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UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
(Mark one)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the quarterly period ended
September 27, 2008
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from to
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Commission file number: 000-50307
FormFactor, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
DELAWARE
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13-3711155
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(State or other
jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer
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incorporation or
organization)
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Identification
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7005 Southfront Road, Livermore, California
94551
(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)
(925) 290-4000
(Registrants telephone number, including
area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject
to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes
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No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See definition of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller
reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large Accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes
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No
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As of October 25, 2008, 49,062,308 shares of the registrants
common stock, par value $0.001 per share, were outstanding.
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FORMFACTOR, INC.
FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED
SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
INDEX
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PART I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial
Statements
FORMFACTOR, INC.
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended
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Nine Months Ended
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September 27,
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September 29,
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September 27,
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September 29,
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2008
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2007
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2008
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2007
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Revenues
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$
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52,584
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$
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125,291
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$
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170,300
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$
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341,686
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Cost of revenues
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40,583
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58,609
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134,626
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156,563
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Gross margin
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12,001
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66,682
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35,674
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185,123
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Operating expenses:
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Research and development
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17,079
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16,219
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49,288
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44,704
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Selling, general and administrative
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23,675
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23,365
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69,038
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69,349
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Restructuring charges
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141
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8,684
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Total operating expenses
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40,895
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39,584
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127,010
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114,053
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Operating (loss) income
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(28,894
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27,098
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(91,336
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71,070
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Interest income, net
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2,805
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5,766
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10,808
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16,767
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Other income
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263
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415
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404
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234
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(Loss) income before income taxes
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(25,826
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33,279
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(80,124
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88,071
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(Benefit) provision for income taxes
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(11,785
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11,056
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(29,463
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29,532
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Net (loss) income
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$
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(14,041
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$
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22,223
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$
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(50,661
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$
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58,539
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Net (loss) income per share:
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Basic
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$
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(0.29
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$
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0.46
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(1.04
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$
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1.23
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Diluted
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$
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(0.29
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0.45
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(1.04
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$
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1.19
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Weighted-average number of shares used in
per share calculations:
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Basic
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48,988
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48,291
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48,855
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47,757
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Diluted
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48,988
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49,729
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48,855
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49,335
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The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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FORMFACTOR, INC.
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share
amounts)
(Unaudited)
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September 27,
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December 29,
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2008
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2007
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ASSETS
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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427,614
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$
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315,232
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Marketable securities
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107,839
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254,814
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Accounts receivable, net
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40,094
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69,486
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Inventories
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22,205
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29,309
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Deferred tax assets
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18,447
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17,995
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Refundable income taxes
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27,179
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2,043
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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13,553
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13,461
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Total current assets
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656,931
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702,340
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Restricted cash
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680
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2,250
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Property and equipment, net
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121,382
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130,882
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Deferred tax assets
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14,927
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10,038
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Other assets
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7,518
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9,812
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Total assets
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$
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801,438
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$
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855,322
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
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Current liabilities:
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Accounts payable
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$
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30,043
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$
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42,893
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Accrued liabilities
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20,768
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30,029
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Income tax payable
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1,840
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1,328
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Deferred revenue
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5,437
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5,535
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Deferred rent
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455
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462
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Total current liabilities
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58,543
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80,247
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Long-term income tax payable
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7,414
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12,248
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Deferred rent and other liabilities
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5,955
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5,877
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Total liabilities
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71,912
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98,372
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Commitments and contingencies
(Note 10)
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Stockholders equity
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Preferred stock, $0.001 par value:
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10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares
issued and outstanding at September 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007,
respectively
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Common stock, $0.001 par value:
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250,000,000 shares authorized; 49,062,308
and 48,642,258 shares issued and outstanding at September 27, 2008 and
December 29, 2007, respectively
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49
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49
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Additional paid-in capital
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597,556
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573,553
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Accumulated other comprehensive income
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163
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929
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Retained earnings
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131,758
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182,419
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Total stockholders equity
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729,526
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756,950
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity
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$
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801,438
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$
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855,322
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The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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FORMFACTOR, INC.
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
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Nine Months Ended
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September 27,
2008
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September 29,
2007
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Cash flows from operating activities:
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Net (loss) income
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$
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58,539
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Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income
to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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24,063
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19,570
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Stock-based compensation expense
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17,905
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19,960
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Deferred income taxes
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(9,727
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(2,950
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Excess tax benefits from equity based
compensation plans
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(266
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(7,486
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Provision for excess and obsolete
inventories
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12,307
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9,540
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Loss on disposal and impairment of property
and equipment
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982
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576
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Changes in assets and liabilities:
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Accounts receivable
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29,389
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(31,619
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Inventories
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(5,302
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(23,094
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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510
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(2,555
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Refundable income taxes
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(22,942
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Other assets
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830
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(8,950
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Accounts payable
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(3,779
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7,612
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Accrued liabilities
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(7,811
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(8,833
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Income taxes payable
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1,046
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11,745
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Deferred rent
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(302
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484
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Deferred revenue
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(99
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(538
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Net cash (used in) provided by operating
activities
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(13,857
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42,001
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Cash flows from investing activities:
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Acquisition of property and equipment
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(26,418
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(37,107
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Purchase of marketable securities
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(181,004
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(164,397
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Proceeds from maturities of marketable
securities
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49,015
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24,085
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Proceeds from sales of marketable
securities
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277,331
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94,406
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Release of restricted cash
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1,570
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities
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120,494
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(83,013
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Cash flows from financing activities:
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock
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5,678
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32,906
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Excess tax benefits from equity based
compensation plans
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266
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7,486
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Net cash provided by financing activities
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5,944
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40,392
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and
cash equivalents
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(199
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(120
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents
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112,382
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(740
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the
period
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315,232
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284,131
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of the
period
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$
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427,614
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$
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283,391
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Supplemental disclosure of significant
non-cash investing activities:
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Purchases of property and equipment through
accounts payable and accrued liabilities
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$
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(11,400
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$
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7,130
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The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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FORMFACTOR, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
Note 1
Basis of Presentation
Basis
of presentation.
The accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated interim financial statements of FormFactor, Inc. and its
subsidiaries (the Company) have been prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America and pursuant to
the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). The Companys interim financial
statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by
generally accepted accounting principles for annual financial statements. In
the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring
adjustments) considered necessary for a fair statement have been included.
Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2008 are
not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year
ending December 27, 2008, or for any other period. The balance sheet at
December 29, 2007 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial
statements at that date but does not include all of the information and
footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America for complete financial statements. These financial statements
and notes should be read with the consolidated financial statements and notes
thereto for the year ended December 29, 2007 included in the Companys Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2008.
Fiscal
Year.
The Company operates on a 52/53 week fiscal
year, whereby the year ends on the last Saturday of December. Fiscal year 2008
will end on December 27, 2008, and will consist of 52 weeks.
Note
2 Significant Accounting Policies
The Companys
significant accounting policies are disclosed in the Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007. As described in Note 4,
the Company adopted certain provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) Statement of the Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS)
No. 157, Fair Value Measurements
as of the first day of the first
quarter of fiscal 2008.
Note 3
Restructuring Charges
Fiscal
2008 Quarter 1 Cost Reduction Plan
On February 5, 2008,
the Company announced a cost reduction plan that included reducing its global
workforce. The worldwide reduction in workforce involved approximately 114
employees, or 14% of the headcount prior to the reduction. The plan was
designed to restructure the Company to better align with the market
environment. The majority of the activities comprising the quarter 1 cost reduction
plan were completed by the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2008 and
consisted primarily of global workforce reductions and property and equipment
impairments. During the three months ended March 29, 2008 the Company recorded
a charge of $5.3 million related to the quarter 1 cost reduction plan. In
addition, the Company and Jorge L. Titinger, its former Senior Vice President,
Product Business Group, mutually agreed to eliminate Mr. Titingers position as
part of the Companys quarter 1 restructuring activities in light of market and
business conditions. In connection with his departure, at March 29, 2008,
the
Company recorded charges of approximately $613,000, consisting primarily of a
severance payment of $204,000 and approximately $287,000 in stock-based
compensation resulting from the accelerated vesting of a portion of his
unvested restricted stock units representing an aggregate of 18,680 shares.
These charges were recorded as components of restructuring in the Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations.
During the three
and nine months ended September 27, 2008, the Company paid approximately $8,000
and $3.8 million, respectively, related to accrued severance, benefits and
other costs. Additionally, during the nine months ended September 27, 2008, the
Company recognized a reduction of $345,000 as adjustments to costs previously
accrued for the quarter 1 cost reduction plan. These charges are recorded as
components of restructuring in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Operations.
Fiscal
2008 Quarter 2 Cost Reduction Plan
On April 8, 2008, the Company announced its
commitment to implement a second global cost reduction plan that included
reducing its global workforce by approximately 12%, with reductions primarily
coming from the Companys North America operations. The plan also included the
consolidation of a facility in Livermore, California. The plan was designed to
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restructure the Company to better align with
the market environment. A substantial portion of the activities comprising the
quarter 2 cost reduction plan was completed by the end of the second quarter of
fiscal 2008 with the remaining activities to be completed in the next nine
months.
During the three and nine months ended September 27,
2008, the Company recorded charges of approximately $141,000 and $3.7 million,
respectively, related to the quarter 2 cost reduction plan which includes $86,000
and $415,000, respectively, associated with the facility consolidation. During
the three and nine months ended September 27, 2008 the Company paid
approximately $319,000 and $3.1 million related to accrued severance, benefits
and other costs and $248,000 and $336,000, respectively, related to the
facility consolidation. These charges are recorded as components of
restructuring in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The following table summarizes the activities
related to both cost reduction plans as of September 27, 2008 (in thousands):
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Quarter 1 Cost Reduction Plan
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Quarter 2 Cost Reduction Plan
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Employee
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Property
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Employee
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Contract
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Severance and
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and
Equipment
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Severance
and
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Termination
and
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Benefits
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Impairment
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Benefits
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Other
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Total
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Accrual at December 29, 2007
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
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Restructuring charges
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4,680
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640
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5,320
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Cash payments
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(1,508
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(1,508
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Non-cash settlements
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(477
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(640
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(1,117
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Accrual at March 29, 2008
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$
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2,695
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$
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$
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$
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$
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2,695
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Restructuring (reversals) charges
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(345
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3,239
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329
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3,223
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Cash payments
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(2,277
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(2,781
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(88
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(5,146
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Non-cash settlements
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(173
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(173
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Accrual at June 28, 2008
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$
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73
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$
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$
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285
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$
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241
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$
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599
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Restructuring charges
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55
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86
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141
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Cash payments
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(8
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(319
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(248
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(575
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Non-cash settlements
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Accrual at September 27, 2008
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$
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65
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$
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$
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21
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$
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79
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$
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165
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The
charges above have been reflected separately as restructuring in the Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations. The remaining accrual, as of September
27, 2008 relates to severance benefits and other costs associated with the
facility consolidation which will be paid within the next nine months. As such,
the restructuring accrual is recorded as a current liability within accrued
liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Note 4 Fair Value
Effective December 30, 2007, the Company
adopted SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. In February 2008, FASB
issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement
No. 157, which provides a one year deferral of the effective date of SFAS
157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except those that
are recognized or disclosed in the financial statements at fair value at least
annually. The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 157 with respect to its
financial assets and liabilities only. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value,
establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted
accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.
