condensed consolidated financial statements to
conform with the 2009 presentation, including the reclassification of payments on asset financing
to financing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flow. Similar amounts will be
reclassified in future filings for prior periods.
NOTE 2: BALANCE SHEET COMPONENTS
Marketable Securities See Note 3
Accounts Receivable, Net
Accounts receivable are recorded at invoiced amount and do not bear interest when recorded or
accrue interest when past due. We do not have any off balance sheet exposure risk related to
customers. Accounts receivable are stated net of an allowance for doubtful accounts, which is
maintained for estimated losses that may result from the inability of our customers to make
required payments. Accounts receivable, net consists of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Accounts receivable, gross |
|
$ |
5,688 |
|
|
$ |
6,691 |
|
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts |
|
|
(542 |
) |
|
|
(542 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, net |
|
$ |
5,146 |
|
|
$ |
6,149 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our allowance for doubtful accounts had no provisions, recoveries or other activity during the
first half of 2009 and 2008.
Inventories, Net
Inventories consist of finished goods and work-in-process, and are stated at the lower of standard
cost (which approximates actual cost on a first-in, first-out basis) or market (net realizable
value), net of a reserve for slow-moving and obsolete items.
Inventories, net consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Finished goods |
|
$ |
3,325 |
|
|
$ |
4,617 |
|
Work-in-process |
|
|
3,845 |
|
|
|
5,358 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,170 |
|
|
|
9,975 |
|
Less: reserve for slow-moving and obsolete items |
|
|
(3,450 |
) |
|
|
(4,994 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inventory, net |
|
$ |
3,720 |
|
|
$ |
4,981 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following is the change in our reserve for slow-moving and obsolete items:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Balance at beginning of period |
|
$ |
4,994 |
|
|
$ |
5,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New provision |
|
|
223 |
|
|
|
1,315 |
|
Sales of previously reserved inventory |
|
|
(510 |
) |
|
|
(655 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net provision (benefit) for obsolete inventory |
|
|
(287 |
) |
|
|
660 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Final scrap of previously reserved inventory |
|
|
(1,257 |
) |
|
|
(1,084 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of period |
|
$ |
3,450 |
|
|
$ |
5,526 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Based upon our forecast and backlog, we do not currently expect to be able to sell or otherwise use
the reserved inventory we have on hand at June 30, 2009. However, it is possible that a customer
will decide in the future to purchase a portion of the reserved inventory. It is not possible for
us to predict if or when this may happen, or how much we may sell. If such sales occur, we do not
expect that they will have a material effect on gross profit margin.
Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment consists of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Gross carrying amount |
|
$ |
16,815 |
|
|
$ |
20,227 |
|
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization |
|
|
(11,745 |
) |
|
|
(15,040 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
$ |
5,070 |
|
|
$ |
5,187 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquired Intangible Assets, Net
Acquired intangible assets consist of the following developed technology:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Gross carrying amount |
|
$ |
19,170 |
|
|
$ |
19,170 |
|
Less: accumulated amortization |
|
|
(16,974 |
) |
|
|
(15,784 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquired intangible assets, net |
|
$ |
2,196 |
|
|
$ |
3,386 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated future amortization of acquired intangible assets is $1,146 for the six months ending
December 31, 2009 and $1,050 for the year ending December 31, 2010.
Accrued Liabilities and Current Portion of Long-Term Liabilities
Accrued liabilities and current portion of long-term liabilities consist of the following:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Current portion of accrued liabilities for asset financings |
|
$ |
2,155 |
|
|
$ |
1,116 |
|
Accrued payroll and related liabilities |
|
|
2,010 |
|
|
|
3,749 |
|
Accrued commissions and royalties |
|
|
661 |
|
|
|
728 |
|
Reserve for warranty returns |
|
|
468 |
|
|
|
593 |
|
Accrued interest payable |
|
|
194 |
|
|
|
236 |
|
Accrued costs related to restructuring |
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
940 |
|
Reserve for sales returns and allowances |
|
|
100 |
|
|
|
100 |
|
Other |
|
|
1,703 |
|
|
|
1,957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
7,458 |
|
|
$ |
9,419 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following is the change in our reserves for warranty returns and sales returns and allowances:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Reserve for warranty returns: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of period |
|
$ |
593 |
|
|
$ |
932 |
|
Provision (benefit) |
|
|
271 |
|
|
|
(54 |
) |
Charge offs |
|
|
(396 |
) |
|
|
(152 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of period |
|
$ |
468 |
|
|
$ |
726 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reserve for sales returns and allowances: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of period |
|
$ |
100 |
|
|
$ |
175 |
|
Provision |
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Charge offs |
|
|
(44 |
) |
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of period |
|
$ |
100 |
|
|
$ |
175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Liabilities, Net of Current Portion
Long-term liabilities, net of current portion, consist of the following:
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Accrued liabilities for asset financings |
|
$ |
1,011 |
|
|
$ |
699 |
|
Deferred rent |
|
|
556 |
|
|
|
617 |
|
Accrued costs related to restructuring |
|
|
181 |
|
|
|
262 |
|
Payroll and related liabilities |
|
|
179 |
|
|
|
182 |
|
Other |
|
|
66 |
|
|
|
275 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,993 |
|
|
$ |
2,035 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Debt
In 2004, we issued $150,000 of 1.75% convertible subordinated debentures (the debentures) due
2024. In February 2006, we repurchased and retired $10,000 of the debentures. In February 2008,
we repurchased and retired $50,248 of the debentures for $37,939 in cash. We recognized a net gain
of $11,557 on the repurchase, which included a $13,064 discount, offset by legal and professional
fees of $755 and a write-off of debt issuance costs of $752. In August 2008, we repurchased and
retired $29,118 of the debentures for $20,615 in cash. We recognized a net gain of $8,113 on the
repurchase, which included an $8,503 discount, offset by a write-off of debt issuance costs of
$390. In February 2009, we repurchased and retired $27,090 of the debentures for $17,778 in cash.
We recognized a net gain on the repurchase of $9,024, which included a $9,346 discount, offset by a
write-off of debt issuance costs of $288 and other fees of $34. In May 2009, we repurchased and
retired $17,765 of the debentures for $13,754 in cash. We recognized a net gain of $3,836 on the
repurchase, which included a $4,011 discount, offset by a write-off of debt issuance costs of $175.
Gains on the repurchase of our long-term debt are included in other income in our statement of
operations. As of June 30, 2009, $15,779 of the debentures are outstanding.
The remaining debentures are convertible, under certain circumstances, into our common stock at a
conversion rate of 13.6876 shares of common stock per $1 principal amount of debentures for a total
of 215,977 shares. This is equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $73.06 per share.
The debentures are convertible if (a) our stock trades above 130% of the conversion price for 20
out of 30 consecutive trading days during any calendar quarter, (b) the debentures trade at an
amount less than or equal to 98% of the if-converted value of the debentures for five consecutive
trading days, (c) a call for redemption occurs, or (d) in the event of certain other specified
corporate transactions. If our debentures are converted into common stock, they can not be settled
in cash or other assets.
We may redeem some or all of the debentures for cash on or after May 15, 2011 at a price equal to
100% of the principal amount of the debentures plus accrued and unpaid interest. The holders of
the debentures have the right to require us to purchase all or a portion of the $15,779 debentures
outstanding at each of the following dates: May 15, 2011, May 15, 2014, and May 15, 2019, at a
purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. The
debentures are unsecured obligations and are subordinated in right of payment to all of our
existing and future senior debt.
Shareholders Equity
The Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $10,000 of the Companys common stock
under a share repurchase program that extends through September 2009. The program does not
obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock and may be modified or
suspended at any time at the Companys discretion. Share repurchases under the program may be made
through open
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market and privately negotiated transactions at the Companys discretion, subject to
market conditions and other factors. We repurchased 228,600 shares for $167 in the first quarter
of 2009 and no shares during the second quarter of 2009. As of June 30, 2009, $2,937 remained
available for repurchase under the plan.
NOTE 3: MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
At June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, all of our marketable securities are classified as
available-for-sale in accordance with SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and
Equity Securities and consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized |
|
|
Fair |
|
|
|
Cost |
|
|
Gain |
|
|
Value |
|
Short-term marketable securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of June 30, 2009: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
US government agencies debt securities |
|
$ |
3,460 |
|
|
$ |
34 |
|
|
$ |
3,494 |
|
Commercial paper |
|
|
2,398 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,398 |
|
Corporate debt securities |
|
|
952 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
956 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
6,810 |
|
|
$ |
38 |
|
|
$ |
6,848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2008: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
US government agencies debt securities |
|
$ |
3,487 |
|
|
$ |
105 |
|
|
$ |
3,592 |
|
Commercial paper |
|
|
3,486 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3,488 |
|
Corporate debt securities |
|
|
960 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
978 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
7,933 |
|
|
$ |
125 |
|
|
$ |
8,058 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized |
|
Fair |
|
|
Cost |
|
Gain |
|
Value |
Long-term marketable securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of June 30, 2009: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity security |
|
$ |
2,110 |
|
|
$ |
440 |
|
|
$ |
2,550 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2008: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity security |
|
$ |
2,110 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
2,110 |
|
Unrealized holding gains and losses are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income, a
component of shareholders equity, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
On March 31, 2008 we analyzed our long-term equity security for other-than-temporary impairment in
accordance with FSP 115-1/124-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application
to Certain Investments. After reviewing the investments rapid decline in value from December 31,
2007 to March 31, 2008, the extended duration of time which the fair value of the investment had
been below our cost, as well as decreased target price estimates, analyst downgrades and
macroeconomic factors, we determined that we would not recover the cost basis of the investment.
Accordingly, we recognized an other-than-temporary impairment loss of $6,490 in the first quarter
of 2008, which decreased our cost basis from $10,000 to $3,510. As of December 31, 2008 the value
of this
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investment had decreased to $2,110. Based on the same factors considered in our March 31,
2008 analysis, we determined that we would not recover the $3,510 cost basis of the investment and
recorded a second other-than-temporary impairment loss of $1,400 in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Both other-than-temporary impairments were recorded in our statement of operations.
Fair Value Measurements
SFAS 157 defines fair value and describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair
value:
|
|
|
Level 1: |
|
Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities. |
|
|
|
Level 2: |
|
Valuations based on observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities. |
|
|
|
Level 3: |
|
Valuations based on unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data available, which require the
reporting entity to develop its own assumptions. |
The table below presents information about the financial assets that we measure at fair value in
our consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2009:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
Level 2 |
|
|
Level 3 |
|
|
Total |
|
Cash equivalents |
|
$ |
17,862 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
17,862 |
|
Short-term marketable securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,848 |
|
Long-term marketable securities |
|
|
2,550 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,550 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
20,412 |
|
|
$ |
6,848 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
27,260 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Level 1 financial assets include money market funds and a long-term equity security. Level two
financial assets include commercial paper, corporate debt securities and U.S. government agencies
debt securities.
As of June 30, 2009, the fair value of our long-term debt is $12,327, based on the most recent sale
of our debt in May 2009. The carrying value of our long-term debt at June 30, 2009 is $15,779.
NOTE 4: RESTRUCTURING PLANS
In December 2008, we initiated a restructuring plan to reduce our operating expenses in response to
decreases in current and forecasted revenue which resulted primarily from the global economic
crisis. This plan reduced operations, research and development and administrative headcount in our
San Jose, Taiwan and China offices and was completed during the current quarter.
