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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-Q

 


(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number: 000-31545

 


SYNPLICITY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

California   77-0368779

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

600 West California Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94086

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 215-6000

 


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 shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports); and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes   x     No   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer   ¨         Accelerated filer   x         Non-accelerated filer   ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act).    Yes   ¨     No   x

As of October 30, 2007, the registrant had 26,644,177 shares of common stock outstanding.

 



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SYNPLICITY, INC.

INDEX

 

          PAGE NO.

PART I.

   FINANCIAL INFORMATION   

Item 1.

   Financial Statements   
   Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006    3
   Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006    4
   Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006    5
   Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – September 30, 2007    6

Item 2.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    18

Item 3.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    30

Item 4.

   Controls and Procedures    31

PART II.

   OTHER INFORMATION   

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors    31

Item 2.

   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    42

Item 6.

   Exhibits    43

SIGNATURES

   44

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SYNPLICITY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

 

     September 30,
2007
    December 31,
2006
 
     (unaudited)        

Assets:

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 6,883     $ 9,237  

Short-term investments

     37,035       56,160  

Restricted cash

     2,700       —    

Accounts receivable, net

     11,234       10,323  

Inventories

     1,627       —    

Prepaid expenses

     2,049       1,314  

Other current assets

     340       915  
                

Total current assets

     61,868       77,949  

Restricted cash

     2,700       —    

Property and equipment, net

     2,995       2,390  

Goodwill

     8,876       1,272  

Intangible assets, net

     11,068       1,035  

Other assets

     1,265       1,163  
                

Total assets

   $ 88,772     $ 83,809  
                

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 2,516     $ 1,299  

Accrued liabilities

     1,937       1,537  

Accrued compensation

     4,465       4,360  

Deferred revenue

     16,616       18,409  

Deferred income taxes

     1,021       —    
                

Total current liabilities

     26,555       25,605  

Other liabilities

     272       89  

Deferred income taxes

     2,279       —    

Shareholders’ equity:

    

Common stock

     61,276       62,699  

Accumulated deficit

     (1,509 )     (4,255 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (101 )     (329 )
                

Total shareholders’ equity

     59,666       58,115  
                

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 88,772     $ 83,809  
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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SYNPLICITY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
     2007    2006    2007    2006

Revenue:

           

License and systems

   $ 7,707    $ 5,071    $ 17,182    $ 12,518

Maintenance

     7,081      6,865      20,577      20,321

Bundled license and services

     4,653      4,334      13,334      13,287
                           

Total revenue

     19,441      16,270      51,093      46,126

Cost of revenue:

           

Cost of license and systems

     1,014      80      1,443      115

Cost of maintenance

     435      396      1,245      1,279

Cost of bundled license and services

     96      65      289      294

Amortization of intangible assets

     636      223      1,266      668
                           

Total cost of revenue

     2,181      764      4,243      2,356
                           

Gross profit

     17,260      15,506      46,850      43,770

Operating expenses:

           

Research and development

     6,434      5,661      18,261      18,120

Sales and marketing

     6,646      6,388      19,857      18,593

General and administrative

     2,198      1,944      6,459      5,930

Amortization of intangible assets from acquisition

     323      —        371      —  

Restructuring charge

     —        —        —        854
                           

Total operating expenses

     15,601      13,993      44,948      43,497
                           

Income from operations

     1,659      1,513      1,902      273

Other income, net

     363      763      2,025      1,917
                           

Income before income taxes

     2,022      2,276      3,927      2,190

Income tax provision

     571      631      1,181      608
                           

Net income

   $ 1,451    $ 1,645    $ 2,746    $ 1,582
                           

Net income per share:

           

Basic and diluted net income per share

   $ 0.05    $ 0.06    $ 0.10    $ 0.06
                           

Shares used in basic per share calculation

     26,770      26,790      26,747      26,918
                           

Shares used in diluted per share calculation

     27,830      27,421      27,730      27,663
                           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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SYNPLICITY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2007     2006  

Operating activities:

    

Net income

   $ 2,746     $ 1,582  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation

     1,294       1,293  

Stock based compensation

     2,440       2,842  

Amortization of intangible assets and capitalized software costs

     1,707       719  

Impairment of capitalized software

     —         335  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     296       2,233  

Inventories

     (608 )     —    

Prepaid expenses

     (183 )     307  

Other current assets

     575       369  

Other assets

     (172 )     (185 )

Accounts payable

     (148 )     622  

Accrued liabilities

     222       (232 )

Accrued compensation

     (311 )     (114 )

Deferred revenue

     (1,793 )     788  

Other liabilities

     183       —    

Deferred income taxes

     (317 )     —    
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 5,931     $ 10,559  
                

Investing activities:

    

Purchases of property and equipment

   $ (1,701 )   $ (1,178 )

Purchase of technology

     —         (500 )

Purchases of short-term investments

     (52,153 )     (80,126 )

Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments

     54,162       67,757  

Proceeds from sales of short-term investments

     17,120       2,180  

Acquisition of a business, net of cash acquired

     (16,674 )     —    

Restricted cash

     (5,400 )     —    
                

Net cash used in investing activities

   $ (4,646 )   $ (11,867 )
                

Financing activities:

    

Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options

   $ 2,655     $ 2,138  

Repurchases of common stock

     (6,518 )     (5,099 )
                

Net cash used in financing activities

   $ (3,863 )   $ (2,961 )
                

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

   $ 224     $ (13 )
                

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

   $ (2,354 )   $ (4,282 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     9,237       13,941  
                

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 6,883     $ 9,659  
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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SYNPLICITY, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

Note 1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Synplicity, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (“we”, “us”, or the “Company”). Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The balance sheet at September 30, 2007 and the statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 and the statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 are unaudited. In the opinion of management, these condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) that are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for and as of the periods shown. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2006 was derived from the audited financial statements at that date. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Acquisition

On June 1, 2007, HARDI Electronics, AB (“HARDI”) and Synplicity entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which all of the outstanding shares of HARDI were acquired by Synplicity. The acquisition was completed on June 8, 2007. Upon completion of the acquisition, each share of HARDI’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of acquisition was acquired by Synplicity in exchange for $18.8 million in cash.

The acquisition has been accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, Business Combinations (“SFAS 141”) using the purchase method of accounting. Under purchase accounting, HARDI’s tangible assets and liabilities and intangible assets were recorded at fair value resulting in a new carrying basis for those assets and liabilities and resulted in an amount for goodwill. Refer to Note 6 for details on the allocation of the purchase price.

Reclassifications

As of September 30, 2007, we changed the presentation of other current assets, our shareholders’ equity and accrued compensation amounts in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. Additionally, during the three months ended September 30, 2007 we reclassified foreign exchange gains and losses from operating expenses to other income in our condensed consolidated statements of income. Accordingly, the related amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements in the prior periods have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.

Foreign Currency Translation

The functional currency of our foreign subsidiaries is U.S. dollar, with the exception of our subsidiary in Japan and one of our subsidiaries in Sweden whose functional currency is the Yen and the Krona (“SEK”), respectively. For our foreign subsidiaries for which the U.S. dollar is the functional currency, assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the month-end exchange rates, except for non-monetary assets and liabilities such as property and equipment, are translated at historical rates. Revenue and

 

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expenses are translated at the average exchange rates for the period, except for expenses related to those balance sheet items that are translated using historical rates. Foreign exchange gain/loss resulting from these translations is included in our results of operations. For our Japanese and Swedish subsidiaries, assets and liabilities are denominated in Yen or SEK and translated at the month-end exchange rates, and equity balances are translated at historical rates. Revenue and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates for the period. Foreign exchange gain/loss resulting from these translations are included as cumulative translation adjustments in our shareholders’ equity.

Revenue Recognition

We license our software products as perpetual licenses, term licenses and time-based licenses. On June 8, 2007, the company completed its acquisition of HARDI, see Note 6, thereby adding High-performance ASIC Prototyping Systems (“HAPS”) to our product offerings. We generate revenue from direct sales, distributors and original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) and through custom software development services.

Revenue recognition criteria

We recognize software revenue based upon the residual method, in accordance with American Institute of Certified Public Accountants “AICPA” Statement of Position (SOP) 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” as amended by SOP 98-4 and SOP 98-9. For non-software products, or HAPS systems, the company recognizes revenue in accordance with the provisions of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, Revenue Recognition in Financial Statement (“SAB 101”) and Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, Revenue Recognition (“SAB 104”), and all related interpretations.

Revenue is recognized when all the conditions stated below are met:

 

   

Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists;

 

   

delivery of the product and license key, when applicable, has occurred;

 

   

the fee is fixed or determinable; and

 

   

collection of the fee is probable.

We make judgments as to whether collection of the fee is probable based on our customer credit review analysis. Revenue on arrangements to customers who are not deemed creditworthy is deferred until cash is received. Revenue from sales to distributors, who do not have a right to return, is considered to have met the probability of collection criterion when either (i) we have received payment for the product or (ii) we assess that we have a substantial and sustained history of collections from the distributor.

Additionally, we assess whether the fee is fixed or determinable for sales with non-standard payment terms by evaluating our history of collections from these customers and/or their current financial standing.

We also enter into arrangements to deliver to our customers, multiple products and/or services. Revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables are evaluated to determine if the deliverables can be separated into more than one unit of accounting. An item can generally be considered a separate unit of accounting if all of the following criteria are met:

 

   

The delivered item(s) has value to the customer on a standalone basis;

 

   

There is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered item(s); and

 

   

If the arrangement includes a general right of return relative to the delivered item(s), delivery or performance of the undelivered item(s) is considered probable and substantially in the control of Synplicity.

 

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Items which do not meet these criteria are combined into a single unit of accounting. If there is objective and reliable evidence of fair value for all units of accounting, the arrangement consideration is allocated to the separate units of accounting based on their relative fair values. In cases where there is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered item(s) in an arrangement but no such evidence for the delivered item(s), the residual method is used to allocate the arrangement consideration. For units of accounting which include more than one deliverable, we generally defer all revenue for the unit of accounting until the last undelivered item is delivered.

License, systems and maintenance offerings

License and systems revenue

We offer perpetual licenses for our products, whereby the customer receives the right to use the software license indefinitely. The first year of maintenance, which is renewable in subsequent years, is typically sold with the perpetual license.

We also offer two and three year term licenses for certain products, where the customer has rights to use the license for such periods. The first year of maintenance, which is renewable in subsequent years during the term of the agreement, is typically sold with term licenses.

Perpetual license and term license revenue is recognized upon delivery of the product as License and Systems Revenue in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (“Statements of Income”). We also sell non-software products that we refer to as systems. We recognize the revenue from systems sales upon transfer of title as License and Systems Revenue in the Statements of Income.

