UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED September 30, 2005
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 0-23441
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
5245 Hellyer Avenue, San Jose, California 95138
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(408) 414-9200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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 the filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ Yes x No
APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d)of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. ¨ Yes ¨ No
APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class / Common Stock, $.001 par value
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TOPSwitch, TinySwitch, LinkSwitch, and DPA-Switch are trademarks of Power Integrations, Inc.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
(In thousands)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents
Short-term investments
Accounts receivable
Inventories
Deferred tax assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net
INVESTMENTS
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
OTHER ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable
Accrued payroll and related expenses
Income taxes payable
Deferred income on sales to distributors
Other accrued liabilities
Total current liabilities
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Common stock
Additional paid-in capital
Cumulative translation adjustment
Retained earnings
Total stockholders’ equity
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
NET REVENUES
COST OF REVENUES
GROSS PROFIT
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Research and development
Sales and marketing
General and administrative
Total operating expenses
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS
OTHER INCOME, net
INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
NET INCOME
EARNINGS PER SHARE:
Basic
Diluted
SHARES USED IN PER SHARE CALCULATION:
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by Operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
Deferred income taxes
Provision for (reduction in) accounts receivable and other allowances
Income tax benefit associated with employee stock plans
Stock compensation to non-employees
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Income taxes payable and accrued liabilities
Net cash provided by operating activities
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property and equipment
Acquisition of technology patents / licenses
Note to supplier
Purchases of held-to-maturity investments
Proceeds from maturities of held-to-maturity investments
Net cash used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
Repurchase of common stock
Principal payments under capitalized lease obligations
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
NET (DECREASE) / INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Unpaid property and equipment
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for income taxes, net
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Power Integrations, Inc., a Delaware corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Company”). Significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
While the financial information furnished is unaudited, the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which the Company considers necessary for the fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods covered and the financial condition of the Company at the date of the interim balance sheet. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year. Certain reclassifications were made to the prior year financial information to conform to the current period presentation. The condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in its Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2005 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Reclassifications
In the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2004, the Company has reclassified the balance of auction rate securities (for which interest rates reset in less than 90 days, but for which the underlying maturity date is longer than 90 days), from cash and cash equivalents to long-term investments. This resulted in the reclassification from cash and cash equivalents to long-term investments of approximately $11.2 million as of December 31, 2004. Also, in connection with this reclassification, there was a corresponding net increase in cash used in investing activities in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of cash flows by approximately $10.0 million for the nine month period ended September 30, 2004 to reflect the purchase of these investments during that period. The Company had no auction rate securities at September 30, 2005.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Short-Term and Long-Term Investments
The Company considers cash invested in highly liquid financial instruments with a remaining maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Investments in highly liquid financial instruments with maturities greater than three months but not longer than twelve months from the balance sheet date are classified as short-term investments. Investments in highly liquid financial instruments with maturities greater than twelve months from the balance sheet date are classified as long-term investments. As of September 30, 2005, the Company’s short-term and long-term investments consisted of U.S. government-backed securities, municipal bonds, corporate commercial paper and other high-quality commercial securities, which were classified as held-to-maturity and were valued using the amortized cost method, which approximates fair market value.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues consist of sales to original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, merchant power supply manufacturers and distributors. Shipping terms to international OEMs and merchant power supply manufacturers are delivered at frontier, which is commonly referred to as DAF. As such, title to the product passes to the customer when the shipment reaches the destination country and revenue is recognized upon the arrival of the Company’s product in that country. Revenue from sales to North American OEMs and merchant power supply manufacturers are recognized upon shipment (FOB-point of origin), as this is when the title is passed to the customer.
Sales to distributors are made under terms allowing certain rights of return and protection against subsequent price declines on the Company’s products held by the distributors. As a result of the Company’s distributor agreements, the Company defers the recognition of revenue and the costs of revenues derived from sales to distributors until such distributors resell the Company’s products to their customers. The Company determines the amounts to defer based on the level of actual inventory on hand at its distributors as well as inventory that is in transit to its distributors. The gross profit that is deferred as a result of this policy is reflected as “deferred income on sales to distributors” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
Expense related to employee ownership programs through stock options
The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations, in accounting for employee stock options rather than the alternative fair value accounting allowed by SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation. APB No. 25 provides that expense relative to the Company’s employee ownership programs through stock options is measured based on the intrinsic value of stock options granted on the date of the grant and the Company recognizes expense in its statement of income using the straight-line method over the vesting period for fixed awards. Under SFAS No. 123, the fair value of stock options at the date of grant is recognized in earnings over the vesting period of the options. Had expense related to employee ownership programs through the Company’s stock option plans been determined under a fair value method consistent with SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation, and related interpretations, the Company’s net income would have been reduced to the following pro forma amounts (in thousands, except per share information):
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
Net income as reported
Deduct: Total stock-based employee stock ownership expense determined under fair-value-based method for all awards, net of tax:
Stock options granted under stock option plans
Stock purchase rights under the Employee Purchase Plan
Pro forma net income
Basic earnings per share:
As reported
Pro forma
Diluted earnings per share:
The fair value of stock options granted is established on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:
Risk-free interest rates
Expected volatility rates
Expected dividend yield
Expected life of stock options (years)
Weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted
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The fair value of employees’ stock purchase rights under the Company’s employee stock purchase plan was estimated using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted average assumptions:
Expected life (years)
Weighted-average estimated fair value of purchase rights
Common Stock
On October 20, 2004, the Company announced that its board of directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $40.0 million of the Company’s common stock. The board directed that the repurchases be made pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. From inception of the stock repurchase program in October 2004 through June 30, 2005, the Company repurchased 2,033,270 shares for approximately $40.0 million, the total amount authorized by the Company’s board of directors. The Company repurchased 373,270 shares for approximately $8.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2005, and 1.1 million shares for approximately $20.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2005. On October 19, 2005, the Company announced that its board of directors had authorized a second stock repurchase program of up to $25.0 million of the Company’s common stock. The board directed that the repurchases be made pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The repurchases will take place from time to time on the open market.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition and allowances for receivables and inventories. These estimates are based on historical facts and various other assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable at the time the estimates are made.
Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income for the Company consists of net income, plus the effect of foreign currency translation adjustments. Such adjustments were not material for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004. Accordingly, comprehensive income closely approximates actual net income.
Segment Reporting
The Company is organized and operates as one business segment - the design, development, manufacture and marketing of proprietary, high-voltage, analog integrated circuits for use primarily in the AC-to-DC and DC-to-DC power conversion markets. The Company’s chief operating decision maker, the Chief Executive Officer, reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance.
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3. INVENTORIES:
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market and consist of the following (in thousands):
2005
December 31,
2004
Raw materials
Work-in-process
Finished goods
4. SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS AND EXPORT SALES:
Customer Concentration
The Company’s end user base is highly concentrated and a relatively small number of OEMs, power supply merchants and distributors typically account for a significant portion of the Company’s net revenues. Ten customers accounted for approximately 69.0% and 69.9% of total net revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and 69.7% and 70.4% of total net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
The following customers accounted for more than 10% of total net revenues:
Customer
A
B
C
Customers A and B are distributors of the Company’s products and customer C is an OEM.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash investments and trade receivables. The Company has cash investment policies that limit cash investments to low risk investments. With respect to trade receivables, the Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and requires letters of credit whenever deemed necessary. Additionally, the Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon factors surrounding the credit risk of specific customers, historical trends related to past losses and other relevant information. Account balances are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. The Company does not have any off-balance sheet credit exposure related to its customers. As of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, approximately 70.4% and 81.9% of accounts receivable, respectively, were concentrated with the top ten customers.