In November 2006, we initiated a restructuring plan to reduce operating expenses. This plan
included consolidation of our operations in order to reduce compensation and rent expense. As part
of this plan we closed our offices in Toronto, Beijing and Shenzhen. Additionally, we eliminated
all operations and research and development activities at our Oregon location and transferred them
to our offices in San Jose, Shanghai and Hsin Chu. The consolidation and closure of these offices
and reduction in headcount resulted in charges for non-cancelable leases and termination and
retention benefits for effected employees. In connection with this restructuring we also narrowed
and redefined our product development strategy which resulted in the write-off of intellectual
property assets, tooling, software development tools and charges for related non-cancelable
contracts. This plan was completed in the fourth quarter of 2008.
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Total restructuring expenses related to these plans were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative |
|
|
|
Six Months |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
|
Ended |
|
|
Incurred To |
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2009 |
|
Cost of revenue restructuring: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Termination and retention benefits |
|
$ |
43 |
|
|
$ |
353 |
|
Net write-off of assets and reversal of related liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,072 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43 |
|
|
|
2,425 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses restructuring: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Termination and retention benefits |
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
7,780 |
|
Consolidation of leased space |
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
2,058 |
|
Net write-off of assets and reversal of related liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,224 |
|
Contract termination fee |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,693 |
|
Payments, non-cancelable contract |
|
|
|
|
|
|
827 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101 |
|
|
|
25,670 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total restructuring expense |
|
$ |
144 |
|
|
$ |
28,095 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses related to the restructuring plans are included in current and non-current accrued
liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The following is a summary of the change in
accrued liabilities related to our restructuring plans:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
Expensed |
|
|
Payments |
|
|
2009 |
|
Termination and retention benefits |
|
$ |
737 |
|
|
$ |
118 |
|
|
$ |
(827 |
) |
|
$ |
28 |
|
Lease termination costs |
|
|
465 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
(171 |
) |
|
|
320 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
1,202 |
|
|
$ |
144 |
|
|
$ |
(998 |
) |
|
$ |
348 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The remaining liability for lease termination costs was accrued under the November 2006 plan and
will be paid in cash over the remaining lease terms. Lease termination costs recorded in the first
half of 2009 were due to adjustments of accruals previously made under the November 2006 Plan.
NOTE 5: INCOME TAXES
The provision for income taxes recorded for the second quarter of 2009 and 2008 included current
and deferred tax expense in profitable cost-plus foreign jurisdictions and accruals for tax
contingencies in foreign jurisdictions. The benefit for income taxes recorded for the first half
of 2009 was primarily due to a benefit of $1,815 recorded in the first quarter of 2009 for the
reversal of a previously recorded tax contingency due to the expiration of the applicable statute
of limitations, partially offset by current and deferred tax expense in profitable cost-plus
foreign jurisdictions and accruals for tax contingencies in foreign jurisdictions. The benefit for
income taxes recorded for the first half of 2008 was primarily due to
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benefits recorded in the
first quarter of 2008 of $1,000 for refundable research and experimentation credits, $559 for the
reversal of a previously recorded tax contingency due to the expiration of the applicable statute
of limitations, and a deferred tax benefit of $446 which resulted from an increase in the tax rate
of a single foreign jurisdiction. These benefits were partially offset by current and deferred tax
expense in profitable cost-plus foreign jurisdictions and accruals for tax contingencies in foreign
jurisdictions.
As of June 30, 2009, we continued to provide a full valuation allowance against essentially all of
our U.S. and Canadian net deferred tax assets as we do not believe that it is more likely than not
that we will realize a benefit from those assets. We have not recorded a valuation allowance
against our other foreign net deferred tax assets as we believe that it is more likely than not
that we will realize a benefit from those assets.
As of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the amount of our uncertain tax positions was a
liability of $9,040 and $10,581, respectively. A number of years may elapse before an uncertain
tax position is resolved by settlement or statute of limitations. Settlement of any particular
position could require the use of cash. If the uncertain tax positions we have accrued for are
sustained by the taxing authorities in our favor, the reduction of the liability will reduce our
effective tax rate. We reasonably expect reductions in the liability for uncertain tax positions
of approximately $5,283 within the next twelve months due to the expiration of statutes of
limitations in foreign jurisdictions. We recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax
positions in income tax expense in our consolidated statement of operations.
NOTE 6: COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Total comprehensive income (loss) was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
2,219 |
|
|
$ |
(1,250 |
) |
|
$ |
8,116 |
|
|
$ |
4,883 |
|
Reclassification adjustment from accumulated other
comprehensive income for other-than-temporary
loss on marketable security included in net income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,810 |
|
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale investments |
|
|
591 |
|
|
|
(729 |
) |
|
|
353 |
|
|
|
(547 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income (loss) |
|
$ |
2,810 |
|
|
$ |
(1,979 |
) |
|
$ |
8,469 |
|
|
$ |
9,146 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 7: EARNINGS PER SHARE
We calculate earnings per share in accordance with SFAS 128, Earnings per Share. Basic earnings
per share amounts are computed based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding
and reflect our June 4, 2008 one-for three reverse stock split in all periods presented.
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding includes the increased number of common shares that
would be outstanding assuming the exercise of certain outstanding stock options, when such exercise
would have the effect of reducing earnings per share, and the conversion of our debentures, using
the if-converted method, when such conversion would be dilutive.
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The following schedule reconciles the computation of basic net income per share and diluted net
income per share (in thousands, except per share data):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
2,219 |
|
|
$ |
(1,250 |
) |
|
$ |
8,116 |
|
|
$ |
4,883 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic weighted average shares outstanding |
|
|
13,291 |
|
|
|
14,577 |
|
|
|
13,321 |
|
|
|
14,753 |
|
Dilutive effect of stock options and awards |
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding |
|
|
13,475 |
|
|
|
14,577 |
|
|
|
13,344 |
|
|
|
14,766 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) per common share basic |
|
$ |
0.17 |
|
|
$ |
(0.09 |
) |
|
$ |
0.61 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) per common share diluted |
|
$ |
0.16 |
|
|
$ |
(0.09 |
) |
|
$ |
0.61 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following weighted average shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted
average shares outstanding as their effect on net income would have been anti-dilutive (in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
June 30, |
|
June 30, |
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
Stock options |
|
|
1,541 |
|
|
|
1,816 |
|
|
|
2,179 |
|
|
|
1,716 |
|
Conversion of debentures |
|
|
331 |
|
|
|
1,228 |
|
|
|
499 |
|
|
|
1,467 |
|
NOTE 8: SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
Cash paid during the period for: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest |
|
$ |
438 |
|
|
$ |
1,121 |
|
Income taxes |
|
|
191 |
|
|
|
238 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-cash investing and financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisitions of property and equipment and other assets
under extended payment terms |
|
$ |
2,078 |
|
|
$ |
1,056 |
|
NOTE 9: SEGMENT INFORMATION
In accordance with SFAS 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,
we have identified a single operating segment: the design and development of integrated circuits
for use in electronic display devices. A majority of our assets are located in the U.S.
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Geographic Information
Revenue by geographic region, attributed to countries based on the domicile of the customer, was as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Japan |
|
$ |
8,107 |
|
|
$ |
12,241 |
|
|
$ |
12,654 |
|
|
$ |
26,246 |
|
Taiwan |
|
|
3,517 |
|
|
|
2,171 |
|
|
|
5,563 |
|
|
|
4,064 |
|
Korea |
|
|
675 |
|
|
|
2,006 |
|
|
|
1,764 |
|
|
|
3,609 |
|
China |
|
|
572 |
|
|
|
390 |
|
|
|
876 |
|
|
|
1,110 |
|
Europe |
|
|
535 |
|
|
|
1,965 |
|
|
|
1,635 |
|
|
|
4,342 |
|
U.S. |
|
|
359 |
|
|
|
887 |
|
|
|
1,004 |
|
|
|
1,855 |
|
Other |
|
|
448 |
|
|
|
1,133 |
|
|
|
1,497 |
|
|
|
3,543 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
14,213 |
|
|
$ |
20,793 |
|
|
$ |
24,993 |
|
|
$ |
44,769 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Significant Customers
The percentage of revenue attributable to our distributors, top five end customers, and individual
distributors or end customers that represented more than 10% of revenue in at least one of the
periods presented, is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
June 30, |
|
June 30, |
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
Distributors: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All distributors |
|
|
51 |
% |
|
|
47 |
% |
|
|
50 |
% |
|
|
50 |
% |
Distributor A |
|
|
38 |
% |
|
|
29 |
% |
|
|
34 |
% |
|
|
29 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End Customers: (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top five end customers |
|
|
62 |
% |
|
|
54 |
% |
|
|
53 |
% |
|
|
55 |
% |
End customer A |
|
|
19 |
% |
|
|
26 |
% |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
|
27 |
% |
End customer B |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
End customer C |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
|
11 |
% |
|
|
9 |
% |
End customer D |
|
|
11 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
|
7 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
End customers include customers who purchase directly from us, as well as customers
who purchase our products indirectly through distributors and manufacturers representatives. |
The following accounts represented 10% or more of gross accounts receivable in at least one of the
periods presented:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
December 31, |
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
Account A |
|
|
28 |
% |
|
|
32 |
% |
Account B |
|
|
23 |
% |
|
|
20 |
% |
Account C |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
|
0 |
% |
Account D |
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
15 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 10: RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
Concentration of Suppliers
We do not own or operate a semiconductor fabrication facility and do not have the resources to
manufacture our products internally. We rely on three third-party foundries to produce all of our
wafers and three assembly and test vendors for completion of finished products. We do not have any
long-term agreements with any of these suppliers. In light of these dependencies, it is reasonably
possible that failure to perform by one of these suppliers could have a severe impact on our
results of operations.
Risk of Technological Change
The markets in which we compete, or seek to compete, are subject to rapid technological change,
frequent new product introductions, changing customer requirements for new products and features
and evolving industry standards. The introduction of new technologies and the emergence of new
industry standards could render our products less desirable or obsolete, which could harm our
business.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash
equivalents, short- and long-term marketable securities and accounts receivable. We limit our
exposure to credit risk associated with cash equivalent and marketable security balances by placing
our funds in various high-quality securities and limiting concentrations of issuers and maturity
dates. We limit our exposure to credit risk associated with accounts receivable by carefully
evaluating creditworthiness before offering terms to customers.
NOTE 11: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Indemnifications
Certain of our agreements include limited indemnification provisions for claims from third-parties
relating to our intellectual property. Such indemnification provisions are accounted for in
accordance with FASB Summary of Interpretation No. 45, Guarantors Accounting and Disclosure
Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others-an
interpretation of FASB Statements No. 5, 57, and 107 and rescission of FASB Interpretation No.34.
The indemnification is limited to the amount paid by the customer. As of June 30, 2009, we have
not incurred any material liabilities arising from these indemnification obligations. However, in
the future such obligations could immediately impact our results of operations but are not expected
to materially affect our business.
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Legal Proceedings
We are subject to legal matters that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our
business. Although we currently believe that resolving such matters, individually or in the
aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, our results of
operations, or our cash flows, these matters are subject to inherent uncertainties and our view of
these matters may change in the future.
|
|
|
Item 2. |
|
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. |
Forward-looking Statements
This Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains
forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations, estimates, beliefs,
assumptions and projections about our business. Words such as expects, anticipates, intends,
plans, believes, seeks, estimates and variations of such words and similar expressions are
intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include the
disclosure contained under the caption Results of OperationsBusiness Outlook below. These
statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties
that are difficult to predict and which may cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially
from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. A detailed discussion of
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements is included in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we do not
undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances
after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. If we do update or correct one or more
forward-looking statements, you should not conclude that we will make additional updates or
corrections with respect thereto or with respect to other forward-looking statements. Except where
the context otherwise requires, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company, Pixelworks,
we, us and our refer to Pixelworks, Inc., an Oregon corporation, and, where appropriate, its
subsidiaries.