Maintenance revenue

Maintenance revenue from perpetual and term licenses allows customers under maintenance agreements to receive unspecified product updates, electronic, internet-based and telephone technical support throughout their maintenance period, which is typically one year. The majority of our customers renew their maintenance contracts annually, at or near the list price for maintenance, which is 20% of the license list price, which establishes vendor specific objective evidence (“VSOE”) of the fair value of maintenance. Maintenance revenue from perpetual and term license sales is recognized on a straight-line basis over the maintenance period as Maintenance Revenue in the Statements of Income.

For larger value contracts entered into subsequent to March 31, 2006, we incorporated substantive contractual maintenance renewal rates into our agreements, at a consistent percentage of the net license fee, which establishes VSOE of fair value of maintenance for that class of arrangement per SOP 97-2. This methodology can be applied to arrangements of either perpetual or multi-year term licenses, where the first year’s maintenance is generally purchased with the term or perpetual licenses and the subsequent years are optional and can be purchased at the same percentage of the net license fee as the first year’s maintenance.

Bundled license and services revenue

We also generate revenue from time-based licenses, relationships with OEMs and custom software development. Time-based licenses include maintenance services for the duration of their terms. Revenue from time-based licenses is recognized as Bundled License and Services Revenue in the Statements of Income, on a straight-line basis over the period of the maintenance, as we do not have VSOE of the fair value of maintenance for time-based licenses.

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support obligations to the OEMs. Since the maintenance associated with these types of arrangements is not sold separately, we do not have sufficient VSOE of fair value to allocate revenue among the elements. Thus, we recognize revenue from these arrangements on a straight-line basis over the maintenance period.

In 2006, we entered into arrangements with certain OEMs to slightly modify our existing products to work with the individual OEMs’ products. For the customization services, we made estimates of progress towards completion. Since the maintenance and customized services associated with these types of arrangement are not typically sold separately, we do not have sufficient VSOE of fair value to allocate revenue among the elements. Thus, we recognize revenue from these arrangements on a straight-line basis over the longer period of either the maintenance or the customization services.

Prior to 2006, we entered into various custom software development agreements with semiconductor manufacturers to customize certain of our ASIC products. This work typically involved significant modifications to our products under a statement of work negotiated with the customer. When time-based licenses were purchased as part of the agreement and delivery of the customized product had occurred, we recognized revenue from both the development and license fees on a straight-line basis over the period of the maintenance, as we did not have VSOE of the fair value of maintenance for time-based licenses. When licenses were not being purchased as part of the agreement, we recognized revenue from these development fees on a percentage of completion basis as determined by the relationship of the contract costs incurred to date and the estimated total contract costs, which were regularly reviewed during the life of the contract. Revenue recognized from these development agreements represented less than 10% of total revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and years 2006 and 2005 and was recorded in Bundled License and Services Revenue in the Statement of Income.

On occasion, we may sell time-based licenses and perpetual or term licenses combined within a single order. For these transactions, we generally recognize revenue from the entire transaction on a straight-line basis over the term of the longest period of maintenance, as generally we do not have VSOE of the fair value of maintenance for the time-based licenses.

Inventories

We record our inventory at the lower of cost or market. We make adjustments to reduce the cost of inventory to its net realizable value, if required. Factors influencing these adjustments include changes in demand, rapid technological changes, product life cycle and development plans, component cost trends, product pricing, physical deterioration and quality issues. Revisions to these adjustments would be required if these factors differ from our estimates.

Note 2. Stock-Based Compensation

In March 2007, our Board of Directors approved an amended and restated 2000 Stock Plan. In May 2007, our shareholders also approved the amended Plan. Under this new Plan, we are permitted to award stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance units and performance shares. No options were issued or outstanding as a result of the HARDI acquisition.

Employee stock-based compensation expense was comprised of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,

(in thousands)

   2007    2006    2007    2006

Cost of maintenance

   $ 77    $ 37    $ 121    $ 85

Research and development

     258      422      1,005      1,312

Sales and marketing

     205      256      662      738

General and administrative

     207      232      652      707
                           

Total stock-based compensation

   $ 747    $ 947    $ 2,440    $ 2,842
                           

 

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Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan:

The fair value of stock options and shares under the employee stock purchase plan were estimated using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively:

 

     Stock Options     Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
 
    

Three Months Ended

September 30,

    Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  
     Officers and
Directors
    All Other
Employees
    Officers and
Directors
    All Other
Employees
    All Employees
and Directors
 

Expected life (in years)

     4.0       3.9       4.0       3.0       0.7       1.5  

Interest rate

     4.5 %     4.4 %     4.9 %     4.9 %     5.0 %     5.3 %

Volatility

     0.42       0.41       0.53       0.48       0.28       0.47  

Estimated forfeiture rate

     9.7 %     15.9 %     6.0 %     12.8 %     0 %     0 %

Dividend yield

     0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %

Weighted-average fair value at grant date

   $ 2.52     $ 2.43     $ 2.53     $ 2.04     $ 1.65     $ 2.13  

 

 

     Stock Options     Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
 
    

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  
     Officers and
Directors
    All Other
Employees
    Officers and
Directors
    All Other
Employees
    All Employees
and Directors
 

Expected life (in years)

     4.0       3.8       4.0       3.0       0.7       1.5  

Interest rate

     4.6 %     4.6 %     4.9 %     4.9 %     5.0 %     5.3 %

Volatility

     0.43       0.43       0.56       0.49       0.28       0.47  

Estimated forfeiture rate

     9.7 %     15.9 %     6.0 %     12.8 %     0 %     0 %

Dividend yield

     0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %

Weighted-average fair value at grant date

   $ 2.58     $ 2.53     $ 3.24     $ 2.20     $ 1.65     $ 2.13  

Our computations of expected volatility for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 were based on our historical volatility. Our computation of expected life was based on historical exercise patterns. The interest rate for periods within the contractual life of the award was based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.

 

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As of September 30, 2007, $5.4 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock-options was expected to be recognized over the weighted-average vesting period of 2.4 years.

Restricted Stock Awards:

Restricted Stock awards vest 25% on first anniversary of the grant date and quarterly thereafter over four years. We use the straight line attribution method for recognizing the expense associated with these grants.

As of September 30, 2007, 109,950 shares of restricted stock were outstanding and unvested, with an aggregate intrinsic value of $717,000 and a weighted average remaining contractual life of approximately 3.86 years. The weighted average grant fair value price was $6.52. These shares are scheduled to vest through 2011.

As of September 30, 2007, $696,000 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested restricted stock awards was expected to be recognized over the weighted-average vesting period of 3.8 years.

Note 3. Net Income per Share

Basic net income per share has been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. For purposes of computing basic net income per share, the weighted average number of outstanding shares of common stock excludes unvested restricted stock awards. Diluted net income per share includes the impact of options to purchase common stock, if dilutive and potential dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Potentially dilutive securities include stock options and unvested restricted stock units and awards, using the treasury stock method.

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net income per share:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,

(in thousands, except per share data)

   2007    2006    2007    2006

Net income

   $ 1,451    $ 1,645    $ 2,746    $ 1,582
                           

Basic weighted-average shares:

           

Weighted-average shares used in computing basic net income per share

     26,770      26,790      26,747      26,918
                           

Basic net income per common share

   $ 0.05    $ 0.06    $ 0.10    $ 0.06
                           

Diluted weighted-average shares:

           

Basic shares (per above)

     26,770      26,790      26,747      26,918

Add: Effect of dilutive stock options

     1,058      631      982      745

Effect of dilutive restricted stock

     2      —        1      —  
                           

Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted net income per share

     27,830      27,421      27,730      27,663
                           

Diluted net income per common share

   $ 0.05    $ 0.06    $ 0.10    $ 0.06
                           

Weighted average options outstanding to purchase 2,241,446 and 2,991,852 shares of common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, and weighted average options

 

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outstanding to purchase 5,167,544 and 4,405,240 shares of common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share as they were antidilutive.

Note 4. Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income includes unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and foreign currency translation adjustments. The components of comprehensive income for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2007 were as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 

(in thousands)

   2007    2006    2007    2006  

Net income

   $ 1,451    $ 1,645    $ 2,746    $ 1,582  

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     219      10      224      (13 )

Unrealized loss on available-for-sale investments, net of tax

     21      59      4      17  
                             

Comprehensive income

   $ 1,691    $ 1,714    $ 2,974    $ 1,586  
                             

Note 5. Stock Repurchase Program

In January 2007, our Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program which authorizes management to repurchase up to $10.0 million in 2007 for common stock. From January 1, 2007 to September 30, 2007, we repurchased a total of 985,066 shares at an average price of $6.62 per share. During the three months ended September 30, 2007, we repurchased a total of 585,066 shares at an average price of $6.71 per share.

Repurchased shares of our common stock are no longer deemed outstanding.

Note 6. Acquisition

On June 8, 2007, we completed our acquisition of all of the common stock of HARDI, a company organized under the laws of Sweden. As discussed in Note 1, the acquisition was accounted for in accordance with SFAS 141 using the purchase method of accounting, from the date of completion, June 8, 2007. In addition to tangible and other intangible assets, we acquired the HAPS product line which is a modular system with multi-FPGA motherboards and standard or custom-made daughter boards, which can be combined together in a variety of ways. The HAPS products combined with our existing software products allow Synplicity to offer a comprehensive ASIC verification solution. The acquisition allows us to grow our ASIC Verification product line, particularly by selling HAPS products in combination with our software products through our direct sales channel. HARDI’s results of operations are included in our statement of income from the date of acquisition.

We acquired all the outstanding shares of the common stock of HARDI for cash consideration of $19.8 million, which comprised of the following: (a) $18.8 million in cash and (b) $1.0 million of acquisition related costs. Pursuant to the Agreement, an additional $5.4 million is held in an escrow account which is discussed in the Contingent Consideration paragraph below.

 

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The total purchase price was allocated based on the estimated fair value of net tangible and intangible assets acquired and assumed liabilities. Intangible assets consist of existing technology, customer relationships, trademarks/trade names and non-competition agreements. The intangible assets subject to amortization are being amortized on a straight-line basis during the useful lives below:

 

(in thousands)

   Useful Life
(in years)

Existing techology

   3

Trademarks/Trade Names

   2

Customer relationships

   5

Non-Competition agreements

   5

The allocation of purchase price is summarized as follows:

 

(in thousands)

   Fair Value  

Tangible assets

   $ 4,185  

Intangible assets

     11,670  

Deferred tax liability

     (3,617 )

Goodwill

     7,604  
        

Total

   $ 19,842  
        

Deferred Tax Liability

We recognized a deferred tax liability of $3.6 million for the aggregate difference between the assigned value of the intangible assets and the tax bases of these assets. The deferred tax liability was computed at a tax rate of 31%, a combination of a Swedish rate of 28% and the California state tax rate, net of the federal benefit, of 3%.

Contingent Consideration

The acquisition includes $5.4 million of contingent consideration currently held as restricted cash, which is payable in two equal increments, at the end of 13 and 25 months from June 1, 2007, subject to the achievement of certain revenue targets from the sale of HAPS systems. Any payment made upon achievement of targets will increase the total purchase consideration and result in a corresponding increase in goodwill.