SFAS No. 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or
permit fair value measurements and does not require any new fair value
measurements. The standard describes a fair value hierarchy based on three
levels of inputs, the first two of which are considered observable and the last
unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value:
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Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for
identical assets or liabilities.
·
Level 2 - Observable inputs other than Level
1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; or other
inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for
substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. The Companys Level 2
assets primarily include U.S. government and agency securities and municipal
securities, whose values are determined using pricing models with inputs that
are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated
by observable market data.
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Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are
supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair
value of the assets or liabilities.
The
Company measures and reports certain financial assets and liabilities at fair
value on a recurring basis, including money market funds, U. S. government
securities, municipal bonds, agency securities and foreign currency
derivatives. In accordance with SFAS 157, the following table represents the
Companys fair value hierarchy for its financial assets (cash equivalents and
marketable securities) measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of
September 27, 2008:
|
|
Level 1
|
|
Level 2
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Cash equivalents
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money market funds
|
|
$
|
198,500
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
198,500
|
|
U. S. government securities
|
|
|
|
99,007
|
|
99,007
|
|
Marketable securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U. S. government securities
|
|
|
|
31,706
|
|
31,706
|
|
Municipal bonds
|
|
|
|
20,908
|
|
20,908
|
|
Agency securities
|
|
|
|
55,225
|
|
55,225
|
|
Total cash equivalents and marketable securities
|
|
$
|
198,500
|
|
$
|
206,846
|
|
$
|
405,346
|
|
Note 5 Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (principally standard cost
which approximates actual cost on a first-in, first-out basis) or market value.
Provision for estimated excess and obsolete inventories are made based on
managements analysis of inventory levels and future sales forecasts. Once the
value is adjusted, the original
cost of the Companys inventory
less the related inventory write-down represents the new cost basis of such
products. Reversal of these write-downs is recognized only when the related
inventory has been scrapped or sold.
Inventories
consisted of the following:
|
|
September 27,
|
|
December 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Raw materials
|
|
$
|
3,514
|
|
$
|
12,442
|
|
Work-in-progress
|
|
12,882
|
|
12,971
|
|
Finished goods
|
|
5,809
|
|
3,896
|
|
|
|
$
|
22,205
|
|
$
|
29,309
|
|
Note
6 Warranty
The Company
offers warranties on its products, other than certain evaluation and early
adopter products that are not offered with warranty, and records a liability
for the estimated future costs associated with customer warranty claims, which
is based upon historical experience and the Companys estimate of the level of
future costs. Warranty costs are reflected in the Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Operations as a cost of revenues.
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A
reconciliation of the changes in the Companys warranty liability (included in
accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets) follows:
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Warranty accrual beginning balance
|
|
$
|
1,480
|
|
$
|
1,140
|
|
$
|
1,383
|
|
$
|
778
|
|
Accrual for warranties issued during the
period
|
|
1,398
|
|
1,867
|
|
3,886
|
|
4,500
|
|
Settlements made during the period
|
|
(985
|
)
|
(1,294
|
)
|
(3,376
|
)
|
(3,565
|
)
|
Warranty accrual ending balance
|
|
$
|
1,893
|
|
$
|
1,713
|
|
$
|
1,893
|
|
$
|
1,713
|
|
Note
7 Stock-Based Compensation
The Company
recorded stock-based compensation as follows:
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense by type of
award:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee stock options (1) (2)
|
|
$
|
4,024
|
|
$
|
5,501
|
|
$
|
13,591
|
|
$
|
16,940
|
|
Employee stock purchase plan
|
|
347
|
|
623
|
|
2,169
|
|
2,225
|
|
Restricted stock units (3) (4)
|
|
758
|
|
32
|
|
2,039
|
|
880
|
|
Net change in amounts capitalized as
inventory
|
|
(35
|
)
|
(36
|
)
|
106
|
|
(85
|
)
|
Total stock-based compensation
|
|
5,094
|
|
6,120
|
|
17,905
|
|
19,960
|
|
Tax effect on stock-based compensation
|
|
(1,751
|
)
|
(2,383
|
)
|
(5,581
|
)
|
(7,016
|
)
|
Effect on net (loss) income
|
|
$
|
3,343
|
|
$
|
3,737
|
|
$
|
12,324
|
|
$
|
12,944
|
|
(1)
|
|
The nine
months ended September 27, 2008 includes approximately $256,000 in net
stock-based compensation benefit resulting from the modification and
acceleration of the vesting of a portion of the Companys former Chief
Financial Officers stock options in conjunction with his separation
agreement and general release.
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
The nine months ended
September 29, 2007 includes approximately $575,000 in stock-based
compensation resulting from the accelerated vesting of a portion of the
Companys former Presidents stock options in conjunction with his separation
agreement and general release.
|
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
The nine
months ended September 27, 2008 includes approximately $287,000 in
stock-based compensation resulting from the acceleration of the vesting of a
portion of the Companys former Senior Vice President, Product Business
Groups restricted stock units in conjunction with his separation agreement
and general release (See Note 3 Restructuring Charges.)
|
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
The nine months ended
September 29, 2007 includes approximately $798,000 in incremental stock-based
compensation resulting from the acceleration of the Companys former
Presidents remaining unvested restricted stock units in conjunction with his
separation agreement and general release.
|
Equity
Incentive Plans
The Company
has four equity incentive plans: 1996 Stock Option Plan, Incentive Option Plan
and Management Incentive Option Plan (collectively, the Prior Plans), and
2002 Equity Incentive Plan (2002 Plan), which became effective in
June 2002. Upon the effectiveness of the 2002 Plan, the Company ceased
granting any equity awards under the Prior Plans, although forfeited Prior Plan
shares are transferred to the 2002 Plan.
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Stock Options
The following weighted average assumptions
were used in the estimated grant-date fair value calculations using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model for stock options:
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
Stock Options:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend yield
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected volatility
|
|
52.7
|
%
|
45.0
|
%
|
53.1
|
%
|
44.4
|
%
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
3.27
|
%
|
4.44
|
%
|
3.06
|
%
|
4.62
|
%
|
Expected term (in years)
|
|
4.75
|
|
4.75
|
|
4.75
|
|
4.71
|
|
Stock option activity under the Prior Plans and the 2002 Plan during
the nine months ended September 27, 2008 is set forth below:
|
|
Shares
|
|
Options
|
|
Weighted Average
|
|
|
|
Available
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
Balances, December 29, 2007
|
|
4,930,527
|
|
6,611,496
|
|
$
|
29.18
|
|
Additional shares reserved
|
|
2,432,112
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options granted
|
|
(1,123,510
|
)
|
1,123,510
|
|
20.90
|
|
Awards granted
|
|
(625,680
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Options exercised
|
|
|
|
(119,674
|
)
|
5.97
|
|
Options cancelled:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
636,520
|
|
(636,520
|
)
|
35.98
|
|
Expired
|
|
194,080
|
|
(194,080
|
)
|
31.34
|
|
Awards cancelled
|
|
53,245
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances, September 27, 2008
|
|
6,497,294
|
|
6,784,732
|
|
$
|
27.52
|
|
Restricted Stock Units
Restricted stock units are converted into
shares of the Companys common stock upon release on a one-for-one basis. The
vesting of restricted stock units is subject to the employees continuing
service to the Company. The cost of these awards is determined using the fair
value of the Companys common stock on the date of the grant, and compensation
cost is recognized over the vesting period. Restricted stock units generally
vest over four years.
Activity of the restricted stock units under
the 2002 Plan during the nine months ended September 27, 2008 is set forth
below:
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Grant
|
|
|
|
Units
|
|
Date Fair Value
|
|
Restricted stock units at December 29, 2007
|
|
22,150
|
|
$
|
32.76
|
|
Awards granted
|
|
625,680
|
|
20.17
|
|
Awards released
|
|
(27,180
|
)
|
30.27
|
|
Awards cancelled
|
|
(53,245
|
)
|
19.36
|
|
Restricted stock units at September 27,
2008
|
|
567,405
|
|
$
|
20.10
|
|
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Employee
Stock Purchase Plan
The Companys 2002 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (the ESPP) provides that eligible employees may contribute up to 15% of
their eligible earnings toward the semi-annual purchase of the Companys common
stock, subject to certain limitations. Under the ESPP, employees may purchase
the Companys common stock through payroll deductions at a price equal to 85%
of the lower of the fair market value at the beginning of the applicable
offering period or at the end of each applicable purchase period. Until
February 1, 2007, each offering period was generally two years in length,
consisting of four six month purchase periods. Effective from February 1, 2007,
the offering periods under the ESPP are a 12 month fixed offering period
commencing on February 1 of each calendar year and ending on January 31
st
of the subsequent calendar year, and a six
month fixed offering period commencing on August1
st
of each calendar
year and ending on January 31
st
of the subsequent calendar year. The
12 month offering period consists of two six month purchase periods and
the six month offering period consists of one six month purchase period. During
the nine months ended September 27, 2008 and September 29, 2007, 286,349
shares and 253,253 shares, respectively, were issued under the ESPP. As of
September 27, 2008, the Company had $0.4 million of total
unrecognized deferred stock-based compensation related to ESPP grants, which
will be recognized over the weighted average period of 0.3 years. Compensation
expense is calculated using the fair value of the employees purchase rights
under the Black-Scholes model.
The following assumptions were used in the estimated
fair value calculations for the employees purchase rights:
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
2008
|
|
September 29,
2007
|
|
September 27,
2008
|
|
September 29,
2007
|
|
ESPP:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend yield
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected volatility
|
|
56.2
|
%
|
37.9
|
%
|
52.2
|
%
|
41.1
|
%
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
1.88
|
%
|
4.96
|
%
|
2.10
|
%
|
5.02
|
%
|
Expected term (in years)
|
|
0.5
|
|
0.5
|
|
.74
|
|
0.73
|
|
Note 8 Net Income (Loss) per Share
Basic net
income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average
number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net income (loss)
per share is computed giving effect to all potential dilutive common stock,
including stock options, restricted stock units and common stock subject to
repurchase.