The following customers accounted for more than 10% of accounts receivable:
Customers A and B are distributors of the Company’s products.
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Export Sales
The Company markets its products in North America and in foreign countries through its sales personnel and a worldwide network of independent sales representatives and distributors. As a percentage of total net revenues, export sales, which consist of domestic and foreign sales to customers in foreign countries, are comprised of the following:
Taiwan
Hong Kong/China
Korea
Western Europe (excluding Germany)
Germany
Japan
Singapore
Other
Total foreign.
Product Sales
Sales of the Company’s TOPSwitch and TinySwitch products accounted for 93.7% and 97.8% of net revenues from product sales for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and 95.2 % and 97.3% of net revenues from product sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. TOPSwitch products include TOPSwitch, TOPSwitch-II, TOPSwitch-FX and TOPSwitch-GX. TinySwitch products include TinySwitch and TinySwitch II.
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5. EARNINGS PER SHARE:
Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share are calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average shares of common stock and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive common equivalent shares included in the diluted calculation consists of shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding common stock options computed using the treasury stock method.
A summary of the earnings per share calculation is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Weighted average common shares
Basic earnings per share
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options
Employee stock purchase plan
Diluted weighted average common shares
Diluted earnings per share
Options to purchase 3,667,374 and 2,021,238 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding for the three month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and options to purchase 3,592,841 and 1,537,701 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the periods then ended because the exercise prices of the options to purchase shares of Company common stock were greater than the average market price of the Company’s common stock during those periods, and therefore, their effect would have been antidilutive.
6. PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES:
Income tax expense for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 includes a provision for Federal, state and foreign taxes based on the annual estimated effective tax rate applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries. The difference between the Federal statutory rate of 35% and the Company’s effective tax rate used for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 is primarily due to the beneficial impact of international sales subject to lower tax rates, as well as research and development tax credits. The Company adjusted its effective tax rate from 25% at June 30, 2005 to 21% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 to reflect the estimated annual effective income tax rate for 2005. The change in the estimated effective tax rate for 2005 resulted in an effective tax rate of 12% for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The tax provision for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 was calculated using an annual effective income tax rate of 26%, which was adjusted for the favorable conclusion of certain tax contingencies in the third quarter of 2004, which resulted in an effective tax rate of approximately 8% and 20% for the three and nine month periods, respectively. The estimated annual effective income tax rate for 2005 may be subject to change in the future.
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The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the Jobs Act), enacted on October 22, 2004, provides for a special one-time tax deduction of 85 percent of certain foreign earnings that are repatriated. The deduction would result in an approximate 5.25% Federal tax rate on the repatriated earnings. To qualify for the deduction, the earnings must be reinvested in the United States pursuant to a domestic reinvestment plan established by the company’s chief executive officer and approved by the company’s board of directors. Certain other criteria in the Jobs Act must be satisfied as well.
The Company is currently analyzing the impact of the one-time favorable foreign dividend provision recently enacted as part of the Jobs Act, and intends to complete the analysis by the end of fiscal year 2005. As of September 30, 2005, and based on the tax laws in effect at that time, the Company intends to continue to indefinitely reinvest the Company’s undistributed foreign earnings and accordingly, no deferred tax liability has been recorded on these undistributed foreign earnings.
7. INDEMNIFICATIONS:
The Company sells products to its distributors under contracts, collectively referred to as Distributor Sales Agreements (DSA). Each DSA contains the relevant terms of the contractual arrangement with the distributor, and generally includes certain provisions for indemnifying the distributor against losses, expenses, and liabilities from damages that may be awarded against the distributor in the event the Company’s hardware is found to infringe upon a patent, copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right of a third party (Customer Indemnification). The DSA generally limits the scope of and remedies for the Customer Indemnification obligations in a variety of industry-standard respects, including, but not limited to, limitations based on time and geography, and a right to replace an infringing product. The Company also, from time to time, has granted a specific indemnification to individual customers.
The Company believes its internal development processes and other policies and practices limit its exposure related to such indemnifications. In addition, the Company requires its employees to sign a proprietary information and inventions agreement, which assigns the rights to its employees’ development work to the Company. To date, the Company has not had to reimburse any of its distributors or customers for any losses related to these indemnifications and no material claims were outstanding as of September 30, 2005. For several reasons, including the lack of prior indemnification claims and the lack of a monetary liability limit for certain infringement cases, the Company cannot determine the maximum amount of potential future payments, if any, related to such indemnifications.
8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
From time to time in the ordinary course of business the Company could become involved in lawsuits, or customers and distributors may make claims against the Company. During 2004, a small number of product lots of one of the Company’s products were not built to design specifications because of a foundry process defect. As a result of this manufacturing defect, there were a limited number of product failures and the Company replaced all of the parts that had not yet been installed in end-customer products. Several customers made requests for reimbursement of costs and expenses in excess of the Company’s contractual warranty liability. In accordance with SFAS No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies, the Company makes a provision for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. After further discussions with its customers, the Company determined that it was appropriate to accrue approximately $90,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2005, and a total of approximately $481,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2005, related to this manufacturing defect, for customer costs and expenses in excess of the Company’s contractual warranty liability. The Company expects that there will be no additional charges related to this matter.
9. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS:
On June 28, 2004, the Company filed a complaint for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, against System General Corporation, a Taiwanese company and its U.S. subsidiary. The Company’s complaint alleges that certain integrated circuits produced by System General Corporation infringed and continue to infringe certain of the Company’s patents. The Company seeks, among other things, an order enjoining System General Corporation from infringing the Company’s patents and an award for damages resulting from the alleged infringement.
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On May 9, 2005, the Company filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. section 1337, naming System General Corporation of Taiwan as the respondent. The Company filed a supplement to the complaint on May 24, 2005. The Company alleges infringement by System General of the same patents raised in the action in the Northern District of California. The ITC instituted an investigation on June 8, 2005 in response to the Company’s complaint. By its complaint, the Company seeks an order from the ITC excluding System General’s PWM chips and the products containing them, such as LCD monitors, from importation into the United States. The ITC hearing is scheduled to begin on January 18, 2006, based on the hearing, the judge will make an initial determination of weather System General is infringing the Company’s patents. On June 10, 2005, in response to the initiation of the ITC investigation, the District Court stayed all proceedings.
On October 20, 2004, the Company filed a complaint for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, against Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation (collectively, Fairchild). The Company’s complaint alleges that Fairchild produces certain integrated circuits, which infringed and continue to infringe certain of the Company’s patents. The Company seeks, among other things, an order enjoining Fairchild from infringing the Company’s patents and an award for damages resulting from the alleged infringement.
There can be no assurance that the Company will prevail in its litigation with either System General or Fairchild. This litigation, whether or not determined in the Company’s favor or settled by the Company, will be costly and will divert the efforts and attention of the Company’s management and technical personnel from normal business operations, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and operating results. Adverse determinations in litigation could result in the loss of the Company’s proprietary rights, subject the Company to significant liabilities, require the Company to seek licenses from third parties or prevent the Company from licensing its technology, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and operating results.
10. CUMULATIVE ADJUSTMENT TO DEFERRED INCOME ON SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS
During the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Company made a change to its method of calculating deferred income on sales to distributors. This change resulted in the recognition of $1.1 million in previously deferred revenue, the recognition of $0.6 million of previously deferred costs, and an increase in net income of approximately $0.4 million, which represented diluted earnings per share of approximately $0.01. The impact of this adjustment was not material to any of the Company’s prior period financial statements. The Company made no additional adjustments related to the change in the Company’s method of calculating deferred income on sales to distributors in the three months ended September 30, 2005.
