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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended September 29, 2007
Commission file number 000-49602
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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77-0118518 |
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation or organization)
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Identification No.) |
3120 Scott Blvd., Suite 130
Santa Clara, California 95054
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(408) 454-5100
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
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 þ Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at November 2, 2007: 30,850,927
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share data)
(unaudited)
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September 30, |
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June 30, |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
101,979 |
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$ |
45,915 |
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Short-term investments |
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159,192 |
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219,102 |
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Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $364 and $419,
respectively |
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65,664 |
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56,721 |
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Inventories |
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19,476 |
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12,034 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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10,064 |
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4,245 |
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Total current assets |
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356,375 |
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338,017 |
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Property and equipment, net |
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19,848 |
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19,400 |
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Goodwill |
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1,927 |
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1,927 |
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Other assets |
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7,739 |
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13,968 |
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$ |
385,889 |
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$ |
373,312 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
21,387 |
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$ |
21,552 |
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Accrued compensation |
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4,144 |
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5,372 |
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Income taxes payable |
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3,400 |
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Other accrued liabilities |
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6,605 |
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6,272 |
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Note payable |
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1,500 |
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Total current liabilities |
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32,136 |
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38,096 |
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Other liabilities |
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12,991 |
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2,129 |
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Convertible senior subordinated notes |
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125,000 |
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125,000 |
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Stockholders equity: |
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Common stock: |
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$0.001 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized; 30,653,597
and 29,666,660 shares issued, respectively |
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31 |
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30 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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196,913 |
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180,746 |
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Less: 4,088,100 and 3,588,100 common treasury shares,
respectively, at cost |
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(91,296 |
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(72,345 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
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(943 |
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(139 |
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Retained earnings |
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111,057 |
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99,795 |
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Total stockholders equity |
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215,762 |
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208,087 |
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$ |
385,889 |
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$ |
373,312 |
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statement (unaudited).
3
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
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Three Months Ended |
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September 30, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Net revenue |
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$ |
86,692 |
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$ |
54,815 |
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Cost of revenue (1) |
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51,228 |
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32,420 |
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Gross margin |
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35,464 |
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22,395 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Research and development (1) |
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10,402 |
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9,188 |
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Selling, general, and administrative (1) |
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10,750 |
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7,801 |
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Total operating expenses |
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21,152 |
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16,989 |
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Income from operations |
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14,312 |
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5,406 |
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Interest income |
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2,995 |
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2,539 |
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Interest expense |
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(475 |
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(487 |
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Gain on settlement of debt |
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2,689 |
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Impairment of investment |
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(4,000 |
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Income before provision for income taxes |
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15,521 |
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7,458 |
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Provision for income taxes |
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4,259 |
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3,331 |
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Net income |
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$ |
11,262 |
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$ |
4,127 |
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Net income per share: |
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Basic |
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0.43 |
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$ |
0.16 |
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Diluted |
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$ |
0.41 |
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$ |
0.15 |
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Shares used in computing net income per share: |
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Basic |
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26,210 |
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25,134 |
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Diluted |
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27,691 |
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29,253 |
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(1) Amounts include share-based compensation costs as follows: |
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Cost of revenue |
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$ |
239 |
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$ |
147 |
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Research and development |
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$ |
1,171 |
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$ |
1,035 |
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Selling, general, and administrative |
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$ |
1,919 |
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$ |
1,919 |
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statement (unaudited).
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SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
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Three Months Ended |
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September 30, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Cash flows from operating activities |
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Net income |
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$ |
11,262 |
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$ |
4,127 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities: |
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Share-based compensation costs |
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3,329 |
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3,101 |
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Deferred taxes from share-based compensation |
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916 |
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(751 |
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Tax benefit realized from share-based compensation |
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234 |
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Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation |
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(183 |
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Depreciation of property and equipment |
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855 |
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454 |
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Impairment of property and equipment |
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210 |
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Amortization of debt issuance costs |
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215 |
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215 |
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Gain on settlement of debt |
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(2,689 |
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Impairment of investment |
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4,000 |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Accounts receivable, net |
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(8,943 |
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(7,779 |
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Inventories |
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(7,442 |
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993 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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(77 |
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(325 |
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Other assets |
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1,854 |
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1,000 |
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Accounts payable |
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(165 |
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(390 |
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Accrued compensation |
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(1,413 |
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(978 |
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Income taxes |
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1,634 |
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2,891 |
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Other accrued liabilities |
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1,522 |
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2,070 |
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Other liabilities |
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(21 |
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(969 |
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Net cash provided by operating activities |
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5,047 |
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3,710 |
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Cash flows from investing activities |
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Purchases of short-term investments |
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(61,783 |
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(69,981 |
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Proceeds from sales and maturities of short-term investments |
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120,240 |
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82,825 |
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Purchases of property and equipment |
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(1,513 |
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(515 |
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Net cash provided by investing activities |
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56,944 |
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12,329 |
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Purchase of treasury stock |
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(18,951 |
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(4,612 |
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Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of
options
and stock purchase plan |
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13,024 |
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1,462 |
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Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation |
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183 |
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Net cash used in financing activities |
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(5,927 |
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(2,967 |
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
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56,064 |
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13,072 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
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45,915 |
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38,724 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
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$ |
101,979 |
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$ |
51,796 |
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Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information |
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Cash paid for income taxes |
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$ |
33 |
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$ |
247 |
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See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
5
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
1. Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. However, certain information or footnote
disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such SEC rules and
regulations. In our opinion, the financial statements include all adjustments, which are of a
normal and recurring nature, necessary for the fair presentation of the results of the interim
periods presented. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily
indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future period. These financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and
related notes included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007.
The consolidated financial statements include our financial statements and those of our wholly
owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated
upon consolidation.
Our fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period ending on the last Saturday in June. Fiscal 2008
will be a 52-week period ending on June 28, 2008, and fiscal 2007 was a 53-week period ending on
June 30, 2007. The fiscal periods presented in this report were 13-week periods for the three
months ended September 29, 2007 and September 23, 2006. For ease of presentation, the accompanying
consolidated financial statements have been shown as ending on September 30 and calendar quarter
end dates for all annual, interim, and quarterly financial statement captions, unless otherwise
indicated.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles 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. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue
recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, cost of revenue, inventories, product warranty,
share-based compensation costs, provision for income taxes, income taxes payable, investments, and
contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience, applicable laws and regulations,
and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results
of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities
that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates
under different assumptions or conditions.
2. Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue from product sales when there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement
exists, delivery has occurred and title has transferred, the price is fixed or determinable, and
collection is reasonably assured. We accrue for estimated sales returns and other allowances,
based on historical experience, at the time we recognize revenue. We record contract revenue for
research and development as we provide the services under the terms of the contract. We recognize
non-refundable contract fees for which no further performance obligations exist and for which there
is no continuing involvement by us on the earlier of when the payments are received or when
collection is assured.
3. Net Income Per Share
We present basic and diluted net income per share amounts in conformity with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 128, Earnings Per Share, for all periods presented.
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The following table presents the computation of basic and diluted net income per share (in
thousands, except per share amounts):
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Three Months Ended |
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September 30, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Numerator: |
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Basic net income |
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$ |
11,262 |
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$ |
4,127 |
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Interest expense and amortization of debt issuance
costs on convertible notes (net of tax) |
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266 |
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Diluted net income |
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$ |
11,262 |
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$ |
4,393 |
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Denominator: |
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Shares, basic |
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26,210 |
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25,134 |
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Effect of dilutive share-based awards |
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1,481 |
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1,645 |
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Effect of convertible notes |
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2,474 |
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Shares, diluted |
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27,691 |
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29,253 |
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Net income per share: |
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Basic |
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$ |
0.43 |
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$ |
0.16 |
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Diluted |
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$ |
0.41 |
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$ |
0.15 |
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Basic net income per share amounts for each period presented have been computed using the
weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding.
Dilutive net income per share amounts do not include the effect of 836,171 and 2,784,476
share-based awards that were outstanding during the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006,
respectively. These share-based awards were not included in the computation of diluted net income
per share because the proceeds received, if any, from such share-based awards combined with the
average unamortized compensation costs adjusted for the hypothetical tax benefit or deficiency
creditable or chargeable, respectively, to additional paid-in capital, were greater than the
average market price of our common stock, and therefore, their effect would have been antidilutive.
As a result of our irrevocable election in April 2007 to cash settle the principal amount of
our convertible notes, no shares of common stock will be issued to settle the principal and cash or
common stock may be used to settle the value in excess of the principal. Our election to cash
settle the principal of the convertible notes upon conversion resulted in our using the if
converted method through the date of the election and the treasury stock method subsequent to
the date of the election for purposes of calculating diluted net income per share. Accordingly,
diluted net income per share amounts for each period presented have been computed (1) using the
weighted average number of potentially dilutive shares issuable in connection with our share-based
compensation plans under the treasury stock method, (2) through April 2007 using the weighted
average number of shares issuable in connection with our convertible debt under the if-converted
method, and (3) from April 2007 using the weighted average number of potentially dilutive shares
issuable in connection with our convertible debt under the treasury stock method, when dilutive.
4. Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments
Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months
or less. Short-term investments consist of marketable securities and are classified as securities
available for sale under SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity
Securities. Such securities are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses, net of
taxes, excluded from earnings and shown separately as a component of accumulated other
comprehensive loss within stockholders equity. We may pay a premium or receive a discount upon
the purchase of marketable securities. Interest earned on marketable securities and amortization
of discounts received and accretion of premiums paid on the purchase of marketable securities are
included in interest income. We determine realized gains and losses on the sale of marketable
securities using the specific identification method.
A portion of our investment portfolio is invested in double and triple A rated auction rate
securities. During the quarter ended September 30, 2007, $18.5 million of our auction rate
securities, which were purchased subsequent to June 30, 2007, failed to settle in auctions. The
failures resulted in the interest rates on the investments resetting at
7
Libor plus 50 or 100 basis
points. While we now earn a premium interest rate on these investments, the investments are not
liquid. In the event we need to access these funds, we will not be able to do so without a loss of
principal, unless a future auction on these investments is successful. We have reduced the
carrying value of these investments by
$1.6 million though other comprehensive income to reflect the temporary nature of the
impairment of these investments. At this time, there is no evidence to suggest that these
investments are other-than-temporarily impaired or that they will not be settled in the short term;
however, we will evaluate these investments quarterly.
5. Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market (estimated
net realizable value) and consisted of the following (in thousands):
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September 30, |
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June 30, |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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Raw materials |
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$ |
13,636 |
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$ |
10,187 |
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Finished goods |
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5,840 |
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1,847 |
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$ |
19,476 |
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$ |
12,034 |
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Periodically, we purchase inventory from our subcontractors when a customers delivery
schedule is delayed or a customers order is cancelled. In those circumstances in which our
customer has cancelled its order and we purchase inventory from our subcontractors, we consider a
write-down to reduce the carrying value of the inventory purchased to its net realizable value. We
charge write-downs to reduce the carrying value of obsolete, slow moving, and non-usable inventory
to net realizable value to cost of revenue.
6. Product Warranties, Indemnifications, and Legal Proceedings
Product Warranties
We generally warrant our products for a period of 12 months or more from the date of sale and
estimate probable product warranty costs at the time we recognize revenue. Factors that affect our
warranty liability include historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims, materials usage,
and service delivery costs. Warranty costs incurred have not been material in recent years.
However, we assess the adequacy of our warranty obligations periodically and adjust the accrued
warranty liability on the basis of our estimates.
Changes in our accrued warranty liability (included in other accrued liabilities) for the
three-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 were as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
September 30, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Beginning accrued warranty |
|
$ |
325 |
|
|
$ |
357 |
|
Provision for product warranties |
|
|
103 |
|
|
|
214 |
|
Cost of warranty claims and settlements |
|
|
(64 |
) |
|
|
(151 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending accrued warranty |
|
$ |
364 |
|
|
$ |
420 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indemnifications
In connection with certain third-party agreements, we are obligated to indemnify the third
party in connection with any technology infringement by us. We have also entered into
indemnification agreements with our officers and directors. Maximum potential future payments
cannot be estimated because these agreements do not have a maximum stated liability. However,
historical costs related to these indemnification provisions have not been significant. We have
not recorded any liability in our consolidated financial statements for such indemnification
obligations.
Legal Proceedings
In March 2006, Elantech Devices Corporation (Elantech) filed a Complaint for Patent
Infringement against us claiming that we infringed one of its patents and seeking damages,
attorneys fees, and a permanent injunction against us infringing or inducing others to infringe
the patent. In April 2006, we filed our Answer to the Complaint and
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Counterclaims against Elantech claiming that Elantech has infringed and induced infringement of
four of our patents and seeking damages, attorneys fees, and a permanent injunction against
infringing or inducing others to infringe.
Elantech responded to our counterclaim denying liability and counterclaimed seeking an
injunction and damages for alleged violations of California law. We subsequently filed a motion to
dismiss the Elantech counterclaims that was granted in July 2006 with leave to amend the
counterclaims after the adjudication of the patent infringement claims.
The Elantech patent relates to recognizing the presence of multiple fingers on a touchpad. We
have multiple ways to accomplish that and have our own patents for detecting multiple fingers. We
have used two types of software in our products (Type 1 Code and Type 2 Code) to detect
multiple fingers.
In October 2007, the Court heard oral arguments on our motion for summary judgment of
noninfringement of the Elantech patent and Elantechs cross-motion for summary judgment of
infringement. The Court granted our motion for partial summary judgment of noninfringement as to
products containing Type 1 Code and denied our motion for partial summary judgment of
noninfringement as to products containing Type 2 Code. In addition, the Court denied Elantechs
motion for summary judgment that our Type 1 and Type 2 Codes infringe Elantechs intellectual
property. The Court indicated, however that it would grant summary judgment of infringement for
products implementing the Type 2 Code with enabled finger counting functionality but Elantech did
not move for partial summary judgment. We do not believe any aspect of the Courts decision will
have a material effect on our business.
We intend to vigorously defend our patents and pursue our counterclaims. We have not recorded
any liability associated with Elantechs claims pursuant to SFAS No. 5 Accounting for
Contingencies, and have expensed as incurred all legal fees associated with the legal proceedings.
7. Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
In December 2004, we issued an aggregate of $125 million of 0.75% Convertible Senior
Subordinated Notes maturing December 1, 2024 (the Notes) in a private offering pursuant to Rule
144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In connection with issuing the Notes, we
incurred debt issuance costs of $4.3 million, consisting primarily of the initial purchasers
discount and costs related to legal, accounting, and printing, which are being amortized over five
years. We expect to use the net proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes and
potentially for future acquisitions.
The Notes bear interest at a rate of 0.75% per annum payable on December 1 and June 1 of each
year. However, we will pay additional contingent interest on the Notes if the average trading
price of the Notes is at or above 120% of the principal amount of the Notes for a specified period
beginning with the six-month period commencing December 1, 2009. The amount of contingent interest
payable on the Notes with respect to a six-month period, for which contingent interest applies,
will equal 0.375% per annum of the average trading price of the Notes for a specified five
trading-day period preceding such six-month period.
As a result of our irrevocable election in April 2007 to cash settle the principal amount of
the Notes, no shares of common stock will be issued to settle the principal amount of the Notes and
cash or common stock may be used to settle the value of the Notes in excess of $125 million, if
any. Our election to cash settle the principal amount of the Notes upon conversion resulted in our
using the if converted method through the date of the election and the treasury stock method
subsequent to the date of the election for purposes of calculating diluted net income per share.
Accordingly, we will include on a prospective basis diluted shares underlying the Notes in our
diluted net income per share calculation only when the average closing stock price for the
accounting period exceeds the conversion price of the Notes, which is currently $50.53 per share.
Initially the Notes were convertible into shares of our common stock at a conversion rate of
19.7918 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, or a total of 2,473,975 shares of common
stock, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $50.53 per share of
common stock, subject to adjustment in certain events. Through April 2007 the denominator of the
diluted net income per share calculation included the weighted average effect of the 2,473,975
shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with SFAS 128 as it
applies to the method of settling the principal amount of the Notes and Emerging Issues Task Force
(EITF) Issue No. 04-08, The Effect of Contingently Convertible Instruments on Diluted Earnings
per Share, as it applies to the market price conversion trigger embedded in the Notes.
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Through November 30, 2009, upon the occurrence of a fundamental change as defined in the
indenture governing the Notes, we could potentially be obligated to issue up to 7.917 shares per
$1,000 of principal amount of Notes, or a total of 989,587 shares of common stock. The 989,587
shares, contingently issuable upon a fundamental change, are not included in the calculation of
diluted net income per share.
The Notes may be converted (1) if, during any calendar quarter commencing after December 31,
2004, the last reported sale price of our common stock for at least 20 trading days in the period
of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the preceding calendar quarter is
greater than or equal to 120% of the applicable conversion price on such last trading day; (2) on
or after January 1, 2020; (3) if we have called the Notes for redemption; or (4) during prescribed
periods, upon the occurrence of specified corporate transactions or fundamental changes. On or
after December 1, 2009, we may redeem for cash all or a portion of the Notes at a redemption price
of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, including contingent
interest and additional interest, if any. Noteholders have the right to require us to repurchase
all or a portion of their Notes for cash on December 1, 2009, December 1, 2014, and December 1,
2019 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased plus accrued and
unpaid interest, including contingent interest and additional interest, if any. As of June 30,
2007, none of the conditions for conversion of the Notes had occurred.
The Notes are unsecured senior subordinated obligations and rank junior in right of payment to
all of our existing and future senior indebtedness, equal in right of payment with all of our
existing and future indebtedness or other obligations that are not, by their terms, either senior
or subordinated to the Notes, including trade debt and other general unsecured obligations that do
not constitute senior or subordinated indebtedness, and senior in right of payment to all of our
future indebtedness that, by its terms, is subordinated to the Notes. There are no financial
covenants in the Notes.
Interest expense includes the amortization of debt issuance costs. We recorded $449,000 of
interest expense on the Notes during each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and
2006, respectively.
8. Share-Based Compensation
The purpose of our various share-based compensation plans is to attract, motivate, retain, and
reward high-quality employees, directors, and consultants by enabling such persons to acquire or
increase their proprietary interest in our common stock in order to strengthen the mutuality of
interests between such persons and our stockholders and to provide such persons with annual and
long-term performance incentives to focus their best efforts in the creation of stockholder value.
Consequently, share-based compensatory awards issued subsequent to the initial award to our
employees and consultants are determined primarily on individual performance. Our share-based
compensation plans with outstanding awards consist of our 1996 Stock Option Plan, our 2000
Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, our 2001 Incentive Compensation Plan, and our 2001 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan.
Share-based compensation and the related tax benefit recognized in our consolidated statements
of income for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 were as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
September 30, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Cost of revenue |
|
$ |
239 |
|
|
$ |
147 |
|
Research and development |
|
|
1,171 |
|
|
|
1,035 |
|
Selling, general, and administrative |
|
|
1,919 |
|
|
|
1,919 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
3,329 |
|
|
$ |
3,101 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax benefit recorded on share-based compensation |
|
$ |
1,697 |
|
|
$ |
781 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We utilize the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the grant date fair value of
certain employee share-based compensatory awards, which requires the input of highly subjective
assumptions, including expected volatility and expected life. Historical and implied volatilities
were used in estimating the fair value of our share-based awards, while the expected life of our
options was estimated to be five years based on historical trends since our initial public
offering. Changes in these inputs and assumptions can materially affect the measure of estimated
fair value of our share-based compensation. Further, as required under SFAS 123R, we now estimate
forfeitures for share-based awards that are not expected to vest. We charge the estimated fair
value less estimated forfeitures to earnings on a
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straight-line basis over the vesting period of the underlying awards, which is generally four years
for our stock option and deferred stock unit awards and up to two years for our employee stock
purchase plan. The Black-Scholes option pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair
value of traded options having no vesting restrictions and being fully transferable. As our stock
option and employee stock purchase plan awards have characteristics that differ significantly from
traded options and, as changes in the subjective assumptions can materially affect the estimated
value, our estimate of fair value may not accurately represent the value assigned by a third party
in an arms-length transaction. While our estimate of fair value and the associated charge to
earnings materially affects our results of operations, it has no impact on our cash position.