Overview
We are an innovative designer, developer and marketer of video and pixel processing semiconductors
and software for high-end digital video applications. Our solutions enable manufacturers of
digital display and projection devices, such as large-screen liquid crystal displays and digital
front projectors, to differentiate their products with a consistently high level of video quality,
regardless of the contents source or format. Our core technology leverages unique proprietary
techniques for intelligently processing video signals from a variety of sources to ensure that all
resulting images are optimized. Additionally, our products help our customers reduce costs and
differentiate their display and projection devices, an important factor in industries that
experience rapid innovation. Pixelworks flexible design architecture enables our technology to
produce outstanding image quality in our customers display and projection products with a range of
integrated circuit and software solutions. We were founded in 1997 and are incorporated under the
laws of the state of Oregon.
Factors Affecting Results of Operations and Financial Condition
General Market Conditions
Economic conditions in the United States and in foreign markets in which we operate substantially
affect our sales and profitability. Economic activity in the United States and throughout much of
the world has undergone a sudden, sharp downturn. Global credit and capital markets have
experienced unprecedented volatility and disruption and business credit and liquidity have
tightened in much of the world. Some of
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our suppliers and customers may face credit issues and
could experience cash flow problems and other financial hardships. Consumer confidence and
spending are down significantly and we expect weaker demand from our customers to persist
throughout 2009. Although we have taken steps to reduce our costs in response to these changes,
including the restructuring efforts described below and temporary salary reductions for all
employees, these economic conditions have, and are expected to continue to,
adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial position and we are unable to
forecast when or if these conditions will improve.
Results of Operations
Revenue, net
Revenue, net was as follows (dollars in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended |
|
|
|
|
|
Six months ended |
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
% change |
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
% change |
Revenue, net |
|
$ |
14,213 |
|
$ |
20,793 |
|
|
(32 |
)% |
|
$ |
24,993 |
|
$ |
44,769 |
|
|
(44 |
)% |
Net revenue decreased $6.6 million, or 32%, from the second quarter of 2008 to the second
quarter of 2009. The decrease was attributable to a 37% decrease in units sold, partially offset
by a 9% increase in average selling price. Net revenue decreased $19.8 million, or 44%, from the
first half of 2008 to the first half of 2009. The decrease was attributable to a 48% decrease in
units sold, partially offset by a 12% increase in average selling price.
The decrease in revenue during the 2009 periods resulted primarily from weakened demand for our
products which we believe to be the result of the worldwide economic recession, which our customers
responded to by significantly decreasing their inventory levels as end customer demand dropped
sharply. Although we experienced some recovery in revenue levels in the second quarter of 2009 as
compared to the first quarter of 2009, primarily due to increased sales of our projector image
processors to our Japanese customers, current economic and market volatility impedes our ability to
determine if, and to what extent, the current trends will continue throughout 2009 and beyond.
Decreased revenue in the 2009 periods also resulted from:
|
|
Lower sales of our integrated circuits (ICs) into the advanced television market, as we
continue to move away from the commoditized system-on-chip (SoC) segment of the market with
our Motion Estimation Motion Compensation (MEMC) co-processor ICs, which improve the
performance and viewing experience of large advanced LCD panels by reducing motion blur and
judder; and |
|
|
Lower sales of legacy products that we acquired in conjunction with the Equator
acquisition. |
These decreases were partially offset by an increase in sales of our MEMC co-processor ICs and
sales of our next generation projector image processors, which together comprised 20% and 21% of
total revenue in the second quarter and first half of 2009, respectively, up from zero percent in
the second quarter and first half of 2008.
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Cost of revenue and gross profit
Cost of revenue and gross profit were as follows (dollars in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% of |
|
|
|
|
|
% of |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
revenue |
|
2008 |
|
|
revenue |
Direct product costs and related overhead 1 |
|
$ |
6,945 |
|
|
|
49 |
% |
|
$ |
9,590 |
|
|
|
46 |
% |
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
|
|
573 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
705 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Net benefit for obsolete inventory |
|
|
(127 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
(0 |
) |
Other cost of revenue 2 |
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cost of revenue |
|
$ |
7,440 |
|
|
|
52 |
% |
|
$ |
10,295 |
|
|
|
50 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit |
|
$ |
6,773 |
|
|
|
48 |
% |
|
$ |
10,498 |
|
|
|
50 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% of |
|
|
|
|
|
% of |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
revenue |
|
2008 |
|
|
revenue |
Direct product costs and related overhead 1 |
|
$ |
12,990 |
|
|
|
52 |
% |
|
$ |
20,492 |
|
|
|
46 |
% |
Amortization of acquired intangible assets |
|
|
1,190 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
1,410 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Net provision (benefit) for obsolete inventory |
|
|
(287 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
660 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Other cost of revenue 2 |
|
|
171 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cost of revenue |
|
$ |
14,064 |
|
|
|
56 |
% |
|
$ |
22,600 |
|
|
|
50 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit |
|
$ |
10,929 |
|
|
|
44 |
% |
|
$ |
22,169 |
|
|
|
50 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Includes purchased materials, assembly, test, labor, employee benefits, warranty expense and royalties. |
|
2 |
|
Includes stock based compensation, restructuring and additional amortization of non-cancelable prepaid royalty. |
Cost of revenue increased to 52% of total revenue in the second quarter of 2009, up from 50%
of total revenue in the second quarter of 2008. Cost of revenue increased to 56% of total revenue
in the first half of 2009, up from 50% of total revenue in the first half of 2008. The increase
in the 2009 periods resulted primarily from both an increase in direct product costs due to changes
in the mix of products sold and the impact from lower overhead cost absorption due to decreased
revenue without corresponding reductions in our fixed costs. We expect that any future increases
in sales of our MEMC products and next generation projector processors may decrease our gross
margin as a percentage of sales, however these decreases may be partially offset by production
efficiencies as we improve our manufacturing processes. The net benefit for obsolete inventory in
the second quarter and first half of 2009 is due to sales of previously reserved inventory in
excess of new provisions for obsolete inventory, and is attributable to our increased focus on
inventory management.
Research and development
Research and development expense includes compensation and related costs for personnel,
development-related expenses including non-recurring engineering and fees for outside services,
depreciation and amortization, expensed equipment, facilities and information technology expense
allocations and travel and related expenses.
21
Research and development expense for the three month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, was as
follows (dollars in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended |
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
2009 v 2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
$ change |
|
|
% change |
Research and development |
|
$ |
4,532 |
|
|
$ |
7,193 |
|
|
$ |
(2,661 |
) |
|
|
(37 |
)% |
Research and development expense decreased $2.7 million, or 37%, from the second quarter of
2008 to the second quarter of 2009. This decrease is directly attributable to the restructuring
efforts that we initiated in November of 2006 and continued to implement throughout 2007 and 2008.
These efforts were primarily responsible for the following reductions in research and development
expenses:
|
|
Depreciation and amortization expense and software maintenance expense decreased $950,000.
This decrease resulted from reduced levels of engineering software tools due to reductions in
research and development personnel and changes in product development strategy. |
|
|
Compensation expense decreased $674,000. At June 30, 2009, we had 129 research and
development employees compared to 137 at June 30, 2008. |
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense decreased $341,000 due to personnel reductions and reduced
valuation of our stock options. |
Research and development expense for the six month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, was as
follows (dollars in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six months ended |
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
2009 v 2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
$ change |
|
|
% change |
Research and development |
|
$ |
9,308 |
|
|
$ |
13,915 |
|
|
$ |
(4,607 |
) |
|
|
(33 |
)% |
Research and development expense decreased $4.6 million, or 33%, from the first half of 2008
to the first half of 2009. This decrease is directly attributable to the restructuring efforts
that we initiated in November of 2006 and continued to implement throughout 2007 and 2008. These
efforts were primarily responsible for the following reductions in research and development
expenses:
|
|
Depreciation and amortization expense, software maintenance expense and expensed equipment
and software decreased $1.8 million. This decrease resulted from reduced levels of
engineering software tools due to reductions in research and development personnel and changes
in product development strategy. |
|
|
Compensation expense decreased $1.1 million. At June 30, 2009, we had 129 research and
development employees compared to 137 at June 30, 2008. |
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense decreased $672,000 due to personnel reductions and reduced
valuation of our stock options. |
22
Selling, general and administrative
Selling, general and administrative expense includes compensation and related costs for personnel,
sales commissions, allocations for facilities and information technology expenses, travel, outside
services and other general expenses incurred in our sales, marketing, customer support, management,
legal and other professional and administrative support functions.
Selling, general and administrative expense for the three month periods ended June 30, 2009 and
2008 was as follows (dollars in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended |
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
2009 v 2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
$ change |
|
|
% change |
Selling, general and administrative |
|
$ |
3,340 |
|
|
$ |
4,491 |
|
|
$ |
(1,151 |
) |
|
|
(26 |
)% |
Selling, general and administrative expense decreased $1.2 million or 26%, from the second
quarter of 2008 to the second quarter of 2009. This decrease is directly attributable to the
restructuring efforts that we initiated in November of 2006 and implemented throughout 2007 and
2008. These efforts were primarily responsible for the following reductions in selling, general
and administrative expenses:
|
|
Compensation expense decreased $506,000. As of June 30, 2009, we had 62 employees in
selling, general and administrative functions, compared to 70 as of June 30, 2008. |
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense decreased $208,000 due to personnel reductions and reduced
valuation of our stock options. |
|
|
Sales commissions decreased $155,000 primarily due to lower sales volume and a decrease in
the use of third party sales representatives. |
Selling, general and administrative expense for the six month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2008
was as follows (dollars in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six months ended |
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
2009 v 2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
$ change |
|
|
% change |
Selling, general and administrative |
|
$ |
7,213 |
|
|
$ |
9,177 |
|
|
$ |
(1,964 |
) |
|
|
(21 |
)% |
Selling, general and administrative expense decreased $2.0 million, or 21%, from the first
half of 2008 to the first half of 2009. This decrease is directly attributable to the
restructuring efforts that we initiated in November of 2006 and implemented throughout 2007 and
2008. These efforts were primarily responsible for the following reductions in selling, general
and administrative expenses:
|
|
Compensation expense decreased $697,000. As of June 30, 2009, we had 62 employees in
selling, general and administrative functions, compared to 70 as of June 30, 2008. |
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense decreased $381,000 due to personnel reductions and reduced
valuation of our stock options. |
23
|
|
Sales commissions decreased $329,000 primarily due to lower sales volume and a decrease in
the use of third party sales representatives. |
|
|
Professional fees, including accounting and legal decreased $194,000. |
Restructuring
We recorded restructuring expense in cost of revenue and operating expenses. Restructuring expense
was comprised of the following amounts (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended |
|
|
Six months ended |
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Termination and retention benefits 1 |
|
$ |
41 |
|
|
$ |
(111 |
) |
|
$ |
118 |
|
|
$ |
356 |
|
Consolidation of leased space 2 |
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
(47 |
) |
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
494 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total restructuring expenses |
|
$ |
60 |
|
|
$ |
(158 |
) |
|
$ |
144 |
|
|
$ |
850 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Included in cost of revenue |
|
$ |
(4 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
43 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
Included in operating expenses |
|
|
64 |
|
|
|
(158 |
) |
|
|
101 |
|
|
|
850 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Termination and retention benefits related to our restructuring plans included
severance and retention payments for terminated employees and retention payments for certain
continuing employees. |
|
2 |
|
Expenses related to the consolidation of leased space included future non-cancelable
rent payments due for vacated space (net of estimated sublease income) and moving expenses. |
In December 2008, we initiated a restructuring plan to reduce our operating expenses in response to
decreases in current and forecasted revenue which resulted primarily from the global economic
crisis. This plan reduced operations, research and development and administrative headcount in our
San Jose, Taiwan and China offices. This plan was completed in the second quarter of 2009.