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A
reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used in the calculation of
basic and diluted net income (loss) per share follows:
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Basic net income (loss) per share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numerator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
$
|
(14,041
|
)
|
$
|
22,223
|
|
$
|
(50,661
|
)
|
$
|
58,539
|
|
Denominator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average common stock outstanding
|
|
48,988
|
|
48,291
|
|
48,855
|
|
47,757
|
|
Diluted net income (loss) per share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numerator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
$
|
(14,041
|
)
|
$
|
22,223
|
|
$
|
(50,661
|
)
|
$
|
58,539
|
|
Denominator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average shares used in computing
basic net income (loss) per share
|
|
48,988
|
|
48,291
|
|
48,855
|
|
47,757
|
|
Add: Dilutive potential common shares used
in computing diluted net income (loss) per share
|
|
|
|
1,438
|
|
|
|
1,578
|
|
Weighted-average number of shares used in
computing diluted net income (loss) per share
|
|
48,988
|
|
49,729
|
|
48,855
|
|
49,335
|
|
The following table sets
forth the weighted-average potentially dilutive securities excluded from the
computation in the table above because their effect would have been
antidilutive:
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Options to purchase common stock
|
|
6,788
|
|
2,947
|
|
6,865
|
|
2,635
|
|
Restricted stock units
|
|
571
|
|
|
|
509
|
|
|
|
Employee stock purchase plan
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
Total potentially dilutive securities
|
|
7,375
|
|
2,947
|
|
7,379
|
|
2,635
|
|
Note
9 Income Taxes
The Company estimates its annual effective tax rate at the end of each
quarterly period. The Companys estimate takes into account estimations of
annual pre-tax income or loss, the geographic mix of pre-tax income or loss,
non-temporary differences and the Companys interpretations of tax laws and
possible outcomes of audits.
The amount of income taxes the Company pays is subject to ongoing
audits by federal, state and non-U.S tax authorities which might result in
proposed assessments. The Companys estimates for the potential outcome for any
uncertain tax issue are judgmental in nature. However, the Company believes
that it has adequately provided for any reasonably foreseeable outcome related
to those matters. The Companys future results may include favorable or
unfavorable adjustments to its estimated tax liabilities in the period the
assessments are made or resolved or when statutes of limitation on potential
assessments expire. As of September 27, 2008, changes to the Companys
uncertain tax positions in the next 12 months would be from the results of
audits or statute of limitation expirations. These amounts are not estimable at
this time.
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Under FASB Interpretation No. 48 Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an Interpretation of FAS 109, the Company
classifies interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as part of
income tax expense. The Company recognized interest expense of $56,000 and
$305,000 for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2008, respectively,
and $145,000 and $540,000 for the three and nine months ended September 29,
2007, respectively. As of September 27, 2008, the Company had approximately
$293,000 of interest and zero penalties related to uncertain tax positions.
The Company and its subsidiaries file income
tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various U.S. states and non-U.S.
jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and
local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior
to 2001. The Company has been under examination by the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) for fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006. The IRS has completed the field
examination portion of this audit. The IRS issued a notice of proposed
assessment in August 2008. The Company has agreed to this assessment. The
Company has included the net results, a credit of $2.9 million, from the settlement
of the IRS audit in its tax provision for the three months ended September 27,
2008. The Company is currently under examination by the State of California
Franchise Tax Board for fiscal years 2004 and 2005.
At September 27, 2008, the Company added an
additional $2.6 million gross unrecognized tax benefit of which $2.0 million of
unrecognized tax benefits would impact its effective tax rate if
recognized. During the quarter ended September 27, 2008 the Company
released $5.9 million of liability related to settlements with tax authorities.
The Company intends to file a carryback claim
for its projected fiscal 2008 net operating loss. The expected tax benefits of
this carryback claim are reported as Refundable Income Taxes in the Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Subsequent to the Companys fiscal quarter end, the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008 which contains the Tax Extenders and Alternative
Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 was signed into law on October 3, 2008.
Under the act, the research tax credit was retroactively extended for
qualifying amounts after December 31, 2007 and before January 1, 2010. On
September 30, 2008, California enacted Assembly Bill 1452 which, among other
provisions, suspends net operating loss deductions for 2008 and 2009 and limits
the utilization of tax credits to fifty percent of taxpayers income. The
Company is currently in the process of analyzing the impact of these law
changes on its financial statements.
Note 10 Commitments and Contingencies
Environmental
Matters
The Company is subject to U.S. federal, state
and local, and foreign governmental laws and regulations relating to the
protection of the environment, including those governing the discharge of
pollutants into the air and water, the management and disposal of hazardous
substances and wastes, the clean-up of contaminated sites and the maintenance
of a safe workplace. The Company believes that it complies in all material
respects with the environmental laws and regulations that apply to it,
including those of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, the
Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the City of Livermore Water Resources
Division and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The
Company received two notices of violation in fiscal 2007 and one notice of
violation in the first quarter of fiscal 2008 from the City of Livermore
regarding violation of certain applicable waste water discharge limits. For
each notice received, the Company promptly investigated the violation, took
appropriate steps to address the cause of the violation, and implemented
corrective measures to prevent a recurrence. The Company implemented additional
waste water treatment capability in consultation with the City of Livermore,
and purchased additional waste water discharge capacity, which the Company
required as a result of its increased manufacturing capacity, through the City
of Livermore. No provision has been made for loss from environmental
remediation liabilities associated with the Companys Livermore facility
because the Company believes that it is not probable that a liability has been
incurred as of September 27, 2008.
While the Company believes that it is in
compliance in all material respects with the environmental laws and regulations
that apply to it, in the future, the Company may receive additional
environmental violation notices, and if received, final resolution of the
violations identified by these notices could harm the Companys operations,
which may adversely impact its operating results and cash flows. New laws and
regulations, stricter enforcement of existing laws and regulations, the
discovery of previously unknown contamination at the Company or others sites
or the imposition of new cleanup requirements could also harm the Companys
operations, thereby adversely impacting its operating results and cash flows.
Legal Matters
From time to time, the Company may be subject
to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. For the
fiscal quarter ended September 27, 2008, the Company was not involved in any
material legal proceedings, other than the proceedings summarized below. In the
future the Company may become a party to additional legal proceedings,
including proceedings designed to protect its intellectual property rights that
require the Company to spend significant resources.
Patent
Litigation
The Company has initiated patent infringement
litigation in the United States against Phicom Corporation, a Korea
corporation, and its U.S. subsidiary, both collectively Phicom, and against
Micronics Japan Co., Ltd., a Japan corporation, and its U.S.
subsidiary, both collectively Micronics Japan. In 2005, the Company filed a patent
infringement lawsuit in the
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United States District Court
for the District of Oregon against Phicom charging that it is willfully
infringing four U.S. patents that cover key aspects of the Companys wafer
probe cards U.S. Patent Nos. 5,974,662, entitled Method of Planarizing
Tips of Probe Elements of a Probe Card Assembly, 6,246,247, entitled Probe
Card Assembly and Kit, and Methods of Using Same, 6,624,648, entitled Probe
Card Assembly and 5,994,152, entitled Fabricating Interconnects and Tips
Using Sacrificial Substrates. In 2006, the Company also filed an amended
complaint in the same Oregon district court that adds two additional patents to
the litigation U.S. Patent Nos. 7,073,254, entitled Method for Mounting
a Plurality of Spring Contact Elements and 6,615,485, entitled Probe Card
Assembly and Kit, And Methods of Making Same. Phicom answered the complaint
and the amended complaint by denying infringement, alleging defenses and
asserting counterclaims seeking adjudications on the validity and
enforceability of the Companys patents and whether Phicom is infringing those
patents. Also in 2006, the Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United
States District Court for the Northern District of California against Micronics
Japan charging that it is willfully infringing four U.S. patents that cover key
aspects of the Companys wafer probe cardsU.S. Patent Nos. 6,246,247,
entitled Probe Card Assembly and Kit, and Methods of Using Same, 6,509,751,
entitled Planarizer for a Semiconductor Contactor, 6,624,648, entitled Probe
Card Assembly and 7,073,254, entitled Method for Mounting a Plurality of
Spring Contact Elements. Micronics Japan answered the complaint by denying
infringement, alleging defenses and asserting counterclaims seeking
adjudications on the validity and enforceability of the Companys patents and
whether Micronics Japan is infringing those patents. The complaints in these
actions seek both injunctive relief and monetary damages. These two district
court actions have been stayed pending resolution of the complaint that the
Company filed with the United States International Trade Commission, which is
described below.
On or about November 13, 2007, the
Company filed a complaint with the United States International Trade
Commission, or ITC, seeking institution of a formal investigation by the ITC
into the activities of Micronics Japan and Phicom. The requested investigation
encompasses U.S. Patent Nos. 5,994,152, entitled Fabricating
Interconnects and Tips Using Sacrificial Substrates, 6,509,751, entitled Planarizer
for a Semiconductor Contactor, 6,615,485, entitled Probe Card Assembly and
Kit, And Methods of Making Same, 6,624,648, entitled Probe Card Assembly,
7,168,162, entitled Method of Manufacturing a Probe Card and 7,225,538,
entitled Resilient Contact Structures Formed and Then Attached to a Substrate,
and alleges that infringement by each of Micronics Japan and Phicom of certain
of the identified patents constitute unfair acts in violation of 19 U.S.C.
Section 1337. In the ITC complaint, the Company alleges violations of
Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United
States of certain probe card assemblies, components thereof, and certain tested
DRAM and NAND flash memory devices and products containing such devices that
infringe patents owned by the Company, and requests a permanent exclusion order
banning importation into the United States of infringing products and certain
downstream products.
On or about December 13, 2007, the ITC
provided public notice that it voted to institute an investigation of certain
probe card assemblies, components thereof, and certain tested DRAM and NAND
flash memory devices and products containing such devices. The products at
issue in this investigation are probe card assemblies, which are used to test
semiconductor devices that have been fabricated on silicon wafers, memory chips
that have been so tested, and products containing such chips.
The investigation (337-TA-621) was originally
referred to the Honorable Theodore R. Essex, an ITC administrative law judge,
and in July 2008 was reassigned to the Honorable Charles E. Bullock, an ITC
administrative law judge, who will make an initial determination as to whether
there is a violation of Section 337; that initial determination is subject
to review by the ITC. The ITC has announced a scheduled hearing date commencing
on January 7, 2009; which would likely result in the issuance of an initial
determination by the administrative law judge on or before April 17, 2009. The
target date for the ITCs final determination is July 17, 2009. ITC remedial
orders in Section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final
60 days after issuance, subject to Presidential review.
In addition to the United States litigations,
the Company also initiated actions in Seoul, Korea against Phicom. In 2004 the
Company filed two actions in Seoul Southern District Court, located in Seoul,
South Korea, against Phicom alleging infringement of the Companys Korean
Patent Nos. 252,457, entitled Method of Fabricating Interconnections
Using Cantilever Elements and Sacrificial Substrates, 324,064, entitled Contact
Tip Structures for Microelectronic Interconnection Elements and Methods of
Making Same, 278,342, entitled Method of Altering the Orientation of Probe
Elements in a Probe Card Assembly and 399,210, entitled Probe Card Assembly;
as well as two actions the Company filed in 2006 in Seoul Central District
Court against Phicom alleging infringement of certain claims of its Korean
Patent No. 252,457 and seeking injunctive relief. These actions are all
pending, except that (i) in February 2007, the Seoul Central District Court
dismissed the Companys preliminary injunction complaint related to Korean
Patent No. 252,457 (ii) in April 2008, the Seoul Southern District Court
dismissed the Companys complaint as it related to Korean Patent
Nos. 252,457 and 324,064, and (iii) in July 2008, the Seoul Central
District Court dismissed the Companys merit complaint related to Korean Patent
No. 252,457. The Company appealed the dismissals to the Seoul High Court except
the dismissal of the
preliminary injunction claim.
