Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

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

 

For the quarterly period ended October 31, 2005

 

OR

 

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

 

For the transition period from ________ to __________

 

Commission file number 000-22009

 

NEOMAGIC CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE   77-0344424

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3250 Jay Street    
Santa Clara, California   95054
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(408) 988-7020

Registrant’s 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  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes  x    No  ¨

 

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

 

The number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $.001 par value, outstanding at December 5, 2005 was 6,746,016

 



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NEOMAGIC CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

 

INDEX

 

          PAGE

PART I. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION     
Item 1.    Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements:     
     Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations Three and Nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004    3
     Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets October 31, 2005 (unaudited) and January 31, 2005    4
     Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004    5
     Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements    6-14
Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    14-31
Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk    31-32
Item 4.    Controls and Procedures    32
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION     
Item 1.    Legal Proceedings    33
Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    33
Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities    33
Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    33
Item 5.    Other Information    33
Item 6.    Exhibits    33
Signatures    34
Exhibit Index    35
Certifications     

 

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Part I. Financial Information

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

NEOMAGIC CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended

    Nine Months Ended

 
     October 31,
2005


    October 31,
2004


    October 31,
2005


    October 31,
2004


 

Product revenue

   $ 158     $ 552     $ 758     $ 2,244  

Licensing revenue

     8,490       —         8,490       —    
    


 


 


 


Total revenue

     8,648       552       9,248       2,244  

Cost of product revenue (1)

     147       663       783       2,422  

Cost of licensing revenue

     2,861       —         2,861       —    
    


 


 


 


Total cost of revenue

     3,008       663       3,644       —    

Gross profit (loss)

     5,640       (111 )     5,604       (178 )

Operating expenses:

                                

Research and development (2)

     2,980       4,189       9,210       13,876  

Sales, general and administrative (3)

     1,767       1,643       4,867       5,663  

Gain on sale of patents, net

     —         —         (3,481 )     —    
    


 


 


 


Total operating expenses

     4,747       5,832       10,596       19,539  
    


 


 


 


Income (loss) from operations

     893       (5,943 )     (4,992 )     (19,717 )

Other income (expense), net:

                                

Interest income and other

     192       123       486       318  

Interest expense

     (256 )     (173 )     (676 )     (250 )
    


 


 


 


Income (loss) before income taxes

     829       (5,993 )     (5,182 )     (19,649 )

Income tax expense

     50       5       149       19  
    


 


 


 


Net income (loss)

   $ 779     $ (5,998 )   $ (5,331 )   $ (19,668 )
    


 


 


 


Basic net income (loss) per share

   $ 0.12     $ (0.91 )   $ (0.80 )   $ (3.03 )

Diluted net income (loss) per share

   $ 0.11     $ (0.91 )   $ (0.80 )   $ (3.03 )

Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic

     6,740       6,566       6,694       6,495  

Weighted average common shares outstanding for diluted

     6,882       6,566       6,694       6,495  

 

(1) Includes $1 and $4 in amortization of deferred stock compensation for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and $(1) and $8 for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

(2) Includes $81 and $55 in amortization of deferred stock compensation for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and $230 and $145 for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

(3) Includes $94 and $17 in amortization of deferred stock compensation for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and $150 and $107 for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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NEOMAGIC CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

 

     October 31,
2005


    January 31,
2005 (1)


 
     (Unaudited)        
ASSETS                 

Current assets:

                

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 21,964     $ 8,944  

Short-term investments

     —         16,082  

Accounts receivable, net

     62       12  

Inventory

     179       376  

Prepaid and other current assets

     804       792  
    


 


Total current assets

     23,009       26,206  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     2,639       3,835  

Long-term prepaid assets

     199       458  

Other assets

     214       215  
    


 


Total assets

   $ 26,061     $ 30,714  
    


 


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                 

Current liabilities:

                

Accounts payable

   $ 1,507     $ 1,084  

Compensation and related benefits

     1,117       1,017  

Income taxes payable

     3,985       3,851  

Current portion of capital lease obligations

     1,408       1,602  

Other accruals

     195       225  
    


 


Total current liabilities

     8,212       7,779  

Capital lease obligations

     1,244       2,004  

Mandatorily redeemable Series B convertible preferred stock

     3,387       2,971  

Authorized and issued shares – 5,000

                

Other long-term liabilities

     12       —    

Commitments and contingencies

                

Stockholders’ equity:

                

Common stock

     34       33  

Additional paid-in-capital

     95,536       95,606  

Deferred compensation

     (648 )     (1,280 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     —         (14 )

Accumulated deficit

     (81,716 )     (76,385 )
    


 


Total stockholders’ equity

     13,206       17,960  
    


 


Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 26,061     $ 30,714  
    


 


 

(1) Derived from the January 31, 2005 audited consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of NeoMagic Corporation for fiscal year 2005.

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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NEOMAGIC CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Nine Months Ended

 
     October 31,
2005


    October 31,
2004


 

Operating activities:

                

Net loss

   $ (5,331 )   $ (19,668 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used for operating activities:

                

Depreciation

     1,266       1,627  

Amortization and accretion

     416       1,400  

Gain on sale of patents

     (3,481 )        

(Gain) Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     —         (1 )

Amortization of deferred compensation

     379       260  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

                

Accounts receivable

     (50 )     82  

Inventory

     197       (683 )

Prepaid and other current assets

     (12 )     99  

Other assets

     260       (220 )

Accounts payable

     423       139  

Compensation and related benefits

     100       343  

Income taxes payable

     134       (3 )

Other accruals

     (18 )     55  
    


 


Net cash used in operating activities

     (5,717 )     (16,570 )
    


 


Investing activities:

                

Proceeds from the sale of property, plant, and equipment

     —         6  

Proceeds from sale of patents

     3,481          

Purchases of property, plant, equipment and intangibles

     (70 )     (114 )

Purchases of short-term investments

     (63,096 )     (17,790 )

Maturities of short-term investments

     79,192       30,804  
    


 


Net cash provided by investing activities

     19,507       12,906  
    


 


Financing activities:

                

Payments on capital lease obligations

     (954 )     (1,413 )

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock

     184       1,347  

Net proceeds from issuance of mandatorily redeemable Series B convertible preferred stock and Series A and B warrants to purchase common stock

     —         4,935  
    


 


Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (770 )     4,869  
    


 


Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     13,020       1,205  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     8,944       12,342  
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 21,964     $ 13,547  
    


 


Supplemental schedules of cash flow information:

                

Cash paid during the period for:

                

Interest

   $ 181     $ 116  

Taxes

   $ 17     $ 21  

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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NEOMAGIC CORPORATION

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. Basis of Presentation

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and include the accounts of NeoMagic Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, “NeoMagic” or the “Company”). Certain information and Note disclosures, normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of management, the financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position at October 31, 2005, the operating results for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, and the cash flows for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004. These financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended January 31, 2005, included in the Company’s most recent Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

For all periods presented, share and per share information in these condensed consolidated financial statements and notes have been adjusted to reflect the Company’s 1 for 5 reverse stock split effective August 15, 2005.

 

The results of operations for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending January 31, 2006.

 

The third fiscal quarters of 2005 and 2004 ended on October 30, 2005 and October 31, 2004, respectively. The Company’s quarters generally have 13 weeks. The first, second, and third quarters of fiscal 2006 each had 13 weeks. The first quarter of fiscal 2005 had 14 weeks; the second quarter and third quarters of fiscal 2005 had 13 weeks. The Company’s fiscal years generally have 52 weeks. Fiscal 2006 will have 52 weeks. Fiscal 2005 had 53 weeks. For ease of presentation, the accompanying financial statements have been shown as ending on the last day of the calendar month of October.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company derives its revenue from two principal sources: product sales and license fees for patents.

 

The Company recognizes revenue from non-distributor product sales when the products are shipped to the customer, title has transferred, and no obligations remain. In addition, the Company requires the following criteria to be met prior to recognizing revenue: (i) execution of a written customer order, (ii) shipment of the product, (iii) fee is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectibility of the proceeds is probable. The Company’s shipment terms are FOB shipping point.

 

With respect to products shipped to distributors, the Company defers recognition of product revenue until the distributors sell its products to their customers. On occasion, however, the Company may sell products with “End of Life” status to its distributors under special arrangements without any price protection or return privileges for which the Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of title, typically upon shipment.

 

At the end of each accounting period, the Company makes a determination of certain factors including sales returns and allowances, which could affect the amount of revenue recorded for the period. Sales returns provisions include considerations for known but unprocessed sales returns and estimation for unknown returns based on our historical experiences.

 

The Company recognizes non-refundable fees for licensing of its patents in the period when all of the following conditions are met: the Company enters into a licensing agreement with a licensee that has been executed by both parties, delivery has occurred and the Company has no further obligations with respect to the licensing agreement, the fee is fixed and determinable, and collectibility of the proceeds is probable.

