Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 28, 2005

 


 

NeoMagic Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   000-22009   77-0344424

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3250 Jay Street, Santa Clara, California   95054
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (408) 988-7020

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 


 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On October 28, 2005, NeoMagic Corporation (the “Company”) accelerated the vesting of unvested and “out-of-the-money” stock options with exercise prices equal to or greater than $10.00 per share previously awarded to its employees, including its executive officers, and its directors under the Company’s equity compensation plans. Options to purchase 221,240 shares of the Company’s common stock became exercisable immediately. The weighted average exercise price of the options subject to the acceleration is $14.06.

 

The purpose of the acceleration is to enable the Company to avoid recognizing compensation expense associated with these options in future periods in its consolidated statements of operations, upon adoption of FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”). SFAS 123R is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, and will require that compensation expense associated with stock options be recognized in the statement of operations, rather than as a footnote disclosure in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The pre-tax charge to be avoided amounts to approximately $1.8 million over the course of the original vesting periods, which on average is approximately 1.6 years from the effective date of acceleration. The acceleration of the vesting of these options did not result in a charge based on generally accepted accounting principles. The Company believes that because the accelerated options have exercise prices in excess of the current market value of the Company’s common stock, the options have limited economic value and are not fully achieving their original objective of incentive compensation and employee retention.


SIGNATURE

 

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

 

   

NeoMagic Corporation


    (Registrant)
Date: November 2, 2005  

/s/ Scott Sullinger


    Scott Sullinger
    Chief Financial Officer