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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001
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 0-26473
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MICROTUNE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 75-2883117
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation of organization) Identification Number)
2201 10/th/ Street
Plano, Texas 75074
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(address of principal (zip code)
executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (972) 673-1600
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
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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
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the best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]
The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
Registrant as of February 28, 2002, was approximately $462 million based upon
the last sales price reported for such date on The Nasdaq Stock Market. For
purposes of this disclosure, shares of common stock held by persons who hold
more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock and shares by officers
and directors of the Registrant, have been excluded in that such persons may be
deemed to be affiliates. This determination is not necessarily conclusive.
At February 28, 2002, the Registrant had outstanding 53,092,277 shares of
common stock.
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2002 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on April 17, 2002, are
incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K where indicated.
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INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains certain forward looking statements
(within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that
involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of certain
events could differ materially from those projected in the forward looking
statements as a result of a number of factors. For a discussion of important
factors that could affect our results, please refer to the Business Section and
to the Financial Statements line item discussions and Factors Affecting Future
Operating Results and Stock Price set forth in Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations discussed elsewhere
in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
General
Microtune, Inc. is a leading silicon and systems company that designs,
manufactures and markets radio frequency (RF)-based solutions for the global
broadband communications, automotive electronics and wireless connectivity
markets. Our mission is to enable the ubiquitous and mobile access of broadband
media by business users and consumers, enabling 'anytime', 'anywhere' access of
video, audio, voice and data for users at home, in the office or anywhere
in-between.
Our expertise in RF, analog and digital technologies allows us to deliver
integrated circuits (ICs) and complete subsystem solutions (called Modules or
MicroModules) that permit the delivery and exchange of broadband information
using off-air (terrestrial) or cable communications systems. We also permit the
distribution and exchange of this information throughout wireless networks via
short-range wireless communications.
Our products, which include tuners, amplifiers, transceivers and short-range
wireless radio and baseband processors, offer critical enabling 'building
block' functions. When integrated into our customers' commercial or consumer
equipment, they permit the transmission and reception of radio signals that
embed video, audio, data and/or voice. In effect, our products provide the
means to get this information into and out of a device. They function as the
critical RF-based components that enable a range of applications, including
cable high-speed web access, digital and high-definition television, TV on a
PC, in-car audio, video and multimedia, and cable-based digital phone service,
as well as remote data input for PCs, printers, digital cameras, keyboards and
hands-free voice communications.
In Q4, 2001, we completed two acquisitions designed to expand our product
portfolio.
On October 15, 2001, we acquired all of the stock of privately held
Semiconductor Products and System Engineering, B.V. known as SPaSE. SPaSE,
located in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, specializes in the design of digital VLSI
chips and associated complex software, targeted at the digital TV equipment
market. SPaSE's products provide decoding and decompression of video and audio
that are embedded within RF transmitted signals. With its team of more than 20
engineers experienced in DVB-T (the terrestrial digital broadcast standard of
Europe and much of the rest of the world) demodulator and MPEG (Moving Picture
Experts Group) decoder development, SPaSE offers digital technology, products
and expertise that complement our RF core technologies. Like the rest of
Microtune products, the SPaSE products offer key building blocks for complete
broadband systems solutions.
The acquisition of SPaSE, we believe, positions us to develop advanced,
integrated and complete RF-to-digital solutions. It permits us to exploit new
markets, to develop new products that provide broader and deeper capabilities
and to gain critical mass within the digital television (DTV) market. SPaSE now
operates as our
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Holland Design Center, and its focus is to develop digital demodulator
products, initially for DVB-T and decoders for digital set-top box applications.
On November 28, 2001 we acquired all of the stock of privately held
Transilica Inc., headquartered in San Diego, CA. With a team of RF, baseband
and software engineers, Transilica develops and markets silicon and
system-on-chip products for short-range wireless applications. Its products are
targeted to the wireless personal area networking (WPAN) and wireless local
area networking (WLAN) markets, which include the cordless phone, headset,
handset and computer peripherals segments. Its products are based on
proprietary core technology that meets industry standards, such as
Bluetooth(TM) and 802.11, and other non-standard applications that transmit or
receive signals in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz spectrum. Transilica has developed very
small, highly integrated silicon products that incorporate all the
functions--RF, baseband, memory, processor, complete protocol stacks and
applications software--necessary for a total Bluetooth solution. Transilica is
also expanding its design methodologies to develop future products embracing
other standards for higher-performance applications.
Like SPaSE, the Transilica acquisition permits us to build on our core RF
silicon and systems technologies. It provides complementary wireless silicon
solutions that, when integrated into consumer or commercial end products,
enable users to remotely access data or voice through wireless personal or
local area networks.
Combining our patented core technologies with the acquisitions, we believe
that we now offer the broadest portfolio of RF-based silicon and systems
solutions available in our targeted markets, backed by a unique engineering
team focused on RF-based technologies. In addition, we now offer an end-to-end
RF-based solutions set for our customers encompassing both their wired and
short-range wireless applications. Our solutions, based on silicon, systems and
software building blocks, can be integrated in end products throughout the
information signal pipeline, from the cable headend to the set-top box, from
the automobile dashboard to the wireless headset. Our enabling products, which
provide critical RF signal transmission and reception capabilities, are
designed to complete the loop between the end user and transmitted media,
enabling 'anywhere', 'anytime' access to information, entertainment and
communications.
Today, our products are marketed primarily to original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) and others in three major markets.
. Broadband Communications
Comprising the Cable and Terrestrial Broadcast sectors, this market
includes the full range of cable broadband products across the
'information highway' signal pipeline. In Cable Broadband, the products
range from RF electronics in the cable head-end upconverter to those in
consumer access and gateway devices, including cable modems, digital and
analog set-top boxes and cable telephony systems. Terrestrial Broadcast
includes not only digital and analog television sets and their companion
appliances (VCRs, Personal Video Recorders (PVRs), HDTV projection
displays, digital set-top boxes, digital personal video recorders), but
also PC/TV-based multimedia products.
. Automotive Electronics
The Automotive Electronics market is comprised of highly specialized,
environmentally ruggedized products targeted for demanding mobile
environments, including automobile and airline in-flight entertainment
systems. The applications span not only traditional AM/FM radio, but
also the emerging class of entertainment, wireless and telematics
applications that are adding value to mobile consumers, including
digital satellite radio, in-car or in-flight video, Internet access,
route guidance and navigation, emergency assistance, 'hands-free' mobile
phone operation and other wireless systems including Bluetooth based
appliances, wireless dashboard interfaces, and keyless entry.
. Wireless Connectivity
Microtune targets the short-range Wireless Connectivity market, focusing
initially on products for wireless personal area networking (Bluetooth)
and wireless local area networking (802.11). This
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market includes high-volume cordless phones, wireless headsets for
applications such as cell phones and consumer audio appliances, as well
as computer peripherals such as printers, digital cameras, game
controllers and keyboards. We believe that set-top boxes, to provide
future "home gateway" functionality, will also include wireless
connectivity solutions to communicate intelligently with other
appliances in the home. As distinctions between wired and wireless
applications begin to blur, we expect short-range wireless connectivity
to eventually pervade multiple classes of broadband and automotive
consumer devices.
We enable our worldwide customers to cost-effectively integrate RF-based
capability into their commercial or consumer products. Our solutions are
engineered to permit not only new functions and levels of performance, but also
accelerated time-to-market and time-to-volume.
Business Strategy
We have developed a business plan for growth, which consists of four
cornerstone strategies designed to achieve a number of goals: to further
diversify our product portfolio and customer base, to increase our design win
opportunities and to grow our market share across both emerging and existing
markets.
At the core of our strategies, we plan to expand our portfolio beyond our
traditional RF silicon and systems products by combining RF, analog and
baseband technologies in end-to-end solutions that enable ubiquitous and mobile
access to broadband data and services.
As the first cornerstone, we will leverage our position as a leading
supplier of RF technology in DOCSIS-based cable modems to continue our
horizontal expansion into the cable set-top box, telephony and headend
infrastructure markets. The introduction of our fourth-generation MT2111
single-chip tuner, our MT4950 cable telephony MicroModule, and our
VideoCaster(TM) silicon-based upconverter in 2001 set the stage for this
strategy. Armed with new products, we plan to deliver an end-to-end RF solution
for the entire RF broadband cable pipeline.
The second cornerstone is the simultaneous vertical expansion into the
broadband market by offering complete system solutions. We currently provide
customers cost-effective and technically advanced cable modem solutions through
teaming relationships with strategic partners. In addition to these alliances,
we plan to develop and deploy our own RF and baseband solutions for digital
television applications, initially targeting DVB-T opportunities in Europe. Our
acquisition of SPaSE, a Holland-based company focused on DVB-T silicon
technologies, was instrumental for achieving this objective.
For the third cornerstone, we will leverage our unique market and production
knowledge, customer relationships and established positions as a supplier of
AM/FM and in-car television tuners to expand our presence in the automotive
market. We plan to grow organically through new classes of in-car products,
such as digital satellite radio, advanced antenna systems and Bluetooth-enabled
wireless solutions that leverage our highly specialized automotive RF-based
technologies. At the same time, we will remain open to expansion in this market
through synergistic partnerships or other opportunities.
As the final cornerstone of our strategy, we will leverage our silicon-based
capabilities, gained with the Transilica acquisition of November 2001, to
expand into the complementary wireless connectivity market across both consumer
and enterprise applications. By focusing on products that enable the exchange
of information using 802.11, Bluetooth(TM) and other international standards,
we plan to be a dominant provider of wireless connectivity solutions for our
existing broadband and automotive customers. At the same time, we expect to
expand our customer base in the wireless personal area networking (WPAN) and
wireless local area networking (WLAN) sectors.
Organized For Business Focus and To Support Economies of Scale
To effectively implement our strategy, we have structured our company into
three business units: Broadband Communications, Automotive Electronics and
Wireless Connectivity. Product definition, applications engineering, marketing,
and product development are distributed in each of the business units, aligning
resources
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to better focus on the unique application and product requirements, as well as
growth opportunities, of each market sector. This concentration in the business
units of the technical and development teams is also expected to accelerate
technology innovation and to extend product leadership, while providing
solutions consistent with customers' expectations and future product roadmaps.
At the same time, we have centralized sales, manufacturing and other
corporate support services, such as finance, legal and human resources, under
one leadership team, achieving operational efficiencies. The net result, we
believe, is that we are better organized to serve customers for all their
RF-based communications requirements, with timely products, in a cost-efficient
manner.
Markets
During the last 10 years, the worldwide reliance on the Internet, the
transition to digital technologies, the rise of broadband, mobile and wireless
communications, and the growing interdependence of TV, PC, cable and the web
have fostered dramatic changes in business and consumer electronics. These
drivers have propelled the development of new classes of products, based on
innovative technologies, that deliver better, faster communications, new forms
of entertainment, and information delivered at the speed of light. As numerous
industry analysts have observed, consumers are now driving an insatiable demand
for broadband access.
We target three diversified markets that have grown as a direct result of
the surge in demand for broadband media, applications and access. We leverage
our core silicon technologies and systems capabilities in various product
implementations to meet the requirements of these markets.
. Broadband Communications
Cable Broadcast
During the last several years, the worldwide cable industry has evolved from
a supplier of analog video programming to a competitive provider of multiple
entertainment, information, and telecommunications services. According to the
National Cable and Telecommunications Association, by year-end 2001, U.S. cable
operators alone have invested more than $55 billion in a massive upgrade to
their infrastructure. The facilities improvements are based on hybrid
fiber/coaxial architecture and grounded in digital technology deployed in the
cable headend and consumer equipment. The upgrades have created the additional
bandwidth to deliver more channels, digital and HDTV programming, high-speed
data communications and two-way interactive services, including digital phone
and video-on-demand, to consumers.
As a component of the upgrade, cable operators have and continue to deploy
new classes of digital consumer equipment to permit users to access the range
of enhanced services. These consumer end products include:
. Cable modems, as single devices, as integrated in PCs, or as integrated
in set-top boxes, which enable high-speed Internet service via two way
cable.
. Digital interactive set-top boxes, which serve as the home access point
for a number of services, including digital entertainment channels and a
range of emerging applications such as video-on-demand, subscription
video-on-demand, interactive program guides, personal video recorders
(PVRs) and interactive TV. In some deployments, the digital interactive
set-top box is evolving into a 'home gateway', a multifunctional box
designed to serve as the distribution 'hub' for all residential video,
voice and data services.
. Cable telephony units, which enable digital telephone service to
residential and business customers. These units can also function as
'home gateway' devices, delivering integrated video, voice and data
services via the broadband network.