 

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2. Stock Compensation

 

At October 31, 2005, the Company had several stock-based employee compensation plans, including stock option plans and an employee stock purchase plan. The Company accounts for these plans under the intrinsic value method. The following table illustrates the effect on net loss and loss per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition method:

 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)


  

Three Months Ended

October 31,


   

Nine Months Ended

October 31,


 
     2005

    2004

    2005

    2004

 

Net loss, as reported

   $ 779     $ (5,998 )   $ (5,331 )   $ (19,668 )

Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net loss, net of related tax effects

     176       76       379       260  

Less: Total stock-based compensation expense determined under the fair value method for all awards, net of related tax effects

     (2,867 )     (873 )     (5,406 )     (3,144 )
    


 


 


 


Pro forma net loss

     (1,912 )     (6,795 )     (10,358 )     (22,552 )
    


 


 


 


Reported basic net income (loss) per share

   $ 0.12     $ (0.91 )   $ (0.80 )   $ (3.03 )
    


 


 


 


Reported diluted net income (loss) per share

   $ 0.11     $ (0.91 )   $ (0.80 )   $ (3.03 )
    


 


 


 


Pro forma basic and diluted loss per share

   $ (0.28 )   $ (1.03 )   $ (1.55 )   $ (3.47 )
    


 


 


 


 

In the three and nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, the fair value of each option grant was estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model using a dividend yield of 0% and the following additional weighted-average assumptions:

 

     Option Plans

    Stock Purchase Plan

 
     Three Months Ended
October 31,


    Nine Months Ended
October 31,


    Three Months Ended
October 31,


    Nine Months Ended
October 31,


 
     2005

    2004

    2005

    2004

    2005

    2004

    2005

    2004

 

Risk-free interest rates

   4.3 %   2.9 %   4.0 %   3.0 %   4.1 %   2.2 %   3.5 %   1.8 %

Volatility

   0.88     0.93     0.81     0.89     1.24     0.93     0.97     0.86  

Expected life of option in years

   4.61     3.05     4.81     3.44     0.50     0.49     0.49     0.49  

 

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The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition, option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility. Because the Company’s employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management’s opinion, the Black-Scholes and other existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of its employee stock options.

 

On October 28, 2005, 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 was $14.06.

 

3. Income (Loss) Per Share

 

The following data show the amounts used in computing income (loss) per share and the effect on the weighted-average number of shares of diluted potential common stock.

 

Per share information calculated on this basis is as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
October 31,


    Nine Months Ended
October 31,


 
(in thousands, except per share amounts)    2005

   2004

    2005

    2004

 

Numerator:

                               

Numerator for basic and diluted net income (loss) per share

   $ 779    $ (5,998 )   $ (5,331 )   $ (19,668 )

Denominator:

                               

Denominator for basic net income (loss) per share, weighted average shares

     6,740      6,566       6,694       6,495  

Effect of dilutive securities: Stock options outstanding

     142      —         —         —    

Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per share, weighted-average shares

     6,882      6,566       6,694       6,495  

Net income per share:

                               

Basic net income (loss) per share

   $ 0.12    $ (0.91 )   $ (0.80 )   $ (3.03 )

Diluted net income (loss) per share

   $ 0.11    $ (0.91 )   $ (0.80 )   $ (3.03 )

 

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For the three-month period ended October 31, 2004 and for the nine-month periods ended October 31, 2005 and October 31, 2004, respectively, basic loss per share and diluted loss per share per share are the same due to the net loss for those periods. During the three-month periods ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, the Company excluded options to purchase 1,546,669 and 2,010,168 shares of common stock from the diluted net income (loss) per share computations because the impact would have been anti-dilutive. During the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, the Company excluded options to purchase 1,874,450 and 1,068,458 shares of common stock from the diluted net income (loss) per share computations because the impact would have been anti-dilutive.

 

4. Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments

 

All highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of 90 days or less are considered cash equivalents. Investments with an original maturity of greater than 90 days, but less than one year, are classified as short-term investments.

 

Investments in marketable equity securities and debt securities are classified as held-to-maturity when the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. Held-to-maturity securities are stated at amortized cost with corresponding premiums or discounts amortized to interest income over the life of the investment. Securities not classified as held-to-maturity are classified as available-for-sale and are reported at fair market value. Unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities are included, net of tax, in stockholders’ equity until their disposition. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other than temporary on available-for-sale securities are included in interest income and other. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method.

 

All cash equivalents and short-term investments are classified as available-for-sale and are recorded at fair market value. All available-for-sale securities have maturity dates of less than one year from the balance sheet dates. For all classifications of securities, cost approximates fair market value as of October 31, 2005 and January 31, 2005, and consists of the following (in thousands):

 

     Amortized
Cost


   Gross
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)


    Fair
Value


October 31, 2005 (unaudited)

                     

Cash and cash equivalents:

                     

Money market funds

   $ 17,211    $ —       $ 17,211

Commercial paper

     3,136      —         3,136

Bank accounts

     1,617      —         1,617
    

  


 

Total

   $ 21,964    $ —       $ 21,964
    

  


 

Short-term investments:

                     

Corporate notes

     —        —         —  

Auction rate securities

     —        —         —  

U.S. Government agencies

     —        —         —  
    

  


 

Total

   $ —      $ —       $ —  
    

  


 

     Amortized
Cost


   Gross
Unrealized
Loss


    Fair
Value


January 31, 2005

                     

Cash and cash equivalents:

                     

Money market funds

   $ 5,194    $ —       $ 5,194

Commercial paper

     2,697      (1 )     2,696

Bank accounts

     1,054      —         1,054
    

  


 

Total

   $ 8,945    $ (1 )   $ 8,944
    

  


 

Short-term investments:

                     

Corporate bonds

   $ 2,080    $ (4 )   $ 2,076

Corporate notes

     523      (1 )     522

Auction rate securities

     9,990      —         9,990

U.S. Government agencies

     3,502      (8 )     3,494
    

  


 

Total

   $ 16,095    $ (13 )   $ 16,082
    

  


 

 

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5. Inventories

 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is determined by the first-in, first-out method. The Company writes down the inventory value for estimated excess and obsolete inventory, based on management’s assessment of future demand and market conditions. If actual future demand or market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required.

 

Inventory consists of:

(in thousands)


  

October 31,

2005


  

January 31,

2005


     (unaudited)     

Raw materials

   $ 16    $ 115

Work in process

     109      52

Finished goods

     54      209
    

  

Total

   $ 179    $ 376
    

  

 

6. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

Net comprehensive loss includes the Company’s net loss, as well as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on available for sale securities. Net comprehensive income (loss) for the three and nine month periods ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, is as follows:

 

    

Three Months Ended

October 31,


   

Nine Months Ended

October 31,


 

(in thousands)


   2005

   2004

    2005

    2004

 

Net income (loss)

   $ 779    $ (5,998 )   $ (5,331 )   $ (19,668 )

Net change in unrealized income (loss) on available for sale securities

     5      10       14       (13 )
    

  


 


 


Net comprehensive income (loss)

   $ 884    $ (5,988 )   $ (5,317 )   $ (19,681 )
    

  


 


 


 

Total accumulated other comprehensive loss was $0 thousand at October 31, 2005 and $14 thousand at January 31, 2005. Accumulated other comprehensive loss consists entirely of unrealized losses on available for sale securities.

 

7. Obligations Under Capital Leases

 

Obligations under capital leases represent the present value of future payments under the lease agreements. Property, plant and equipment include the following amounts for leases that have been capitalized:

 

(in thousands)


   October 31,
2005


    January 31,
2005


 
     (unaudited)        

Software under capital lease

   $ 4,243     $ 4,243  

Accumulated amortization

     (1,882 )     (821 )
    


 


Net software under capital lease

   $ 2,361     $ 3,422  
    


 


 

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Amounts capitalized under leases are being amortized over a three-year period.

 

Future minimum payments under the capital leases consist of the following, as of October 31, 2005:

 

Fiscal year ending January 31,

(in thousands)


      

2006

     551  

2007

     1,648  

2008

     643  
    


Total minimum lease payments

     2,842  

Less: amount representing interest

     (190 )
    


Present value of net minimum lease payments

     2,652  

Less: current portion

     (1,408 )
    


Long-term portion

   $ 1,244  
    


 

8. Mandatorily Redeemable Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On August 20, 2004, the Company issued 5,000 shares of Mandatorily Redeemable Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), Series A Warrants for the purchase of 321,739 shares of common stock at $8.20 per share, and Series B Warrants for the purchase of 200,000 shares of common stock at $8.00 per share for an aggregate cash purchase price of $5,000,000. After deducting certain transaction costs of $65,000, net cash proceeds received by the Company were $4,935,000. In addition, the Company incurred out-of-pocket expenses of approximately $392,000 related to the financing. The Series B Preferred Stock is convertible at the option of the investor into 869,565 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a conversion price of $5.75 per share, and is subject to certain anti-dilution provisions. The Series B Preferred Stock is redeemable by the Company for a mandatory payment of $5 million three years from the issue date of August 20, 2004 if the conversion option has not been exercised. The Series B Preferred Stock has liquidation preferences over the Company’s Common Stock and has no voting rights. Furthermore, as long as the preferred stock remains outstanding, provisions of the Preferred Stock limit our ability to issue any security with greater or equal seniority to the Preferred Stock. In addition, there are restrictions on dividend payments as long as the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding. The Series A Warrants to purchase common stock are exercisable for five years from the date of issuance. The Series B Warrants to purchase common stock were exercisable until 90 days after the date that the registration statement relating to the common shares underlying the securities issued in this transaction was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. On September 24, 2004, this registration statement was declared effective. The Series B Warrants expired unexercised on December 26, 2004.

