UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
Form 10-Q
(Mark One)
x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended April 29, 2007
OR
¨ | 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 000-22009
NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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DELAWARE | | 77-0344424 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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3250 Jay Street Santa Clara, California | | 95054 |
(Address of Principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
(408) 988- 7020
Registrant’s 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 past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large Accelerated Filer ¨ Accelerated Filer ¨ Non- Accelerated Filer x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes ¨ No x
The number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $.001 par value, outstanding at April 29, 2007 was 12,304,648
NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
FORM 10-Q
INDEX
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Part I. Financial Information
Item I. | Financial Statements |
NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
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| | Three Months Ended | |
| | April 29, 2007 | | | April 30, 2006 | |
(In thousands, except per share data) | | | | | | |
Net product revenue | | $ | 482 | | | $ | 86 | |
Licensing revenue | | | — | | | | — | |
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Total revenue | | | 482 | | | | 86 | |
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Cost of product revenue (1) | | | 344 | | | | 86 | |
Cost of licensing revenue | | | — | | | | — | |
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Total cost of revenue | | | 344 | | | | 86 | |
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Gross profit | | | 138 | | | | — | |
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Operating expenses: | | | | | | | | |
Research and development (2) | | | 2,963 | | | | 3,284 | |
Sales, general and administrative (3) | | | 1,559 | | | | 1,940 | |
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Total operating expenses | | | 4,522 | | | | 5,224 | |
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Loss from operations | | | (4,384 | ) | | | (5,224 | ) |
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Other income (expense), net: | | | | | | | | |
Interest income and other | | | 193 | | | | 270 | |
Interest expense | | | (24 | ) | | | (37 | ) |
Change in fair value on revaluation of warrant liability | | | 991 | | | | — | |
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Loss before income taxes | | | (3,224 | ) | | | (4,991 | ) |
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Income tax provision | | | 21 | | | | 16 | |
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Net loss | | $ | (3,245 | ) | | $ | (5,007 | ) |
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Basic and diluted net loss per share | | $ | (0.26 | ) | | $ | (0.53 | ) |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share | | | 12,286 | | | | 9,521 | |
(1) | Includes $5 and $3 in stock-based compensation for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. |
(2) | Includes $236 and $201 in stock-based compensation for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. |
(3) | Includes $212 and $108 in stock-based compensation for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. |
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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| | April 29, 2007 (unaudited) | | | January 28, 2007 | |
(In thousands) | | | | | | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | | |
Current assets: | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 11,118 | | | $ | 16,468 | |
Short-term investments | | | 4,986 | | | | 4,014 | |
Accounts receivable, net | | | 420 | | | | 65 | |
Inventory | | | 1,166 | | | | 1,068 | |
Prepaid and other current assets | | | 517 | | | | 397 | |
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Total current assets | | | 18,207 | | | | 22,012 | |
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Property, plant and equipment, net | | | 1,201 | | | | 1,494 | |
Long-term prepaid assets | | | 135 | | | | 162 | |
Other assets | | | 439 | | | | 422 | |
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Total assets | | $ | 19,982 | | | $ | 24,090 | |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | | | | | | | | |
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Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable | | $ | 1,239 | | | $ | 1,662 | |
Compensation and related benefits | | | 1,236 | | | | 1,017 | |
Income taxes payable | | | 1,025 | | | | 1,112 | |
Current portion of capital lease obligations | | | 707 | | | | 866 | |
Warrant liability | | | 2,862 | | | | 3,853 | |
Other accruals | | | 170 | | | | 100 | |
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Total current liabilities | | | 7,239 | | | | 8,610 | |
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Capital lease obligations | | | 579 | | | | 655 | |
Other long-term liabilities | | | 126 | | | | 148 | |
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 10) | | | | | | | | |
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Stockholders’ equity: | | | | | | | | |
Common stock | | | 39 | | | | 39 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 117,354 | | | | 116,850 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | | (1 | ) | | | (2 | ) |
Accumulated deficit | | | (105,354 | ) | | | (102,210 | ) |
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Total stockholders’ equity | | | 12,038 | | | | 14,677 | |
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | | $ | 19,982 | | | $ | 24,090 | |
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
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| | Three Months Ended | |
| | April 29, 2007 | | | April 30, 2006 | |
(In thousands) | | | | | | |
Operating activities: | | | | | | | | |
Net loss | | $ | (3,245 | ) | | $ | (5,007 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used for operating activities: | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation | | | 390 | | | | 405 | |
Change in fair value on revaluation of warrant liability | | | (991 | ) | | | — | |
Stock-based compensation | | | 453 | | | | 312 | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accounts receivable | | | (355 | ) | | | 2 | |
Inventory | | | (98 | ) | | | 19 | |
Other current assets | | | (120 | ) | | | (239 | ) |
Long term prepaid and other assets | | | 10 | | | | 37 | |
Accounts payable | | | (423 | ) | | | (551 | ) |
Compensation and related benefits | | | 219 | | | | 236 | |
Income taxes payable | | | 14 | | | | 6 | |
Other accruals | | | 48 | | | | (40 | ) |
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Net cash used in operating activities | | | (4,098 | ) | | | (4,820 | ) |
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Investing activities: | | | | | | | | |
Purchases of property, plant, equipment and intangibles | | | (97 | ) | | | (31 | ) |
Purchases of short-term investments | | | (971 | ) | | | (31,085 | ) |
Maturities of short-term investments | | | — | | | | 30,573 | |
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Net used in investing activities | | | (1,068 | ) | | | (543 | ) |
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Financing activities: | | | | | | | | |
Payments on capital lease obligations | | | (235 | ) | | | (105 | ) |
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | | | 51 | | | | 8 | |
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Net used in financing activities | | | (184 | ) | | | (97 | ) |
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Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | | | (5,350 | ) | | | (5,460 | ) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | | | 16,468 | | | | 26,695 | |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | | $ | 11,118 | | | $ | 21,235 | |
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Supplemental schedules of cash flow information: | | | | | | | | |
Cash paid during the period for: | | | | | | | | |
Interest | | $ | 9 | | | $ | 16 | |
Taxes | | $ | 7 | | | $ | 9 | |
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NEOMAGIC CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 28, 2007, which has been derived from audited financial statements, and the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and include the accounts of NeoMagic Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively “NeoMagic” or the “Company”). Certain information and footnote disclosures, normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of the Company, the financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position at April 29, 2007, and the operating results and cash flows for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006. These financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended January 28, 2007, included in the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
We believe our current cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments will satisfy our projected cash requirements through January 27, 2008. However, we expect we will need to raise additional capital to fund future operating activities beyond January 27, 2008. The adequacy of our resources will depend largely on our ability to complete additional financing and our success in achieving profitable operations and positive operating cash flows. These uncertainties raise substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we experience a material shortfall versus our plan, we expect to take all appropriate actions to maximize the value of the Company. We believe we can take actions to achieve further reductions in our operating expenses, if necessary. We also believe that we can take actions to generate cash by selling or licensing intellectual property, seeking funding from strategic partners, and seeking further equity or debt financing from financial sources. We cannot assure you that additional financing will be available on acceptable terms or at all.
The results of operations for the three months ended April 29, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending January 27, 2008.
The first fiscal quarters of 2008 and 2007 ended on April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. The Company’s quarters generally have 13 weeks. The first quarter of fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2007 each had 13 weeks. The Company’s fiscal years generally have 52 weeks. Fiscal 2008 will have 52 weeks and fiscal 2007 had 52 weeks.
2. | Stock-Based Compensation |
During the quarter ended April 29, 2007, the Company had several stock-based employee compensation plans, including stock option plans and an employee stock purchase plan. Stock options may be issued to directors, officers, employees and consultants (“Service Providers”) under the Company’s 2003 Stock Option Plan, Amended 1998 Stock Option Plan, and 1993 Stock Option Plan. Stock options for employees or new non-employee members of the Board of Directors generally vest over a four-year period, have a maturity of ten years from the issuance date, and an exercise price equal to the closing price on the Nasdaq Global Market of the common stock on the date of grant. Stock Options issued to current non-employee members of the Board of Directors generally vest over a two-year period, have a maturity of ten years from the issuance date, and an exercise price equal to the closing price on the Nasdaq Global Market of the common stock on the date of grant. Generally, unvested options are forfeited thirty to ninety days from the date a Service Provider ceases to be an employee or director (as the case may be), or in the case of death or disability for a period of up to twelve months. To cover the exercise of vested options, the Company issues new shares from its authorized but unissued share pool. At April 29, 2007, approximately 1,137,088 and 1,356,355 shares of the Company’s common stock were reserved for issuance under the 2003 Stock Option Plan and Amended 1998 Stock Option Plan, respectively. There are 93,401 shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding options under the 1993 Stock Option Plan, which expired in 2003. No new grants may be made under this plan.