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The cable industry's adoption of industry standards, including the CableLabs
standards for DOCSIS (cable modems) and its continued support for emerging
standards, such as OpenCable (digital set-top boxes) and Packet Cable (cable
telephony), has served as an additional catalyst to fuel the comprehensive
deployment of enhanced broadband services.The standards are designed to ensure
interoperability between the products of different manufacturers and the
head-end equipment of various cable systems. They have stimulated a number of
vendors to develop cost-effective, non-proprietary products that can be sold at
retail and that can operate efficiently and harmoniously in cable environments.
We provide the tuners, amplifiers and transceivers for cable modems, set-top
boxes and cable telephony systems, supporting the two-way transmission of data
to and from the consumer and the cable operator's head end. In the headend
itself, we developed a silicon upconverter technology that provides for
low-power, cost-effective RF translation. An upconverter permits the
transmission of multiple streams of video within a single 6MHz-wide video
channel, thereby enabling cost-effective video-on-demand and other interactive
television and data services.
Digital Terrestrial Broadcast
As digital video transmission begins in more countries, the number of
markets for digital TV sets and related peripheral products has grown. The
definition of what is 'digital TV', the standards used to implement it, as well
as the rate of commercial adoption and consumer acceptance, differs across the
globe.
As originally conceived, the idea of digital television was to deploy
improved bandwidth efficiency techniques to provide either a picture with much
greater detail than existing TV or multiple digital video streams within the
bandwidth of an existing analog channel. Any digital data, from digital video
and sound to Internet data, can be broadcast using digital transmission.
Consumers require new kinds of products to receive these digital services, and
manufacturers continue to try different combinations and options to see what
consumers want to buy. These new products include digital TVs, HDTV projection
displays and sets, SDTV sets, flat panel sets, digital set-top boxes (that
decode the digital signal for an analog TV), digital personal video recorders
and other TV peripherals.
In the US, where standards issues and display costs continue to impact
widespread digital TV deployment, growth of digital television transmission has
been slower than in other parts of the world. Yet at the same time, consumers'
desire to combine big-screen televisions with full surround sound audio systems
has been a key factor in driving sales of digital television products. The
Consumer Electronics Association published initial year-end figures that
factory-to-dealer sales of digital television products in 2001 totaled
1,459,731 units. In Europe, where the digital video broadcast standard (DVB-T)
has been adopted, the rate of growth has been accelerated. According to
Strategy Analytics, a majority of European homes will have digital TV by 2006.
The advent of digital broadcast television is expected to keep the market
growing for PC/TV products, as well. The PC/TV tuner market has been growing
steadily during the last few years, driven by demand for greater functionality
on the PC. The capability to receive digital television reception is an added
catalyst, particularly in Europe and Japan, where limited residential space
makes using a PC for more than computing functions desirable.
We provide the suite of tuners, amplifiers, MPEG decoders and demodulators
that are central to the RF tuning, reception, transmission, management and
processing of signals within digital television products. In these products,
multiple tuners may be required to support picture-in-picture, personal video
recording or web-access applications. Additional signal processing devices,
including the MPEG decoder and demodulator, are also required to manage digital
video signals within these consumer devices.
Cable and terrestrial broadcast compete with each other, as well as with
other technologies, including digital subscriber line (DSL) through local
telephone companies, analog television broadcast and direct broadcast satellite
(DBS). The FCC's mandate for conversion to digital broadcast transmission in
the United States, as well
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as similar regulations by other government agencies in European countries and
in Japan, is believed to be a major motivator behind the broadcasters' drive to
migrate to digital technology. At the same time, it provides the competitive
impetus for cable companies to migrate to digital programming and multi-tiered
packages of video, voice and data services.
In the near future, we expect wireless connectivity to be a factor in both
consumer cable and digital television products, allowing for the wireless
streaming of audio and video throughout the home and office, for wireless
interactivity and control of consumer devices and for wireless home telephony.
. Automotive Electronics
Just as technology convergence and integration have altered the landscape
for cable and terrestrial broadcasting, they are beginning to impact the
automotive industry. Low-cost communications, the Internet and computing
technologies are combining with traditional in-vehicle automotive control,
display and audio systems to create new applications and potential new markets
for in-vehicle entertainment and information. Driven by consumer demands for
improved safety, security and convenience and automotive manufacturers' demands
for brand differentiation, coupled with environmental and economic
considerations, a wealth of new applications are rapidly evolving beyond the
conventional car audio system. Grouped loosely into the categories of in-car
multimedia and telematics (the ability to wirelessly send or receive
information from a vehicle), these new applications are expected to gain
growing consumer acceptance during the next decade, driving continued market
opportunity for providers of these products and services, as well as for the
suppliers of the underlying technology. In-car multimedia is projected to
comprise AM/FM radio, digital sound systems and satellite radio, as well as the
suite of applications that allow rear-seat passengers to watch TV and video and
to play interactive games.
Telematics applications embrace a wide variety of services, including
location-specific traffic information, route planning services and automatic
emergency calling. However, with new classes of telematics devices and
interfaces, an even broader range of services is projected to be delivered to
the vehicle and its related electronic subsystems. Telematics-equipped vehicles
are projected to be able to provide step-by step driving directions, vehicle
diagnostics and service station location, restaurant or ATM locator
information, automatic toll paying, Internet access, email access, keyless
garage door entry and activation of in-home automation, among others. The user
interface is expected to move rapidly to hands-free and voice-activated
solutions as the predominant modes of interaction between a driver and these
wireless applications. Bluetooth is expected to emerge as the backbone data
network for linking many of the wireless devices within the car.
Major car manufacturers around the world are already beginning to deploy
multimedia entertainment and telematics applications. The market, however, is
still highly fragmented with revenue generation largely confined to the sale of
specific systems and equipment and technology and applications development.
Part of the growth will be fueled as automakers begin offering a range of
services in more vehicles, moving from luxury cars into mid-priced markets.
Frost and Sullivan predicts that current systems used to deliver safety and
security applications will converge into single modular multifunctional units
with multimedia capabilities by 2004.
The deployment of these services faces industry challenges, not only in the
development of the complete infrastructure required for these applications, but
also in the need for standardization of the connection systems within the car.
Driver safety and distraction have emerged as key issues in the deployment of
new mobile electronic products. Even with these challenges, according to the
Strategis Group, sales of telematics equipment and services are expected to
rise from $735 million in 2000 to $5.3 billion in 2005.
Data delivered via RF and wireless communications is integral to telematics
and in-car entertainment systems, and we provide enabling technology--AM/FM
tuners, transceivers, telematics tuners, antenna amplifiers, and in-car TV
tuners--that is incorporated into automotive electronics subsystems to support
these applications. We also plan to provide the Bluetooth-based chips to
support short-range wireless connection between devices in the car, including
those operating in hands-free mode.
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. Wireless Connectivity
There are many types of wireless communications, with multiple very distinct
subsets of the market. Today, the largest unit market and the one most familiar
to consumers is the cellular phone market. However, analysts predict that in
the next several years, the markets for wireless personal area networks
(Bluetooth) and wireless local area networks (802.11), both characterized as
"short-range wireless communications", will gain momentum and surpass cellular
unit volumes.
The ability to have 'anywhere', 'anytime' access to data and entertainment,
fueled by the Internet, is driving short-range wireless connectivity across
content, hardware and pipelines. It fuels the promise of bringing a complete
wired-like experience to wireless users, including the delivery of broadband
services, support for multimedia applications like streaming video and image
capture, and access to the wireless Internet. Increasingly, both wireless voice
and data capabilities are expected to become integral for these various
applications. Over time, as more products are introduced into the market and as
consumer awareness of standards grows, the distinction between wired and
wireless applications is expected to blur.
Currently, there are several standards enabling the market, the most popular
being Bluetooth and various forms of 802.11. The standards are targeted for
different types of applications that use different, non-competing portions of
the RF band (spectrum). These standards were established by industry bodies to
enable interoperability of products. There is a growing consensus that both
Bluetooth and 802.11 standards will effectively co-exist and service different
applications at differing price points and with differing features.
Bluetooth is a wireless protocol for linking personal devices--mobile
phones, cordless phones, digital cameras, keyboards, game controllers, notebook
computers, handsets and headsets--in personal area networks that require low
power and short-range, generally up to 10 meters, but with capabilities to
reach 100 meters or more. In 2001, the specification for Bluetooth 1.1 was
finalized and the Bluetooth Qualification Board was established and chartered
to certify products that demonstrated compliance with the Bluetooth standard.
Both factors acted as catalysts for market and product development.
Bluetooth activity is moving forward. Today, Bluetooth-enabled digital
products such as camcorders and printers are already available in the market
and are expected to have a major consumer impact in 2002. Bluetooth-enabled
mobile phones, cordless phones, notebook PCs and wireless headsets have also
been announced and are expected to be introduced by various vendors. As market
analysts from Cahners InStat have stated, 'the behemoth Bluetooth movement is
on a roll that will not stop.' Even considering the delays that have been
experienced and the economic conditions of 2001, Cahners InStat predicts that
Bluetooth-enabled equipment will soar to 780 million units in 2005. Chipset
revenue for the Bluetooth market is expected to climb to $3.7 billion in 2005.
The other standard, 802.11, is a set of specifications, developed by The
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), for wireless local
area networks (WLANs). Its derivative standards, 802.11a, b and g offer faster
connection than Bluetooth but consume more power and are more expensive to
implement. In effect, they provide high-speed networking without cables. The
802.11x standards require high-performance power connections and are expected
to be embedded into multiple kinds of devices, including desktop PCs,
entertainment systems, set-top boxes, home appliances and home security
systems. They provide the means to distribute not only high-speed Internet, but
also digital TV, streaming video, CD-quality music, and voice. Cahners InStat
predicts that the worldwide WLAN chipset market will exceed $1.2 billion by
2005.
Bluetooth and 802.11 products rely on RF chip-based technology, and we
provide the enabling wireless silicon products today to enable Bluetooth
functionality across a variety of computer peripherals, cordless phone, headset
and handset products. In the future, we expect to introduce products that
support 802.11 standards.
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Products
The applications associated with our target broadband communications,
automotive electronics and wireless connectivity markets require levels of RF
performance, power efficiency, functionality and integration that had not been
met adequately by classic TV tuners and traditional RF solutions. Our products,
developed within the last five years, are new-generation solutions engineered
to address the complex, high-performance RF requirements of broadband
transmission and exchange of information, as well as the wireless delivery of
this information to multiple devices.
Our products can be classified into two groups: integrated circuits and
manufacturing-ready, system-level solutions (called Modules or MicroModules).
The following features characterize our products:
. They offer high quality, rich feature sets, and enhanced reliability.
. They comply with international standards and protocols, including NTSC,
PAL, DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS,OpenCable, Packet Cable, ATSC, DVB-T and
Bluetooth, among others.
. They offer flexible customization capability, permitting customers to
add value for product differentiation.
. They are based on core RF technology that can be applied across multiple
markets.
We believe that our product portfolio provides distinct benefits to our
customers:
. By offering both silicon and system-level solution options, the products
meet the varying demands of our customers for diverse application,
system and implementation requirements.
. By offering RF-based end-to-end solutions that address a broader range
of RF system requirements, our customers can implement unified
purchasing strategies for all their RF needs, while providing
time-to-market advantage.
. By offering silicon products based on pioneering, industry-leading IC
development, as evidenced by a broad patent portfolio that protects our
technology foundations, our customers have access to leading edge
technology.
. By offering proven manufacturability of products, across the new class
of silicon products as well as subsystem-level solutions, our customers
can rely on product availability.
Integrated Circuit Products
We offer a silicon product portfolio that includes:
. Patented MicroTuner single-chip tuners,
. A collection of amplifiers optimized for the broadband communications
and automotive electronics markets,
. The world's only custom head-end upconverter chipset,
. Small, highly integrated wireless RF CMOS (complementary metal oxide
semiconductor) and baseband system-on-chip silicon solutions, and
. MPEG decoders and demodulators for DVB-T applications.
MicroTuner Single-Chip Tuners
Our flagship products are our MicroTuner single-chip tuners. These
solid-state tuners, first introduced in 1999, were the world's first broadband
television tuners implemented in a single microcircuit. During the last three
years, we have expanded and optimized the MicroTuner family to meet the unique
application requirements of our market subsegments.