11. ADJUSTMENT TO RESERVE FOR SALES RETURNS
To estimate sales returns and allowances, the Company analyzes the reserve each quarter. When the Company reviews the adequacy of the reserve, the following factors are considered: historical returns, current economic trends, levels of inventories of the Company’s products held by the Company’s customers, and changes in customer demand and acceptance of our products. In the three months ended June 30, 2005, the Company made an adjustment to its sales returns reserve. The Company determined that it should have recorded this adjustment in prior periods. This adjustment increased net revenue and net income by approximately $0.9 million and approximately $0.4 million (or $0.01 per diluted share), respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005. This adjustment was not material to any of the Company’s quarterly or annual periods.
12. LOAN TO SUPPLIER
On August 30, 2005, the Company entered into a loan agreement with one of its suppliers to fund their working capital needs. The principal amount of the loan was $10.0 million. The unpaid principal and interest is due on December 31, 2009. The loan is convertible into equity of the supplier upon certain conditions at the discretion of the Company. The interest rate will follow the one-year Treasury bill rate, and be reset at each anniversary of the closing date of the loan agreement. The loan principal is reflected in “Other Assets” in the accompanying 2005 condensed consolidated balance sheet.
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13. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS:
In December 2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No.109-1 (FAS 109-1),Application of FASB Statement No.109, Accounting for Income Taxes, to the Tax Deduction on Qualified Production Activities Provided by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the AJCA). The AJCA introduces a special 9% tax deduction on qualified production activities. FAS 109-1 clarifies that this tax deduction should be accounted for as a special tax deduction in accordance with Statement 109. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of FAS 109-1, however the Company does not believe it will have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123 (revised 2004) Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R), which replaces SFAS No. 123 Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS 123) and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25 Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. The pro forma disclosures previously permitted under SFAS 123 no longer will be an alternative to financial statement recognition. Under SFAS 123(R), beginning January 1, 2006, the Company must determine the appropriate fair value model to be used for valuing share-based payments, the amortization method for compensation cost and the transition method to be used at the date of adoption. The transition methods include a modified-prospective and a modified-retroactive adoption options. Under the modified-retroactive option, prior periods may be restated either as of the beginning of the year of adoption or for all periods presented. The modified-prospective method requires that compensation expense be recorded for all unvested stock options and restricted stock at the beginning of the first quarter of adoption of SFAS 123(R), while the modified-retroactive methods would record compensation expense for all unvested stock options and restricted stock beginning with the first period restated. The Company is evaluating the requirements of SFAS 123(R), and expects that the adoption of SFAS 123(R) will have a material impact on its consolidated results of operations and earnings per share. The Company has decided to use the Black-Scholes closed-form model valuation technique to value its share options, and it has not been determined whether the valuation method adopted will result in amounts that are similar to the current pro forma disclosures under SFAS 123.
In March 2005, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 107 (SAB 107), Share-Based Payment, which expresses views of the SEC staff regarding the application of SFAS No. 123(R). Among other things, SAB 107 provides interpretive guidance related to the interaction between SFAS No. 123(R) and certain SEC rules and regulations, as well as the SEC staff’s views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements for public companies.
In March 2005, the FASB issued FSP No. 46(R)-5, Implicit Variable Interests under FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (FSP 46(R)-5), which provides guidance for a reporting enterprise on whether it holds an implicit variable interest in a variable interest entity (VIE) or potential VIE when specific conditions exist. FSP 46(R)-5 became applicable to the Company in the quarter ended June 30, 2005. FSP 46(R) had no impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition as of September 30, 2005.
In March 2005, the FASB issued FIN 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143 (FIN 47), which requires an entity to recognize a liability for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation when incurred if the liability’s fair value can be reasonably estimated. FIN 47 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of FIN 47 will have on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition, but does not expect it to have a material impact.
In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections (SFAS 154) that replaces Accounting Principles Board Opinions No. 20 Accounting Changes and SFAS No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements—An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 28. SFAS 154 provides guidance on the accounting for and reporting of accounting changes and error corrections. It establishes retrospective application, or the latest practicable date, as the required method for reporting a change in accounting principle and the reporting of a correction of an error. SFAS 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005 and is required to be adopted by the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of SFAS 154 will have on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition, but does not expect it to have a material impact.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations includes a number of forward-looking statements, which reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance. In this report, the words “will”, “expects”, “believe”, “should”, “anticipate”, “if”, “future” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including our development efforts, the success of our product strategies, the maintenance of significant business relationships, as well as those discussed in the “Factors That May Affect Future Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this report. As a result of these risks, our actual results may differ materially from our historical or anticipated results. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report.
The following management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
Overview
We design, develop, manufacture and market proprietary high-voltage analog integrated circuits, commonly referred to as ICs, primarily for use in electronic power supplies, also known as switched-mode power supplies or switchers. Power supplies convert electricity from a source, such as a wall socket, to the power needed by an electronic device. This conversion entails, among other functions, reducing the voltage and, when necessary, converting alternating current to direct current (AC-DC). Switched-mode power supplies perform these functions using an array of electronic components, often including ICs such as ours. The vast majority of our ICs are used in AC-DC switchers, though we are now also targeting certain DC-DC applications such as power-over-Ethernet devices. Our focus is on applications that are sensitive to size, portability, energy efficiency and time-to-market, which are the primary benefits that our ICs provide. We have targeted applications in the following markets for our ICs:
the communications market;
the consumer market;
the computer market; and
the industrial electronics markets.
We believe that our patented TOPSwitch ICs, introduced in 1994, were the first highly integrated power conversion ICs to achieve widespread market acceptance. Since the introduction of TOPSwitch, we have introduced a number of other families of AC-DC switcher ICs, including TinySwitch and LinkSwitch, that further improve upon the functionality and cost-effectiveness of TOPSwitch, and enable us to address a wider range of applications. In June 2002, we further expanded our addressable market with the introduction of DPA-Switch, a highly integrated high-voltage DC-DC power conversion IC designed specifically for use in distributed power architectures. In October 2005, we introduced LinkSwitch-LP, which was specifically designed to replace unregulated linear transformers that are typically used in very low-powered applications. With our current portfolio of product families, we can address applications requiring up to 290 watts of power, in AC-DC applications, and up to 100 watts of power in DC-DC applications.
Our quarterly operating results are volatile and difficult to predict. Our net revenues and operating results have varied significantly in the past, are difficult to forecast and are subject to numerous factors both within and outside of our control. As a result, our quarterly and annual operating results may fluctuate significantly in the future. For a discussion of the factors that may affect our quarterly and annual operating results, please see “Factors that May Affect Future Results of Operations.”
A portion of our cost of revenues consists of the cost of wafers. We currently purchase wafers from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Ltd. (Matsushita), OKI Electric Industry (OKI), and ZMD Analog Mixed Signal Services GmbH & CoKG (ZMD). In July 2005, we signed a new wafer supply agreement with Matsushita. The contract prices to purchase wafers from Matsushita and OKI are denominated in Japanese yen. The agreements with these vendors allow for mutual sharing of the impact of the exchange rate fluctuation between Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar. Nevertheless, changes in
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the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen subject our gross profit and operating results to the potential for material fluctuations. Our agreement to purchase wafers from ZMD is denominated in U.S. dollars, as are the purchases we make from our assembly and test suppliers.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our critical accounting policies and estimates are as follows:
We believe that these policies and estimates are important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results and require us to make judgments and estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain. A brief description of these critical accounting policies and estimates is set forth below.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, sales returns, allowance for distributor pricing credits, bad debts and inventories. We base our estimates on historical facts and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable at the time the estimates are made. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Revenue recognition
Product revenues consist of sales to OEMs, merchant power supply manufacturers and distributors. Shipping terms to international OEMs and merchant power supply manufacturers are delivered at frontier, which is commonly referred to as DAF. As such, title to the product passes to the customer when the shipment reaches the destination country, at which time we recognize the related revenue. Revenue from sales to North American OEMs and merchant power supply manufacturers are recognized upon shipment (FOB-point of origin), as this is when the title is passed to the customer.