Pro Forma Financial Information

The unaudited financial information in the table below summarizes the combined results of operations of Synplicity and HARDI on a pro forma basis, as though the companies had been combined as of the beginning of each of the periods presented. The pro forma financial information is presented for informational purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations for any subsequent quarter or for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.

The pro forma financial information for the three months ended September 30, 2007 represents our actual results for that period as the acquisition closed on June 8, 2007. The pro forma financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 combines our results for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 with HARDI’s results for the period January 1, 2007 to June 7, 2007. The pro forma financial information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 combines our historical results with the historical results of HARDI for those periods.

 

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The following table summarizes the pro forma financial information:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,

(in thousands, except per share data)

   2007    2006    2007    2006

Total revenue

   $ 19,441    $ 18,827    $ 55,228    $ 51,732

Net income

   $ 1,451    $ 1,718    $ 2,542    $ 2,219

Basic net income per share

   $ 0.05    $ 0.06    $ 0.10    $ 0.08

Diluted net income per share

   $ 0.05    $ 0.06    $ 0.09    $ 0.08

Note 7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The following summarizes our intangible assets as of September 30, 2007:

 

(in thousands)

   Gross Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
    Net Book
Value

Intangible assets from HARDI acquisition subject to amortization:

       

Existing technology (3 years)

   $ 6,300    $ (653 )   $ 5,647

Trademarks/Trade names (2 years)

     400      (62 )     338

Customer realtionships (5 years)

     4,600      (286 )     4,314

Non-competition agreements (5 years)

     370      (23 )     347

Intangible assets from prior to 2007 acquisitions subject to amortization: (5 years):

       

Existing technology

     3,500      (3,474 )     26

Core technology

     750      (746 )     4

Maintenance agreements and related relationships

     200      (200 )     —  

Intangible assets from purchase of technology subject to amortization (5 years)

     500      (108 )     392
                     
   $ 16,620    $ (5,552 )   $ 11,068
                     

Amortization of intangible assets from the HARDI acquisition reflects the intangible assets acquired as part of our purchase of products, technology, and related intangible assets from HARDI. Intangible assets from the acquisition are expensed using the straight-line method over a period of two to five-years, reflecting their estimated useful lives.

Amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions prior to 2007 reflects the intangible assets acquired as part of our purchases of products and technology from IOTA and Bridges2Silicon in 2002. Intangible assets from those acquisitions are expensed using the straight-line method over five years.

Intangible assets from the purchase of technology for use in our products are expensed using the straight-line method over the remaining estimated economic life of the product, which is five years.

 

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The following summarizes our actual amortization expense of intangibles for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 and the estimated future amortization expense related to our intangible assets:

 

     Actual    Estimated
     Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
   Remainder in
2007
   2008    2009    2010    2011    2012

(in thousands)

   2006    2007                  

Amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions (in cost of sales)

   $ 668    $ 1,191    $ 555    $ 2,100    $ 2,100    $ 922    $ —      $ —  
                                                       

Amortization of intangible assets from purchase of technology (in cost of sales)

   $ —      $ 75    $ 25    $ 100    $ 100    $ 100    $ 67    $ —  
                                                       

Amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions (in operating expenses)

   $ —      $ 371    $ 299    $ 1,194    $ 1,082    $ 994    $ 994    $ 436
                                                       

The changes in the carrying value of goodwill are as follows:

 

(in thousands)

   As of September 30,
2007

Balance as of December 31, 2006

   $ 1,272
      

Goodwill related to acquisition of Hardi

     7,604
      
   $ 8,876
      

To date, we have not recognized any impairment losses on goodwill.

Note 8. Segment Information

We follow Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information (“SFAS 131”). SFAS 131 establishes standards for the way that public business enterprises report information about operating segments in interim financial reports. SFAS 131 also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers. We operate in only one industry segment, the development of software and systems solutions for the design and verification of semiconductors that serve a wide range of communications, military/aerospace, consumer, semiconductor, computer, and other electronic systems markets. We market and sell our products throughout North America, principally the United States, as well as in Europe, Japan and the rest of Asia.

The following table presents revenue from external customers by geographic areas:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,

(in thousands)

   2007    2006    2007    2006

Total revenue:

           

North America

   $ 12,127    $ 9,137    $ 30,486    $ 25,430

Japan

     2,299      2,507      5,837      7,546

Europe, Middle East

     2,799      2,433      8,209      7,957

Rest of Asia

     2,216      2,193      6,561      5,193
                           
   $ 19,441    $ 16,270    $ 51,093    $ 46,126
                           

Revenue by geographic area is based on the location of the customer are attributed to geography based on the country where the assets are located.

 

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Note 9. Inventory

Inventory is comprised of the following:

 

(in thousands)

   As of
September 30, 2007

Finished goods

   $ 1,187

Raw materials

     440
      
   $ 1,627
      

The company does not typically maintain work-in-process inventory.

Note 10. Income Taxes

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, the provision for income taxes was based on our estimated annual effective tax rate in compliance with SFAS 109 and other related guidance. We update our estimate of our annual effective tax rate at the end of each quarterly period. These estimates and judgments occur in the calculation of tax credits and in the calculation of certain tax assets and liabilities, which arise from differences in the timing of recognition of revenue and expense for tax and financial statement purposes. Changes in these estimates may result in significant increases or decreases to our tax provision in a subsequent period, which in turn would affect net income.

A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce any deferred tax assets that at this time is more likely than not to be not realized. We perform assessments of the realization of our deferred tax assets considering all available evidence, both positive and negative. These assessments require that management make significant judgments about many factors, including the amount and likelihood of future taxable income. As a result of this assessment, we have concluded that it was more likely than not that our deferred tax assets would not be realized and have recorded a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets.

We will continue to evaluate the need for a valuation allowance. We may determine that some, or all, of our deferred tax assets will be realized, in which case we will reduce our valuation allowance in the quarter in which such determination is made. If the valuation allowance is reduced, we would recognize a benefit from income taxes on our income statement in that period. If such a benefit is recognized, subsequent periods may have higher tax provision expenses.

The following table presents the provision and benefit for income taxes and the effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 

(in thousands)

   2007     2006     2007     2006  

Income before income taxes

   $ 2,022     $ 2,276     $ 3,927     $ 2,190  

Income tax provision

   $ 571     $ 631     $ 1,181     $ 608  

Effective tax rate

     28.2 %     27.7 %     30.1 %     27.8 %

The provision for income taxes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 of $571,000 and $1.2 million, respectively, related principally to the federal alternative minimum tax, state income taxes and tax on the earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries. The difference between the provision for income that would be derived by applying the statutory rate to our income before tax for the three months and nine

 

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months ended September 30, 2007 and the provision actually recorded was due to the use of tax credit carryforwards net of the impact of non-deductible SFAS 123R stock option compensation expenses to arrive at the federal alternative minimum tax computations.

Effective January 1, 2007, we adopted Financial Accounting Standards Interpretation No.48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-An Interpretation of FASB Statement No.109 (“FIN 48”). The two-step process involved our evaluation of whether our income tax positions will more likely than not sustain on technical merits if audited by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). In each of the steps, the more likely than not threshold is assessed assuming that the taxing authority will examine the income tax position having full knowledge of all relevant information.

As a result of our assessment, we did not recognize any adjustment to the liability for uncertain tax positions and therefore did not record any adjustment to the beginning balance of accumulated deficit on the balance sheet. As of January 1, 2007 and September 30, 2007, we had $3.3 million and $3.8 million of unrecognized tax benefits, which is netted against deferred tax assets and is fully offset by a valuation allowance.

We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, California and various state and foreign tax jurisdictions in which we have a subsidiary or branch operation. Our United States federal corporation income tax returns, beginning with the 2003 tax year, remain subject to examination by the IRS. Our California corporation income tax returns, beginning with the 2002 tax year (plus any amended tax returns), remain subject to examination by the California Franchise Tax Board.

Our policy is to recognize interest and penalties accrued on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. As of the date of adoption of FIN 48, we did not have any accrued interest or penalties associated with any unrecognized tax benefits. During the nine months ended September 30, 2007 we have not accrued any interest and penalty associated with unrecognized tax benefits. Although the timing of the resolution and/or closure on audits is highly uncertain, the company does not believe it is reasonably possible that the unrecognized tax benefits would materially change in the next 12 months.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Certain statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and other factors include those listed under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the statements under “Critical Accounting Estimates” regarding the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report, the statements under “Three And Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 —- Income Taxes” regarding federal net operating loss and tax credit carry forwards; the statements under “Liquidity and Capital Resources” concerning the sufficiency of our available resources to meet cash requirements and the factors which will determine our future cash requirements; and the statements in “Risk Factors”. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating these statements, you should specifically consider various factors, including the risks outlined under “Risk Factors”. These factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of these forward-looking statements. We are under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to conform our prior statements to actual results. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of these statements. These forward-looking statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provision of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Synplicity, Synplify, Synplify Pro, Certify, Amplify, Synplify ASIC, HAPS and Identify are registered trademarks of Synplicity, Inc. All other names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Company Overview

We are a leading provider of solutions that enable the rapid and effective design and verification of integrated circuits used in networking and communications, semiconductor, military and aerospace, consumer, computer and peripheral, and other electronics systems. We operate in one segment, the development and sale of our products to these markets. We market and sell our products throughout the world, principally through our own sales channel. In some parts of Asia and Europe, we sell through distributors. Distributor sales have been insignificant relative to total sales and we expect this to continue. Additionally, we periodically have provided custom software development services to our customers or partners. This work typically involves modifications to an existing product negotiated with the customer.

 

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Our geographic distribution of revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 was approximately 62% and 60% from North America, 12% and 11% from Japan, 14% and 16% from Europe and 11% and 13% from the rest of Asia, respectively.

Acquisition

On June 8, 2007, Synplicity acquired HARDI pursuant to an Agreement entered to purchase all the outstanding shares of HARDI. Upon completion of the acquisition, each share of HARDI’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of acquisition was acquired by Synplicity in exchange for $18.8 million in cash.

The acquisition has been accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, Business Combinations (“SFAS 141”) using the purchase method of accounting. Under purchase accounting, HARDI’s tangible assets and liabilities and intangible assets were recorded at fair value resulting in a new carrying basis for those assets and liabilities and resulted in an amount for goodwill. Refer to Note 6 for details on the allocation of the purchase price and the ASIC verification solutions for the details on the HAPS product.

Restricted Stock Awards

In March 2007, our Board of Directors amended and approved our 2000 Stock Plan. In May 2007, our shareholders also approved the amended Plan. Under this new Plan, we are permitted to award stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance units and performance shares.

Our products include FPGA implementation solutions, ASIC verification solutions, ESL solutions and our expiring ASIC synthesis solutions. They are described in more detail as follows:

FPGA Implementation Solutions:

Our FPGA Implementation solutions include FPGA logic synthesis and physical synthesis design tools as well as our RTL debugging tool. Synplify Pro , Synplify Premier and Identify are used in both FPGA implementation and ASIC verification.