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The 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) permits eligible employees to purchase common stock through payroll deductions of up to 10% of the employee's compensation. The price of common stock to be purchased under ESPP is 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning of the offering period or at the end of the relevant purchase period. To cover the exercise of vested options the Company issues new shares from its authorized but unissued share pool. A total of 291,641 shares of the Company’s common stock were reserved at April 29, 2007, for future issuance under the 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Adoption of SFAS No. 123(R)
Effective January 30, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (“SFAS 123R”), which requires the Company to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for all equity awards granted under its stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans based on the fair market value of the award as of the grant date. SFAS 123R supersedes Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation and Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (“APB 25”). The Company has adopted SFAS 123R using the modified prospective application method of adoption that requires the Company to record compensation cost related to unvested stock awards as of January 30, 2006 by recognizing the unamortized grant date fair value of these awards over the remaining service periods of those awards with no change in historical reported earnings. Awards granted after January 30, 2006 are valued at fair value in accordance with provisions of SFAS 123R and recognized on a ratable basis over the service periods of each award. The Company estimated forfeiture rates for the first quarter of 2007 based on its historical experience.
Prior to fiscal year 2007, the Company accounted for stock-based compensation in accordance with APB 25 using the intrinsic value method, which did not require that compensation cost be recognized for the Company’s stock awards provided the exercise price was established at greater than or equal to 100% of the common stock fair market value on the date of grant. Prior to fiscal year 2007, the Company provided pro forma disclosure amounts in accordance with SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure” (SFAS No. 148), as if the fair value method defined by SFAS No. 123 had been applied to its stock-based compensation.
As a result of adopting SFAS 123R, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006 of $453 thousand and $312 thousand, respectively, which consisted of stock-based compensation expense related to Service Provider stock options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan of $398 thousand and $55 thousand, respectively, for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and $230 thousand and $82 thousand, respectively, for the three months ended April 30, 2006. Stock-based compensation expense relating to consultants and the amortization of deferred stock compensation for options issued with an exercise price less than the fair market value on date of grant was $5 thousand for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and $97 thousand for the three months ended April 29, 2006. The impact on both basic and diluted loss per share for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006 was $(0.04) and $(0.03), respectively.
Net cash proceeds from the sales of common stock under employee stock purchase and stock option plans were $50 thousand and $8 thousand for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. No income tax benefit was realized from the sales of common stock under employee stock purchase and stock option plans during the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006. In accordance with SFAS 123(R), the Company presents excess tax benefits from the exercise of stock options, if any, as financing cash flows rather than operating cash flows.
Determining Fair Value
Valuation and amortization method – The Company estimates the fair value of options using a Black-Scholes option pricing formula and a single option award approach. This fair value is then amortized ratably over the requisite service periods of the awards, which is generally the vesting period.
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Expected term – The Company’s expected term represents the period that the Company’s stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding. The expected term for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 is based upon historical review. The Company believes that this method meets the requirements for SFAS 123(R). During first quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company applied the provisions of SAB 107 in its adoption of SFAS 123(R) by calculating the expected term as the average of the vesting period and original contractual term. This method could be used until December 31, 2007 for “plain-vanilla” share options. The Company believes that this method met the requirements for SFAS 123(R) for its first quarter of fiscal 2007.
Expected Volatility – The Company’s expected volatility for the quarter ended April 29, 2007 was computed based on the Company’s historical stock price volatility. The Company believes historical volatility to be the best estimate of future volatility and noted no unusual events that might indicate that historical volatility would not be representative of future volatility.
Risk-Free Interest Rate – The risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes option valuation method is based on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with a remaining term equal to the expected term of the option.
Expected Dividend – The dividend yield reflects that the Company has not paid any dividends and has no intention to pay dividends in the foreseeable future.
Estimated Forfeiture – The estimated forfeiture rate was based on an analysis of the Company’s historical forfeiture rates. The estimated average forfeiture rate for the quarters ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006 was 41.27% and 18.75%, respectively, based on historical forfeiture experience.
In the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively, the fair value of each option grant was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model and the ratable attribution approach using a dividend yield of 0% and the following weighted average assumptions:
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Three months ended, | | Option Plans | | | Stock Purchase Plan | |
| April 29, 2007 | | | April 30, 2006 | | | April 29, 2007 | | | April 30, 2006 | |
Risk-free interest rates | | 4.60 | % | | 4.89 | % | | 5.07 | % | | 4.36 | % |
Volatility | | 1.01 | | | .97 | | | .98 | | | 1.32 | |
Expected life of option in years | | 4.00 | | | 6.25 | | | .50 | | | .50 | |
Stock Compensation Expense
The following table shows total stock-based compensation expense included in the accompanying Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006.
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| | April 29, 2007 | | April 30, 2006 |
Cost of revenue | | $ | 5 | | $ | 3 |
Research and development | | | 236 | | | 201 |
Selling, general and administrative | | | 212 | | | 108 |
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Total | | $ | 453 | | $ | 312 |
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In the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, the total compensation cost related to unvested stock-based awards granted to employees under the stock option plans but not yet recognized was approximately $1.9 million and $1.1 million, respectively, after estimated forfeitures. The cost will be recognized on a straight-line basis over an estimated weighted average period of approximately 3.02 years and 1.41 years for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively, for stock options and will be adjusted if necessary in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.
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For the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, the total compensation cost related to options to purchase common shares under the ESPP but not yet recognized was approximately $549 thousand and $195 thousand, respectively This cost will be recognized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.75 years and 1.75 years, respectively, for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006.
Stock Options and Awards Activities
The following is a summary of the Company’s stock option activity under the stock option plans as of April 29, 2007 and related information:
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| | Shares | | | Weighted Average Exercise Price (per share) | | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in Years) | | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands) |
Outstanding at January 28, 2007 | | 2,256,573 | | | $ | 6.73 | | | | | |
Granted | | 121,760 | | | $ | 3.95 | | | | | |
Exercised | | (33,149 | ) | | $ | 1.52 | | | | | |
Forfeitures and cancellations | | (146,867 | ) | | $ | 5.61 | | | | | |
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Outstanding at April 29, 2007 | | 2,198,317 | | | $ | 6.73 | | 6.07 | | $ | 615 |
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Vested and Expected to Vest at April 29, 2007 | | 1,390,775 | | | $ | 7.73 | | 5.89 | | $ | 398 |
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Exercisable at April 29, 2007 | | 954,553 | | | $ | 8.90 | | 5.71 | | $ | 299 |
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The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pretax intrinsic value, based on the Company’s closing stock price of $3.46 per share at April 29, 2007, which would have been received by option holders had all option holders exercised their options that were in-the-money as of that date. The total number of in-the-money options exercisable as of April 29, 2007 was approximately 226 thousand shares. The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during the three months ended April 29, 2007 was $61 thousand.
The exercise prices for options outstanding and exercisable as of April 29, 2007 and their weighted average remaining contractual lives were as follows:
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Range of Exercise Prices | | Outstanding | | Exercisable |
| Shares Outstanding | | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | | Number Exercisable | | Weighted Average Exercise Price |
(per share) | | (in thousands) | | (in years) | | (per share) | | (in thousands) | | (per share) |
$1.35 – 2.00 | | 39 | | 7.68 | | $ | 1.58 | | 28 | | $ | 1.47 |
$2.01 – 4.02 | | 488 | | 7.89 | | $ | 2.36 | | 199 | | $ | 2.24 |
$4.03 – 6.00 | | 546 | | 5.55 | | $ | 4.81 | | 193 | | $ | 4.89 |
$6.01 – 13.95 | | 912 | | 5.72 | | $ | 8.10 | | 319 | | $ | 10.97 |
$13.96 – 20.00 | | 190 | | 4.14 | | $ | 16.00 | | 190 | | $ | 16.00 |
$20.01 and over | | 23 | | 6.58 | | $ | 22.43 | | 23 | | $ | 22.43 |
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| | 2,198 | | 6.07 | | $ | 7.47 | | 955 | | $ | 8.90 |
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The following data shows the amounts used in computing loss per share and the effect on the weighted-average number of shares of diluted potential common stock.
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Three months ended | | April 29, 2007 | | | April 30, 2006 | |
(in thousands except per share data) | | | | | | |
Numerator: | | | | | | | | |
Net loss | | $ | (3,245 | ) | | $ | (5,007 | ) |
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Denominator: | | | | | | | | |
Denominator for basic and diluted loss per share—weighted-average shares | | | 12,286 | | | | 9,521 | |
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Basic and diluted loss per share | | $ | (0.26 | ) | | $ | (0.53 | ) |
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For the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively, basic loss per share equals diluted loss per share due to the net loss for the quarter. During the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, the Company excluded from the computation of basic and diluted loss per share options and warrants to purchase 2,987,063 and 2,031,734 shares of common stock, respectively, because the effect would be anti-dilutive.
4. | Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments |
All highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of 90 days or less are considered cash equivalents. Investments with an original maturity of greater than 90 days, but less than one year, are classified as short-term investments.