In November 2006, we initiated a restructuring plan to reduce operating expenses. This plan
included consolidation of our operations in order to reduce compensation and rent expense. As part
of this plan we closed our offices in Toronto, Beijing and Shenzhen. Additionally, we eliminated
all operations and research and development activities at our Oregon location and transferred them
to our offices in San Jose, Shanghai and Hsin Chu. The consolidation and closure of these offices
and reduction in headcount resulted in charges for non-cancelable leases and termination and
retention benefits for effected employees. In connection with this restructuring we also narrowed
and redefined our product development strategy which resulted in the write-off of IP assets,
tooling, software development tools and charges for related non-cancelable contracts. This plan
was completed in the fourth quarter of 2008.
All restructuring expenses recorded in the first half of 2008 were attributable to the November
2006 plan. All expenses for consolidation of leased space recorded in the first half of 2009 were
related to the adjustment of accruals previously made under the November 2006 plan and all
termination and retention expenses recorded in the first half of 2009 were attributable to the
December 2008 plan.
The expected benefits from these restructuring plans are fully reflected in our business outlook
for the third quarter of 2009, which is presented below.
24
Interest and other income, net
Interest and other income, net consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six months ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
$ change |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
$ change |
|
Gain on repurchase of long-term debt, net 1 |
|
$ |
3,836 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
3,836 |
|
|
$ |
12,860 |
|
|
$ |
11,557 |
|
|
$ |
1,303 |
|
Interest expense 2 |
|
|
(145 |
) |
|
|
(419 |
) |
|
|
274 |
|
|
|
(396 |
) |
|
|
(992 |
) |
|
|
596 |
|
Interest income 3 |
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
553 |
|
|
|
(478 |
) |
|
|
173 |
|
|
|
1,536 |
|
|
|
(1,363 |
) |
Amortization of debt issuance costs 4 |
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
(125 |
) |
|
|
99 |
|
|
|
(87 |
) |
|
|
(271 |
) |
|
|
184 |
|
Other-than-temporary impairment
of a marketable security, net 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,490 |
) |
|
|
6,490 |
|
Other income 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
218 |
|
|
|
(218 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
218 |
|
|
|
(218 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total interest and other income, net |
|
$ |
3,740 |
|
|
$ |
227 |
|
|
$ |
3,513 |
|
|
$ |
12,550 |
|
|
$ |
5,558 |
|
|
$ |
6,992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
In February 2008, we repurchased and retired $50.2 million of our 1.75%
convertible subordinated debentures for $37.9 million in cash, including legal and other
professional fees of $755,000. We recognized a gain on this repurchase of $11.6 million,
net of a write-off of debt issuance costs of $752,000. In February 2009, we repurchased
and retired $27.1 million of our outstanding debt for $17.8 million in cash. We recognized
a net gain on the repurchase of $9.0 million, which includes a $9.3 million discount,
offset by a write-off of debt issuance costs of $288,000 and other fees of $34,000. In
May 2009, we repurchased and retired $17.8 million of the debentures for $13.8
million in cash. We recognized a net gain on the repurchase of $3.8 million, which included
a $4.0 million discount, offset by a write-off of debt issuance costs of $175,000. |
|
2 |
|
Interest expense primarily relates to interest payable on our long-term debt. The
decrease in the first half of 2009 is due to the reduced outstanding principal balance
which resulted from our February 2008, August 2008, February 2009 and May 2009 repurchases
of long-term debt. |
|
3 |
|
Interest income is earned on cash equivalents and short- and long-term marketable
securities. The decrease in the first half of 2009 is due to lower balances of marketable
securities which resulted from our repurchases of long-term debt as well as decreased
yields. |
|
4 |
|
The fees associated with the 2004 issuance of our long-term debt have been
capitalized and are being amortized over a period of seven years. The decrease in the
first half of 2009 is due to the write-offs of fees associated with the portions of our
long-term debt repurchased in February 2008, August 2008, February 2009 and May 2009. The
remaining amortization period is approximately two years as of June 30, 2009. |
|
5 |
|
In the first quarter of 2008, we recognized an other-than-temporary impairment of
$6.5 million on an investment in a publicly-traded equity security, due to the duration of
time that the investment had been below cost, as well as decreased target price estimates,
analyst downgrades and macroeconomic factors. |
|
6 |
|
In the second quarter of 2008 we recognized a gain of $218,000 on the sale of a
non-marketable equity security. |
25
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
The provision for income taxes recorded for the second quarter of 2009 and 2008 included current
and deferred tax expense in profitable cost-plus foreign jurisdictions and accruals for tax
contingencies in foreign jurisdictions. The benefit for income taxes recorded for the first half
of 2009 was primarily due to a benefit of $1.8 million recorded in the first quarter of 2009 for
the reversal of a previously recorded tax contingency due to the expiration of the applicable
statute of limitations, partially offset by current and deferred tax expense in profitable
cost-plus foreign jurisdictions and accruals for tax contingencies in foreign jurisdictions. The
benefit for income taxes recorded for the first half of 2008 was primarily due to benefits recorded
in the first quarter of 2008 of $1.0 million for refundable research and experimentation credits,
$559,000 for the reversal of a previously recorded tax contingency due to the expiration of the
applicable statute of limitations, and a deferred tax benefit of $446,000 which resulted from an
increase in the tax rate of a single foreign jurisdiction. These benefits were partially offset by
current and deferred tax expense in profitable cost-plus foreign jurisdictions and accruals for tax
contingencies in foreign jurisdictions.
Business Outlook
On July 23, 2009, we provided an outlook for the third quarter of 2009 in our earnings release,
which was furnished on a current report on Form 8-K. The outlook provided the following
anticipated financial results prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles:
We expect to record net loss per share in the third quarter of 2009 of $(0.06) to $(0.28), based
on the following estimates:
|
|
|
Third quarter revenue of $15 million to $17 million. |
|
|
|
|
Gross profit margin of approximately 40% to 46%. |
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses of $8.5 million to $9.5 million. |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash and short- and long-term marketable securities
Our cash and cash equivalents and short- and long-term marketable securities were as follows
(dollars in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
$ change |
|
|
% change |
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
18,795 |
|
|
$ |
53,149 |
|
|
$ |
(34,354 |
) |
|
|
(65 |
)% |
Short-term marketable securities |
|
|
6,848 |
|
|
|
8,058 |
|
|
|
(1,210 |
) |
|
|
(15 |
) |
Long-term marketable securities |
|
|
2,550 |
|
|
|
2,110 |
|
|
|
440 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cash and marketable securities |
|
$ |
28,193 |
|
|
$ |
63,317 |
|
|
$ |
(35,124 |
) |
|
|
(55 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cash and marketable securities decreased 55% from December 31, 2008 to June 30, 2009.
The net decrease in the first half of 2009 resulted primarily from $31.5 million used for the
repurchase of long-term debt, $2.6 million used by operating activities, $727,000 in payments on
property and equipment and other asset financing and $412,000 for purchases of property and
equipment and other long-term assets.
26
At June 30, 2009, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities included $17.9 million in
money market funds, $2.4 million in commercial paper, $3.5 million in U.S. government agencies debt
securities, and $1.0 million in corporate debt securities. At June 30, 2009, we also held a $2.6
million long-term strategic equity investment in a publicly traded corporation. All of our
investments were denominated in U.S. dollars, and our portfolio did not contain direct exposure to
subprime mortgages or structured vehicles that derive their value from subprime collateral.
Despite the difficult credit environment, the quality of our short-term investment portfolio
remains high. Our investment policy requires that at least 25% of our portfolio matures within 90
days. Additionally, no maturities can extend beyond one year and concentrations with individual
securities are limited. Investments must be rated at least A-1 / P-1 by Standard & Poors /
Moodys, and our investment policy is reviewed at least annually by our Audit Committee.
The valuations of our short-term marketable securities are affected by a variety of factors,
including changes in interest rates and the actual or perceived financial stability of the issuer.
However, due to the high quality of our investments and their short-term nature, there has not
been, and we do not expect there to be, a significant fluctuation in the valuation of these
investments. Accordingly, we do not expect a materially negative impact on our financial condition
from fluctuations in the value of our short-term investments. As of June 30, 2009, we had a total
unrealized gain of $38,000 on these investments.
The valuation of our long-term equity investment has fluctuated significantly, and could continue
to fluctuate significantly, due to a variety of factors including changes in the global economy and
changes in
the actual or expected performance of the issuing company. We recorded other-than-temporary
impairments related to this investment of $6.5 million and $1.4 million in the first and fourth
quarter of 2008, respectively. We may record additional impairment charges in the future if we
determine that further declines in value of the investment are other-than-temporary. Such an
impairment would negatively impact our results of operations, but would not materially impact our
financial condition.
We anticipate that our existing cash and investment balances will be adequate to fund our operating
and investing needs for the next twelve months. From time to time, we may evaluate acquisitions of
businesses, products or technologies that complement our business. We may also repurchase
additional amounts of our long-term debt and common stock. Any further transactions, if
consummated, may consume a material portion of our working capital or require the issuance of
equity securities that may result in dilution to existing shareholders.
Accounts receivable, net
Accounts receivable, net decreased to $5.1 million at June 30, 2009 from $6.1 million at December
31, 2008. The average number of days sales outstanding increased to 33 days at June 30, 2009 from
29 days at December 31, 2008. The increase in days sales outstanding was primarily due to the
timing of sales within the second quarter of 2009.
Inventories, net
Inventories, net decreased to $3.7 million at June 30, 2009 from $5.0 million at December 31, 2008
as a result of tightened inventory management. Inventory turnover on an annualized basis was 6.9
at June 30, 2009, relatively unchanged from 7.0 at December 31, 2008.
27
Capital resources
In 2004, we issued $150.0 million of 1.75% convertible subordinated debentures (the debentures)
due 2024. In 2006, we repurchased and retired $10.0 million of the debentures. In 2008 we
repurchased and retired $79.4 million principal amount of the debentures for $58.5 million in cash.
In the first half of 2009, we repurchased and retired $44.8 million of the debentures for $31.5
million in cash, reducing the balance of our outstanding debentures to $15.8 million.
We may redeem some or all of the debentures for cash on or after May 15, 2011 at a price equal to
100% of the principal amount of the debentures plus accrued and unpaid interest. The holders of the
debentures have the right to require us to purchase all or a portion of the debentures outstanding
at each of the following dates: May 15, 2011, May 15, 2014, and May 15, 2019, at a purchase price
equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. The debentures are
unsecured obligations and are subordinated in right of payment to all of our existing and future
senior debt.
The Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $10.0 million of the Companys common
stock under a share repurchase program that extends through September 2009. The program does not
obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock and may be modified or
suspended at any time at the Companys discretion. Share repurchases under the program may be made
through open market and privately negotiated transactions at the Companys discretion, subject to
market conditions and other factors. We repurchased 228,600 shares for $167,000 in the first
quarter of 2009 and
no shares during the second quarter of 2009. As of June 30, 2009, $2.9 million remained available
for repurchase under the plan.
Contractual Payment Obligations
Our contractual obligations for 2009 and beyond are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16,
2009. Our obligations for 2009 and beyond have not changed materially as of June 30, 2009, except
for the reduction to the principal and interest amounts of long-term debt that we expect the
holders of the outstanding debentures to require us to purchase in 2011, as presented above in
Liquidity and Capital Resources.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a
material current or future effect on our financial condition, revenue or expenses, results of
operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
Interest rate fluctuations impact the interest income that we earn on our investment portfolio and
the value of our investments. Factors that could cause interest rates to fluctuate include
volatility in the credit and equity markets, such as the current uncertainty in global economic
conditions; changes in the monetary policies of the United States and other countries and
inflation. We mitigate risks associated with such fluctuations, as well as the risk of loss of
principal, by investing in high-credit quality securities and limiting concentrations of issuers
and maturity dates. Derivative financial instruments are not part of our investment portfolio.