 

   

Synplify and Synplify Pro : In 1995, we introduced Synplify, our logic synthesis product that enables customers to implement their designs in FPGAs quickly and easily. In May 2000, we launched Synplify Pro , our advanced FPGA logic synthesis product incorporating improved productivity features and offering enhanced results.

 

   

Synplify Premier : Introduced in October 2005, Synplify Premier builds upon our innovative synthesis technology and adds new graph-based physical synthesis and real-time simulator-like visibility into operating FPGA devices. We invented graph-based physical synthesis to improve timing closure by means of a single-pass physical synthesis flow for 90nm and below FPGAs.

 

   

Identify : In November 2002, we acquired an RTL debug product from Bridges2Silicon, Inc. which we introduced under a new Synplicity product name, Identify. This product allows engineers to debug their FPGAs directly within their RTL source code during chip operation.

In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, revenue from our FPGA Implementation Solutions accounted for 44% and 46% of total revenue, respectively. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, revenue from our FPGA Implementation Solutions accounted for 49% and 49% of total revenue, respectively.

 

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ASIC Verification Solutions:

Our ASIC verification solutions, collectively called the Confirma Platform , includes software tools for implementation, prototyping and debugging and the High-Performance ASIC Prototyping System (HAPS).

 

   

Synplify Pro and Synplify Premier . ASIC designers frequently use our synthesis tools to implement ASIC designs into an FPGA for prototyping. For single FPGAs they will use Synplify Pro or Synplify Premier.

 

   

Certify : In 1999, we introduced Certify , a software product for the verification of ASICs using prototypes consisting of multiple FPGAs. Our Certify product enables design teams to create hardware prototypes early in the design process when design changes are easier and less costly.

 

   

HAPS : The HAPS product is a highly flexible and high capacity FPGA-based ASIC prototyping system that enables high performance functional verification and software development. HAPS allows ASIC development and verification teams to shorten their design and verification time by months.

In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, revenue from our ASIC Verification Solutions was 50% and 48% of total revenue, respectively. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, revenue from our ASIC Verification Solutions was 42% and 41% of total revenue, respectively.

ESL Solutions:

 

   

Synplify DSP : In July 2004, we introduced Synplify DSP , our first system level synthesis product created to bridge system level DSP design and analysis and semiconductor hardware design. Synplify DSP performs high-level DSP optimizations from a Simulink specification.

 

   

Synplify DSP, ASIC Editi on: In March 2007, we introduced Synplify DSP , ASIC Edition . This product performs high-level DSP optimizations from a Simulink specification and targets ASIC technologies as well as FPGA devices. It rapidly creates technology-independent DSP algorithm models saving the time previously spent in hand coding.

In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, revenue from our ESL Solutions accounted for 3% and 3% of total revenue, respectively. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, revenue from our ESL Solutions was 2% and 2% of total revenue, respectively.

Structured ASIC and ASIC Synthesis Solutions:

 

   

Synplify ASIC is our logic synthesis product for ASIC designs. Amplify RapidChip, Amplify ISSP and Amplify AccelArray are physical synthesis products developed specifically for LSI Logic’s RapidChip, NEC Electronics’ ISSP and Fujitsu Microelectronics’ AccelArray’s Structured ASIC architectures, respectively.

In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, revenue from our Structured ASIC and ASIC Synthesis Solutions accounted for 3% and 3% of total revenue, respectively. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, revenue from our Structured ASIC and ASIC Synthesis Solutions was 7% and 9% of total revenue, respectively.

In March 2006, we decided to exit the Structured ASIC and ASIC synthesis markets and to refocus our efforts on our core competencies in our FPGA implementation, ESL and ASIC verification product lines. We have ceased to offer the ASIC products to customers while we continue to support existing customers who had previously purchased our products. We anticipate customer support will be required on a declining basis though the middle of 2008.

 

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Sources of Revenue:

Our total revenue is comprised of perpetual and term license revenue, HAPS systems revenue, maintenance revenue and bundled license and services revenue. Customers who buy perpetual licenses will typically purchase one year maintenance agreements which provide electronic, internet-based technical support and telephone support as well as unspecified product updates when and if available. We also offer two-year and three-year term licenses for certain products under which the customer purchases the first year of maintenance with the license and can renew maintenance in each of the following one or two years. Time-based licenses include maintenance services for the duration of their respective terms. When we sell a HAPS system we record revenue upon transfer of title and we also provide the customer with a twelve month warranty. Over the history of HARDI sales of HAPS systems warranty expense has been negligible and, therefore, we do not currently have a warranty reserve as we believe that HARDI’s history is a reasonable indicator of future results. We will determine the requirement for any warranty reserve based on future results. Revenue from OEM relationships and custom software development services revenue is recorded in bundled license and services revenue.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, and we evaluate these estimates on an on-going basis. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we believe there have been no significant changes to the items that we disclosed as our critical accounting policies and estimates in our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations in our 2006 Form 10-K except for the following.

Revenue Recognition

As discussed in Note 1 to our Consolidated Financial Statements, we enter into agreements to sell systems, software, services and multiple deliverable arrangements that include combinations of products and/or services. Additionally, while the majority of our sales transactions contain standard business terms and conditions, there are some transactions that contain non-standard business terms and conditions. As a result, significant contract interpretation is sometimes required to determine the appropriate accounting including:

 

   

whether an arrangement exists;

 

   

how the arrangement consideration should be allocated among the deliverables if there are multiple deliverables;

 

   

when to recognize revenue on the deliverables; and

 

   

whether undelivered elements are essential to the functionality of delivered elements.

In addition, our revenue recognition policy requires an assessment as to whether collectibility is reasonably assured, which requires us to evaluate the creditworthiness of our customers. Changes in judgments on these assumptions and estimates could materially impact the timing of revenue recognition.

 

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Inventory

We state our inventory at the lower of cost or market. We make adjustments to reduce the cost of inventory to its net realizable value, if required. Factors influencing these adjustments include changes in demand, rapid technological changes, product life cycle and development plans, component cost trends, product pricing, physical deterioration and quality issues. Revisions to these adjustments would be required if these factors differ from our estimates.

Results of Operations

The following discussion compares our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 with the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006. There is no assurance that our historical operating results are indicative of our future results.

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006

Total revenue

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   Change  

(in millions, except percentages)

   2007    2006    $    %     2007    2006    $    %  

Revenue

   $ 19.4    $ 16.3    $ 3.1    19 %   $ 51.1    $ 46.1    $ 5.0    11 %

For the three months ended September 30, 2007, our total revenue increased 19% over the three months ended September 30, 2006. FPGA implementation revenue increased by 9%, ASIC verification revenue, which include revenue from the HAPS product line, increased by 44%, ESL revenue increased by 53% and ASIC revenue decreased, as expected, from $1.2 million in 2006 to $496,000 in 2007.

In the three months ended September 2007 license and systems revenue was 40% of total revenue, maintenance revenue was 37% of total revenue and bundled license and service revenue was 24%. In the three months ended September 2006 license and systems revenue was 31% of total revenue, maintenance revenue was 42% of total revenue and bundled license and service revenue was 26%. This mix will vary depending on the proportion of time-based licenses compared to total licenses booked, however, we anticipate that the sale of HAPS products will cause the license and systems revenue to increase relative to our other revenue sources.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007 total revenue increased 11% from the nine months ended September 30, 2006. FPGA implementation revenue increased 5%, ASIC verification revenue increased 31%, ESL revenue increased 83% and ASIC revenue decreased, as expected, from $4.2 million in 2006 to $1.7 million in 2007.

In the nine months ended September 2007 license and systems revenue was 34% of total revenue, maintenance revenue was 40% of total revenue and bundled license and service revenue was 26%. In the nine months ended September 2006 license and systems revenue was 27% of total revenue, maintenance revenue was 44% of total revenue and bundled license and service revenue was 29% of total revenue.

 

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For the three and nine months ended September 30, 20007, percentage of the Synplify Pro, Synplify Premier and Identify revenue from FPGA implementation and ASIC verification product lines to total revenue was as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2007     2006     2007     2006     2007     2006     2007     2006  
     FPGA
Implementation
    ASIC
verification
    FPGA
Implementation
    ASIC
verification
 

Synplify Pro revenue

   27 %   30 %   17 %   24 %   31 %   29 %   20 %   23 %

Synplify Premier revenue

   8 %   7 %   6 %   3 %   7 %   4 %   7 %   3 %

Identify revenue

   1 %   1 %   1 %   2 %   1 %   1 %   2 %   2 %

License and systems revenue. License and systems revenue includes revenue from perpetual and term license and systems sales.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Change  

(in millions, except percentages)

   2007     2006     $    %     2007     2006     $    %  

License and systems revenue

   $ 7.7     $ 5.1     $ 2.6    51 %   $ 17.2     $ 12.5     $ 4.7    38 %

As a percentage of total revenue

     40 %     31 %          34 %     27 %     

License and systems revenue increased 51% from the three months ended September 30, 2006 over the three months ended September 30, 2007, driven principally by the sales of HAPS products. Perpetual and term license revenue from FPGA implementation increased 3%, ESL revenue increased 24%, ASIC verification revenue, including HAPS, increased 119% and, as expected, ASIC synthesis revenue declined by 55%.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, license and systems revenue increased by 38% over the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Perpetual and term license revenue from FPGA implementation was flat, ESL revenue increased 75%, ASIC verification revenue, including HAPS, increased 12% and, as expected, ASIC synthesis revenue declined by 17%.

Maintenance revenue. Maintenance revenue is derived from contracts associated with perpetual and term license sales. Our customers purchase the first year of maintenance with the perpetual or term license and a substantial number of them renew their maintenance in the years that follow. As a percentage of total revenue, maintenance revenue will vary depending on our mix of perpetual, term and time-based licenses as well as our cancellation rate.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Change  

(in millions, except percentages)

   2007     2006     $    %     2007     2006     $    %  

Maintenance revenue

   $ 7.1     $ 6.9     $ 0.2    3 %   $ 20.6     $ 20.3     $ 0.3    1 %

As a percentage of total revenue

     37 %     42 %          40 %     44 %     

 

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The following table represents the increases and decreases of maintenance revenue by product line.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   Change  

(in thousands, except percentages)

   2007    2006    $     %     2007    2006    $     %  

FPGA implementaion revenue

   $ 4,297    $ 4,032    $ 265.0     7 %   $ 12,349    $ 12,001    $ 348.0     3 %

ASIC verification revenue

     2,632      2,623      9.0     0 %     7,847      7,582      265.0     3 %

ESL revenue

     100      62      38.0     61 %     258      172      86.0     50 %

Structured ASIC and

                    

ASIC synthesis revenue

     52      150      (98.0 )   (65 %)     123      567      (444.0 )   (78 %)
                                    

Total maintenance revenue

   $ 7,081    $ 6,867        $ 20,577    $ 20,322     
                                    

The following table represents the percentage of maintenance revenue by product line to total maintenance revenue.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  

FPGA implementaion revenue

   61 %   59 %   60 %   59 %

ASIC verification revenue

   37 %   38 %   38 %   37 %

ESL revenue

   1 %   1 %   1 %   1 %

Structured ASIC and ASIC synthesis revenue

   1 %   2 %   1 %   3 %

In the three and nine months ended September 2007, maintenance revenue increased modestly over the comparable periods of 2006. While our renewal rate remained the same in all periods, the mix of applicable licenses generating maintenance revenue was more heavily weighted to time-based licenses which are booked in bundled license and services revenue. In all periods presented about 60% of our maintenance revenue is derived from FPGA implementation licenses and about 37% is derived from ASIC verification licenses. ASIC verification licenses include HAPS sales which do not carry a maintenance contract.