In accordance with SFAS 123R, we recognize tax benefit upon expensing certain share-based
awards associated with our share-based compensation plans, including nonqualified stock options and
deferred stock unit awards, but under current accounting standards we cannot recognize tax benefit
concurrent with the recognition of share-based compensation expenses associated with incentive
stock options and employee stock purchase plan shares (qualified stock options). For qualified
stock options that vested after our adoption of SFAS 123R, we recognize tax benefit only in the
period when disqualifying dispositions of the underlying stock occur, which historically has been
up to several years after vesting and in a period when our stock price substantially increases.
For qualified stock options that vested prior to our adoption of SFAS 123R, the tax benefit is
recorded directly to additional paid-in capital.
We determine excess tax benefit using the long-haul method in which we compare the actual tax
benefit associated with the tax deduction from share-based award activity to the hypothetical tax
benefit on the grant date fair values of the corresponding share-based awards. Under paragraph
A94, footnote 82, of SFAS 123R tax benefit associated with excess tax deduction normally creditable
to additional paid-in capital is not recognized until the deduction reduces taxes payable.
Accordingly, no tax benefit related to excess tax deductions from qualified stock options was
recognized during the quarter ended September 30, 2007.
Historically, we have issued new shares in connection with our share-based compensation plans;
however, 4.1 million treasury shares were also available for issuance as of September 30, 2007.
Any additional shares repurchased under our stock repurchase program would be available for
issuance under our share-based compensation plans.
Deferred Stock Units
Our 2001 Incentive Compensation Plan (2001 Plan) provides for the grant of deferred stock
unit awards (DSUs) to our employees, consultants, and directors. A DSU is a promise to deliver
shares of our common stock at a future date in accordance with the terms of the DSU grant
agreement. We began granting DSU awards in January 2006.
DSUs granted under the 2001 Plan generally vest 25% at the end of 12 months from the vesting
commencement date and at a rate of approximately 2% each month thereafter until fully vested at the
end of 48 months from the vesting commencement date. Delivery of shares under the plan takes place
quarterly for all DSUs vested as of the scheduled delivery dates. Until delivery of shares, the
grantee has no rights as a stockholder.
An election to defer delivery of the underlying shares for unvested DSU awards can be made
provided the deferral election is made at least one year before vesting and the deferral period is
at least five years from the scheduled delivery date.
The following table summarizes DSU activity, including DSUs granted, delivered, and forfeited
during the three months ended September 30, 2007, and the balance and aggregate intrinsic value of
DSUs as of September 30, 2007. The aggregate intrinsic value is based on the closing price of our
common stock on September 28, 2007 of $47.76.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred |
|
Aggregate |
|
|
Stock Unit |
|
Intrinsic |
|
|
Awards |
|
Value |
|
|
Outstanding |
|
(thousands) |
Balance at June 30, 2007 |
|
|
257,225 |
|
|
|
|
|
Granted |
|
|
109,315 |
|
|
|
|
|
Delivered |
|
|
(16,504 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Forfeited |
|
|
(7,361 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at September 30, 2007 |
|
|
342,675 |
|
|
$ |
16,366 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock Options
Our share-based compensation plans with outstanding stock option awards include our 1996 Stock
Option Plan, our 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, and our 2001 Incentive Compensation Plan
(the Plans). Under the Plans, we may grant employees, consultants, and directors incentive stock
options or nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of our common stock at not less than 100%
or 85% of the fair market value, respectively, on the date of grant.
Options issued under the Plans generally vest 25% at the end of 12 months from the vesting
commencement date and approximately 2% each month thereafter until fully vested at the end of 48
months from the vesting commencement date. Options not exercised ten years after the date of grant
are cancelled.
The following table summarizes stock option activity and weighted average exercise prices for
the three months ended September 30, 2007, and for options outstanding and options exercisable, the
weighted average exercise prices and the aggregate intrinsic value as of September 30, 2007. The
aggregate intrinsic value is based on the closing price of our common stock on September 28, 2007
of $47.76 and all outstanding stock options were in-the-money.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock |
|
Weighted |
|
Aggregate |
|
|
Option |
|
Average |
|
Intrinsic |
|
|
Awards |
|
Exercise |
|
Value |
|
|
Outstanding |
|
Price |
|
(thousands) |
Balance at June 30, 2007 |
|
|
4,640,115 |
|
|
$ |
19.18 |
|
|
|
|
|
Granted |
|
|
422,520 |
|
|
$ |
40.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
(975,701 |
) |
|
$ |
13.35 |
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited and expired |
|
|
(87,695 |
) |
|
$ |
21.06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at September 30, 2007 |
|
|
3,999,239 |
|
|
$ |
22.77 |
|
|
$ |
99,931 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable |
|
|
1,650,098 |
|
|
$ |
16.11 |
|
|
$ |
52,222 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Our 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) became effective on January 29, 2002, the
effective date of the registration statement for our initial public offering. The ESPP allows
employees to designate up to 15% of their base compensation, subject to legal restrictions and
limitations, to purchase shares of common stock at 85% of the lesser of the fair market value
(FMV) at the beginning of the offering period or the exercise date. The offering period extends
for up to two years and includes four exercise dates occurring at six month intervals. Under the
terms of the plan, if the FMV at an exercise date is less than the FMV at the beginning of the
offering period, the current offering period will terminate and a new offering period of up to two
years will commence.
The current two year offering period began on July 1, 2007; accordingly, there were no
purchases under our ESPP during the quarter ended September 30, 2007.
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9. Gain from Settlement of Debt and Impairment of Investment
Gain from Settlement of Debt
In fiscal 1998, we entered into agreements with National Semiconductor Corporation
(National) with respect to the formation of a development-stage company, Foveonics, Inc. (now
known as Foveon, Inc. and referred to herein as Foveon), which was formed to develop and produce
digital imaging products. We contributed technology for which we had no accounting basis for a 30%
interest in Foveon in the form of voting convertible preferred stock. Under the agreements, we had
the right to acquire additional shares of convertible preferred stock at a specified price in
exchange for a limited-recourse loan from National. National loaned us $1.5 million under a
limited-recourse note, which we utilized to purchase 900,000 Series A preferred shares of Foveon,
which increased our ownership interest in Foveon to 43%.
In fiscal 1998, we recorded our share of losses incurred by Foveon under the equity accounting
method on the basis of our proportionate ownership of voting convertible preferred stock and
reduced the carrying value of this equity investment to zero as our share of losses incurred by
Foveon exceeded the carrying value of our investment. The $1.5 million note to National plus
accrued interest of $1.2 million came due in August 2007, and, in accordance with the security
agreement, we relinquished our 900,000 Series A preferred shares securing the note to National in
full settlement of the principal and accrued interest. Consequently, we recognized a one-time
non-operating gain upon settlement of debt in the amount of $2.7 million in the quarter ended
September 30, 2007.
Impairment of Investment
In fiscal 2005, we participated in an equity financing, receiving 3,943,217 shares of Foveon
Series E preferred for a cash investment of $4.0 million. The Series E preferred shares are
convertible into common shares on a one-for-one basis at any time at our option, upon a firm
underwritten public offering of Foveon common stock of not less than $20 million at a price per
share of not less than three times the original issue price, or upon the written agreement of the
holders of at least 60% of the outstanding preferred shares voting as a single class. The Series E
preferred shares are also entitled to liquidation preference up to two times the original issue
price over the earlier non-Series E preferred shares and common shares. We are not obligated to
provide additional funding to Foveon.
In fiscal 2007, Foveon completed a Series F preferred financing receiving net proceeds of
$13.8 million. The Series F preferred shareholders are entitled to a liquidation preference over
the earlier non-Series F preferred shares and common shares.
We accounted for our Series E preferred stock investment in Foveon under the cost method in
accordance with APB Opinion No. 18 and EITF Issues No. 02-14 and No. 03-1 because the investment is
not in-substance common stock. We review this investment for impairment at least annually or
more frequently as we become aware of information that might affect the carrying value of our
investment.
Based on our review at September 30, 2007, we determined there was an other-than-temporary
impairment of the carrying value of our investment in Foveon, due to liquidity visibility and
liquidation preferences for the most recent preferred equity round. Assuming book value equals
fair value of certain of Foveons assets such as cash, accounts receivable, and accounts payable
and no value for other tangible and intangible assets, a hypothetical liquidation of Foveon at
September 30, 2007 would benefit only Series F preferred shareholders.
Consequently, we recognized a $4.0 million other-than-temporary impairment charge as of
September 30, 2007.
10. Income Taxes
We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method in accordance with SFAS No.
109 Accounting for Income Taxes. We consider the operating earnings of our foreign subsidiaries
to be indefinitely invested outside the United States. Accordingly, no provision has been made for
the U.S. federal, state, or foreign taxes that may result from future remittances of undistributed
earnings of our foreign subsidiaries.
The provision for income taxes of $4.3 million and $3.3 million for the three months ended
September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, represented estimated federal, foreign, and state taxes.
The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2007 was 27.4% and diverged from
the combined federal and state statutory rate primarily due to increased foreign income taxed at
lower tax rates, accounting for share-based compensation, the
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benefit of research tax credits, and the impact of tax-exempt interest income, partially
offset by foreign withholding taxes and the impairment of an investment for which a valuation
allowance was established against the deferred tax asset. The effective tax rate for the three
months ended September 30, 2006 was 44.7% and diverged from the combined federal and state
statutory rate primarily due to the impact of accounting for share-based compensation and foreign
withholding taxes, partially offset by the impact of tax-exempt interest income and the release of
contingency reserves.
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
We adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an
Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, (FIN 48), effective as of the beginning of the first
quarter of fiscal year 2008. In connection with our adoption of FIN 48, we did not recognize a
cumulative effect adjustment. Historically, we have classified unrecognized tax benefits as
current income taxes payable; however, consistent with the provisions of FIN 48, as of adoption we
reclassified gross unrecognized tax benefits of $8.4 million and accrued interest and penalties
expense of $500,000 as non-current income taxes payable included in other liabilities on our
balance sheet. The additional amount of unrecognized tax benefits recognized during the first
quarter of fiscal 2008 was $1.4 million. No unrecognized tax benefit is expected to be paid within
one year, nor can we make a reliable estimate when cash settlement with a taxing authority may
occur. Any prospective adjustments to our unrecognized tax benefits will be recorded as an
increase or decrease to income tax expense and cause a corresponding change to our effective tax
rate. Accordingly, our effective tax rate could fluctuate materially from period to period.
Classification of Interest and Penalties
Under FIN 48 our policy to classify interest expense and penalties, if any, as components of
income tax expense did not change. An additional $81,000 of interest and penalties has been
accrued during the first quarter of fiscal 2008.
Tax Years and Examination
Currently, we are required to file income tax returns in the United States, California, and
the foreign tax jurisdictions in which we operate. Our major tax jurisdictions are the United
States and California. The fiscal years that remain subject to examination by these jurisdictions
are 2003 and onward. On September 10, 2007 we were notified by the Franchise Tax Board that our
fiscal year 2003 through 2005 returns were subject to audit. The audit is ongoing and no proposed
assessments have been received.
11. Segment, Customers, and Geographic Information
We operate in one segment: the development, marketing, and sale of interactive user interface
solutions for electronic devices and products. We generate our revenue from two broad product
categories: the PC market and digital lifestyle product markets. The PC market accounted for 81%
and 90% of net revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
The following is a summary of net revenue from sales to unaffiliated customers within
geographic areas based on the customer location (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
September 30, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
China |
|
$ |
62,857 |
|
|
$ |
46,553 |
|
Taiwan |
|
|
11,834 |
|
|
|
3,273 |
|
Korea |
|
|
7,223 |
|
|
|
408 |
|
Other |
|
|
4,778 |
|
|
|
4,581 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
86,692 |
|
|
$ |
54,815 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Major customer net revenue data as a percentage of net revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
September 30, |
|
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
Customer A |
|
|
11 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
Customer B |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
Customer C |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
15 |
% |
Customer D |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
14 |
% |
Customer E |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
11 |
% |
Major customer accounts receivable as a percentage of accounts receivable:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of |
|
As of |
|
|
September 30, |
|
June 30, |
|
|
2007 |
|
2007 |
Customer A |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
Customer B |
|
|
11 |
% |
|
|
* |
|
Customer C |
|
|
11 |
% |
|
|
12 |
% |
Customer D |
|
|
* |
|
|
|
17 |
% |
12. Comprehensive Income
Our comprehensive income consists of net income plus the effect of unrealized gains and losses
on our short-term investments due to reductions in market value of certain of our auction rate
securities and interest rate fluctuations on our fixed interest rate investments. The unrealized
gains and losses on our short-term investments are considered to be temporary in nature. We use
the United States dollar as the functional currency in accounting for our foreign entities and
recognize remeasurement adjustments in our consolidated statement of income.
Our comprehensive income for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
September 30, |
|
(In thousands) |
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Net income |
|
|
11,262 |
|
|
|
4,127 |
|
Net unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale
investments, net of tax |
|
|
(804 |
) |
|
|
259 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income |
|
|
10,458 |
|
|
|
4,386 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Included in our net unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale investments we recorded a
pre-tax temporary impairment charge for investments in auction rate securities that failed to
settle in auctions in the amount of $1.6 million, which was partially offset by gains in certain
fixed rate investments as of September 30, 2007. When evaluating our investments for possible
impairment, we review factors such as the length of time and extent to which fair value has been
below cost basis, the financial condition of the investee, and our ability and intent to hold the
investment for a period of time which may be sufficient for anticipated recovery in market value.
At this time, there is no evidence to suggest that these investments
are other-than-temporarily impaired or that they will not be settled
in the short term; however, we will evaluate these investments
quarterly.
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13. Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, (SFAS 157).
SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. SFAS 157
applies under other accounting standards that require or permit fair value measurements.
Accordingly, SFAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurement. SFAS 157 is effective
beginning in our first quarter of fiscal 2009. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS 157 to have a
material impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and
Financial Liabilities Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115, (SFAS 159). SFAS 159
expands the use of fair value accounting to many financial instruments and certain other items.
The fair value option is irrevocable and generally made on an instrument-by-instrument basis, even
if a company has similar instruments that it elects not to measure based on fair value. Subsequent
unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected will be
reported in earnings. SFAS 159 is effective beginning in our first quarter of fiscal 2009. We do
not expect adoption of SFAS 159 to have a material impact on our financial position, results of
operations, or cash flows.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Forward-Looking Statements and Factors That May Affect Results
You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with our condensed
consolidated financial statements and notes in Item 1 and with our audited consolidated financial
statements and notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2007.
In addition to the historical information contained in this report, this report contains
forward-looking statements, including those related to market penetration and market share in the
notebook and digital lifestyle product markets; competition in the notebook and digital lifestyle
product markets; revenue from the notebook and digital lifestyle product markets; growth rates of
these markets; average selling prices; product design mix; manufacturing costs; cost-improvement
programs; gross margins; customer relationships; research and development expenses; selling,
general, and administrative expenses; legal proceedings; and liquidity and anticipated cash
requirements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially.
We caution that these statements are qualified by various factors that may affect future
results, including the following: changes in the market for our products and the success of our
customers products; our success in moving products from the design phase into the manufacturing
phase; changes in the competitive environment; infringement claims; warranty obligations related to
product failures; the failure of key technologies to deliver commercially acceptable performance;
our dependence on certain key markets; penetration into new markets; the absence of both long-term
purchase and supply commitments; and our lengthy development and product acceptance cycles. This
report should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June
30, 2007, including particularly Item 1A Risk Factors.
Overview
We are a leading worldwide developer and supplier of custom-designed user interface solutions
that enable people to interact more easily and intuitively with a wide variety of mobile computing,
entertainment, communications, and other electronic devices. We are a leading supplier of
interface solutions to the notebook computer market and the hard-disk drive, or HDD, portable
digital music player market. In fiscal 2007, we believe we were the market leader in providing
interface solutions for notebook computers and HDD portable digital music players. We believe our
market share results from the combination of our customer focus, the strength of our intellectual
property, and our engineering know-how, which allows us to design products that meet the demanding
design specifications of original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs.
Our manufacturing operations are based on a virtual manufacturing model in which we outsource
all of our production requirements, eliminating the need for significant capital expenditures for
manufacturing facilities and equipment and allowing us to reduce our investment in inventories.
This approach requires us to work closely with our manufacturing subcontractors to ensure adequate
production capacity to meet our forecasted production requirements. We provide our manufacturing
subcontractors with six-month rolling forecasts and generally issue purchase orders based on our
anticipated requirements for the next 90 days. However, we do not have any long-term supply
contracts with any of our manufacturing subcontractors. Currently, we use two third-party
manufacturers to provide our proprietary capacitive based ASICs, and in certain cases, we rely on a
single source or a limited number of suppliers to provide other key components of our products.
Our cost of revenue includes all costs associated with the production of our products, including
materials, manufacturing, assembly, and test costs paid to third-party manufacturers and related
overhead costs associated with our manufacturing operations personnel. Additionally, all warranty
costs and any inventory provisions or write-downs are charged to cost of revenue.
Our gross margin generally reflects the combination of the added value we bring to our
customers products in meeting their custom design requirements and our ongoing cost-improvement
programs. These cost-improvement programs include reducing materials and component costs, assembly
and test costs, and implementing design and process improvements. As each custom-designed module
we sell utilizes our capacitive sensing technology in a design that is generally unique or specific
to a customers application, gross margin varies on a product-by-product basis. Generally, our
products, which contain a higher percentage of third-party content, may have lower gross margins.
Our newly introduced products may have lower gross margins than our more mature products that have
realized greater benefits associated with our ongoing cost-improvement programs. As a result, new
product introductions may initially negatively impact our gross margins.
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Our research and development expenses include costs for supplies and materials related to
product development, as well as the engineering costs incurred to design interface solutions for
customers prior to and after the customers commitment to incorporate those solutions into their
products. These expenses have generally increased, reflecting our continuing commitment to the
technological and design innovation required to maintain a leadership position in our existing
markets and to adapt our existing technologies or develop new technologies for new markets.
Selling, general, and administrative expenses include expenses related to sales, marketing,
and administrative personnel; internal sales and outside sales representatives commissions; market
and usability research; outside legal, accounting, and consulting costs; and other marketing and
sales activities. These expenses have generally increased, primarily reflecting incremental
staffing and related support costs associated with our increased business levels, anticipated
growth in our existing markets, and penetration into new markets.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles 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. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue
recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, cost of revenue, inventories, product warranty,
share-based compensation costs, provision for income taxes, income taxes payable, and
contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience, applicable laws and regulations,
and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results
of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities
that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates
under different assumptions or conditions.