Applying a hypothetical 1% decrease in interest rates to the average balances of our interest
bearing cash and investment accounts would not have a significant impact on our results of
operations for the first half
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of 2009 or on our financial position as of June 30, 2009. As of June
30, 2009 a significant majority of our cash and investments are held as cash or cash equivalents
with yields approaching zero and our interest income is relatively insensitive to future decreases
in interest rates.
As of June 30, 2009, we had convertible subordinated debentures of $15.8 million outstanding with a
fixed interest rate of 1.75%. Interest rate changes affect the fair value of the debentures, but
do not affect our earnings or cash flow.
All of our sales are denominated in U.S. dollars and, as a result, we have relatively little
exposure to foreign currency exchange risk with respect to our sales. We have employees located in
offices in Japan, Taiwan and the Peoples Republic of China and as such, a portion of our operating
expenses as well as foreign income taxes payable are denominated in foreign currencies.
Accordingly, our operating results are affected by changes in the exchange rate between the U.S.
dollar and those currencies. Any future strengthening of those currencies against the U.S. dollar
could negatively impact our operating results by increasing our operating expenses as measured in
U.S. dollars. We cannot reasonably estimate the effect that an immediate change in foreign
currency exchange rates would have on our operating results or cash flows. Currently, we do not
hedge against foreign currency rate fluctuations.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Based on managements evaluation (with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)), as of the end of the period covered by this report, our CEO and
CFO have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the Exchange Act)) are
effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in
reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms
and is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this
report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our CEO and CFO, does not expect that our disclosure controls and
procedures will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no
matter how well designed, operated and managed, can provide only reasonable assurance that the
objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Because of the inherent limitations
of disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures can
provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been
detected.
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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Investing in our shares of common stock involves a high degree of risk, and investors should
carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision. If any of the
following risks occur, the market price of our shares of common stock could decline and investors
could lose all or part of their investment. Additional risks that we currently believe are
immaterial may also impair our business operations. In assessing these risks, investors should
also refer to the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, including our
consolidated financial statements and related notes, and our other filings made from time to time
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Macroeconomic Risks
The current global recession and volatility in global credit and financial markets could materially
and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Financial, commercial and consumer markets have experienced extreme disruption in the past year and
there can be no assurance that there will not be further deterioration of these markets. While we
do not currently require access to credit markets to finance our operations, these economic
developments have adversely affected, and are likely to continue to affect, our business in a
number of ways. For instance, the economic crisis has decreased, and may continue to decrease,
market acceptance of, and reduce the demand for, our products and the success of our product
strategy. We face an increased risk that our customers will be unable to continue their operations
and it may become more difficult to collect payments from them on a timely basis, or at all. In
addition, the current tightening of credit in financial markets may also adversely affect the
ability of our customers to obtain financing for significant purchases and operations. This has
resulted, and could continue to result, in a decrease or cancellation of orders for our products.
As a result of the worldwide economic slowdown, it is extremely difficult for us and our customers
to forecast future sales levels based on historical information and trends. Portions of our
expenses are fixed and other expenses are tied to expected levels of sales activities. To the
extent that we do not achieve our anticipated level of sales, our gross profit and net income,
have, and could continue to be adversely affected until such expenses are reduced to an appropriate
level. Additionally, if we are unable to reduce our costs to respond to future decreases in
revenue, we may utilize more of our cash resources than we planned. Any future actions that we
take to limit our usage of cash may also reduce our ability to execute on our plans and strategies,
which may weaken our competitive positioning and cause us to lose market share. We are unable to
predict the likely duration and severity of the current disruption in financial markets and adverse
economic conditions in the U.S. and other countries.
Company Specific Risks
Our product strategy, which is targeted at markets demanding superior video and image quality, may
not lead to increased revenue or gross profit in a timely manner or at all, which could materially
adversely affect our results of operations.
We have adopted a product strategy that focuses on our core competencies in pixel processing and
delivering high levels of video and image quality. With this strategy, we continue to make further
investments in the development of our ImageProcessor architecture for the digital projector market,
with particular focus on adding increased performance and functionality. For the advanced
television market,
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we are shifting away from our previous approach of implementing our intellectual property (IP)
exclusively in system-on-chip integrated circuits (ICs), to an approach designed to improve video
performance of our customers image processors through the use of our new line of Motion Estimation
Motion Compensation (MEMC) co-processor ICs. This strategy is designed to address the needs of
the large-screen, high-resolution, high-quality segment of the advanced television market.
Additionally, we are focusing certain of our research and development efforts on new areas beyond
our traditional applications, which may not result in increased revenue or gross profit.
We have designed our new strategy to help us take advantage of expected market trends. While we
have secured design wins with our new products, our expectations may not be accurate and these
markets may not develop or they may take longer to develop than we expect. We cannot assure you
that the products we are developing to address our new strategy will adequately address the needs
of our target customers, that we will be able to produce our new products at costs that enable us
to price these products competitively or that our customers or potential customers will accept our
products quickly enough or in sufficient volume to grow revenue and gross profit. Additionally,
the current economic crisis may alter current market trends and reduce the demand for our products
and the success of our product strategy. A lack of market acceptance or insufficient market
acceptance would materially and adversely affect our results of operations.
We have incurred substantial indebtedness as a result of the sale of convertible debentures and may
be unable to meet our future capital requirements.
As of June 30, 2009, $15.8 million of our 1.75% convertible subordinated debentures due 2024 were
outstanding. Although the remaining debt obligations are due in 2024, the holders of debentures
have the right to require us to purchase all or a portion of the outstanding debentures at each of
the following dates: May 15, 2011, May 15, 2014 and May 15, 2019. Since the market price of our
common stock is significantly below the conversion price of the debentures, the holders of our
outstanding debentures are unlikely to convert the debentures into common stock in accordance with
the existing terms of the debentures. Accordingly, we expect holders of the debentures to exercise
their put option, requiring us to purchase all of the outstanding debentures on May 15, 2011, the
earliest date allowed. Our ability to meet our debt service obligations will be dependent upon our
future performance, which will be subject to financial, business and other factors affecting our
operations, some of which are beyond our control. Even if we have sufficient cash and cash
equivalents to finance the repurchase of such debentures, the repurchase would likely result in
cash reserves too low for us to continue our business as a going concern and could cause our
customers to cease purchasing our products in favor of competitors with stronger balance sheets.
Additionally, due to recent turmoil in the credit markets and the continued decline in the economy,
we may not be able to refinance the debentures at terms that are as favorable as those currently
contained in the debentures, or at terms that are acceptable to us at all. These debentures could
materially and adversely affect our ability to obtain additional debt or equity financing for
working capital, acquisitions or other purposes, limit our flexibility in planning for or reacting
to changes in our business, reduce funds available for use in our operations and make us more
vulnerable to industry downturns and competitive pressures.
While we believe that our current cash and marketable securities balances will be sufficient to
meet our capital requirements for the next twelve months, we cannot assure you that we will be able
to maintain sufficient cash and marketable security balances to refinance or pay off the
convertible debentures when and if the put option is exercised. We may need, or could elect to
seek, additional funding through public or private equity or debt financing, which we may not be
able to obtain. If we issue equity securities, our shareholders may experience additional dilution
or the new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of our
common stock.
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Additionally, one of the covenants of the indenture governing the debentures could possibly be
interpreted such that if we are late with any of our required filings under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (1934 Act), and if we fail to affect a cure within 60 days, the holders
of the debentures can put the debentures back to the Company, whereby the debentures become
immediately due and payable. As a result of our restructuring efforts, we have fewer employees to
perform day-to-day controls, processes and activities and additionally, certain functions have been
transferred to new employees who are not as familiar with our procedures. These changes increase
the risk that we will be unable to make timely filings in accordance with the 1934 Act. Any
resulting default under our debentures would have a material adverse effect on our cash position
and operating results.
We may be unable to maintain compliance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rules which could cause our common
stock to be delisted from the NASDAQ Global Market, resulting in the lack of a market for our
common stock, which could cause a decrease in the value of an investment in us and adversely affect
our business, financial condition and results of operations.
On June 4, 2008, we effected a one-for-three reverse split of our common stock. We effected the
reverse split to attempt to regain compliance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, particularly the
minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued inclusion on the NASDAQ Global Market. Though the
per share price of our common stock increased to over $2.00 per share immediately following the
reverse split, the price has fluctuated significantly and was below $1.00 as recently as May 6,
2009. We cannot guarantee that it will remain at or above $1.00 per share and if the price again
drops below $1.00 per share, the stock could become subject to delisting again, and we may seek
shareholder approval for an additional reverse split.
A second reverse split could produce negative effects. We could not guarantee that an additional
reverse split would result in a long-term or permanent increase in the price of our common stock.
The market might perceive a decision to effect an additional reverse split as a negative indicator
of our future prospects, and as a result, the price of our common stock might decline after such a
reverse split (perhaps by an even greater percentage than would have occurred in the absence of
such a reverse split). An additional reverse split could also make it more difficult for us to
meet certain other requirements for continued listing on the NASDAQ Global Market, including rules
related to the minimum number of shares that must be in the public float, the minimum market value
of the public float and the minimum number of round lot holders. Investors might consider the
increased proportion of unissued authorized shares to issued shares to have an anti-takeover effect
under certain circumstances by allowing for dilutive issuances which could prevent certain
shareholders from changing the composition of the board, or could render tender offers for a
combination with another entity more difficult to complete successfully. Additionally, customers,
suppliers or employees might consider a company with low trading volume risky and might be less
likely to transact business with us.
If our common stock is delisted, trading of the stock will most likely take place on an
over-the-counter market established for unlisted securities, such as the Pink Sheets or the OTC
Bulletin Board. An investor is likely to find it less convenient to sell, or to obtain accurate
quotations in seeking to buy, our common stock on an over-the-counter market, and many investors
may not buy or sell our common stock due to difficulty in accessing over-the-counter markets, or
due to policies preventing them from trading in securities not listed on a national exchange or
other reasons. In addition, as a delisted security, our common stock would be subject to SEC rules
regarding penny stock, which impose additional disclosure requirements on broker-dealers. The
regulations relating to penny stocks, coupled with the typically higher cost per trade to investors
in penny stocks due to factors such as broker commissions generally representing a higher
percentage of the price of a penny stock than of a higher priced stock, would further limit the
ability and willingness of investors to trade in our common stock. For these reasons and others,
delisting would adversely affect the liquidity, trading volume and price of our
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common stock, causing the value of an investment in us to decrease and having an adverse effect on
our business, financial condition and results of operations, including our ability to attract and
retain qualified executives and employees and to raise capital.
If we do not achieve additional design wins in the future, our ability to grow will be seriously
limited. Even if we achieve additional design wins in the future, we may not realize significant
revenue from the design wins.
Our future success depends on developers of advanced display products designing our products into
their systems. To achieve design wins, we must define and deliver cost-effective, innovative and
integrated semiconductors. Once a suppliers products have been designed into a system, the
developer may be reluctant to change its source of components due to the significant costs
associated with qualifying a new supplier. Accordingly, it may be difficult for us to achieve
additional design wins. The failure on our part to obtain additional design wins with leading
branded manufacturers or integrators, and to successfully design, develop and introduce new
products and product enhancements could seriously limit our ability to grow.
Additionally, achieving a design win does not necessarily mean that a developer will order large
volumes of our products. A design win is not a binding commitment by a developer to purchase our
products. Rather, it is a decision by a developer to use our products in the design process of
that developers products. Developers can choose at any time to discontinue using our products in
their designs or product development efforts. If our products are chosen to be incorporated into a
developers products, we may still not realize significant revenue from that developer if that
developers products are not commercially successful or if that developer chooses to qualify, or
incorporate the products of, a second source, and any of those circumstances might cause our
revenue to decline.