Bundled license and services revenue. Bundled license, systems and services revenue includes revenue from time-based licenses which include maintenance, development and OEM agreements, and revenue from other services such as consulting, technical support, and user guides.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Change  

(in millions, except percentages)

   2007     2006     $    %     2007     2006     $    %  

Bundled license and services revenue

   $ 4.7     $ 4.3     $ 0.4    9 %   $ 13.3     $ 13.3     $ —      0 %

As a percentage of total revenue

     24 %     26 %          26 %     29 %     

 

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The following table represents the increases and decreases of bundled license and services revenue by product line.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   Change  

(in thousands, except percentages)

   2007    2006    $     %     2007    2006    $     %  

FPGA implementaion revenue

   $ 1,239    $ 1,125    $ 114.0     10 %   $ 3,615    $ 3,160    $ 455.0     14 %

ASIC verification revenue

     1,298      1,074      224.0     21 %     3,658      3,062      596.0     19 %

ESL revenue

     100      20      80.0     400 %     207      60      147.0     245 %

Structured ASIC and

                    

ASIC synthesis revenue

     388      906      (518.0 )   (57 %)     1,394      2,806      (1,412.0 )   (50 %)

Custom software development services revenue

     1,628      1,209      419.0     35 %     4,460      4,199      261.0     6 %
                                    

Total bundled license and services revenue

   $ 4,653    $ 4,334        $ 13,334    $ 13,287     
                                    

The following table represents the percentage of bundled license and services revenue by product line to the total bundled license and services revenue.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  

FPGA implementaion revenue

   27 %   26 %   27 %   24 %

ASIC verification revenue

   28 %   25 %   27 %   23 %

ESL revenue

   2 %   0 %   2 %   0 %

Structured ASIC and ASIC synthesis revenue

   8 %   21 %   10 %   21 %

Custom software development services revenue

   35 %   28 %   34 %   32 %

In the three months ended September 2007, bundled license and services revenue increased by 9% over the same period in 2006. Higher OEM revenues offset the expected decrease in ASIC synthesis revenues. In the nine months ended September 2007, bundled license and services revenue was flat compared to the same period in 2006. A higher time-based license rate generated increases in FPGA implementation and ASIC verification software revenue, however, ASIC synthesis revenue was lower , as expected and OEM revenue was higher by 6%.

Cost of revenue

Cost of license and systems revenue. Cost of license and systems revenue includes the costs of systems sold (raw materials, contract manufacturing costs), royalties, product packaging costs, software documentation, licensing costs including amortization of capitalized software development costs and other costs associated with shipping licenses.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Change  

(in thousands, except percentages)

   2007     2006     $    %     2007     2006     $    %  

Cost of license and systems revenue

   $ 1,014     $ 80     $ 934.0    1168 %   $ 1,443     $ 115     $ 1,328.0    1155 %

As a percent of license revenue

     13 %     2 %          8 %     1 %     

As a percent of total revenue

     5 %     0 %          3 %     0 %     

 

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For the three months ended September 30, 2007, cost of license and systems revenue increased $934,000 from the three months ended September 30, 2006, due to the cost of sales associated with our HAPS systems sold.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, cost of license and systems revenue increased $1.3 million over the nine months ended September 30, 2006, principally due to the cost of sales associated with our HAPS systems sold.

Cost of maintenance revenue. Cost of maintenance revenue consists of the costs of personnel, including stock-based compensation, and other expenses related to providing electronic, internet-based and phone technical support to our customers under active maintenance contracts.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Change  

(in thousands, except percentages)

   2007     2006     $    %     2007     2006     $     %  

Cost of maintenance revenue

   $ 435     $ 396     $ 39.0    10 %   $ 1,245     $ 1,279     $ (34.0 )   (3 )%

As a percent of maintenance revenue

     6 %     6 %          6 %     6 %    

As a percent of total revenue

     2 %     2 %          2 %     3 %    

For the three months ended September 30, 2007, cost of maintenance revenue increased 10% from the three months ended September 30, 2006, principally due to higher stock-based compensation expense.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, cost of maintenance revenue decreased 3% from the nine months ended September 30, 2006, due to lower customer support expenses, offset by higher stock-based compensation expense.

Cost of bundled license and services revenue. Cost of bundled license and services revenue consists of engineering costs directly associated with our custom software development service contracts, and time-based licenses.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Change  

(in thousands, except percentages)

   2007     2006     $    %     2007     2006     $     %  

Cost of bundled license and services revenue

   $ 96     $ 65     $ 31.0    48 %   $ 289     $ 294     $ (5.0 )   (2 )%

As a percent of bundled license and services revenue

     2 %     1 %          2 %     2 %    

As a percent of total revenue

     0 %     0 %          1 %     1 %    

For the three months ended September 30, 2007, cost of bundled license and services revenue increased 48% from the three months ended September 30, 2006, due to an increase in development contracts.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, cost of bundled license and services revenue decreased 2% from the nine months ended September 30, 2006, as a result of a reduction in the time-based license rate, offset by increased costs associated with development work.

Amortization of intangible assets. Amortization of intangible assets reflects the amortization of intangible assets acquired as part of our purchases of products and technology from IOTA and Bridges2Silicon in 2002, as well as a purchase of technology for use in our products in 2006. In addition, amortization of intangible assets also reflects the amortization of intangible assets acquired as a result of the HARDI acquisition. Intangible assets are expensed over two to five-year useful lives.

 

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The following summarizes our actual expense and estimated future amortization expense related to the above intangible assets:

 

    

Actual

Nine Months
Ended
September 30,

   Estimated

(in thousands)

   2006    2007    Remainder
in 2007
   2008    2009    2010    2011    2012

Amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions (in cost of sales)

   $ 668    $ 1,191    $ 555    $ 2,100    $ 2,100    $ 922    $ —      $ —  
                                                       

Amortization of intangible assets from purchase of technology (in cost of sales)

   $ —      $ 75    $ 25    $ 100    $ 100    $ 100    $ 67    $ —  
                                                       

Amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions (in operating expenses)

   $ —      $ 371    $ 299    $ 1,194    $ 1,082    $ 994    $ 994    $ 436
                                                       

Operating expenses

Research and development. Research and development expenses include compensation, stock-based compensation expenses, outside services, equipment and software costs and allocated overhead expenses.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Change  

(in millions, except percentages)

   2007     2006     $    %     2007     2006     $    %  

Research and development

   $ 6.4     $ 5.7     $ 0.7    12 %   $ 18.3     $ 18.1     $ 0.2    1 %

As a percent of total revenue

     33 %     35 %          36 %     39 %     

For the three months ended September 30, 2007, research and development expenses increased 12% from the three months ended September 30, 2006, primarily due to higher compensation cost resulting from our acquisition of HARDI in June 2007 and increased headcount in our India office. Expenses were also higher due to an increased overhead expenses and purchases of software and equipment. These increases were partially offset by lower stock-based compensation expenses.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, research and development expenses increased 1% from the nine months ended September 30, 2006, primarily due to higher compensation cost, overhead expenses and recruiting expenses. These increases were partially offset by lower stock-based compensation expenses.

Sales and marketing. Sales and marketing expenses include compensation, commissions and stock-based compensation expenses, promotional activities, tradeshows, seminars and allocated overhead expenses.

 

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     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Change  

(in millions, except percentages)

   2007     2006     $    %     2007     2006     $    %  

Sales and marketing

   $ 6.6     $ 6.4     $ 0.2    3 %   $ 19.9     $ 18.6     $ 1.3    7 %

As a percent of total revenue

     34 %     39 %          39 %     40 %     

For the three months ended September 30, 2007, sales and marketing expenses increased 3% compared to the three months ended September 30, 2006, primarily due to higher compensation cost, and increased travel expenses. These increases were partially offset by lower marketing communication expenses.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, sales and marketing expenses increased 7% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2006, primarily due to higher compensation cost, travel expenses and marketing communication expenses. Expenses were also higher due to recruiting fees and outside services. These increases were offset by lower commission expense and lower stock-based compensation expenses.

General and administrative. General and administrative expenses include compensation and stock-based compensation expenses, accounting and legal expenses, outside services and allocated overhead expenses.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Change  

(in millions, except percentages)

   2007     2006     $    %     2007     2006     $    %  

General and administrative

   $ 2.2     $ 1.9     $ 0.3    16 %   $ 6.5     $ 5.9     $ 0.6    10 %

As a percent of total revenue

     11 %     12 %          13 %     13 %     

For the three months ended September 30, 2007, general and administrative expenses increased 16% compared to the three months ended September 30, 2006, due to higher compensation cost, increased consulting and recruiting expenses and higher outside services expense.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, general and administrative expenses increased 10% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2006, due to higher compensation costs, increased consulting and accounting expenses and purchases of equipment and software. The increases were partially offset by lower insurance expenses and lower stock-based compensation expenses.

Other income, net. Other income, net includes interest income earned on cash and investments, foreign exchange gains and losses, and other miscellaneous items. Our cash equivalents and investments are classified as available-for-sale and are reported at fair value. These investments are short-term, maturing within 12 months of the purchase date.

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Change  

(in thousands, except percentages)

   2007     2006     $     %     2007     2006     $    %  

Other income, net

   $ 363.0     $ 763.0     $ (400.0 )   52 %   $ 2,025.0     $ 1,917.0     $ 108.0    6 %

As a percent of total revenue

     2 %     5 %         4 %     4 %     

For the three months ended September 30, 2007, the decrease in other income, net was primarily due to net foreign exchange losses of $251,000 and lower investable cash as a result of the HARDI acquisition in June 2007 and stock repurchases.

 

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, the increase in other income, net was due to higher interest rates on a higher level of investments and a gain from an early termination of a facility lease, offset by net foreign exchange losses of $258,000.