 

In accordance with SFAS 150, the Company classified the estimated fair value of the Mandatorily Redeemable Series B Convertible Preferred Stock as a liability. The Company estimated the fair values of the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series A and B Warrants and allocated the net proceeds of $4,935,000 based on relative fair values in accordance with EITF 00-27 and calculated the intrinsic value of the conversion option embedded within the convertible preferred stock using the effective conversion price of $5.75 per common share. The intrinsic value of the beneficial conversion option calculated was $1,203,000 and the fair value allocated to the Series A and Series B warrants was $1,153,000. The fair value allocated to the warrants and the intrinsic value of the beneficial conversion option were recorded as credits to additional paid in capital in stockholders’ equity on the consolidated balance sheets with an offsetting amount of $2,356,000 treated as a discount and a reduction in the $5 million liability recorded for the Mandatorily Redeemable Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. The discount is amortized using the effective interest rate method in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force No. 00-27, “Application of Issue No. 98-5 to Certain Convertible Instruments.” The net-recorded liability of $2,644,000 for the

 

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Mandatorily Redeemable Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is accreting to the redemption value of $5 million through charges to interest expense over the three-year period until mandatory redemption. The Company accreted interest expense of $175,000 and $416,000, respectively, during the three and nine months ended October 31, 2005. The Company accreted interest expense of $131,000 for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2004. The Company accreted interest expense of $327,000 for the months of September 2004 through January 2005 in fiscal 2005. The net-recorded liability is $3,387,000 as of October 31, 2005.

 

The Company’s out-of-pocket expenses of approximately $392,000 related to the financing were recorded as deferred financing costs on the consolidated balance sheets with $131,000 recorded in current assets. The Company recorded amortization of the deferred financing of approximately $33,000 and $98,000 respectively, for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2005. The Company recorded amortization of the deferred financing of approximately $22,000 for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2004.

 

9. Gain on Patent Sale

 

On April 6, 2005, NeoMagic completed the sale of selected patents to Faust Communications, LLC, a private company, for net proceeds of approximately $3.5 million. The gross proceeds in the transaction were approximately $4.5 million. Expenses include a commission payment to the Consortium for Technology Licensing, Ltd. of approximately $1.0 million. The patents sold relate to products no longer sold by NeoMagic and not to products that NeoMagic currently sells or plans to sell. NeoMagic retains a worldwide, non-exclusive license under the patents sold.

 

The sale does not include several of NeoMagic’s important patents covering embedded DRAM technology or any of the unique array processing technology used in NeoMagic’s MiMagic 6+ product. During the patent sale negotiations, NeoMagic was represented by The Consortium for Technology Licensing, Ltd., of Nissequogue, New York, a company whose CEO served on the board of NeoMagic until December 2004. On March 28, 2005, NeoMagic entered into an amended and restated Patent Licensing Agreement with the Consortium for Technology Licensing, Ltd. governing the relationship between the two parties.

 

10. Income Taxes

 

Income tax expense was $149 thousand and $19 thousand for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. We recorded a tax provision of $50 thousand on a pre-tax income of $0.8 million in the three months ended October 31, 2005 that consisted of foreign income taxes and an increase of $44 thousand for accrued interest on tax liabilities. We recorded a tax provision of $149 thousand on a pre-tax loss of $5.2 million in the nine months ended October 31, 2005 that consisted of foreign income taxes and an increase of $132 thousand for accrued interest on tax liabilities. In the three and nine months ended October 31, 2004, taxes consisted of foreign income taxes.

 

11. Contingencies

 

As a general matter, the semiconductor industry has experienced substantial litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. In December 1998, the Company filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware seeking damages and an injunction against Trident Microsystems, Inc. The suit alleged that Trident’s embedded DRAM graphics accelerators infringe certain patents held by the Company. In January 1999, Trident filed a counter claim against the Company alleging an attempted monopolization in violation of antitrust laws, arising from NeoMagic’s filing of the patent infringement action against Trident. The Court ruled that there was no infringement by Trident. The Company filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals, for the Federal Circuit. On April 17, 2002,

 

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the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the lower court’s judgment of non-infringement on one patent and vacated the court’s judgment of non-infringement on another patent, thereby remanding it to the lower court for further proceedings. In November 2002, the lower court heard oral arguments on cross-motions for summary judgment on the matter. In May 2003, the lower court ruled in favor of Trident. In December 2003, the Company filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals, for the Federal Circuit. In August 2004, the Federal Circuit rejected the appeal and affirmed the lower court’s decision of no infringement by the Trident products. On September 2, 2005, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware approved the Trident request that its counterclaim against NeoMagic filed in January 1999 be dismissed without prejudice. As a result, management believes that NeoMagic has no financial exposure to the Trident counterclaim.

 

12. Product Warranty

 

The Company generally sells products with a limited warranty of product quality and a limited indemnification of customers against intellectual property infringement claims related to the Company’s products. The Company accrues for known warranty and indemnification issues if a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated, and accrues for estimated incurred but unidentified issues based on historical activity. The accrual and the related expense for known issues were not significant as of and for the three and nine-month periods ended October 31, 2005 and 2004. Due to product testing, the short time between product shipment and the detection and correction of product failures, and a low historical rate of payments on indemnification claims, the accrual based on historical activity and the related expense were not significant for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004.

 

13. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment.” SFAS No. 123R requires employee stock options and rights to purchase shares under stock participation plans to be accounted for under the fair value method, and eliminates the ability to account for these instruments under the intrinsic value method prescribed by APB Opinion No. 25, as allowed under the original provisions of SFAS No. 123. SFAS No. 123R requires the use of an option pricing model for estimating fair value, which is amortized to expense over the service periods. The requirements of SFAS No. 123R are effective for the first fiscal year beginning after June 15, 2005. SFAS No. 123R allows for either prospective recognition of compensation expense or retrospective recognition, which may be back to the original issuance of SFAS No. 123. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption of SFAS No. 123R.

 

In March 2005, the SEC released SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, “Share-Based Payment” (“SAB 107”). SAB 107 provides the SEC staff’s position regarding the application of SFAS 123(R) and certain SEC rules and regulations, and also provides the staff’s views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements for public companies. The Company is currently reviewing the effect, if any, that the application of SAB 107 will have on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

 

In March 2005, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations” (“FIN 47”), which clarifies the term “conditional asset retirement obligations” as used in SFAS No. 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.” The Company does not anticipate that the application of FIN 47 will have a material impact on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

 

In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154 “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections – a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20, and FASB Statement No. 3.” (“SFAS154”). SFAS 154 replaces APB Opinion No. 20, Accounting Changes, and FASB Statement No. 3, Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements, and changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change

 

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in accounting principle. This statement applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle. It also applies to changes required by an accounting pronouncement in the unusual instance that the pronouncement does not include specific transition provisions. When a pronouncement includes specific transition provisions, those provisions should be followed. SFAS 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2005.

 

On June 29, 2005, the FASB ratified the EITF Issue No. 05-06, Determining the Amortization Period for Leasehold Improvements. Issue 05-06 provides that the amortization period used for leasehold improvements acquired in a business combination or purchased after the inception of a lease be the shorter of (a) the useful life of the assets or (b) a term that includes required lease periods and renewals that are reasonably assured upon the acquisition or the purchase. The provisions of Issue 05-06 are effective on a prospective basis for leasehold improvements purchased or acquired beginning in our second quarter of fiscal 2006. We do not believe the adoption of Issue 05-06 will have a material effect on our consolidated financial position and results of operations.

 

14. Licensing Revenue

 

On September 1, 2005 NeoMagic granted Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan a worldwide, non-exclusive license to all of its patents. In accordance with the agreement, NeoMagic received gross proceeds of $8.5 million. Among the patents that were licensed to Sony Corporation are those that relate to the use of embedded dynamic random-access-memory (DRAM) technology and on-chip memories in semiconductor integrated circuits.

 

During the negotiations that led to the signed agreement, NeoMagic was represented by The Consortium for Technology Licensing, Ltd., of Nissequogue, New York. NeoMagic and The Consortium continue to explore other opportunities to generate additional revenue from NeoMagic’s patents. The costs of services provided by The Consortium for Technology Licensing are included in cost of licensing revenue.

 

15. Subsequent Event

 

On December 9, 2005 the Company’s outstanding 5,000 shares of Mandatorily Redeemable Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) were converted into 869,565 shares of common stock at a conversion price of $5.75. As result, NeoMagic no longer has Series B Preferred Stock Outstanding. See note 8 for discussion of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

When used in this discussion, the words “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect management’s current intentions and expectations. Examples of such forward-looking statements include statements regarding future revenues, expenses, losses and cash flows, the launch of new products by NeoMagic and its customers and research and development activities. However, actual events and results could vary significantly based on a variety of factors including those set forth below under “Factors that May Affect Results.” These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein, to reflect any changes in the Company’s expectations with regard thereto or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

 

Overview

 

NeoMagic designs, develops and markets high-performance, power-efficient Applications Processors that enable multimedia features and applications in mobile phones and other handheld devices. In the past, we provided semiconductor solutions, called multimedia accelerators, to top notebook computer manufacturers. In April 2000, we began to exit the multimedia accelerator market. However, the majority of our historical net revenue through the end of fiscal year 2002 continued to come from these multimedia accelerator products. We do not expect to have revenue related to these products in the future. We are now focused solely on the Applications Processor market.

 

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NeoMagic has established relationships with third-party manufacturing partners to produce semiconductor products for us. Pursuant to these relationships, we design the overall product, including the logic and analog circuitry, and the manufacturing partners manufacture the wafers, perform testing and package the products. We are focused on leveraging our core competencies in integrating logic, analog and memory, along with graphics, video, 3D and other multimedia technologies, drivers, middleware and operating system software, and power management in our continued development of solutions that facilitate the mobilization of multimedia applications.