Despite our restructuring efforts, we may not achieve profitability in the future and, if we do, we
may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. If we are not
profitable in the future, we may be unable to continue our operations.
In 2006, we initiated restructuring plans aimed at returning the Company to profitability. In
December 2008, we initiated an additional restructuring plan to reduce our operating expenses in
response to decreases in current and forecasted revenue which resulted primarily from the global
economic recession. This plan reduced operations, research and development and administrative
headcount in our San Jose, Taiwan and China offices and was completed during the second quarter of
2009.
Despite our restructuring efforts, we may not achieve profitability in the future and, if we do, we
may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. The years
ended December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2008 are our only years of profitability since inception
and we may be unable to achieve profitability in future periods. Additionally, our profitability
in 2008 and the first half of 2009 is the result of gains we recognized on the repurchase of a
portion of our convertible subordinated debentures. We did not achieve operating profits in 2008
or the first half of 2009. If we are not profitable in the future, we may be unable to continue
our operations.
If we engage in further restructuring efforts, we may be unable to successfully implement new
products or enhancements to our current products, which will adversely affect our future sales and
financial condition.
We expect to continue to introduce new and enhanced products, and our future sales will depend on
customer acceptance of our new products and the enhancements that we may make to our current
products. However, if our recent restructuring efforts are insufficient to reduce our cost
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level that is commensurate with our revenue, we may be forced to make additional headcount
reductions or implement additional cost saving initiatives. These actions could impact our
research and development and engineering activities, which may slow our development of new or
enhanced products. If we are unable to successfully introduce new or enhanced products, our sales
and financial condition will be adversely affected.
A significant amount of our revenue comes from a limited number of customers and distributors. Any
decrease in revenue from, or loss, of any of the customers or distributors could significantly
reduce our revenue.
The display manufacturing market is highly concentrated and we are, and will continue to be,
dependent on a limited number of customers and distributors for a substantial portion of our
revenue. Sales to distributors represented 50%, 53% and 57% of revenue for the six month period
ended June 30, 2009 and years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
Revenue attributable to our top five end customers represented 53%, 55% and 47% of revenue for the
six month period ended June 30, 2009 and years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
A reduction, delay or cancellation of orders from one or more of our significant customers, or a
decision by one or more of our significant customers to select products manufactured by a
competitor or to use its own internally-developed semiconductors, would significantly impact our
revenue.
The concentration of our accounts receivable with a limited number of customers exposes us to
increased credit risk and could harm our operating results and cash flows.
As of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 we had three customers that each represented 10% or more
of accounts receivable. The concentration of our accounts receivable with a limited number of
customers increases our credit risk. The failure of these customers to pay their balances, or any
other customer to pay future outstanding balances, would result in an operating expense and reduce
our cash flows.
Dependence on a limited number of sole-source, third-party manufacturers for our products exposes
us to shortages based on capacity allocation or low manufacturing yield, errors in manufacturing,
price increases with little notice, volatile inventory levels and delays in product delivery, which
could result in delays in satisfying customer demand, increased costs and loss of revenue.
We contract with third-party foundries for wafer fabrication and other manufacturers for packaging,
assembly and testing of our products. We do not own or operate a semiconductor fabrication
facility and do not have the resources to manufacture our products internally. Our wafers are
fabricated by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation and Toshiba Corporation. The wafers used in each of our products are
fabricated by only one of these manufacturers.
Sole sourcing each product increases our dependence on our suppliers. We have limited control over
delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing yields, potential errors in manufacturing and
production costs. We do not have long-term supply contracts with our third-party manufacturers, so
they are not obligated to supply us with products for any specific period of time, quantity or
price, except as may be provided in a particular purchase order. From time to time, our suppliers
increase prices charged to produce our products with little notice. If the prices charged by our
contract manufacturers increase we may increase our prices, which could harm our competitiveness.
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Our requirements represent only a small portion of the total production capacity of our contract
manufacturers, who have in the past re-allocated capacity to other customers even during periods of
high demand for our products. We expect this may occur again in the future. In addition, the
current tightening of credit in financial markets may affect the ability of our suppliers to
maintain their production capacity and result in a reduction in their supply to us. If we are
unable to obtain our products from our contract manufacturers on schedule, or at all, our ability
to satisfy customer demand will be harmed, revenue from the sale of products may be lost or
delayed, and we may not obtain future design wins. If orders for our products are cancelled,
expected revenue would not be realized.
Our dependence on selling to distributors and integrators increases the complexity of managing our
supply chain and may result in excess inventory or inventory shortages.
Selling to distributors and integrators reduces our ability to forecast sales accurately and
increases the complexity of our business. Since our distributors act as intermediaries between us
and the companies using our products, we must rely on our distributors to accurately report
inventory levels and production forecasts. We must similarly rely on our integrators. Our
integrators are original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that build display devices based on
specifications provided by branded suppliers. Selling to distributors and OEMs adds another layer
between us and the ultimate source of demand for our products, the consumer. These arrangements
require us to manage a complex supply chain and to monitor the financial condition and
creditworthiness of our distributors, integrators and customers. They also make it more difficult
for us to predict demand for our products. Our failure to manage one or more of these challenges
could result in excess inventory or inventory shortages that could materially impact our operating
results or limit the ability of companies using our semiconductors to deliver their products.
Because we do not have long-term commitments from our customers and plan inventory purchases based
on estimates of customer demand which may be inaccurate, we contract for the manufacture of our
products based on potentially inaccurate estimates.
Our sales are made on the basis of customer purchase orders rather than long-term purchase
commitments. Our customers may cancel or defer purchase orders at any time but we must order wafer
inventory from our subcontract manufacturers three to four months in advance. This process
requires us to make numerous assumptions concerning demand, each of which may introduce error into
our estimates of inventory requirements and the current financial crisis and economic downturn has
made it more difficult for us and our customers to accurately forecast demand. If our customers or
we overestimate demand, we may purchase components or have products manufactured that we may not be
able to use or sell. As a result, we would have excess inventory, which would negatively affect
our operating results. For example, we overestimated demand for certain of our products which led
to significant charges for obsolete inventory in 2008 and 2007. Conversely, if our customers or we
underestimate demand, or if sufficient manufacturing capacity is not available, we would forego
revenue opportunities, lose market share and damage our customer relationships.
International sales account for almost all of our revenue, and if we do not successfully address
the risks associated with international sales, our revenue could decrease.
Sales outside the U.S. accounted for approximately 96% of revenue for the first half of 2009, and
95% and 96% of revenue for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. We anticipate
that sales outside the U.S. will continue to account for a substantial portion of our revenue in
future periods. In addition, customers who incorporate our products into their products sell a
substantial portion of their products outside of the U.S., and all of our products are manufactured
outside of the U.S. We are, therefore, subject to many international risks, including, but not
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Our presence and investment within the Peoples Republic of China subjects us to risks of economic
and political instability in the area, which could adversely impact our results of operations.
A substantial portion of our products are manufactured by foundries located in the PRC. In
addition, a significant percentage of our employees are located in this area. Disruptions from
natural disasters, health epidemics (including new outbreaks of SARS or bird flu) and political,
social and economic instability may affect the region and would have a negative impact on our
results of operations. In addition, the economy of the PRC differs from the economies of many
countries in respects such as structure, government involvement, level of development, growth rate,
capital reinvestment, allocation of resources, self-sufficiency, rate of inflation and balance of
payments position, among others. In the past, the economy of the PRC has been primarily a planned
economy subject to state plans. Since the entry of the PRC into the World Trade Organization in
2002, the PRC government has been reforming its economic and political systems. These reforms have
resulted in significant economic growth and social change. We cannot be assured that the PRCs
policies for economic reforms will be consistent or effective. Our results of operations and
financial position may be harmed by changes in the PRCs political, economic or social conditions.
The concentration of our manufacturers and customers in the same geographic region increases our
risk that a natural disaster, labor strike or political unrest could disrupt our operations.
Most of our current manufacturers and customers are located in the PRC, Japan, Korea or Taiwan.
The risk of earthquakes in the Pacific Rim region is significant due to the proximity of major
earthquake fault lines in the area. Common consequences of earthquakes include power outages and
disruption or impairment of production capacity. Earthquakes, fire, flooding, power outages and
other natural disasters in the Pacific Rim region, or political unrest, labor strikes or work
stoppages in countries where our manufacturers and customers are located, would likely result in
the disruption of our manufacturers and customers operations. Any disruption resulting from
extraordinary events could cause significant delays in shipments of our products until we are able
to shift our manufacturing from the affected contractor to another third-party vendor. There can
be no assurance that alternative capacity could be obtained on favorable terms, or in a timely
manner, if at all.
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Our future success depends upon the continued services of key personnel, many of whom would be
difficult to replace, and the loss of one or more of these employees could seriously harm our
business by delaying product development.
We believe our success depends, in large part, upon our ability to identify, attract and retain
qualified hardware and software engineers, sales, marketing, finance and managerial personnel.
Competition for talented personnel is intense and we may not be able to retain our key personnel or
identify, attract or retain other highly qualified personnel in the future. Because of the highly
technical nature of our business, the loss of key engineering personnel could delay product
introductions and significantly impair our ability to successfully create future products. If we
do not succeed in hiring and retaining employees with appropriate qualifications, our product
development efforts, revenue and business could be seriously harmed.
We have experienced, and may continue to experience, difficulty in hiring and retaining employees
with appropriate qualifications. In the last two years a significant portion of our executive
management team has turned over, including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer,
Vice President of Sales, Vice President of Marketing, Vice President of Business Operations and
Vice President, Strategy and Market Development. During 2006 and 2007, we also experienced
difficulties hiring and retaining qualified engineers in our Shanghai design center.
Decreased effectiveness of share-based payment awards could adversely affect our ability to attract
and retain employees, officers and directors.
We have historically used stock options and other forms of share-based payment awards as key
components of our total compensation program in order to retain employees, officers and directors
and to provide competitive compensation and benefit packages. In accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment, (SFAS 123R), we began
recording stock-based compensation expense for share-based awards in the first quarter of 2006. As
a result, we have incurred and will continue to incur significant compensation costs associated
with our share-based programs, making it more expensive for us to grant share-based payment awards
to employees, officers and directors. To the extent that SFAS 123R makes it more expensive to
grant stock options we may decide to incur cash compensation costs in the future. Actions that we
take to reduce stock-based compensation expense that might be more aggressive than actions
implemented by our competitors could make it difficult to attract, retain and motivate employees,
officers, or directors, which could adversely affect our competitive position as well as our
business and results of operations.
Failure to manage any future expansion efforts effectively could adversely affect our business and
results of operations.
To manage any future expansion efforts effectively in a rapidly evolving market, we must be able to
maintain and improve our operational and financial systems, train and manage our employee base and
attract and retain qualified personnel with relevant experience. We must also manage multiple
relationships with customers, business partners, contract manufacturers, suppliers and other third
parties. We could spend substantial amounts of time and money in connection with expansion efforts
for which we may not realize any profit. Our systems, procedures or controls may not be adequate
to support our operations and we may not be able to expand quickly enough to exploit potential
market opportunities. If we do not manage any future expansion efforts effectively, our operating
expenses could increase more rapidly than our revenue, adversely affecting our financial condition
and results of operations.
We may be unable to successfully integrate any future acquisition or equity investment we make,
which could disrupt our business and severely harm our financial condition.