Income Taxes. We recorded a provision for income taxes of $571,000 and $1.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, and a provision of $631,000 and $608,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. For both periods, the provision for income taxes was based on our estimated annual effective tax rate in compliance with SFAS 109. The annual effective tax rate was calculated on the basis of our expected level of profitability and includes the utilization of tax credit carryforwards, federal alternative minimum tax, miscellaneous state income taxes and income taxes on earnings of our foreign subsidiaries. To the extent our expected profitability changes during the year, the effective tax rate would be revised accordingly. The difference between the provision for income tax that would be derived by applying the statutory rate to our income before tax and the provision actually recorded was due to the use of tax credit carryforwards that are allowable under the federal alternative minimum tax computations offset by the impact of non-deductible SFAS 123R stock option compensation expenses.

A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce any deferred tax assets that at this time is more likely than not to be not realized. We perform assessments of the realization of our deferred tax assets considering all available evidence, both positive and negative. These assessments require that management make significant judgments about many factors, including the amount and likelihood of future taxable income. As a result of this assessment, we have concluded that it was more likely than not that our deferred tax assets would not be realized and have recorded a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets.

The income tax provision for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 was:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   $ change     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   $ change

(in thousands)

   2007    2006      2007    2006   

Income tax provision

   $ 571.0    $ 631.0    $ (60.0 )   $ 1,181.0    $ 608.0    $ 573.0

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2007, we had cash and cash equivalents of $6.9 million, short-term investments of $37.0 million, an accumulated deficit of $1.5 million and working capital of $35.3 million.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $5.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, compared to $10.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to (i) higher accounts receivable at September 30, 2007 than at December 31, 2006 as a result of increased revenue and lower collections, (ii) the acquisition of inventories in June 2007 as a result of the acquisition of HARDI, (iii) lower deferred revenue resulting from lower time-based license revenue in 2007 and (iv) the increase in deferred income taxes booked in 2007 relating to the acquisition; offset by (v) higher amortization of intangible assets.

Net cash used in investing activities was $4.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, compared to $11.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. The decrease in cash used in investing was due to (i) sales of short-term investments, (ii) lower purchases of short term investments; offset by (iii) the cash used for acquisition of HARDI. See Note 6 of notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information relating to acquisition related activities that have affected our liquidity.

 

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Net cash used in financing activities was $3.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, compared to $3.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. The increase was due to an increase in repurchases of common stock in 2007 offset by proceeds from exercises of stock options by employees under our stock option plan.

Our future liquidity and capital requirements will depend on numerous factors, including:

 

   

the amount, type and timing of product license sales;

 

   

the extent to which our existing and new products gain market acceptance;

 

   

the extent to which customers continue to renew annual maintenance contracts;

 

   

the timing of customer payments and the collection of outstanding receivables;

 

   

the cost and timing of product development efforts and the success of these efforts;

 

   

the cost and timing of sales and marketing activities;

 

   

any acquisitions of products, technologies or businesses;

 

   

any stock repurchases if our stock repurchase program is extended; and

 

   

the availability of financing.

We believe that our cash and short-term investments balance of $43.9 million as of September 30, 2007 will be sufficient to meet our operating and capital requirements through at least the next 12 months. However, it is possible that we may require additional financing during this period. We intend to continue to invest in the development of new products and enhancements to our existing products. In addition, even if we have sufficient funds to meet our anticipated cash needs in the next twelve months, we may choose to raise additional funds during this time. We may be required to raise those funds through public or private financings, strategic relationships or other arrangements. We cannot provide assurance that such funding, if needed, will be available on terms attractive to us, or at all. Furthermore, any additional equity financings may be dilutive to shareholders, and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants. If we fail to raise capital when needed, our failure could have a negative impact on our profitability and our ability to pursue our business strategy.

Contingent Consideration

Related to our acquisition of HARDI, we have placed $5.4 million in an escrow account to be delivered to three former HARDI shareholders subject to attainment of specified revenue targets from the sales of HAPS systems. Any payment made upon achievement of targets will increase the total purchase consideration and result in a corresponding increase in goodwill.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we believe there have been no material changes to the market risk disclosures presented in our 2006 Form 10-K.

 

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.

Based on our evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are designed at a reasonable assurance level and are effective to provide reasonable assurance 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 Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

There were no material changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the three months ended September 30, 2007 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the following risks together with all of the other information contained in this Form 10-Q. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. If any of the circumstances described below were to occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth below.

Risks Relating to Business

We have relied and expect to continue to rely on sales of our Synplify Pro and Synplify Premier products for a substantial portion of our revenue and a decline in sales of these products could cause our revenue to decline.

Historically, we have derived a significant majority of our revenue from the sale of our Synplify Pro product. Beginning in 2006, we have relied on Synplify Premier for a substantial portion of our revenue. Due to our exit from the ASIC markets in 2006, our dependence on Synplify Pro and Synplify Premier has increased. Total revenue from our Synplify Pro and Synplify Premier products accounted for 60%, 61% and 52% of our total revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and in the years ended December 31,

 

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2006 and 2005, respectively. We expect that revenue from these products will continue to account for a significant share of our revenue for at least the next 12 months. Any factors which adversely affect the pricing of, or demand for, our Synplify Pro and Synplify Premier products could cause our revenue to decline and our business to suffer. Factors that may affect sales of our Synplify Pro and Synplify Premier products, some of which are beyond our control, include the following:

 

   

overall market conditions, including an economic downturn in both domestic and foreign markets;

 

   

performance, quality and total cost of our software products relative to other logic synthesis products for FPGAs, including those offered at little or no cost by FPGA manufacturers;

 

   

quality and performance of our sales teams in individual geographic locations;

 

   

growth, changing technological requirements and degree of competition in the programmable semiconductor market, particularly with respect to FPGAs; and

 

   

maintenance and enhancement of our existing relationships with leading manufacturers of FPGAs, who may provide us advance information or detailed data about their FPGAs and software.

Our revenue could decline substantially if our existing customers do not continue to purchase additional licenses or renew their term, time-based licenses and maintenance contracts with us, or if existing resale agreements with FPGA manufacturers are canceled.

We rely on sales of additional licenses to our existing customers, as well as the renewal of term licenses, time-based licenses and annual maintenance contracts. Additional license sales to our existing customers represented 83%, 82% and 79% of our sales in the nine months ended September 30, 2007, in 2006 and in 2005, respectively. If we fail to sell additional licenses for our products to our existing customers, we would experience a material decline in revenue. Even if we are successful in selling our products to new customers, the level of our revenue could be harmed if our existing customers do not continue to purchase a substantial number of additional licenses from us or fail to renew their term licenses, time-based licenses or maintenance contracts. Our success in generating revenue from existing customers is dependent on maintaining our relationships with those customers as well as increased need for and usage of our products by those customers. In limited cases, customers have withdrawn their orders or returned the products recently purchased for reasons beyond our control. Additionally, we experienced lower rates of maintenance renewal in the past for reasons including, but not limited to, customers’ business conditions or budget restrictions. If we were to again experience declines in maintenance renewal rates, our maintenance revenue could stop growing or decrease.

We have agreements with certain FPGA manufacturers to resell a version of our products. Some of these agreements allow for cancellation with a notice period. Revenue recognized from these agreements generated 9% of our revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2007, 8% of our revenue in 2006 and 7% of our revenue in 2005. If these agreements were canceled or not renewed, our revenue could decline.

We have been experiencing and may continue to experience increased competition as a result of FPGA manufacturers competing in the design software market or investing in emerging software companies.

FPGA manufacturers currently compete in the FPGA design software market by licensing their own synthesis products at little or no cost and/or by distributing our competitors’ products. For example, both Altera and Xilinx provide synthesis products that are competitive with our Synplify, Synplify Pro and Synplify Premier products and that may adversely impact the price and market for our FPGA synthesis products and harm our business and financial prospects. FPGA manufacturers may also choose to assist, through financial, equity investment or other support, emerging EDA software companies whose products

 

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could compete with or outperform ours. An increase in the number of our competitors or the quality and availability of competing products could reduce the value of our products in the market place and adversely affect our business. In particular, a greater improvement in the quality of results of vendor supplied synthesis tools compared to our tools may result in reduced demand for our products.

We depend on our marketing, product development and sales relationships with leading FPGA manufacturers, and if these relationships suffer, we may have difficulty introducing and selling our FPGA synthesis products and our revenue could decline.

We believe that our success in maintaining acceptance in the FPGA market depends in part on our ability to maintain or further develop our strategic marketing, product development and sales relationships with leading FPGA manufacturers, including Altera and Xilinx. We believe our relationships with leading FPGA manufacturers are important in validating our technology, facilitating broad market acceptance of our FPGA synthesis products and enhancing our sales, marketing and distribution capabilities. For example, we attempt to coordinate our product offerings with future releases of Altera’s and Xilinx’s FPGA components and software. If we are unable to maintain or enhance our existing relationships with major FPGA vendors, we may have difficulty selling our FPGA synthesis products or we may not be able to introduce products on a timely basis that capitalize on new FPGA component characteristics or software feature enhancements.

We may not be able to realize any benefits from the acquisition of HARDI.

We acquired HARDI with the expectation that it would enable us to complement our software products and increase revenue. However, the acquisition of HARDI involves the integration of two companies that previously operated independently. The acquisition poses a number of risks including:

 

   

increased fixed costs associated with the manufacture and sale of systems;

 

   

our inexperience selling systems through our traditional software sales channels;

 

   

inability to demonstrate to our customers that the acquisition will not adversely affect our ability to address their needs;

 

   

failure to coordinate independent research and development teams across technologies and product platforms;

 

   

difficulty in designing and implementing effective internal control over financial reporting for the combined operations;

 

   

differences in existing internal controls over financial reporting of HARDI that could result in weaknesses that require remediation when the our existing systems and HARDI’s systems are combined;

 

   

diversion of management resources in overseeing a remote business in Sweden;

 

   

the consequences of our potential loss of key employees and

 

   

the consequences of our potential loss of distributors.

If we do not successfully manage these issues and other challenges inherent in integrating complex businesses, then we may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the acquisition and our revenues, expenses, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

Our systems business is dependent on the continued demand for ASIC design opportunities.

Our HAPS systems are designed to reduce the long development time, high costs and substantial failure rate associated with the design of ASICs. Without continued demand for ASICs for use in electronic systems, or in the event that the time and costs associated with ASIC design are reduced, our products may become obsolete or uncompetitive, which could materially adversely affect our business.

 

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We depend on contract manufacturing of our HAPS systems which affects our capacity and inventory.

We rely on third party subcontractors to manufacture our HAPS products. We do not have long-term contractual arrangements with these subcontractors. Our reliance on third parties subjects us to risks such as reduced control over delivery schedules and quality, a potential lack of adequate capacity during periods when demand is high and potential increases in product costs due to factors outside our control such as capacity shortages and pricing changes. Our outsourcing model could lead to delays in product deliveries, lost sales and increased costs which could harm our relationships with our customers result in lower operating results.

Our reliance on third party subcontractors affects our ability to build inventory quickly which could lead to variations in earnings as we sell our systems products through our software sales channels. We may forecast incorrectly and produce excess or insufficient inventories of particular products, which may adversely affect our results of operations.