Investments in marketable equity securities and debt securities are classified as held-to-maturity when the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. Held-to-maturity securities are stated at amortized cost with corresponding premiums or discounts amortized to interest income over the life of the investment. Securities not classified as held-to-maturity are classified as available-for-sale and are reported at fair market value. Unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities are included, net of tax, in stockholders' equity until their disposition. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other than temporary on available-for-sale securities are included in interest income and other. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method.
All cash equivalents and short-term investments are classified as available-for-sale and are recorded at fair market value. All available-for-sale securities have maturity dates of less than one year from the balance sheet dates. For all classifications of securities, cost approximates fair market value as of April 29, 2007 and January 28, 2007, and consists of the following (in thousands):
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April 29, 2007 (unaudited) | | Amortized Cost | | Gross Unrealized Loss | | | Fair Value |
Cash and cash equivalents: | | | | | | | | | | |
Money market funds | | $ | 44 | | $ | — | | | $ | 44 |
Commercial paper | | | 9,823 | | | (1 | ) | | | 9,822 |
Bank accounts | | | 1,252 | | | — | | | | 1,252 |
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Total | | $ | 11,119 | | $ | (1 | ) | | $ | 11,118 |
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Short-term investments: | | | | | | | | | | |
Certificate of deposit | | $ | 1,500 | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,500 |
Corporate notes | | | 990 | | | — | | | | 990 |
Commercial paper | | | 1,000 | | | — | | | | 1,000 |
U.S. Government agencies | | | 1,496 | | | — | | | | 1,496 |
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Total | | $ | 4,986 | | $ | — | | | $ | 4,986 |
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January 28, 2007 | | Amortized Cost | | Gross Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | Fair Value |
Cash and cash equivalents: | | | | | | | | | | |
Money market funds | | $ | 107 | | $ | — | | | $ | 107 |
Commercial paper | | | 14,562 | | | — | | | | 14,562 |
Bank accounts | | | 1,799 | | | — | | | | 1,799 |
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Total | | $ | 16,468 | | $ | — | | | $ | 16,468 |
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Short-term investments: | | | | | | | | | | |
Certificate of deposit | | $ | 1,505 | | $ | (1 | ) | | $ | 1,504 |
Commercial paper | | | 987 | | | — | | | | 987 |
U.S. Government agencies | | | 1,524 | | | (1 | ) | | | 1,523 |
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Total | | $ | 4,016 | | $ | (2 | ) | | $ | 4,014 |
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Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is determined by the first-in, first-out method. The Company writes down the inventory value for estimated excess and obsolete inventory, based on management's assessment of future demand and market conditions. If actual future demand or market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required.
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Inventory consists of: | | April 29, 2007 | | January 28, 2007 |
(in thousands) | | (unaudited) |
Raw materials | | $ | 566 | | $ | 254 |
Work in process | | | 85 | | | 239 |
Finished goods | | | 515 | | | 575 |
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Total | | $ | 1,166 | | $ | 1,068 |
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6. | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
Unrealized gains or losses on the Company’s available-for-sale securities are included in comprehensive loss and reported separately in stockholders' equity.
Net comprehensive loss includes the Company’s net loss, as well as accumulated other comprehensive loss on available-for-sale securities. Net comprehensive loss for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):
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| | Three months ended | |
| | April 29, 2007 | | | April 30, 2006 | |
Net loss | | $ | (3,245 | ) | | $ | (5,007 | ) |
Net change in unrealized loss on available for sale securities | | | 1 | | | | 1 | |
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Net comprehensive loss | | $ | (3,244 | ) | | $ | (5,006 | ) |
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Total accumulated other comprehensive loss was $1,000 and $2,000 at April 29, 2007 and January 28, 2007, respectively. Accumulated other comprehensive loss consists entirely of unrealized losses on available for sale securities.
7. | Obligations Under Capital Leases |
In fiscal 2003, the Company entered into capital leases for software licenses used in the design of semiconductors. In March 2004 and October 2004, the Company entered into new capital lease agreements adding additional software and extending the terms of two of the Company’s existing leases. In January 2007, the Company entered into a new capital lease to replace an expiring lease. Obligations under capital leases represent the present value of future payments under the lease agreements. Property, plant and equipment include the following amounts for leases that have been capitalized:
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| | April 29, 2007 | | | January 28, 2007 | |
(in thousands) | | (unaudited) | | | | |
Software under capital lease | | $ | 3,096 | | | $ | 4,899 | |
Accumulated amortization | | | (2,174 | ) | | | (3,625 | ) |
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Net software under capital lease | | $ | 922 | | | $ | 1,274 | |
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Amounts capitalized under leases are being amortized over a three-year period.
Future minimum payments under the capital leases consist of the following, as of April 29, 2007:
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(in thousands) | | | |
Fiscal 2008 | | $ | 688 | |
Fiscal 2009 | | | 354 | |
Fiscal 2010 | | | 354 | |
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Total minimum lease payments | | | 1,396 | |
Less: amount representing interest | | | (110 | ) |
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Present value of net minimum lease payments | | | 1,286 | |
Less: current portion | | | (707 | ) |
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Long-term portion | | $ | 579 | |
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On December 6, 2006, NeoMagic closed the sale and issuance of (i) 2,500,000 shares of its Common Stock, $.001 par value (the " 2006 Shares"), and (ii) warrants to purchase 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.20 per share (the "2006 Warrants"). The Company sold and issued the 2006 Shares and the 2006 Warrants for an aggregate offering price before deducting any expenses of $11,450,000. After deducting offering costs, net cash proceeds received by the Company were approximately $10.5 million. The issuance and sale of the 2006 Shares and the 2006 Warrants was registered under a shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3, which was declared effective on October 31, 2006 (the “Primary S-3”).
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The 2006 Warrants provide that each holder of a 2006 Warrant may exercise its 2006 Warrant for shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.20 per share. As of April 29, 2007, no 2006 Warrant is exercisable for cash until one year after its initial issuance. The 2006 Warrants, however, became net exercisable on June 6, 2007. The 2006 Warrants provide for adjustments to the exercise price and number of shares for which the 2006 Warrants may be exercised in certain circumstances, including stock splits, stock dividends, certain distributions, reclassifications and, subject to a minimum price of $4.58, dilutive issuances (i.e., price based anti-dilution adjustments).
The 2006 Warrants were classified as a liability in accordance with EITF No. 00-19, “Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to and Potentially Settled in a Company’s Own Stock” (“EITF 00-19”). Although the 2006 Warrants provide that shares of common stock may be issued upon a cash exercise under a private placement exemption if the Primary S-3 is not effective, the staff of the SEC has advised the Company that the Company would be obligated to physically settle the contract only by delivering registered shares. Under EITF 00-19, if the Company must settle the contract by delivering registered shares, it is assumed that the Company will be required to net-cash settle the contract. As a result the 2006 Warrants are required to be classified as a liability. The fair value of the 2006 Warrants was estimated to be $5.7 million at the date of issue using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 4.53%; no dividend yield; an expected life of 5 years; and a volatility factor of 94.9%. The Company is required to revalue the 2006 Warrants at the end of each reporting period with the change in value reported on the statement of operations as a “change in fair value on revaluation of warrant liability” in the period in which the change occurred. For fiscal 2007, the Company recognized a gain on the change in fair value on revaluation of warrant liability of $1.8 million. In the first quarter of fiscal 2008, the Company recognized a gain on the change in fair value on revaluation of the warrant liability of $991,000. The fair value of the 2006 Warrants was estimated to be $2.9 million on April 29, 2007 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 4.59%; no dividend yield; an expected life of 4.6 years; and a volatility factor of 95.2%. Since the warrants are classified as a liability, the proceeds allocated to equity were the gross proceeds of $11,450,000 less the fair value of the warrants of $5,688,000 and less the offering costs allocated to the warrants of $273,000. The total offering costs of $974,000 were allocated between the 2006 Warrants and the common stock based on their respective fair values. Offering costs of $273,000 were allocated to the 2006 Warrants and reported as interest expense in the statement of operations for fiscal 2007.
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“FAS 109”). This interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition of tax benefits, classification on the balance sheet, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. The Company adopted FIN 48 effective January 29, 2007. In accordance with FIN 48, paragraph 19, the Company has decided to classify interest and penalties as a component of tax expense. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company recognized a $101K decrease in liability for unrecognized tax benefits, which was accounted for as an adjustment to the January 29, 2007 balance of retained earnings.
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The Company has unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $2.8 million as of January 29, 2007, of which $1.01 million if recognized would result in a reduction of the Company's effective tax rate. Interest and penalties are immaterial at the date of adoption and are included in the unrecognized tax benefits. The Company recorded an increase of its unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $13K as of April 29, 2007. The Company is subject to audit by the IRS and California Franchise Tax Board for all years since 2002.