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In response to the Companys initiation of
the infringement actions in Korea, Phicom filed in the Korean Intellectual
Property Office, or KIPO, invalidity actions challenging the validity of some
or all of the claims of each of the Companys four patents at issue in the
Seoul Southern District Court infringement actions. KIPO dismissed Phicoms
challenges against all four of the patents-at-issue. Phicom appealed the
dismissals of the challenges to the Korea Patent Court. In 2005 the Korea
Patent Court issued rulings holding invalid certain claims of the Companys
Korean Patent Nos. 278,342 and 399,210. In 2006, the Korea Patent Court
issued a ruling holding invalid certain claims of the Companys Korean Patent
No. 324,064, and also issued a ruling upholding the validity of the Companys
Korean Patent No. 252,457. The Company appealed the Patent Court
invalidity rulings to the Korea Supreme Court. Phicom appealed the Patent Court
ruling on Korean Patent No. 252,457 to the Korea Supreme Court. In
September 2007, the Korea Supreme Court affirmed the Patent Court rulings
holding invalid certain claims of the Companys Korean Patent Nos. 278,342
and 399,210. In April 2008, the Korea Supreme Court affirmed the Patent Court
ruling holding invalid certain claims of the Companys Korean Patent
No. 324,064. In June 2008, the Korea Supreme Court reversed the Patent
Court ruling and invalidated certain claims of the Companys Korean Patent
No. 252,457
and remanded the case for further trial to the Patent
Court.
Additionally, one or more third parties have
initiated challenges in the U.S. and foreign patent offices against other of
the Companys patents. These actions include re-examination proceedings filed
in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office against certain of the Companys U.S.
Patents that are at issue in the ITC investigation, and proceedings in Korea
against two of the Companys Korean patents and proceedings filed in Taiwan
against four of the Companys Taiwan patents.
No provision has been made for patent-related
litigation because the Company believes that it is not probable that a
liability had been incurred as of September 27, 2008. The Company will incur
material attorneys fees in prosecuting and defending the various identified
actions.
Securities
Litigation
On October 31, 2007, a plaintiff filed a
purported stockholder class action in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of California in which the Company and certain of its then
officers, including one former officer who is a current director, are named as
defendants under the caption Danny McCasland, Individually and on Behalf of
All Others Similarly Situated v. FormFactor, Inc., Igor Y. Khandros,
Ronald C. Foster and Richard M. Freeman. Subsequently, plaintiffs filed two
other purported stockholder class actions in the United States District Court
for the Northern District of California under the captions Yuk Ling Lui, on
Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. FormFactor, Inc., Igor
Y. Khandros, Ronald C. Foster and Richard M. Freeman, and Victor Albertazzi,
Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. FormFactor, Inc.,
Igor Y. Khandros, Ronald C. Foster and Richard M. Freeman. The three actions
have been consolidated. The plaintiffs filed these actions following the
Companys restatement of its financial statements for the fiscal year ended
December 30, 2006, for each of the fiscal quarters for that year, and for the
fiscal quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2007. In April 2008, the designated
lead plaintiffs filed a Consolidated Amended Complaint. The plaintiffs claimed
violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a), and Rule 10b-5 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, alleging that the defendants knowingly issued
materially false and misleading statements regarding the Companys business and
financial results prior to the restatements. On July 25, 2008, the court
granted the defendants motion to dismiss the Consolidated Amended Complaint
with leave to amend. On August 22, 2008 the designated lead plaintiffs filed a
Second Amended Complaint. The Second Amended Complaint also alleges violations
of Sections 10(b) and 20(a), and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. The plaintiffs again claim that defendants knowingly issued materially
false and misleading statements regarding the Companys business and financial
results prior to the restatement, as well as regarding the development of the
Harmony product line. Plaintiffs seek to recover unspecified monetary damages,
equitable relief and attorneys fees and costs. Defendants filed a motion to
dismiss the Second Amended Complaint on October 6, 2008, and a hearing on the
motion has been set for January 16, 2009.
No provision has been made for the securities
litigation because the Company believes that it is not probable that a
liability had been incurred as of September 27, 2008.
Stockholder
Derivative Litigation
On November 19, 2007, a plaintiff filed
a purported stockholder derivative action in the Superior Court of the State of
California for the County of Alameda in which the Company is named as a nominal
defendant and certain of its directors and then officers are named as
defendants under the caption John King, Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal
Defendant FormFactor, Inc. v. Dr. Igor Y. Khandros, Dr. Homa
Bahrami, Dr. Thomas J. Campbell, G. Carl Everett, Jr., Lothar Maier,
James A. Prestridge, Harvey A. Wagner, Ronald C. Foster and Richard M.
Freeman, and FormFactor, Inc. Subsequently,
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another plaintiff filed a second
purported stockholder class action in the Superior Court of the State of
California for the County of Alameda under the caption Joseph Priestley,
Derivatively on Behalf of FormFactor, Inc. v. Igor Y. Khandros, Mario
Ruscev, James A. Prestridge, Thomas J. Campbell, Harvey A. Wagner, G. Carl
Everett, Jr., Homa Bahrami, Lothar Maier, William H. Davidow and Joseph R.
Bronson, and FormFactor, Inc. The plaintiffs filed these two later
actions following the Companys restatement of its financial statements for the
fiscal year ended December 30, 2006, for each of the fiscal quarters for
that year, and for the fiscal quarters ended March 31 and June 30,
2007. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties
and violated applicable law by issuing, and permitting the Company to issue,
materially false and misleading statements regarding the Companys business and
financial results prior to the restatements. The plaintiffs seek to recover
monetary damages, and attorneys fees and costs. The two derivative actions
have been consolidated, and a consolidated amended complaint is expected to be
filed on or about February 23, 2009.
No provision has been made for the
stockholder derivative litigation because the Company believes that it is not
probable that a liability had been incurred as of September 27, 2008.
The Company believes that the factual
allegations and circumstances underlying the legal proceedings in this Note 10
filed against the Company are without merit. The Company also believes that it
does not have a material monetary damages exposure in these legal proceedings
that would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on
its financial condition, liquidity or results of operations; however, these
legal proceedings have been costly and it is possible the Company will incur
significant, and possibly material, attorneys fees, which may not be covered
by its insurance policies. These legal proceedings may also divert the Companys
managements time and attention away from business operations, which could
prove to be disruptive to the Companys business operations. In addition, an
unfavorable outcome or settlement of these proceedings, particularly if it is
not covered by or exceeds our insurance coverage, could individually or in the
aggregate adversely impact the Companys financial condition, liquidity or
results of operations.
Indemnification
Arrangements
The Company
from time to time in the ordinary course of its business enters into
contractual arrangements with third parties that include indemnification
obligations. Under these contractual arrangements, the Company has agreed to
defend, indemnify and/or hold the third party harmless from and against certain
losses. These arrangements may limit the time within which an indemnification
claim can be made, type of claim and the total amount that the Company can be
required to pay in connection with the indemnification obligation. In addition,
the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and
certain of its officers, and the Companys bylaws contain indemnification
obligations in favor of the Companys directors, officers and agents. It is not
possible to determine or reasonably estimate the maximum potential amount of
future payments under these indemnification obligations due to the varying
terms of such obligations, the history of prior indemnification claims and the
unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular contractual
arrangement and in each potential future claim for indemnification. The Company
has not had any requests for indemnification under these arrangements. The
Company has not recorded any liabilities for these indemnification arrangements
on the Companys Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 27,
2008.
Note
11 Stockholders Equity
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Comprehensive
income (loss) includes foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized
gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, the impact of which has been
excluded from net income and reflected as components of stockholders equity.
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Components of
comprehensive income (loss) were as follows:
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
$
|
(14,041
|
)
|
$
|
22,223
|
|
$
|
(50,661
|
)
|
$
|
58,539
|
|
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on
marketable securities, net of tax
|
|
116
|
|
1,209
|
|
(719
|
)
|
772
|
|
Cumulative translation adjustments
|
|
(273
|
)
|
112
|
|
(47
|
)
|
49
|
|
Comprehensive (loss) income
|
|
$
|
(14,198
|
)
|
$
|
23,544
|
|
$
|
(51,427
|
)
|
$
|
59,360
|
|
Components of
accumulated other comprehensive income were as follows:
|
|
September 27,
|
|
December 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Unrealized gain on marketable securities
|
|
$
|
113
|
|
$
|
832
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
|
50
|
|
97
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income
|
|
$
|
163
|
|
$
|
929
|
|
Note
12 Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company uses derivative instruments to manage its exposure to
foreign currencies. As of September 27, 2008, there were three outstanding
foreign exchange forward contracts to sell Japanese Yen, Korean Won and Taiwan
Dollars. The following table provides information about our foreign currency
forward contracts outstanding as of September 27, 2008:
|
|
Contract Amount
(Local Currency)
|
|
Contract Amount
(U.S. Dollars)
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Japanese Yen
|
|
1,676,275
|
|
$
|
15,820
|
|
Taiwan Dollar
|
|
34,336
|
|
1,067
|
|
Korean Won
|
|
1,174,760
|
|
1,007
|
|
Total USD notional amount of outstanding
foreign exchange contracts
|
|
|
|
$
|
17,894
|
|
The contracts were entered into on September 26, 2008 and matured on
October 24, 2008. No gain or loss relating to the outstanding derivative
contracts was recorded as of September 27, 2008.
Note
13 Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In October 2008, the FASB issued FASB
Staff Position (FSP) No
157-3
Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for
That Asset Is Not Active which clarifies the application of SFAS No.
157 when the market for a financial asset is not active and illustrates how an entity would determine fair value when the
market for a financial asset is not active. The FSP is effective immediately
and applies to prior periods for which financial statements have not been
issued, including interim or annual periods ending on or before
September 30, 2008. The adoption of FAS 157-3 did not have any impact on
the Companys consolidated financial statements
In September 2008, the FASB issued FASB FSP No.
133-1 and FIN 45-4 (FSP FAS 133-1 and FIN 45-4), Disclosures about Credit
Derivatives and Certain Guarantees: An Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 and
FASB Interpretation No. 45; and Clarification of the Effective Date of FASB
Statement No. 161. FSP FAS 133-1 and FIN 45-4 amends FASB Statement No. 133 (SFAS
133), Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, to
require disclosures by sellers of
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credit derivatives, including credit
derivatives embedded in hybrid instruments. FSP FAS 133-1 and FIN 45-4 also
amend FASB Interpretation No. 45 (FIN 45), Guarantors Accounting and
Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of
Indebtedness to Others, to require additional disclosure about the current
status of the payment/performance risk of a guarantee. The provisions of the
FSP that amend SFAS 133 and FIN 45 are effective for reporting periods ending
after November 15, 2008. FSP FAS 133-1 and FIN 45-4 also clarifies the effective
date in FASB Statement No. 161 (SFAS 161), Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities. Disclosures required by SFAS 161 are
effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods
beginning after November 15, 2008. The Company is currently assessing the
impact of FSP FAS 133-1 and FIN 45-4 on its consolidated financial results.