If we fail to effectively manage the procurement of components for our HAPS systems i t could have a material adverse impact on our systems business.

The success of our HAPS products depends on our ability to procure hardware components on a timely basis from a limited number of suppliers, assemble and ship systems on a timely basis with appropriate quality control, develop distribution and shipment processes, manage inventory and related obsolescence issues and develop processes to deliver customer support for systems. Our inability to be successful in any of the foregoing could materially adversely impact us.

We generally commit to purchase component parts from suppliers based on sales forecasts of our HAPS products. If we cannot change or be released from these non-cancelable purchase commitments, and if orders for our products do not materialize, we could incur significant costs related to the purchase of excess components which could become obsolete before we can use them. Additionally, a delay in production of the components could materially adversely impact our operating results.

We may not succeed in developing, marketing, and selling new or enhanced commercially acceptable FPGA implementation, ASIC verification and ESL products, and our operating results may decline as a result.

We develop FPGA implementation, ASIC verification and ESL products that leverage our core capabilities. Customizing products and developing new features for existing products that meet the needs of electronic product designers require significant investments in research and development. If we fail to continue to introduce customized products or enhanced versions of existing products that are commercially acceptable in a timely and cost-effective manner, our business could be negatively affected. Growing competition, technological changes and other market factors that negatively affect the demand for FPGAs and ASICs could also adversely affect our revenue. Our future growth and profitability will depend in large part on our ability to gain market acceptance of our products outside of our Synplify Pro product. We cannot be certain that our newer products, or other new markets, or our acquired products, will be successful. If customers do not widely adopt such products, our operating results could decline.

 

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Our revenue may decline if other vendors’ products are no longer compatible with ours or other vendors bundle their products with those of our competitors and sell them at lower prices.

Our ability to sell our products depends in part on the compatibility of our products with other vendors’ semiconductor design software and verification products. These vendors may change their products so that they will no longer be compatible with our products or may restrict our access to their products, either physically or economically. Some vendors already bundle their products with other FPGA implementation, ASIC verification or ESL products and sell the bundle at lower prices, and more vendors may do so in the future. As a result, any of these factors may negatively affect our ability to offer commercially viable or competitive products or may reduce sales of, or increase costs for, our products.

In addition, our competitors have acquired, and may continue to acquire in the future, hardware companies that may enhance their market offerings. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share. As a result, our competitors may be able to adapt more quickly than us to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements and may be able to devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products. Our failure to adapt to changing market conditions and to compete successfully with established or new competitors would harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may not be able to effectively compete against other providers of products used to design FPGAs as a result of their greater financial resources, product offerings and distribution channels, which could cause our sales to decline.

We face significant competition from larger companies that market suites of semiconductor design software products that address all or almost all of the steps of semiconductor design or which incorporate intellectual property components for semiconductors. These competitors have greater financial resources and name recognition than we do. We believe that Mentor Graphics and Magma, each of which is also currently competing with us by marketing certain logic synthesis or verification products, could provide suites of products or individual products that include the functionality we currently provide in our products and at lower prices, or may otherwise have more favorable relationships with customers. If these or other vendors provide lower cost logic synthesis, physical synthesis or verification products that outperform our products in addition to having broader applications of their existing product lines, our products could become difficult to sell. Even if our competitors’ standard products offer functionality equivalent to that of our products, we face a substantial risk that a significant number of customers would elect to pay a premium for similar functionality rather than purchase products from a less well-known vendor. Increased competition may negatively affect our business and future operating results by leading to price or market share reductions, or higher selling expenses.

Our revenue could be reduced if larger semiconductor design software companies make acquisitions in order to merge their extensive distribution capabilities with our competitors’ products.

Larger semiconductor design software vendors, such as Cadence, Mentor Graphics and Magma, may acquire or establish cooperative relationships with other companies that may offer or develop competitive products. Because larger semiconductor design software vendors have significant financial and organizational resources, they may be able to further penetrate the logic synthesis, physical synthesis or verification markets by leveraging the technology and expertise of smaller companies and utilizing their own extensive distribution channels. We expect that the semiconductor design software product industry will continue to consolidate. It is possible that new competitors or alliances among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share, which would harm our business and financial prospects.

If we fail to compete successfully with existing competitors or new competitors in the FPGA prototyping board market, our business could be harmed.

The FGPA prototyping board market is competitive and fragmented. We compete primarily with internal design groups of semiconductor companies and OEMs and with independent merchant board

 

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companies and emulation product companies. Growth in the FPGA prototyping board market will require semiconductor companies and OEMs to transition from internally designed prototype boards to merchant board solutions. If such companies decide to continue to custom develop prototype boards for cost or other reasons we may have more difficulty obtaining new customers and increasing our market share.

A number of companies provide merchant prototyping boards which can put pressure on us to reduce the prices of our products. Our competitors may offer discounts on certain products or partner with other design software companies or FPGA manufacturers to bundle software and hardware products for promotional purposes or as a long-term pricing strategy. These practices could, over time, significantly constrain the prices that we can charge for our products. If we cannot offset price reductions with a corresponding increase in the number of sales or with lower spending, then the reduced revenues resulting from lower prices could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

The HARDI acquisition may impair our existing relationships.

The HARDI acquisition could substantially impair our important business relationships. Customers and suppliers could decide to terminate or cancel their existing arrangements, or fail to renew those arrangements, as a result of the acquisition. Other board manufacturers may refuse to work with us and may establish in the future, cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties to increase their ability to address the needs of our prospective customers.

Our sales and operating results have in the past been, and may in the future be, negatively impacted by deteriorating economic conditions in the United States and other major countries in which we operate.

Although revenue has increased in our United States operations in 2006 and 2007, we have in the past experienced negative effects from economic downturns in the United States and other countries. In 2004, customers tightly controlled spending and reduced or delayed purchase orders. Industry slowdowns could reemerge, and may extend to other geographic areas. For example, the recent increase in worldwide fuel prices could result in weakened economic conditions in the United States and other geographic areas and adversely affect our business.

Significant errors in our products or the failure of our products to conform to specifications could result in our customers demanding refunds from us or asserting claims for damages against us.

Because our logic synthesis, physical synthesis and verification products are complex, our products could fail to perform as anticipated or produce semiconductors that contain errors which go undetected at any point in the customers’ design cycle. While we continually test our products for errors and work with users through our customer support service organization to identify and correct errors in our software and other product problems, errors in our products may be found in the future. Although a number of these errors may prove to be immaterial, many of these errors could be significant. The detection of any significant errors may result in:

 

   

the loss of or delay in market acceptance and sales of our products;

 

   

delays in shipping dates for our products;

 

   

diversion of development resources from new products to fix errors in existing products;

 

   

damage to our reputation;

 

   

costs of corrective actions or returns of defective products;

 

   

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product liability claims or damage awards.

We warrant that our products will operate in accordance with certain specifications. If our products fail to conform to these specifications, customers could demand a refund for the purchase price or assert and collect on claims for damages. Although we maintain general business insurance, our coverage does not extend to product liability claims and we cannot assure that our resources would be sufficient to pay a damages award if one were to arise.

Moreover, because our products are used in connection with other vendors’ products that are used to design complex FPGAs and ASICs, significant liability claims may be asserted against us if our products do not work properly, individually or with other vendors’ products. Our agreements with customers typically contain provisions intended to limit our exposure to liability claims. However, these limitations may not preclude all potential claims and we do not insure against such liabilities. Regardless of their merit, liability claims could require us to spend significant time and money in litigation and divert management’s attention from other business pursuits. If successful, a product liability claim could require us to pay significant damages. Any claim, whether or not successful, could seriously damage our reputation and our business.

We may not be able to preserve the value of our products’ intellectual property rights and other vendors could challenge our intellectual property rights.

Our products are differentiated from those of our competitors by our internally developed technology that is incorporated into our products. If we fail to protect our intellectual property rights, other vendors could sell logic synthesis, physical synthesis or verification products with features similar to ours, which could reduce demand for our products. We protect our intellectual property rights through a combination of copyright, trade secret and trademark laws. We have filed a number of patent applications and as of September 30, 2007 had issued or allowed 50 patents, most of which are U.S. patents. We generally enter into confidentiality or license agreements with our employees, consultants and corporate partners, and generally seek to control access to our intellectual property rights and the distribution of our FPGA implementation, ASIC verification and ESL products, documentation and other proprietary information. However, we believe that these measures afford only limited protection. There is the possibility that the validity of some of our patents may be challenged in the future. Others may develop technologies that are similar or superior to our technology or design around the copyrights and trade secrets we own. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise improperly obtain and use our products or technology. Policing unauthorized use of our products is difficult and expensive, and we cannot be certain that the steps we have taken will prevent misappropriation of our technology, particularly in foreign countries where the laws may not protect our proprietary rights as fully as those in the United States. For example, with respect to our sales and support operations in India, Indian laws do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as the United States, and Indian statutory law does not protect service marks. Our means of protecting our proprietary rights may be inadequate.

We are subject to export control regulations that could restrict our ability to increase our revenue and may adversely affect our business.

Our hardware products are shipped from Sweden and are subject to Swedish export control laws and other foreign laws and regulations, which may require that we obtain an export license before we can export certain products or technology to specified countries. These export control laws, and possible changes to current laws, regulations and policies, could restrict our ability to sell products to customers in certain countries or give rise to delays or expenses in obtaining appropriate export licenses. Although we have not had any significant difficulty complying with such regulations so far, any significant future difficulty in complying could harm our business, operating results or financial condition.

 

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We may not be successful in integrating the businesses or technologies that we may acquire, or the expected benefits may not be realized as projected.

We may make additional acquisitions in the future as a part of our efforts to increase revenue and expand our product offerings. In addition to added direct costs, acquisitions pose a number of risks, including:

 

   

integration of the acquired products and employees into our business;

 

   

integration of sales channels and training of our sales force for new product offerings;

 

   

failure to realize expected synergies;

 

   

failure of acquired products to achieve projected sales;

 

   

assumption of unknown liabilities; and

 

   

failure to understand and compete effectively in markets in which we have limited experience.

While we make efforts to analyze acquisition candidates carefully, we cannot be certain that any completed acquisitions will positively impact our business. Future acquisitions could also subject us to significant asset impairment or restructuring charges.

We rely on the services of key personnel, particularly those in our engineering and sales organizations whose knowledge of our business and technical expertise would be difficult to replace, and turnover or other personnel issues in those organizations could negatively impact our revenue.

Our products and technologies are complex and we rely on experienced and knowledgeable research and development and sales personnel. We depend substantially on the continued service of Gary Meyers, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Kenneth S. McElvain, our Chief Technology Officer, Vice President and a founder. We also depend on our sales personnel, particularly in certain areas of Europe and Asia where we employ a relatively small sales team. For example, in 2004 we experienced weakness in certain of our Asian sales locations due to turnover within our Asia sales force. There are a limited number of qualified people with the technical skills and understanding of FPGAs and/or EDA software necessary for our business.