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We may not be able to successfully integrate businesses, products, technologies or personnel of any
entity that we might acquire in the future, and any failure to do so could disrupt our business and
seriously harm our financial condition. In addition, if we acquire any company with weak internal
controls, it will take time to get the acquired company up to a level of operating effectiveness
acceptable to us and to implement adequate internal control, management, financial and operating
reporting systems. Our inability to address these risks could negatively affect our operating
results.
To date, we have acquired Panstera, Inc. (Panstera) in January 2001, nDSP Corporation (nDSP) in
January 2002, Jaldi Semiconductor Corporation (Jaldi) in September 2002 and Equator Technologies,
Inc. (Equator) in June 2005. In March 2003, we announced the execution of a definitive merger
agreement with Genesis Microchip, Inc.; however, the merger was terminated in August 2003, and we
incurred $8.9 million of expenses related to the transaction.
The acquisitions of Panstera, nDSP, Jaldi and Equator contained a very high level of risk primarily
because the decisions to acquire these companies were made based on unproven technological
developments and, at the time of the acquisitions, we did not know if we would complete the
unproven technologies or, if we did complete the technologies, if they would be commercially
viable.
These and any future acquisitions and investments could result in any of the following negative
events, among others:
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issuance of stock that dilutes current shareholders percentage ownership; |
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decreases in cash and marketable securities that could otherwise serve as working
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Our operation of any acquired business would also involve numerous risks, including, but not
limited to:
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diversion of managements attention from our core business; |
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adverse effects on existing business relationships with customers; |
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Continued compliance with regulatory and accounting requirements will be challenging and will
require significant resources.
We spend a significant amount of management time and external resources to comply with changing
laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including
evolving Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations, NASDAQ Global Market rules and
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which requires managements annual review and evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting. While we invest significant time and money in our effort to
evaluate and test our internal control over financial reporting, there are inherent limitations to
the effectiveness of any system of internal controls and procedures, including cost limitations,
the possibility of human error, judgments and assumptions regarding the likelihood of future
events, and the circumvention or overriding
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of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective controls and procedures can provide
only reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives.
Company Risks Related to the Semiconductor Industry and Our Markets
Intense competition in our markets may reduce sales of our products, reduce our market share,
decrease our gross profit and result in large losses.
Rapid technological change, evolving industry standards and customer requirements, compressed
product life cycles and declining average selling prices are characteristics of our market and
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations. As the overall price of digital projectors and advanced flat panel displays continues
to fall, we may be required to offer our products to customers at discounted prices due to
increased price competition. At the same time, new alternative technologies and industry standards
may emerge that directly compete with technologies we offer. We may be required to increase our
investment in research and development at the same time that product prices are falling. In
addition, even after making this investment, we cannot assure you that our technologies will be
superior to those of our competitors or that our products will achieve market acceptance, whether
for performance or price reasons. Failure to effectively respond to these trends could reduce the
demand for our products.
We compete with specialized and diversified electronics and semiconductor companies that offer
display processors or scaling components. Some of these include Broadcom Corporation, i-Chips
Technologies Inc., Integrated Device Technology, Inc., MediaTek Inc., MStar Semiconductor, Inc., Realtek Semiconductor Corp., Renesas
Technology Corp., Sigma Designs, Inc., Silicon Image, Inc., STMicroelectronics N.V., Sunplus
Technology Co., Ltd., Techwell, Inc., Topro Technology Inc., Trident Microsystems, Inc., Weltrend
Semiconductor, Inc., Zoran Corporation and other companies. Potential and current competitors may
include diversified semiconductor manufacturers and the semiconductor divisions or affiliates of
some of our customers, including Intel Corporation, LG Electronics, Inc., Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc., National Semiconductor
Corporation, NEC Corporation, NVIDIA Corporation, NXP Semiconductors, Samsung Electronics Co.,
Ltd., SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Seiko Epson Corporation, Sharp Electronics Corporation, Sony
Corporation, Texas Instruments Incorporated and Toshiba America, Inc. In addition, start-up
companies may seek to compete in our markets.
Many of our competitors have longer operating histories and greater resources to support
development and marketing efforts than we do. Some of our competitors operate their own
fabrication facilities. These competitors may be able to react more quickly and devote more
resources to efforts that compete directly with our own. Our current or potential customers have
developed, and may continue to develop, their own proprietary technologies and become our
competitors. Increased competition from both competitors and our customers internal development
efforts could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations by, for example,
increasing pressure on our profit margin or causing us to lose sales opportunities. We cannot
assure you that we can compete successfully against current or potential competitors.
Because of the complex nature of our semiconductor designs and associated manufacturing processes
and the rapid evolution of our customers product designs, we may not be able to develop new
products or product enhancements in a timely manner, which could decrease customer demand for our
products and reduce our revenue.
The development of our semiconductors is highly complex. These complexities require us to employ
advanced designs and manufacturing processes that are unproven. The result can be longer and less
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predictable development cycles. Timely introduction of new or enhanced products depends on a
number of other factors, including, but not limited to:
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If we are unable to successfully develop and introduce products in a timely manner, our business
and results of operations will be adversely affected. We have experienced increased development
time and delays in introducing new products that have resulted in significantly less revenue than
originally expected for those products. Our international structure has significantly added to the
complexity of our product development efforts as we must now coordinate very complex product
development programs between multiple geographically dispersed locations. Our restructuring plans
have also significantly affected our product development efforts by reducing the number of
personnel dedicated to product development efforts. We may not be successful in timely delivery of
new products with reduced numbers of employees. Any such failure could cause us to lose customers
or potential customers, which would decrease our revenue.
We may not be able to respond to the rapid technological changes in the markets in which we
compete, or seek to compete, or we may not be able to comply with industry standards in the future,
making our products less desirable or obsolete.
The markets in which we compete or seek to compete are subject to rapid technological change,
frequent new product introductions, changing customer requirements for new products and features
and evolving industry standards. The introduction of new technologies and emergence of new
industry standards could render our products less desirable or obsolete, which could harm our
business. Examples of changing industry standards include the growing use of broadband to deliver
video content, faster screen refresh rates, the proliferation of new display devices and the drive
to network display devices together. Our failure to adequately respond to such technological
changes could render our products obsolete and significantly decrease our revenue.
The cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry may lead to significant variances in the demand
for our products and could harm our operations.
In the past, the semiconductor industry has been characterized by significant downturns and wide
fluctuations in supply and demand. Also, the industry has experienced significant fluctuations in
anticipation of changes in general economic conditions, including economic conditions in Asia and
North America. The current global economic crisis has caused a slowdown in the demand for our
products and other semiconductor products in general, and such slowdown may continue for an
extended period of time. The cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry has also led to
significant variances in product demand and production capacity. We have experienced, and may
continue to experience, periodic fluctuations in our future financial results because of changes in
industry-wide conditions.
Because of our long product development process and sales cycles, we may incur substantial costs
before we earn associated revenue and ultimately may not sell as many units of our products as we
originally anticipated.
We develop products based on anticipated market and customer requirements and incur substantial
product development expenditures, which can include the payment of large up-front, third-party
license fees and royalties, prior to generating associated revenue. Our work under these projects
is technically challenging
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and places considerable demands on our limited resources, particularly on our most senior
engineering talent.
Because the development of our products incorporates not only our complex and evolving technology
but also our customers specific requirements, a lengthy sales process is often required before
potential customers begin the technical evaluation of our products. Our customers typically
perform numerous tests and extensively evaluate our products before incorporating them into their
systems. The time required for testing, evaluation and design of our products into a customers
system can take up to nine months or more. It can take an additional nine months or longer before
a customer commences volume shipments of systems that incorporate our products. We cannot assure
you that the time required for the testing, evaluation and design of our products by our customers
would not be significantly longer than nine months.
Because of the lengthy development and sales cycles, we will experience delays between the time we
incur expenditures for research and development, sales and marketing and inventory and the time we
generate revenue, if any, from these expenditures. Additionally, if actual sales volumes for a
particular product are substantially less than originally anticipated, we may experience large
write-offs of capitalized license fees, software development tools, product masks, inventories or
other capitalized or deferred product-related costs, or increased amortization of non-cancelable
prepaid royalties, any of which would negatively affect our operating results. For example, our
provisions for obsolete inventory were $1.5 million and $4.4 million for the years ended December
31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Additionally, in 2007, we wrote-off assets with a net book value
of $6.9 million due to reductions in research and development personnel and changes in product
development strategy.
Our products are characterized by average selling prices that decline over relatively short periods
of time, which will negatively affect our financial results unless we are able to reduce our
product costs or introduce new products with higher average selling prices.
Average selling prices for our products decline over relatively short periods of time, while many
of our product costs are fixed. When our average selling prices decline, our gross profit declines
unless we are able to sell more units or reduce the cost to manufacture our products. Our
operating results are negatively affected when revenue or gross profit declines. We have
experienced declines in our average selling prices and expect that we will continue to experience
them in the future, although we cannot predict when they may occur or how severe they will be. The
current crisis in global credit and financial markets may result in more rapid declines in average
selling prices as our competitors reduce their prices in attempts to gain market share or as our
potential customers have less cash available for purchases and operations and, in some instances,
exit the market. Our financial results will suffer if we are unable to offset any reductions in
our average selling prices by increasing our sales volumes, reducing our costs, adding new features
to our existing products or developing new or enhanced products in a timely basis with higher
selling prices or gross profits.
The competitiveness and viability of our products could be harmed if necessary licenses of
third-party technology are not available to us or are only available on terms that are not
commercially viable.
We license technology from independent third parties that is incorporated into our products or
product enhancements. Future products or product enhancements may require additional third-party
licenses that may not be available to us or may not be available on terms that are commercially
reasonable. In addition, in the event of a change in control of one of our licensors, it may
become difficult to maintain access to its licensed technology. If we are unable to obtain or
maintain any third-party license required to develop new products and product enhancements, we may
have to obtain substitute technology with lower quality or performance standards, or at greater
cost, either of which could seriously harm the competitiveness of our products.
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Our limited ability to protect our IP and proprietary rights could harm our competitive position by
allowing our competitors to access our proprietary technology and to introduce similar products.
Our ability to compete effectively with other companies will depend, in part, on our ability to
maintain the proprietary nature of our technology, including our semiconductor designs and
software. We provide the computer programming code for our software to customers in connection
with their product development efforts, thereby increasing the risk that customers will
misappropriate our proprietary software. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark
and trade secret laws, as well as nondisclosure agreements and other methods, to help protect our
proprietary technologies. As of June 30, 2009 we held 95 patents and had 55 patent applications
pending for protection of our significant technologies. Competitors in both the U.S. and foreign
countries, many of whom have substantially greater resources than we do, may apply for and obtain
patents that will prevent, limit or interfere with our ability to make and sell our products, or
they may develop similar technology independently or design around our patents. Effective
copyright, trademark and trade secret protection may be unavailable or limited in foreign
countries.
We cannot assure you that the degree of protection offered by patent or trade secret laws will be
sufficient. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that any patents will be issued as a result of any
pending applications or that any claims allowed under issued patents will be sufficiently broad to
protect our technology. In addition, it is possible that existing or future patents may be
challenged, invalidated or circumvented.
Others may bring infringement actions against us that could be time consuming and expensive to
defend.
We may become subject to claims involving patents or other IP rights. IP claims could subject us
to significant liability for damages and invalidate our proprietary rights. In addition, IP claims
may be brought against customers that incorporate our products in the design of their own products.