The methods, estimates, interpretations, and judgments we use in applying our most critical
accounting policies can have a significant impact on the results that we report in our consolidated
financial statements. The SEC considers an entitys most critical accounting policies to be those
policies that are both most important to the portrayal of a companys financial condition and
results of operations and those that require managements most difficult, subjective, or complex
judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about matters that are inherently
uncertain when estimated. We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more
significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial
statements.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue from product sales when there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement
exists, delivery has occurred or title has transferred, the price is fixed or determinable, and
collection is reasonably assured. We accrue for estimated sales returns and other allowances,
based on historical experience, at the time we recognize revenue, which is typically upon shipment.
We record contract revenue for research and development as we provide the services under the terms
of the contract. We recognize non-refundable contract fees for which no further performance
obligations exist and for which there is no continuing involvement by us on the earlier of when the
payments are received or when collection is assured.
Inventory
We state our inventories at the lower of cost or market. We base our assessment of the
ultimate realization of inventories on our projections of future demand and market conditions.
Sudden declines in demand, rapid product improvements, or technological changes, or any combination
of these factors can cause us to have excess or obsolete inventories. On an ongoing basis, we
review for estimated obsolete or unmarketable inventories and write down our inventories to their
net realizable value based upon our forecasts of future demand and market conditions. If actual
market conditions are less favorable than our forecasts, additional inventory reserves may be
required. The following factors influence our estimates: changes to or cancellations of customer
orders; unexpected decline in demand; rapid product improvements and technological advances; and
termination or changes by our OEM customers of any product offerings incorporating our product
solutions.
Periodically, we purchase inventory from our subcontractors when a customers delivery
schedule is delayed or a customers order is cancelled. In those circumstances in which our
customer has cancelled its order and we purchase inventory from our subcontractors, we consider a
write-down to reduce the carrying value of the inventory purchased to its net realizable value. We
charge write-downs to reduce the carrying value of obsolete, slow moving, and non-usable inventory
to net realizable value to cost of revenue.
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Share-Based Compensation Costs
We account for employee share-based compensation costs in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123R, Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R) and apply the
provisions of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, Share-Based Payment (SAB 107). We utilize the
Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the grant date fair value of employee share-based
compensatory awards, which requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including expected
volatility and expected life. Historical and implied volatilities were used in estimating the fair
value of our share-based awards, while the expected life for our options was estimated to be five
years based on historical trends since our initial public offering. Further, as required under
SFAS 123R, we now estimate forfeitures for share-based awards that are not expected to vest.
Changes in these inputs and assumptions can materially affect the measure of estimated fair value
of our share-based compensation. We charge the estimated fair value to earnings on a straight-line
basis over the vesting period of the underlying awards, which is generally four years for our stock
option and deferred stock unit awards and up to two years for our employee stock purchase plan.
The Black-Scholes option pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of
traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. As our stock option
and employee stock purchase plan awards have characteristics that differ significantly from traded
options and as changes in the subjective assumptions can materially affect the estimated value, our
estimate of fair value may not accurately represent the value assigned by a third party in an
arms-length transaction. There currently is no market-based mechanism to verify the reliability
and accuracy of the estimates derived from the Black-Scholes option pricing model or other
allowable valuation models, nor is there a means to compare and adjust the estimates to actual
values. While our estimate of fair value and the associated charge to earnings materially affects
our results of operations, it has no impact on our cash position.
The guidance in SFAS 123R and SAB 107 is relatively new and the application of these
principles may be subject to further interpretation and guidance. There are significant variations
among allowable valuation models, and there is a possibility that we may adopt a different
valuation model or refine the inputs and assumptions under our current valuation model in the
future resulting in a lack of consistency in future periods. Our current or future valuation model
and the inputs and assumptions we make may also lack comparability to other companies that use
different models, inputs, or assumptions, and the resulting differences in comparability could be
material.
Income Taxes
We recognize federal, foreign, and state current tax liabilities or assets based on our
estimate of taxes payable or refundable in the then current fiscal year for each tax jurisdiction.
We also recognize federal, foreign, and state deferred tax liabilities or assets for our estimate
of future tax effects attributable to temporary differences and carryforwards and record a
valuation allowance to reduce any deferred tax assets by the amount of any tax benefits that, based
on available evidence and our judgment, are not expected to be realized. If our assumptions, and
consequently our estimates, change in the future, the valuation allowance we have established for
our deferred tax assets may be changed, which could impact income tax expense.
We adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an
Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48) at the beginning of the first quarter of
fiscal 2008. FIN 48 contains a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax
positions accounted for in accordance with FIN 48. The first step is to determine when it is
more-likely-than-not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution
of any related appeals or litigation processes. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as
the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a
taxing authority. The calculation of tax liabilities involves significant judgment in estimating
the impact of uncertainties in the application of highly complex tax laws. Resolution of these
uncertainties in a manner inconsistent with our expectations could have a material impact on our
results of operations and financial condition. We believe we have adequately provided for
reasonably foreseeable outcomes in connection with the resolution of income tax uncertainties.
However, our results have in the past, and could in the future, include favorable and unfavorable
adjustments to our estimated tax liabilities in the period a determination of such estimated tax
liability is made or resolved, upon the filing of an amended return, upon a change in facts,
circumstances or interpretation, or upon the expiration of a statute of limitation. Accordingly,
our effective tax rate could fluctuate materially from period to period.
In accordance with SFAS 123R, we recognize tax benefit upon expensing certain share-based
awards associated with our share-based compensation plans, including nonqualified stock options and
deferred stock unit awards, but under current accounting standards we cannot recognize tax benefit
concurrent with the recognition of share-based compensation expenses associated with incentive
stock options and employee stock purchase plan shares
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(qualified stock options). For qualified stock options that vested after our adoption of SFAS
123R, we recognize tax benefit only in the period when disqualifying dispositions of the underlying
stock occur, which historically has been up to several years after vesting and in a period when our
stock price substantially increases. For qualified stock options that vested prior to our adoption
of SFAS 123R, the tax benefit is recorded directly to additional paid-in capital. Accordingly,
because we cannot recognize the tax benefit for share-based compensation expense associated with
qualified stock options until the occurrence of future disqualifying dispositions of the underlying
stock and such disqualified dispositions may happen in periods when our stock price substantially
increases, and because a portion of that tax benefit may be directly recorded to additional paid-in
capital, our future quarterly and annual effective tax rates will be subject to greater volatility
and, consequently, our ability to estimate reasonably our future quarterly and annual effective tax
rates is greatly diminished.
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Results of Operations
Three months ended September 30, 2007 compared with the three months ended September 30, 2006
Net Revenue.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30, |
|
(In thousands) |
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
$ Change |
|
|
% Change |
|
PC applications |
|
$ |
70,195 |
|
|
$ |
49,256 |
|
|
$ |
20,939 |
|
|
|
42.5 |
% |
% of net revenue |
|
|
81.0 |
% |
|
|
89.9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Digital lifestyle product applications |
|
|
16,497 |
|
|
|
5,559 |
|
|
|
10,938 |
|
|
|
196.8 |
% |
% of net revenue |
|
|
19.0 |
% |
|
|
10.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net revenue |
|
$ |
86,692 |
|
|
$ |
54,815 |
|
|
$ |
31,877 |
|
|
|
58.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the quarter ended September 30, 2007, we generated $70.2 million, or 81.0%, of net revenue
from the personal computing market (PC) and we generated $16.5 million, or 19.0%, of net revenue
from the digital lifestyle products markets. Net revenue was $86.7 million for the quarter ended
September 30, 2007 compared with $54.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, an
increase of $31.9 million, or 58.2%. The increase in net revenue for the quarter ended September
30, 2007 was attributable to a $20.9 million, or 42.5%, increase in PC applications net revenue and
a $10.9 million, or 196.8%, increase in digital lifestyle product applications net revenue. The
increase in PC applications net revenue was primarily attributable to notebook industry growth,
coupled with market share gains, additional penetration in PC peripherals, and continuing adoption
by notebook OEMs of our capacitive interface multimedia controls. Digital lifestyle product
application net revenue growth resulted from both industry growth and market share gains. The
overall increase in net revenue was primarily attributable to an 82% increase in unit shipments,
reflecting the combination of industry growth and market share gains, partially offset by a
lower-priced product mix and general competitive pricing pressure.
Gross Margin.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30, |
(In thousands) |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
|
$ Change |
|
% Change |
Gross Margin |
|
$ |
35,464 |
|
|
$ |
22,395 |
|
|
$ |
13,069 |
|
|
|
58.4 |
% |
% of net revenue |
|
|
40.9 |
% |
|
|
40.9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross margin as a percentage of net revenue was 40.9% for both the quarter ended September 30,
2007 and the quarter ended September 30, 2006 and was $35.5 million and $22.4 million,
respectively. As each custom-designed module we sell utilizes our capacitive sensing technology in
a design that is generally unique or specific to a customers application, gross margin varies on a
product-by-product basis, making our cumulative gross margin a blend of our product specific
designs and independent of the vertical markets that our products serve.
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Operating Expenses.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30, |
|
(In thousands) |
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
$ Change |
|
|
% Change |
|
Research and development expenses |
|
$ |
10,402 |
|
|
$ |
9,188 |
|
|
$ |
1,214 |
|
|
|
13.2 |
% |
% of net revenue |
|
|
12.0 |
% |
|
|
16.8 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general, and administrative expenses |
|
|
10,750 |
|
|
|
7,801 |
|
|
|
2,949 |
|
|
|
37.8 |
% |
% of net revenue |
|
|
12.4 |
% |
|
|
14.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses |
|
$ |
21,152 |
|
|
$ |
16,989 |
|
|
$ |
4,163 |
|
|
|
24.5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% of net revenue |
|
|
24.4 |
% |
|
|
31.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses decreased as a
percentage of net revenue to 12.0% from 16.8%, while the cost of research and development
activities increased $1.2 million, or 13.2%, to $10.4 million for the three months ended September
30, 2007 compared with $9.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2006. The increase in
research and development expenses primarily reflected a $756,000 increase in employee compensation
costs resulting from additional staffing, increased base compensation related to our annual
performance review process, employee benefits costs, variable compensation costs, and recruiting
costs; a $154,000 increase in project expenses, including materials and related costs; and a
$136,000 increase non-cash share-based compensation costs. Non-cash share-based compensation costs
included in research and development expenses were approximately $1.2 million, or 1.4% of net
revenue, and approximately $1.0 million, or 1.9% of net revenue, for the three months ended
September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general, and administrative expenses
decreased as a percentage of net revenue to 12.4% from 14.2%, while the cost of selling, general,
and administrative activities increased $2.9 million, or 37.8%, to approximately $10.7 million for
the three months ended September 30, 2007 compared with $7.8 million for the three months ended
September 30, 2006. The increase in selling, general, and administrative expenses primarily
reflected a $1.3 million increase in outside consulting, outside service, and commission costs; a
$1.1 million increase in employee compensation costs resulting from additional staffing, increased
base compensation related to our annual performance review process, employee benefits costs,
variable compensation costs, and recruiting costs; and a $485,000 increase in travel and related
costs. Non-cash share-based compensation costs included in selling, general, and administrative
expenses were $1.9 million in both the three month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006,
representing 2.2% and 3.5% of net revenue, respectively.
Income from Operations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30, |
|
(In thousands) |
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
$ Change |
|
|
% Change |
|
Income from operations |
|
$ |
14,312 |
|
|
$ |
5,406 |
|
|
$ |
8,906 |
|
|
|
164.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% of net revenue |
|
|
16.5 |
% |
|
|
9.9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We generated operating income of $14.3 million, or 16.5% of net revenue, for the three months
ended September 30, 2007 compared with approximately $5.4 million, or 9.9% of net revenue, for the
three months ended September 30, 2006. The increase in operating income primarily reflected the
impact of the increase in operating leverage resulting from the 58.2% increase in net revenue,
partially offset by a $4.2 million increase in operating expenses.
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Non-Operating Income/(Loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30, |
|
(In thousands) |
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
$ Change |
|
|
% Change |
|
Interest income |
|
$ |
2,995 |
|
|
$ |
2,539 |
|
|
$ |
456 |
|
|
|
18.0 |
% |
% of net revenue |
|
|
3.5 |
% |
|
|
4.6 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense |
|
|
(475 |
) |
|
|
(487 |
) |
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
-2.5 |
% |
% of net revenue |
|
|
-0.5 |
% |
|
|
-0.9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on settlement of debt |
|
|
2,689 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,689 |
|
|
|
|
|
% of net revenue |
|
|
3.1 |
% |
|
|
0.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment of investment |
|
|
(4,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
% of net revenue |
|
|
-4.6 |
% |
|
|
0.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net interest income |
|
$ |
1,209 |
|
|
$ |
2,052 |
|
|
$ |
(843 |
) |
|
|
-41.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% of net revenue |
|
|
1.4 |
% |
|
|
3.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Income. Interest income was $3.0 million for the three months ended September 30,
2007 compared with $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2006. The $456,000
increase in interest income resulted from a combination of higher average interest rates and higher
average invested cash balances. The increase in average invested cash balances during the past 12
months was primarily attributable to $27.7 million of net cash flows from operations, and $42.7
million from option activity, including excess tax benefit thereon, partially offset by $46.7
million of treasury stock purchases under our common stock repurchase program.
Interest Expense. Interest expense was $475,000 for the three months ended September 30,
2007, slightly down compared with interest expense of $487,000 for the three months ended September
30, 2006. Interest expense primarily reflected the combination of interest expense and
amortization of debt issuance costs related to our convertible senior subordinated notes issued in
December 2004. The annual debt service cost on the notes is approximately $938,000, which excludes
$860,000 of amortization of debt issuance costs.
Gain on Settlement of Debt. In fiscal 1998, National Semiconductor (National) loaned us
$1.5 million under a limited-recourse note, which we utilized to purchase 900,000 Series A
preferred shares of Foveon. The note and accrued interest became due and payable in August 2007.
Nationals sole remedy under the note was to require us to return to National a portion of Foveon
Series A preferred shares purchased with the proceeds of the note.
In fiscal 1998, under the equity method of accounting, we recorded our share of losses
incurred by Foveon and reduced the carrying value of this equity investment to zero. The note plus
accrued interest of $1.2 million came due in August 2007, and, in accordance with the security
agreement, we relinquished the 900,000 Series A preferred shares securing the note to National in
full settlement of the principal and accrued interest. Consequently, we recognized a non-operating
gain upon settlement of debt in the amount of $2.7 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2007.
Impairment of Investment. In fiscal 2005, we participated in an equity financing, receiving
3.9 million Series E preferred shares of Foveon for a cash investment of $4.0 million and we are
not obligated to provide additional funding to Foveon. We accounted for our Series E preferred
shares of Foveon under the cost method in accordance with APB Opinion No. 18 and EITF Issues No.
02-14 and No. 03-1 because the investment is not in-substance common stock. We review this
investment for impairment at least annually or more frequently as we become aware of information
that might affect the carrying value of our investment.
Based on our review at September 30, 2007, we determined there was an other-than-temporary
impairment of the carrying value of our investment in Foveon, due to liquidity visibility and
liquidation preferences for the most recent preferred equity round. Consequently, we recognized a
$4.0 million other-than-temporary impairment charge as of September 30, 2007.
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Provision for Income Taxes.
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Three Months Ended September 30, |
(In thousands) |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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$ Change |
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% Change |
Income before provision for income taxes |
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$ |
15,521 |
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$ |
7,458 |
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$ |
8,063 |
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|
108.1 |
% |
Provision for income taxes |
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|
4,259 |
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|
|
3,331 |
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|
928 |
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|
27.9 |
% |
% of income before provision for income taxes |
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|
27.4 |
% |
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44.7 |
% |
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The provision for income taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2007 was $4.3 million
compared with $3.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2006, reflecting higher pre-tax
profit levels, partially offset by a lower effective tax rate. The provision for income tax
represented estimated federal, foreign, and state taxes for the three months ended September 30,
2007 and 2006. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2007 was 27.4% and
diverged from the combined federal and state statutory rate primarily due to increased foreign
income taxed at lower tax rates, accounting for share-based compensation, the benefit of research
tax credits, and the impact of tax-exempt interest income, partially offset by foreign withholding
taxes and the impairment of an investment for which a valuation allowance was established against
the deferred tax asset. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2006 was
44.7% and diverged from the combined federal and state statutory rate primarily due to the impact
of accounting for share-based compensation and foreign withholding taxes, partially offset by the
impact of tax-exempt interest income and the release of contingency reserves.
In accordance with SFAS 123R, we recognize tax benefit upon expensing certain share-based
awards associated with our share-based compensation plans, including nonqualified stock options and
deferred stock unit awards, but under current accounting standards we cannot recognize tax benefit
concurrent with the recognition of share-based compensation expenses associated with incentive
stock options and employee stock purchase plan shares (qualified stock options). For qualified
stock options that vested after our adoption of SFAS 123R, we recognize tax benefit only in the
period when disqualifying dispositions of the underlying stock occur, which historically has been
up to several years after vesting and in a period when our stock price substantially increases.
For qualified stock options that vested prior to our adoption of SFAS 123R, the tax benefit is
recorded directly to additional paid-in capital. Tax benefit associated with total share-based
compensation was approximately $1.7 million and $781,000 for the three months ended September 30,
2007 and 2006, respectively. Excluding the impact of share-based compensation and the related tax
benefit, the effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 would have
been 31.6% and 38.9%, respectively. Because we cannot recognize the tax benefit for share-based
compensation expense associated with qualified stock options until the occurrence of future
disqualifying dispositions of the underlying stock and such disqualified dispositions may happen in
periods when our stock price substantially increases, and because a portion of that tax benefit may
be recorded directly to additional paid-in capital, our future quarterly and annual effective tax
rates will be subject to greater volatility and, consequently, our ability to reasonably estimate
our future quarterly and annual effective tax rates is greatly diminished.
Beginning in fiscal 2008, we adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty
in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48). As a result of our
adoption of FIN 48, we now recognize liabilities for uncertain tax positions based on a two-step
approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions. The first step is to determine when
it is more-likely-than-not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including
resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes. The second step is to measure the tax
benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate
settlement with a taxing authority. This estimate is subjective and complex since it requires us
to determine the likelihood of a number of possible outcomes. Quarterly, we reassess our uncertain
tax positions, based on changes to our facts, changes in tax laws, effectively settled audits, and
new audit activity. Such a change in recognition or measurement would result in the recognition of
a tax benefit or an additional charge to the provision for tax in the period. Accordingly, our
effective tax rate could fluctuate materially from period to period.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $261.2 million as of September 30,
2007 compared with $265.0 million as of June 30, 2007, a decline of $3.8 million. During the three
months ended September 30, 2007, cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments included the
impact of $5.0 million from operating cash flows and $13.0 million from stock option exercises,
offset by $19.0 million of cash used for the repurchase of 500,000 shares of our common stock and
$1.5 million used for the purchase of property and equipment.