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We believe that the MicroTuner chips are still the only silicon tuners in
production today to incorporate all of the active elements of a RF broadband
tuner, including a low-noise amplifier, critical for system performance, and
varactors, which eliminate the need for a high-voltage power supply. The
MicroTuner chips are based on both a patented architecture and multiple
patented integrated circuit implementations. Our RF intellectual property
portfolio currently includes 12 granted patents and 7 pending applications that
protect this technology.
In 2001, we introduced two new fourth-generation MicroTuner products, the
MT2040 designed for digital applications in cable broadband and PC/TV products,
and the MT2111, optimized for digital and legacy analog applications in
high-end, multi-functional set-top boxes.
Based on our patented tuner architecture, both devices are dual-conversion
tuners that yield high performance with low power consumption in highly
integrated 1/4-inch square devices. They shrink the tuner from a module to the
size of a thumbtack. Both products are below the 13/4-watt maximum power
barrier for the tuner subsystem defined by customers for their next-generation
DOCSIS 1.1 cable modems, set-top boxes, cable-ready PC/TVs and Internet
appliances. At this power-consumption level, the tuners enable the full
performance required for demanding applications, while eliminating the need for
additional components such as heat sinks or fans, as well as high power in the
power supply thereby resulting in lower costs. This results in a much smaller,
cooler and more reliable product for the consumer electronics markets.
The MicroTuner MT2040 performs the RF functions that enable diverse digital
applications, including high-speed Internet access, cable telephony, streaming
media and digital video. The MT2040 tuners were engineered to deliver the RF
performance metrics required by the DOCSIS 1.1 specification. (DOCSIS 1.1 is
the latest version of the standard with more rigid specifications to enable the
delivery of advanced cable services, including IP telephony and other
latency-intolerant services.)
The MT2040 meets or exceeds the DOCSIS 1.1 RF metrics by offering high
levels of performance across the technical parameters of gain flatness,
distortion, phase noise and signal-to-noise ratio. With these interdependent
parameters balanced with our tuner's low-power dissipation and high level of
integration, we believe that we deliver the industry's best overall tuner
performance for DOCSIS-based cable, digital set-top box, and multi-standard
PC/TV applications. The MT2040 tuner is in production today and has already
been implemented into the cable access products of both Samsung and ADB, among
others.
Our other new tuner, the MicroTuner MT2111, is targeted for mixed analog and
digital set-top boxes and multifunctional residential gateways, primarily for
those in the U.S. which have the most discriminating performance requirements
in the world. Supporting both legacy analog and digital modes, the MT2111 can
be used for analog or digital television programming, picture-in-picture
functionality or personal video recording services. It permits customers to use
the same tuner for every video application in multiple tuner configurations.
The MT2111 was engineered to deliver performance that exceeds the
requirements of the CableLabs OpenCable specification, the industry standard
for interoperable set-top boxes. To achieve this performance level, we
fabricated the MT2111 in a silicon germanium (SiGe) production process. An
advanced SiGe process offers advantages for IC communications devices,
including higher operating frequencies, lower noise figures, lower power
consumption, and improved linearity. With the SiGe process and our unique and
patented architecture, we believe the MT2111 offers the highest performing
silicon tuner available today with the highest level of integration of any
silicon tuner in the industry. In addition to its RF functions, the MT2111
tuner also integrates the function performed by our MT1230 intermediate
frequency (IF) amplifier on the chip. The MT2111 began sampling to select
customers in the fourth quarter of 2001 and is expected to go into full
production in the first half of 2002.
Our new tuners enable manufacturers to integrate smaller, low-cost,
power-efficient, reliable and high performing RF tuner-receiver electronics
into their access products, while meeting specific price/performance targets.
They also permit manufacturers to develop smaller, more streamlined design
layouts by eliminating the discrete components, cabling and bulk of competitive
RF electronics solutions. For OEM customers, the new tuners are designed to
interface to the popular demodulators, including those of Texas Instruments,
Conexant, STMicroelectronics, LSI Logic and Broadcom, providing customers
design and manufacturing flexibility.
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Silicon Amplifiers
In addition to our existing MicroStreamer 1530 upstream amplifier, in 2001,
we also introduced a suite of new silicon amplifiers, including the
MicroStreamer MT1535 and 1540 upstream amplifiers, the MT1230 Intermediate
Frequency (IF) amplifier and the MT1110 Broadband amplifier. As new
applications combine video with Internet, voice and interactive services, they
demand amplifiers that offer optimized performance for a variety of specialized
functions including enabling high-speed upstream communications, enabling the
broadband spectrum to be distributed across multiple tuners, and supporting
analog-to-digital conversion of signals. Microtune's new amplifier ICs perform
these functions by conditioning signals within the RF front end and boosting
them for distribution through the system.They enable two-way communications
capability in cable access and automotive telematics applications.Because of
the high performance of these amplifiers, they may be selected by customers for
use on their own, with or without our tuners, or with the tuning technology of
other manufacturers. The MT1530, MT1535, MT1540 and MT1230 are currently in
production, while the MT1110 is currently sampling to customers.
Demodulators and MPEG Decoders
We also offer MPEG decoders and demodulators for DVB-T applications, serving
the needs of both consumer and professional customers with highly optimized
solutions. These products, meeting both MPEG and DVB-T standards, provide for
the decoding and decompression of video and audio signals that are embedded
within RF transmitted signals.
VideoCaster Chipset
In December 2001, we introduced the world's first silicon-based upconverter
solution for cable video-on-demand (VOD) applications. In its most basic sense,
VOD is a system that allows a viewer to watch a video program on his or her own
timeframe. VOD has the potential to expand dramatically beyond a list of 10
pay-per-view movies at pre-established viewing times, the application familiar
to most cable subscribers today. Future VOD services are expected to encompass
a whole library of films, primetime programming, sports and archived video
content available to consumers with 'any video', 'any time' flexibility,
including features for the full time shifting of content.
The typical upconverter today, which is mounted in racks in the cable head
end, is a large metal enclosure with hundreds of high performance discrete
components that varies in cost from $700 to $2000 or more per unit, depending
on volume. The upconverter's role is to translate the input fixed intermediate
frequency (44 MHz in the US and 36 MHz in Europe) of video or data programming
to an output frequency between 50 and 860 MHz for transmission over the cable
network. In a VOD deployment, a cable system with 200,000 homes passed, where
10 channels are allocated for digital voice, video and data services, require
at least 2,000 upconverters. From a business perspective, the limitations for
dramatically expanding VOD applications include cost, size, and power
consumption of the upconverters required for each channel of video. From a
performance perspective, the most important design parameters for the
upconverter include managing noise, interference, and power consumption. To
spur full and widespread deployment of VOD, a smaller, cost-effective,
power-efficient upconverter solution is needed to handle thousands of channels
of video in a fraction of the space required by current solutions.
We reduced the size of the RF electronics of the most advanced upconverter
by a volume factor of 10 by developing three of our own custom-designed chips,
and in the process, achieved a technological and size breakthrough. The chips,
the MT5011 upconverter, the MT5012 downconverter and the MT1150 driver
amplifier, are based on SiGe process technology, a new patent-pending
architecture and advanced circuit designs. Our VideoCaster chip set functions
as the RF 'portal' to the network in the cable operator's headend, amplifying
and selecting the cable channels for up to 10 streams of digital video.
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Developed in partnership with nCUBE Corporation, Microtune's VideoCaster
chip set is planned for production in the second half of 2002 and will be
available initially as integrated components in our VideoCaster MicroModule, a
complete, production-ready quad upconverter solution. The VideoCaster
MicroModule is described in more detail later.
Wireless Silicon Products
We also design and manufacture a wide range of wireless silicon and
system-on-chip products to enable short-range wireless connectivity in portable
consumer electronics, automotive telematics and enterprise data and voice
communication systems.
Our Bluetooth products, branded as the OneChip product line, were introduced
in 2001. The OneChip solution integrates our 2.4 GHz radio transceiver and
digital baseband modem with other components that can include, depending on the
application, an onboard microprocessor, embedded flash program memory,
analog-to-digital converter, general purpose input/output ports (GPIOs), audio
codecs, dual UART/SPI and/or a USB interface. These components are combined and
incorporated into a standard 8x8 mm ball grid array (BGA) package. Each OneChip
product also carries the full Bluetooth software stack (lower and upper layers)
and application profiles, which are the collection of software programs
necessary for the application. We believe that we offer the highest level of
single-package silicon integration available for personal area networking
wireless communications.
Our wireless products include the following:
. MT0740 with serial port interface for computer peripherals, such as
keyboards and game controllers,
. MT0750 'Headset-on-a-Chip' solution for short-range voice and data
communications, and
. MT0760 'Dongle on-a-Chip' solution for USB portable products, such as
notebook computers, handhelds and digital cameras.
Our wireless solutions, which include radio and baseband IC technology along
with associated software, have been certified by the Bluetooth Qualification
Board (BQB) to the 1.1 version of the Bluetooth standard. This certification is
designed to ensure interoperability of our products with those of other
manufacturers with matching Bluetooth protocols and profiles.
In addition to our standard products, we also integrate our silicon and
software components in custom solutions for our customers, offering them the
flexibility to implement end products that extend features, performance or
options. We can customize our embedded software, reference electronics and
in-factory production support, while customers add their plastics and
industrial design features to differentiate their products.
Focusing on complete solutions, we also integrate and package our silicon
and software in a variety of advanced Bluetooth reference designs, including
those for the first Bluetooth-certified full-featured Cordless Phone, the
Bluetooth Headset, and the Bluetooth USB dongle. The reference designs offer
the complete Bluetooth radio, digital baseband, interface electronics and
software embedded onboard.
In 2001, we started development of our next generation 802.11-class product.
This solution is planned to enable broadband wire-free distribution of digital
TV and data traffic throughout the home and enterprise workplace. By developing
802.11 technology concurrently with 2.4 GHz Bluetooth technology, we are
creating the technology building blocks to meet the needs of a wide range of
wireless standards and applications.
Evaluation Kits and Reference Designs
To simplify development and design of our silicon products, we offer
Evaluation Kits and/or Reference Designs. These platforms include all the
hardware and software components necessary for a designer to 'jump start' the
development of a solution for a wide variety of system implementations.
Characterized by their
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completeness, flexibility, scalability and extremely cost-effective
implementation, they permit designers to significantly reduce development time
in engineering RF solutions. Using the Reference Designs, our customers can
also customize their products for brand differentiation, while leveraging
design activity across diverse product lines.
Our tuners and amplifiers are also integrated into the Reference Designs
developed with our strategic partners. The MT2040 tuner, MT153X upstream
amplifier and/or MT1230 IF amplifier are incorporated into complete cable modem
and set-top box Reference Designs developed in cooperation with
STMicroelectronics and in DOCSIS 1.1-based cable modem reference designs
developed with Texas Instruments. These joint designs combine our RF front-end
chips with the highly integrated back-end chips and software of our partners to
comprise complete ready-to-evaluate, -customize and -manufacture solutions.
System-Level RF Solutions: Modules and MicroModules
Microtune's system-level products, called Modules or MicroModules, are
complete RF solutions, consisting essentially of tuner and transmit/receive
functions that are pre-assembled into tested, manufacturing-ready RF front
ends. They offer 'plug-in' implementation on a motherboard, printed circuit
board (PCB) or chassis. As a result, they allow customers to reduce development
or engineering investments for accelerated design-in and manufacturing cycles.
Available for multiple applications, including cable modem, PC/TV multimedia,
automotive AM-FM tuning, and analog and digital TV, our subsystems solutions,
we believe, have established a track record among customers for quality,
performance and reliability.
MicroModules contain Microtune's unique silicon components. We package our
chips, including tuners, amplifiers, or upconverters, with other RF
functionality into a small, modular form factor. Modules and MicroModules are
pre-configured and pre-tested for ready placement on motherboards, PCBs or
chassis. As a competitive advantage to other modular solutions, our silicon
components in the MicroModules provide high levels of functional integration
with increased reliability and ease of manufacturing. Microtune has steadily
progressed with increasing silicon content in our MicroModules, and it is our
goal to integrate Microtune silicon in all our subsystem products in the future.
In 2001, we introduced three new system-level products that expanded our
solutions for cable telephony, automotive entertainment /telematics and
head-end upconverters.
Cable Telephony MicroModule
In 2001, we introduced the industry's first commercially available and
standards-based RF solution for enabling primary-line cable telephony and 'home
gateway' services via the broadband cable network.
The MT4950 RF-NIU is a small 2" x 4" MicroModule designed to be integrated
into a network interface unit (NIU). The NIU, along with specialized servers,
head-end, transport and switching equipment, is one of the critical building
blocks for the delivery of multiple types of cable traffic to the home.