In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,
an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133. SFAS No. 161 amends and
expands the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 133 with the intent to
provide users of financial statements with an enhanced understanding of: (i)
how and why an entity uses derivative instruments; (ii) how derivative
instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133
and its related interpretations and (iii) how derivative instruments and
related hedged items affect an entitys financial position, financial
performance and cash flows. This statement is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after
November 15, 2008, with early adoption encouraged. The Company is
currently assessing the impact of SFAS No. 161 on its consolidated financial
results.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
LiabilitiesIncluding an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115. This
statement permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and
certain other items at fair value. Entities shall report unrealized gains
and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in
earnings at each subsequent reporting date. This statement is effective
as of the beginning of an entitys first fiscal year that begins after November
15, 2007. The adoption of SFAS No. 159, effective January 1, 2008, did not
have a material impact on the Companys financial position, results of
operations or cash flows as the Company did not elect the fair value
measurement option for any additional financial instruments or other items.
Item 2.
Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Cautionary
Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Securities
Act of 1933, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are
difficult to predict. The forward-looking statements include statements
concerning, among other things, our business strategy, including anticipated
trends and developments in and management plans for our business and the
markets in which we operate, financial results, operating results, revenues,
gross margin, operating expenses, products, projected costs and capital
expenditures, research and development programs, sales and marketing
initiatives, and competition. In some cases, you can identify these statements
by forward-looking words such as may, might, will, could, should, expect,
plan, anticipate, believe, estimate, predict, intend and continue,
the negative or plural of these words and other comparable terminology.
The forward-looking statements are only predictions based on our
current expectations and our projections about future events. All
forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report are based upon
information available to us as of the filing date of this Quarterly Report. You
should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We
undertake no obligation to update any of these statements for any reason. These
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by these statements. These factors include the matters discussed in the
section titled Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 29, 2007, and in the section titled Risk Factors and elsewhere
in this Quarterly Report. You should carefully consider the numerous risks and
uncertainties described under these sections.
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction
with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes
contained in this Quarterly Report. Unless expressly stated or the context
otherwise requires, the terms we, our, us and FormFactor refer to
FormFactor, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
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Overview
We design, develop, manufacture, sell and support precision, high
performance advanced semiconductor wafer probe cards and wafer test solutions.
Semiconductor manufacturers use our wafer probe cards to perform wafer sort and
test on the semiconductor die, or chips, on the whole semiconductor wafer,
prior to singulation of the wafer into individual chips. During wafer sort and
test, a wafer probe card is mounted in a prober, which is in turn connected to
a semiconductor tester, and the wafer probe card is used as an interface to
connect electronically with and test individual chips on a wafer. Our wafer
probe cards are used by our customers in the front end of the semiconductor
manufacturing process, as are our parametric or in-line probe cards. We work
closely with our customers to design, develop and manufacture custom wafer
probe cards. Each wafer probe card is a custom product that is specific to the
chip and wafer designs of the customer. At the core of our product offering are
our proprietary technologies, including our MicroSpring interconnect technology
and design processes. Our MicroSpring interconnect technology includes a
resilient contact element manufactured at our production facilities in
Livermore, California. We operate in a single industry segment and have derived
substantially all of our revenues from the sale of wafer probe cards
incorporating our MicroSpring interconnect technology.
Our customers operate in the highly cyclical semiconductor industry and
are subject to significant fluctuations in the demand for their products.
Because of the nature of our customers and our business, our revenue growth is
driven in significant part by the number of new semiconductor designs that our
customers develop, the technology transitions involved in these designs and our
customers production volumes. In the past, this has resulted in our being
subject to demand fluctuations that have resulted in significant variations of
revenues, expenses and results of operations. We expect these fluctuations and
the resulting variations in our financial results to continue in future
periods.
Revenues.
We
derive substantially all of our revenues from product sales of wafer probe
cards. Wafer probe card sales, including service and non-recurring engineering
revenue associated with wafer probe card sales, accounted for virtually all of
our revenues in the first nine months of fiscal 2008 and 2007. Revenues from
licensing of our design and manufacturing technologies have historically been
insignificant. Historically, increases in revenues have resulted from increased
demand for our existing products, the introduction of new, more complex
products and the penetration of new markets. Revenues from our customers are
subject to quarterly, annual and other fluctuations due to design cycles,
technology adoption rates and cyclicality of the different end markets into
which our customers products are sold.
Cost of Revenues.
Cost
of revenues consists primarily of manufacturing materials, compensation and
manufacturing-related overhead. Our manufacturing operations rely upon a
limited number of suppliers to provide key components and materials for our
products, some of which are sole source. We order materials and supplies based
on backlog and forecasted customer orders. Tooling and setup costs related to
changing manufacturing lots at our suppliers are also included in the cost of
revenues. We expense all warranty costs and inventory write-downs or write-offs
as cost of revenues.
We design, manufacture and sell a fully custom product into the
semiconductor test market, which is subject to significant variability and
demand fluctuations. Our wafer probe cards are complex products that are custom
to a specific chip design and must be delivered on relatively short lead-times
as compared to our overall manufacturing process. As our advanced wafer probe
cards are manufactured in low volumes and must be delivered on relatively short
lead-times, it is not uncommon for us to acquire production materials and start
certain production activities based on estimated production yields and
forecasted demand prior to or in excess of actual demand for our wafer probe
cards. We record an adjustment to our inventory valuation for estimated
obsolete and non-saleable inventories equal to the difference between the cost
of inventories and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about
future demand market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable
than those projected by management, additional inventory write downs would be
required. Once established, the original cost of our inventory less the related
inventory valuation adjustments represents the new cost basis of such products.
Reversal of these write downs is recognized only when the related inventory has
been scrapped or sold.
Research and Development
.
Research and development expenses include expenses related to product
development and design, engineering and material costs. Almost all research and
development costs are expensed as incurred. We plan to continue to invest a
significant amount in research and development activities to develop new
technologies for current and new markets and new applications in the future,
and to improve or advance existing technologies.
Selling, General and Administrative
.
Selling, general and administrative expenses include expenses related to sales,
marketing, and administrative personnel, internal and outside sales
representatives commissions, market research and consulting, and other sales,
marketing, and administrative activities. These expenses also include costs for
enforcing our patent rights and regulatory compliance costs.
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Restructuring Charges.
Restructuring
charges includes expenses related to employee termination severance pay and
benefits and property and equipment impairment charges incurred as part of our
previously announced, global cost reduction plans.
Use of Estimates.
Our
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations
are based upon our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements
requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amount of
assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our
estimates, including those related to uncollectible receivables, inventories,
marketable securities, intangible assets, income taxes, warranty obligations,
excess component and order cancellation costs, contingencies and litigation,
and stock-based compensation. Our estimates, which are based on historical
experience and on various other assumptions believed to be reasonable under the
circumstances, allow us to make judgments about the carrying values of assets
and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
Results
of Operations
The following table sets forth our operating results as a percentage of
revenues for the periods indicated:
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
Revenues
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
100.0
|
%
|
100.0
|
%
|
100.0
|
%
|
Cost of revenues
|
|
77.2
|
|
46.8
|
|
79.1
|
|
45.8
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
22.8
|
|
53.2
|
|
20.9
|
|
54.2
|
|
Operating expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development
|
|
32.4
|
|
12.9
|
|
28.9
|
|
13.1
|
|
Selling, general and administrative
|
|
45.0
|
|
18.7
|
|
40.5
|
|
20.3
|
|
Restructuring charge
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
|
5.1
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
77.7
|
|
31.6
|
|
74.5
|
|
33.4
|
|
Operating (loss) income
|
|
(54.9
|
)
|
21.6
|
|
(53.6
|
)
|
20.8
|
|
Interest income, net
|
|
5.3
|
|
4.6
|
|
6.4
|
|
4.9
|
|
Other income
|
|
0.5
|
|
0.3
|
|
0.2
|
|
0.1
|
|
(Loss) income before income taxes
|
|
(49.1
|
)
|
26.5
|
|
(47.0
|
)
|
25.8
|
|
(Benefit) provision for income taxes
|
|
(22.4
|
)
|
8.8
|
|
(17.3
|
)
|
8.7
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
(26.7
|
)%
|
17.7
|
%
|
(29.7
|
)%
|
17.1
|
%
|
Three and Nine Months Ended September 27,
2008 and September 29, 2007:
Revenues
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
2008
|
|
September 29,
2007
|
|
% Change
|
|
September 27,
2008
|
|
September 29,
2007
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
|
(in thousands, except percentages)
|
|
Revenues by Market:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DRAM
|
|
$
|
36,525
|
|
$
|
82,243
|
|
(55.6
|
)%
|
$
|
108,421
|
|
$
|
237,850
|
|
(54.4
|
)%
|
Flash
|
|
8,470
|
|
32,153
|
|
(73.7
|
)
|
36,207
|
|
69,025
|
|
(47.5
|
)
|
Logic
|
|
7,589
|
|
10,895
|
|
(30.3
|
)
|
25,672
|
|
34,811
|
|
(26.3
|
)
|
Total revenues
|
|
$
|
52,584
|
|
$
|
125,291
|
|
(58.0
|
)%
|
$
|
170,300
|
|
$
|
341,686
|
|
(50.2
|
)%
|
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Revenues in the three months ended September 27, 2008 decreased 58.0%,
or $72.7 million, to $52.6 million from $125.3 million in the comparable period
a year ago. Revenues for the nine months ended September 27, 2008 decreased
50.2%, or $171.4 million, to $170.3 million from $341.7 million in the
comparable period a year ago. The decrease in revenue for the three months and
nine months ended September 27, 2008 is primarily due to weak demand for our
advanced wafer probe cards caused by the continued downturn in the
semiconductor market. For certain of our products we also experienced pricing
pressure in light of the availability of competitive products, which also
contributed to the decrease in revenues.
Our revenues for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2008
were primarily generated by sales of wafer probe cards to manufacturers of DRAM
devices. Revenues for our products that address the DRAM segment in the three
and nine months ended September 27, 2008 decreased significantly compared to
the same periods in the prior year, primarily due to weak market conditions in
which DRAM device pricing fell below the industry average of semiconductor
manufacturers cash costs. Given the current price of DRAM devices, our
customers that manufacture DRAM devices took certain actions, including
decisions to delay test capacity expansions and ramping of key devices.
We also experienced pricing pressure on certain DRAM test products due to the
competitive environment.
Revenues from sales to Flash memory device manufacturers also decreased
significantly in the three and nine months ended September 27, 2008 compared to
the same periods in the prior year, with the decrease primarily driven by sales
decline of NOR Flash wafer probe cards. Market conditions for Flash memory devices
weakened during the nine months ended September 27, 2008 compared to the
comparable period a year ago and, as a consequence, our customers that
manufacture Flash memory devices took certain actions that impacted the demand
for our products. The weakness in NOR Flash can be attributed to certain
key customers pushing their production ramp of 65-nanometer into the fourth
quarter of 2008.
We also
experienced market share reduction as a result of pricing pressure on certain
Flash memory products due to the competitive environment.
Revenues from manufacturers of Logic devices decreased in the three and
nine months ended September 27, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior
year, primarily due to delayed production ramp of a key customers ongoing transition
to advanced technology nodes in both chipset application and high performance
flip-chip microprocessors, which are used in personal computer, gaming and
graphics applications. The revenue decline in the three and nine month ended
September 27, 2008, was partly offset by growth in the Wire-bond Logic market
segment.