Historically, approximately 50% to 60 % of our total sales have been made to distributors pursuant to agreements that allow certain rights of return and protection against subsequent price declines on our products held by these distributors. As a result, we defer the recognition of revenue and the costs of revenues derived from sales to distributors until such distributors resell our products to their customers. We determine the amounts to defer based on the level of actual inventory on hand at our distributors as well as inventory that is in transit to them. The gross profit that is deferred as a result of this policy is reflected as “deferred income on sales to distributors” in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.
Estimating sales returns and allowances
Net revenue consists of product revenue reduced by estimated sales returns and allowances. To estimate sales returns and allowances, we analyze the following factors: historical returns, current economic trends, levels of inventories of our products held by our customers, and changes in customer demand and acceptance of our products, when we initially establish the reserve and each quarter when we review the adequacy of the reserves. This reserve represents a reserve of the gross margin on estimated future returns and is reflected as a reduction to accounts receivable in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. Increases to the reserve are recorded as a reduction to net revenue equal to the expected customer credit memo and a corresponding credit is made to cost of sales equal to the estimated cost of the returned product. The net difference, or gross margin, is recorded as an addition to the reserve. Because the reserve for sales returns and allowances is based on our judgments and estimates, particularly as to future customer demand and acceptance of our products, our reserves may not be adequate to cover actual sales returns and other allowances. If our reserves are not adequate, our future net revenues could be adversely affected.
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Estimating distributor pricing credits
Frequently, our distributors need a cost lower than the standard distribution price to win business. In these circumstances, the distributor submits a request to us for a lower “sell-in” price on a specific end-customer transaction or a series of transactions. After the distributor ships product to its customer under an approved transaction, the distributor submits a “ship & debit” claim to us to adjust its cost from the standard price to the approved lower price. After verification by us, a credit memo is issued to the distributor to adjust the sell-in price from the standard distribution price to the approved lower price. We maintain a reserve for these credits that appears as a reduction to accounts receivable in our accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Any increase in the reserve results in a corresponding reduction in our net revenues. To establish the adequacy of our reserves, we analyze historical ship and debit amounts and levels of inventory in the distributor channels. If our reserves are not adequate, our net revenues could be adversely affected.
From time to time we will reduce the distribution list price of our products. When this occurs, we give our distributors price protection in the form of credits, on products they hold. The credits are referred to as “price protection”. Since we do not recognize revenue until the distributor sells the product to its customers, we generally do not need to provide reserves for price protection. However, in rare instances we must consider price protection in the analysis of reserve requirements, as there may be a timing gap between a price decline and the issuance of price protection credits. If a price protection reserve is required, we will maintain a reserve for these credits that appears as a reduction to accounts receivable in our accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Any increase in the reserve results in a corresponding reduction in our net revenues. We analyze distribution price declines and levels of inventory in the distributor channels on a quarterly basis. If our reserves are not adequate, our net revenues could be adversely affected.
Estimating allowance for doubtful accounts
We maintain an allowance for losses we may incur as a result of our customers’ inability to make required payments. Any increase in the allowance results in a corresponding increase in our general and administrative expenses. In establishing this allowance, and then evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts each quarter, we analyze historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit-worthiness, current economic trends and changes in our customer payment terms. If the financial condition of one or more of our customers deteriorates, resulting in their inability to make payments, or if we otherwise underestimate the losses we incur as a result of our customers’ inability to pay us, we could be required to increase our allowance for doubtful accounts which could adversely affect our operating results.
Estimating reserve for excess and obsolete inventory
We identify excess and obsolete products and analyze historical usage, forecasted production based on demand forecasts, current economic trends, and historical write-offs when evaluating the adequacy of the reserve for excess and obsolete inventory. This reserve is reflected as a reduction to inventory in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet, and an increase in cost of revenues. If actual market conditions are less favorable than our assumptions, we may be required to take additional reserves, which could adversely impact our cost of revenues and operating results.
Income taxes
We recognize federal, state and foreign current tax liabilities or assets based on our estimate of taxes payable or refundable in the current fiscal year by tax authorities. We also recognize federal, state and foreign deferred tax liabilities or assets for our estimate of future tax effects attributable to temporary differences and carry forwards and record a valuation allowance to reduce any deferred tax assets by the amount of any tax benefits that, based on available evidence and judgment, are not expected to be realized. As of September 30, 2005, no valuation allowance had been recorded to reduce our deferred tax assets. We believe it is more likely than not that forecasted income, including income that may be generated as a result of certain tax planning strategies, will be sufficient to fully recover our deferred tax assets. In the event that all or part of the net deferred tax assets are determined not to be realizable in the future, a valuation allowance would be recorded in the period such determination is made, which could adversely affect our operating results. In addition, the calculation of tax liabilities involves significant judgment in estimating the impact of uncertainties in the application of complex tax laws. Resolution of these uncertainties in a manner inconsistent with our expectations could have a material impact on our result of operations and financial position.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth certain operating data as a percentage of total net revenues for the periods indicated.
Percentage of
Total Net Revenues for
Net revenues
Cost of revenues
Gross profit
Operating expenses:
Income from operations
Other income, net
Income before provision for income taxes
Provision for income taxes
Comparison of the Three Months and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004
Net revenues. Net revenues consist of revenues from product sales, which are calculated net of returns and allowances, plus royalties that Matsushita paid to us. Net revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2005 were $36.5 million compared to $32.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004, an increase of $3.6 million, or 10.9%. Net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 were $106.3 million compared to $103.1 million for the comparable period of 2004, an increase of $3.2 million or 3.1%. Our results for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 included an adjustment to our reserve for sales returns and an adjustment to deferred income on sales to distributors, which on a combined basis, increased our net revenue by approximately $2.0 million, and increased our net income by approximately $0.8 million, or $0.03 per diluted share. In the three months ended June 30, 2005 the adjustment to our reserve for sales returns increased net revenues by $0.9 million and increased net income by $0.4 million, or $0.01 per diluted share. In the three months ended March 31, 2005, the change to our method of calculating deferred income on sales to distributors resulted in the recognition of $1.1 million in previously deferred revenue, and an increase in net income of approximately $0.4 million, or $0.01 per diluted share. The impact of these adjustments was not material to any of our prior period financial statements.
Net revenues from product sales were $36.1 million and $32.3 million in the third quarter of 2005 and 2004, respectively. Net revenues from product sales were $104.9 million and $101.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increase in net revenues from product sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was driven primarily by increased sales of our products in the computer, industrial and other end markets. Revenues from sales in the computer end market grew 14.8% and 14.4% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively, and sales in the industrial end market grew 59.3% and 27.2% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively, when compared to the same periods a year ago. We showed significant year-over-year growth in product revenues and units shipped despite aggressive price competition.