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities. Operating activities during the three months ended
September 30, 2007 generated cash of approximately $5.0 million compared with approximately $3.7
million of cash generated during the three months ended September 30, 2006. For the three months
ended September 30, 2007, net cash provided by operating activities was primarily attributable to
net income of $11.3 million plus adjustments for non-cash charges, including impairment of
investment, share-based compensation costs, deferred taxes, depreciation, amortization of debt
issuance costs, and the impairment of property and equipment aggregating $9.5 million, partially
offset by a $13.1 million net increase in operating assets and liabilities and a non-cash benefit
of $2.7 million on the settlement of debt. The increase in operating assets and liabilities was
primarily attributable to an $8.9 million increase in accounts receivable, reflecting the
substantial increase in our net revenue during the period and a $7.4 million increase in inventory,
reflecting an increase in our die bank, additional finished goods related to timing of delivery,
and some hub inventory related to specific customers. For the three months ended September 30,
2006, net cash provided by operating activities was primarily attributable to net income of $4.1
million plus adjustments for non-cash charges, including share-based compensation costs,
depreciation, and amortization of debt issuance costs totaling $3.8 million, partially offset by
deferred tax, net of realized and excess tax benefit generated from share-based compensation
aggregating $700,000, and a $3.5 million net increase in operating assets and liabilities.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities. Our investing activities typically relate to purchases
of government-backed securities and investment-grade fixed income instruments and purchases of
property and equipment. Investing activities during the three months ended September 30, 2007
generated net cash of $56.9 million compared with $12.3 million of net cash generated during the
three months ended September 30, 2006. During the three months ended September 30, 2007, net cash
generated by investing activities consisted of $120.2 million in proceeds from sales and maturities
of short-term investments, parially offset by $61.8 million used for the purchase of short-term
investments and $1.5 million used for the purchase of property and equipment. During the three
months ended September 30, 2006, net cash provided by investing activities consisted of proceeds
from sales and maturities of short-term investments of $82.8 million, partially offset by purchases
of $70 million of short-term investments and purchases of $515,000 of property and equipment.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities. Net cash used in financing activities for the three
months ended September 30, 2007 was approximately $5.9 million compared with net cash used in
financing activities of $3.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2006. Cash used in
our financing activities for the three months ended September 30, 2007 consisted primarily of
approximately $19.0 million of cash used for the purchase of 500,000 shares of treasury stock,
partially offset by approximately $13.0 million in proceeds from common stock issued under our
stock option plans. Our financing activities for the three months ended September 30, 2006
consisted primarily of $4.6 million of cash used for the purchase of treasury stock, partially
offset by $1.5 million in proceeds from common stock issued under our stock option plans and
employee stock purchase plan and $183,000 of excess tax benefit from share-based compensation.
Common Stock Repurchase Program. In April 2007, our board of directors authorized an
additional $80 million for our stock repurchase program, raising the aggregate authorization level
to $160 million. The program authorizes us to repurchase our common stock on the open market or in
privately negotiated transactions depending upon market conditions and other factors. The number
of shares purchased and the timing of purchases is based on the level of our cash balances, general
business and market conditions, and other factors, including alternative investment opportunities.
Common stock repurchased under this program is held as treasury stock and through September 30,
2007 purchases under this program totaled 4,088,100 shares for an aggregate cost of $91.3 million
or an average cost of $22.33 per share. As of September 30, 2007, we had $68.7 million remaining
under our stock repurchase program, which expires in April 2009.
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes. In December 2004, we issued an aggregate of $125
million of 0.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes maturing December 1, 2024 (the Notes) in a
private offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In connection
with issuing the Notes, we incurred debt issuance costs of $4.3 million, consisting primarily of
the initial purchasers discount and costs related to legal, accounting, and printing, which are
being amortized over five years. We expect to use the net proceeds for working capital and general
corporate purposes and potentially for future acquisitions.
The Notes bear interest at a rate of 0.75% per annum payable on December 1 and June 1 of each
year. However, we will pay additional contingent interest on the Notes if the average trading
price of the Notes is at or above 120% of the principal amount of the Notes for a specified period
beginning with the six-month period commencing December 1, 2009. The amount of contingent interest
payable on the Notes with respect to a six-month period, for
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which contingent interest applies, will equal 0.375% per annum of the average trading price of
the Notes for a specified five trading-day period preceding such six-month period.
As a result of our irrevocable election in April 2007 to cash settle the principal amount of
the Notes, no shares of common stock will be issued to settle the principal amount of the Notes and
cash or common stock may be used to settle the value of the Notes in excess of $125 million. Our
election to cash settle the principal amount of the Notes upon conversion resulted in our using the
if converted method through the date of the election and the treasury stock method subsequent
to the date of the election for purposes of calculating diluted net income per share. Accordingly,
we will include on a prospective basis diluted shares underlying the Notes in our diluted net
income per share calculation only when the average closing stock price for the accounting period
exceeds the conversion price of the Notes, which is currently $50.53 per share.
Initially, the Notes were convertible into shares of our common stock at a conversion rate of
19.7918 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, or a total of 2,473,975 shares of common
stock, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $50.53 per share of
common stock, subject to adjustment in certain events. Through April 2007, the denominator of the
diluted net income per share calculation included the weighted average effect of the 2,473,975
shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with SFAS 128 as it
applies to the method of settling the principal amount of the Notes and Emerging Issues Task Force
(EITF) Issue No. 04-08, The Effect of Contingently Convertible Instruments on Diluted Earnings
per Share, as it applies to the market price conversion trigger embedded in the Notes.
Through November 30, 2009, upon the occurrence of a fundamental change as defined in the
indenture governing the Notes, we could potentially be obligated to issue up to 7.917 shares per
$1,000 of principal amount of Notes, or a total of 989,587 shares of common stock. The 989,587
shares, contingently issuable upon a fundamental change, are not included in the calculation of
diluted net income per share.
The Notes may be converted (1) if, during any calendar quarter commencing after December 31,
2004, the last reported sale price of our common stock for at least 20 trading days in the period
of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the preceding calendar quarter is
greater than or equal to 120% of the applicable conversion price on such last trading day; (2) on
or after January 1, 2020; (3) if we have called the Notes for redemption; or (4) during prescribed
periods, upon the occurrence of specified corporate transactions or fundamental changes. On or
after December 1, 2009, we may redeem for cash all or a portion of the Notes at a redemption price
of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, including contingent
interest and additional interest, if any. Noteholders have the right to require us to repurchase
all or a portion of their Notes for cash on December 1, 2009, December 1, 2014, and December 1,
2019 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased plus accrued and
unpaid interest, including contingent interest and additional interest, if any. As of September
30, 2007, none of the conditions for conversion of the Notes had occurred.
The Notes are unsecured senior subordinated obligations and rank junior in right of payment to
all of our existing and future senior indebtedness, equal in right of payment with all of our
existing and future indebtedness or other obligations that are not, by their terms, either senior
or subordinated to the Notes, including trade debt and other general unsecured obligations that do
not constitute senior or subordinated indebtedness, and senior in right of payment to all of our
future indebtedness that, by its terms, is subordinated to the Notes. There are no financial
covenants in the Notes.
$100 Million Shelf Registration. We have registered an aggregate of $100 million of common
stock and preferred stock for issuance in connection with acquisitions, which shares generally will
be freely tradeable after their issuance under Rule 145 of the Securities Act unless held by an
affiliate of the acquired company, in which case such shares will be subject to the volume and
manner of sale restrictions of Rule 144.
$125 Million Shelf Registration. We have registered an aggregate of $125 million of our 0.75%
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 and the common stock issuable upon conversion of the
notes. The shares issued upon conversion generally will be freely tradeable after their issuance
unless held by an affiliate, in which case such shares will be subject to the volume and manner of
sale restrictions of Rule 144.
Liquidity and Capital Resources. We believe our existing cash, cash equivalents, and
short-term investment balances and anticipated cash flows from operating activities will be
sufficient to meet our working capital and other cash requirements over the course of at least the
next 12 months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our
business levels, the timing and extent of spending to support product development efforts, costs
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related to protecting our intellectual property, the expansion of sales and marketing
activities, the timing of introductions of new products and enhancements to existing products, the
costs to ensure access to adequate manufacturing capacity, the continuing market acceptance of our
product solutions, our common stock repurchase program, and the amount and timing of our
investments in, or acquisitions of, other technologies or companies. Further equity or debt
financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all. If sufficient funds are not
available or are not available on acceptable terms, our ability to take advantage of unexpected
business opportunities or to respond to competitive pressures could be limited or severely
constrained.
A portion of our investment portfolio is invested in double and triple A rated auction rate
securities. During the quarter ended September 30, 2007, $18.5 million of our auction rate
securities failed to settle in auctions. The failures resulted in the interest rates on the
investments resetting at Libor plus 50 or 100 basis points. While we now earn a premium interest
rate on these investments, the investments are not liquid. In the event we need to access these
funds, we will not be able to do so without a loss of principal, unless a future auction on these
investments is successful. We have reduced the carrying value of these investments by $1.6 million
though other comprehensive income to reflect the temporary nature of the impairment of these
investments. At this time, there is no evidence to suggest that these investments are
other-than-temporarily impaired or that they will not be settled in the short term; however, we
will evaluate these investments quarterly. Based on our ability to access our cash and other
short-term investments, our expected operating cash flows, and our other sources of cash, we do not
anticipate the lack of liquidity on these investments will affect our ability to operate our
business as usual.
Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
The following table sets forth a summary of our material contractual obligations and
commercial commitments as of September 30, 2007 (in millions):
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Payments due by period |
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1-3 |
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3-5 |
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More than |
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Contractual Obligations |
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Total |
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1 year |
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Years |
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Years |
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5 Years |
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Convertible senior
subordinated notes (1)
(2) |
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$ |
142 |
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$ |
1 |
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$ |
2 |
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$ |
2 |
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$ |
137 |
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Building leases |
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|
1 |
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|
1 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
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$ |
143 |
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|
$ |
2 |
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|
$ |
2 |
|
|
$ |
2 |
|
|
$ |
137 |
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(1) |
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Represents both principal and interest payable through the maturity date of the underlying
contractual obligation. |
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(2) |
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Our convertible senior subordinated notes include a provision allowing the noteholders to
require us, at the noteholders discretion, to repurchase their notes at a redemption price of
100% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest (including
contingent interest and additional interest, if any) on December 1, 2009, December 1, 2014,
and December 1, 2019 and in the event of a fundamental change as described in the indenture
governing the notes. The early repayment of the notes is not reflected in the above schedule,
but if all the noteholders elected to exercise their rights to require us to repurchase their
notes on December 1, 2009, then our contractual obligations for the one-to-three year period
would be increased by $125 million and no amounts would be due in more than three years. |
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, (SFAS 157).
SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. SFAS 157
applies under other accounting standards that require or permit fair value measurements.
Accordingly, SFAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurement. SFAS 157 is effective
beginning in our first quarter of fiscal 2009. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS 157 to have a
material impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and
Financial Liabilities Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115, (SFAS 159). SFAS 159
expands the use of fair value accounting to many financial instruments and certain other items.
The fair value option is irrevocable and generally made on an instrument-by-instrument basis, even
if a company has similar instruments that it elects not to measure based on fair value. Subsequent
unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been
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elected will be reported in earnings. SFAS 159 is effective beginning in our first quarter of
fiscal 2009. We do not expect adoption of SFAS 159 to have a material impact on our financial
position, results of operations, or cash flows.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our market risk has not changed significantly from the interest rate and foreign currency
risks disclosed in Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2007.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
As of the end of the period covered by this report, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and
procedures, which included inquiries made to certain other of our employees. Based on their
evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have each concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed
is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and are effective and
sufficient to ensure that we record, process, summarize, and report information required to be
disclosed by us in our periodic reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act within the time
periods specified by the Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and forms.
During the fiscal quarter covered by this report, there have not been any changes in our
internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or a reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In March 2006, Elantech Devices Corporation (Elantech) filed a Complaint for Patent
Infringement against us claiming that we infringed one of its patents and seeking damages,
attorneys fees, and a permanent injunction against us infringing or inducing others to infringe
the patent. In April 2006, we filed our Answer to the Complaint and Counterclaims against Elantech
claiming that Elantech has infringed and induced infringement of four of our patents and seeking
damages, attorneys fees, and a permanent injunction against infringing or inducing others to
infringe.
Elantech responded to our counterclaim denying liability and counterclaimed seeking an
injunction and damages for alleged violations of California law. We subsequently filed a motion to
dismiss the Elantech counterclaims that was granted in July 2006 with leave to amend the
counterclaims after the adjudication of the patent infringement claims.
The Elantech patent relates to recognizing the presence of multiple fingers on a touchpad. We
have multiple ways to accomplish that and have our own patents for detecting multiple fingers. We
have used two types of software in our products (Type 1 Code and Type 2 Code) to detect
multiple fingers.
In October 2007, the Court heard oral arguments on our motion for summary judgment of
noninfringement of the Elantech patent and Elantechs cross-motion for summary judgment of
infringement. The Court granted our motion for partial summary judgment of noninfringement as to
products containing Type 1 Code and denied our motion for partial summary judgment of
noninfringement as to products containing Type 2 Code. In addition, the Court denied Elantechs
motion for summary judgment that our Type 1 and Type 2 Codes infringe Elantechs intellectual
property. The Court indicated, however that it would grant summary judgment of infringement for
products implementing the Type 2 Code with enabled finger counting functionality but Elantech did
not move for partial summary judgment. We do not believe any aspect of the Courts decision will
have a material effect on our business.
We intend to vigorously defend our patents and pursue our counterclaims. We have not recorded
any liability associated with Elantechs claims pursuant to SFAS No. 5 Accounting for
Contingencies, and have expensed as incurred all legal fees associated with the legal proceedings.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
In April 2007, our board of directors authorized a further expansion of our stock repurchase
program for up to an additional $80 million, raising the aggregate authorization level to $160
million and extending the period for repurchase to April 2009. The following sets forth purchases
of our common stock under the repurchase program for each fiscal month during the three month
period ended September 29, 2007:
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Total |
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Maximum |
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Number of |
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Dollar Value |
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Shares |
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of Shares |
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Average |
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Purchased |
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that May |
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Total |
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Price |
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as Part of |
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Yet Be |
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Number |
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Paid |
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Publicly |
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Purchased |
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of Shares |
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per |
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Announced |
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Under the |
Period |
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Purchased |
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Share |
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Program |
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Program |
July 1, 2007 - July 28, 2007 |
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3,588,100 |
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$ |
87,655,000 |
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July 29, 2007 - August 25, 2007 |
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500,000 |
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$ |
37.90 |
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4,088,100 |
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$ |
68,704,000 |
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August 26, 2007 - September 29, 2007 |
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4,088,100 |
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$ |
68,704,000 |
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Total |
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500,000 |
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$ |
37.90 |
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
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10.6(d)
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Amended and Restated 2001 Incentive
Compensation Plan (as amended through January 23, 2007) |
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10.7(c)
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Corrected Amended and Restated 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended through
January 23, 2007) |
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31.1
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer |
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31.2
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer |
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32.1
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Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer |
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32.2
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Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED |
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Date: November 8, 2007
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By:
Name:
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/s/ Francis F. Lee
Francis F. Lee
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Title:
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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By:
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/s/ Russell J. Knittel |
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Name:
Title:
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Russell J. Knittel
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and
Chief Administrative Officer |
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Exhibit 10.6(d)
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
AMENDED AND RESTATED
2001 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(As amended through January 23, 2007)
SYNAPTICS, INCORPORATED
AMENDED AND RESTATED
2001 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(As amended through January 23, 2007)
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1. Purpose |
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2. Definitions |
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3. Administration |
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(a) Authority of the Committee |
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(b) Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority |
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(c) Limitation of Liability |
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4. Stock Subject to Plan |
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(a) Limitation on Overall Number of Shares Subject to Awards |
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(b) Limitation on Number of Incentive Stock Option Shares |
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(c) Application of Limitations |
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5. Eligibility; Per-Person Award Limitations |
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6. Specific Terms of Awards |
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(a) General |
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(b) Options |
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(c) Stock Appreciation Rights |
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(d) Restricted Stock |
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(e) Deferred Stock |
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(f) Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Obligations |
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(g) Dividend Equivalents |
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(h) Other Stock-Based Awards |
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7. Performance and Annual Incentive Awards |
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(a) Performance Conditions |
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(b) Performance Awards Granted to Designated Covered Employees |
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(c) Annual Incentive Awards Granted to Designated Covered Employees |
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(d) Written Determinations |
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(e) Status of Section 7(b) and Section 7(c) Awards Under Code Section 162(m) |
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8. Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards or Sales |
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(a) Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem, and Substitute Awards |
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(b) Term of Awards |
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(c) Purchase Prices |
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(d) Form and Timing of Payment Under Awards; Deferrals |
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(e) Exemptions from Section 16(b) Liability |
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9. Change in Control |
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(a) Effect of Change in Control. |
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(b) Definition of Change in Control |
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(c) Definition of Change in Control Price. |
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10. General Provisions |
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(a) Compliance With Legal and Other Requirements |
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(b) Limits on Transferability; Beneficiaries |
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(c) Adjustments |
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(d) Taxes |
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(e) Changes to the Plan and Awards |
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(f) Reporting of Financial Information |
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(g) Limitation on Rights Conferred Under Plan |
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(h) Unfunded Status of Awards; Creation of Trusts |
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(i) Nonexclusivity of the Plan |
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(j) Payments in the Event of Forfeitures; Fractional Shares |
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(k) Governing Law |
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(l) Plan Effective Date and Stockholder Approval; Termination of Plan |
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SYNAPTICS, INCORPORATED
AMENDED AND RESTATED
2001 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(As amended through January 23, 2007)
1. Purpose. The purpose of this AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN (the
Plan) is to assist SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED, a California corporation (the Company) and its
Related Entities in attracting, motivating, retaining and rewarding high-quality executives and
other Employees, officers, Directors and independent Contractors by enabling such persons to
acquire or increase a proprietary interest in the Company in order to strengthen the mutuality of
interests between such persons and the Companys shareholders, and providing such persons with
annual and long term performance incentives to expend their maximum efforts in the creation of
shareholder value. In the event that the Company is or becomes a Publicly Held Corporation (as
hereinafter defined), the Plan is intended to qualify certain compensation awarded under the Plan
for tax deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code (as hereafter defined) to the extent deemed
appropriate by the Committee (or any successor committee) of the Board of Directors of the Company.
2. Definitions. For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth
below, in addition to such terms defined in Section 1 hereof.
(a) Annual Incentive Award means a conditional right granted to a Participant under Section
8(c) hereof to receive a cash payment, Stock or other Award, unless otherwise determined by the
Committee, after the end of a specified fiscal year.
(b) Award means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right (including Limited Stock Appreciation
Right), Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock, Stock granted as a bonus or in lieu of another award,
Dividend Equivalent, Other Stock-Based Award, Performance Award or Annual Incentive Award, together
with any other right or interest, granted to a Participant under the Plan.
(c) Beneficiary means the person, persons, trust or trusts which have been designated by a
Participant in his or her most recent written beneficiary designation filed with the Committee to
receive the benefits specified under the Plan upon such Participants death or to which Awards or
other rights are transferred if and to the extent permitted under Section 10(b) hereof. If, upon a
Participants death, there is no designated Beneficiary or surviving designated Beneficiary, then
the term Beneficiary means the person, persons, trust or trusts entitled by will or the laws of
descent and distribution to receive such benefits.
(d) Beneficial Owner, Beneficially Owning and Beneficial Ownership shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 13d3 under the Exchange Act and any successor to such Rule.
(e) Board means the Companys Board of Directors.
(f) Cause shall, with respect to any Participant, have the equivalent meaning (or the same
meaning as cause or for cause) set forth in any employment agreement between the Participant
and the Company or a Related Entity or, in the absence of any such agreement, such term shall mean
(i) the failure by the Participant to perform his or her duties as assigned by the Company (or a
Related Entity) in a reasonable manner, (ii) any violation or breach by the Participant of his or
her employment agreement with the Company (or a Related Entity), if any, (iii) any violation or
breach by the Participant of his or her non-competition and/or non-disclosure agreement with the
Company (or a Related Entity), if any, (iv) any act by the Participant of dishonesty or bad faith
with respect to the Company (or a Related Entity), (v) chronic addiction to alcohol, drugs or other
similar substances affecting the Participants work performance, or (vi) the commission by the
Participant of any act, misdemeanor, or crime reflecting unfavorably upon the Participant or the
Company. The good faith determination by the Committee of whether the Participants Continuous
Service was terminated by the Company for Cause shall be final and binding for all purposes
hereunder.
