Exhibit 99.1
Investor Relations Contact:
Ed McGregor
Sigma Designs, Inc.
Tel: (646) 259-2999
IR@sdesigns.com
For Immediate Release
SIGMA DESIGNS, INC. REPORTS THIRD QUARTER
FISCAL 2011 RESULTS
MILPITAS, Calif. — December 1, 2010 — Sigma Designs®, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGM) (“Sigma”), a leading provider of highly integrated system-on-chip, or SoC, solutions used to deliver multimedia entertainment throughout the home, today reported financial results and business highlights for its third fiscal quarter ended October 30, 2010.
Net revenue for the third quarter was $77.8 million, up $4.5 million, or 6%, from $73.3 million reported in the previous quarter and up $42.3 million, or 119%, from $35.5 million reported for the same period last year.
GAAP net income for the third quarter was $5.1 million, or $0.16 per diluted share. This compares to GAAP net income of $0.5 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the previous quarter and a net loss of $2.3 million, or ($0.09) per diluted share, in the same period last year. In the second quarter, Sigma wrote off $5.2 million associated with a strategic investment in a privately held company which reduced Sigma’s GAAP net income after taxes for the quarter by approximately $0.10 per diluted share.
At the end of Sigma’s third quarter, cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $175.4 million, or $5.59 per share outstanding, an increase of $27.5 million, or $0.80 per share outstanding compared to the beginning of the fiscal year. This increase was primarily generated by income from Sigma’s operating activities.
Non-GAAP net income for the third quarter was $13.0 million, or $0.41 per diluted share. This compares to non-GAAP net income of $8.2 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, for the previous quarter and non-GAAP net income of $2.8 million, or $0.10 per diluted share during the same period one year ago. Non-GAAP net income for the previous quarter would have been $11.6 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, after excluding the effect of the investment write-off described above. Non-GAAP adjustments for the third quarter consisted of $4.6 million in amortization expense for acquired intangibles related to acquisitions, $3.3 million in non-cash share-based compensation expenses and $0.1 million of gross profit reduction resulting from the mark-up on inventory purchased as part of Sigma’s Zensys acquisition. The reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP net income for all referenced periods is provided in a table immediately following the GAAP financial tables below.
Management Comment
“We are pleased to report over $77 million in revenue for the third quarter, representing approximately 6% growth over our second quarter. Our largest increase came from sales in our home connectivity product line in addition to a large increase from our prosumer product line. In the IPTV processor market, many accounts are beginning their transition to our new generation SMP8650 media processors, which represents a growing opportunity. Likewise, connected media players and other consumer products are undergoing a similar transition, which further validates these market opportunities and Sigma’s strong position. Moving forward, we are continuing to pursue major design wins in our target markets with special initiatives for penetrating the hybrid IP Cable set-top box indust ry and the increased adoption of Z-Wave based home control solutions,” stated Thinh Tran, chairman and chief executive officer, Sigma Designs.
Third Quarter Highlights
| · | We announced that our HomePlug® AV with ClearPath™ (CG2110CP) has been named an International CES Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering Award Honoree in the Enabling Technology category. It was also named a TelcoTV Vision Award Winner. HomePlug AV with ClearPath is a breakthrough home networking technology that enables carrier-class streaming of HD video, voice, and data over existing powerlines in the home. |
| · | We announced the CG5110, the industry’s first G.hn chipset for home entertainment networking. As the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) next-generation standard for wired home entertainment networks over any wire, G.hn represents an enormous step forward for consumer electronics OEMs, PC manufacturers and broadband service providers in terms of performance and ease-of-deployment. |
| · | We announced that the SMP8633 secure media processor is the first and only media processor powering wireless PC-to-TV display devices. NETGEAR’s Push2TV™ adapter uses Sigma’s chipset to display content from Intel® Wireless Display enabled notebook PCs on a big screen HD-TV, wirelessly. |
| · | We jointly announced, along with TDVision Systems, the leader in Full HD 3D to the home technologies, that Sigma is the first chip company to publicly support TDVision System’s Full HD stereoscopic video decoding technology. |
| · | We announced that our SMP8656 Secure Media Processor™ will enable the new Android-based Over the Top (OTT) media player by Dvico. The TVIX Xroid A1 is the first Android connected media player on the market to use Sigma’s cutting edge media processor to deliver premium quality video and music streaming services. |
Investor Conference Call
The conference call relating to Sigma’s third quarter fiscal 2011 results will take place following this announcement at 5:00 PM ET today, December 1, 2010. Investors will have the opportunity to listen live to the conference call via the Internet through www.sigmadesigns.com/IR or www.earnings.com. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson StreetEvents at www.streetevents.com. To listen to the live call, please go to the website at least 10 minutes early to register and download and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call via the internet through www.sigmadesigns.com/IR or www.earnings.com. The audio replay will be available for one week after the ca ll.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, Sigma reports non-GAAP net income, which excludes amortization of acquired intangibles and developed technologies, share based compensation and the mark-up from cost to fair market value of sold inventory acquired from purchased companies and, with respect to the third quarter of fiscal 2010, acquisition-related expenses and, with respect to the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the expense resulting from the write-off of the deferred tax asset due to the change in California tax laws. Sigma believes that its non-GAAP net income provides useful information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations. Sig ma also believes the non-GAAP measures provide useful supplemental information for investors to evaluate its operating results in the same manner as the research analysts that follow Sigma, all of whom present non-GAAP projections in their published reports. As such, the non-GAAP measures provided by Sigma facilitate a more direct comparison of its performance with the financial projections published by the analysts as well as its competitors, many of whom report financial results on a non-GAAP basis. The economic substance behind its decision to use such non-GAAP measures is that such measures approximate its controllable operating performance more closely than the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. For example, Sigma’s management has no control over certain variables that have a major influence in the determination of share-based compensation such as the volatility of its stock price and changing interest rates. Sigma believes that all of the se excluded expenses do not accurately reflect the underlying performance of its continuing operations for the period in which they are incurred, even though some of these excluded items may be incurred and reflected in Sigma’s GAAP financial results in the foreseeable future.