Resembling a utility box, the NIU is located on the outside of the residence.
The MT4950 RF-NIU serves as a critical RF communications hub for the NIU. It
provides the RF broadband links from the cable drop to multiple access devices
(telephones, set-top boxes, cable modems) inside the home, permitting delivery
of integrated voice, video and data services.
The MT4950 RF-NIU is based on our RF proprietary silicon, tuners and new
patent-pending technologies. It integrates our DOCSIS-based tuner core and
MT1540 upstream amplifier with the functions of a network bias tap,
high-voltage safety capacitors, primary lightning protection and network
coupler into a single, small, cost-effective RF subsystem. It offers full
two-way communications capability to provide high-quality reception and
transmission of analog and digital signals, whether generated as Internet
Protocol (IP) or continuous bit-streaming data. It enables telephony data to be
extracted from the RF broadband signal, and permits video and data to be
relayed to set-top boxes or cable modems, all, we believe, without a
degradation of service or loss of quality.
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Based on a hybrid circuit-switched/IP architecture, the MT4950 RF-NIU,
unlike existing, proprietary solutions, supports circuit-switched
implementations with provisions for DOCSIS-based implementations. It enables
price-competitive, carrier-class voice services today, with a migration path to
future standards-based Voice over IP (VoIP) platforms.
Automotive In-Car Entertainment
We are expanding our existing product line of FM tuners, AM/FM tuners, and
equalizers with new products that leverage our specialized automotive
experience and RF expertise in products targeted for in-car entertainment and
telematics applications. In 2001, we introduced the 6102 series of multimedia
tuners, a new class of automotive tuner-receiver that enables in-car TV
reception. Developed initially as a custom-designed product for Delphi/Fuba
Automotive, the tuner series is engineered to meet the highly specialized,
rigorous performance requirements for RF multimedia reception in demanding,
mobile vehicle environments.
The 6102 series tuners are small and compact, approximately half the size of
traditional automotive radio tuners. They permit customers to easily configure
multiple tuners in space-constrained vehicular electronic subsystems. Unlike
traditional television tuners in the home, the 6102 series is designed to
operate in a harsh mobile environment, under both extended temperature ranges
and in adverse climatic conditions. At the same time, it is designed to produce
clean sound, pictures and data with minimal noise and interference while the
vehicle is on the move. With excellent sensitivity and superior adjacent
channel and multipath suppression, the tuners deliver robust performance to
receive weak TV signals (as in rural areas) and those packed in dense, signal
environments (as in cities). The tuners also provide seamless integration and
interfacing to the platform architecture of new driver information systems and
other in-vehicle networks.
As with all our automotive products, the 6102 series automotive tuners are
developed and manufactured to ISO 9001 and QS 9000 specifications, meeting the
stringent testing, operational and reliability quality standards required by
the automotive industry.
When integrated into the automotive subsystems of our customers, the 6102
series tuners provide a versatile platform that can evolve for future
telematics, wireless Internet and digital broadband services. Our
next-generation automotive electronics products are planned to offer digital
broadband video and data capability, based on DVB-T standards, as well as to
support location-specific traffic information, route planning services and
automatic emergency calling.
VideoCaster MicroModule
We integrate four of the miniature VideoCaster chipsets and associated
circuitry into a fully tested, production-ready, plug-in subsystem, called the
VideoCaster MT5000 MicroModule. The VideoCaster MicroModule, packaged in a
small 3.5 x 4-inch form factor, replaces four much larger rack-mounted
upconverters and delivers up to 40 streams of digital video and audio.
Incorporated into a cable operator's head end, the VideoCaster MicroModule is
engineered to offer the smallest upconverter solution in the world with the
lowest power and lowest-cost per video stream. Compared to typical
alternatives, we believe that the VideoCaster MicroModule will reduce
upconverter volume by 90 percent, power by 40 percent and cost significantly.
Designed for easy and simplified incorporation as an OEM component into our
customers' products, the VideoCaster MicroModule provides a ready-to-implement
upconverter that can be designed into a head end chassis. By eliminating the
need for customers to manage complex RF issues within a broader system design,
the VideoCaster MicroModule is expected to permit customers accelerated
time-to-market and time-to-volume. We believe that our silicon-based RF
upconverter solution provides the technology to feasibly enable full-scale and
widespread deployment of VOD services and other digital content.
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The VideoCaster MicroModule sampled in 2001 and is planned for production in
the second half of 2002.
Technology, Intellectual Property, Research and Development
We were founded in 1996 on a commitment to RF-IC innovation. We have
established a track record of introducing advanced products, based on
pioneering RF-IC-based technology that address emerging markets and serve
customers in existing markets. Today, we are recognized as a premier supplier
of RF integrated circuits and RF-based solutions. As Jay Srivatsa, an industry
analyst with iSuppli, stated in his August 2001 report, Silicon Tuner ICs: A
Revolutionary Product Set to Explode in the Marketplace, "Microtune is the
leader in silicon tuner IC technology. The company is best positioned to
leverage existing traditional tuner business into future tuner IC sales."
Among our technical accomplishments, we believe that we have achieved a
number of milestones including the following:
. Introduced and shipped the first silicon single-chip tuner in the
industry
. Supplied the RF tuner for the world's first DOCSIS certified cable modem
. Supplied the RF tuner/transceiver for the world's first DOCSIS 1.1
certified cable modem
. Introduced first-of-their-kind amplifier products optimized for cable
and automotive electronics applications in March, 2001
. Introduced the smallest and most highly integrated wireless connectivity
silicon solution in April, 2001
. Introduced the first commercially available cable telephony subsystem
for the network interface unit in July, 2001
. Introduced the first high performance, low power silicon tuner for
digital and legacy analog applications in November, 2001
. Introduced the first highly integrated silicon solution for cable
upconverters in December, 2001
. First to receive certification to the 1.1 standard by the Bluetooth
Qualification Board for a product with embedded flash and embedded codec
. First to receive certification to the 1.1 standard by the Bluetooth
Qualification Board for a product with a sub 64k stack
In addition to our RF-IC leadership, we believe that we differentiate
ourselves from our competitors in two important ways:
. We have expertise across a broad range of RF, analog and
digital-baseband technologies, enabling us to develop end-to-end
complete RF solutions; and
. We possess the capability, including silicon, systems and software
development, to package our products into complete, production-ready
subsystems, and offer that range of products to our customers.
Given the complexity of RF-based designs, this combination allows us to
achieve significant technology integration and to offer solutions with options
that meet our customers' demanding and varied needs. As evidenced by our
MicroTuner single chip tuner and our VideoCaster upconverter solution for
video-on-demand applications, we have the ability to develop silicon that
drives integration, performance, size, power and cost improvements. At the same
time, we have the systems capability to package the enabling chips and
associated bill of materials into production-ready subsystems (such as cable
modem transceivers and the VideoCaster MicroModule) that can be integrated into
our customers' products. In wireless connectivity silicon solutions, we develop
radio and baseband silicon components and package the technology with embedded
software for applications into 'system on chip' solutions.
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Technical Team
Our advanced technology development is enabled by more than 250 RF and
communications systems technical experts. Out technical staff represents one of
our most important strategic and competitive assets, and it is comprised of RF,
analog and digital baseband IC experts, and systems and software developers in
RF and wireless communications and applications.
Our technical team enables us to produce differentiated RF and wireless
products, as well as to develop a breadth of products optimized for
applications in our targeted markets. Technical team members are located in
multiple design centers around the world, including Plano, TX; San Diego, CA;
Ingolstadt, Germany; Singapore; Nijmegen and Enschede, The Netherlands.
RF-Based Core Technology
Today, we have developed a comprehensive library of RF foundation
technology, based on RF, analog and digital-baseband cores. These cores, such
as high linearity mixers, integrated oscillators with wide tuning range and
very low phase noise, low noise high linearity RF amplifiers with variable gain
COFDM equalizers, radio baseband controllers, and application software for
wireless connectivity solutions, constitute the technology building blocks for
a wide range of emerging RF-to-baseband products. Our core technology enables
us to rapidly develop and evolve new products, critical for emerging
marketplaces such as Bluetooth, automotive electronics, and cable and DVB-T. At
the same time, it provides the foundation for a roadmap of improved, advanced
integrated circuits, as well as a broad suite of complete RF solutions.
Our technology also provides a reusable pool of components and functions
that can be selected, combined and integrated efficiently into products and
platforms across our different markets. Our DVB-T technology, for example,
targeted initially for consumer applications, can be implemented in
systems-level solutions for automotive in-car entertainment. Our wireless
connectivity silicon can be integrated into cable access products, extending
the functionality of cable modems or set-top boxes for wireless streaming of
audio and video throughout the home and office for wireless interactivity and
control. By providing common RF-based technology platforms for a spectrum of
consumer and commercial electronics, we increase compatibility across multiple
product lines with manufacturing economies of scale.
In addition to our technology cores, we also have the design and
manufacturing infrastructure that underscores our ability to offer customers
low-cost, highly integrated and fast time-to-market solutions. We have adopted
a design approach that establishes precise design methodologies, closely linked
with efficient production, to ensure fast prototyping of products.
Industry Standards
Our technical leadership is reinforced by active support for and involvement
with industry standards. Our corporate commitment to standards ensures early
access to new specifications, particularly as standards evolve to
next-generation functionalities, as well as provides assurance to customers
that their end products will be in compliance with such standards.
As examples, we have provided the RF technology to more than 60% of the
suppliers whose cable modems have achieved DOCSIS 1.0 certification. Our RF
technology, combined with the digital technology of Texas Instruments, has
collectively enabled more DOCSIS 1.1-certified cable modems than all other
suppliers combined. In 2001, we achieved Bluetooth 1.1 certification for our
class-2 radio transceiver, digital baseband controller, lower and upper
protocol software stacks and a variety of Bluetooth profiles, including the
General Access, Serial Port, Headset and Audio Gateway profiles. In January of
2002, we certified Cordless Telephony and Dial-Up Networking software profiles,
as well.
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Intellectual Property Protection
We believe we have a strong intellectual property portfolio and we will
vigorously obtain and maintain protection for the proprietary technology used
in our products. Currently, we hold 14 issued U.S. patents and have 42
additional U.S. patent applications pending. Our issued U.S. patents expire
between 2015 and 2020.
Our issued patents include those for a 'highly integrated television tuner
on a single microcircuit' and a 'broadband integrated television tuner'. We
have also filed patent applications for our wireless silicon technology,
including a wide range of intellectual property for RF CMOS silicon modeling,
digital ASIC design, embedded software development, and antenna product
integration. Our other patents protect various aspects of our RF, analog and
digital baseband technology at the broad architectural, circuit and
building-block level.
Research and Development
In 2001, excluding the effect of stock option compensation, we spent
approximately $18.2 million on research and development.
Sales and Marketing
We centralize and manage sales for all of our products across each of our
target markets under one worldwide sales organization. This positions us to
offer a broad line of RF, analog and baseband products under a single sales
umbrella, while enabling us to serve customers synergistically with solutions
for their various wired or wireless product requirements.
The worldwide sales organization consists of approximately 30 individuals
with offices located throughout the U.S. (Plano, TX; Huntsville, AL; Chicago,
IL; Atlanta, GA; San Jose, CA and San Diego, CA) and in regional centers around
the globe (Ingolstadt, Germany; Taipei, Taiwan, Tokyo, Japan; Hong Kong, China;
Seoul, Korea). Our sales organization consists not only of the technical sales,
service and customer support team, but also a field application engineering
staff that is involved with customers during all phases of design and
production. This applications engineering team is located throughout our
worldwide offices. Additionally, we have application engineers located in the
headquarters for each of the business units in Plano, Ingolstadt, and San Diego
supporting common worldwide requirements.
Supplementing our internal organization, we also sell our products through
our network of approximately 20 independent sales representatives or
distributors located throughout the world. Some of our representatives offer
engineering and systems design capability and purchase products from us for
resale, with added value, to their customers. Other representatives focus
solely on the sales of our standard products. From time to time, we will modify
or expand our representative relationships to optimize customer focus.
We are also engaged in sales/marketing activities with our strategic
alliance partners promoting the reference platforms that result from our joint
development efforts. These reference platforms contain all hardware and
software components for a customer to accelerate the design-in and production
of an end product. Our joint marketing efforts, we believe, create visibility
for these products, while enhancing customers' confidence that our products
will meet their product requirements and product introduction schedules.
In addition, we market our products through traditional means through our
web site, industry trade shows and exhibitions, presentations of technical
papers at industry meetings and technical articles placed in industry magazines.