 

In November of 2003, we introduced a new technology architecture, called Associative Processor Array (APA). The APA architecture uses a massively parallel approach to processing information, which means that APA operates on multimedia data in parallel, without increasing clock rates. Existing competitive solutions use a sequential processing flow that operates on each individual data element in sequence, relying on ever-faster clock rates to improve performance. These faster clock rates burn power, thus reducing battery life. With its ability to handle large amounts of data simultaneously and at lower clock rates, the APA platform is able to process multimedia data such as video, still pictures and audio with low power consumption. We anticipate but we cannot assure you that the MiMagic 6+, the first of our chips to use APA, will begin production shipments during the second quarter of calendar year 2006.

 

The Company’s fiscal year end is January 31. Any references herein to a fiscal year refer to the year ended January 31 of such year. The third fiscal quarters of 2005 and 2004 ended on October 30, 2005 and October 31, 2004, respectively. For ease of presentation, the accompanying financial statements have been shown as ending on the last day of the calendar month of October.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

NeoMagic’s discussion and analysis of its financial condition and results of operations are based upon its consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to intangible assets and long-lived assets, revenue recognition, inventories and income taxes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the amount and timing of revenue and expenses and the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

Long Lived Assets

 

In accordance with SFAS 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets,” we evaluate the carrying value of our long-lived assets, consisting primarily of property, plant and equipment in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, and whenever certain events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of these assets may not be recoverable. Such events or circumstances include, but are not limited to, a significant decline in our market value, significant reductions in projected future cash flows or gross margins, or macroeconomic factors including a prolonged economic downturn. In assessing the recoverability of long-lived assets, we compare the carrying value to the undiscounted future cash flows the assets are expected to generate. If the total of the undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the assets, we will be required to write down such assets based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the assets. Fair value is generally determined by calculating the discounted future cash flows using a discount rate based upon the weighted average cost of capital. Significant judgments and assumptions are required in the forecast of future operating results used in the

 

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preparation of the estimated future cash flows, including gross profit margins, long-term forecasts of the amount and timing of overall market growth and our percentage of that market, groupings of assets, discount rates and terminal growth rates. In addition, significant estimates and assumptions are required in the determination of the fair value of our tangible long-lived assets, including replacement cost, economic obsolescence, and the value that could be realized in liquidation. Changes in these estimates could have a material adverse effect on the assessment of our long-lived assets, thereby requiring us to write-down or write-off long-lived assets.

 

We continue to periodically evaluate our long-lived assets for impairment in accordance with SFAS 144 and acknowledge it is possible that such evaluation might result in future adjustments for impairment. Such an impairment might adversely affect our operating results.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company derives its revenue from two principal sources: product sales and license fees for patents.

 

The Company recognizes revenue from non-distributor product sales when the products are shipped to the customer, title has transferred, and no obligations remain. In addition, the Company requires the following criteria to be met prior to recognizing revenue: (i) execution of a written customer order, (ii) shipment of the product, (iii) fee is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectibility of the proceeds is probable. The Company’s shipment terms are FOB shipping point.

 

With respect to products shipped to distributors, the Company defers recognition of product revenue until the distributors sell its products to their customers. On occasion, however, the Company may sell products with “End of Life” status to its distributors under special arrangements without any price protection or return privileges for which the Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of title, typically upon shipment.

 

At the end of each accounting period, the Company makes a determination of certain factors including sales returns and allowances, which could affect the amount of revenue recorded for the period. Sales returns provisions include considerations for known but unprocessed sales returns and estimation for unknown returns based on our historical experiences.

 

The Company recognizes non-refundable fees for licensing of its patents in the period when all of the following conditions are met: the Company enters into a licensing agreement with a licensee that has been executed by both parties, delivery has occurred and the Company has no further obligations with respect to the licensing agreement, the fee is fixed and determinable, and collectibility of the proceeds is probable.

 

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Inventory Valuation

 

Our inventory valuation policy stipulates that at the end of each reporting period we write-down or write-off our inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory. The amount of the write-down or write-off is equal to the difference between the cost of the inventory and the estimated market value of the inventory based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs or write-offs may be required. Additionally, as we introduce product enhancements and new products, demand for our existing products in inventory may decrease, requiring additional inventory write-downs.

 

Deferred Taxes and Tax Accruals

 

We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Based on the uncertainty of future pre-tax income, we have fully reserved our deferred tax assets. If we determine that we would be able to realize some or all of our deferred tax assets in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax assets would increase income in the period when such determination was made.

 

We have also provided accruals for certain tax liabilities based on our estimate of whether, and the extent to which, additional taxes will be due. If payment of these amounts ultimately proves to be unnecessary, or less than currently assessed, the resulting reversal of such accruals would result in tax benefits being recorded in the period when the accruals are no longer deemed necessary. Conversely, if our estimate of tax liabilities is more than the amount ultimately assessed, further charges would result.

 

Results of Operations

 

Product Revenue

 

Product revenue was $0.2 million and $0.6 million for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Product revenue was $0.8 million and $2.2 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Product revenue decreased in the three months ended October 31, 2005 primarily due to a $0.2 million decrease in shipments of our NMC 1110 companion chips due to product end of life notices sent to customers in the third quarter of fiscal 2005 and a decrease of $0.2 million in sales of our MiMagic 3 applications processor. Product revenue decreased in the nine months ended October 31, 2005 primarily due to a $1.4 million decrease in shipments of our MiMagic 3 applications processor for the handheld systems market and a $0.3 million decrease in shipments of our NMC 1110 companion chips partially offset by a $0.1 million increase in shipments of our MiMagic 5 applications processor and a $0.1 million increase in shipments of our NMC 1121 companion chips.

 

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Sales to customers located outside the United States (including sales to the foreign operations of customers with headquarters in the United States, and foreign system manufacturers that sell to United States-based OEMs) accounted for 45% and 82% of product revenue in the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Sales to customers located outside the United States accounted for 61% and 90% of product revenue in the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. All sales transactions were denominated in United States dollars. The following is a summary of the Company’s product revenue by major geographic area:

 

     Three Months Ended

    Nine Months Ended

 
     October 31,
2005


    October 31,
2004


    October 31,
2005


    October 31,
2004


 

Japan

   2 %   3 %   6 %   10 %

Taiwan

   16 %   76 %   27 %   49 %

Hong Kong

   0 %   0 %   0 %   28 %

Singapore

   5 %   0 %   4 %   0 %

United States

   55 %   18 %   39 %   10 %

Europe

   22 %   3 %   24 %   3 %
    

 

 

 

     100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %

 

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The following customers accounted for more than 10% of product revenue:

 

     Three Months Ended

    Nine Months Ended

 
     October 31,
2005


    October 31,
2004


    October 31,
2005


    October 31,
2004


 

Edom Technology Co.**

   16 %   62 %   22 %   36 %

ESS Technology International, Inc.

   * %   * %   * %   28 %

Silicon Alliance Int.**

   * %   13 %   * %   13 %

Premier Components Distribution**

   * %   16 %   * %   * %

Exadigm Inc.

   47 %   * %   33 %   * %

Premier Microelectronics Europe LTD

   22 %   * %   13 %   * %

Note Norrtelje AB

   * %   * %   11 %   * %

 

* represents less than 10% of product revenue

 

** customer is a distributor

 

Licensing Revenue

 

On September 1, 2005 NeoMagic granted Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan a worldwide, non-exclusive license to all of its patents. In accordance with the agreement, NeoMagic received gross proceeds of $8.5 million. Among the patents that were licensed to Sony Corporation are those that relate to the use of embedded dynamic random-access-memory (DRAM) technology and on-chip memories in semiconductor integrated circuits.

 

During the negotiations that led to the signed agreement, NeoMagic was represented by The Consortium for Technology Licensing, Ltd., of Nissequogue, New York. NeoMagic and The Consortium continue to explore other opportunities to generate additional revenue from NeoMagic’s patents.

 

Gross Profit (Loss)

 

Gross profit (loss) was $5.6 million and $(111) thousand for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Gross profit (loss) was $5.6 million and $(178) thousand in the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Gross profit for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2005 includes licensing revenue of $8.5 million and cost of licensing revenue of $2.9 million which includes legal and other expenses and a commission payment to the Consortium for Technology Licensing, Ltd. of approximately $2.8 million. Gross loss for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2004 includes amortization expense relating to core technology and licensed intellectual property of $183 thousand and $549 thousand, respectively. The gross loss for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2005 was unfavorably impacted by charges totaling $41 thousand and $231 thousand, respectively, to write-off excess inventory primarily for our MiMagic 5 applications processor and favorably impacted by the sale of $54 thousand and $86 thousand, respectively, of inventory previously written off. The gross loss for the nine months ended October 31, 2004 was favorably impacted by the sale of $59 thousand of inventory previously written-off partially offset by charges totaling $24 thousand to write-off excess inventory for the Company’s companion chips.