Revenue by Geographic Region
The following table sets forth our revenues by geographic region for
the periods indicated:
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
% of
|
|
September 29,
|
|
% of
|
|
September 27,
|
|
% of
|
|
September 29,
|
|
% of
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Revenues
|
|
2007
|
|
Revenues
|
|
2008
|
|
Revenues
|
|
2007
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
(In thousands, except percentages)
|
|
(In thousands, except percentages)
|
|
Japan
|
|
$
|
17,688
|
|
33.6
|
%
|
$
|
63,498
|
|
50.7
|
%
|
$
|
71,095
|
|
41.7
|
%
|
$
|
140,717
|
|
41.2
|
%
|
Asia Pacific
|
|
18,901
|
|
35.9
|
|
40,386
|
|
32.2
|
|
52,046
|
|
30.6
|
|
112,345
|
|
32.9
|
|
North America
|
|
12,265
|
|
23.3
|
|
14,760
|
|
11.8
|
|
37,473
|
|
22.0
|
|
66,006
|
|
19.3
|
|
Europe
|
|
3,730
|
|
7.2
|
|
6,647
|
|
5.3
|
|
9,686
|
|
5.7
|
|
22,618
|
|
6.6
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
$
|
52,584
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
125,291
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
170,300
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
341,686
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Geographic revenue information is based on the location to which we
send the customer invoices. For example, certain Korean customers purchase
through their North American subsidiaries and accordingly, revenues derived
from sales to such customers are reflected in North America revenues.
The decreases in Japan and Asia Pacific for the three and nine months
ended September 27, 2008 as compared to the same periods in the prior year was
primarily due to the decrease in our DRAM product sales in the region. The
decrease in revenues in North America for the three and nine months ended
September 27, 2008 compared to the same periods in the prior year was primarily
driven by decreased demand for our Flash and Logic wafer probe cards. Revenue
in Europe decreased for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2008
primarily due to the decreased demand for our Commodity and Specialty DRAM
products in this region.
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The following customers accounted for more than 10% of our revenues:
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
Elpida Memory
|
|
15.5
|
%
|
26.6
|
%
|
23.4
|
%
|
25.4
|
%
|
Spansion
|
|
*
|
|
22.6
|
|
13.1
|
|
14.5
|
|
Intel Corporation
|
|
*
|
|
*
|
|
13.0
|
|
10.9
|
|
Powerchip Semiconductor
|
|
*
|
|
13.8
|
|
*
|
|
11.1
|
|
* Less than
10% of revenues.
Gross
Margin
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
$
|
12,001
|
|
$
|
66,682
|
|
$
|
35,674
|
|
$
|
185,123
|
|
% of revenues
|
|
22.8
|
%
|
53.2
|
%
|
20.9
|
%
|
54.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The decrease in gross margin for the three
and nine months ended September 27, 2008 as compared to the same periods in
fiscal 2007 is primarily due to the decline in revenue combined with our fixed
cost structure and secondly, increase in inventory write-downs due to weaker
demand. Excess custom probe card inventory write-downs increased from
$9.5 million or 2.8% of revenues in the nine months ended September 29,
2007 to $12.3 million or 7.2% of revenues in the nine months ended September
27, 2008, as a result of sudden changes in demand, overall decline in the
market and the uncertainty regarding the timing and magnitude of a recovery in
the market. Excess custom inventories are not uncommon for us as our advanced
wafer probe cards are custom designs manufactured in low volumes and must be
delivered on relatively short lead times, which requires us to acquire
production materials and start certain production activities prior to receiving
orders.
Research
and Development
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Research and development
|
|
$
|
17,079
|
|
$
|
16,219
|
|
$
|
49,288
|
|
$
|
44,704
|
|
% of revenues
|
|
32.4
|
%
|
12.9
|
%
|
28.9
|
%
|
13.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development expenses increased in absolute dollars for the
three and nine months ended September 27, 2008 as compared to the same periods
in the prior year primarily due to an increase in new technology, product
development related costs and facility expansion offset by a decrease in
personnel costs. For the three and nine months ended September 27, 2008, expenses
related to new technology and product development increased $1.3 million and $4.8
million, respectively, depreciation and facilities and information technology
allocations remained relatively flat and increased $0.4 million , respectively,
due to new investment in research and development equipment and facilities
expansion and personnel costs decreased $0.2 million and $0.6 million,
respectively, due to newly implemented cost saving strategies. Stock-based
compensation decreased by $0.1 million for the three and nine months ended
September 27, 2008 compared to the same periods in fiscal 2007 primarily due to
an increase in turnover which resulted in a higher forfeiture rate used to
calculate stock-based compensation expense. We are continuing our strategic
investments in research and development, including the development of our next
generation parallelism architecture and products, fine pitch memory and logic
products, advanced MicroSpring interconnect technology and new process
technologies. We are also making incremental investments in new technologies
and products as we focus on new market opportunities.
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Selling, General and
Administrative
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Selling, general and administrative
|
|
$
|
23,675
|
|
$
|
23,365
|
|
$
|
69,038
|
|
$
|
69,349
|
|
% of revenues
|
|
45.0
|
%
|
18.7
|
%
|
40.5
|
%
|
20.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased in absolute
dollars for the three months ended September 27, 2008 compared to the same
period in the prior year primarily due to an increase in legal costs offset by
decreased personnel costs. Selling, general and administrative expenses
decreased in absolute dollars for the nine months ended September 27, 2008
compared to the same period in the prior year due to a decrease in personnel
costs, offset by increased legal costs. For the three and nine months ended September 27,
2008, personnel related costs decreased by approximately $1.4 million and $3.2
million, respectively, primarily due to changes in the prior period for the key
employee bonus and profit sharing plans, while outside legal services incurred
for protecting our intellectual property portfolio, tax services and other
expenses increased by approximately $2.2 million and $4.9 million,
respectively. In addition, stock-based compensation expense decreased $0.5
million and $2.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 27,
2008, respectively, primarily due to an increase in turnover which resulted in
a higher forfeiture rate used to calculate stock-based compensation expense and
higher than normal forfeiture activity.
Restructuring
Charges
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
$
|
141
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
8,684
|
|
$
|
|
|
% of revenues
|
|
0.3
|
%
|
|
%
|
5.1
|
%
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In both the first and second quarters of fiscal 2008, we implemented global cost reduction plans that included reducing our global workforce. We recorded $0.1 million and $8.7 million in restructuring charges in the three and nine months ended September 27, 2008, respectively. Both plans consisted primarily of involuntary employee termination and benefit costs and facility impairment charges related to vacating buildings in Livermore, California. Substantially all of the employee related charges for the first quarter 2008 cost reduction plan were paid during the second quarter of fiscal 2008 and substantially all of the second quarter 2008 cost reduction plan were paid by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2008. We expect to realize a quarterly cost savings of approximately $7.0 million as a result of the reduced employee related expenses.
Interest Income and
Other Income, Net
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
Interest income, net
|
|
$
|
2,805
|
|
$
|
5,766
|
|
$
|
10,808
|
|
$
|
16,767
|
|
% of revenue
|
|
5.3
|
%
|
4.6
|
%
|
6.4
|
%
|
4.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income
|
|
$
|
263
|
|
$
|
415
|
|
$
|
404
|
|
$
|
234
|
|
% of revenues
|
|
0.5
|
%
|
0.3
|
%
|
0.2
|
%
|
0.1
|
%
|
The
decrease in interest income on cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities
was primarily a result of lower interest rates
for the three and nine months
ended September 27, 2008 as compared to the three and nine months ended September 29,
2007. Seeking greater investment safety, we re-allocated our investment
securities from longer maturity, higher yield municipal securities to U. S.
government and agency shorter maturity securities. Weighted average
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yields for the
three and nine months ended September 27, 2008 were 2.12% and 2.58%,
respectively, as compared to 4.48% and 4.44%, respectively, for the three and
nine months ended September 29, 2007. Cash, cash equivalents, restricted
cash and marketable securities were $536.1 million at September 27, 2008
compared to $539.4 million at September 29, 2007. Other income for the
three and nine months ended September 27, 2008 and September 29, 2007
was mainly comprised of foreign currency gains and losses primarily related to
Japanese Yen, realized gains related to the sale of investments and bank fees.
Provision for Income Taxes
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
September 27,
|
|
September 29,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
(Benefit) provision for income taxes
|
|
$
|
(11,785
|
)
|
$
|
11,056
|
|
$
|
29,463
|
|
$
|
29,532
|
|
Effective tax rate
|
|
(45.6
|
)%
|
33.2
|
%
|
(36.8
|
)%
|
33.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 27,
2008 is a benefit compared to a provision for the same period in the prior
year. The benefit is primarily due to a
projected pretax loss in the U.S. Our
effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2008,
respectively, is higher than the statutory federal income tax rate of 35%
primarily due to a favorable resolution of issues related to the 2004-2006 IRS
examination reached during the quarter.
The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 29,
2007, respectively, was lower than the statutory federal income rate of 35%
primarily due to federal tax credits offset by non-U.S. net operating losses at
a rate below the federal statutory rate.
We believe that our expected U.S. loss is fully realizable based on
sufficient amounts of taxes paid in prior years for which we plan to file
carryback refund claims. We also expect
to incur a pretax loss in Singapore for which no tax benefit is recognized,
which will reduce the expected consolidated benefit below the U.S. statutory
rate.
On
October 3, 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 was
signed into law. Under this law, the research tax credit was retroactively
extended through January 1, 2010 from December 31, 2007. This extension
has no immediate impact on our tax provision and we are currently reviewing the
effect it will have on our fourth quarter and full year tax rate for the fiscal
year 2008. The California 2008-2009
Budget Bill (Assembly Bill 1452), enacted on September 30, 2008, resulted
in two temporary changes to the California income tax. First, the bill suspends
the use of net operating loss carryovers for the fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
Second, the bill limits the use of research tax credit carryovers to no more
than 50% of the tax liability before credits.
While these changes will not affect our 2008 effective tax rate, they
may impact our 2009 tax provision. At
this time we cannot estimate the effect, if any, of these changes to our tax
rates.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
September 27,
2008
|
|
Change
|
|
December 29,
2007
|
|
Working capital
|
|
$
|
598,388
|
|
(3.8
|
)%
|
$
|
622,093
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents and marketable
securities
|
|
535,453
|
|
(6.1
|
)
|
570,046
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Working capital:
The decrease in working capital in the first
nine months of fiscal 2008 was primarily due to a decrease in our cash, cash
equivalents and marketable securities balances resulting from additional cash
used in operating activities primarily driven by the operating loss incurred
during the nine months ended September 27, 2008, offset by cash provided
by investing activities driven by the liquidation of certain municipal bond
investments and cash from financing activities.
Cash, cash equivalents and
marketable securities:
Cash and cash equivalents consist of deposits held at major banks,
money market funds and U. S. government securities that at the time of purchase
had maturities of 90 days or less. Marketable
securities consist of U. S. government and
agency securities and municipal bonds. Cash, cash equivalents and marketable
securities include $3.7 million held by our foreign subsidiaries as of September 27,
2008.