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Revenue mix by product family for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the twelve months ended December 31, 2004, was as follows:
Sept 30,
Twelve Months Ended
Dec 31,
Product Family
TinySwitch I and II
TopSwitch FX and GX
TopSwitch I and II
LinkSwitch and DPA-Switch
Approximate revenue mix by end markets served for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the twelve months ended December 31, 2004, was as follows:
End Market
Consumer
Communication
Computer
Industrial
Customer demand for our products can change quickly and unexpectedly. Our customers perceive that our products are readily available and typically order only for their short-term needs. Our revenue levels are highly dependent on the amount of new orders that are received for which product can be delivered by us within the same period. Orders that are booked and shipped within the same period are called “turns business.” Because of the uncertainty of customer demand, and the short lead-time environment and high turns business, it is difficult to predict future levels of revenues and profitability.
International sales were $34.0 million in the third quarter of 2005 compared to $30.1 million for the same period in 2004, an increase of $3.9 million, or 13.0%. International sales represented 93.0% of net revenues compared to 91.2% in the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. International sales were $98.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $94.6 million for the same period in 2004, an increase of $4.1 million, or 4.0%. International sales represented 92.9% of net revenues compared to 91.8% in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. International sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 increased due to increased revenue and shipments to our customers primarily in Asia.
Although the power supplies using our products are distributed to end markets worldwide, most of these power supplies are manufactured in Asia. As a result, sales to this region were 77.3% and 73.4% of our sales for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and 77.7% and 76.6% of our sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. We expect international sales to continue to account for a large portion of our net revenues.
Net product sales for the third quarter of 2005 were divided 61.3% to distributors and 38.7% to OEMs and power supply merchants, compared to 54.4% to distributors and 45.6% to OEMs and power supply merchants for the third quarter of 2004. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, net product sales were divided 59.9% to distributors and 40.1% to OEMs and power supply merchants, compared to 55.1% to distributors and 44.9% to OEMs and power supply merchants for the same period in 2004. In the three months ended September 30, 2005, two separate customers, both of who are distributors, accounted for approximately 19.3% and 18.1% of our net revenues, respectively. In the three months ended September 30, 2004, the same two distributors accounted for approximately 15.5% and 17.4% of our net revenues, respectively. No other customers accounted for 10% or more of our net revenues in that period. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, sales to the same two distributors accounted for approximately 19.4% and 17.3% of our net revenues, respectively, compared to approximately 18.9% and 17.0% of our net revenues, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. One OEM customer accounted for approximately 10.7% of our net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, but accounted for less than 10.0% of our net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2005.
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Cost of revenues; Gross profit. Gross profit is equal to net revenues less cost of revenues. Our cost of revenues consists primarily of costs associated with the purchase of wafers from our foundries (Matsushita, OKI and ZMD), the assembly and packaging of our products by sub-contractors, internal labor and overhead costs associated with the testing of both wafers and packaged components and testing of packaged components by sub-contractors. Gross profit was $18.1 million, or 49.5% of net revenues, for the three months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $15.8 million, or 47.8% of net revenues, for the three months ended September 30, 2004. Gross profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $52.0 million, or 48.9% of net revenues, compared to $49.0 million, or 47.5% of net revenues for the same period in 2004. The increase in gross profit percentage for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was driven primarily by our ability to reduce product costs, principally through price reductions from our foundries, improvements to our manufacturing process, and the increased use of overseas subcontractors for the testing of our ICs. We expect our gross margin to remain relatively flat for the rest of 2005, but if pricing pressures increase beyond our expectations, and we are unable to obtain offsetting decreases in our product costs, our gross profit could be lower.
Research and development expenses. Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, expensed engineering material and facility costs associated with the development of new processes and new products. We also expense prototype wafers and mask sets related to new products as research and development costs until new products are released to production. Research and development expenses for the third quarter of 2005 and 2004 were $4.1 million, which represented 11.2% and 12.4% of our net revenues in each period, respectively. Research and development expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 were $12.3 million, which represented 11.5% and 12.0% of our net revenues in each period, respectively. We expect in future periods research and development expenses may increase in absolute dollars, but those expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our net revenues.
Sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, commissions to sales representatives and facilities expenses, including expenses associated with our regional sales offices and support offices, and field application engineering costs. Sales and marketing expenses were $4.4 million, or 12.1% of net revenues, for the third quarter of 2005, compared to $3.4 million, or 10.4% of net revenues for the same period in 2004. Sales and marketing expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 were $12.7 million compared to $11.5 million for the same period in 2004, which represented 12.0% and 11.1% of our net revenues in each period, respectively. In absolute dollars, sales and marketing expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 increased from the same periods in 2004, primarily as a result of expanding our worldwide sales and applications engineering staff. We expect sales and marketing expenses to continue to increase in absolute dollars as we expand our sales and marketing presence worldwide, but these expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our net revenues.
General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses for administration, finance, human resources and general management, as well as consulting fees, outside services, legal fees and fees for audit and tax services. For the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, general and administrative expenses were $4.1 million and $2.4 million, respectively, which represented 11.2% and 7.2% of our net revenues, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, general and administrative expenses were $9.8 million and $6.0 million, respectively, which represented 9.2% and 5.8% of our net revenues, respectively. In absolute dollars, general and administrative expenses for the three and nine month periods in 2005 were higher than in the same periods in 2004, primarily due to a significant increase in legal fees due to the ongoing patent infringement litigation against Fairchild Semiconductor and System General Corporation (as described in Part II Other Information, Item 1 Legal Proceedings), and increased consulting services and audit fees related to compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase in absolute dollars generally throughout 2005, primarily as a result of increased patent litigation expenses, but general and administrative expenses may fluctuate as a percentage of our net revenues.
Other income, net. Other income, net, for the third quarter of 2005 was $0.9 million compared to $0.3 million for the same period in 2004. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, other income, net, was $2.3 million compared to $0.8 million for the same period in 2004. Other income consists primarily of interest income earned on short-term and long-term investments. The increase in other income can be attributed to higher interest rates year-over-year.
Provision for income taxes. Income tax expense for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 includes a provision for Federal, state and foreign taxes based on the annual estimated effective tax rate applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries. The difference between the Federal statutory rate of 35% and our effective tax rate used for
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the nine-month period ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 is primarily due to the beneficial impact of international sales subject to lower tax rates and research and development tax credits. We adjusted our effective tax rate from 25% to 21% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 to reflect the estimated annual effective income tax rate for 2005. The change in the estimated effective tax rate for 2005 resulted in an effective tax rate of 12% for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The tax provision for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 was calculated using an annual effective income tax rate of 26%, which was adjusted for the favorable conclusion of certain tax contingencies in the third quarter of 2004, which resulted in an effective tax rate of approximately 8% and 20% for the three and nine month periods, respectively. The estimated annual effective income tax rate for 2005 may be subject to change in the future.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2005, we had approximately $121.8 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term and long-term investments, a decrease of approximately $12.8 million from December 31, 2004. In addition, under a revolving line of credit with Union Bank of California, we can borrow up to $10.0 million. A portion of the credit line is used to cover advances for commercial letters of credit and standby letters of credit, which we provide to Matsushita, prior to the shipment of wafers by this foundry to us, and also to our workers compensation insurance carrier as part of our insurance program. As of September 30, 2005, there were outstanding letters of credit totaling approximately $2.1 million. The balance of this credit line was unused and available as of September 30, 2005. The line of credit agreement, which expires on June 30, 2006, contains financial covenants requiring that we maintain profitability on a quarterly basis and not pay or declare dividends without the bank’s prior consent. As of September 30, 2005, we were in compliance with these financial covenants.