The material limitation associated with the use of the non-GAAP financial measures is that the non-GAAP measures do not reflect the full economic impact of Sigma’s activities. Sigma’s non-GAAP net income is not prepared in accordance with GAAP, is not an alternative to GAAP financial information, and may be calculated differently than non-GAAP financial information disclosed by other companies. Accordingly, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on non-GAAP information.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding potential opportunities emerging for Sigma’s strategic initiatives, the timing of deployments of products that use Sigma’s SoCs, anticipated features and benefits of Sigma’s new products, growth in the IPTV market and demand for Sigma’s SMP8650 media processors, future market opportunities with connected media players and other consumer products, and the potential impact of special initiatives for penetrating the hybrid IP Cable set-top box industry and the increased adoption of Z-Wave based home control solutions. Actual results may vary materially due to a number of factors incl uding, but not limited to, the risk that, upon completion of further closing procedures, that the financial results for the third quarter are different than the results set forth in this press release, general economic conditions, including continuance of the current economic conditions specific to the semiconductor industry, the rate of growth of the IPTV, connected home technologies, connected media player and prosumer and industrial audio/video markets in general, the ramp in demand from Sigma’s set-top box and telecommunication customers, Sigma’s ability to deploy and achieve market acceptance for Sigma products in these markets, the ability of Sigma’s SoCs to compete with other technologies or products in these emerging markets, the risk that such products will not gain widespread acceptance, or will be rendered obsolete, by product offerings of competitors or by alternative technologies, the risk that anticipated design wins will not materialize and that actual design wins will not tr anslate into launched product offerings, and other risks including delays in the manufacturer’s deployment of set-top boxes or consumer products. Other risk factors are detailed from time to time in Sigma’s SEC reports, including Sigma’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q as filed September 8, 2010. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Sigma undertakes no obligation to publicly release or otherwise disclose the result of any revision to these forward-looking statements that may be made as a result of events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
About Sigma Designs, Inc.
Sigma Designs is a leading fabless semiconductor provider of highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions that are used to deliver multimedia entertainment throughout the home. SoC solutions include media processing, wired and wireless networking, video image processing, and home control along with system software to form the critical components of consumer electronic products that include internet protocol TV (IPTV) set-top boxes, gateways, Blu-ray players and media communication devices. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Sigma Designs has direct sales representatives in the United States, Brazil, China, Europe (Denmark), Israel, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and a third-party distributor in Korea. For more information, please visit Sigma Designs’ web site at www.sigmadesigns.com.