Customers
We market and sell our integrated circuits and system solutions directly to
leading OEMs of communications, consumer electronics, multimedia and automotive
electronics products and to third-party electronic manufacturing service
providers.
We have established important relationships with leading customers in each
of our market sectors. By working with these and other strategic OEM's, we are
able to identify new products early in their lifecycle and then sell them to
the broad market. We have adopted a business partnership approach to these key
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accounts. As such, we engage with customers at multiple levels within the
organization, provide design and systems support and align product roadmaps to
meet their product requirements. We believe this strategy of close cooperation
and communication strengthens our customer relationships, while increasing the
likelihood that our products will continue to meet price/performance
requirements for their high-volume applications. We believe this strategy also
provides the greatest opportunity for gaining market share and driving future
sales growth and unit volumes.
Currently, we supply our silicon and systems products to more than 120
customers worldwide, and during the last 14 months, we announced customer
design wins or DOCSIS certifications with the following customers:
Broadband Communications
ADB, ATI, Askey, Ambit, B2C2, Cisco, Hauppauge, Hughes, Netgem, Hitron,
Motorola, DIC Technologies, Scientific Atlanta, Terayon, Texas
Instruments, Zoom, Infinite, US Robotics
Automotive Electronics
DaimlerChrysler, Delphi/Fuba, Panasonic
Wireless Connectivity
Aiptek, MemCorp (Memorex)
Manufacturing
We use subcontractors for wafer production and IC packaging. This strategy
allows us to take advantage of the latest semiconductor technologies, while
eliminating the high cost of owning and operating semiconductor fabrication and
packaging facilities. It also enables us to focus on the design of our IC
products and to more effectively add value to our customers, where, we believe,
we can gain greater competitive advantage.
We have established relations with major wafer foundry partners such as IBM
Microelectronics, X-Fab, and TSMC to help ensure our future demands are in-line
with our subcontractors' manufacturing technology roadmaps and capacities.
These foundries offer mature CMOS and BiCMOS production processes, as well as
advanced silicon germanium (SiGe) process technology. SiGe is an emerging
process technology for RF and mobile communications. The process enables
integrated circuits featuring higher performance and lower-power consumption,
while providing cost and integration benefits of conventional silicon.
We use Amkor in Korea and in the Philippines, as well as Carsem
Semiconductor in Malaysia for assembly and test. We employ King Yuan
Electronics in Taiwan to perform flash memory testing on wireless components.
We have the capability to perform RF testing at our facility in Plano, TX
and will utilize this capacity as a strategic advantage for RF technology
purposes or customer service purposes.
Module manufacturing involves the assembly and testing of our components,
including our semiconductors into subsystem level solutions designed by our
engineers for specific applications. We consolidated our module manufacturing
facilities in Manila into one plant during 2001 for better efficiency and cost,
and in the process, we have achieved a number of benefits, including reduced
indirect head count, efficient production-floor layout, and optimized product
flow. We have on-site power generation for full electrical back up in the
Manila manufacturing facility and it is located in a secure industrial park.
The facility is both ISO 9001 and QS 9000 certified.
Competition
The semiconductor industry, in general, and the markets in which we compete,
in particular, are intensely competitive and are characterized by rapid
technological change, evolving industry standards and price erosion. Many of
our competitors are larger diversified companies with substantially greater
financial resources. Some of our competitors are also customers who have
internal semiconductor design and manufacturing capability. We also compete
with smaller, emerging companies whose strategy is to sell products into
specialized markets or to provide a portion of the products or product
capabilities that we offer. We expect competition to intensify as current
competitors expand their product offerings and new competitors enter our
markets.
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Although the specific bases on which we compete vary by market, we believe
that the principal factors common to all our markets are:
Conformity to emerging industry standards
Performance
Price
Differentiating product features
Product availability
Time-to-market
Quality and reliability
Adaptability and flexibility to meet customers' and target markets'
requirements
Although other companies may offer similar types of products, we believe
that we presently compete favorably with respect to these principal factors.
Increasingly, we emphasize product features and corporate attributes where we
believe that we offer the following competitive advantages to our customers,
among others:
Breadth of product portfolio
Patented technology
Level of integration, cost effectiveness and low power consumption
RF-based design and engineering capabilities
New product innovation
Manufacturability and availability of both silicon and subsystem products
Broadband Communications
Our major RF tuner, amplifier and transceiver competitors in the broadband
communications market include Anadigics, Analog Devices, Broadcom, Alps,
Motorola, Maxim, Panasonic, Samsung, RF MicroDevices, Conexant and Philips
Electronics. Several other companies have recently announced silicon tuners,
but they are not yet in production with their products or their production
status is unknown to us. These are: Silicon Wave, LSI Logic, ISG Broadband and
SiGe Semiconductor.
Automotive Electronics
Tuner competitors in the automotive electronics market include: Toko,
Sanshin, Siemens/VDO, Alps, Mitsumi and Philips.
Wireless Connectivity
Our competitors in this market include CSR, Infineon, Broadcom, Atheros and
Intersil, among others.
Environmental Matters
International, federal, state and local requirements relating to the
discharge of substances into the environment, the disposal of hazardous wastes
and other activities affecting the environment may have an impact on our
manufacturing operations. We believe that we are in material compliance with
applicable environmental laws and regulations. To date, compliance with
environmental requirements and resolution of environmental claims have been
accomplished without material effect on our liquidity or capital resources.
Employees
As of December 31, 2001, we had 349 employees worldwide (excluding our
manufacturing personnel in the Philippines). In addition, as of December 31,
2001, we employed 790 people in our manufacturing facility in Manila,
Philippines.
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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Our principal administrative, sales, marketing, research and development and
final testing facility is located in a building of approximately 44,000 square
feet in Plano, Texas, which is leased through August 31, 2005. We also maintain
an administrative, sales, marketing, research and development office of
approximately 18,000 square feet in San Diego, California, which is leased
through June 2003. In addition, we also maintain an administrative, sales,
marketing, research and development office of approximately 25,000 square feet
in Ingolstadt, Germany which is leased through December 2021. We have
additional design centers in the Netherlands and Singapore. We also have sales
and technical support offices in San Jose, California, Huntsville, Alabama,
Hong Kong, and Korea. Our manufacturing facility is located in approximately
36,000 square feet in Manila, Philippines which is leased through November 2004.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims
arising out of our ordinary course of business. We are not currently a party to
any material litigation, except as described below.
On January 24, 2001, we filed a lawsuit alleging patent infringement in the
United States Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division,
against Broadcom Corporation. The lawsuit alleges that Broadcom Corporation's
BCM 3415 microchip infringes our U.S. patent no. 5,737,035. In our complaint,
we are seeking monetary damages resulting from the alleged infringement as well
as injunctive relief precluding Broadcom Corporation from taking any further
action which infringes our 5,737,035 patent.
Starting on July 11, 2001, multiple purported securities fraud class action
complaints were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York. We are aware of at least three such complaints: Berger v.
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc. et al.; Atlas v. Microtune et al.; and Ellis
Investments Ltd. v. Goldman Sachs & Co., Inc. et al. The complaints are brought
purportedly on behalf of all persons who purchased our common stock from August
4, 2000 through December 6, 2000. The Atlas complaint names as defendants
Microtune, Douglas J. Bartek, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Everett
Rogers, our Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and
Administration, and several investment banking firms that served as
underwriters of our initial public offering. Microtune, Mr. Bartek and Mr.
Rogers were served with notice on the Atlas complaint on August 22, 2001,
however, they have not been served regarding the other referenced complaints.
The Berger and Ellis Investment Ltd. Complaints assert claims against the
underwriters only. Among other things, the complaints allege liability under
Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) and 20(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, on the grounds that the registration
statement for our initial public offering did not disclose that (1) the
underwriters had agreed to allow certain of their customers to purchase shares
in the offering in exchange for excess commissions paid to the underwriters and
(2) the underwriters had arranged for certain of their customers to purchase
additional shares in the aftermarket at pre-determined prices. We are aware
that similar allegations have been made in lawsuits challenging over 180 other
initial public offerings conducted in 1998, 1999, and 2000. No specific amount
of damages is claimed in the three complaints involving our initial public
offering. These cases are subject to the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 and we expect that the cases will be consolidated into a single
action. These cases and all of the other lawsuits filed in the Southern
District of New York making similar allegations have been coordinated before
the Honorable Shira A. Scheindlin who is expected to set a brief schedule for
motions to dismiss. We believe that the allegations against Microtune, Inc.,
Mr. Bartek and Mr. Rogers are without merit. We intend to contest them
vigorously, including by filing a motion to dismiss these cases. We are unable
at this time to determine whether the outcome of the litigation will have a
material impact on our results of operations or financial condition in any
future period. Furthermore, there can be no assurances regarding the outcome of
the litigation or any related claim for indemnification or contribution between
or among any of the underwriters and us.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
Not applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
Our common stock has traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol
"TUNE" since its initial public offering on August 4, 2000. Prior to that date,
there was no public market for our common stock. The following table sets forth
the quarterly high and low closing share price for our common stock as reported
by the Nasdaq Stock Market for the periods shown:
High Low
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Fourth quarter of 2001 $25.27 $10.21
Third quarter of 2001. $21.99 $ 9.07
Second quarter of 2001 $22.00 $ 4.81
First quarter of 2001. $17.63 $ 7.13
Fourth quarter of 2000 $53.00 $ 9.00
Third quarter of 2000. $59.25 $30.13
As of February 28, 2002, there were 53,092,277 shares of Common Stock
outstanding held by 350 stockholders of record.
We believe factors such as quarterly fluctuations in results of operations,
announcements by us, our competitors, or our customers, technological
innovations, new product introductions, governmental regulations, litigation or
changes in earnings estimates by analysts may cause the market price of our
common stock to fluctuate, perhaps substantially. In addition, the stock price
for many technology companies fluctuate widely for reasons that may be
unrelated to their operating results. The broad market and industry
fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
To date, we have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We
currently anticipate that we will retain any available funds to finance the
growth and operation of our business, and we do not anticipate paying any cash
dividends in the foreseeable future. Future dividends, if any, will be
determined by our Board of Directors and will depend upon our earnings,
financial conditions, cash requirements, future prospects, contractual
restrictions, and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.
During the three year period ended December 31, 2001, we have issued and
sold securities in unregistered transactions to a limited number of persons as
described below (as adjusted to reflect a 2-for-1 stock split of the Common
Stock effective as of January 18, 2000). None of these unregistered
transactions involved any underwriters, underwriting discounts or commissions,
or any public offering, and we believe that each such transaction was exempt
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, by virtue of
Section 4(2) thereof, Regulation D and/or Regulation S promulgated thereunder,
or Rule 701 pursuant to compensatory benefit plans and contracts relating to
compensation as provided under Rule 701. The recipients of securities in each
transaction represented their intention to acquire the securities for
investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any
distribution thereof, and appropriate legends were affixed to the share
certificates and instruments issued in those transactions. All recipients had
adequate access to information about us.
(a) In October 2001, we issued an aggregate of 210,000 shares of our common
stock in connection with our purchase of all of the outstanding shares of SPaSE
Holding B.V., a Netherlands private company with limited liability, which
shares were valued at approximately $2.1 million.
(b) In November 2001, we issued an aggregate of 7,206,125 shares of our
common stock in connection with our acquisition of Transilica Inc., which
shares were valued at approximately $130.1 million. In addition, we assumed
options which became exercisable for up to 831,967 shares of our common stock,
which were valued at approximately $13.9 million. The shares of our common
stock issued in the acquisition were registered
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for resale on a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-75412) which
became effective on December 28, 2001. The options assumed and the underlying
shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of such options were
registered on a Registration Statement (File No. 333-74768) on Form S-8 which
became effective on December 7, 2001.
(c) We issued an aggregate of 680,215 shares of our common stock during the
year ended December 31, 2000 to our employees or other service providers at a
range of $0.025 to $4.95 per share upon the exercise of stock options issued
under our 1996 Stock Option Plan, for an aggregate purchase price of $235,790.
(d) We granted options to purchase an aggregate of 5,771,150 shares of our
common stock during the year ended December 31, 2000 to our employees at per
share exercise prices ranging from $0.875 to $38.00.
(e) In June 2000, we issued an aggregate of 800,000 shares of our Series F
preferred stock at $12.00 per share for an aggregate purchase price of
$9,600,000 to four of our customers.
(f) In January 2000, we granted three employees options to purchase 330,000
shares of our Series E preferred stock at an exercise price of $16.00 per
share, and in April 2000, an option to purchase 110,000 shares of Series E
preferred stock was cancelled.