 

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Research and Development Expenses

 

Research and development expenses include compensation and associated costs relating to development personnel, amortization of intangible assets and prototyping costs, which are comprised of photomask costs and pre-production wafer costs. Research and development expenses were $3.0 million and $4.2 million for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Research and development expenses were $9.2 million and $13.9 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. These expenses include amortization of deferred compensation of $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The decrease of $1.2 million for the three months ended October 31, 2005 is primarily related to decreased labor costs of $0.5 million due to reduced headcount. In addition, decreased amortization of intellectual property of $0.2 million, lower software license and maintenance costs of $0.2 million, and lower allocation costs of $0.2 million due to lower allocated IT depreciation and other allocated costs contributed to the decrease in research in development expenses in the third quarter of fiscal 2006 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2005. The decrease of $4.7 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 is primarily related to decreased labor costs of $2.0 million due to reduced headcount In addition, decreased amortization of intellectual property of $0.7 million, lower software license and maintenance costs of $0.5 million, lower mask costs of $0.1 million, and lower allocation costs of $0.7 million due to lower allocated IT depreciation and other allocated costs contributed to the decrease in research in development expenses for the nine months ended October 31, 2005.

 

Sales, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Sales, general and administrative expenses were $1.8 million and $1.6 million for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Sales, general and administrative expenses were $4.9 million and $5.7 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. These expenses include amortization of deferred compensation of $94 thousand and $17 thousand for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and $150 thousand and $107 thousand for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increase of $0.2 million for the three months ended October 31, 2005 is mainly due to increased professional service costs of $0.3 million and increased costs of boards used to demonstrate NeoMagic products of $0.1 million partially offset by decreased labor costs of $0.2 million. The decrease of $0.8 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 is primarily related to decreased labor costs of $0.6 million, lower travel costs of $0.1 million, lower allocation costs of $0.2 million due to lower allocated IT depreciation and other allocated costs partially offset by increased professional service costs of $0.3 million.

 

Gain on Sale of Patents

 

On April 6, 2005, NeoMagic completed the sale of selected patents to Faust Communications, LLC, a private company, for net proceeds of approximately $3.5 million. The gross proceeds in the transaction were approximately $4.5 million. Expenses include a commission payment to the Consortium for Technology Licensing, Ltd. of approximately $1.0 million. The patents sold relate to products no longer sold by NeoMagic and not to products that NeoMagic currently sells or plans to sell. NeoMagic retains a worldwide, non-exclusive license under the patents sold.

 

The sale does not include several of NeoMagic’s important patents covering embedded DRAM technology or any of the unique array processing technology used in NeoMagic’s MiMagic 6+ product. During the patent sale negotiations, NeoMagic was represented by The Consortium for Technology Licensing, Ltd., of Nissequogue, New York, a company whose CEO served on the board of NeoMagic until December 2004. On March 28, 2005, NeoMagic entered into an amended and restated Patent Licensing Agreement with the Consortium for Technology Licensing, Ltd. governing the relationship between the two parties.

 

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Interest Income and Other

 

The Company currently earns interest on its cash equivalents and short-term investments. Interest income and other was $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Interest income and other was $0.5 million and $0.3 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increase for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2005 in interest income and other is primarily due to increased interest rates which were partially offset by lower average cash and short-term investment balances.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense was $256 thousand and $173 thousand for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Interest expense was $676 thousand and $250 thousand for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Interest expense for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2005 consisted of interest on our capital leases and accreted interest expense of $175 thousand and $416 thousand, respectively, related to our Mandatorily Redeemable Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued in August 2004. In addition, we recorded $33 thousand and $98 thousand, respectively, of interest expense in the three and nine months ended October 31, 2005 due to amortization of deferred financing costs related to our Mandatorily Redeemable Series B preferred stock. Interest expense for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2004 primarily consisted of interest on our capital leases as well as accreted interest expense of $131 thousand recorded in the third quarter of fiscal 2005 related to our Mandatorily Redeemable Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued in August 2004 and $22 thousand of interest amortization for deferred financing costs related to our Mandatorily Redeemable Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Income Taxes

 

Income tax expense was $50 thousand and $5 thousand for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Income tax expense was $149 thousand and $19 thousand for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. We recorded a tax provision of $50 thousand on pre-tax income of $0.8 million in the three months ended October 31, 2005 that consisted of foreign income taxes and an increase of $44 thousand for accrued interest on tax liabilities. We recorded a tax provision of $149 thousand on a pre-tax loss of $5.2 million in the nine months ended October 31, 2005 that consisted of foreign income taxes and an increase of $132 thousand for accrued interest on tax liabilities. In the three and nine months ended October 31, 2004, taxes consisted of foreign income taxes.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments decreased $3.0 million in the nine months ended October 31, 2005 to $22.0 million from $25.0 million at January 31, 2005. The operating loss for the first nine months of fiscal 2006 was partially offset by net licensing revenue of $5.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2006 and the gain on the sale of patents of $3.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2006.

 

We believe our current cash and cash equivalents will satisfy our projected cash requirements through at least the next twelve months. However, we expect we will need to raise additional capital to fund future operating activities beyond the next 12 months. Beyond fiscal 2006, the adequacy of our resources will depend largely on our ability to complete additional financing and our success in re-establishing profitable operations and positive operating cash flows. If we experience a material shortfall

 

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versus our plan for fiscal 2006, we expect to take all appropriate actions to ensure the continuing operation of our business and to mitigate any negative impact on our cash position. We believe we can take actions to achieve further reductions in our operating expenses, if necessary. We also believe that we can take actions to generate cash by selling or licensing intellectual property, seeking funding from strategic partners, and seeking further equity or debt financing from financial sources. We cannot assure you that additional financing will be available on acceptable terms or at all. Furthermore, as long as the Preferred Stock remains outstanding, provisions of the Preferred Stock limit our ability to issue any security with greater or equal seniority to the Preferred Stock.

 

Cash and cash equivalents used in operating activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 was $5.7 million, compared to $16.6 million of net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2004. The net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 was primarily due to the net loss of $5.3 million and the gain on the sale of patents of $3.5 million partially offset by non-cash depreciation, amortization and accretion of $1.7 million as well as an decrease in inventory of $0.2 million, a decrease in other assets of $0.3 million, and increases in liabilities of $0.6 million. The net loss for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 includes net licensing revenue of $5.6 million. The cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2004 is due primarily from a net loss of $19.7 million, as well as an increase in inventory of $0.7 million, partially offset by non-cash depreciation and amortization of $3.0 million, deferred compensation amortization charges of $0.3 million and an increase in compensation and related benefits of $0.3 million.

 

Net cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2005, was $19.5 million, compared to $12.9 million of net cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2004. Net cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 is due to net maturities of short-term investments of $16.1 million and proceeds from the sale of patents of $3.5 million. Net cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2004 is due to net maturities of short-term investments of $13.0 million partially offset by purchases of fixed assets and intangibles of $0.1 million.

 

Net cash used in financing activities was $0.8 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2005, compared to $4.9 million of net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2004. The net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2005 is due to payments on capital lease obligations of $1.0 million partially offset by proceeds from the issuance of common stock of $0.2 million. The net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended October 31, 2004 is due to proceeds from the issuance of common stock of $1.3 million and the issuance of redeemable convertible preferred stock and warrants to purchase common stock of $4.9 million partially offset by payments on capital lease obligations of $1.4 million.

 

Our lease for our headquarters in Santa Clara, California expires in April 2010. We lease offices in Israel and India under operating leases that expire in September 2006 for Israel and in December 2006 for India. On February 1, 2005, we entered into a sublease agreement to sub-lease 10,000 square feet in our Santa Clara facility for a two year period starting on March 15, 2005 for $12,000 per month.

 

We lease software licenses under capital leases. Refer to Note 7, Obligations under Capital Leases, in the condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.

 

The future minimum payments relating to facility leases, software leases and non-cancelable purchase orders are included in the contractual obligations table below.

 

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Contractual Obligations

 

The following summarizes the Company’s contractual obligations at October 31, 2005, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flow (in thousands).

 

     2006

   2007

   2008

   2009

   2010

   There After

   Total

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

                                                

Operating leases

   $ 255    $ 997    $ 1,028    $ 1,073    $ 1,100    $ 277    $ 4,730

Capital leases

     551      1,648      643      —        —        —        2,842

Non-cancelable purchase orders

     16                                         16
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

Total contractual cash obligations

   $ 822    $ 2,645    $ 1,671    $ 1,073    $ 1,100    $ 277    $ 7,588
    

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As part of its ongoing business, the Company does not participate in transactions that generate relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities (“SPE’s”), which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As of October 31, 2005, the Company is not involved in SPE transactions.

 

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Factors that May Affect Future Results

 

We Expect to Continue to Incur Significant Losses and Consume Cash in Operations in the Fiscal Year Ending January 31, 2006

 

We have been incurring substantial losses and consuming cash in operations as we invest heavily in new product development in advance of achieving significant customer sales. This is expected to continue during the fiscal year ending January 31, 2006. Our ability to achieve cash flow breakeven is likely to depend on the success of our MiMagic 5 and MiMagic 6+ products. However, even if the MiMagic 5, MiMagic 6+, and subsequent products achieve widespread customer acceptance, the length of customer design-in cycles would preclude substantial product shipments in the fiscal year ending January 31, 2006. Accordingly, even if these new products are successful, we are likely to incur significant additional losses and consume cash in operations during the fiscal year ending January 31, 2006.

 

We Are Likely To Need Additional Capital

 

Given the long cycle times required to achieve design wins, convert customer design wins into production orders, and for customers to achieve volume shipments of their products, we are likely to require additional working capital to fund our business. We believe that our existing capital resources will be sufficient to meet our capital requirements through at least the next 12 months. However, we expect we will need to raise additional capital to fund future operating activities beyond the next 12 months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the rate of net sales growth, timing and extent of spending to support research and development programs in new and existing areas of technology, expansion of sales and marketing support activities, and timing and customer acceptance of new products. Our ability to raise capital and the terms of any financing will depend, in part, on our ability to establish customer engagements and generate sales. As discussed below, revenue performance is difficult to forecast. We cannot assure you that additional equity or debt financing, if required, will be available on acceptable terms or at all. Furthermore, as long as the preferred stock remains outstanding, provisions of the Preferred Stock limit our ability to issue any security with greater or equal seniority to the Preferred Stock.