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| PRELIMINARY UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||
| (GAAP) | ||||
| (In thousands) |
| October 30, | January 30, | |||||||
| 2010 | 2010 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current Assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 81,999 | $ | 81,947 | ||||
| Short-term marketable securities | 46,683 | 51,176 | ||||||
| Restricted cash | 1,583 | 1,500 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 38,216 | 36,127 | ||||||
| Inventories | 31,991 | 18,187 | ||||||
| Deferred tax assets | 2,739 | 2,235 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 7,393 | 8,925 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 210,604 | 200,097 | ||||||
| Long-term marketable securities | 45,126 | 13,257 | ||||||
| Software, equipment and leasehold improvements, net | 26,538 | 23,810 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 44,910 | 44,910 | ||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 111,819 | 125,568 | ||||||
| Deferred tax assets, net of current portion | 11,143 | 11,575 | ||||||
| Long-term investments | 3,000 | 4,000 | ||||||
| Other non-current assets | 611 | 680 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 453,751 | $ | 423,897 | ||||
| Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | ||||||||
| Current Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 18,755 | $ | 10,943 | ||||
| Accrued liabilities and other | 25,679 | 23,164 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 44,434 | 34,107 | ||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | 20,874 | 20,968 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 65,308 | 55,075 | ||||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 388,443 | 368,822 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 453,751 | $ | 423,897 | ||||
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| PRELIMINARY UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||
| (GAAP) | |||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share data) |
| Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||||||||||
October 30, 2010 | July 31, 2010 | October 31, 2009 | October 30, 2010 | October 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net revenue | $ | 77,805 | $ | 73,326 | $ | 35,464 | $ | 216,310 | $ | 137,990 | ||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 39,192 | 38,343 | 19,396 | 110,563 | 74,285 | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 38,613 | 34,983 | 16,068 | 105,747 | 63,705 | |||||||||||||||
| Gross margin percent | 49.6 | % | 47.7 | % | 45.3 | % | 48.9 | % | 46.2 | % | ||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | 20,484 | 17,823 | 11,727 | 57,065 | 34,961 | |||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 8,357 | 7,344 | 3,488 | 23,023 | 10,181 | |||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 4,781 | 4,317 | 5,467 | 14,033 | 12,220 | |||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 33,622 | 29,484 | 20,682 | 94,121 | 57,362 | |||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations | 4,991 | 5,499 | (4,614 | ) | 11,626 | 6,343 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest and other income (expense), net | 425 | (4,749 | ) | 564 | (3,600 | ) | 1,610 | |||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | 5,416 | 750 | (4,050 | ) | 8,026 | 7,953 | ||||||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 351 | 254 | (1,752 | ) | 1,351 | 2,708 | ||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | 5,065 | $ | 496 | $ | (2,298 | ) | $ | 6,675 | $ | 5,245 | |||||||||
| Net income (loss) per share: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.16 | $ | 0.02 | $ | (0.09 | ) | $ | 0.21 | $ | 0.20 | |||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.16 | $ | 0.02 | $ | (0.09 | ) | $ | 0.21 | $ | 0.19 | |||||||||
| Shares used in computing net income (loss) per share: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | 31,327 | 31,180 | 26,782 | 31,167 | 26,681 | |||||||||||||||
| Diluted | 31,646 | 31,598 | 26,782 | 31,610 | 27,354 | |||||||||||||||
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| RECONCILIATION OF PRELIMINARY GAAP NET INCOME (LOSS) TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME | |||||||||
| (Unaudited) | |||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share data) |
| Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||||||||||
October 30, 2010 | July 31, 2010 | October 31, 2009 | October 30, 2010 | October 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
| GAAP net income (loss) | $ | 5,065 | $ | 496 | $ | (2,298 | ) | $ | 6,675 | $ | 5,245 | |||||||||
| Items reconciling GAAP net income (loss) to non-GAAP net income: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Included in cost of revenue: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of acquired developed technologies | (2,586 | ) | (2,587 | ) | (712 | ) | (7,763 | ) | (2,148 | ) | ||||||||||
Mark-up on purchased inventory sold during the period | (52 | ) | (96 | ) | (335 | ) | (538 | ) | (765 | ) | ||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | (159 | ) | (141 | ) | (89 | ) | (431 | ) | (254 | ) | ||||||||||
| Total related to cost of revenue | (2,797 | ) | (2,824 | ) | (1,136 | ) | (8,732 | ) | (3,167 | ) | ||||||||||
| Included in operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of acquired intangibles | --- | --- | --- | --- | (19 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | (1,806 | ) | (1,682 | ) | (1,178 | ) | (5,188 | ) | (3,633 | ) | ||||||||||
| Sales and marketing: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | (541 | ) | (532 | ) | (384 | ) | (1,525 | ) | (1,102 | ) | ||||||||||
Amortization of acquired Intangibles | (1,996 | ) | (1,995 | ) | (85 | ) | (5,986 | ) | (258 | ) | ||||||||||
| General and administrative: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | (824 | ) | (717 | ) | (560 | ) | (2,382 | ) | (563 | ) | ||||||||||
| Acquisition expenses | --- | --- | (1,755 | ) | --- | (1,755 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Total related to operating expenses | (5,167 | ) | (4,926 | ) | (3,962 | ) | (15,081 | ) | (7,330 | ) | ||||||||||
| Write-off of deferred tax asset | --- | --- | --- | --- | (3,540 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Net effect of non-GAAP adjustments | (7,964 | ) | (7,750 | ) | (5,098 | ) | (23,813 | ) | (14,037 | ) | ||||||||||
| Non-GAAP net income | $ | 13,029 | $ | 8,246 | $ | 2,800 | $ | 30,488 | $ | 19,282 | ||||||||||
| Non-GAAP net income per diluted share | $ | 0.41 | $ | 0.26 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.96 | $ | 0.70 | ||||||||||