(g) In January 2000, we issued an aggregate of 3,318,513 shares of our
Series E preferred stock and warrants to purchase 2,212,342 shares of our
common stock at a nominal exercise price to HMTF Temic/Microtune Cayman, L.P.
and TIN Vermogensverwaltungsgesellschaft in exchange for all the outstanding
shares of HMTF Acquisition (Bermuda), Ltd., which securities were valued at, in
the aggregate, approximately $63.1 million.
We registered the initial public offering of our common stock, par value
$0.001 per share, on a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-36340)
which was declared effective on August 4, 2000. The offering closed on August
9, 2000. The managing underwriters of the offering were Goldman Sachs, Chase
H&Q, SG Cowen and Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. A total of 4.6 million shares of
our common stock were sold by us in the offering at a price of $16.00 per
share, resulting in gross proceeds of $73.6 million. The underwriting discount
was $5.2 million and the other expenses related to the offering totaled
approximately $1.6 million.
We registered an offering of up to $250 million our securities on a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-67850) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC) in August 2001. On December 7, 2001 we filed a
prospectus supplement in connection with the sale of 5,000,000 shares by us and
the sale of 2,000,000 shares by selling stockholders of our common stock which
was declared effective on December 14, 2001. On December 18, 2001 we sold
5,000,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to the prospectus supplement at a
price of $23.00 per share for net proceeds to us of approximately $109.3
million. The managing underwriters of the offering were Salomon Smith Barney,
JP Morgan, SG Cowen, and Prudential Securities. The underwriting discount for
the company was $5.75 million and the other expenses related to the offering
totaled approximately $329,000.
From the time to time, we have applied a portion of net proceeds from the
offerings toward funding operations, capital expenditures and acquisitions. We
are currently investing the proceeds of the offerings in interest-bearing,
investment-grade securities for future use.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
You should read the data presented below in conjunction with "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and
the historical and pro forma financial statements and the notes to those
financial statements included elsewhere herein. The historical consolidated
statement of operations data for each of the three years ended December 31,
2001, 2000 and 1999 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31,
2001 and 2000 have been derived from our financial statements, which have been
audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, and are included elsewhere
herein. The historical consolidated statement of operations data for the year
ended December 31, 1998 and 1997, and consolidated balance sheet data as of
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December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 has been derived from our audited financial
statements that are not included herein. The historical results are not
necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any future period.
Year Ended December 31,
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2001(1) 2000(1) 1999 1998 1997
-------- -------- ------- ------- -------
(in thousands, except per share data)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Net revenues....................................... $ 63,105 $ 70,829 $ -- $ -- $ --
Cost of revenues................................... 44,584 46,369 -- -- --
-------- -------- ------- ------- -------
Gross margin....................................... 18,521 24,460 -- -- --
Operating expenses:
Research and development:
Stock option compensation....................... 2,199 1,360 220 -- --
Other........................................... 18,151 13,472 5,913 3,174 2,091
-------- -------- ------- ------- -------
20,350 14,832 6,133 3,174 2,091
Acquired in-process research and development....... 34,106 12,692 -- -- --
Selling, general and administrative:
Stock option compensation....................... 1,875 2,838 630 -- --
Other........................................... 15,595 16,443 2,327 885 723
-------- -------- ------- ------- -------
17,470 19,281 2,957 885 723
Restructuring costs (3)............................ 3,013 -- -- -- --
Amortization of intangible assets and goodwill..... 8,011 8,414 -- -- --
-------- -------- ------- ------- -------
Total operating expenses........................... 82,950 55,219 9,090 4,059 2,814
-------- -------- ------- ------- -------
Loss from operations............................... (64,429) (30,759) (9,090) (4,059) (2,814)
Other income (expense)............................. 56 999 582 572 408
-------- -------- ------- ------- -------
Loss before income taxes........................... (64,373) (29,760) (8,508) (3,487) (2,406)
Income tax expense (benefit)....................... (182) 2,034 -- -- --
-------- -------- ------- ------- -------
Net loss........................................... (64,191) (31,794) (8,508) (3,487) (2,406)
Preferred stock dividends.......................... -- -- -- (811) (4,183)
-------- -------- ------- ------- -------
Net loss........................................... $(64,191) $(31,794) $(8,508) $(4,298) $(6,589)
-------- -------- ------- ------- -------
Basic and diluted loss per common share (2)........ $ (1.59) $ (1.57) $ (1.34) $ (1.04) $ (2.98)
======== ======== ======= ======= =======
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and
diluted loss per common share (2)................ 40,277 20,229 6,354 4,116 2,210
======== ======== ======= ======= =======
December 31,
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2001(1) 2000(1) 1999 1998 1997
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Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents.......................... $173,149 $ 77,650 $20,129 $ 7,868 $ 6,552
Working capital.................................... 175,415 90,091 19,643 7,186 4,023
Total assets....................................... 337,702 153,031 22,277 10,190 7,744
Total stockholders' equity......................... 309,786 132,107 21,605 9,508 5,215
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(1) See Note 2 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for
information concerning our acquisitions of Transilica, Inc., Microtune
Holland Design Center and Microtune KG, which affect the comparability of
the data presented above.
(2) See Note 1 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for
information concerning the computation of the number of shares used to
calculate net loss per common share.
(3) See Note 14 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for
information concerning the restructuring charge recorded in the fourth
quarter of 2001.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Certain statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including,
without limitation, statements in the discussion and analysis below contain
forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that
involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements for the plans, objectives,
expectations and intentions of Microtune. Such forward looking statements often
contain the words "plan", "could", "would", "may", "believe", "anticipates",
"estimates", "expects", and words of similar import, and may constitute forward
looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Readers are referred to the disclosures under the caption
"Factors Affecting Future Operating Results and Stock Price" in this report,
which describes factors that could cause actual events to differ materially
from those contained in the forward looking statements.
OVERVIEW
We are a silicon and systems company that designs, manufactures, and markets
radio frequency (RF) based solutions for the global broadband communications,
automotive electronics, and wireless connectivity markets.
History
We were incorporated in Texas in May 1996 and began operations in August
1996. In June 2000, we reincorporated in Delaware. From inception until
December 31, 1999, our primary activities consisted of raising capital,
recruiting radio frequency and analog engineers, developing our silicon
integrated circuit tuner for broadband radio frequencies and initiating
relationships with potential customers and suppliers.
In January 2000, we acquired Temic Telefunken Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH
(GmbH) and its affiliated companies (collectively, referred to as Temic). Temic
was founded in the early 1900's in Germany. In the late 1940's, Temic began
developing mechanical RF tuners, and in the late 1960's, it was the first
company to develop an electronic RF tuner. The two companies have been
operating as one company since the acquisition in January 2000. In addition,
GmbH converted to a KG and changed its name to Microtune GmbH & Co. KG
(Microtune KG), in August 2000.
In October 2001, we acquired a design center located in the Netherlands.
This design center was founded in the mid-1980's in the Netherlands and is
focused on the development of digital VLSI chips and associated software,
targeted at the digital television equipment market.
In November 2001, we consummated our acquisition of Transilica Inc.
(Transilica). Transilica was founded in 1998 and designs system-on-chip silicon
products for next-generation short-range wireless applications. The products
Transilica is developing consist of highly integrated solutions incorporating
radio transceivers, digital baseband and software on a single chip, which offer
customers low-power consumption and small form factors. Transilica's initial
products are targeted at the Bluetooth and 802.11 standards, which are
communication protocols for short-range wireless applications. To date,
Transilica's activities have consisted primarily of product research and
development and no significant revenues have been earned from the sale of these
products, although Transilica's Bluetooth products are now available for
commercial use. Transilica is also capable of designing customized
system-on-chip solutions to meet a customer's specific application requirements.
See Note 2 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional
information on our business acquisitions.
Financial Information
Since inception we have incurred significant losses, and as of December 31,
2001, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $111.0 million. With the
acquisition of Transilica, our activities have expanded into the wireless
connectivity market with Bluetooth technology and 802.11 technology. We have
not previously designed, manufactured, or marketed in this area. Our limited
combined operating history combined with
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business risks, including those risks set forth under the caption "Factors
Affecting Future Operating Results and Stock Price" in this Form 10-K, make the
prediction of future results of operations difficult, and as a result there can
be no assurance that we will achieve or sustain revenue growth or profitability.
The time lag between product availability and volume shipment can be
significant due to a sales process that includes customer qualification of our
products, and can take as long as two years during which we continue to evolve
our technology.
We have invested heavily in research and development of our RF integrated
circuits and systems technology. We expect to increase our investment in these
areas in absolute dollars to further develop our RF products. This investment
will include the continued recruitment of RF and analog integrated circuit
designers and systems engineers, acquisition of test, development and
production equipment and expansion of facilities for research and
manufacturing. As a result, we may continue to incur substantial losses from
operations for the foreseeable future.
We use IBM, TSMC and X-FAB to manufacture our wafers and Amkor and Carsem to
assemble our integrated circuits. We perform final testing, packaging and
shipping of our integrated circuits at our facility in Plano, Texas, and
overseas at Amkor and Carsem. With respect to our tuner modules, we perform
most of our assembly and calibration functions in our factory in Manila,
Philippines. Test functions of our tuner modules are performed in our factory
in Manila, Philippines, at our facility in Huntsville, Alabama and at AMB
Electric in Landshut, Germany.
As a result of our business acquisitions, we have recently experienced a
period of rapid growth and expansion. To manage this growth and any future
growth effectively, we are enhancing our existing operational and financial
systems.
Critical Accounting Policies
In preparing our consolidated financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we must make a
variety of estimates that affect the reported amounts and related disclosures.
The following accounting policies are currently considered most critical to the
preparation of our financial statements. If actual results differ significantly
from management's estimates and projections, there could be a material effect
on our financial statements.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues are recognized when product has been shipped and title to the
product has transferred to the customer or international distributor. Revenues
are recognized for distributors located in North America when product is
shipped and title of the product has transferred to end customers. Title to the
product may transfer to the end customer or distributor when shipped or when
received by the customer based on the specific agreement. Certain distributors
have the right to a stock rotation twice per year for up to 15% of annual
purchases from the Company. We evaluate the provision for estimated returns
quarterly, based on historical returns. To date we have not experienced
significant returns. An increase in the level of returns could have a material
and adverse effect on our financial statements.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
We maintained an allowance for doubtful accounts of $0.6 million at December
31, 2001. We evaluate the collectability of our accounts receivable based on a
combination of factors. In circumstances where we are aware of a specific
customer's inability to meet its financial obligations to us, we record a
specific reserve for bad debts against amounts due. If circumstances change,
such as the incurrence of higher than expected defaults or an unexpected
material adverse change occurs regarding a major customer's ability to meet its
financial obligations to us, our estimates of the recoverability of amounts due
us could be reduced by a material amount.
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Inventory Valuation
Inventory is valued net of allowances for unsalable or obsolete raw
materials, work-in-process and finished goods. Allowances are determined
quarterly by comparing inventory levels of individual materials and parts to
historical usage rates, current backlog and estimated future sales, in order to
identify specific components of inventory that are estimated unlikely to be
sold. Actual future write-offs of unsalable inventory may differ from estimates
used to determine inventory valuation allowances due to changes in customer
demand, technology changes and other factors and in the event such write-offs
are significantly greater than our estimates, such write-offs would have a
material and adverse effect on our financial statements.
Product Warranty Reserve
We provide a minimum of a one-year warranty on all products and record a
related provision for estimated warranty costs. Accrued warranty costs totaled
$0.7 million at December 31, 2001. Estimated warranty costs are recorded at the
date of sale based on a percentage of revenues derived from the Company's
historical warranty costs. Additionally, the Company records specific warranty
provisions for any identified individual product issues, which have been
insignificant to date. An increase in the Company's warranty return percentage
by 1% would cause a corresponding increase in accrued warranty cost of $0.6
million.
Asset Impairment
In connection with the acquisitions in 2001 and 2000, we recorded a
significant amount of goodwill and other intangible assets. Goodwill and other
intangible assets totaled $50.3 million and $64.8 million, respectively at
December 31, 2001. We evaluate the carrying value of our intangible assets for
impairment whenever indicators of impairment exist. If we determine that such
indicators are present, we prepare an undiscounted future cash flow analysis
for the asset. In preparing the analysis, we must make a number of assumptions
regarding the expected cash flows to be generated from these assets. If our
projection of future net cash flows is equal to or in excess of the carrying
value of the recorded asset, no impairment is recorded. If the carrying value
of the asset exceeds the projected undiscounted net cash flows, an impairment
charge is recorded. To date, we have not recorded an impairment of our goodwill
or other intangible assets. However, if future actual results do not meet our
expectations, we may be required to record an impairment charge, the amount of
which could be have a material and adverse effect on our financial statements.