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Days sales outstanding from receivables, or DSO, was 57 days at September 27,
2008 compared with 45 days at December 29, 2007. The increase in DSO is
primarily due to the significant decrease in revenue for the nine months ended September 27,
2008 combined with the increased mix of customers with longer standard payment
terms. At September 27, 2008, 56.1%
of the accounts receivable balance included payment terms of 60 days or greater
as compared to 37.3% at December 29, 2007.
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 27,
|
|
|
|
September 29,
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
2008
|
|
Change
|
|
2007
|
|
Cash (used in) provided by operating
activities
|
|
$
|
(13,857
|
)
|
(133
|
)%
|
$
|
42,001
|
|
Cash provided by (used for) investing
activities
|
|
120,494
|
|
(245
|
)
|
(83,013
|
)
|
Cash provided by financing activities
|
|
5,944
|
|
(85
|
)
|
40,392
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating
activities:
Net
cash used in operating activities was primarily driven by the operating loss
incurred during the nine months ended September 27, 2008. Net cash used in
operating activities was also the result of cash used to increase inventories
and refundable income taxes and to decrease accounts payable and accrued
liabilities. This was offset by cash provided by decreases in accounts
receivable, income taxes payable, prepaid expenses and other current assets,
and the impact of non-cash items, primarily depreciation and amortization
expense, stock-based compensation, and reserves for excess and obsolete
inventory.
Cash flows from
investing activities:
The cash flows provided by investing activities primarily relate to
the proceeds from the liquidation of a significant portion of the investments
in municipal bonds offset by the purchase of U.S. government and agency securities.
We carefully monitor our investments to minimize risks and have not experienced
other than temporary investment losses. Except for experiencing declining
yields, our investment portfolio has not been negatively impacted by the recent
economic turmoil in the credit markets. In addition, cash was used in the
acquisition of property and equipment primarily from capital expenditures in
support of factory capacity, service center and information technology system
upgrades, and new product technology.
Cash flows from financing activities:
The cash flows provided by financing
activities for the nine months ended September 27, 2008 is primarily
attributable to $0.7 million of net proceeds from the exercise of stock options
and $5.1 million received from the January and July 2008 purchases
under our 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or ESPP. Net cash provided by financing activities for
the nine months ended September 29, 2007 was attributable to $26.9 million
of net proceeds from the exercise of stock options and $6.6 million received
from the January and July 2007 ESPP purchases. Tax benefits related
to the exercise of stock options during the nine months ended September 27,
2008 were $0.3 million compared to $7.5 million for the nine months ended September 29,
2007 due to the significant decrease in stock option activity.
We believe that we will be able to satisfy our working capital
requirements for the next twelve months through cash generated from operations,
together with the liquidity provided by our existing cash, cash equivalents and
marketable securities. Although we believe that we have sufficient capital to
fund our activities for at least the next twelve months, our future
capital requirements may vary materially from those now planned. We anticipate
that the amount of capital we will need in the future will depend on many
factors, including the timing and extent of spending to support product development
efforts, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, our current global
expansion plans and the requirements of any potential investments in, or
acquisitions of, complementary businesses, products or technologies that we may
enter into in the future. Depending upon
our future capital requirements, we may seek additional equity or debt
financing. Additional funds may not be available on terms favorable to us or at
all.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As part of our ongoing business, we do not participate in transactions
that generate relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial
partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or
special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of
facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or
limited purposes. As of September 27, 2008 we are not involved in any such
off-balance sheet arrangements.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In October 2008, the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
issued
FASB Staff Position (FSP) No 157-3 Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset
When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active which clarifies the
application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 157
when the market for a financial asset is not active and illustrates how an entity would determine fair value when the
market for a financial asset is not active. The FSP is effective immediately
and applies to prior periods for which financial statements have not been
issued, including interim or annual periods ending on or before September 30,
2008. The adoption of FAS 157-3 did not have any impact on our consolidated
financial statements
In
September 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. 133-1 and FIN 45-4 (FSP FAS
133-1 and FIN 45-4), Disclosures about Credit Derivatives and Certain
Guarantees: An Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 and FASB Interpretation
No. 45; and Clarification of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 161.
FSP FAS 133-1 and FIN 45-4 amends FASB Statement No. 133 (SFAS 133), Accounting
for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, to require disclosures by
sellers of credit derivatives, including credit derivatives embedded in hybrid
instruments. FSP FAS 133-1 and FIN 45-4 also amend FASB Interpretation No. 45
(FIN 45), Guarantors Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees,
Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness to Others, to require additional
disclosure about the current status of the payment/performance risk of a
guarantee. The provisions of the FSP that amend SFAS 133 and FIN 45 are
effective for reporting periods ending after November 15, 2008. FSP FAS
133-1 and FIN 45-4 also clarifies the effective date in FASB Statement No. 161
(SFAS 161), Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.
Disclosures required by SFAS 161 are effective for financial statements issued
for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. We are currently assessing the impact of FSP
FAS 133-1 and FIN 45-4 on our consolidated financial results.
In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161,
Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an amendment
of FASB Statement No. 133. SFAS No. 161 amends and expands the
disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 133 with the intent to provide users
of financial statements with an enhanced understanding of: 1) how and why an
entity uses derivative instruments; 2) how derivative instruments and related
hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133 and its related
interpretations and 3) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect
an entitys financial position, financial performance and cash flows. This
statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and
interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early adoption
encouraged. We are currently assessing the impact of SFAS No. 161 on our
consolidated financial results.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair
Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities including an
amendment of FASB Statement No. 115. This statement permits entities to
choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair
value. Entities shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for
which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent
reporting date. This statement is effective as of the beginning of an
entitys first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. The
adoption of SFAS No. 159, effective January 1, 2008, did not have a
material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows
as we did not elect the fair value measurement option for any additional
financial instruments or other items.
Item 3.
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Interest
Rate Sensitivity
Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates
primarily to our investment portfolio. We invest in a number of securities
including U.S. government and agency securities, municipal bonds and money
market funds. We attempt to ensure the safety and preservation of our invested
principal funds by limiting default risk, market risk and reinvestment risk. By
policy, we limit the amount of credit exposure to an issuer, except U.S. government
and agency securities. We do not use interest rate derivative instruments to manage
interest rate exposures nor do we invest for trading or speculative purposes.
The fair market value of our fixed rate securities may be adversely impacted by
increases in interest rates while income earned on floating rate securities may
decline as a result of decreases in interest rates. If overall interest rates
had fallen by 10% in the third fiscal quarter of 2008, the fair value of our
investment portfolio would have declined approximately $1.3 million, assuming
consistent investment levels.
As of September 27, 2008, all of our investments were in money
market funds, municipal bonds, and U.S. government and agency securities.
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Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
We conduct certain operations in foreign
currencies. We enter into currency forward exchange contracts to hedge a
portion, but not all, of existing foreign currency denominated amounts. Gains
and losses on these contracts are generally recognized in other income
(expense). Because the effect of movements in currency exchange rates on the
currency forward exchange contracts generally offsets the related effect on the
underlying items being hedged, these financial instruments are not expected to
subject us to risks that would otherwise result from changes in currency
exchange rates. We do not use derivative financial instruments for trading or
speculative purposes. We recognized a net loss of $0.2 million for the nine
months ended September 27, 2008 from the fluctuation in foreign exchange
rates and the valuation of these hedge contracts recognized in our financial
statements under other expense.
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and
Procedures
Our management, including our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure
controls and procedures as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) as
of September 27, 2008 in connection with the filing of this Form 10-Q.
Based on that evaluation, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that, as of September 27, 2008, in
light of the material weakness described below, our disclosure controls and
procedures were not effective to ensure that information we are required to
disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in rules and
forms of the SEC and is accumulated and communicated to our management as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such
that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the
companys annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis.
The following material weakness in internal control over financial
reporting existed as of September 27, 2008. We did not maintain effective
controls over the valuation of inventory and the related cost of revenues
accounts. Specifically, we did not maintain effective controls to ensure that
the estimation process to value inventory complied with our companys
accounting policies. This control deficiency resulted in the restatement of our
annual and interim financial statements for 2006 and interim financial
statements for the first and second quarters of 2007 and audit adjustments to
our annual financial statements for fiscal 2007. Additionally, this control
deficiency could result in a misstatement of the inventory and cost of revenues
accounts that would result in a material misstatement of our financial
statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
We have undertaken the remedial actions described below and in
connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Report, our management
performed additional analyses, reconciliations and other post-closing procedures
and have concluded that the Companys consolidated financial statements for the
periods covered by and included in this Quarterly Report are fairly stated in
all material respects in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the U. S. for each of the periods presented herein.
Managements Plan for Remediation
We continue to make progress on the implementation of our managements
plan to remediate the material weakness
. The remediation plan addresses
the design of controls and revision of procedures regarding inventory valuation
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During the third quarter of fiscal 2008, we completed development of an
excess and obsolete inventory provision calculation using a software system
functionality. We commenced testing of the developed system and analysis of
system functionality during the third quarter of fiscal 2008. We plan to
implement the new functionality during our fourth-quarter accounting close
process. We also made progress on our personnel hiring and training efforts. We
will perform management testing of all key controls related to our excess and obsolete
inventory provision in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial
Reporting
Our management, including our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated our internal control over
financial reporting as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) to
determine whether any changes in our internal control over financial reporting
occurred during the third quarter of fiscal 2008 that materially affected, or
are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting. Based on that evaluation, there have been no such changes during the
third quarter of fiscal 2008 except for those described above under Managements
Plan for Remediation.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
Control systems, no matter how well designed
and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the
control systems objectives are being met. Further, the design of any control
systems must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the
benefits of all controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of
the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can
provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if
any, within our company have been detected. These inherent limitations include
the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty and that
breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Control systems can
also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of
two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of
any system of controls is based, in part, on certain assumptions about the
likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will
succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or
deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.
CEO and CFO Certifications
We have attached as exhibits to this Form 10-Q the certifications
of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, which are required
in accordance with the Exchange Act. We recommend that this Item 4 be read in
conjunction with the certifications for a more complete understanding of the
subject matter presented.
PART II.
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
The information relating to Legal Matters
set forth under Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies of the Notes to
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1A.
Risk
Factors
In addition to the other information in this Form 10-Q, you should
carefully consider the risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 29, 2007, and the updated risk factors set
forth below in evaluating FormFactor and our business. If any of the identified
risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of
operations could suffer. The trading price of our common stock could decline
and you may lose all or part of your investment in our common stock. The risks
and uncertainties described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, and below
are not the only ones we face. Additional risks that we currently do not know
about or that we currently believe to be immaterial may also impair our
business operations.
Cyclicality in the semiconductor industry historically has
affected our sales and may do so in the future, and as a result we would
experience reduced revenues or operating results.