As of September 30, 2005, we had working capital, defined as current assets less current liabilities, of approximately $135.3 million, an increase of approximately $3.0 million from December 31, 2004. Our operating activities generated cash of $22.0 million and $25.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Cash generated in the first nine months of 2005 was principally the result of net income in the amount of $15.4 million depreciation and amortization of $4.9 million, and a decrease in inventory of $3.1 million, partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $2.6 million and a decrease in accounts payable of $2.2 million. Cash generated in the first nine months of 2004 was principally the result of net income in the amount of $15.9 million plus depreciation and amortization of $5.2 million, income tax benefit associated with our employee stock plan of $2.1 million, and an increase in deferred income of $1.0 million.
Our investing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 included net proceeds of $4.5 million of short-term and long-term investments, the issuance of a $10.0 million promissory note from a supplier (see note 12 of our condensed consolidated financial statements for more information regarding the promissory note from a supplier), and the acquisition of technology for $1.1 million. Our investing activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2004 consisted of net purchases of $18.8 million of short-term and long-term investments. Purchases of property and equipment were $2.3 million as of September 30, 2005, and $4.2 million as of September 30, 2004. Our financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 included the use of $28.3 million for the repurchase of approximately 1.5 million shares of our common stock, and net proceeds from the issuance of common stock through the exercise of stock options and purchases through our employee stock purchase plan of $7.0 million. In the nine months ended September 30, 2004, our financing activities were primarily receipts from the issuance of common stock through the exercise of stock options and purchases through our employee stock purchase plan of $7.9 million.
On October 20, 2004, we announced that our board of directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $40.0 million of our common stock. The board directed that the repurchases be made pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. From inception of the stock repurchase program in October 2004 through June 30, 2005, we had repurchased 2,033,270 shares for approximately $40.0 million, the total amount authorized by the Company’s board of directors. We repurchased 373,270 shares for approximately $8.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2005, and 1.1 million shares for approximately $20.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2005. On October 19, 2005 we announced that our board of directors had authorized a second stock repurchase program of up to $25.0 million of our common stock. The board directed that the repurchases be made pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The repurchases will take place from time to time on the open market.
During the first nine months of 2005, a significant portion of our cash flow was generated by our operations. If our operating results were to deteriorate as a result of decrease in customer demand for our products, or severe pricing pressures from our customers or our competitors, or for other reasons, our ability to generate positive cash flow from
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operations may be jeopardized. In that case, we may be forced to use our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, or seek financing from third parties to fund our operations. We believe that cash generated from operations, together with existing sources of liquidity, will satisfy our projected working capital and other cash requirements for at least the next 12 months.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No.109-1 (FAS 109-1), Application of FASB Statement No.109, Accounting for Income Taxes, to the Tax Deduction on Qualified Production Activities Provided by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the AJCA). The AJCA introduces a special 9% tax deduction on qualified production activities. FAS 109-1 clarifies that this tax deduction should be accounted for as a special tax deduction in accordance with Statement 109. We are currently evaluating the impact of FAS 109-1, however we do not believe it will have a material impact on our financial statements.
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123 (revised 2004) Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R), which replaces SFAS No. 123 Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS 123) and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25 Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. The pro forma disclosures previously permitted under SFAS 123 no longer will be an alternative to financial statement recognition. Under SFAS 123(R), beginning January 1, 2006, we must determine the appropriate fair value model to be used for valuing share-based payments, the amortization method for compensation cost and the transition method to be used at the date of adoption. The transition methods include a modified-prospective and a modified-retroactive adoption options. Under the modified-retroactive option, prior periods may be restated either as of the beginning of the year of adoption or for all periods presented. The modified-prospective method requires that compensation expense be recorded for all unvested stock options and restricted stock at the beginning of the first quarter of adoption of SFAS 123(R), while the modified-retroactive methods would record compensation expense for all unvested stock options and restricted stock beginning with the first period restated. We are currently evaluating the requirements of SFAS 123(R), and expect that the adoption of SFAS 123(R) will have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations and earnings per share. We have decided to use the Black-Scholes closed-form model valuation technique to value our share options, and it has not been determined whether the adoption of this valuation method will result in amounts that are similar to the current pro forma disclosures under SFAS 123.
In March 2005, the FASB issued FSP No. 46(R)-5, Implicit Variable Interests under FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (FSP 46(R)-5), which provides guidance for a reporting enterprise on whether it holds an implicit variable interest in a variable interest entity (VIE) or potential VIE when specific conditions exist. FSP 46(R)-5 became applicable for us in the quarter ended June 30, 2005. FSP 46(R) had no impact on our consolidated results of operation and financial condition as of September 30, 2005.
In March 2005, the FASB issued FIN 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143 (FIN 47), which requires an entity to recognize a liability for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation when incurred if the liability’s fair value can be reasonably estimated. FIN 47 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005. We are currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of FIN 47 will have on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition, however we do not expect it to have a material impact.
In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections (SFAS 154) that replaces Accounting Principles Board Opinions No. 20 Accounting Changes and SFAS No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements—An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 28. SFAS 154 provides guidance on the accounting for and reporting of accounting changes and error corrections. It establishes retrospective application, or the latest practicable date, as the required method for reporting a change in accounting principle and the reporting of a correction of an error. SFAS 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005 and is required to be adopted by us in the first quarter of fiscal 2006. We are currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of SFAS 154 will have on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition but we do not expect it to have a material impact.
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Factors That May Affect Future Results of Operations
In addition to the other information in this report, the following factors should be considered carefully in evaluating our business before purchasing shares of our stock.
Our quarterly operating results are volatile and difficult to predict. If we fail to meet the expectations of public market analysts or investors, the market price of our common stock may decrease significantly. Our net revenues and operating results have varied significantly in the past, are difficult to forecast, are subject to numerous factors both within and outside of our control, and may fluctuate significantly in the future. As a result, our quarterly operating results could fall below the expectations of public market analysts or investors. If that occurs, the price of our stock may decline.
Some of the factors that could affect our operating results include the following:
We do not have long-term contracts with any of our customers and if they fail to place, or if they cancel or reschedule orders for our products, our operating results and business may suffer. Our business is characterized by short-term customer orders and shipment schedules. Our customer base is highly concentrated, and a relatively small number of distributors, OEMs and merchant power supply manufacturers account for a significant portion of our revenues. The ordering patterns of some of our existing large customers have been unpredictable in the past and we expect that customer-ordering patterns will continue to be unpredictable in the future. Not only does the volume of units ordered by particular customers vary substantially from period to period, but also purchase orders received from particular customers
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often vary substantially from early oral estimates provided by those customers for planning purposes. In addition, customer orders can be canceled or rescheduled without significant penalty to the customer. In the past we have experienced customer cancellations of substantial orders for reasons beyond our control, and significant cancellations could occur again at any time.
Intense competition in the high-voltage power supply industry may lead to a decrease in the average selling price and reduced sales volume of our products, which may harm our business. The high-voltage power supply industry is intensely competitive and characterized by significant price erosion. Our products face competition from alternative technologies, such as, traditional linear transformers, discrete switcher power supplies, and other integrated and hybrid solutions. If the price of competing solutions decreases significantly, the cost effectiveness of our products will be adversely affected. If power requirements for applications in which our products are currently utilized go outside the cost effective range of our products, some of these alternative technologies can be used more cost effectively. We cannot assure that our products will continue to compete favorably or that we will be successful in the face of increasing competition from new products and enhancements introduced by existing competitors or new companies entering this market. We believe our failure to compete successfully in the high-voltage power supply business, including our ability to introduce new products with higher average selling prices, would materially harm our operating results.