Deferred Taxes
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, at December 31, 2001, the Company had
a net operating loss carryforward of approximately $72.6 million and an unused
research and development credit carryforward of approximately $1.4 million
which begins to expire in 2011. Due to the uncertainty of our ability to
utilize these deferred tax assets, the Company has provided a valuation
allowance of $9.7 million against its U.S. net deferred tax assets. If the
Company generates U.S. taxable income in future periods, reversal of this
valuation allowance could have a significant positive impact on net income in
the period that it becomes more likely than not that the net operating loss
carryforward will be recognized.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth, for the years ended December 31, 2001 and
2000, certain data from our consolidated statements of operations expressed as
a percentage of net revenues:
Year Ended December 31,
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2001 2000
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Net revenues.................................. 100% 100%
Cost of revenues.............................. 71 65
---- ---
Gross margin.................................. 29 35
Operating expenses:
Research and development:
Stock option compensation..................... 3 2
Other......................................... 29 19
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32 21
Acquired in-process research and development.. 54 18
Selling, general and administration:
Stock option compensation..................... 3 4
Other......................................... 25 23
---- ---
28 27
Restructuring costs........................... 4 --
Amortization of intangible assets and goodwill 13 12
---- ---
Total operating expenses...................... 131 78
---- ---
Loss from operations.......................... (102) (43)
Other income (expense)........................ -- 1
---- ---
Loss before income taxes...................... (102) (42)
Income tax expense (benefit).................. -- 3
---- ---
Net loss...................................... (102)% (45)%
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COMPARISON OF YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001, 2000 AND 1999
Net Revenues
Our net revenues decreased $7.7 million, or 11%, to $63.1 million in 2001,
from $70.8 million in 2000. This decrease is primarily due to lower demand for
our cable modem products partially offset by increased demand for our
automotive products. The cable modem industry experienced a buildup of
inventories in 2000 and that combined with the softening economy negatively
impacted demand for our cable modem products in 2001. In the second half of
2001, we began to see signs of recovery of the markets we sell into based on
changes in our backlog of orders from customers. In addition, we acquired
Transilica Inc. on November 28, 2001. We believe both of these events will lead
to increased revenues primarily in the second half of 2002. Sales to Daimler
Chrysler accounted for approximately 22% and 19% in 2001 and 2000,
respectively. Sales to our twenty largest customers, including sales to their
respective manufacturing subcontractors, accounted for approximately 80% and
77% of our revenues in 2001 and 2000, respectively. We did not generate net
revenues in 1999.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues includes the cost of purchases for subcontracted materials,
integrated circuit assembly, factory labor and overhead and warranty costs. In
addition, we perform final testing of our products and incur cost for the
depreciation of our test and handling equipment, labor, quality assurance and
logistics. Our subcontracted materials experience cyclical trends in pricing
due to fluctuations in demand.
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Our cost of revenues in 2001 was $44.6 million, or 71% of net revenues,
compared to $46.4 million, or 65% of net revenues, in 2000. Our gross margins
in 2001 decreased compared to 2000 primarily as a result of decreased
utilization of our available manufacturing capability in our factories, pricing
pressure on more mature product lines and a charge of $1.7 million for excess
inventory that was recorded in the first quarter of 2001. In the near future,
we believe gross margins may improve due to the consolidation of our factories
in the Philippines, increasing levels of our silicon in our product mix and
changes in our product mix as a result of our acquisition of Transilica.
However, we do not expect gross margins to consistently increase each quarter.
As we add new products to our manufacturing lines, we will incur higher cost of
revenues, which may be offset over time as we negotiate volume discounts with
our suppliers and become more efficient in manufacturing each new product. We
did not generate revenues from the sale of our products in 1999 and, therefore,
did not incur cost of revenues.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist of personnel-related expenses, lab
supplies, training and prototype subcontract materials. We expense all of our
research and development costs in the period incurred. Research and development
efforts are currently focused primarily on development of the next generation
of RF products. Research and development expenses for 2001 were $20.4 million,
or 32% of net revenues, compared to $14.8 million, or 21% of net revenues, in
2000, and compared to $6.1 million in 1999. The increase in research and
development expenses reflects continued recruiting of engineers, increased
prototype activity in the silicon design process in 2001 and 2000, and the
acquisitions of Microtune KG in January 2000, SPaSE, a design center located in
the Netherlands, in October 2001, and Transilica, in November 2001. We expect
that research and development expenses will increase in absolute dollars in
future periods, and may fluctuate significantly as a percentage of net revenues
from period to period. Stock option compensation related to research and
development was $2.2 million in 2001, $1.4 million in 2000, and $0.2 million in
1999, but does not affect our total stockholders' equity or cash flows.
Acquired In-Process Research and Development
As a result of our acquisition of Transilica and the acquisition of SPaSE,
we recorded acquired in-process research and development costs of $34.1 million
in 2001. As a result of our combination with Temic, we recorded acquired
in-process research and development costs of $12.7 million in 2000. Amounts
allocated to acquired in-process research and development were expensed at the
date of combination or acquisition, because as of such date the purchased
research and development had no alternative uses, and had not reached
technological feasibility based on the status of design and development
activities that required further refinement and testing. Acquired in-process
research and development did not affect our cash flows.
We are primarily responsible for estimating the fair values of intangible
assets and acquired in-process research and development. Our estimates of the
fair values of intangible assets and acquired in-process research and
development were determined based on information furnished by management of the
companies acquired. The estimates used in valuing the research and development
were based upon assumptions regarding future events and circumstances
management believes to be reasonable, but that are inherently uncertain and
unpredictable. The relative stage of completion and projected operating cash
flows of the underlying in-process projects acquired were the most significant
and uncertain assumptions utilized in the valuation analysis of the acquired
in-process research and development. Such uncertainties could give rise to
unforeseen budget overruns and revenue shortfalls in the event that we are
unable to successfully complete and commercialize the projects and such
overruns and shortfalls could materially and adversely affect our financial
condition and business prospects.
The value of the acquired in-process research and development was determined
by discounting the estimated projected net cash flows related to the applicable
products of each acquisition for the amount of years as shown in the table
below, including costs to complete the development of the technology and the
future revenues to be earned upon release of the products. The rates utilized
to discount the net cash flows to present value as shown in the table below
were based on the weighted average cost of capital adjusted for the risks
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associated with the estimated growth, profitability, developmental and market
risks of the acquired development projects for each acquisition. Projected net
cash flows from such products of each acquisition are based on estimates of
revenues and operating profit (loss) related to such products. Management
expects that the purchased research and development projects generally will be
successfully developed into commercially viable products. However, there can be
no assurance that commercial viability or timely release of these products will
be achieved.
Year Cash
Estimated/Actual Cost/Time to Inflows
Complete Projects Began or
------------------------------- are
Acquisition In Process Discount Projected
Entity Acquired Date Projects Rate At Acquisition At Dec. 31, 2001 to Begin
--------------- ----------- ------------ -------- -------------- ---------------- ---------
Transilica Inc. Nov. 2001 Short-range 35% $3.2 million/ $3.0 million/ 2003
wireless Oct. 2002 Oct. 2002
applications
SPaSE B.V...... Oct. 2001 DVB-T 28% $2.7 million/ $2.6 million/ 2003
demodulator June 2003 June 2003
applications
Microtune KG... Jan. 2000 Cable Modem 22% $0.4 million/ $0.3 million/ 2000
Dec. 2000 Dec. 2000
Set-top box 22% $0.1 million/ $0.1 million/ --
Oct. 2000 Nov. 2000
Automotive 22% $2.1 million/ $1.8 million/ 2002
March 20002 Sept. 2001
Multimedia 22% $0.4 million/ $0.3 million/ 2000
Oct. 2000 Nov. 2000
At December 31, 2001, we expect to essentially meet our original cash flows
and return expectations for these projects. Revenues were projected to begin in
2001 for development projects in the set-top box product group, but as of
December 31, 2001, it is expected that these projects will not produce any
significant future revenues nor will these products generate net cash inflows.
However, the failure to develop these products is not expected to have a
material impact on the overall return on our investment in the acquired
technology or our future results of operations or financial condition.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses include our personnel-related
expenses for administration, finance, human resources, marketing and sales,
information technology and legal departments, and include expenditures related
to legal, public relations and financial advisors. In addition, these expenses
include promotional and marketing costs, sales commissions, shipping costs to
customers and reserves for bad debts.
Selling, general and administration expenses for 2001 were $17.5 million, or
28% of net revenues, compared to $19.3 million, or 27% of net revenues in 2000,
and compared to $3.0 million in 1999. The decrease for 2001 from 2000 relates
to decreases in variable selling expenses such as commissions and shipping
costs and due to the elimination of certain duplications of headcount and
overhead that existed following the combination of the Company and Temic. These
decreases are partially offset by significant increases in legal expenses as we
filed a lawsuit alleging patent infringement in the United States Court against
Broadcom Corporation and in the cost of our Directors and Officers insurance
primarily as a result of multiple purported securities fraud class action
complaints filed in the United States Court against us. The increase for 2000
from 1999 primarily related to the additional selling and general
administrative costs of $8.9 million in 2000 associated with Microtune KG's
ongoing expenses. Stock option compensation related to selling, general and
administration was $1.9 million in 2001, $2.8 million in 2000, and $0.6 million
in 1999, but does not affect our total stockholders' equity or cash flows. The
decrease in stock option compensation from 2000 is primarily due to the
termination of unvested options for employees who are no longer employed by the
Company.
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Amortization of Intangible Assets and Goodwill
Amortization of intangible assets and goodwill for 2001 was $8.0 million
compared to $8.4 million in 2000 and none in 1999. Amortization of intangible
assets and goodwill for these periods resulted principally from our combination
with Temic. All combinations were accounted for using the purchase method of
accounting. Effective January 1, 2002 acquired goodwill and intangible assets
with indefinite lives will no longer be amortized, but will be subject to
annual impairment tests in accordance with SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets. Application of the non-amortization provisions of SFAS No.
142 is expected to decrease amortization of intangible assets and goodwill by
$5.8 million in 2002. However, it is currently estimated that annual
amortization of recorded intangible assets will increase to $15.2 million in
2002 as the result of the acquisitions of Transilica and the design center
located in the Netherlands.
Other Income and Expense
Other income and expense consists of interest income from investment of cash
and cash equivalents, foreign currency gains and losses and other non-operating
income and expenses. Interest income for 2001 was $3.1 million compared to $2.7
million in 2000 and $0.6 million in 1999. The increase is mainly due to the
investment of proceeds received in our initial public offering on August 4,
2000 and the follow-on common stock offering completed on December 18, 2001.
Through June 30, 2000, the Company used the U.S. Dollar as its functional
currency, except that the German Mark was used as its functional currency for
Microtune KG and its subsidiaries (collectively, the Microtune KG
Subsidiaries). Foreign currency exchange gains and losses resulting from the
translation of financial statements denominated in German Marks of Microtune KG
into U.S. Dollars through June 30, 2000, were included as a component of
stockholders' equity. Foreign currency exchange gains and losses resulting from
the remeasurement of financial statements not denominated in German Marks of
Microtune KG outside of Germany into German Marks were recognized currently in
the our results of operations as a component of foreign currency gains and
losses.
Effective July 1, 2000, we changed the functional currency of the Microtune
KG Subsidiaries to the U.S. Dollar from the German Mark to reflect the manner
in which the Microtune KG Subsidiaries are now managed and operated. Subsequent
to June 30, 2000, the financial statements of the Subsidiaries are remeasured
into the U.S. Dollar. Effective January 1, 2002, we began utilizing the Euro
exclusively in place of the German Mark, in conjunction with the adoption of
the Euro as the common national currency in Germany. As the exchange rate
between the German Mark and the Euro was established at a fixed rate, there was
no financial impact from this change. The impact from the remeasurement of
financial statements not denominated in U.S. Dollars is recognized currently in
our results of operations as a component of foreign currency gains and losses.
Foreign currency transaction and translation losses, net, were $2.1 million in
2001 compared to $2.5 million in 2000 and none in 1999.
Other expenses for 2001 includes an approximately $1.0 million charge
related to an uncollectible loan to a private radio frequency research and
development focused company, which was made in May 2001.