 

Our Revenues Are Difficult To Predict

 

For a variety of reasons, revenues are difficult to predict and may vary significantly from quarter to quarter. Our ability to achieve design wins depends on many factors, many outside our control, including changes in the customer’s strategic and financial plans, competitive factors and overall market conditions. As our experience demonstrates, design wins themselves do not always lead to production orders because the customer may cancel or delay products for a variety of reasons. Such reasons may include the performance of a particular product that may depend on components not supplied by NeoMagic, market conditions, reorganizations or other internal developments at the customer and changes in customer personnel or strategy. Even when a customer has begun volume production of a product containing our chips, volumes are difficult to forecast because there may be no history to provide a guide, and because market conditions and other factors may cause changes in the customer’s plans. Because of the market uncertainties they face, many customers place purchase orders on a short lead time basis, rather than providing reliable long-term purchase orders or purchase forecasts.

 

The difficulty in forecasting revenues increases the difficulty in forecasting our working capital requirements. It also increases the likelihood that we may overproduce particular parts, resulting in inventory charges, or underproduce particular parts, affecting our ability to meet customer requirements. The difficulty in forecasting revenues also restricts our ability to provide forward-looking revenue and earnings guidance to the financial markets and increases the chance that our performance does not match forecasts.

 

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Uncertainty Regarding Future Licensing Revenue

 

In the third quarter of fiscal 2006, we collected licensing revenue of $8.5 million from the nonexclusive licensing of all of our patents to Sony Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. We cannot assure you that we will be able to generate any future licensing revenue from our 22 patents or from any future patents that we will own or have the right to license. The licensing agreement with Sony may be the only licensing agreement that we ever complete and we cannot assure you that we will ever complete another licensing agreement regarding our patents. Furthermore, if we should in the future complete an agreement to license our patents, we cannot assure that the licensing revenue we receive from such license will equal or exceed the licensing revenue we received from Sony.

 

We Depend on Qualified Personnel

 

Our future success depends in part on the continued service of our key engineering, sales, marketing, manufacturing, finance and executive personnel, and our ability to identify, hire and retain additional personnel. There is strong competition for qualified personnel in the semiconductor industry, and we can cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to attract and retain qualified personnel necessary for the development of our business. We have experienced the loss of personnel through headcount reductions and attrition. We have recently lost some of our executive management. For example, Prakash Agarwal, one of our co-founders who was our President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director since our founding, resigned from all these positions on April 19, 2005. Our new President and Chief Executive Officer, Doug Young, has been with us only since February 2004. We cannot assure you that the resignation of Mr. Agarwal and the appointment of Mr. Young will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. All our executive officers are employees at will. We have no employment contracts and do not maintain key person insurance on any of our personnel. If we are not able to maintain key personnel, if our headcount is not appropriate for our future direction, or if we fail to recruit key personnel critical to our future direction in a timely manner, this may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, our future success will depend in part on our ability to identify and retain qualified individuals to serve on our board of directors. We believe that maintaining a board of directors comprised of qualified members is critical given the current status of our business and operations. Moreover, Nasdaq Stock Market rules require three outside board members to serve on our audit committee. Any inability on our part to identify and retain qualified board members could have a material adverse effect on our business or could lead to the delisting of our securities from the Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

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We have a Limited Customer Base

 

Three customers accounted for 47%, 22% and 16% of product revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2005. Three customers accounted for 62%, 16% and 13% of product revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2004. Four customers accounted for 33%, 22%, 13% and 11% of product revenue for the nine months ended October 31, 2005. Three customers accounted for 36%, 28% and 13% of product revenue for the nine months ended October 31, 2004. The Company expects that a small number of customers will continue to account for a substantial portion of its product revenue for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, the majority of the Company’s sales were historically made, and are expected to continue to be made, on the basis of purchase orders rather than pursuant to long-term purchase agreements. As a result, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected by the decision of a single customer to cease using the Company’s products, or by a decline in the number of handheld systems sold by a single customer.

 

We May Lose Our Customer Base

 

Our products are designed to afford the mobile phone and handheld device manufacturer significant advantages with respect to product performance, power consumption and size. To the extent that other future developments in components or subassemblies incorporate one or more of the advantages offered by our products, the market demand for our products may be negatively impacted.

 

We Face Intense Competition in Our Markets

 

The market for Applications Processors is intensely competitive and is characterized by rapid technological change, evolving industry standards and declining average selling prices. We believe that the principal factors of competition in this market are video and 3D graphics performance, price, features, power consumption, size and customer support. Our ability to compete successfully in the Applications Processor market depends on a number of factors including, success in designing and subcontracting the manufacture of new products that implement new technologies, product quality and reliability, price, ramp of production of our products, customer demand and acceptance of more sophisticated multimedia functionality on mobile phones and other handheld devices, end-user acceptance of our customers’ products, market acceptance of competitors’ products and general economic conditions. Our ability to compete will also depend on our ability to identify and ensure compliance with evolving industry standards and market trends.

 

We compete with both domestic and international companies, some of which have substantially greater financial and other resources than us with which to pursue engineering, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of their products. Our principal competitors include Texas Instruments, Renesas, ST Microelectronics and Broadcom as well as a number of vertically integrated electronics firms that are developing their own solutions. We may also face increased competition from new entrants into the market including companies currently at developmental stages. We believe we have significant intellectual properties and historically demonstrated expertise in System-On-Chip (SOC) technology. However, our inability to introduce timely new products for our market, to support these products in customer programs, or to manufacture these products could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

 

Some of our current and potential competitors operate their own manufacturing facilities. Since we do not operate our own manufacturing facility and may from time-to-time make binding commitments to purchase products (no binding purchase orders were outstanding as of October 31, 2005), we may not be able to reduce our costs and cycle time or adjust our production to meet changing demand as rapidly as companies that operate their own facilities, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

 

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Our Products May be Incompatible with Evolving Industry Standards and Market Trends

 

Our ability to compete in the future will also depend on our ability to identify and ensure compliance with evolving industry standards and market trends. Unanticipated changes in market trends and industry standards could render our products incompatible with products developed by major hardware manufacturers and software developers. As a result, we could be required to invest significant time and resources to redesign our products or obtain license rights to technologies owned by third parties in order to ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and market trends. We cannot assure you that we will be able to redesign our products or obtain the necessary third-party licenses within the appropriate window of market demand. If our products are not in compliance with prevailing market trends and industry standards for a significant period of time, we could miss crucial OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) design cycles, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We Depend on New Product Development to Meet Rapid Market and Technological Change

 

NeoMagic is focused on providing high-performance semiconductor solutions for sale to manufacturers of mobile phones and handheld devices. New product planning is focused on integrated System-On-Chip (SOC) semiconductor products for handheld devices that integrate multimedia technologies such as H.264 video compression, 3D graphics and audio technologies. Our future business, financial condition and results of operations will depend to a significant extent on our ability to develop new products that address these market opportunities. As a result, we believe that significant expenditures for research and development will continue to be required in the future.

 

We must anticipate the features and functionality that consumers and infrastructure providers will demand, incorporate those features and functionality into products that meet the exacting design requirements of equipment manufacturers, price our products competitively and introduce new products to the market on a timely basis. The success of new product introductions is dependent on several factors, including proper new product definition, timely completion and introduction of new product designs, the ability to create or acquire intellectual property, the ability of manufacturing partners to effectively manufacture new products, quality of new products, differentiation of new products from those of our competitors and market acceptance of our products and the products of our customers. We cannot assure you that the products we expect to introduce will incorporate the features and functionality demanded by mobile phone and handheld device manufacturers and consumers, will be successfully developed, or will be introduced within the appropriate window of market demand. We cannot assure you that customers who use our semiconductor products will achieve the levels of market success with their own products that they may project to us.

 

Because of the complexity of our products, we have experienced occasional delays in completing development and introduction of new products. If there are delays in production of current products, or in the completion of development of future products, including the products currently under development for introduction over the next 12 to 18 months, our potential future business, financial condition, and results of operations will be materially adversely affected. In addition, the time required for competitors to develop and introduce competing products may be shorter, their manufacturing yields may be better, and their production costs may be lower than those experienced by us.

 

We Depend on Third-Party Manufacturers to Produce Our Products

 

Our products require wafers manufactured with state-of-the-art fabrication equipment and techniques. We currently use several foundries for wafer fabrication. We expect that, for the foreseeable future, some of our products will be manufactured by a single source. Since, in our experience, the lead

 

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time needed to establish a relationship with a new wafer fabrication partner is at least 12 months, and the estimated time for a foundry to switch to a new product line ranges from four to nine months, there may be no readily available alternative source of supply for specific products. A manufacturing disruption experienced by our manufacturing partners, the failure of our manufacturing partners to dedicate adequate resources to the production of our products, or the financial instability of our manufacturing partners would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, if the transition to the next generation of manufacturing technologies by our manufacturing partners is unsuccessful, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially and adversely affected.