Income tax expense was $21 thousand and $16 thousand for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. We recorded a tax provision of $21 thousand on a pre-tax loss of $3.2 million in the three months ended April 29, 2007 that consisted of foreign income taxes and an increase of $14 thousand for accrued interest on tax liabilities. We recorded a tax provision of $16 thousand on a pre-tax loss of $5.0 million in the three months ended April 30, 2006 that consisted of foreign income taxes and an increase of $6 thousand for accrued interest on tax liabilities.
Commitments
In May 1996, the Company moved its principal headquarters to a new facility in Santa Clara, California, under a non-cancelable operating lease that expired in April 2003. In January 1998, the Company entered into a second non-cancelable operating lease for an adjacent building, which became its new corporate headquarters. This lease had a co-terminus provision with the original lease that expired in April 2003. In March 2002, the Company extended the term for 45,000 square feet under this lease for another seven years with a termination date of April 2010. The Company leases offices in Israel and India under operating leases that expire in September 2007 and December 2008, respectively. Future minimum lease payments under operating leases are as follows:
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(in thousands) | | |
Fiscal 2008* | | $ | 886 |
Fiscal 2009* | | | 1,136 |
Fiscal 2010 | | | 1,100 |
Fiscal 2011 | | | 277 |
Fiscal 2012 | | | — |
Thereafter | | | — |
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Total minimum lease payments | | $ | 3,399 |
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* | Net of sublease income for sub-leasing 10,000 square feet in the Company’s Santa Clara facility for a two-year period starting on March 15, 2005 for $12,000 per month and for a period of 19 months and 15 days starting on March 16, 2007 for $16,500 per month. |
The Company generally sells products with a limited warranty of product quality and a limited indemnification of customers against intellectual property infringement claims related to the Company’s products. The Company accrues for known warranty and indemnification issues if a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated, and accrues for estimated but unidentified issues based on historical activity. The accrual and the related expense for known issues were not significant as of and for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 and 2007. Due to product testing, the short time between product shipment and the detection and correction of product failures, and a low historical rate of payments on indemnification claims, the accrual based on historical activity and the related expense were not significant at April 29, 2007 and January 28, 2007.
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12. | Recent Accounting Pronouncements |
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (SFAS No. 157). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and enhances fair value measurement disclosure. The measurement and disclosure requirements are effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. The company is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS No. 157.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (SFAS No. 159). SFAS No. 159 permits companies to choose to measure certain financial instruments and other items at fair value. The standard requires that unrealized gains and losses are reported in earnings for items measured using the fair value option. SFAS No. 159 is effective for the company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. The company is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS No. 159.
Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) and the SEC did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company’s present or future consolidated financial statements.
Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
When used in this discussion, the words “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect management’s current intentions and expectations. Examples of such forward-looking statements include statements regarding future revenues, expenses, losses and cash flows, the launch of new products by NeoMagic and its customers and research and development activities. However, actual events and results could vary significantly based on a variety of factors including those set forth below under Item 1A of Part II. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein, to reflect any changes in the Company’s expectations with regard thereto or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Overview
We deliver semiconductor chips and software that provide solutions to enable new multimedia applications for handheld devices. Our solutions offer low power consumption, small form-factor and high performance processing. As part of our complete system solution, we deliver a suite of middleware and sample applications for imaging, video and audio functionality, and we provide multiple operating system ports with customized drivers for our products. Our product portfolio includes semiconductor solutions known as Applications Processors as well as other System-On-Chips (SOCs). Our Applications Processors are sold under the “MiMagic” brand name with a focus on enabling high performance multimedia within a low power consumption environment. In mobile phones, our Applications Processors are designed to work side-by-side with baseband processors that are used for communications functionality. Our SOC product dedicated for the mobile digital TV market is marketed under the “NeoMobileTV” brand name. Target customers for both our MiMagic product and our NeoMobileTV product include manufacturers of mobile phones and handheld devices. The largest projected market opportunity for our products is in the mobile phone market, where our products enable multimedia functionality.
Since April 2002, we have been working with The Consortium for Technology Licensing Ltd. to explore opportunities to license or sell our patents. During the second quarter of fiscal 2007 and the first quarter of fiscal 2006, we generated a $1.0 million and $3.5 million gain, respectively, from the sale of patents that related to legacy products that NeoMagic no longer sells. During the third quarter of fiscal
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2006, we announced a patent licensing transaction with Sony Corporation where Sony paid us $8.5 million for a non-exclusive license to all of our patents. In the patent licensing transaction with Sony, we only provided Sony with a license to our patents. We did not provide Sony with any intellectual “know-how” or other confidential information that could help Sony develop products that could be competitive with NeoMagic’s products. As of April 29, 2007, we were in discussions with multiple companies that we believe have infringed on our embedded DRAM patents. The objective of our patent licensing business is to enter into patent licensing agreements with companies that have infringed or are expected to infringe on our patents. In addition, we may decide to license or sell certain additional patents in the future. Licensing revenue was $8.5 million in fiscal 2006 representing 91% of our total revenue. There was no licensing revenue in the first quarters of fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2007.
Product revenue increased from $86 thousand in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 to $482 thousand in the first quarter of fiscal 2008, reflecting increased sales of the MiMagic 6+ product. Gross profit improved over the same period from $0 to $138 thousand is due to the product revenue increase in the first quarter of fiscal 2008. This combined with lower operating expenses in the first quarter of fiscal 2008 and the positive effect of a $991 thousand change in the fair value on revaluation of the warrant liability, resulted in a reduced net loss of $3.2 million, as compared to a $5.0 million net loss in the first quarter of fiscal 2007.
The Company’s fiscal year end is the last Sunday in January. The first fiscal quarters of 2008 and 2007 ended on April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. The Company’s quarters generally have 13 weeks. The first quarters of fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2007 had 13 weeks. The Company’s fiscal years generally have 52 weeks.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
NeoMagic's discussion and analysis of its financial condition and results of operations are based upon its consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to intangible assets and long-lived assets, revenue recognition, inventories and income taxes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the amount and timing of revenue and expenses and the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Fair Value of Equity Instruments
The valuation of certain items, including valuation of warrants and compensation expense related to stock options granted, involves significant estimates with underlying assumptions judgmentally determined. The valuation of warrants and stock options are based upon a Black-Scholes valuation model, which requires estimates of stock volatility and other assumptions. Even if the estimates are accurate, the model may not provide the true fair value.
Long-Lived Assets
In accordance with SFAS 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” we evaluate the carrying value of our long-lived assets, consisting primarily of property, plant and equipment, in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, and whenever certain events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of these assets may not be recoverable. Such events or
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circumstances include, but are not limited to, a significant decline in the market value of the assets, significant reductions in projected future cash flows or gross margins, or macroeconomic factors, including a prolonged economic downturn. In assessing the recoverability of long-lived assets, we compare the carrying value to the undiscounted future cash flows the assets are expected to generate. If the total of the undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the assets, we will be required to write down such assets based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the assets. Fair value is generally determined by calculating the discounted future cash flows using a discount rate based upon the weighted average cost of capital. Significant judgments and assumptions are required in the forecast of future operating results used in the preparation of the estimated future cash flows, including gross profit margins, long-term forecasts of the amount and timing of overall market growth and our percentage of that market, groupings of assets, discount rates and terminal growth rates. In addition, significant estimates and assumptions are required in the determination of the fair value of our tangible long-lived assets, including replacement cost, economic obsolescence, and the value that could be realized in liquidation. Changes in these estimates could have a material adverse effect on the assessment of our long-lived assets, thereby requiring us to write down or write off long-lived assets.
We continue to periodically evaluate our long-lived assets for impairment in accordance with SFAS 144 and acknowledge it is possible that such evaluation might result in future adjustments for impairment. Such an impairment might adversely affect our operating results.
Revenue Recognition
We derive our revenue from two principal sources: product sales and license fees for patents.
We recognize revenue from non-distributor product sales when the products are shipped to the customer, title has transferred, and no obligations remain. In addition, we require the following criteria to be met before recognizing revenue: (i) execution of a written customer order, (ii) shipment of the product, (iii) fee is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectibility of the proceeds is probable. Our shipment terms are FOB shipping point.
For products shipped to distributors, we defer recognition of product revenue until the distributors sell our products to their customers. On occasion, however, we may sell products with “end of life” status to our distributors under special arrangements without any price protection or return privileges, for which we recognize revenue upon transfer of title, typically upon shipment.
At the end of each accounting period, we determine certain factors, including sales returns and allowances, that could affect the amount of revenue recorded for the period. Sales returns provisions include considerations for known but unprocessed sales returns and estimates for unknown returns based on our historical experiences.
We recognize non-refundable fees for licensing our patents in the period when all of the following conditions are met: (i) we enter into a licensing agreement with a licensee that has been executed by both parties, (ii) delivery has occurred and we have no further obligations regarding the licensing agreement, (iii) the fee is fixed and determinable, and (iv) collectibility of the proceeds is probable.
Inventory Valuation
Our inventory valuation policy stipulates that at the end of each reporting period we write down or write off our inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory. The amount of the write-down or write-off is equal to the difference between the cost of the inventory and the estimated market value of the inventory based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs or write-offs may be required. Additionally, as we introduce product enhancements and new products, demand for our existing products in inventory may decrease, requiring additional inventory write-downs.