Risks Relating to an Investment in Our Common Stock

Our quarterly operating results and stock price may fluctuate because our ability to accurately forecast our quarterly sales is limited, our costs are relatively fixed in the short term.

Our ability to accurately forecast quarterly sales is limited, which makes it difficult to predict the quarterly revenue that we will recognize. In addition, the time required to initiate and complete a sale for our FPGA products is relatively short, and our ability to foresee and react to changes in customer demand for our products may be limited and therefore inaccurate. Most of our costs are for personnel and facilities, which are relatively fixed in the short term. If we have a shortfall in revenue in relation to our expectations, we may be unable to reduce our expenses quickly to avoid lower quarterly operating results. Consequently, our quarterly operating results could fluctuate, and the fluctuations could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

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In the past, we experienced losses and may experience losses in the future, which could result in a decline in the market price of our common stock.

We had net income of $2.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2007. Although we had net income of $3.2 million and $6.6 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively, we have had significant net losses in the past, including a net loss of $377,000 in 2003 and $3.3 million in 2002. We expect to continue to incur significant levels of operating expenses. Since the majority of our expenses are salaries and related benefits, our ability to offset a revenue shortfall is limited. If revenue does not increase or declines, we may not be able to manage our costs in time to achieve profitability for the applicable period involved. If we are not profitable, the market price of our common stock may decline, perhaps substantially.

Our expenses may increase in the next 12 months as we:

 

   

hire additional employees;

 

   

increase compensation for existing employees;

 

   

increase marketing efforts; and

 

   

maintain compliance with future corporate governance regulations.

Any failure to increase our new product bookings and revenue as we implement our product and distribution strategies would also harm our ability to achieve or maintain profitability and could negatively impact the market price of our common stock.

If we experience an increase in the length of our sales cycle, our quarterly operating results could become more unpredictable and our stock price may decline as a result.

We experience sales cycles, or the time between an initial customer contact and completion of a sale, of generally two weeks to several months for our FPGA products, depending on the product. When the economic downturn began in 2001, we experienced an increase in the length of our sales cycle which has since stabilized. If we experience such an increase in the length of our sales cycle again, our quarterly operating results could suffer and our stock price could decline as a result. The sales cycle for our Certify product is substantially longer than that of our FPGA products, which could result in additional unpredictability of our quarterly revenue. In addition, the timing, performance and quality of product releases from competitors as well as releases of our own products can cause sales cycles to increase as customers evaluate the new products.

Our officers and persons affiliated with our directors hold a substantial portion of our stock and could reject mergers or other business combinations that shareholders may believe to be desirable.

As of September 30, 2007, our directors, officers and individuals or entities affiliated with our directors owned 41% of our outstanding common stock as a group. Acting together, these shareholders would be able to significantly influence all matters that our shareholders vote upon, including the election of directors or the rejection of a merger or other business combination that other shareholders may believe to be desirable.

Our common stock may be subject to substantial price and volume fluctuations due to a number of factors, many of which will be beyond our control, which may prevent our shareholders from reselling our common stock at a profit.

The securities markets have experienced significant price and volume fluctuations over recent years and the market prices of the securities of technology companies have been especially volatile. For example, our stock had closing prices ranging between a high of $9.80 and a low of $5.28 during the 24 months ended September 30, 2007. This market volatility, as well as current or future environmental, general economic, market or political conditions including: recent natural disasters in various geographic areas, pandemics or

 

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other large scale health disasters, the war in Iraq, terrorist activity or other acts of destruction could reduce the market price of our common stock regardless of our operating performance. Furthermore, because our stock generally trades at relatively low volumes, any sudden increase in trading volumes can cause significant volatility in the stock price. In addition, our operating results could be below the expectations of investment analysts and investors, and in response, the market price of our common stock could decrease significantly. In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been the object of securities class action litigation. If we were the object of securities class action litigation, it could result in substantial costs, liabilities and a diversion of management’s attention and resources.

Other risks

Our operating results would suffer if we were subject to a protracted infringement claim or a significant damage award.

Although we have not been subject to infringement litigation in the past, substantial litigation and threats of litigation regarding intellectual property rights exist in our industry. We expect that logic synthesis, physical synthesis and verification products may be increasingly subject to third-party infringement claims as the number of competitors in our industry segment grows and the functionality of products in different industry segments overlaps. We are not aware that our products employ technology that infringes any valid proprietary rights of third parties. However, third parties may claim that we infringe their intellectual property rights. Any claims, with or without merit, could:

 

   

result in costly litigation and/or damage awards;

 

   

be time consuming to defend;

 

   

divert our management’s attention and resources;

 

   

cause product shipment delays; and

 

   

require us to seek to enter into royalty or licensing agreements.

These royalty or licensing agreements may not be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. A successful claim of product infringement against us or our failure to license the infringed or similar technology could adversely affect our business because we would not be able to sell the impacted product without exposing ourselves to litigation risk and damages. Furthermore, redevelopment of the product so as to avoid infringement would cause us to incur significant additional expense. Although we maintain general business insurance, it does not cover infringement claims. We would be required to pay any damages and legal expenses from a successful claim ourselves. In addition, because we also provide standard warranties against and indemnification for the potential infringement of third party intellectual property rights to our customers, we would be financially exposed to satisfy these obligations to our customers.

As we continue to expand our international operations, we are subject to additional risks and exposures, including economic conditions in foreign locations, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, political and regulatory conditions and other risks.

Customers outside North America accounted for approximately 40%, 44% and 43% of our total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and in the years 2006 and 2005, respectively. Although international revenue has grown over the last few years, we experienced effects of the economic downturn during 2002 in parts of Europe and Japan, and experienced negative effects from the SARS epidemic on our Asia business during 2003. A return of such economic conditions, an avian flu outbreak or pandemic or an extension of such conditions to other international locations, would adversely impact our business.

 

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We have offices in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Israel, India, Finland, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the People’s Republic of China and Turkey. We also rely on indirect sales in some areas of Asia, Europe and elsewhere. Our sales contracts generally provide for payment for our products in U.S. dollars. However, direct sales to our customers in Japan are in yen and we expect all such future sales there will be denominated in yen. Our expenses incurred in foreign locations are generally denominated in the respective local currency, and as a result, our future revenue and expense levels from international operations may be unpredictable due to exchange rate fluctuations. Our international operations may be subject to other risks, including:

 

   

relatively higher personnel and operating costs which may not result in additional revenue;

 

   

revenue may not be sufficient to cover the expenses associated with establishing a new or expanded international location;

 

   

the impact of local economic conditions, such as interest rate increases or inflation, which may lead to higher cost of capital and lower demand for products;

 

   

greater difficulty in accounts receivable collection and longer collection periods;

 

   

unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, including increased tariffs, government ownership of communications systems or laws relating to use of and sales over the internet;

 

   

difficulties and costs of staffing and managing foreign operations;

 

   

reduced protection for intellectual property rights in some countries;

 

   

potentially adverse tax consequences, including taxes due on the exercise of stock options or purchase of shares under employee plans by foreign employees and the impact of expiry of tax holidays or applicability of withholding or value added taxes;

 

   

foreign currency fluctuations; and

 

   

the impact of epidemic situations such as the SARS epidemic that occurred in 2003.

Modifications to our effective tax rates or government reviews of our tax returns could affect our results of operations.

We are subject to income and transaction taxes in the United States and in multiple foreign locations. Determining our worldwide provision for income taxes involves judgment and estimates and we cannot be certain that subsequent adjustments might be needed should updated information become available.

Our annual effective tax rate is calculated on the basis of our level of profitability and includes items such as the usage of tax loss carryforwards and credits that result in a federal and state tax provision combined with income taxes on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries. Our annual effective tax rate may also be impacted due to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, Share Based Payments (“SFAS 123R”) by the amount of foreign stock option expense that may not be deductible in the foreign jurisdictions and expenses related to the issuance to US employees for our employee stock purchase plan and incentive stock options. Also, SFAS 123R requires the tax benefit of stock option deductions relating to our employee stock purchase plan and incentive stock options be recorded in the period of disqualifying disposition. This could result in significant fluctuations in our effective tax rate between accounting periods. We have been subject to tax audits in the past including income, sales and property tax audits, and may be subject to additional domestic and international tax audits in the future. Although we believe our tax calculations are reasonable, we cannot be certain that the results of any audit will not require any adjustments to our historical income tax provisions and accruals. If additional taxes are assessed during an audit, our operating results or financial position could be materially affected. As net loss carry forwards and credits expire, our effective income tax rate will increase significantly. The resulting decline in our profitability could negatively impact the market price of our common stock.

 

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Corporate governance regulations have recently increased our costs and may further increase our costs.

Changes in laws and regulations affecting public companies, including the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, have imposed new requirements on us and on our officers, directors, attorneys and independent accountants. In order to comply with these new rules, we have added internal resources and have utilized additional outside legal, accounting and advisory services, which have increased and are likely to continue increasing our operating expenses. In particular, we expect to incur additional administrative expenses as we maintain compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires management to report on, and our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to attest to, our internal controls. In addition, if we undergo significant modifications to our structure through personnel or system changes, acquisitions, or otherwise, it may be increasingly difficult to maintain compliance with the existing and evolving corporate governance regulations. A misrepresentation of these regulations could require us to restate our prior results. We may also face challenges with our review and reporting of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting due to changes in materiality thresholds, interpretive literature and other procedures in future reviews.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

The following table provides information with respect to purchases we made of our common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2007:

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

     Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
   Average
Price Paid
per Share
   Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of
Publicly
Announced
Program
   Maximum
Approximate
Dollar Amount
May Yet Be
Used to
Purchase
Shares Under
the Program

July 1, 2007 through July 31, 2007

   —      $ —      —      $ 7,407,997

August 1, 2007 through August 31, 2007

   485,066      6.73    485,066    $ 4,142,350

September 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007

   100,000      6.60    100,000    $ 3,482,348
                   

Total

   585,066    $ 6.71    585,066    $ 3,482,348
                   

In January 2007, our Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program which authorizes management to spend up to $10.0 million for common stock repurchases in 2007, of which $3.5 million is remaining for this year. Shares will be repurchased in the open market at times and prices we consider appropriate. The timing of purchases and the exact number of shares to be purchased will depend on market conditions.

 

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ITEM 6: EXHIBITS

 

10.45.1    Lease dated September 1, 2007 between Registrant and Ankara Teknoloji Gelistirme Bölgesi Kurucu ve Isletici Anonim Sirketi for Cyberplaza Blok 3 floor Bilkent, Turkey office
31.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32    Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    SYNPLICITY, INC.
Date: November 9, 2007     By:   /s/ Gary Meyers
      Name:   Gary Meyers
      Title:   Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
    By:   /s/ John J. Hanlon
      Name:   John J. Hanlon
      Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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