(g) Change in Control means a Change in Control as defined with related terms in Section 9
of the Plan.
(h) Change in Control Price means the amount calculated in accordance with Section 9(c) of
the Plan.
(i) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, including
regulations thereunder and successor provisions and regulations thereto.
(j) Committee means a committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan; provided,
however, that the Committee shall consist of at least two directors, and, in the event the Company
is or becomes a Publicly Held Corporation (as hereinafter defined), each member of which shall be
(i) a non-employee director within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, unless
administration of the Plan by non-employee directors is not then required in order for exemptions
under Rule 16b-3 to apply to transactions under the Plan, and (ii) an outside director within the
meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, unless administration of the Plan by outside directors is
not then required in order to qualify for tax deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code.
(k) Consultant means any person (other than an Employee or a Director, solely with respect
to rendering services in such persons capacity as a director) who is engaged by the Company or any
Related Entity to render consulting or advisory services to the Company or such Related Entity.
(l) Continuous Service means uninterrupted provision of services to the Company in any
capacity of Employee, Director, or Consultant. Continuous Service shall not be considered to be
interrupted in the case of (i) any approved leave of absence, (ii) transfers among the Company, any
Related Entities, or any successor entities, in any capacity of Employee Director, or Consultant,
or (iii) any change in status as long as the individual remains in the service of the Company or a
Related Entity in any capacity of Employee, Director, or Consultant (except as otherwise provided
in the Option Agreement). An approved leave of absence shall include sick leave, military leave,
or any other authorized personal leave.
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(m) [Reserved]
(n) Covered Employee means an Eligible Person who is a Covered Employee as specified in
Section 7(e) of the Plan.
(o) Deferred Stock means a right, granted to a Participant under Section 6(e) hereof, to
receive Stock, cash or a combination thereof at the end of a specified deferral period.
(p) Director means a member of the Board or the board of directors of any Related Entity.
(q) Disability means a permanent and total disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)
of the Code), as determined by a medical doctor satisfactory to the Committee.
(r) Dividend Equivalent means a right, granted to a Participant under Section 6(g) hereof,
to receive cash, Stock, other Awards or other property equal in value to dividends paid with
respect to a specified number of shares of Stock, or other periodic payments.
(s) Effective Date means the effective date of the Plan, which shall be March 7, 2001.
(t) Eligible Person means each Executive Officer of the Company (as defined under the
Exchange Act) and other officers, Directors and Employees of the Company or of any Related Entity,
and independent contractors with the Company or any Related Entity. The foregoing notwithstanding,
only employees of the Company, the Parent, or any Subsidiary shall be Eligible Persons for purposes
of receiving any Incentive Stock Options. An Employee on leave of absence may be considered as
still in the employ of the Company or a Related Entity for purposes of eligibility for
participation in the Plan.
(u) Employee means any person, including an officer or Director, who is an employee of the
Company or any Related Entity. The Payment of a directors fee by the Company or a Related Entity
shall not be sufficient to constitute employment by the Company.
(v) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time,
including rules thereunder and successor provisions and rules thereto.
(w) Executive Officer means an executive officer of the Company as defined under the
Exchange Act.
(x) Fair Market Value means the fair market value of Stock, Awards or other property as
determined by the Committee or the Board, or under procedures established by the Committee or the
Board. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or the Board, the Fair Market Value of Stock
as of any given date after which the Company is a Publicly Held Corporation shall be the closing
sale price per share reported on a consolidated basis for stock listed on the principal stock
exchange or market on which Stock is traded on the date as of which such value is being determined
or, if there is no sale on that date, then on the last previous day on which a sale was reported.
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(y) Good Reason shall, with respect to any Participant, have the equivalent meaning (or the
same meaning as good reason or for good reason) set forth in any employment agreement between
the Participant and the Company or a Related Entity or, in the absence of any such agreement, such
term shall mean (i) the assignment to the Participant of any duties inconsistent in any respect
with the Participants position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements),
authority, duties or responsibilities as assigned by the Company (or a Related Entity), or any
other action by the Company (or a Related Entity) which results in a diminution in such position,
authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and
inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company (or a Related
Entity) promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Participant; (ii) any failure by the
Company (or a Related Entity) to comply with its obligations to the Participant as agreed upon,
other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith and which
is remedied by the Company (or a Related Entity) promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by
the Participant; (iii) the Companys (or Related Entitys) requiring the Participant to be based
at any office or location outside of fifty miles from the location of employment as of the date of
Award, except for travel reasonably required in the performance of the Participants
responsibilities; (iv) any purported termination by the Company (or a Related Entity) of the
Participants Continuous Service otherwise than for Cause as defined in Section 2(f), or by reason
of the Participants Disability as defined in Section 2(o), prior to the Expiration Date. For
purposes of this Section 2(v), any good faith determination of Good Reason made by the Company
shall be conclusive.
(z) Incentive Stock Option means any Option intended to be designated as an incentive stock
option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.
(aa) [Reserved]
(bb) Limited Stock Appreciation Right means a right granted to a Participant under Section
6(c) hereof.
(cc) Option means a right granted to a Participant under Section 6(b) hereof, to purchase
Stock or other Awards at a specified price during specified time periods.
(dd) Optionee means a person to whom an Option or Incentive Stock Option is granted under
this Plan or any person who succeeds to the rights of such person under this Plan.
(ee) Other Stock-Based Awards means Awards granted to a Participant under Section 6(h)
hereof.
(ff) Parent means any corporation (other than the Company), whether now or hereafter
existing, in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, if each of the corporations
in the chain (other than the Company) owns stock possessing 50 percent or more of the combined
voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.
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(gg) Participant means a person who has been granted an Award under the Plan which remains
outstanding, including a person who is no longer an Eligible Person.
(hh) Performance Award means a right, granted to an Eligible Person under Section 8 hereof,
to receive Awards based upon performance criteria specified by the Committee or the Board.
(ii) Person shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange
Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, and shall include a group as defined in Section
13(d) thereof.
(jj) Publicly Held Corporation shall mean a publicly held corporation as that term is used
under Section 162(m)(2) of the Code.
(kk) Related Entity means any Parent, Subsidiary and any business, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other entity in which the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary holds a
substantial ownership interest, directly or indirectly.
(ll) Restricted Stock means Stock granted to a Participant under Section 6(d) hereof, that
is subject to certain restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture.
(mm) Rule 16b-3 and Rule 16a-1(c)(3) means Rule 16b-3 and Rule 16a-1(c)(3), as from time
to time in effect and applicable to the Plan and Participants, promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(nn) Stock means the Companys Common Stock, and such other securities as may be substituted
(or resubstituted) for Stock pursuant to Section 10(c) hereof.
(oo) Stock Appreciation Right means a right granted to a Participant under Section 6(c)
hereof.
(pp) Subsidiary means any corporation (other than the Company), whether now or hereafter
existing, in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if each of the
corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50 percent
or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations
in such chain.
3. Administration.
(a) Authority of the Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee; provided,
however, that except as otherwise expressly provided in this Plan or, during the period that the
Company is a Publicly Held Corporation, in order to comply with Code Section 162(m) or Rule 16b-3
under the Exchange Act, the Board may exercise any power or authority granted to the Committee
under this Plan. The Committee or the Board shall have full and final authority, in each case
subject to and consistent with the provisions of the Plan, to select Eligible Persons to become
Participants, grant Awards, determine the type, number and other terms and conditions of, and all
other matters relating to, Awards, prescribe Award agreements (which need not be identical for each
Participant) and rules and regulations for the
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administration of the Plan, construe and interpret the Plan and Award agreements and correct
defects, supply omissions or reconcile inconsistencies therein, and to make all other decisions and
determinations as the Committee or the Board may deem necessary or advisable for the administration
of the Plan. In exercising any discretion granted to the Committee or the Board under the Plan or
pursuant to any Award, the Committee or the Board shall not be required to follow past practices,
act in a manner consistent with past practices, or treat any Eligible Person in a manner consistent
with the treatment of other Eligible Persons.
(b) Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority. In the event that the Company is or becomes a
Publicly Held Corporation, the Committee, and not the Board, shall exercise sole and exclusive
discretion on any matter relating to a Participant then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act
with respect to the Company to the extent necessary in order that transactions by such Participant
shall be exempt under Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. Any action of the Committee or the Board
shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, its Related Entities,
Participants, Beneficiaries, transferees under Section 10(b) hereof or other persons claiming
rights from or through a Participant, and shareholders. The express grant of any specific power to
the Committee or the Board, and the taking of any action by the Committee or the Board, shall not
be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Committee or the Board. The Committee or
the Board may delegate to officers or managers of the Company or any Related Entity, or committees
thereof, the authority, subject to such terms as the Committee or the Board shall determine, (i) to
perform administrative functions, (ii) with respect to Participants not subject to Section 16 of
the Exchange Act, to perform such other functions as the Committee or the Board may determine, and
(iii) with respect to Participants subject to Section 16, to perform such other functions of the
Committee or the Board as the Committee or the Board may determine to the extent performance of
such functions will not result in the loss of an exemption under Rule 16b-3 otherwise available for
transactions by such persons, in each case to the extent permitted under applicable law and subject
to the requirements set forth in Section 7(d). The Committee or the Board may appoint agents to
assist it in administering the Plan.
(c) Limitation of Liability. The Committee and the Board, and each member thereof, shall be
entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to him or
her by any Executive Officer, other officer or Employee, the Companys independent auditors,
Consultants or any other agents assisting in the administration of the Plan. Members of the
Committee and the Board, and any officer or Employee acting at the direction or on behalf of the
Committee or the Board, shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or
made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully
indemnified and protected by the Company with respect to any such action or determination.
4. Stock Subject to Plan.
(a) Limitation on Overall Number of Shares Subject to Awards. Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 10(c) hereof, the total number of shares of Stock reserved and available for
delivery in connection with Awards under the Plan shall be the sum of (i) 1,000,000, plus (ii) the
number of shares with respect to Awards previously granted under the Plan that terminate without
being exercised, expire, are forfeited or canceled, and the number of
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shares of Stock that are surrendered in payment of any Awards or any tax withholding with
regard thereto. In the event an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the shares of the Companys
Stock occurs, the overall number of shares of the Companys Stock subject to Awards shall be
further increased by 6% of the total number of shares of the Companys Stock outstanding
immediately following the IPO, plus, on the first day of each subsequent calendar quarter, an
additional 1.5% of the total number of shares of the Companys Stock outstanding on that day,
provided, however, that at no time shall the number of shares of the Companys Stock subject to
Awards exceed 30% of the then outstanding shares of the Companys Stock (counting convertible
preferred and convertible senior common shares as if converted), unless a greater percentage is
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the securities entitled to vote, or a determination is
made by counsel for the Company that such restriction is not required by applicable federal or
state securities laws under the circumstances. Any shares of Stock delivered under the Plan may
consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares.
(b) Limitation on Number of Incentive Stock Option Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 10(c) hereof, the number of shares of Stock which may be issued pursuant to Incentive
Stock Options shall be the lesser of (i) the number of Shares that may be subject to Awards under
Section 4(a), or (ii) 15,000,000.
(c) Application of Limitations. The limitation contained in this Section 4 shall apply not
only to Awards that are settleable by the delivery of shares of Stock but also to Awards relating
to shares of Stock but settleable only in cash (such as cash-only Stock Appreciation Rights). The
Committee or the Board may adopt reasonable counting procedures to ensure appropriate counting,
avoid double counting (as, for example, in the case of tandem or substitute awards) and make
adjustments if the number of shares of Stock actually delivered differs from the number of shares
previously counted in connection with an Award.
5. Eligibility; Per-Person Award Limitations. Awards may be granted under the Plan only to
Eligible Persons. In each fiscal year during any part of which the Plan is in effect, an Eligible
Person may not be granted Awards relating to more than 1,000,000 shares of Stock, subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 10(c), under each of Sections 6(b), 6(c), 6(d), 6(e), 6(f), 6(g),
6(h), 7(b) and 7(c). In addition, the maximum amount that may be earned as an Annual Incentive
Award or other cash Award in any fiscal year by any one Participant shall be $2,000,000, and the
maximum amount that may be earned as a Performance Award or other cash Award in respect of a
performance period by any one Participant shall be $5,000,000.
6. Specific Terms of Awards.
(a) General. Awards may be granted on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 6.
In addition, the Committee or the Board may impose on any Award or the exercise thereof, at the
date of grant or thereafter (subject to Section 10(e)), such additional terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee or the Board shall determine,
including terms requiring forfeiture of Awards in the event of termination of Continuous Service by
the Participant and terms permitting a Participant to make elections relating to his or her Award.
The Committee or the Board shall retain full power and discretion to accelerate, waive or modify,
at any time, any term or condition of an Award that is not
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mandatory under the Plan. Except in cases in which the Committee or the Board is authorized
to require other forms of consideration under the Plan, or to the extent other forms of
consideration must be paid to satisfy the requirements of California law, no consideration other
than services may be required for the grant (but not the exercise) of any Award.
(b) Options. The Committee and the Board each is authorized to grant Options to Participants
on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Stock Option Agreement. Each grant of an Option under the Plan shall be
evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement. Such Stock Option Agreement shall be subject
to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan and may be subject to any other
terms and conditions which are not inconsistent with the Plan and which the
Committee or the Board deems appropriate for inclusion in a Stock Option Agreement.
The provisions of the various Stock Option Agreements entered into under the Plan
need not be identical.
(ii) Number of Shares. Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the number of shares of Stock that are subject to the Option and shall provide for the adjustment
of such number in accordance with Section 10(c) hereof. The Stock Option Agreement
shall also specify whether the Stock Option is an Incentive Stock Option or a
Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(iii) Exercise Price.
(A) In General. Each Stock Option Agreement shall state the price at which shares of Stock subject to the Option may be purchased (the Exercise Price), which
shall be, with respect to Incentive Stock Options, not less than 100% of the Fair
Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant. In the case of Non-Qualified Stock
Options, the Exercise Price shall be determined in the sole discretion of the
Committee or the Board; provided, however, that the Exercise Price shall be no less
than 85% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock on the date of grant of the
Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(B) Ten Percent Shareholder. If an individual owns or is deemed to own (by
reason of the attribution rules applicable under Section 424(d) of the Code) more
than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any
Related Entity, any Option granted to such individual must comply with the
following: (1) the Exercise Price of a Non-Qualified Stock Option must be at least
110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant, or (2) in
the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Exercise Price must be at least 110% of
the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant and such Incentive
Stock Option by its terms is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from
the date of grant.
(C) Non-Applicability. The Exercise Price restriction applicable to
Non-Qualified Stock Options required by Sections 6(b)(iii)(A) and 6(b)(iii)(B) shall
be inoperative if (1) the offer and sale of the shares of Stock to
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be issued upon payment of the Exercise Price have been registered under a then
currently effective registration statement under applicable federal or state
securities laws, or (2) a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such
Exercise Price restrictions are not required in the circumstances under applicable
federal or state securities laws.
(iv) Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee or the Board shall determine
the time or times at which or the circumstances under which an Option may be
exercised in whole or in part (including based on achievement of performance goals
and/or future service requirements), provided that in the case of an Optionee who is
not an officer, Director, or Consultant of the Company or a Related Entity, his or
her Options shall become exercisable at least as rapidly as 20% per year, over a 5
year period commencing on the date of the grant, unless a determination is made by
counsel for the Company that such vesting requirements are not required in the
circumstances under applicable federal or state securities laws. The Board or the
Committee may also determine the time or times at which Options shall cease to be or
become exercisable following termination of Continuous Service or upon other
conditions; provided, however, if the Optionees Continuous Service is terminated
for any reason other than Cause, that portion of the Option that is exercisable as
of the date of termination shall remain exercisable for at least 6 months from the
date of termination if by reason of death or Disability, and for at least 30 days
from the date of termination if by reason other than the Optionees death or
Disability. The Board or the Committee may determine the methods by which such
exercise price may be paid or deemed to be paid (including in the discretion of the
Committee or the Board a cashless exercise procedure), the form of such payment,
including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards or awards granted under
other plans of the Company or a Related Entity, or other property (including notes
or other contractual obligations of Participants to make payment on a deferred
basis), and the methods by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be
delivered to Participants.
(v) Incentive Stock Options. The terms of any Incentive Stock Option granted
under the Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of
the Code. Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no term of the Plan
relating to Incentive Stock Options (including any Stock Appreciation Rights in
tandem therewith) shall be interpreted, amended or altered, nor shall any discretion
or authority granted under the Plan be exercised, so as to disqualify either the
Plan or any Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code, unless the
Participant has first requested the change that will result in such
disqualification. Thus, if and to the extent required to comply with Section 422 of
the Code, Options granted as Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to the
following special terms and conditions:
(A) the Option shall not be exercisable more than ten years after the date such
Incentive Stock Option is granted; provided, however, that if a Participant owns or
is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section
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424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes
of stock of the Company or any Parent Corporation and the Incentive Stock Option is
granted to such Participant, the term of the Incentive Stock Option shall be (to the
extent required by the Code at the time of the grant) for no more than five years
from the date of grant; and
(B) The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date the Incentive
Stock Option is granted) of the shares of stock with respect to which Incentive
Stock Options granted under the Plan and all other option plans of the Company or
its Parent Corporation during any calendar year exercisable for the first time by
the Participant during any calendar year shall not (to the extent required by the
Code at the time of the grant) exceed $100,000.
(vi) Repurchase Rights. The Committee and the Board shall have the discretion
to grant Options which are exercisable for unvested shares of Common Stock. Should
the Optionees Continuous Service cease while holding such unvested shares, the
Company shall have the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per share,
any or all of those unvested shares. The terms upon which such repurchase right
shall be exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise and the
appropriate vesting schedule for the purchased shares) shall be established by the
Committee or the Board and set forth in the document evidencing such repurchase
right.
(c) Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee and the Board each is authorized to grant Stock
Appreciation Rights to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Right to Payment. A Stock Appreciation Right shall confer on the
Participant to whom it is granted a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the
excess of (A) the Fair Market Value of one share of stock on the date of exercise
(or, in the case of a Limited Stock Appreciation Right that may be exercised only
in the event of a Change in Control, the Fair Market Value determined by reference
to the Change in Control Price, as defined under Section 9(c) hereof), over (B) the
grant price of the Stock Appreciation Right as determined by the Committee or the
Board. The grant price of a Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than the
Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant except as provided under
Section 8(a) hereof.
(ii) Other Terms. The Committee or the Board shall determine at the date of
grant or thereafter, the time or times at which and the circumstances under which a
Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised in whole or in part (including based on
achievement of performance goals and/or future service requirements), the time or
times at which Stock Appreciation Rights shall cease to be or become exercisable
following termination of Continuous Service or upon other conditions, the method of
exercise, method of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, method
by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to
Participants, whether or not a Stock Appreciation Right shall be in
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tandem or in combination with any other Award, and any other terms and
conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right. Limited Stock Appreciation Rights that
may only be exercised in connection with a Change in Control or other event as
specified by the Committee or the Board, may be granted on such terms, not
inconsistent with this Section 6(c), as the Committee or the Board may determine.
Stock Appreciation Rights and Limited Stock Appreciation Rights may be either
freestanding or in tandem with other Awards.
(d) Restricted Stock. The Committee and the Board each is authorized to grant Restricted
Stock to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
(i) Grant and Restrictions. Restricted Stock shall be subject to such
restrictions on transferability, risk of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any,
as the Committee or the Board may impose, or as otherwise provided in this Plan.
The restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such
circumstances (including based on achievement of performance goals and/or future
service requirements), in such installments or otherwise, as the Committee or the
Board may determine at the date of grant or thereafter. Except to the extent
restricted under the terms of the Plan and any Award agreement relating to the
Restricted Stock, a Participant granted Restricted Stock shall have all of the
rights of a shareholder, including the right to vote the Restricted Stock and the
right to receive dividends thereon (subject to any mandatory reinvestment or other
requirement imposed by the Committee or the Board). During the restricted period
applicable to the Restricted Stock, subject to Section 10(b) below, the Restricted
Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, margined or otherwise
encumbered by the Participant.
(ii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee or the Board
at the time of the Award, upon termination of a Participants Continuous Service
during the applicable restriction period, the Participants Restricted Stock that is
at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited and reacquired by the
Company; provided that the Committee or the Board may provide, by rule or regulation
or in any Award agreement, or may determine in any individual case, that
restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock shall be waived
in whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting from specified causes,
and the Committee or the Board may in other cases waive in whole or in part the
forfeiture of Restricted Stock.
(iii) Certificates for Stock. Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be
evidenced in such manner as the Committee or the Board shall determine. If
certificates representing Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the
Participant, the Committee or the Board may require that such certificates bear an
appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to
such Restricted Stock, that the Company retain physical possession of the
certificates, and that the Participant deliver a stock power to the Company,
endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted Stock.
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(iv) Dividends and Splits. As a condition to the grant of an Award of
Restricted Stock, the Committee or the Board may require that any cash dividends
paid on a share of Restricted Stock be automatically reinvested in additional shares
of Restricted Stock or applied to the purchase of additional Awards under the Plan.
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or the Board, Stock distributed in
connection with a Stock split or Stock dividend, and other property distributed as a
dividend, shall be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the same
extent as the Restricted Stock with respect to which such Stock or other property
has been distributed.
(e) Deferred Stock. The Committee and the Board each is authorized to grant Deferred Stock to
Participants, which are rights to receive Stock, cash, or a combination thereof at the end of a
specified deferral period, subject to the following terms and conditions:
(i) Award and Restrictions. Satisfaction of an Award of Deferred Stock shall
occur upon expiration of the deferral period specified for such Deferred Stock by
the Committee or the Board (or, if permitted by the Committee or the Board, as
elected by the Participant). In addition, Deferred Stock shall be subject to such
restrictions (which may include a risk of forfeiture) as the Committee or the Board
may impose, if any, which restrictions may lapse at the expiration of the deferral
period or at earlier specified times (including based on achievement of performance
goals and/or future service requirements), separately or in combination, in
installments or otherwise, as the Committee or the Board may determine. Deferred
Stock may be satisfied by delivery of Stock, cash equal to the Fair Market Value of
the specified number of shares of Stock covered by the Deferred Stock, or a
combination thereof, as determined by the Committee or the Board at the date of
grant or thereafter. Prior to satisfaction of an Award of Deferred Stock, an Award
of Deferred Stock carries no voting or dividend or other rights associated with
share ownership.
(ii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee or the Board,
upon termination of a Participants Continuous Service during the applicable
deferral period thereof to which forfeiture conditions apply (as provided in the
Award agreement evidencing the Deferred Stock), the Participants Deferred Stock
that is at that time subject to deferral (other than a deferral at the election of
the Participant) shall be forfeited; provided that the Committee or the Board may
provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award agreement, or may determine in any
individual case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Deferred
Stock shall be waived in whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting
from specified causes, and the Committee or the Board may in other cases waive in
whole or in part the forfeiture of Deferred Stock.
(iii) Dividend Equivalents. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or
the Board at date of grant, any Dividend Equivalents that are granted with respect
to any Award of Deferred Stock shall be either (A) paid with respect to such
Deferred Stock at the dividend payment date in cash or in shares
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of unrestricted Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such
dividends, or (B) deferred with respect to such Deferred Stock and the amount or
value thereof automatically deemed reinvested in additional Deferred Stock, other
Awards or other investment vehicles, as the Committee or the Board shall determine
or permit the Participant to elect.
(f) Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Obligations. The Committee and the Board each is
authorized to grant Stock as a bonus, or to grant Stock or other Awards in lieu of Company
obligations to pay cash or deliver other property under the Plan or under other plans or
compensatory arrangements, provided that, in the case of Participants subject to Section 16 of the
Exchange Act, the amount of such grants remains within the discretion of the Committee to the
extent necessary to ensure that acquisitions of Stock or other Awards are exempt from liability
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. Stock or Awards granted hereunder shall be subject to
such other terms as shall be determined by the Committee or the Board.
(g) Dividend Equivalents. The Committee and the Board each is authorized to grant Dividend
Equivalents to a Participant entitling the Participant to receive cash, Stock, other Awards, or
other property equal in value to dividends paid with respect to a specified number of shares of
Stock, or other periodic payments. Dividend Equivalents may be awarded on a free-standing basis or
in connection with another Award. The Committee or the Board may provide that Dividend Equivalents
shall be paid or distributed when accrued or shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional
Stock, Awards, or other investment vehicles, and subject to such restrictions on transferability
and risks of forfeiture, as the Committee or the Board may specify.
(h) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee and the Board each is authorized, subject to
limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants such other Awards that may be
denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or
related to, Stock, as deemed by the Committee or the Board to be consistent with the purposes of
the Plan, including, without limitation, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights
convertible or exchangeable into Stock, purchase rights for Stock, Awards with value and payment
contingent upon performance of the Company or any other factors designated by the Committee or the
Board, and Awards valued by reference to the book value of Stock or the value of securities of or
the performance of specified Related Entities or business units. The Committee or the Board shall
determine the terms and conditions of such Awards. Stock delivered pursuant to an Award in the
nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 6(h) shall be purchased for such
consideration (including without limitation loans from the Company or a Related Entity), paid for
at such times, by such methods, and in such forms, including, without limitation, cash, Stock,
other Awards or other property, as the Committee or the Board shall determine. The Committee and
the Board shall have the discretion to grant such other Awards which are exercisable for unvested
shares of Common Stock. Should the Optionees Continuous Service cease while holding such unvested
shares, the Company shall have the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per share, any
or all of those unvested shares. The terms upon which such repurchase right shall be exercisable
(including the period and procedure for exercise and the appropriate vesting schedule for the
purchased shares) shall be established by the Committee or the Board and set forth in the document
evidencing such repurchase right. Cash awards, as an element of or supplement to any other Award
under the Plan, may also be granted pursuant to this Section 6(h).
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7. Performance and Annual Incentive Awards.
(a) Performance Conditions. The right of a Participant to exercise or receive a grant or
settlement of any Award, and the timing thereof, may be subject to such performance conditions as
may be specified by the Committee or the Board. The Committee or the Board may use such business
criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any
performance conditions, and may exercise its discretion to reduce the amounts payable under any
Award subject to performance conditions, except as limited under Sections 7(b) and 7(c) hereof in
the case of a Performance Award or Annual Incentive Award intended to qualify under Code Section
162(m). At such times as the Company is a Publicly Held Corporation, if and to the extent required
under Code Section 162(m), any power or authority relating to a Performance Award or Annual
Incentive Award intended to qualify under Code Section 162(m), shall be exercised by the Committee
and not the Board.
(b) Performance Awards Granted to Designated Covered Employees. If and to the extent that the
Committee determines that a Performance Award to be granted to an Eligible Person who is designated
by the Committee as likely to be a Covered Employee should qualify as performance-based
compensation for purposes of Code Section 162(m), the grant, exercise and/or settlement of such
Performance Award shall be contingent upon achievement of pre-established performance goals and
other terms set forth in this Section 7(b).
(i) Performance Goals Generally. The performance goals for such Performance
Awards shall consist of one or more business criteria and a targeted level or levels
of performance with respect to each of such criteria, as specified by the Committee
consistent with this Section 7(b). Performance goals shall be objective and shall
otherwise meet the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder
including the requirement that the level or levels of performance targeted by the
Committee result in the achievement of performance goals being substantially
uncertain. The Committee may determine that such Performance Awards shall be
granted, exercised and/or settled upon achievement of any one performance goal or
that two or more of the performance goals must be achieved as a condition to grant,
exercise and/or settlement of such Performance Awards. Performance goals may differ
for Performance Awards granted to any one Participant or to different Participants.
(ii) Business Criteria. One or more of the following business criteria for the
Company, on a consolidated basis, and/or specified Related Entities or business
units of the Company (except with respect to the total shareholder return and
earnings per share criteria), shall be used exclusively by the Committee in
establishing performance goals for such Performance Awards: (1) total shareholder
return; (2) such total shareholder return as compared to total return (on a
comparable basis) of a publicly available index such as, but not limited to, the
Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index or the S&P Specialty Retailer Index; (3) net
income; (4) pretax earnings; (5) earnings before interest expense, taxes,
depreciation and amortization; (6) pretax operating earnings after interest expense
and before bonuses, service fees, and extraordinary or special items; (7) operating
margin; (8) earnings per share; (9) return on equity; (10) return on capital; (11)
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return on investment; (12) operating earnings; (13) working capital or
inventory; and (14) ratio of debt to shareholders equity. One or more of the
foregoing business criteria shall also be exclusively used in establishing
performance goals for Annual Incentive Awards granted to a Covered Employee under
Section 7(c) hereof that are intended to qualify as performanced-based compensation
under Code Section 162(m).
(iii) Performance Period; Timing For Establishing Performance Goals.
Achievement of performance goals in respect of such Performance Awards shall be
measured over a performance period of up to ten years, as specified by the
Committee. Performance goals shall be established not later than 90 days after the
beginning of any performance period applicable to such Performance Awards, or at
such other date as may be required or permitted for performance-based compensation
under Code Section 162(m).
(iv) Performance Award Pool. The Committee may establish a Performance Award
pool, which shall be an unfunded pool, for purposes of measuring Company performance
in connection with Performance Awards. The amount of such Performance Award pool
shall be based upon the achievement of a performance goal or goals based on one or
more of the business criteria set forth in Section 7(b)(ii) hereof during the given
performance period, as specified by the Committee in accordance with Section
7(b)(iii) hereof. The Committee may specify the amount of the Performance Award
pool as a percentage of any of such business criteria, a percentage thereof in
excess of a threshold amount, or as another amount which need not bear a strictly
mathematical relationship to such business criteria.
(v) Settlement of Performance Awards; Other Terms. Settlement of such
Performance Awards shall be in cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, in the
discretion of the Committee. The Committee may, in its discretion, reduce the
amount of a settlement otherwise to be made in connection with such Performance
Awards. The Committee shall specify the circumstances in which such Performance
Awards shall be paid or forfeited in the event of termination of Continuous Service
by the Participant prior to the end of a performance period or settlement of
Performance Awards.
(c) Annual Incentive Awards Granted to Designated Covered Employees. The Committee may,
within its discretion, grant one or more Annual Incentive Awards to any Eligible Person, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 7(c).
(i) Annual Incentive Award Pool. The Committee may establish an Annual
Incentive Award pool, which shall be an unfunded pool, for purposes of measuring
Company performance in connection with Annual Incentive Awards. In the case of
Annual Incentive Awards intended to qualify as performance-based compensation for
purposes of Code Section 162(m), the amount of such Annual Incentive Award pool
shall be based upon the achievement of a performance goal or goals based on one or
more of the business criteria set forth
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in Section 7(b)(ii) hereof during the given performance period, as specified by
the Committee in accordance with Section 7(b)(iii) hereof. The Committee may
specify the amount of the Annual Incentive Award pool as a percentage of any such
business criteria, a percentage thereof in excess of a threshold amount, or as
another amount which need not bear a strictly mathematical relationship to such
business criteria.
(ii) Potential Annual Incentive Awards. Not later than the end of the 90th day
of each fiscal year, or at such other date as may be required or permitted in the
case of Awards intended to be performance-based compensation under Code Section
162(m), the Committee shall determine the Eligible Persons who will potentially
receive Annual Incentive Awards, and the amounts potentially payable thereunder, for
that fiscal year, either out of an Annual Incentive Award pool established by such
date under Section 7(c)(i) hereof or as individual Annual Incentive Awards. In the
case of individual Annual Incentive Awards intended to qualify under Code Section
162(m), the amount potentially payable shall be based upon the achievement of a
performance goal or goals based on one or more of the business criteria set forth in
Section 7(b)(ii) hereof in the given performance year, as specified by the
Committee; in other cases, such amount shall be based on such criteria as shall be
established by the Committee. In all cases, the maximum Annual Incentive Award of
any Participant shall be subject to the limitation set forth in Section 5 hereof.
(iii) Payout of Annual Incentive Awards. After the end of each fiscal year,
the Committee shall determine the amount, if any, of (A) the Annual Incentive Award
pool, and the maximum amount of potential Annual Incentive Award payable to each
Participant in the Annual Incentive Award pool, or (B) the amount of potential
Annual Incentive Award otherwise payable to each Participant. The Committee may, in
its discretion, determine that the amount payable to any Participant as an Annual
Incentive Award shall be reduced from the amount of his or her potential Annual
Incentive Award, including a determination to make no Award whatsoever. The
Committee shall specify the circumstances in which an Annual Incentive Award shall
be paid or forfeited in the event of termination of Continuous Service by the
Participant prior to the end of a fiscal year or settlement of such Annual Incentive
Award.
(d) Written Determinations. All determinations by the Committee as to the establishment of
performance goals, the amount of any Performance Award pool or potential individual Performance
Awards and as to the achievement of performance goals relating to Performance Awards under Section
7(b), and the amount of any Annual Incentive Award pool or potential individual Annual Incentive
Awards and the amount of final Annual Incentive Awards under Section 7(c), shall be made in writing
in the case of any Award intended to qualify under Code Section 162(m). The Committee may not
delegate any responsibility relating to such Performance Awards or Annual Incentive Awards if and
to the extent required to comply with Code Section 162(m).
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(e) Status of Section 7(b) and Section 7(c) Awards Under Code Section 162(m). It is the
intent of the Company that Performance Awards and Annual Incentive Awards under Section 7(b) and
7(c) hereof granted to persons who are designated by the Committee as likely to be Covered
Employees within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder shall, if so
designated by the Committee, constitute qualified performance-based compensation within the
meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder. Accordingly, the terms of Sections
7(b), (c), (d) and (e), including the definitions of Covered Employee and other terms used therein,
shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder.
The foregoing notwithstanding, because the Committee cannot determine with certainty whether a
given Participant will be a Covered Employee with respect to a fiscal year that has not yet been
completed, the term Covered Employee as used herein shall mean only a person designated by the
Committee, at the time of grant of Performance Awards or an Annual Incentive Award, as likely to be
a Covered Employee with respect to that fiscal year. If any provision of the Plan or any agreement
relating to such Performance Awards or Annual Incentive Awards does not comply or is inconsistent
with the requirements of Code Section 162(m) or regulations thereunder, such provision shall be
construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements.
8. Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards or Sales.
(a) Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem, and Substitute Awards. Awards granted under the Plan
may, in the discretion of the Committee or the Board, be granted either alone or in addition to, in
tandem with, or in substitution or exchange for, any other Award or any award granted under another
plan of the Company, any Related Entity, or any business entity to be acquired by the Company or a
Related Entity, or any other right of a Participant to receive payment from the Company or any
Related Entity. Such additional, tandem, and substitute or exchange Awards may be granted at any
time. If an Award is granted in substitution or exchange for another Award or award, the Committee
or the Board shall require the surrender of such other Award or award in consideration for the
grant of the new Award. In addition, Awards may be granted in lieu of cash compensation, including
in lieu of cash amounts payable under other plans of the Company or any Related Entity, in which
the value of Stock subject to the Award is equivalent in value to the cash compensation (for
example, Deferred Stock or Restricted Stock), or in which the exercise price, grant price or
purchase price of the Award in the nature of a right that may be exercised is equal to the Fair
Market Value of the underlying Stock minus the value of the cash compensation surrendered (for
example, Options granted with an exercise price discounted by the amount of the cash compensation
surrendered).
(b) Term of Awards. The term of each Award shall be for such period as may be determined by
the Committee or the Board; provided that in no event shall the term of any Option or Stock
Appreciation Right exceed a period of ten years (or such shorter term as may be required in respect
of an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code).
(c) Purchase Prices.
(i) In General. In the case of an Award under this Plan, other than an Option,
which grants an Employee, Director, or Consultant of the Company the right to
purchase Stock, the Board or the Committee shall have discretion to set
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the purchase price, provided that in no event shall the purchase price per
share of Stock be less than 85% of the Fair Market Value of such share on the date
of the Award or the date of the purchase, and in the case of an Award made to an
Employee who owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules applicable
under Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the combined voting power of all
classes of Stock of the Company, the Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary, the
purchase price of such Stock shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of
the Stock on the date of such award or the date of the purchase.
(ii) Non-Applicability of Restrictions. The Purchase Price restrictions
contained in Section 8(c)(i) applicable to Awards under this Plan, other than
Options, which grant an Employee, Director, or Consultant of the Company the right
to purchase Stock, shall be inoperative if (A) the offer and sale of the shares of
Stock to be issued upon payment of the Exercise Price have been registered under a
then currently effective registration statement under applicable federal or state
securities laws, or (B) a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such
Exercise Price restrictions are not required in the circumstances under applicable
federal or state securities laws.
(d) Form and Timing of Payment Under Awards; Deferrals. Subject to the terms of the Plan and
any applicable Award agreement, payments to be made by the Company or a Related Entity upon the
exercise of an Option or other Award or settlement of an Award may be made in such forms as the
Committee or the Board shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, other Awards or other
property, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis.
The settlement of any Award may be accelerated, and cash paid in lieu of Stock in connection with
such settlement, in the discretion of the Committee or the Board or upon occurrence of one or more
specified events (in addition to a Change in Control). Installment or deferred payments may be
required by the Committee or the Board (subject to Section 10(e) of the Plan) or permitted at the
election of the Participant on terms and conditions established by the Committee or the Board.
Payments may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of a reasonable
interest rate on installment or deferred payments or the grant or crediting of Dividend Equivalents
or other amounts in respect of installment or deferred payments denominated in Stock.
(e) Exemptions from Section 16(b) Liability. If and to the extent that the Company is or
becomes a Publicly Held Corporation, it is the intent of the Company that this Plan comply in all
respects with applicable provisions of Rule 16b-3 or Rule 16a-1(c)(3) to the extent necessary to
ensure that neither the grant of any Awards to nor other transaction by a Participant who is
subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act is subject to liability under Section 16(b) thereof
(except for transactions acknowledged in writing to be non-exempt by such Participant).
Accordingly, if any provision of this Plan or any Award agreement does not comply with the
requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Rule 16a-1(c)(3) as then applicable to any such transaction, such
provision will be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to the applicable
requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Rule 16a-1(c)(3) so that such Participant shall avoid liability under
Section 16(b). In addition, the purchase price of any Award conferring a right to purchase Stock
shall be not less than any specified percentage of the
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Fair Market Value of Stock at the date of grant of the Award then required in order to comply
with Rule 16b-3.
9. Change in Control.
(a) Effect of Change in Control. The effect of a Change in Control, as defined in Section
9(b) below, shall be as provided, if at all, (1) in an employment, compensation, or severance
agreement, if any, between the Company or any Related Entity and the Participant, relating to the
Participants employment, compensation, or severance with or from the Company or such Related
Entity, or (2) in the agreement evidencing the Award.