If demand for our products declines in the major end markets that we serve, our net revenues will decrease. Applications of our products in the consumer, communications and computer end markets, such as cellular phone chargers, stand-by power supplies for PCs, power supplies for TV set top boxes and power supplies for home appliances have and will continue to account for a large percentage of our net revenues. We expect that a significant level of our net revenues and operating results will continue to be dependent upon these applications in the near term. The demand for these products has been highly cyclical and has been subject to significant economic downturns at various times. Announcements of economic slowdown by major companies in any of the end markets we serve, could indirectly through our customers, cause a slowdown in demand for some of our ICs. When our customers are not successful in maintaining high levels of demand for their products, their demand for our ICs decreases, which adversely affects our operating results. Any significant downturn in demand in these markets would cause our net revenues to decline and could cause the price of our stock to fall.
Recently enacted changes in securities laws and regulations will continue to increase our costs. Complying with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and Nasdaq’s revised conditions for continued listing on Nasdaq has increased, and will continue to increase our legal and financial compliance costs, and make some activities more difficult, time consuming and/or costly. These new rules and regulations also may make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These new rules and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors, particularly qualified members to serve on our audit committee, and qualified executive officers.
Additionally, our efforts to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the related regulations regarding our required assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting and our external auditors’ audit of the assessment of our internal controls continues to require the commitment of significant financial and managerial resources. Although we believe that the ongoing review of our internal controls over financial reporting will enable us to provide an assessment of our internal controls and our external auditors to provide their audit opinion, we can give no assurance that such assessment will continue to be successfully completed.
Moreover, because these laws, regulations and standards promulgated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are subject to varying interpretations, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance becomes available. This evolution may result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and additional costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to our disclosure and governance practices.
If we are unable to adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property rights, we could lose market share, incur costly litigation expenses, suffer incremental price erosion or lose valuable assets, any of which could harm our operations and negatively impact our profitability. Our success depends upon our ability to protect our intellectual property, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and know-how, and to continue our technological innovation. We cannot assure that the steps we have taken to protect our intellectual property will be adequate to prevent misappropriation or that others will not develop competitive technologies or products. From time to time we have received, and we may receive in the future, communications alleging possible infringement of patents or other intellectual property rights of others. Litigation, which could result in substantial cost to us, may be necessary to enforce our patents or other intellectual
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property rights or to defend us against claimed infringement of the rights of others. The failure to obtain necessary licenses or other rights or litigation arising out of infringement claims could cause us to lose market share and harm our business.
There can be no assurance that we will prevail in our litigation with either System General or Fairchild. This litigation, whether or not determined in our favor or settled by us, will be costly and will divert the efforts and attention of our management and technical personnel from normal business operations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. Adverse determinations in litigation could result in the loss of our proprietary rights, subject us to significant liabilities, require us to seek licenses from third parties or prevent us from licensing our technology, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.
Moreover, the laws of some foreign countries in which our technology is or may in the future be licensed may not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States, thus increasing the possibility of infringement of our intellectual property.
Changes to GAAP that will require recording compensation expense for employee stock options and employee stock purchase plans. The FASB recently enacted SFAS 123(R), which will require us to adopt a different method of determining the compensation expense of our employee stock options and employee stock purchase plan. We have elected to adopt the Black-Scholes closed-form model valuation technique to value our stock options. We believe this valuation technique, which we will begin applying in the quarter ended March 31, 2006 will have a significant adverse effect on our reported financial conditions and may impact the way we conduct our business.
We depend on third-party suppliers to provide us with wafers for our products and if they fail to provide us sufficient wafers, our business may suffer. We have supply arrangements for the production of wafers with Matsushita, which expires in June 2010, with OKI, which expires in April 2008, and with ZMD, which expires in December 2009. Although certain aspects of our relationships with Matsushita, OKI and ZMD are contractual, many important aspects of these relationships depend on their continued cooperation. We cannot assure that we will continue to work successfully with Matsushita, OKI or ZMD in the future, that the wafer foundries’ capacity will meet our needs, or that any of them will not seek an early termination of our wafer supply agreements. Any serious disruption in the supply of wafers from OKI, Matsushita or ZMD could harm our business. We estimate that it would take 9 to 18 months from the time we identified an alternate manufacturing source before that source could produce wafers with acceptable manufacturing yields in sufficient quantities to meet our needs.
Although we provide our foundries with rolling forecasts of our production requirements, their ability to provide wafers to us is ultimately limited by the available capacity of the wafer foundry in which they manufacture wafers for us. Any reduction in wafer foundry capacity available to us could require us to pay amounts in excess of contracted or anticipated amounts for wafer deliveries or require us to make other concessions in order to acquire the wafer supply necessary to meet our customers’ requirements. Any of these concessions could harm our business.
If our third-party suppliers and independent subcontractors do not produce our wafers and assemble our finished products at acceptable yields, our net revenues may decline. We depend on independent foundries to produce wafers, and independent subcontractors to assemble and test finished products, at acceptable yields and to deliver them to us in a timely manner. The failure of the foundries to supply us wafers at acceptable yields could prevent us from selling our products to our customers and would likely cause a decline in our net revenues. In addition, our IC assembly process requires our manufacturers to use a high-voltage molding compound available from only one vendor, which is difficult to process. This compound and its required processes, together with the other non-standard materials and processes needed to assemble our products, require a more exacting level of process control than normally required for standard packages. Unavailability of the sole source compound or problems with the assembly process can materially adversely affect yields, timely delivery and cost to manufacture. We cannot assure that acceptable yields will be maintainable in the future.
Fluctuations in exchange rates, particularly the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen may impact our gross margin. The contract prices to purchase wafers from Matsushita and OKI are denominated in Japanese yen. The agreements with both vendors allow for mutual sharing of the impact of the exchange rate fluctuation between Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar. Nevertheless, changes in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen subject our gross profit and operating results to the potential for material fluctuations.
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Matsushita has licenses to our technology, which it may use to our detriment. Pursuant to a Technology Agreement with Matsushita, which expired in June 2005, Matsushita has the perpetual right to manufacture and sell products that incorporate our technology, as of June 2005, to Japanese companies worldwide and to subsidiaries of Japanese companies located in Asia. Matsushita does not have rights to any technology that we develop beyond June 2005. As per the expired Technology Agreement, we will continue to receive royalties on Matsushita’s sales through June 2009 at a reduced rate. However, these royalties are substantially lower than the gross profit we receive on direct sales, and we cannot assure that Matsushita will not use the technology rights to continue to develop and market competing products.
Because the sales cycle for our products can be lengthy, we may incur substantial expenses before we generate significant revenues, if any. Our products are generally incorporated into a customer’s products at the design stage. However, customer decisions to use our products, commonly referred to as design wins, which can often require us to expend significant research and development and sales and marketing resources without any assurance of success, often precede volume sales, if any, by a year or more. The value of any design win will largely depend upon the commercial success of the customer’s product. We cannot assure that we will continue to achieve design wins or that any design win will result in future revenues. If a customer decides at the design stage not to incorporate our products into its product, we may not have another opportunity for a design win with respect to that product for many months or years.
Our products must meet exacting specifications, and undetected defects and failures may occur which may cause customers to return or stop buying our products. Our customers generally establish demanding specifications for quality, performance and reliability that our products must meet. ICs as complex as those we sell often encounter development delays and may contain undetected defects or failures when first introduced or after commencement of commercial shipments. We have from time to time in the past experienced product quality, performance or reliability problems. If defects and failures occur in our products, we could experience lost revenue, increased costs, including warranty expense and costs associated with customer support and customer expenses, delays in or cancellations or rescheduling of orders or shipments and product returns or discounts, any of which would harm our operating results.