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Deferred Taxes and Tax Accruals
We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Based on the uncertainty of future pre-tax income, we have fully reserved our deferred tax assets. If we determine that we would be able to realize some or all of our deferred tax assets in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax assets would increase income in the period when such determination was made.
We have also provided accruals for certain tax liabilities based on our estimate of whether, and the extent to which, additional taxes will be due. If payment of these amounts ultimately proves to be unnecessary, or less than currently assessed, the resulting reversal of such accruals would result in tax benefits being recorded in the period when the accruals are no longer deemed necessary. Conversely, if our estimate of tax liabilities is more than the amount ultimately assessed, further charges would result.
Results of Operations
Revenue
Revenue was $482 thousand for the three months ended April 29, 2007, compared to $86 thousand for the three months ended April 30, 2006, and consisted entirely of net product revenue. There was no licensing revenue in either quarter. Net product revenue increased primarily due to a $440 thousand increase in shipments of our MiMagic 6+ applications processor and a $34 thousand increase in shipments of our MiMagic 3 applications processor, partially offset by a $68 thousand decrease in shipments of our NMC 1121 companion chip which was discontinued in the third quarter of fiscal 2007.
Product sales to customers located outside the United States (including sales to the foreign operations of customers with headquarters in the United States, and foreign system manufacturers that sell to United States-based OEMs) accounted for 97% and 89% of product revenue in the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. We expect that export sales will continue to represent a significant portion of product revenue. Our customer base can shift significantly from period to period as customer programs end and new programs do not always replace ending programs. In addition, new customers are added from period to period. All sales transactions were denominated in United States dollars. The following is a summary of the Company’s product revenue by major geographic area:
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Three Months Ended | | April 29, 2007 | | | April 30, 2006 | |
Korea | | 78 | % | | 0 | % |
Japan | | 0 | % | | 1 | % |
Taiwan | | 1 | % | | 35 | % |
United States | | 3 | % | | 11 | % |
Malaysia | | 6 | % | | 0 | % |
Singapore | | 0 | % | | 27 | % |
Sweden | | 10 | % | | 0 | % |
England | | 2 | % | | 26 | % |
| | | | | | |
| | 100 | % | | 100 | % |
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The following customers accounted for more than 10% of product revenue:
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Three Months Ended | | April 29, 2007 | | | April 30, 2006 | |
Sejin Electron Inc. | | 62 | % | | * | |
Segyung Britestone Co. | | 12 | % | | * | |
NeoNode | | 10 | % | | * | |
Edom Technology Co.** | | * | | | 39 | % |
Inc. Technologies (P) PTE LTD | | * | | | 27 | % |
Premier Microelectronics Europe LTD** | | * | | | 26 | % |
Premier Components Distribution** | | * | | | 11 | % |
* | represents less than 10% of net sales |
** | customer is a distributor |
Gross Profit
Gross profit was $138 thousand and $0 thousand for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. The improvement in gross profit is primarily due to the increase in revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2008. In addition, the gross profit for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and 2006 was favorably impacted by the release of reserves of $25 thousand and $22 thousand, respectively, as a result of the sale of previously reserved inventory.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses include compensation and associated costs relating to development personnel, amortization of intangible assets and prototyping costs, which are comprised of photomask costs and pre-production wafer costs. Research and development expenses were $3.0 million and $3.3 million for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. These expenses include stock based compensation of $236 thousand and $201 thousand for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. Research and development expenses decreased in the first quarter of fiscal 2008 compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2007 primarily due decreased labor costs of $0.2 million as a result of lower headcount and decreased acquired technology costs of $0.1 million.
Sales, General and Administrative Expenses
Sales, general and administrative expenses were $1.6 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. These expenses include stock-based compensation of $212 thousand and $108 thousand for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. Sales, general and administrative expenses decreased in the first quarter of fiscal 2008 due to decreased professional service costs of $0.2 million, decreased labor costs of $0.1 million and decreased audit costs of $0.1 million, partially offset by increased stock compensation expense.
Stock Compensation
Stock compensation expense was $453 thousand and $312 thousand for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. Stock compensation expense recorded in cost of revenues, research and development expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, is the amortization of the fair value of share-based payments made to employees and members of our board of directors in the form of stock options and purchases under the employee stock purchase plan as we adopted the provision of SFAS No. 123 (R) on the first day of fiscal 2007 (See Note 2). The fair value of stock options granted and rights granted to purchase our common stock under the employee stock purchase plan is recognized as expense over the employee requisite service period.
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Interest Income and Other
The Company earns interest on its cash and short-term investments. Interest and other income was $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. The decrease is primarily due to lower average cash and short-term investment balances.
Interest Expense
Interest expense was $24 thousand and $37 thousand for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. Interest expense recorded in the first quarters of fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2007 represents interest on our capital leases (See Note 7).
Change in Fair Value on Revaluation of Warrant Liability
The Company recorded a gain of $991 thousand in the first quarter of fiscal 2008 for the change in fair value on revaluation of its warrant liability associated with its December 6, 2006 issuance of common stock and warrants. The change in fair value of the warrant liability is a non-cash charge determined by the difference in fair value from the year-end date of January 28, 2007 to the first quarter of fiscal 2008 end date of April 29, 2007. The fair value of the warrant liability will be revalued each period with the resulting change reported in other income (expense). We calculate the fair value of the warrants outstanding using the Black-Scholes model (See Note 8).
Income Taxes
Income tax expense was $21 thousand and $16 thousand for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. We recorded a tax provision of $21 thousand on a pre-tax loss of $3.2 million in the three months ended April 29, 2007 that consisted of foreign income taxes and an increase of $14 thousand for accrued interest on tax liabilities. We recorded a tax provision of $16 thousand on a pre-tax loss of $5.0 million in the three months ended April 30, 2006 that consisted of foreign income taxes and an increase of $6 thousand for accrued interest on tax liabilities.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments decreased $4.4 million in the three months ended April 29, 2007 to $16.1 million from $20.5 million at January 28, 2007.
We believe our current cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments will satisfy our projected cash requirements through the end of fiscal 2008. However, we expect we will need to raise additional capital to fund future operating activities beyond January 2008. The adequacy of our resources will depend largely on our ability to complete additional financing and our success in achieving profitable operations and positive operating cash flows. These uncertainties raise substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we experience a material shortfall versus our plan, we expect to take all appropriate actions to maximize the value of the Company. We believe we can take actions to achieve further reductions in our operating expenses, if necessary. We also believe that we can take actions to generate cash by selling or licensing intellectual property, seeking funding from strategic partners, and seeking further equity or debt financing from financial sources. We cannot assure you that additional financing will be available on acceptable terms or at all.
Cash and cash equivalents used in operating activities for the three months ended April 29, 2007 was $4.1 million, compared to $4.8 million of net cash used in operating activities for the three months
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ended April 30, 2006. The cash used in operating activities for the three months ended April 29, 2007 was primarily due to the net loss of $3.2 million, the change in fair value on revaluation of warrant liability of $1.0 million, a decrease in accounts payable of $0.4 million and increases in accounts receivable and other current assets of $0.5 million partially offset by non-cash depreciation of $0.4 million and non-cash stock based compensation of $0.5 million. The cash used in operating activities for the three months ended April 30, 2006 was primarily due to the net loss of $5.0 million and decreases in accounts payable of $0.6 million partially offset by non-cash depreciation of $0.4 million and non-cash stock compensation of $0.3 million.
Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended April 29, 2007 was $1.1 million, compared to $0.5 million of net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended April 30, 2006. Net cash used in investing activities in the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006 was primarily due to net purchases of short-term investments of $1.0 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
Net cash used in financing activities was $ 0.2 million for the three months ended April 29, 2007, compared to $ 0.1 million of net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended April 30, 2006. The net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006 is due to payments on capital lease obligations of $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively.
Our lease for our headquarters in Santa Clara, California expires in April 2010. We lease offices in Israel and India under operating leases that expire in September 2007 for Israel and in December 2008 for India. On December 15, 2006, we amended a sublease agreement to extend the term for the sub-lease of 10,000 square feet of our Santa Clara facility to a third party for nineteen months and 15 days, changing the termination from March 15, 2007 to October 31, 2008 and increasing the monthly rent from $12,000 per month to $16,500 per month.
We lease software licenses under capital leases. See Note 7, Obligations under Capital Leases, in the condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Contractual Obligations
The following summarizes the Company’s contractual obligations at April 29, 2007, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flow (in thousands).