(b) Definition of Change in Control. A Change in Control shall be defined as it is
defined, if at all, (1) in an employment, compensation, or severance agreement, if any, between the
Company or any Related Entity and the Participant, relating to the Participants employment,
compensation, or severance with or from the Company or such Related Entity, or (2) in the agreement
evidencing the Award to such Participant.
(c) Definition of Change in Control Price. The Change in Control Price shall be defined
as it is defined, if at all, (1) in an employment, compensation, or severance agreement, if any,
between the Company or any Related Entity and the Participant, relating to the Participants
employment, compensation, or severance with or from the Company or such Related Entity, or (2) in
the agreement evidencing the Award to such Participant.
10. General Provisions.
(a) Compliance With Legal and Other Requirements. The Company may, to the extent deemed
necessary or advisable by the Committee or the Board, postpone the issuance or delivery of Stock or
payment of other benefits under any Award until completion of such registration or qualification of
such Stock or other required action under any federal or state law, rule or regulation, listing or
other required action with respect to any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which
the Stock or other Company securities are listed or quoted, or compliance with any other obligation
of the Company, as the Committee or the Board, may consider appropriate, and may require any
Participant to make such representations, furnish such information and comply with or be subject to
such other conditions as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of
Stock or payment of other benefits in compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations,
listing requirements, or other obligations. The foregoing notwithstanding, in connection with a
Change in Control, the Company shall take or cause to be taken no action, and shall undertake or
permit to arise no legal or contractual obligation, that results or would result in any
postponement of the issuance or delivery of Stock or payment of benefits under any Award or the
imposition of any other conditions on such issuance, delivery or payment, to the extent that such
postponement or other condition would represent a greater burden on a Participant than existed on
the 90th day preceding the Change in Control.
(b) Limits on Transferability; Beneficiaries.
(i) General. Except as provided herein, a Participant may not assign, sell,
transfer, or otherwise encumber or subject to any lien any Award or other
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right or interest granted under this Plan, in whole or in part, including any
Award or right which constitutes a derivative security as generally defined in Rule
16a1(c) under the Exchange Act, other than by will or by operation of the laws of
descent and distribution, and such Awards or rights that may be exercisable shall be
exercised during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant or his or
her guardian or legal representative.
(ii) Permitted Transfer of Option. The Committee or Board, in its sole
discretion, may permit the transfer of an Option (but not an Incentive Stock Option,
or any other right to purchase Stock other than an Option) as follows: (A) by gift
to a member of the Participants Immediate Family or (B) by transfer by instrument
to a trust providing that the Option is to be passed to beneficiaries upon death of
the Optionee. For purposes of this Section 10(b)(ii), Immediate Family shall mean
the Optionees spouse (including a former spouse subject to terms of a domestic
relations order); child, stepchild, grandchild, child-in-law; parent, stepparent,
grandparent, parent-in-law; sibling and sibling-in-law, and shall include adoptive
relationships. If a determination is made by counsel for the Company that the
restrictions contained in this Section 10(b)(ii) are not required by applicable
federal or state securities laws under the circumstances, then the Committee or
Board, in its sole discretion, may permit the transfer of Awards (other than
Incentive Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem therewith) to one or
more Beneficiaries or other transferees during the lifetime of the Participant,
which may be exercised by such transferees in accordance with the terms of such
Award, but only if and to the extent permitted by the Committee or the Board
pursuant to the express terms of an Award agreement (subject to any terms and
conditions which the Committee or the Board may impose thereon, and further subject
to any prohibitions and restrictions on such transfers pursuant to Rule 16b-3). A
Beneficiary, transferee, or other person claiming any rights under the Plan from or
through any Participant shall be subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and
any Award agreement applicable to such Participant, except as otherwise determined
by the Committee or the Board, and to any additional terms and conditions deemed
necessary or appropriate by the Committee or the Board.
(c) Adjustments.
(i)
Adjustments to Awards. In the event that any stock dividend or
other extraordinary distribution (whether in the form of cash, Stock,
or other property), recapitalization, forward or reverse split,
reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination,
repurchase, share exchange, liquidation, dissolution or other similar
corporate transaction or event affects the Stock and/or such other
securities of the Company or any other issuer, then the Committee or
the Board shall equitably and proportionately substitute, exchange,
or adjust as necessary (A) the number and kind of shares of
Stock which may be delivered in connection with Awards granted
thereafter, (B) the number and kind of shares of Stock by which
annual per-person Award limitations are measured under Section 5
hereof, (C) the number and kind of shares of Stock subject to or
deliverable in respect of outstanding Awards, (E) the exercise
price, grant price or purchase price relating to any Award and/or
make provision for payment of cash or other property in respect of
any outstanding Award, and (F) other aspects of an Award as
appropriate.
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(ii) Adjustments in Case of Certain Corporate Transactions. In the event of a
proposed sale of all or substantially all of the Companys assets or any
reorganization, merger, consolidation, or other form of corporate transaction in
which the Company does not survive, or in which the shares of Stock are exchanged
for or converted into securities issued by another entity, then the successor or
acquiring entity or an affiliate thereof may, with the consent of the Committee or
the Board, assume each outstanding Option or substitute an equivalent option or
right. If the successor or acquiring entity or an affiliate thereof, does not cause
such an assumption or substitution, then each Option shall terminate upon the
consummation of sale, merger, consolidation, or other corporate transaction. The
Committee or the Board shall give written notice of any proposed transaction
referred to in this Section 10(c)(ii) a reasonable period of time prior to the
closing date for such transaction (which notice may be given either before or after
the approval of such transaction), in order that Optionees may have a reasonable
period of time prior to the closing date of such transaction within which to
exercise any Options that are then exercisable (including any Options that may
become exercisable upon the closing date of such transaction). An Optionee may
condition his exercise of any Option upon the consummation of the transaction.
(iii) Other Adjustments. In addition, the Committee (and the Board if and only
to the extent such authority is not required to be exercised by the Committee to
comply with Code Section 162(m)) is authorized to make adjustments in the terms and
conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards (including Performance Awards
and performance goals, and Annual Incentive Awards and any Annual Incentive Award
pool or performance goals relating thereto) in recognition of unusual or
nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, acquisitions and dispositions of
businesses and assets) affecting the Company, any Related Entity or any business
unit, or the financial statements of the Company or any Related Entity, or in
response to changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, tax
rates and regulations or business conditions or in view of the Committees
assessment of the business strategy of the Company, any Related Entity or business
unit thereof, performance of comparable organizations, economic and business
conditions, personal performance of a Participant, and any other circumstances
deemed relevant; provided that no such adjustment shall be authorized or made if and
to the extent that such authority or the making of such adjustment would cause
Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Awards granted under Section 8(b)
hereof or Annual Incentive Awards granted under Section 8(c) hereof to Participants
designated by the Committee as Covered Employees and intended to qualify as
performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) and the regulations
thereunder to
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otherwise fail to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code
Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder.
(d) Taxes. The Company and any Related Entity are authorized to withhold from any Award
granted, any payment relating to an Award under the Plan, including from a distribution of Stock,
or any payroll or other payment to a Participant, amounts of withholding and other taxes due or
potentially payable in connection with any transaction involving an Award, and to take such other
action as the Committee or the Board may deem advisable to enable the Company and Participants to
satisfy obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any
Award. This authority shall include authority to withhold or receive Stock or other property and
to make cash payments in respect thereof in satisfaction of a Participants tax obligations, either
on a mandatory or elective basis in the discretion of the Committee.
(e) Changes to the Plan and Awards. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or
terminate the Plan, or the Committees authority to grant Awards under the Plan, without the
consent of shareholders or Participants, except that any amendment or alteration to the Plan shall
be subject to the approval of the Companys shareholders not later than the annual meeting next
following such Board action if such shareholder approval is required by any federal or state law or
regulation (including, without limitation, Rule 16b-3 or Code Section 162(m)) or the rules of any
stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock may then be listed or quoted, and
the Board may otherwise, in its discretion, determine to submit other such changes to the Plan to
shareholders for approval; provided that, without the consent of an affected Participant, no such
Board action may materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant under any
previously granted and outstanding Award. The Committee or the Board may waive any conditions or
rights under, or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate any Award theretofore granted and
any Award agreement relating thereto, except as otherwise provided in the Plan; provided that,
without the consent of an affected Participant, no such Committee or the Board action may
materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant under such Award. Notwithstanding
anything in the Plan to the contrary, if any right under this Plan would cause a transaction to be
ineligible for pooling of interest accounting that would, but for the right hereunder, be eligible
for such accounting treatment, the Committee or the Board may modify or adjust the right so that
pooling of interest accounting shall be available, including the substitution of Stock having a
Fair Market Value equal to the cash otherwise payable hereunder for the right which caused the
transaction to be ineligible for pooling of interest accounting.
(f) Reporting of Financial Information. The Company shall provide to the recipient of any
Award under this Plan, no less frequently than annually, the financial statements of the Company,
until such time as a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such reports are not
required by applicable federal or state securities laws under the circumstances.
(g) Limitation on Rights Conferred Under Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken
hereunder shall be construed as (i) giving any Eligible Person or Participant the right to continue
as an Eligible Person or Participant or in the employ of the Company or a Related Entity; (ii)
interfering in any way with the right of the Company or a Related Entity to
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terminate any Eligible Persons or Participants Continuous Service at any time, (iii) giving
an Eligible Person or Participant any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan or to be treated
uniformly with other Participants and Employees, or (iv) conferring on a Participant any of the
rights of a shareholder of the Company unless and until the Participant is duly issued or
transferred shares of Stock in accordance with the terms of an Award.
(h) Unfunded Status of Awards; Creation of Trusts. The Plan is intended to constitute an
unfunded plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made
to a Participant or obligation to deliver Stock pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan
or any Award shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general
creditor of the Company; provided that the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts and
deposit therein cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, or make other arrangements to meet the
Companys obligations under the Plan. Such trusts or other arrangements shall be consistent with
the unfunded status of the Plan unless the Committee otherwise determines with the consent of
each affected Participant. The trustee of such trusts may be authorized to dispose of trust assets
and reinvest the proceeds in alternative investments, subject to such terms and conditions as the
Committee or the Board may specify and in accordance with applicable law.
(i) Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor its
submission to the shareholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any
limitations on the power of the Board or a committee thereof to adopt such other incentive
arrangements as it may deem desirable including incentive arrangements and awards which do not
qualify under Code Section 162(m).
(j) Payments in the Event of Forfeitures; Fractional Shares. Unless otherwise determined by
the Committee or the Board, in the event of a forfeiture of an Award with respect to which a
Participant paid cash or other consideration, the Participant shall be repaid the amount of such
cash or other consideration. No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant
to the Plan or any Award. The Committee or the Board shall determine whether cash, other Awards or
other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional
shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.
(k) Governing Law. The validity, construction and effect of the Plan, any rules and
regulations under the Plan, and any Award agreement shall be determined in accordance with the laws
of the State of California without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws, and applicable
federal law.
(l) Plan Effective Date and Shareholder Approval; Termination of Plan. The Plan shall become
effective on the Effective Date, subject to subsequent approval within 12 months of its adoption by
the Board by shareholders of the Company eligible to vote in the election of directors, by a vote
sufficient to meet the requirements of Code Sections 162(m) (if applicable) and 422, Rule 16b-3
under the Exchange Act (if applicable), applicable NASDAQ requirements, and other laws,
regulations, and obligations of the Company applicable to the Plan. Awards may be granted subject
to shareholder approval, but may not be exercised or otherwise settled in the event shareholder
approval is not obtained. The Plan shall terminate no later than
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10 years from the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or 10 years from the date the Plan is
approved by the Shareholders, whichever is earlier.
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EXHIBIT 10.7(c)
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
CORRECTED AMENDED AND RESTATED
2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(As amended through January 23, 2007)
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
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2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
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SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
CORRECTED AMENDED AND RESTATED
2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
1. Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to provide incentive for present and future
employees of the Company and any Designated Subsidiary to acquire a proprietary interest (or
increase an existing proprietary interest) in the Company through the purchase of Common Stock. It
is the Companys intention that the Plan qualify as an employee stock purchase plan under Section
423 of the Code. Accordingly, the provisions of the Plan shall be administered, interpreted and
construed in a manner consistent with the requirements of that section of the Code.
2. Definitions.
(a) Applicable Percentage means the percentage specified in Section 8, subject to
adjustment by the Committee as provided in Section 8.
(b) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(c) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor
thereto.
(d) Committee means the committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan as
described in Section 13 of the Plan or, if no such Committee is appointed, the Board.
(e) Common Stock means the Companys common stock, par value $.001 per share.
(f) Company means Synaptics Incorporated, a Delaware corporation.
(g) Compensation means, with respect to each Participant for each pay period, the
full base salary and overtime paid to such Participant by the Company or a Designated Subsidiary.
Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, Compensation does not include: (i) bonuses or
commissions; (ii) any amounts contributed by the Company or a Designated Subsidiary to any pension
plan; (iii) any automobile or relocation allowances (or reimbursement for any such expenses); (iv)
any amounts paid as a starting bonus or finders fee; (v) any amounts realized from the exercise of
any stock options or incentive awards; (vi) any amounts paid by the Company or a Designated
Subsidiary for other fringe benefits, such as health and welfare, hospitalization and group life
insurance benefits, or perquisites, or paid in lieu of such benefits, or; (vii) other similar forms
of extraordinary compensation.
(h) Continuous Status as an Employee means the absence of any interruption or
termination of service as an Employee. Continuous Status as an Employee shall not be considered
interrupted in the case of a leave of absence agreed to in writing by the Company or the Designated
Subsidiary that employs the Employee, provided that such leave is for a period of not more than 90
days or reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute.
(i) Designated Subsidiaries means the Subsidiaries that have been designated by the
Board from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan.
(j) Employee means any person, including an Officer, whose customary employment with
the Company or one of its Designated Subsidiaries is at least twenty (20) hours per week and more
than five (5) months in any calendar year.
(k) Entry Date means the first day of each Exercise Period.
(l) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(m) Exercise Date means the last Trading Day ending on or before each June 30 and
December 31.
(n) Exercise Period means, for any Offering Period, each period commencing on the
Offering Date and on the day after each Exercise Date, and terminating on the immediately following
Exercise Date.
(o) Exercise Price means the price per share of Common Stock offered in a given
Offering Period determined as provided in Section 8.
(p) Fair Market Value means, with respect to a share of Common Stock, the Fair
Market Value as determined under Section 7(b).
(q) First Offering Date means the commencement date of the initial public offering
contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
(r) Offering Date means the first Trading Day of each Offering Period;
provided, that in the case of an individual who becomes eligible to become a Participant
under Section 3 after the first Trading Day of an Offering Period, the term Offering Date shall
mean the first Trading Day of the Exercise Period coinciding with or next succeeding the day on
which that individual becomes eligible to become a Participant. Options granted after the first
day of an Offering Period will be subject to the same terms as the options granted on the first
Trading Day of such Offering Period except that they will have a different grant date (thus,
potentially, a different exercise price) and, because they expire at the same time as the options
granted on the first Trading Day of such Offering Period, a shorter term.
(s) Offering Period means, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4, (i) with
respect to the first Offering Period, the period beginning on the First Offering Date and ending on
December 31, 2003, and (ii) with respect to each Offering Period thereafter, the period beginning
on the January 1 immediately following the end of the previous Offering Period and ending on the
December 31 which is 24 months thereafter.
(t) Officer means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of
Section 16 under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(u) Participant means an Employee automatically enrolled in the Plan pursuant to
Section 5(a) hereof, or an Employee who has elected to participate in the Plan by filing an
enrollment agreement with the Company as provided in Section 5(b) hereof.
(v) Plan shall mean this Amended and Restated Synaptics Incorporated 2001 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan.
(w) Plan Contributions means, with respect to each Participant, the lump sum cash
transfers, if any, made by the Participant to the Plan pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, plus the
after-tax payroll deductions, if any, withheld from the Compensation of the Participant and
contributed to the Plan for the Participant as provided in Section 6 hereof, and any other amounts
contributed to the Plan for the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
(x) Subsidiary shall mean any corporation, domestic or foreign, of which the Company
owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock, and that otherwise qualifies as a subsidiary corporation within the meaning of Section
424(f) of the Code.
(y) Trading Day shall mean a day on which the national stock exchanges and the
Nasdaq system are open for trading.
3. Eligibility.
(a) Any Employee who has completed at least three (3) months of employment with the Company or
any Designated Subsidiary and who is an Employee as of the Offering Date of a given Offering Period
shall be eligible to become a Participant as of any Entry Date within that Offering Period under
the Plan, subject to the requirements of Section 5(a) and the limitations imposed by Section 423(b)
of the Code; provided, however, that any Employee who is an Employee as of the First Offering Date
shall be eligible to become a Participant as of such First Offering Date.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, no Participant shall be granted
an option under the Plan (i) to the extent that if, immediately after the grant, such Employee (or
any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the
Code) would own stock and/or hold outstanding options to purchase stock possessing 5% or more of
the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or of any
Subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) to the extent that his or her rights to purchase stock under all
employee stock purchase plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries intended to qualify under Section
423 of the Code to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of fair market value of stock (determined
at the time such option is granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at
any time.
4. Offering Periods. The Plan shall generally be implemented by a series of Offering
Periods. The first Offering Period shall commence on the First Offering Date and end on December
31, 2003, and succeeding Offering Periods shall commence on the January 1 immediately following the
end of the previous Offering Period and end on the December 31 which is 24 months thereafter. If,
however, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on any Exercise Date (except the final
scheduled Exercise Date of any Offering Period) is lower than the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock on the Offering Date, then the Offering Period in progress shall end immediately
following the close of trading on such Exercise Date, and a new Offering Period shall begin on the
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next subsequent January 1 or July 1, as applicable, and shall extend for a 24 month period
ending on December 31 or June 30, as applicable. Subsequent Offering Periods shall commence on the
January 1 or July 1, as applicable, immediately following the end of the previous Offering Period
and shall extend for a 24 month period ending on December 31 or June 30, as applicable. The
Committee shall have the power to make other changes to the duration and/or the frequency of
Offering Periods with respect to future offerings if such change is announced at least five (5)
days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period to be affected.
5. Participation.
(a) All Employees who are eligible Employees as of the First Offering Date shall automatically
become Participants in the Plan as of the First Offering Date, and shall be eligible to purchase
shares of the Common Stock on the Exercise Date of the first Exercise Period of the initial
Offering Period in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate purchase price for one
thousand five hundred (1,500) shares of Common Stock or (ii) fifteen (15%) percent of the
Compensation that the Participant receives during the first Exercise Period of the initial Offering
Period (subject to the restrictions contained in Section 3(b) hereof), unless the Participant
elects a lower level of participation as provided under Section 5(c) hereof. Such purchase shall
be made by a direct lump sum cash transfer by the Participant to the Plan, unless the Participant
files a payroll deduction election in accordance with Section 5(c), or withdraws from the Plan
pursuant to Section 11 hereof. No enrollment agreement or payroll deduction election need be filed
by a Participant with the Company in order to participate in the initial Offering Period.
(b) Employees meeting the eligibility requirements of Section 3 hereof after the First
Offering Date may elect to participate in the Plan commencing on any Entry Date by completing an
enrollment agreement on the form provided by the Company and filing the enrollment agreement with
the Company on or prior to such Entry Date, unless a later time for filing the enrollment agreement
is set by the Committee for all eligible Employees with respect to a given offering. The
enrollment agreement shall contain a payroll deduction election setting forth the percentage of the
Participants Compensation that is to be withheld by payroll deduction pursuant to the Plan.