 

There are many other risks associated with our dependence upon third-party manufacturers, including: reduced control over delivery schedules, quality, manufacturing yields and cost; the potential lack of adequate capacity during periods of excess demand; limited warranties on wafers supplied to us; and potential misappropriation of our intellectual property. We are dependent on our manufacturing partners to produce wafers with acceptable quality and manufacturing yields, to deliver those wafers on a timely basis to our third party assembly subcontractors and to allocate a portion of their manufacturing capacity sufficient to meet our needs. Although our products are designed using the process design rules of the particular manufacturer, we cannot assure you that our manufacturing partners will be able to achieve or maintain acceptable yields or deliver sufficient quantities of wafers on a timely basis or at an acceptable cost. Additionally, we cannot assure you that our manufacturing partners will continue to devote adequate resources to the production of our products or continue to advance the process design technologies on which the manufacturing of our products are based.

 

We Rely on Third-Party Subcontractors to Assemble and Test Our Products

 

Our products are assembled and tested by third-party subcontractors. We do not have long-term agreements with any of these subcontractors. Such assembly and testing is conducted on a purchase order basis. Because we rely on third-party subcontractors to assemble and test our products, we cannot directly control product delivery schedules, which could lead to product shortages or quality assurance problems that could increase the costs of manufacturing or assembly of our products. Due to the amount of time normally required to qualify assembly and test subcontractors, product shipments could be delayed significantly if we were required to find alternative subcontractors. Any problems associated with the delivery, quality or cost of the assembly and test of our products could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We May Encounter Inventory Excess or Shortage

 

We have wafer supply relationships with several foundries to support our product efforts. Normally, we place binding purchase orders two to three months before wafer shipment. We had binding orders totaling $16 thousand for wafers outstanding as of October 31, 2005. We order wafers for deliveries in advance and with the additional time to assemble and test wafers, we can have orders for finished goods that will not be available for up to four months into the future. If we do not have sufficient demand for our products and cannot cancel our current and future commitments without material impact, we may experience excess inventory, which will result in a write-off affecting gross margin and results of operations. If we cancel a purchase order, we must pay cancellation penalties based on the status of work in process or the proximity of the cancellation to the delivery date. We must place purchase orders for wafers before we receive purchase orders from our own customers. This limits our ability to react to fluctuations in demand for our products, which can be unexpected and dramatic, and from time-to-time will cause us to have an excess or shortage of wafers for a particular product. As a result of the long lead-time for manufacturing wafers and the increase in “just in time” ordering by customers, semiconductor companies from time-to-time take charges for excess inventory. We did in fact incur such charges in fiscal 2005 of

 

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$0.4 million. Significant write-offs of excess inventory have had and could continue to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Conversely, failure to order sufficient wafers would cause us to miss revenue opportunities and, if significant, could impact sales by our customers, which could adversely affect our customer relationships and thereby materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our Manufacturing Yields May Fluctuate

 

The fabrication of semiconductors is an extremely complex process, which typically includes hundreds of process steps. Minute levels of contaminants in the manufacturing environment, defects in masks used to print circuits on a wafer, utilization of equipment with variations and numerous other factors can cause a substantial percentage of wafers to be rejected or a significant number of die on each wafer to be nonfunctional. Many of these problems are difficult to diagnose and time consuming or expensive to remedy. As a result, semiconductor companies often experience problems in achieving acceptable wafer manufacturing yields, which are represented by the number of good die as a proportion of the total number of die on any particular wafer. We often purchase wafers, not die, and pay an agreed upon price for wafers meeting certain acceptance criteria. Accordingly, we bear the risk of the yield of good die from wafers purchased meeting the acceptance criteria.

 

Semiconductor manufacturing yields are a function of both product design, which is developed largely by us, and process technology, which is typically proprietary to the manufacturer. Historically, we have experienced lower yields on new products. Since low yields may result from either design or process technology failures, yield problems may not be effectively determined or resolved until an actual product exists that can be analyzed and tested to identify process sensitivities relating to the design rules that are used. As a result, yield problems may not be identified until well into the production process, and resolution of yield problems would require cooperation and communication between the manufacturer and us. This risk is compounded by the offshore location of our manufacturers, increasing the effort and time required identifying, communicating and resolving manufacturing yield problems. As our relationships with new manufacturing partners develop, yields could be adversely affected due to difficulties associated with adapting our technology and product design to the proprietary process technology and design rules of each manufacturer. Any significant decrease in manufacturing yields could result in an increase in our per unit product cost and could force us to allocate our available product supply among our customers, potentially adversely impacting customer relationships as well as revenues and gross margins. We cannot assure you that our manufacturers will achieve or maintain acceptable manufacturing yields in the future.

 

Uncertainty and Litigation Risk Associated with Patents and Protection of Proprietary Rights

 

We rely in part on patents to protect our intellectual property. In April 2005, we sold 58 patents to Faust Communications, LLC for net proceeds of $3.5 million. The patents sold related to products we no longer sell and not to products that we currently sell or plan to sell. We retain a worldwide, non-exclusive license under the patents sold. The sale did not include several of our important patents covering embedded DRAM technology or any of the unique array processing technology used in our MiMagic6 product. As of October 31, 2005, we had 22 issued patents remaining. The remaining 22 issued patents are scheduled to expire no later than July 2022. Additionally, we have several patent applications pending. We cannot assure you that our pending patent applications, or any future applications will be approved. Further, we cannot assure you that any issued patents will provide us with significant intellectual property protection, competitive advantages, or will not be challenged by third parties, or that the patents of others will not have an adverse effect on our ability to do business. In addition, we cannot assure you that others will not independently develop similar products, duplicate our products or design around any patents that may be issued to us.

 

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We also rely on a combination of mask work protection, trademarks, copyrights, trade secret laws, employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements and licensing arrangements to protect our intellectual property. Despite these efforts, we cannot assure you that others will not independently develop substantially equivalent intellectual property or otherwise gain access to our trade secrets or intellectual property, disclose such intellectual property or trade secrets, or that we can meaningfully protect our intellectual property. A failure by us to meaningfully protect our intellectual property could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

As a general matter, the semiconductor industry has experienced substantial litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. In December 1998, the Company filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware seeking damages and an injunction against Trident Microsystems, Inc. The suit alleged that Trident’s embedded DRAM graphics accelerators infringe certain patents held by the Company. In January 1999, Trident filed a counter claim against the Company alleging an attempted monopolization in violation of antitrust laws, arising from NeoMagic’s filing of the patent infringement action against Trident. The Court ruled that there was no infringement by Trident. The Company filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals, for the Federal Circuit. On April 17, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the lower court’s judgment of non-infringement on one patent and vacated the court’s judgment of non-infringement on another patent, thereby remanding it to the lower court for further proceedings. In November 2002, the lower court heard oral arguments on cross-motions for summary judgment on the matter. In May 2003, the lower court ruled in favor of Trident. In December 2003, the Company filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals, for the Federal Circuit. In August 2004, the Federal Circuit rejected the appeal and affirmed the lower court’s decision of no infringement by the Trident products. On September 2, 2005, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware approved the Trident request that its counterclaim against NeoMagic filed in January 1999 be dismissed without prejudice.

 

Any patent litigation, whether or not determined in our favor or settled by us, would at a minimum be costly and could divert the efforts and attention of our management and technical personnel from productive tasks, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We cannot assure you that current or future infringement claims by third parties or claims for indemnification by customers or end users of our products resulting from infringement claims will not be asserted in the future or that such assertions, if proven to be true, will not materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In the event of any adverse ruling in any such matter, we could be required to pay substantial damages, which could include treble damages, cease the manufacturing, use and sale of infringing products, discontinue the use of certain processes, or to obtain a license under the intellectual property rights of the third party claiming infringement. We cannot assure you, however, that a license would be available on reasonable terms or at all. Any limitations in our ability to market our products, or delays and costs associated with redesigning our products or payments of license fees to third parties, or any failure by us to develop or license a substitute technology on commercially reasonable terms could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We Depend on International Sales and Suppliers

 

Export sales have been a critical part of our business. Sales to customers located outside the United States (including sales to the foreign operations of customers with headquarters in the United States and foreign manufacturers that sell to United States-based OEMs) accounted for 45% and 82% of our product revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Sales to customers located outside the United States accounted for 61% and 90% of product revenue in the nine months ended October 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. We expect that product revenue derived from international sales will continue to represent a significant portion of our total product revenue. Letters of credit issued by

 

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customers have supported a portion of our international sales. To date, our international sales have been denominated in United States dollars. Increases in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the local currency of our customers could make our products relatively more expensive than competitors’ products sold in the customer’s local currency.

 

International manufacturers have produced, and are expected to continue to produce for the foreseeable future, all of our wafers. In addition, many of the assembly and test services used by us are procured from international sources. Wafers are priced in U.S. dollars under our purchase orders with our manufacturing suppliers.

 

International sales and manufacturing operations are subject to a variety of risks, including fluctuations in currency exchange rates, tariffs, import restrictions and other trade barriers, unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, longer accounts receivable payment cycles, potentially adverse tax consequences and export license requirements. In addition, we are subject to the risks inherent in conducting business internationally including foreign government regulation, political and economic instability, and unexpected changes in diplomatic and trade relationships. Moreover, the laws of certain foreign countries in which our products may be developed, manufactured or sold, may not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States, thus increasing the possibility of piracy of our products and intellectual property. We cannot assure you that one or more of these risks will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

A Lack of Effective Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Could Result in an Inability to Accurately Report Our Financial Results

 

Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports. If we cannot provide reliable financial reports or prevent fraud, our business and operating results could be harmed. In connection with our management’s evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2005, management identified a control deficiency that constituted a material weakness. As more fully described in Item 9A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as of January 31, 2005, our management concluded that we did not maintain effective controls over the process of evaluating impairment of long-lived assets including intangible assets. This control deficiency resulted in a material adjustment recorded by us to the financial statements in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005. As a result of the material weaknesses identified, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of January 31, 2005. We remediated this material weakness in the first quarter of fiscal 2006. At October 31, 2005 we did not have any intangible assets.