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| | Fiscal Year |
| | 2008 | | 2009 | | 2010 | | 2011 | | 2012 | | Thereafter | | Total |
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operating leases | | $ | 886 | | $ | 1,136 | | $ | 1,100 | | $ | 277 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 3,399 |
Capital leases | | | 688 | | | 354 | | | 354 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 1,396 |
Non-cancelable purchase orders | | | 820 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 820 |
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Total contractual cash obligations | | $ | 2,394 | | $ | 1,490 | | $ | 1,454 | | $ | 277 | | $ | — | | $ | — | | $ | 5,615 |
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of April 29, 2007, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a) (4) of Regulation S-K.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (SFAS No. 157). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and enhances fair value measurement disclosure. The measurement and disclosure requirements are effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. The company is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS No. 157.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (SFAS No. 159). SFAS No. 159 permits companies to choose to measure certain financial instruments and other items at fair value. The standard requires that unrealized gains and losses are reported in earnings for items measured using the fair value option. SFAS No. 159 is effective for the company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The company is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS No. 159.
Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) and the SEC did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company’s present or future consolidated financial statements.
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk |
Interest Rate Risk
The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments are exposed to financial market risk due to fluctuations in interest rates, which may affect our interest income. As of April 29, 2007, the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments earned interest at an average rate of 5.1%. Due to the short-term nature of the Company’s investment portfolio, operating results or cash flows are vulnerable to sudden changes in market interest rates. Assuming a decline of 10% in the market interest rates at April 29, 2007, with consistent cash balances, interest income would be adversely affected by approximately $21,000 per quarter. The Company does not use its investment portfolio for trading or other speculative purposes.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
Currently all of the Company’s sales and substantially all of its expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars. As a result, the Company has relatively little exposure to foreign currency exchange rate risk. The Company does not currently enter into forward exchange contracts to hedge exposures denominated in foreign currencies or any other derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. However, if exposure to foreign currency risk increases, the Company may choose to hedge those exposures.
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Item 4. | Controls and Procedures |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company's management, with the participation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act.
Changes in Internal Controls
During the first quarter of fiscal 2008, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
The Company's management, including the CEO and CFO, does not expect that our internal controls over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system's objectives will be met. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Part II. Other Information
The factors discussed below are cautionary statements that identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition and results of operations would suffer. In this case, the trading price of our common stock could decline and investors might lose all or part of their investment in our common stock.
We Expect to Continue to Incur Significant Losses and Consume Cash in Operations
We have been incurring substantial losses and consuming cash in operations as we invest heavily in new product development in advance of achieving significant product sales. This is expected to continue throughout fiscal 2008. Our ability to achieve cash flow breakeven is likely to depend on the success of our MiMagic 6+ and NeoMobileTV products. Even if these new products are successful, we are likely to incur significant additional losses and consume cash in operations during the current fiscal year ending January 27, 2008.
We Need Additional Capital
Given the long cycle times required to achieve design wins, convert customer design wins into production orders, and for customers to achieve volume shipments of their products, we are likely to require additional working capital to fund our business. We believe that our existing capital resources will be sufficient to meet our capital requirements through at least the end of our fiscal year ending January 27, 2008. However, we expect we will need to raise additional capital to fund future operating activities beyond
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January 27, 2008. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the rate of net sales growth, timing and extent of spending to support research and development programs in new and existing areas of technology, expansion of sales and marketing support activities, and timing and customer acceptance of new products. Our ability to raise capital and the terms of any financing will depend, in part, on our ability to establish customer engagements and generate sales. These uncertainties raise substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. As discussed below, revenue performance is difficult to forecast. We cannot assure you that additional equity or debt financing, if required, will be available on acceptable terms or at all.
Potential Nasdaq Stock Market Delisting
On February 28, 2005, we received a notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market that we were no longer in compliance with the requirements for continued inclusion of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market pursuant to the Nasdaq’s Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(5) (the “Rule”) because our common stock had closed below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days. We were given 180 calendar days, or until August 29, 2005, to regain compliance with the Rule. To regain compliance with the Rule, the closing bid price of our common stock had to be $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days before August 29, 2005. To regain compliance with the Rule, we effected a five-for-one reverse stock split on August 12, 2005 that brought the closing bid price of our common stock above $1.00. The closing bid price of our common stock has stayed above $1.00 since the reverse stock split occurred.
In December 2006, the Company sold stock and warrants in a registered direct financing. Although the common stock has been accounted for as equity, under accounting rules the warrants must be accounted for as a liability on the Company’s balance sheet. See Note 8 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Based on the Company’s internal estimate of results of operations over the balance of fiscal 2008, accounting for the warrants as a liability may cause the Company’s stockholders’ equity to drop below what is required for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2008. The Company is exploring possible alternatives to avoid the delisting of its common stock from the Nasdaq Global Market.
If we fail to comply with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Global Market, including the minimum bid price per share requirement and the minimum stockholders equity requirement, we may be delisted from trading on such market, and thereafter trading in our common stock, if any, would be conducted through the Nasdaq Capital Market, the over-the-counter market or on the Electronic Bulletin Board of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. There is no guarantee that an active trading market for our common stock will be maintained on the Nasdaq Global Market. You may not be able to sell your shares of our stock quickly, at the market price or at all, if trading in our stock is not active.
Our Revenues Are Difficult To Predict
For a variety of reasons, our revenues are difficult to predict and may vary significantly from quarter to quarter. Our ability to achieve design wins depends on a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control, including changes in the customer’s strategic and financial plans, competitive factors and overall market conditions. As our experience demonstrates, design wins themselves do not always lead to production orders because the customer may cancel or delay products for a variety of reasons. Such reasons may include the performance of a particular product that may depend on components not supplied by NeoMagic, market conditions, reorganizations or other internal developments at the customer and changes in customer personnel or strategy. Even when a customer has begun volume production of a product containing our chips, volumes are difficult to forecast because there may be no history to provide a guide, and because market conditions and other factors may cause changes in the customer’s plans. Because of the market uncertainties they face, many customers place purchase orders on a short lead-time basis, rather than providing reliable long-term purchase orders or purchase forecasts.
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The difficulty in forecasting revenues increases the difficulty in forecasting our working capital requirements. It also increases the likelihood that we may overproduce particular parts, resulting in inventory charges, or underproduce particular parts, affecting our ability to meet customer requirements. The difficulty in forecasting revenues also restricts our ability to provide forward-looking revenue and earnings guidance to the financial markets and increases the chance that our performance does not match forecasts.
We have a Limited Customer Base
In each of the last three fiscal years, three customers have accounted for over two-thirds of our product revenue. In the first quarter of fiscal 2008, the top three customers accounted for 62%, 12% and 10%, respectively, for a total of 84% of product revenue. In fiscal 2007, the top three customers accounted for 34%, 21%, and 12%, respectively, for a total of 67% of product revenue. In addition, one licensee accounted for 100% of our licensing revenue in fiscal 2006. There was no licensing revenue in fiscal 2007 or in the first quarter of fiscal 2008. We expect that a small number of customers will continue to account for a substantial portion of our product revenue for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, the majority of our sales were historically made, and are expected to continue to be made, on the basis of purchase orders rather than pursuant to long-term purchase agreements. As a result, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected by one or more customers deciding to stop using our products, or by a decline in the number of handheld devices sold by one or more of our customers.
We May Lose Our Customer Base
Our products are designed to afford the mobile phone and handheld device manufacturer significant advantages with respect to product performance, power consumption and size. To the extent that other future developments in components or subassemblies incorporate one or more of the advantages offered by our products, the market demand for our products may be negatively impacted.
We Face Intense Competition in Our Markets
The market for Applications Processors is intensely competitive and is characterized by rapid technological change, evolving industry standards and declining average selling prices. We believe that the principal factors of competition in this market are video and 3D graphics performance, price, features, power consumption, size and customer support. Our ability to compete successfully in the Applications Processor market depends on a number of factors, including success in designing and subcontracting the manufacture of new products that implement new technologies, product quality and reliability, price, ramp of production of our products, customer demand and acceptance of more sophisticated multimedia functionality on mobile phones and other handheld devices, end-user acceptance of our customers’ products, market acceptance of competitors’ products and general economic conditions. Our ability to compete will also depend on our ability to identify and ensure compliance with evolving industry standards and market trends.
We compete with both domestic and foreign companies, some of which have substantially greater financial and other resources than us with which to pursue engineering, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of their products. Our principal competitors include Texas Instruments, Renesas, ST Microelectronics and Broadcom as well as a number of vertically integrated electronics firms that are developing their own solutions, such as C&S Technologies and Nexilion. We may also face increased competition from new entrants into the market, including companies currently at developmental stages. We believe we have significant intellectual properties and have historically demonstrated expertise in SOC technology. However, if we cannot timely introduce new products for our market, support these products in customer programs, or manufacture these products, such inabilities could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.
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Some of our current and potential competitors operate their own manufacturing facilities. Since we do not operate our own manufacturing facility and may from time-to-time make binding commitments to purchase products (binding purchase orders totaling $820,000 were outstanding as of April 29, 2007), we may not be able to reduce our costs and cycle time or adjust our production to meet changing demand as rapidly as companies that operate their own facilities, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. In addition, if production levels increase the value of binding purchase orders may increase significantly.