(c) No payroll deductions shall be made (and no payroll deduction elections shall be accepted)
by the Company for Participants during the first Exercise Period of the initial Offering Period
prior to the time that a registration statement with respect to the shares of Common Stock being
offered under the Plan has been filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on Form S-8, and is
effective. Once the Form S-8 is effective, a Participant may, but need not, make a payroll
deduction election with respect to the first Exercise Period of the initial Offering Period by
filing an enrollment agreement containing the payroll deduction election with the Company. A
Participant may elect a lower level of participation than that provided in Section 5(a) hereof with
respect to the first Exercise Period of the initial Offering Period at that time. If a payroll
deduction is elected under this Section 5(c), payroll deductions may commence as early as with the
first pay period beginning after the First Offering Date. Subject to the participation level
specified in Section 5(a), the rate of payroll deduction during the first Exercise Period of the
initial Offering Period may exceed the maximum permitted rate under Section 6(a) hereof to make up
for the payroll deductions, if any, which would otherwise have been made prior to the effectiveness
of the Form S-8 with respect to the Plan. If a payroll deduction election is made under this
Section 5(c), payroll deductions shall continue at the rate elected by the Participant under
Section 6(a) for subsequent Exercise Periods,
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unless the Participant makes a change permitted under Section 6(b), or withdraws from the Plan
under Section 11.
(d) For all Exercise Periods subsequent to the first Exercise Period of the initial Offering
Period, purchases generally must be made via payroll deduction. Participants in the first Exercise
Period of the initial Offering Period who do not make a payroll deduction election pursuant to
Section 5(c) must file an enrollment form containing a payroll deduction election with respect to
subsequent Exercise Periods with the Company prior to the commencement of a subsequent Exercise
Period (unless a later time for filing is set by the Administrator for all Participants) in order
to make further purchases under the Plan. Payroll deductions for Participants required to file a
payroll deduction election under this Section 5(d) shall commence on the first payroll of the
subsequent Exercise Period and shall end on the last payroll in the Offering Period, unless sooner
terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 11.
(e) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee under rules applicable to all
Participants, payroll deductions for Participants enrolling in the Plan after the First Offering
Date under Section 5(b) shall commence on the first payroll following the Entry Date on which the
Participant files an enrollment agreement in accordance with Section 5(b) and shall end on the last
payroll in the Offering Period, unless sooner terminated by the Participant as provided in Section
11.
(f) Unless a Participant elects otherwise prior to the last Exercise Date of an Offering
Period, including the last Exercise Date prior to termination in the case of an Offering Period
terminated by operation of the rule contained in Section 4 hereof, such Participant shall be deemed
(i) to have elected to participate in the immediately succeeding Offering Period (and, for purposes
of such Offering Period such Participants Entry Date shall be deemed to be the first day of such
Offering Period) and (ii) to have authorized the same payroll deduction for such immediately
succeeding Offering Period as was in effect for such Participant immediately prior to the
commencement of such succeeding Offering Period.
6. Plan Contributions.
(a) Except with respect to the first Exercise Period of the initial Offering Period, and
except as otherwise authorized by the Committee pursuant to Section 6(d) below, all contributions
to the Plan shall be made only by payroll deductions. At the time a Participant files the
enrollment agreement with respect to an Offering Period, the Participant may authorize payroll
deductions to be made on each payroll date during the portion of the Offering Period that he or she
is a Participant in an amount not less than 1% and not more than 15% of the Participants
Compensation on each payroll date during the portion of the Offering Period that he or she is a
Participant (or subsequent Offering Periods as provided in Section 5(f)). The amount of payroll
deductions shall be a whole percentage (i.e., 1%, 2%, 3%, etc.) of the Participants Compensation.
(b) A Participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section
11, or may decrease or increase the rate or amount of his or her payroll deductions during such
Offering Period (within the limitations of Section 5(c) and 6(a) above) by completing and filing
with the Company a new enrollment agreement authorizing a change in the rate or amount of payroll
deductions; provided, that a Participant may not change the rate or amount of his or her
payroll deductions more than once in any Exercise Period. The change in rate or amount shall be
effective with the first full payroll period following ten (10) business days after the Companys
receipt of the new enrollment agreement.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of
the Code and Section 3(b) hereof, a Participants payroll deductions may be decreased to 0% at such
time during any Exercise Period which is scheduled to end during the current calendar year that the
aggregate of all payroll deductions accumulated with respect to such Exercise Period and any other
Exercise Period ending within the same calendar year are equal to the product of $25,000 multiplied
by the Applicable Percentage for the calendar year. Payroll deductions shall recommence at the
rate provided in the Participants enrollment agreement at the beginning of the following Exercise
Period which is scheduled to end in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the
Participant as provided in Section 11.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, but subject to the limitations
set forth in Section 3(b), the Committee may permit Participants to make after-tax contributions to
the Plan at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may in its
discretion determine. All such additional contributions shall be made in a manner consistent with
the provisions of Section 423 of the Code or any successor thereto, and shall be held in
Participants accounts and applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock pursuant to options
granted under this Plan in the same manner as payroll deductions contributed to the Plan as
provided above.
(e) All Plan Contributions made for a Participant shall be deposited in the Companys general
corporate account and shall be credited to the Participants account under the Plan. No interest
shall accrue or be credited with respect to a Participants Plan Contributions. All Plan
Contributions received or held by the Company may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose,
and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate or otherwise set apart such Plan Contributions
from any other corporate funds.
7. Grant of Option.
(a) On a Participants Entry Date, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(b) and
12(a), the Participant shall be granted an option to purchase on each subsequent Exercise Date
during the Offering Period in which such Entry Date occurs (at the Exercise Price determined as
provided in Section 8 below) up to a number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing such
Participants Plan Contributions accumulated prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the
Participants account as of such Exercise Date by the Exercise Price; provided, that the
maximum number of shares a Participant may purchase during any Exercise Period shall be One
Thousand Five Hundred (1,500) shares. The Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be
determined as provided in Section 7(b).
(b) The Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on a given date shall be determined by
the Committee in its discretion; provided, that if there is a public market for the Common
Stock, the Fair Market Value per share shall be either (i) the closing price of the Common Stock on
such date (or, in the event that the Common Stock is not traded on such date, on the immediately
preceding trading date), as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation (Nasdaq) National Market System, (ii) if such price is not reported, the average of the
bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on such date (or, in the event that the Common Stock is
not traded on such date, on the immediately preceding trading date), as reported by Nasdaq, (iii)
in the event the Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange, the closing price of the Common Stock
on such exchange on such date (or, in the event that the Common Stock is not traded on such date,
on the immediately preceding trading date), as reported in The Wall Street Journal, or (iv) if no
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such quotations are available for a date within a reasonable time prior to the valuation date,
the value of the Common Stock as determined by the Committee using any reasonable means. For
purposes of the First Offering Date, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the
Price to Public as set forth in the final prospectus filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
8. Exercise Price. The Exercise Price per share of Common Stock offered to each
Participant in a given Offering Period shall be the lower of: (i) the Applicable Percentage of the
greater of (A) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Offering Date or (B) the
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Entry Date on which the Employee elects to
become a Participant within the Offering Period or (ii) the Applicable Percentage of the Fair
Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date. The Applicable Percentage with
respect to each Offering Period shall be 85%, unless and until such Applicable Percentage is
increased by the Committee, in its sole discretion, provided that any such increase in the
Applicable Percentage with respect to a given Offering Period must be established not less than
fifteen (15) days prior to the Offering Date thereof.
9. Exercise of Options. Unless the Participant withdraws from the Plan as provided in
Section 11, the Participants option for the purchase of shares will be exercised automatically on
each Exercise Date, and the maximum number of full shares subject to such option shall be purchased
for the Participant at the applicable Exercise Price with the accumulated Plan Contributions then
credited the Participants account under the Plan. During a Participants lifetime, a
Participants option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable only by the Participant.
10. Delivery. As promptly as practicable after each Exercise Date, the Company shall
arrange for the delivery to each Participant (or the Participants beneficiary), as appropriate, or
to a custodial account for the benefit of each Participant (or the Participants beneficiary) as
appropriate, of a certificate representing the shares purchased upon exercise of such Participants
option. Any amount remaining to the credit of a Participants account after the purchase of shares
by such Participant on an Exercise Date, or which is insufficient to purchase a full share of
Common Stock, shall be carried over to the next Exercise Period if the Participant continues to
participate in the Plan or, if the Participant does not continue to participate, shall be returned
to the Participant.
11. Withdrawal; Termination of Employment.
(a) A Participant may withdraw from the Plan at any time after the Companys registration
statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Plan is effective by giving written notice to the
Company. All of the Plan Contributions credited to the Participants account, if any, and not yet
invested in Common Stock will be paid to the Participant as soon as administratively practicable
after receipt of the Participants notice of withdrawal, the Participants option to purchase
shares pursuant to the Plan automatically will be terminated, and no further payroll deductions, if
any have been authorized, for the purchase of shares will be made for the Participants account.
Payroll deductions will not resume on behalf of a Participant who has withdrawn from the Plan (a
Former Participant) unless the Former Participant enrolls in a subsequent Offering Period in
accordance with Section 5(b).
(b) Upon termination of the Participants Continuous Status as an Employee prior to any
Exercise Date for any reason, including retirement or death, the Plan Contributions credited to the
Participants account and not yet invested in Common Stock will be returned to the Participant or,
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in the case of death, to the Participants beneficiary as determined pursuant to Section 14,
and the Participants option to purchase shares under the Plan will automatically terminate.
(c) A Participants withdrawal from an Offering Period will not have any effect upon the
Participants eligibility to participate in succeeding Offering Periods or in any similar plan
which may hereafter be adopted by the Company.
(d) A Participant may elect at any time within the first thirty (30) days of any Exercise
Period to receive a distribution of cash from the Plan equal to all or any portion of any amount
credited to the Participants account as a carry over, pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan, of any
remaining amounts from the immediately preceding Exercise Period. A Participant who makes such
election shall not be treated as having withdrawn from the Plan solely by reason of that election,
and thus shall not as a result of that election be precluded from participating in the Plan for the
Offering Period in which the election is made or in any subsequent Offering Period.
12. Stock.
(a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17, the maximum number of shares of the
Companys Common Stock that shall be made available for sale under the Plan shall be One Million
(1,000,000) shares, plus an automatic annual increase on the first day of each of the Companys
fiscal years beginning in 2002 and ending in 2011 equal to the lesser of (i) Five Hundred Thousand
(500,000) shares, (ii) 1% of all shares of Common Stock outstanding on the last day of the
immediately preceding fiscal year, or (iii) a lesser amount determined by the Board. Shares of
Common Stock subject to the Plan may be newly issued shares or shares reacquired in private
transactions or open market purchases. If and to the extent that any right to purchase reserved
shares shall not be exercised by any Participant for any reason or if such right to purchase shall
terminate as provided herein, shares that have not been so purchased hereunder shall again become
available for the purpose of the Plan unless the Plan shall have been terminated, but all shares
sold under the Plan, regardless of source, shall be counted against the limitation set forth above.
(b) A Participant will have no interest or voting right in shares covered by his option until
such option has been exercised.
(c) Shares to be delivered to a Participant under the Plan will be registered in the name of
the Participant or in the name of the Participant and his or her spouse, as requested by the
Participant.
13. Administration.
(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have the authority
to interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan,
and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
The administration, interpretation, or application of the Plan by the Committee shall be final,
conclusive and binding upon all persons.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section 13, in the event that
Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor provision thereto (Rule 16b-3)
provides specific requirements for the administrators of plans of this type, the Plan shall only be
administered by such body and in such a manner as shall comply with the applicable requirements
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of Rule 16b-3. Unless permitted by Rule 16b-3, no discretion concerning decisions regarding
the Plan shall be afforded to any person that is not disinterested as that term is used in Rule
16b-3.
(c) The Committee may adopt rules or procedures relating to the operation and administration
of the Plan to accommodate the specific requirements of local laws and procedures. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee is specifically authorized to adopt rules
and procedures regarding handling of payroll deductions, payment of interest, conversion of local
currency, payroll tax, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which vary with
local requirements.
(d) The Committee may also adopt sub-plans applicable to particular Subsidiaries or locations,
which sub-plans may be designed to be outside the scope of Code Section 423. The rules of such
sub-plans may take precedence over other provisions of this Plan, with the exception of Section
12(a), but unless otherwise superceded by the terms of such sub-plan, the provisions of this Plan
shall govern the operation of such sub-plan.
14. Designation of Beneficiary.
(a) A Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares
and cash, if any, from the Participants account under the Plan in the event of the Participants
death subsequent to an Exercise Date on which the Participants option hereunder is exercised but
prior to delivery to the Participant of such shares and cash. In addition, a Participant may file
a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the Participants account
under the Plan in the event of the Participants death prior to the exercise of the option.
(b) A Participants beneficiary designation may be changed by the Participant at any time by
written notice. In the event of the death of a Participant and in the absence of a beneficiary
validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such Participants death, the
Company shall deliver such shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the
Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the
Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such shares and/or cash to the spouse or to
any one or more dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative
is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.
15. Transferability. Neither Plan Contributions credited to a Participants account
nor any rights to exercise any option or receive shares of Common Stock under the Plan may be
assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will or the laws
of descent and distribution, or as provided in Section 14). Any attempted assignment, transfer,
pledge or other distribution shall be without effect, except that the Company may treat such act as
an election to withdraw funds in accordance with Section 11.
16. Participant Accounts. Individual accounts will be maintained for each Participant
in the Plan to account for the balance of his Plan Contributions and options issued and shares
purchased under the Plan. Statements of account will be given to Participants semi-annually in due
course following each Exercise Date, which statements will set forth the amounts of payroll
deductions, the per share purchase price, the number of shares purchased and the remaining cash
balance, if any.
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17. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization; Corporate Transactions.
(a) If the outstanding shares of Common Stock are increased or decreased, or are changed into
or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares, as a result of one or more
reorganizations, restructurings, recapitalizations, reclassifications, stock splits, reverse stock
splits, stock dividends, other extraordinary dividends (including
dividends paid in cash or other property) or the like, the Committee
shall make appropriate equitable adjustments in the number
and/or kind of shares, and the per-share option price thereof, which may be issued in the aggregate
and to any Participant upon exercise of options granted under the Plan.
(b) In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Offering
Period will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action, unless
otherwise provided by the Committee. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all
of the Companys assets, or the merger of the Company with or into another corporation (each, a
Sale Transaction), each option under the Plan shall be assumed or an equivalent option shall be
substituted by such successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation,
unless the Committee determines, in the exercise of its sole discretion and in lieu of such
assumption or substitution, to shorten the Exercise Period then in progress by setting a new
Exercise Date (the New Exercise Date). If the Committee shortens the Exercise Period then in
progress in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a Sale Transaction, the Committee
shall notify each Participant in writing, at least ten (10) days prior to the New Exercise Date,
that the exercise date for such Participants option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and
that such Participants option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless
prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Plan as provided in Section 11. For
purposes of this Section 17(b), an option granted under the Plan shall be deemed to have been
assumed if, following the Sale Transaction, the option confers the right to purchase, for each
share of option stock subject to the option immediately prior to the Sale Transaction, the
consideration (whether stock, cash or other securities or property) received in the Sale
Transaction by holders of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock held on the effective date of
the Sale Transaction (and if such holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of
consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock);
provided, that if the consideration received in the Sale Transaction was not solely common
stock of the successor corporation or its parent (as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code), the
Committee may, with the consent of the successor corporation and the Participant, provide for the
consideration to be received upon exercise of the option to be solely common stock of the successor
corporation or its parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by the
holders of Common Stock in the Sale Transaction.
(c) Unless otherwise specified, the Committee shall have sole discretion to exercise any of
the powers and authority provided under this Section 17, and the Committees actions hereunder
shall be final and binding on all Participants. No fractional shares of stock shall be issued
under the Plan pursuant to any adjustment authorized under the provisions of this Section 17.
18. Amendment of the Plan. The Board or the Committee may at any time, or from time
to time, amend the Plan in any respect; provided, that (i) no such amendment may make any
change in any option theretofore granted which adversely affects the rights of any Participant and
(ii) the Plan may not be amended in any way that will cause rights issued under the Plan to fail to
meet the requirements for employee stock purchase plans as defined in Section 423 of the Code or
any successor thereto. To the extent necessary to comply with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act,
Section 423 of the Code, or any other applicable law or regulation), the Company shall obtain
shareholder approval of any such amendment.
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19. Termination of the Plan.
The Plan and all rights of Employees hereunder shall terminate on the earliest of:
(a) the Exercise Date that Participants become entitled to purchase a number of shares greater
than the number of reserved shares remaining available for purchase under the Plan;
(b) such date as is determined by the Board in its discretion; or
(c) the last Exercise Date immediately preceding the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Plans
effective date.
In the event that the Plan terminates under circumstances described in Section 19(a) above,
reserved shares remaining as of the termination date shall be sold to Participants on a pro rata
basis.
20. Notices. All notices or other communications by a Participant to the Company
under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the
form specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the
receipt thereof.
21. Effective Date. Subject to adoption of the Plan by the Board, the Plan shall
become effective on the First Offering Date. The Board shall submit the Plan to the shareholders
of the Company for approval within twelve months after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.
22. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.
(a) The Plan, the grant and exercise of options to purchase shares under the Plan, and the
Companys obligation to sell and deliver shares upon the exercise of options to purchase shares
shall be subject to compliance with all applicable federal, state and foreign laws, rules and
regulations and the requirements of any stock exchange on which the shares may then be listed.
(b) The Company may make such provisions as it deems appropriate for withholding by the
Company pursuant to federal or state tax laws of such amounts as the Company determines it is
required to withhold in connection with the purchase or sale by a Participant of any Common Stock
acquired pursuant to the Plan. The Company may require a Participant to satisfy any relevant tax
requirements before authorizing any issuance of Common Stock to such Participant.
23. Expenses of the Plan. All costs and expenses incurred in administering the Plan
shall be paid by the Company, except that any stamp duties or transfer taxes applicable to
participation in the Plan may be charged to the account of such Participant by the Company.
24. No Employment Rights. The Plan does not, directly or indirectly, create any right
for the benefit of any employee or class of employees to purchase any shares under the Plan, or
create in any employee or class of employees any right with respect to continuation of employment
by the Company, and it shall not be deemed to interfere in any way with the Companys right to
terminate, or otherwise modify, an employees employment at any time.
25. Applicable Law. The laws of the State of California shall govern all matter
relating to this Plan except to the extent (if any) superseded by the laws of the United States.
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26. Additional Restrictions of Rule 16b-3. The terms and conditions of options
granted hereunder to, and the purchase of shares by, persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange
Act shall comply with the applicable provisions of Rule 16b-3. This Plan shall be deemed to
contain, and such options shall contain, and the shares issued upon exercise thereof shall be
subject to, such additional conditions and restrictions as may be required by Rule 16b-3 to qualify
for the maximum exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to Plan transactions.
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EXHIBIT 31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
I, Francis F. Lee, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Synaptics Incorporated;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control
over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit
committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
Date: November 8, 2007
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EXHIBIT 31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer
I, Russell J. Knittel, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Synaptics Incorporated;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control
over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit
committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
Date: November 8, 2007
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EXHIBIT 32.1
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Synaptics Incorporated (the Company)
for the quarterly period ended September 29, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Francis F. Lee, Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
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EXHIBIT 32.2
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Synaptics Incorporated (the Company)
for the quarterly period ended September 29, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Russell J. Knittel, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
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