The semiconductor
industry has historically been cyclical and is characterized by wide
fluctuations in product supply and demand. From time to time, this industry has
experienced significant downturns, often in connection with, or in anticipation
of, maturing product and technology cycles, excess inventories and declines in
general economic conditions. This cyclicality could cause our operating results
to decline dramatically from one period to the next. For example, our revenues
in the third quarter of fiscal 2008 declined by 56.4% compared to our revenues
for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007. By way of further
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example, we expect
our revenues to be substantially lower in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008
compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 due in significant part to
continuing challenges in semiconductor market conditions, particularly in the
DRAM market, and we cannot provide any assurance when semiconductor market conditions
will improve. Our business depends heavily upon the development and manufacture
of new semiconductors, the rate at which semiconductor manufacturers make
transitions to smaller nanometer technology nodes and implement tooling cycles,
the volume of production by semiconductor manufacturers and the overall
financial strength of our customers, which, in turn, depend upon the current
and anticipated market demand for semiconductors and products, such as personal
computers and cell phones, that use semiconductors. Semiconductor manufacturers
generally sharply curtail their spending, including their equipment spending,
during industry downturns and historically have lowered their spending
disproportionately more than the decline in their revenues. This is particularly
true when there is a point during an industry cycle in which the semiconductor
manufacturers costs related to semiconductor devices approaches or exceeds the
sales price of the devices. As a result, if we are unable to adjust our levels
of manufacturing and human resources or manage our costs and deliveries from
suppliers in response to lower spending by semiconductor manufacturers, our
gross margin may decline and cause us to experience operating losses.
We depend upon the sale of our wafer probe cards for
substantially all of our revenues, and the majority of our wafer probe cards
are utilized by semiconductor manufacturers for testing DRAM devices; if we
experience a downturn in demand for our products, our revenues could decline.
We have historically derived substantially all of our revenues from the
sale of our wafer probe cards to manufacturers of DRAM, flash memory devices,
and microprocessor, chipset and other logic devices. For the nine months ended September 27,
2008 and for fiscal year 2007, sales to manufacturers of DRAM devices accounted
for 63.7% and 71.0%, respectively, of our revenues, sales to manufacturers of
flash memory devices accounted for 21.2% and 19.2%, respectively, of our
revenues, and sales to manufacturers of logic devices accounted for 15.1% and
9.8%, respectively, of our revenues.
We anticipate
that sales of our wafer probe cards will represent a substantial majority of
our revenues for the foreseeable future. Our success depends in large part upon
the continued acceptance of our products within these markets and our ability
to continue to develop and introduce new products that meet our customers
requirements on a timely basis for these markets. In particular, to continue to
grow our business, we need to further penetrate the flash memory market and to
gain additional market share with flash memory manufacturers. We also need to
successfully qualify and deliver our DRAM and flash wafer probe card products
incorporating our Harmony architecture. While we have successfully qualified
and delivered certain Harmony-based wafer probe cards which are being used by
some of our customers in commercial volume during the fabrication of
semiconductor devices, and reduced manufacturing lead times, this does not
necessarily mean that we have solved all manufacturing issues for all designs
of our Harmony-based products. To the extent that we are unable to realize cost
reductions and manufacturing efficiencies in the production of our wafer probe
cards or if we are not able to timely deliver our products, our revenues and
business operations could be adversely impacted and our ability to grow could
suffer. As our Harmony-based wafer probe cards are used in greater volume in
commercial production, it is possible that we will identify certain areas of
technical performance that require improvement and if we are unable to
continually, efficiently and in a timely manner improve our products; our
operating results could be harmed. If chip manufacturers fail to make
architecture, node or technology transitions as we anticipate, or if
anticipated or announced transitions are delayed, it could adversely impact our
revenues and operating results. In addition, we might not be able to sustain or
increase our revenues from sales of our wafer probe cards, particularly if
conditions in the semiconductor market continue to deteriorate or do not
improve or if the market enters into another downturn. Any decrease in revenues
from sales of our wafer probe cards could harm our business more than it would
if we offered a more diversified line of products
We derive a
substantial portion of our revenues from a small number of customers, and our
revenues could decline significantly if any major customer cancels, reduces or
delays a purchase of our products.
A relatively small number of customers has
accounted for a significant portion of our revenues in any particular period.
Three customers accounted for 49.5% of our revenues in the first nine months of
fiscal 2008, and four customers accounted for 63.0% of our revenues in fiscal
year 2007. In first nine months of fiscal 2008 and in fiscal year 2007, our ten
largest customers accounted for 81.0% and 90.7%, respectively, of our revenues.
We anticipate that sales of our products to a relatively small number of customers
will continue to account for a significant portion of our revenues. The
cancellation or deferral of even a small number of purchases of our products
could significantly reduce our revenues in any particular quarter.
Cancellations or deferrals could result from a downturn in the semiconductor
industry, manufacturing delays, quality or reliability issues with our
products, or interruptions to our customers operations due to fire, natural
disasters or other events. Our customers could cease purchasing our products
with short or no notice to us or fail to pay all or part of an invoice. In some
situations, our customers might be able to cancel orders without a significant
penalty. In addition,
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consolidation in the semiconductor industry, particularly among
manufacturers of DRAM, could reduce our customer base, lead to lost or delayed
sales and reduced demand for our wafer probe cards and result in increased
pricing pressures. Additionally, certain customers may not want to rely
entirely or substantially on a single wafer probe card supplier and, as a
result, such customers could reduce their purchases of our wafer probe cards.
If we do not effectively implement changes
to our business execution structure to better position our company for
long-term, profitable growth, our business could continue to decline and might
not succeed.
During an extended period of rapid growth and expansion over the last
several years, our main focus was on growing capacity and meeting customer
mission-critical needs. During the current downturn within the semiconductor
industry, in general, and in our industry, in particular, we are now focused on
realigning our business execution structure to better position our company for
long-term, profitable growth. Our business could decline and we might not
succeed if we do not successfully and efficiently implement appropriate changes
to our business execution structure, including placing more decision-making in
geographic territories close to our customers, strengthening our local design,
application and service capabilities, changing our manufacturing structure for
shorter cycle time and improved customer responsiveness, and restructuring our
research and development group.
If we do not effectively realign our company structure
and operations to current revenue levels and proactively manage other changes
in our business, our ability to invest and position our business for future
growth will be negatively impacted and our business might not succeed.
Our rapid growth
over the past
several years has placed significant demands on our
management team, information systems and design, applications and manufacturing
infrastructure. During the current downturn in our business, we are focusing on financial
management and alignment of our net cash expenditures to current revenue levels
in order to achieve operating cash flow breakeven level. If we are unable to effectively realign our
business, our ability to invest and position our business for future growth
will be negatively impacted and our business may not succeed. Additionally, if we do not proactively manage other changes in our business, including
deteriorating semiconductor market conditions and other challenges in the
markets in which we compete, we may not be in a position to increase
productivity and support growth when the business environment changes to become
more positive. If our management fails to proactively and effectively manage
our business in response to changing market conditions, our business might not
succeed.
Because we conduct
most of our business internationally, we are subject to operational, economic,
financial and political risks abroad.
Sales of our products to customers outside
the United States have accounted for a significant part of our revenues. Our
international sales as a percentage of our revenues were 78.0% and 82.2%, for
the nine months ended September 27, 2008 and for fiscal year 2007,
respectively. Additionally, certain of our Korean customers purchase through
their North American subsidiaries. In the future, we expect international
sales, particularly in Europe, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, to continue to account
for a significant percentage of our revenues. Accordingly, we will be subject
to risks and challenges that we would not otherwise face if we conducted our
business solely in the United States. These risks and challenges include:
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international operations and business or impair our ability to continue
expanding into international markets.
Our plans to establish more
extensive international business operations are being evaluated, and if we do
not devise and implement an effective global strategic plan or if we decide to
change our plan, which includes regionalization, our operating results could be
negatively impacted.
We are
evaluating alternatives for diversifying certain of our business operations
beyond our current facility in Livermore, California. The first phase of this strategy was focused
on Singapore, where we have established design, sales and administrative functions. We have also planned to develop an assembly
and test and back-end manufacturing facility there, with the goal of eventually
expanding our capabilities to include front-end manufacturing processes. The Singapore manufacturing plan is currently
on hold as a result of changing market conditions and cost overruns, and we
cannot predict whether, when or in what form the plan may be restarted. We are also considering diversifying some of
our other business operations to Asia in order to be closer to our customers. We announced in our second fiscal quarter of
2008 that as part of our global strategic plan we are expanding certain
operations in some of the different country regions in which we do business
such that resources are in closer proximity to our customers. We will be implementing a phased bring up of
certain additional capabilities in these country regions, such as assembly and
test capabilities in both Japan and Korea.
All of these international diversification efforts are subject to a
variety of complexities and risks, many of which our executive team has had
little experience in managing at FormFactor, and which may divert a substantial
amount of our managements time. Risks
stem from the following, among other things: (i) challenges in designing new
facilities that can be scaled for future expansion, replicating current
processes, and bringing new facilities up to full operation; (ii) unpredictable
costs and cost overruns for developing new facilities and acquiring equipment
(e.g., since we initiated our Singapore project, design and construction costs
have increased at a pace that we could not have reasonably anticipated); (iii)
building local management teams, technical personnel and other staff for
functions that we have not previously conducted outside of Livermore; (iv) technical
obstacles such as poor manufacturing or process yield and loss of quality
control during the ramp of a new facility; (v) requalifications and other
procedures that may be required by our customers; (vi) rapidly changing
business conditions that may require plans to be changed or abandoned before
they are fully implemented; and (vii) challenges posed by distance and by
differences in language and culture.
These and other factors could delay us in developing and implementing
our plans as well as impair our gross margins, delay shipments and deliveries,
cause us to lose sales, require us to write off investments already made,
damage our reputation and harm our business, financial condition and operating
results. If we decide to change our current global strategic plan, we may incur
charges for certain costs incurred, for example costs to support the Singapore
facility project to date.
We may not be able to recruit
or retain qualified personnel, which could harm our business.
We believe our ability to successfully manage and grow our business and
to develop new products depends, in large part, on our ability to recruit and
retain qualified employees, particularly highly skilled technical, sales,
and management and key staff personnel. Competition for
qualified resources is intense and other companies may have greater resources
available to provide substantial inducements to lure key personnel away from us
or to offer more competitive compensation packages to individuals we are trying
to hire. Additionally, we have implemented various cost cutting efforts, which
makes it challenging to retain key people and recruit new talent, as
needed. While we are implementing, and
plan to implement programs which will include goals for attracting employees
and programs which include goals of employee retention, and we may grant
additional equity compensation to certain employees outside of our yearly
equity grant program for retention purposes, there can be no assurance that we
will be able to successfully recruit and retain the key personnel we require.
Adverse general economic
conditions may impair the recovery of our business.
In addition to the impact of
cyclicality in the worldwide semiconductor business, our business is affected
by general economic factors such as the current credit crisis and the prospect
of a recessionary environment. A
recession would tend to reduce demand for consumer and other products
incorporating devices tested with our wafer probes, which in turn could cause
our customers to curtail their capital expenditures and to defer their adoption
of emerging technologies, reducing demand for our products. A negative economic environment could also
impair the value of our tangible and intangible assets.
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Item 6.
Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 15
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Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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This exhibit shall not be deemed filed
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or after the date
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as
adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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31.02
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as
adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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32.01*
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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This exhibit shall not be deemed filed
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or after the date
hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any filings.
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