Uncertainty Regarding Future Licensing Revenue
In the third quarter of fiscal 2006, we collected gross licensing revenue of $8.5 million ($5.6 million net of commissions and expenses) from the nonexclusive licensing of all of our patents to Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. We cannot assure you that we will be able to generate any future licensing revenue from our 28 patents or from any future patents that we will own or have the right to license. The licensing agreement with Sony may be the only licensing agreement that we ever complete. Furthermore, if we should in the future complete an agreement to license our patents, we cannot assure you that the licensing revenue we receive from such license will be as significant as the licensing revenue we received from Sony.
We Depend on Qualified Personnel
Our future success depends in part on the continued service of our key engineering, sales, marketing, manufacturing, finance and executive personnel, and our ability to identify, hire and retain additional personnel to serve potential customers in our targeted markets. There is strong competition for qualified personnel in the semiconductor industry, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to attract and retain qualified personnel necessary for the development of our business. We have experienced the loss of personnel both through headcount reductions and attrition. In the past two years we have lost some of our executive management, including Jeffery Blanc (Vice President, Worldwide Sales) and Scott Sullinger (CFO). Although we have announced a new CFO, he is not expected to join the Company until August 6, 2007. We are currently conducting a search for a new Vice President of Worldwide Sales.
All our executive officers are employees “at will”. We have an employment contract with Douglas R. Young, our chief executive officer, that allows us to terminate his employment at any time but requires us to make severance payments depending upon the circumstances surrounding his termination of employment. We do not maintain key person insurance on any of our personnel. If we are not able to maintain key personnel, if our headcount is not appropriate for our future direction, or if we fail to recruit key personnel critical to our future direction in a timely manner, this may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, our future success will depend in part on our ability to identify and retain qualified individuals to serve on our board of directors. We believe that maintaining a board of directors comprised of qualified members is critical given the current status of our business and operations. Moreover, SEC and Nasdaq Global Market rules require that three independent board members serve on our audit committee. Any inability on our part to identify and retain qualified board members could have a material adverse effect on our business or could lead to the delisting of our securities from the Nasdaq Global Market.
Our Products May be Incompatible with Evolving Industry Standards and Market Trends
Our ability to compete in the future will also depend on our ability to identify and ensure compliance with evolving industry standards and market trends. Unanticipated changes in market trends and industry standards could render our products incompatible with products developed by major hardware manufacturers and software developers. As a result, we could be required to invest significant time and resources to redesign our products or obtain license rights to technologies owned by third parties to comply
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with relevant industry standards and market trends. We cannot assure you that we will be able to redesign our products or obtain the necessary third-party licenses within the appropriate window of market demand. If our products are not in compliance with prevailing market trends and industry standards for a significant period of time, we could miss crucial OEM and ODM design cycles, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We Depend on New Product Development to Meet Rapid Market and Technological Change
NeoMagic is focused on providing high-performance semiconductor solutions for sale to manufacturers of mobile phones and handheld devices. New product planning is focused on integrated SOC semiconductor products for handheld devices that integrate multimedia technologies such as H.264 video compression, 3D graphics and audio technologies. Our future business, financial condition and results of operations will depend to a significant extent on our ability to develop new products that address these market opportunities. As a result, we believe that we will need to continue to spend significantly for research and development in the future.
We must anticipate the features and functionality that consumers and infrastructure providers will demand, incorporate those features and functionality into products that meet the exacting design requirements of equipment manufacturers, price our products competitively and introduce new products to the market on a timely basis. The success of new product introductions is dependent on several factors, including proper new product definition, timely completion and introduction of new product designs, the ability to create or acquire intellectual property, the ability of manufacturing partners to effectively manufacture new products, quality of new products, differentiation of new products from those of our competitors and market acceptance of our products and the products of our customers. We cannot assure you that the products we expect to introduce will incorporate the features and functionality demanded by mobile phone and handheld device manufacturers and consumers, will be successfully developed, or will be introduced within the appropriate window of market demand. We cannot assure you that customers who use our semiconductor products will achieve the levels of market success with their own products that they may project to us.
We regularly incur costs to license or acquire technology from third parties. There is no guarantee of realizing the anticipated value of such expenditures due to changes in other available technologies or market demand. To the extent that we rely on licenses from third parties, there can be no assurance that we will continue to obtain all of the licenses we desire on the terms we consider reasonable or at all.
Because of the complexity of our products, we often have experienced delays in completing development and introduction of new products. If there are delays in production of current products, or in the completion of development of future products, including the products currently under development for introduction over the next 12 to 18 months, our potential future business, financial condition, and results of operations will be materially adversely affected. In addition, the time required for competitors to develop and introduce competing products may be shorter, their manufacturing yields may be better, and their production costs may be lower than those experienced by us.
We Depend on Third-Party Manufacturers to Produce Our Products
Our products require wafers manufactured with state-of-the-art fabrication equipment and techniques. We currently use one third-party foundry for wafer fabrication. We expect that, for the foreseeable future, all of our products will be manufactured at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation on a purchase-order-by-purchase-order basis. Since, in our experience, the lead time needed to establish a relationship with a new wafer fabrication partner is at least 12 months, and the estimated time for a foundry to switch to a new product line ranges from four to nine months, we may have no readily available alternative source of supply for specific products. In addition to time constraints, switching foundries would
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require a diversion of engineering manpower and financial resources to redesign our products so that the new foundry could manufacture them. We cannot assure you that we can redesign our products to be manufactured by a new foundry in a timely manner, nor can we assure you that we will not infringe on the intellectual property of our current wafer manufacturer when we redesign our products for a new foundry. A manufacturing disruption experienced by our manufacturing partner, the failure of our manufacturing partner to dedicate adequate resources to the production of our products, or the financial instability of our manufacturing partner would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, if the transition to the next generation of manufacturing technologies by our manufacturing partner is unsuccessful, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially and adversely affected.
We have many other risks because we depend on a third-party manufacturer, including: reduced control over delivery schedules, quality, manufacturing yields and cost; the potential lack of adequate capacity during periods of excess demand; limited warranties on wafers supplied to us; and potential misappropriation of our intellectual property. We are dependent on our manufacturing partner to produce wafers with acceptable quality and manufacturing yields, to deliver those wafers on a timely basis to our third party assembly subcontractors and to allocate a portion of their manufacturing capacity sufficient to meet our needs. Although our products are designed using the process design rules of the particular manufacturer, we cannot assure you that our manufacturing partner will be able to achieve or maintain acceptable yields or deliver sufficient quantities of wafers on a timely basis or at an acceptable cost. Additionally, we cannot assure you that our manufacturing partner will continue to devote adequate resources to produce our products or continue to advance the process design technologies on which the manufacturing of our products are based.
We Rely on Third-Party Subcontractors to Assemble and Test Our Products
Our products are assembled and tested by third-party subcontractors. We expect that, for the foreseeable future, the vast majority of our products will be packaged and assembled at Amkor Technology on a purchase-order-by-purchase-order basis. We do not have long-term agreements with any of these subcontractors. Such assembly and testing is conducted on a purchase order basis. Because we rely on third-party subcontractors to assemble and test our products, we cannot directly control product delivery schedules, which could lead to product shortages or quality assurance problems that could increase the costs of manufacturing or assembly of our products. Due to the amount of time normally required to qualify assembly and test subcontractors, product shipments could be delayed significantly if we were required to find alternative subcontractors. Any problems associated with the delivery, quality or cost of the assembly and test of our products could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We May Encounter Inventory Excess or Shortage
To have product inventory to meet potential customer purchase orders, we place purchase orders for wafers from our manufacturer in advance of having firm purchase orders from our customers. We had binding orders for wafers totaling $820,000 outstanding as of April 29, 2007. If we do not have sufficient demand for our products and cannot cancel our current and future commitments without material impact, we may experience excess inventory, which will result in a write-off affecting gross margin and results of operations. If we cancel a purchase order, we must pay cancellation penalties based on the status of work in process or the proximity of the cancellation to the delivery date. We must place purchase orders for wafers before we receive purchase orders from our own customers. This limits our ability to react to fluctuations in demand for our products, which can be unexpected and dramatic, and from time-to-time will cause us to have an excess or shortage of wafers for a particular product. As a result of the long lead-time for manufacturing wafers and the increase in “just in time” ordering by customers, semiconductor companies
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from time-to-time take charges for excess inventory. We did in fact incur such charges in fiscal 2007 of $12,000, in fiscal 2006 of $0.2 million and in fiscal 2005 of $0.4 million. Significant write-offs of excess inventory have had and could continue to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Conversely, failure to order sufficient wafers would cause us to miss revenue opportunities and, if significant, could impact sales by our customers, which could adversely affect our customer relationships and thereby materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our Manufacturing Yields May Fluctuate
Fabricating semiconductors is an extremely complex process, which typically includes hundreds of process steps. Minute levels of contaminants in the manufacturing environment, defects in masks used to print circuits on a wafer, variation in equipment used and numerous other factors can cause a substantial percentage of wafers to be rejected or a significant number of die on each wafer to be nonfunctional. Many of these problems are difficult to diagnose and time consuming or expensive to remedy. As a result, semiconductor companies often experience problems in achieving acceptable wafer manufacturing yields, which are represented by the number of good die as a proportion of the total number of die on any particular wafer. We typically purchase wafers, not die, and pay an agreed upon price for wafers meeting certain acceptance criteria. Accordingly, we bear the risk of the yield of good die from wafers purchased meeting the acceptance criteria.