 

A failure to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could result in a material misstatement of our financial statements or otherwise cause us to fail to meet our financial reporting obligations. This, in turn, could result in a loss of investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have an adverse effect on our stock price.

 

Our Financial Results Could Be Affected by Changes in Accounting Principles

 

Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States are subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and various bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles. A change in these principles or interpretations could have a significant effect on our reported financial results, and could affect the reporting of transactions completed before the announcement of a change. For example, we currently are not required to record stock-based compensation charges if an employee’s stock option exercise price is equal to or exceeds the deemed fair value of our

 

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common stock at the date of grant. However, several companies have recently elected to change their accounting policies and begun to record the fair value of stock options as an expense. The FASB published a pronouncement in December 2004 that would require us to record expense for the fair value of stock options granted. The effective date of the proposed standard is for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005 and will be applicable starting in our fiscal year 2007. Our future operating expenses may be adversely affected in connection with the issuance of stock options.

 

Our Stock Price May Be Volatile

 

The market price of our Common Stock, like that of other semiconductor companies, has been and is likely to continue to be, highly volatile. The market has from time-to-time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that may be unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. The market price of our Common Stock could be subject to significant fluctuations in response to various factors, including quarter-to-quarter variations in our anticipated or actual operating results, announcements of new products, technological innovations or setbacks by us or our competitors, general conditions in the semiconductor industry, unanticipated shifts in the markets for mobile phones and other handheld devices or changes in industry standards, losses of key customers, litigation commencement or developments, the impact of our financing activities, including dilution to shareholders, changes in or the failure by us to meet estimates of our performance by securities analysts, market conditions for high technology stocks in general, and other events or factors. In future quarters, our operating results may be below the expectations of public market analysts or investors.

 

Potential Nasdaq Stock Market Delisting

 

If we fail to comply with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq National Market, including the minimum bid price per share requirement and minimum stockholders equity requirement, we may be delisted from trading on such market, and thereafter trading in our common stock, if any, would be conducted through the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, the over-the-counter market or on the Electronic Bulletin Board of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. There is no guarantee that an active trading market for our common stock will be maintained on the Nasdaq National Market. You may not be able to sell your shares quickly, at the market price or at all if trading in our stock is not active.

 

Terrorist Attacks, Terrorist Threats, Geopolitical Instability and Government Responses Thereto, May Negatively Impact All Aspects of NeoMagic’s Operations, Revenues, Costs and Stock Price.

 

The terrorist attacks in September 2001 in the United States had a material adverse effect on the economy. Any similar future events may disrupt our operations or those of our customers and suppliers. In addition, any similar future events could have an adverse impact on the U.S. and world economy, in general, and consumer confidence and spending in particular, which could harm our sales. Any similar future events could increase volatility in the U.S. and world financial markets, which could harm our stock price and may limit the capital resources available to us and our customers or suppliers. This could have a significant impact on our operating results, revenues and costs and may result in increased volatility in the market price of our common stock.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

Our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments are exposed to financial market risk due to fluctuations in interest rates, which may affect our interest income. As of October 31, 2005, our cash and cash equivalents earned interest at an average rate of 3.0%. Due to the short-term nature of our investment

 

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portfolio, operating results or cash flows are vulnerable to sudden changes in market interest rates. Assuming a decline of 10% in the market interest rates at October 31, 2005, with consistent cash balances, interest income would be adversely affected by approximately $17,000 per quarter. We do not use our investment portfolio for trading or other speculative purposes.

 

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

 

Currently all of our sales and the majority of our expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars. As a result, we have relatively little exposure to foreign currency exchange rate risk. We do not currently enter into forward exchange contracts to hedge exposures denominated in foreign currencies or any other derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. However, if our exposure to foreign currency risk increases, we may choose to hedge these exposures.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act.

 

(b) Changes in Internal Controls

 

As of January 31, 2005, the end of our last fiscal year, we identified a material weakness related to our process of evaluating long-lived assets for impairment, including insufficient controls over the review and documentation of key assumptions used in preparing forecasted cash flows used to support our impairment analyses for intangible assets. We have addressed this material weakness and have instituted a process for the evaluation of long-lived assets that adequately documents the assumptions used in preparing forecasted cash flows and increased the level of review performed with respect to the reasonableness of certain key assumptions used in the underlying forecast supporting the impairment analysis. At October 31, 2005, we did not have any intangible assets.

 

During the third quarter of fiscal 2006, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (the material weakness identified in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 as discussed above was addressed in the first quarter of fiscal 2006), that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

(c) Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls

 

Our management, including the CEO and CFO, does not expect that our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and we cannot assure you that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

 

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Part II. Other Information

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

None.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

  (a) Exhibits

 

The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Report on Form 10-Q.

 

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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.

 

NEOMAGIC CORPORATION

      (Registrant)

/s/    SCOTT SULLINGER        
SCOTT SULLINGER
V.P. Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)
December 13, 2005

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

The following Exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Report:

 

Number

 

Description


  3.1 (15)   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
  3.2 (1)   Bylaws.
  4.1 (10)   Preferred Stock Rights Agreement dated December 19, 2002, between the Company and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.
  4.2 (13)   Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2004, between the Company and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.
  4.3 (12)   Series A Warrant to Satellite Strategic Finance Associates, LLC, dated August 20, 2004.
  4.4 (12)   Series B Warrant to Satellite Strategic Finance Associates, LLC, dated August 20, 2004.
  4.5 (12)   Registration Rights Agreement dated August 19, 2004 by and between the Company and Satellite Strategic Finance Associates, LLC.
  4.6 (9)    Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series A Participating Preferred Stock.
  4.7 (12)   Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock dated August 20, 2004
10.1 (1)   Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into by the Company with each of its directors and executive officers.
10.2 (2)   Lease Agreement, dated as of October 9, 1997, between the Company and A&P Family Investments, as landlord for the leased premises located at 3250 Jay Street.
10.3 (1)   Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Plan and related agreements.
10.4 (2)   Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 15, 1997, between the Company and A&P Family Investments, as landlord for the leased premises located at 3260 Jay Street.
10.5 (1)   Lease Agreement, dated as of February 5, 1996, between the Company and A&P Family Investments, as landlord.
10.6 (1)   1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, with exhibit.
10.7 (4)   1998 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan.
10.8 (4)   Wafer Supply Agreement, dated as of March 15, 1999, between NeoMagic International Corporation and Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Semiconductor Group, now Infineon Technologies AG.
10.9 (5)   General Amendment to the Wafer Supply Agreement with Product Sourcing Agreement, dated January 9, 2001, between NeoMagic International Corporation and Infineon Technologies AG.
10.10 (6)   Employment Offer Letter dated May 10, 2000, between the Company and Sanjay Adkar.
10.11 (6)   Employee Loan Agreement dated May 10, 2000, between the Company and Sanjay Adkar.
10.12 (6)   Security Agreement dated September 1, 2001, between the Company and Stephen Lanza.
10.13 (6)   Promissory Note dated September 1, 2001, between the Company and Stephen Lanza.
10.14 (7)   Full and Final Release dated September 9, 2002, from the Wafer Supply Agreement and the Product Sourcing Agreement between NeoMagic International Corporation and Infineon Technologies AG.
10.15 (8)   Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 26, 2002, between the Company and A&P Family Investments, as landlord for the leased premises located at 3250 Jay Street.
10.16 (8)   Amendment No. 2, dated as of April 7, 2000, between the Company and A&P Family Investments, as landlord for the leased premises located at 3260 Jay Street.
10.17 (8)   Amendment No. 3, dated as of February 26, 2002, between the Company and A&P Family Investments, as landlord for the leased premises located at 3260 Jay Street.
10.18 (11)   Amendment No. 4, dated as of January 31, 2003, between the Company and A&P Family Investments, as landlord for the leased premises located at 3260 Jay Street.
10.19 (12)   Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 19, 2004 by and between the Company and Satellite Strategic Finance Associates, LLC.
10.20 (14)   Amended and Restated Patent Licensing Agreement dated March 28, 2005 by and between the Company and The Consortium for Technology Licensing, Ltd.
10.21 (14)   Patent Purchase Agreement dated April 6, 2005 by and between the Company and Faust Communications, LLC.
10.22 (15)   Settlement Agreement and Release between the Company and Prakash Agarwal.
10.23       Patent License Agreement dated September 1, 2005 between the Company and Sony Corporation.
31.1         Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 dated December 10, 2003.
31.2         Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 dated December 10, 2003.
32.1         Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2         Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, registration no. 333-20031.

 

(2) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended October 31, 1997.

 

(3) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1998.

 

(4) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1999.

 

(5) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2001.

 

(6) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2002.

 

(7) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2002.

 

(8) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 31, 2002.

 

(9) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-A filed December 23, 2002.

 

(10) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed December 23, 2002.

 

(11) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2003.

 

(12) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K filed August 20, 2004.

 

(13) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 8-A/A filed August 23, 2004.

 

(14) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2005.

 

(15) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2005.

 

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