Our international sales activities account for a substantial portion of our net revenues, which subjects us to substantial risks. Sales to customers outside of the United States account for, and have accounted for a large portion of our net revenues, including approximately 93% and 91% of our net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. If our international sales declined and we were unable to increase domestic sales, our revenues would decline and our operating results would be harmed. International sales involve a number of risks to us, including:
Our failure to adequately address these risks could reduce our international sales, which would materially adversely affect our operating results. Furthermore, because substantially all of our foreign sales are denominated in U.S. dollars, increases in the value of the dollar increase the price in local currencies of our products in foreign markets and make our products relatively more expensive and less price competitive than competitors’ products that are priced in local currencies.
If our efforts to enhance existing products and introduce new products are not successful, we may not be able to generate demand for our products. Our success depends in significant part upon our ability to develop new ICs for high-voltage power conversion for existing and new markets, to introduce these products in a timely manner and to have these products selected for design into products of leading manufacturers. New product introduction schedules are subject to the risks and uncertainties that typically accompany development and delivery of complex technologies to the market place, including product development delays and defects. If we fail to develop and sell new products in a timely manner, our net revenues could decline.
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In addition, we cannot be sure that we will be able to adjust to changing market demands as quickly and cost-effectively as necessary to compete successfully. Furthermore, we cannot assure that we will be able to introduce new products in a timely and cost-effective manner or in sufficient quantities to meet customer demand or that these products will achieve market acceptance. Our failure, or our customers’ failure to develop and introduce new products successfully and in a timely manner would harm our business and may cause the price of our common stock to fall. In addition, customers may defer or return orders for existing products in response to the introduction of new products. Although we maintain reserves for potential customer returns, we cannot assure that these reserves will be adequate.
If our products do not penetrate additional markets, our business will not grow as we expect. We believe that our future success depends in part upon our ability to penetrate additional markets for our products. We cannot assure that we will be able to overcome the marketing or technological challenges necessary to do so. To the extent that a competitor penetrates additional markets before we do, or takes market share from us in our existing markets, our net revenues and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.
We must attract and retain qualified personnel to be successful and competition for qualified personnel is intense in our market. Our success depends to a significant extent upon the continued service of our executive officers and other key management and technical personnel, and on our ability to continue to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel, such as experienced analog design engineers and systems applications engineers. The competition for these employees is intense, particularly in Silicon Valley. The loss of the services of one or more of our engineers, executive officers or other key personnel could harm our business. In addition, if one or more of these individuals leaves our employ, and we are unable to quickly and efficiently replace those individuals with qualified personnel who can smoothly transition into their new roles, our business may suffer. We do not have long-term employment contracts with, and we do not have in place key person life insurance policies on, any of our employees.
Changes in environmental laws and regulations may potentially increase our costs related to obsolete products in our existing inventory. Changing environmental regulations and the timetable to implement them are continuing to modify our customers demand for our products. As a result there could be an increase in our inventory obsolescence costs for products manufactured prior to our customer’s adoption of new regulations. Currently we have limited visibility into our customers’ strategies to implement these changing environmental regulations into their business. The inability to accurately determine our customer’s strategies could increase our inventory costs related to obsolescence.
We have adopted anti-takeover measures, which may make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us. Our board of directors has the authority to issue up to 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock and to determine the price, rights, preferences and privileges of those shares without any further vote or action by the stockholders. The rights of the holders of common stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. The issuance of shares of preferred stock, while potentially providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and for other corporate purposes, could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock. We have no present intention to issue shares of preferred stock.
In addition, our board of directors adopted a Preferred Stock Purchase Rights Plan intended to guard against hostile takeover tactics. The existence of this plan could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of our outstanding voting stock.
The future trading price of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a variety of factors. The price of our common stock has been, and is likely to be, volatile. Factors including future announcements concerning us, our customers or our competitors, quarterly variations in operating results, announcements of technological innovations, the introduction of new products or changes in our product pricing policies or those of our competitors, proprietary rights or other litigation, changes in earnings estimates by analysts and other factors could cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially. In addition, stock prices for many technology companies fluctuate widely for reasons, which may be unrelated to operating results. These fluctuations, as well as general economic, market and political conditions may harm the market price of our common stock.
In the event of an earthquake, terrorist act or other disaster, our operations may be interrupted and our business would be harmed. Our principal executive offices and operating facilities situated near San Francisco, California, and most of our major suppliers (wafer foundries and assembly houses), are located in areas that have been subject to severe earthquakes. In the event of an earthquake, we and/or most of our major suppliers may be temporarily unable to continue operations and may suffer significant property damage. Any such interruption in our ability or that of our major suppliers to continue operations at our facilities could delay the development and shipment of our products.
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Like other U.S. companies, our business and operating results are subject to uncertainties arising out of economic consequences of current and potential military actions or terrorist activities and associated political instability, and the impact of heightened security concerns on domestic and international travel and commerce. Such uncertainties could also lead to delays or cancellations of customer orders, a general decrease in corporate spending or our inability to effectively market and sell our products. Any of these results could substantially harm our business and results of operations, causing a decrease in our revenues.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISKS.
There has not been a material change in our exposure to interest rate and foreign currency risks from that described in our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Interest Rate Risk. Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment portfolio. We do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio to manage our interest rate risk, foreign currency risk, or for any other purpose. We invest in high-credit quality issuers and, by policy, limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. As stated in our policy, we ensure the safety and preservation of our invested principal funds by limiting default risk, market risk and reinvestment risk. We mitigate default risk by investing in safe and high-credit quality securities and by constantly positioning our portfolio to respond appropriately to a significant reduction in a credit rating of any investment issuer, guarantor or depository. The portfolio includes only marketable securities with active secondary or resale markets to ensure portfolio liquidity.
The table below presents carrying value and related weighted average interest rates for our investment portfolio at September 30, 2005.
(in thousands, except average interest rates)
Average
InterestRate
Investment Securities Classified as Cash Equivalents:
Taxable securities
Investment Securities Classified as Short-term Investments:
U.S. corporate securities
U.S. government securities
Total
Investment Securities Classified as Long-term Investments:
Total investment securities
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk. We transact business in various foreign countries. Our primary foreign currency cash flows are in Asia and Western Europe. Currently, we do not employ a foreign currency hedge program utilizing foreign currency forward exchange contracts; however, the contract prices to purchase wafers from Matsushita and OKI are denominated in Japanese yen and both agreements allow for mutual sharing of the impact of the exchange rate fluctuation between Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar. Nevertheless, changes in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen subject our gross profit and operating results to the potential for material fluctuations. We maintain a Japanese yen account with a U. S. bank for payments to our wafer suppliers in Japan.
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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
(a) Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of that date.
(b) There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2005, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On October 20, 2004, the Company announced that its board of directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $40.0 million of the Company’s common stock. The board directed that the repurchases be made pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. From inception of the stock repurchase program in October 2004 through June 30, 2005, the Company repurchased 2,033,270 shares for approximately $40.0 million, the total amount authorized by the Company’s board of directors. The Company repurchased 373,270 shares for approximately $8.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2005, and 1.1 million shares for approximately $20.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2005. On October 19, 2005 the Company announced that its board of directors had authorized a second stock repurchase program of up to $25.0 million of the Company’s common stock. The board directed that the repurchases be made pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The repurchases will take place from time to time on the open market.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
Description
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
/s/ JOHN M. COBB
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