Semiconductor manufacturing yields are a function of both product design, which is developed largely by us, and process technology, which is typically proprietary to the manufacturer. Historically, we have experienced lower yields on new products. Since low yields may result from either design or process technology failures, yield problems may not be effectively determined or resolved until an actual product exists that can be analyzed and tested to identify process sensitivities relating to the design rules that are used. As a result, yield problems may not be identified until well into the production process, and resolution of yield problems would require cooperation and communication between the manufacturer and us. This risk is compounded by the offshore location of our manufacturers, increasing the effort and time required to identify, communicate and resolve manufacturing yield problems. As our relationships with new manufacturing partners develop, yields could be adversely affected due to difficulties associated with adapting our technology and product design to the proprietary process technology and design rules of each manufacturer. Any significant decrease in manufacturing yields could result in an increase in our per unit product cost and could force us to allocate our available product supply among our customers, potentially adversely impacting customer relationships as well as revenues and gross margins. We cannot assure you that our manufacturers will achieve or maintain acceptable manufacturing yields in the future.
Uncertainty and Litigation Risk Associated with Patents and Protection of Proprietary Rights
We rely in part on patents to protect our intellectual property. As of April 29, 2007, we had been issued and hold 28 patents. These 28 issued patents are scheduled to expire between June 2014 and November 2024. In June 2006, we sold 4 patents to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for net proceeds of $1.0 million. In April 2005, we sold 58 patents to Faust Communications, LLC for net proceeds of $3.5 million. The patents sold related to products we no longer sell and not to products that we currently sell or plan to sell. We retained a worldwide, non-exclusive license under the patents sold. The sales did not include several of our important patents covering embedded DRAM technology nor any of the unique array processing technology used in our MiMagic 6+ and NeoMobileTV products. Additionally, we have several patent applications pending. We cannot assure you that our pending patent applications, or any future applications, will be approved. Further, we cannot assure you that any issued patents will provide us with significant intellectual property protection, competitive advantages, or will not be challenged by third parties, or that the patents of others will not have an adverse effect on our ability to do business. In addition, we cannot assure you that others will not independently develop similar products, duplicate our products or design around any patents that may be issued to us.
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We also rely on a combination of mask work protection, trademarks, copyrights, trade secret laws, employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements and licensing arrangements to protect our intellectual property. Despite these efforts, we cannot assure you that others will not independently develop substantially equivalent intellectual property or otherwise gain access to our trade secrets or intellectual property, disclose such intellectual property or trade secrets, or that we can meaningfully protect our intellectual property. Our failure to meaningfully protect our intellectual property could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
As a general matter, the semiconductor industry has experienced substantial litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. In December 1998, the Company filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware seeking damages and an injunction against Trident Microsystems, Inc. The suit alleged that Trident’s embedded DRAM graphics accelerators infringed certain patents held by the Company. In January 1999, Trident filed a counter claim against the Company alleging an attempted monopolization in violation of antitrust laws, arising from NeoMagic’s filing of the patent infringement action against Trident. The Court ruled that there was no infringement by Trident. The Company filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals, for the Federal Circuit. On April 17, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the lower court’s judgment of non-infringement on one patent and vacated the court’s judgment of non-infringement on another patent, thereby remanding it to the lower court for further proceedings. In November 2002, the lower court heard oral arguments on cross-motions for summary judgment on the matter. In May 2003, the lower court ruled in favor of Trident. In December 2003, the Company filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals, for the Federal Circuit. In August 2004, the Federal Circuit rejected the appeal and affirmed the lower court’s decision of no infringement by the Trident products. On September 2, 2005 the United States District Court for the District of Delaware approved the Trident request that its counterclaim against NeoMagic filed in January 1999 be dismissed without prejudice.
Any patent litigation, whether or not determined in our favor or settled by us, would at a minimum be costly and could divert the efforts and attention of our management and technical personnel from productive tasks, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We cannot assure you that current or future infringement claims by third parties or claims for indemnification by customers or end users of our products resulting from infringement claims will not be asserted in the future or that such assertions, if proven to be true, will not materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. If any adverse ruling in any such matter occurs, we could be required to pay substantial damages, which could include treble damages, to cease the manufacturing, use and sale of infringing products, to discontinue the use of certain processes, or to obtain a license under the intellectual property rights of the third party claiming infringement. We cannot assure you, however, that a license would be available on reasonable terms or at all. Any limitations in our ability to market our products, or delays and costs associated with redesigning our products or payments of license fees to third parties, or any failure by us to develop or license a substitute technology on commercially reasonable terms could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We Depend on Foreign Sales and Suppliers
Export sales have been a critical part of our business. Sales to customers located outside the United States (including sales to the foreign operations of customers with headquarters in the United States and foreign manufacturers that sell to United States-based OEMs) accounted for 77%, 60% and 91% of our product revenue for fiscal 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively, and 97% and 89% of our product revenue for the three months ended April 29, 2007 and April 30, 2006, respectively. We expect that product revenue
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derived from foreign sales will continue to represent a significant portion of our total product revenue. Letters of credit issued by customers have supported a portion of our foreign sales. To date, our foreign sales have been denominated in United States dollars. Increases in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the local currency of our customers could make our products relatively more expensive than competitors’ products sold in the customer’s local currency.
Foreign manufacturers have produced, and are expected to continue to produce for the foreseeable future, all of our wafers. In addition, many of the assembly and test services we use are procured from foreign sources. Wafers are priced in U.S. dollars under our purchase orders with our manufacturing suppliers.
Foreign sales and manufacturing operations are subject to a variety of risks, including fluctuations in currency exchange rates, tariffs, import restrictions and other trade barriers, unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, longer accounts receivable payment cycles, potentially adverse tax consequences and export license requirements. In addition, we are subject to the risks inherent in conducting business internationally including foreign government regulation, political and economic instability, and unexpected changes in diplomatic and trade relationships. Moreover, the laws of certain foreign countries in which our products may be developed, manufactured or sold, may not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States, thus increasing the possibility of piracy of our products and intellectual property. We cannot assure you that one or more of these risks will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our Financial Results Could Be Affected by Changes in Accounting Principles
Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States are subject to issuance and interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the SEC, and various bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles. A change in these principles or interpretations could have a significant effect on our reported financial results, and could affect the reporting of transactions completed before the announcement of a change. For example, in December 2004, FASB issued SFAS 123(R), “Share-Based Payment,” which replaces SFAS 123 and supersedes APB 25. As required, we adopted SFAS 123(R) in our first quarter of fiscal 2007. SFAS 123(R) requires that compensation costs relating to share-based payment transactions be recognized in the financial statements. The pro forma disclosure previously permitted under SFAS 123 is no longer an acceptable alternative to recognition of expense in the financial statements. The adoption of SFAS 123(R) increased the amount of loss that we reported for fiscal 2007.
Our Stock Price May Be Volatile
The market price of our Common Stock, like that of other semiconductor companies, has been and is likely to continue to be, highly volatile. For example, during fiscal 2007, the highest closing sales price was $7.95 per share and the lowest was $2.46 per share. During fiscal 2006, the highest closing sales price was $10.23 per share and the lowest was $1.80 per share. The market has from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that may be unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. The market price of our Common Stock could be subject to significant fluctuations in response to various factors, including sales of our common stock, quarter-to-quarter variations in our anticipated or actual operating results, announcements of new products, technological innovations or setbacks by us or our competitors, general conditions in the semiconductor industry, unanticipated shifts in the markets for mobile phones and other handheld devices or changes in industry standards, losses of key customers, litigation commencement or developments, the impact of our financing activities, including dilution to shareholders, changes in or the failure by us to meet estimates of our performance by securities analysts, market conditions for high technology stocks in general, and other events or factors. In future quarters, our operating results may be below the expectations of public market analysts or investors.
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The following Exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Report:
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3.2 | | (1) | | Bylaws as amended through April 6, 2007. |
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4.3 | | (2) | | Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2007, between the Company and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. |
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31.1 | | | | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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31.2 | | | | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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32.1 | | | | Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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32.2 | | | | Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
(1) | Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed April 12, 2007. |
(2) | Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-A/A filed April 12, 2007. |
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SIGNATURES
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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NEOMAGIC CORPORATION |
(Registrant) |
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/s/ H. Robert Newman |
H. ROBERT NEWMAN |
Acting Chief Financial Officer |
(Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer) |
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June 13, 2007 |
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