These claims, regardless of their success or merit and regardless of whether we are named as
defendants in a lawsuit, would likely be time consuming and expensive to resolve and would divert
the time and attention of management and technical personnel. Any IP litigation or claims also
could force us to do one or more of the following:
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stop selling products using technology that contains the allegedly infringing IP; |
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attempt to obtain a license to the relevant IP, which may not be available on reasonable
terms or at all; |
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attempt to redesign those products that contain the allegedly infringing IP; or |
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pay damages for past infringement claims that are determined to be valid or which are
arrived at in settlement of such litigation or threatened litigation. |
If we are forced to take any of the foregoing actions, we may incur significant additional costs or
be unable to manufacture and sell our products, which could seriously harm our business. In
addition, we may not be able to develop, license or acquire non-infringing technology under
reasonable terms. These developments could result in an inability to compete for customers or
otherwise adversely affect our results of operations.
If we have to qualify a new foundry or packaging, assembly and testing supplier for any of our
products, we may experience delays that result in lost revenue and damaged customer relationships.
Our products require manufacturing with state-of-the-art fabrication equipment and techniques. The
lead-time needed to establish a relationship with a new contract manufacturer is at least nine
months, and the estimated time for us to adapt a products design to a particular contract
manufacturers process is at least four months. If we have to qualify a new foundry or packaging,
assembly and testing supplier for any of our
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products, we could incur significant delays in shipping products, which may result in lost revenue
and damaged customer relationships.
Manufacturers of our semiconductor products periodically discontinue older manufacturing processes,
which could make our products unavailable from our current suppliers.
Semiconductor manufacturing technologies change rapidly and manufacturers typically discontinue
older manufacturing processes in favor of newer ones. For instance, a portion of our products use
embedded dynamic random access memory, (DRAM) technology, which requires manufacturing processes
that are being phased out. We also utilize 0.18um, 0.15um and 0.13um standard logic processes,
which may only be available for the next five to seven years. Once a manufacturer makes the
decision to retire a manufacturing process, notice is generally given to its customers. Customers
will then either retire the affected part or develop a new version of the part that can be
manufactured with a newer process. In the event that a manufacturing process is discontinued, our
current suppliers may be unwilling or unable to manufacture our current products. Additionally,
migrating to a new, more advanced process requires significant expenditures for research and
development and takes significant time. We cannot assure you that we will be able to place last
time buy orders in the future or that we will find alternate manufacturers of our products.
We are dependent on our foundries to implement complex semiconductor technologies and our
operations could be adversely affected if those technologies are unavailable, delayed or
inefficiently implemented.
In order to increase performance and functionality and reduce the size of our products, we are
continuously developing new products using advanced technologies that further miniaturize
semiconductors. However, we are dependent on our foundries to develop and provide access to the
advanced processes that enable such miniaturization. We cannot be certain that future advanced
manufacturing processes will be implemented without difficulties, delays or increased expenses.
Our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected
if advanced manufacturing processes are unavailable to us, substantially delayed or inefficiently
implemented.
Our highly integrated products and high-speed mixed signal products are difficult to manufacture
without defects and the existence of defects could result in increased costs, delays in the
availability of our products, reduced sales of products or claims against us.
The manufacture of semiconductors is a complex process and it is often difficult for semiconductor
foundries to produce semiconductors free of defects. Because many of our products are more highly
integrated than other semiconductors and incorporate mixed analog and digital signal processing and
embedded memory technology, they are even more difficult to produce without defects. Defective
products can be caused by design or manufacturing difficulties. Therefore, identifying quality
problems can occur only by analyzing and testing our semiconductors in a system after they have
been manufactured. The difficulty in identifying defects is compounded because the process
technology is unique to each of the multiple semiconductor foundries we contract with to
manufacture our products.
Despite testing by both our customers and us, errors or performance problems may be found in
existing or new semiconductors. Failure to achieve defect-free products may result in increased
costs and delays in the availability of our products. Additionally, customers could seek damages
from us for their losses and shipments of defective products may harm our reputation with our
customers.
We have experienced field failures of our semiconductors in certain customer system applications
that required us to institute additional testing. As a result of these field failures, we incurred
warranty costs due to customers returning potentially affected products. Our customers have also
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receiving product shipments from us that resulted in the loss of revenue and profits. Shipments of
defective products could cause us to lose customers or to incur significant replacement costs,
either of which would harm our business.
We use a customer owned tooling process for manufacturing most of our products which exposes us to
the possibility of poor yields and unacceptably high product costs.
We are building most of our products on a customer owned tooling basis, also known in the
semiconductor industry as COT, where we directly contract the manufacture of wafers and assume the
responsibility for the assembly and testing of our products. As a result, we are subject to
increased risks arising from wafer manufacturing yields and risks associated with coordination of
the manufacturing, assembly and testing process. Poor product yields result in higher product
costs, which could make our products less competitive if we increase our prices to compensate for
our higher costs, or could result in lower gross profit margins if we do not increase our prices.
Shortages of materials used in the manufacturing of our products may increase our costs or limit
our revenue and impair our ability to ship our products on time.
From time to time, shortages of materials that are used in our products may occur. In particular,
we may experience shortages of semiconductor wafers and packages. If material shortages occur, we
may incur additional costs or be unable to ship our products to our customers in a timely fashion,
both of which could harm our business and adversely affect our results of operations.
Shortages of other key components for our customers products could delay our ability to sell our
products.
Shortages of components and other materials that are critical to the design and manufacture of our
customers products could limit our sales. These components include display components,
analog-to-digital converters, digital receivers and video decoders.
Integration of software with our products adds complexity and cost that may affect our ability to
achieve design wins and may affect our profitability.
The integration of software with our products adds complexity, may extend our internal development
programs and could impact our customers development schedules. This complexity requires increased
coordination between hardware and software development schedules and may increase our operating
expenses without a corresponding increase in product revenue. This additional level of complexity
lengthens the sales cycle and may result in customers selecting competitive products requiring less
software integration.
Our software development tools may be incompatible with industry standards and challenging to
implement, which could slow product development or cause us to lose customers and design wins.
We provide software development tools to help customers evaluate our products and bring them into
production. Software development is a complex process and we are dependent on software development
languages and operating systems from vendors that may compromise our ability to design software in
a timely manner. Also, as software tools and interfaces change rapidly, new software languages
introduced to the market may be incompatible with our existing systems and tools. New software
development languages may not be compatible with our own, requiring significant engineering efforts
to migrate our existing systems in order to be compatible with those new languages. Existing or
new software development tools
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could make our current products obsolete or hard to use. Software development disruptions could
slow our product development or cause us to lose customers and design wins.
If products incorporating our semiconductors are not compatible with computer display protocols,
video standards and other devices, the market for our products will be reduced and our business
prospects could be significantly limited.
Our products are incorporated into our customers products, which have different parts and
specifications and utilize multiple protocols that allow them to be compatible with specific
computers, video standards and other devices. If our customers products are not compatible with
these protocols and standards, consumers will return, or not purchase, these products and the
markets for our customers products could be significantly reduced. As a result, a portion of our
market would be eliminated, and our business would be harmed.
Environmental laws and regulations have caused us to incur, and may cause us to continue to incur,
significant expenditures to comply with applicable laws and regulations, and may cause us to incur
significant penalties for noncompliance.
We are subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations. Compliance with current or future
environmental laws and regulations could require us to incur substantial expenses which could harm
our business, financial condition and results of operations. We have worked, and will continue to
work, with our suppliers and customers to ensure that our products are compliant with enacted laws
and regulations. Failure by us or our contract manufacturers to comply with such legislation could
result in customers refusing to purchase our products and could subject us to significant monetary
penalties in connection with a violation, either of which would have a material adverse effect on
our business, financial condition and results of operations. Current environmental laws and
regulations could become more stringent over time, imposing even greater compliance costs and
increasing risks and penalties associated with violations, which could seriously harm our business,
financial condition and results of operations. There can be no assurance that violations of
environmental laws or regulations will not occur in the future as a result of our inability to
obtain permits, human error, equipment failure or other causes.
Other Risks
The price of our common stock has and may continue to fluctuate substantially.
Our stock price and the stock prices of technology companies similar to Pixelworks have been highly
volatile. Market fluctuations, particularly over the past year, as well as general economic and
political conditions, including recessions, interest rate changes or international currency
fluctuations, may negatively impact the market price of our common stock. Therefore, the price of
our common stock may decline, and the value of your investment may be reduced regardless of our
performance. Any inability or perceived inability of investors to realize a gain on an investment
in our common stock could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results
of operations, by potentially limiting our ability to retain our customers, to attract and retain
qualified employees and to raise capital. Additional factors that could negatively impact our
stock price include:
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actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results; |
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changes in expectations as to our future financial performance; |
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changes in financial estimates of securities analysts; |
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announcements by us or our competitors of technological innovations, design wins,
contracts, standards or acquisitions;
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the operating and stock price performance of other comparable companies; |
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announcements of future expectations by our customers; |
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changes in market valuations of other technology companies; and |
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inconsistent trading volume levels of our common stock. |
The anti-takeover provisions of Oregon law and in our articles of incorporation could adversely
affect the rights of the holders of our common stock by preventing a sale or takeover of us at a
price or prices favorable to the holders of our common stock.
Provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws and provisions of Oregon law may have the
effect of delaying or preventing a merger or acquisition of us, making a merger or acquisition of
us less desirable to a potential acquirer or preventing a change in our management, even if our
shareholders consider the merger, acquisition or change in management favorable or if doing so
would benefit our shareholders. In addition, these provisions could limit the price that investors
would be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock. The following are examples
of such provisions in our articles of incorporation or bylaws:
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our board of directors is authorized, without prior shareholder approval, to change the
size of the board. Our articles of incorporation provide that if the board is increased to
eight or more members, the board will be divided into three classes serving staggered
terms, which would make it more difficult for a group of shareholders to quickly change the
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our board of directors is authorized, without prior shareholder approval, to create and
issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the
success of any attempt to acquire us or to effect a change of control, commonly referred to
as blank check preferred stock; |
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members of our board of directors can be removed only for cause and at a meeting of
shareholders called expressly for that purpose, by the vote of 75 percent of the votes then
entitled to be cast for the election of directors; |
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our board of directors may alter our bylaws without obtaining shareholder approval; and |
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shareholders are required to provide advance notice for nominations for election to the
board of directors or for proposing matters to be acted upon at a shareholder meeting. |
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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Pixelworks, Inc. was held on May 19, 2009 to
conduct the following items of business:
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To elect six Directors to serve one-year terms and until their successors are duly
elected and qualified; |
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Approval of amendments to the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan; |
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To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Pixelworks independent registered public
accounting firm for the current fiscal year; and |
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To transact any other business that properly came before the meeting or any
postponement or adjournment of the meeting. |
The following nominees were elected to serve on the board of directors by the votes and for terms
indicated below:
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Allen H. Alley |
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10,350,965 |
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1,091,946 |
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2010 |
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Mark A. Christensen |
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10,417,238 |
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1,025,673 |
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2010 |
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James R. Fiebiger |
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10,379,847 |
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1,063,064 |
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2010 |
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C. Scott Gibson |
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10,244,450 |
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1,198,461 |
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2010 |
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Daniel J. Heneghan |
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10,538,120 |
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904,791 |
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2010 |
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Bruce A.Walicek |
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10,782,003 |
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660,908 |
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The proposal to approve amendments to the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan was approved and received the
following votes:
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Abstain |
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62,760 |
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7,013,314 |
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The proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Pixelworks independent registered public
accounting firm for the current fiscal year was approved and received the following votes:
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247,029 |
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Abstain |
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70,462 |
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There were no other matters of business that properly came before the meeting that were voted upon.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
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Pixelworks, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. + |
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31.1
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer. |
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31.2
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer. |
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer. |
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer. |
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Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 are being furnished and shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or
otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall such exhibits be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in any registration statement or other document filed under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise stated in such
filing. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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PIXELWORKS, INC.
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Dated: August 6, 2009
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/s/ Steven L. Moore |
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Steven L. Moore |
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Vice President, Chief Financial |
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Officer, Secretary and Treasurer |
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