Income Taxes
Prior to our combination with Temic, the Company had not recognized any
provision for income taxes. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, at December
31, 2001, the Company had a net operating loss carryforward of approximately
$72.6 million and an unused research and development credit carryforward of
approximately $1.4 million, which begins to expire in 2011. Due to the
uncertainty of our ability to utilize these deferred tax assets, they have been
fully reserved.
The provision for 2001 and 2000 consists of foreign income taxes and U.S.
State franchise taxes. Effective January 1, 2001, the German government reduced
tax rates of retained earnings, previously 40%, and earnings distributed as a
dividend, previously 30%, to a flat rate of 25%. The impact of this change on
deferred income taxes was recorded in 2000 when the law was enacted.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2001, the Company had net working capital of $175.4
million, including $173.1 million of cash and cash equivalents. The Company
considers highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or
less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of bank
deposits, money market funds and asset-backed commercial paper. Our investments
in asset-backed commercial paper are comprised of high-quality securities in
accordance with the Company's investment policy.
Operating activities used $5.1 million in cash during 2001, which was $0.9
million less than the $6.0 million used in 2000 and $1.4 million less than the
$6.5 million used in 1999. The decrease in cash used in operating activities in
2001 from 2000 and 1999 was due to a decrease in cash required for working
capital which more than offset the impact of the increase in our net loss,
excluding non-cash charges experienced in 2001. The decrease in cash required
for working capital in 2001 compared to 2000 is primarily due to significantly
decreased inventory and increased accrued expenses. Inventories significantly
decreased due to improved purchasing management and the sale of inventory that
had built up during 2000 in anticipation of increasing product demand. In the
future inventories may increase in comparison to other assets as we prepare for
increasing product shipments resulting in increased revenue that we believe
will occur. Accrued expenses increased due to the timing of purchases in the
last quarter of the year and the impact of the two acquisitions in the fourth
quarter of 2001. These decreases in cash usage are partially offset by
increased accounts receivable and increased other assets. The increase in
accounts receivable is a result of timing of sales during the last quarter of
2001 primarily due to the consolidation of our manufacturing operations in the
Philippines. During the second month of the fourth quarter the factory was
closed and hence the equipment was moved and set up at the other factory which
consumed a considerable amount of time and pushed a significant amount of
product shipments from the second month of the quarter to the third month of
the quarter. Our standard terms provide for payment for products sold to be
made within thirty days, therefore the majority of shipments in the third month
of the fourth quarter could not be collected before the end of the year.
Investing activities used $11.0 million in cash during 2001, which was $0.2
million more than the $10.8 million used in 2000 and $10.1 million more than
the $0.9 million used in 1999. The increase in 2001 compared to 2000 and 1999
resulted primarily from the acquisitions of Transilica and the design center
located in the Netherlands in the fourth quarter of 2001. Investments in
property and equipment were $8.7 million, $13.7 million and $0.9 million in
2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. We expect capital expenditures to range from
$1.0 million to $4.0 million per quarter in 2002.
Financing activities provided $113.7 million in cash during 2001, which was
$36.5 million more than the $77.1 million provided in 2000 and $94.1 million
more than the $19.6 million provided in 1999. On December 18, 2001, we issued 5
million shares of common stock in a follow-on public offering resulting in net
proceeds of approximately $109 million to us. On August 4, 2000, we issued 4.6
million common stock shares in our initial public offering resulting in net
proceeds to us of approximately $66.8 million. Prior to our initial public
offering we funded our operations primarily through the issuance of convertible
preferred stock, which generated net cash proceeds of approximately $9.6
million in 2000 and $16.4 million in 1999. We also received cash of
approximately $3.9 million from the sale of common stock upon the exercise of
options and from shares purchased under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan during
2001 compared to $0.3 million in 2000 and $0.2 million in 1999.
At December 31, 2001, Microtune KG had a credit agreement with a bank that
provides for borrowings of up to $0.9 million. The agreement is cancelable upon
notification by the bank. Borrowings under this agreement bear interest at a
rate determined from time to time by the bank. The rate was 6.75% at December
31, 2001. At December 31, 2001, no borrowings were outstanding under this
credit agreement.
At December 31, 2001 we had cash commitments totaling $15.8 million related
to future minimum lease payments for buildings, equipment and software. In
addition, Microtune KG has guaranteed $3.1 million of these future minimum
lease payments in connection with obligations issued to finance the
construction of its land and building that is leased. See Note 8 of Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements.
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We believe that our current balances of cash and cash equivalents will
provide adequate liquidity to fund our operations and meet our other cash
requirements through 2002. However, we may find it necessary or we may choose
to seek additional financing if our investment plans change, or if industry or
market conditions are favorable for a particular type of financing. If we raise
additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities,
the percentage ownership of our stockholders will be reduced, perhaps
significantly.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS
No. 141, Business Combinations, effective as of June 30, 2001 and No. 142,
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, effective for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2001. Under the new rules, the pooling-of-interests method
of accounting for business combinations has been eliminated. Also, the criteria
for recognizing acquired intangible assets apart from goodwill has been
changed, and acquired goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite
lives will no longer be amortized, but will be subject to annual impairment
tests in accordance with SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142. Other intangible assets
will continue to be amortized over their useful lives.
The Company will apply SFAS 142 on accounting for goodwill and other
intangible assets beginning in the first quarter of 2002. Application of the
nonamortization provisions of SFAS No. 142 is expected to result in an increase
in net income of $5.8 million ($0.15 per share based upon shares outstanding as
of December 31, 2001) for 2002. We will perform the first of the required
impairment test of goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets as of
January 1, 2002 and has not yet determined what the effect of these tests will
be on the results of operations and financial position of the Company.
In October 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment
or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2001. This statement establishes new rules for determining
impairment of certain other long-lived assets, including intangible assets
subject to amortization, property and equipment and long-term prepaid assets.
The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a significant effect on
the operating results or the financial position of the Company.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The following discusses our exposure to market risk related to changes in
interest rates, equity prices and foreign currency exchange rates. This
discussion contains forward looking statements that are subject to risks and
uncertainties. Actual results could vary materially as a result of a number of
factors including those set forth in the "Factors Affecting Future Operating
Results and Stock Price" section. Following our combination with Temic, we now
transact both sales and purchases in multiple foreign currencies, including the
Euro and Philippine Peso. Due to the volatile nature of the currency markets,
there is a potential risk of foreign currency translation losses, as well as
gains.
A significant portion of our operations consists of manufacturing and sales
activities in foreign jurisdictions. Our products are manufactured in the
United States and the Philippines. We also have sales offices and design
centers located throughout other parts of the world. Some of our net revenues
are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, in particular the
German Mark. We also incur operating costs in currencies other than the U.S.
dollar, in particular the German Mark and the Philippine Peso. As a result, our
financial results could be significantly affected by factors such as changes in
foreign currency exchange rates or weak economic conditions in the foreign
markets in which we produce and distribute our products. Our operating results
are exposed to changes in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the
Philippine Peso and the German Mark. When the U.S. dollar strengthens against
the German Mark, the value of nonfunctional currency sales decreases and the
value of nonfunctional currency operating costs increase. When the U.S. dollar
weakens, the value of nonfunctional currency sales increases and the value of
nonfunctional currency operating costs decreases.
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We currently do not use derivative financial instruments to hedge our
balance sheet exposures against future movements in exchange rates. However, we
are currently evaluating our exchange risk management strategy, including
changes in our organizational structure and other capital structuring
techniques to manage our currency risk. Our net investment in foreign
subsidiaries, translated to U.S. Dollars using exchange rates at December 31,
2001, was $54.7 million. A potential loss in the value of this net investment
resulting from a hypothetical 10% adverse change in foreign exchange rates
would be approximately $5.5 million.
Currently, our cash and cash equivalents are invested in bank deposits,
money market funds and asset-backed commercial paper. Our investments in
asset-backed commercial paper are comprised of high-quality securities in
accordance with our investment policy. The carrying value of these cash
equivalents approximates fair market value. Our investments are subject to
interest rate risk, the risk that our financial condition and results of
operations could be adversely effected due to movements in interest rates. If
interest rates were to change by 100 basis points, our investment income would
be reduced by approximately $1.7 million based on our cash and cash equivalents
as of December 31, 2001.
Euro Conversion
Twelve European Union member states (Germany, France, the Netherlands,
Austria, Italy, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Belgium, Greece, Portugal and
Luxembourg) have adopted the Euro as their common national currency. On January
1, 2002, Euro-denominated bills and coins were issued, and by July 1, 2002,
only the Euro will be accepted as legal tender in these countries. We do not
expect future balance sheets, statements of operations or statements of cash
flows to be significantly impacted by the Euro conversion.
Certain statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including,
without limitation, statements in the discussion and analysis below contain
forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that
involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements for the plans, objectives,
expectations and intentions of Microtune. Such forward looking statements often
contain the words "plan", "could", "would", "may", "believe", "anticipates",
"estimates", "expects", and words of similar import, and may constitute forward
looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Readers are referred to the disclosures under the caption
"Factors Affecting Future Operating Results and Stock Price" in this report,
which describes factors that could cause actual events to differ materially
from those contained in the forward looking statements.
FACTORS AFFECTING FUTURE OPERATING RESULTS AND STOCK PRICE
This report contains forward looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and
uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward looking statements as a result of certain factors,
including those set forth below and elsewhere in this report.
If we are unable to migrate our customers over time from our modules using
discrete components to our radio frequency silicon products or our modules that
incorporate our radio frequency silicon products, our operating results could
be harmed.
Our future success will depend on our ability to continue the successful
migration of our customers from our modules that use discrete components to our
radio frequency silicon products, or to MicroModules containing the MicroTuner
and our other silicon products, by convincing leading equipment manufacturers
to select these products for design into their own products. If we are not able
to convince these manufacturers to incorporate our silicon products our
operating results could be harmed.
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We are just beginning our transition to the Oracle ERP system and we may be
unable to complete the transition efficiently or effectively.
We began the process of moving all of our ERP systems to Oracle in late
2001. We plan to begin the move of our accounting functions and financial
statement reporting systems to Oracle in 2002. Manufacturing forecasting,
purchasing, and planning will be transitioned to Oracle later. The Oracle ERP
system is important to management's ability to obtain accurate and timely
company-wide data which is necessary for management decision-making and
financial reporting. Migration to and full use of the Oracle ERP system has
caused and will continue to cause changes in business processes and practices.
Full utilization of the system requires continual improvement in the system,
changes to business practices and training of employees. We may not be able to
complete the transition on a timely and cost-effective basis. In addition, we
could experience a disruption in our manufacturing, invoicing our customers, or
other functions during the transition to Oracle.
We may be unable to effectively integrate operations related to the
Transilica Acquisition and any acquisition that we may complete in the future.
We acquired Transilica on November 28, 2001, and we are still in the process
of integrating Transilica's operations with ours. Integrating operations of two
ongoing businesses can be difficult, especially when they are located in
different countries. In addition to integrating the operational aspects of our
two companies, we will also face challenges coordinating and consolidating our
financial reporting functions. For example, our accounting functions utilize
different software programs. We may not be able to complete this integration on
a timely and cost-effective basis.
The Transilica acquisition and future acquisitions may require significant
capital infusions and typically involve a number of special risks, including
the inability to obtain, or meet conditions imposed for governmental approvals
for the acquisition, the diversion of management's attention to the
assimilation of the operations and personnel of acquired businesses, the
unpredictability of costs related to the acquisition and the difficulty of
integration of acquired businesses, products, technologies and employees into
our business and product offerings. Achieving the anticipated benefits of any
acquisition will depend, in part, upon whether integration of the acquired
business, products, technology, or employees is accomplished in an efficient
and effective manner, and there can be no assurance that this will occur. The
difficulties of such integration may be increased by the necessity of
coordinating geographically disparate organizations, the complexity of the
technologies being integrated, and the necessity of integrating personnel with
disparate business backgrounds and combining different corporate cultures. For
example, Transilica has operations in Japan, Taiwan and Singapore and has a
corporate culture that may differ in certain respects from our own.
Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we can successfully integrate the
business and personnel of Transilica or any future acquisitions into our own.
The inability of management to successfully integrate any acquisition that
we may pursue, and any related diversion of management's attention, could have
a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial
position. Moreover, there can be no assurance that any products acquired will
gain acceptance in our markets, that we will be able to penetrate new markets
successfully or that we will obtain the anticipated or desired benefits of such
acquisitions. Despite our belief that Transilica's products will eventually be
accretive and synergistic to our business, there can be no assurance that
Transilica's products will gain acceptance by our current customers or that
they will enable us to penetrate new markets. Also, acquired products may
contain defects of which we are unaware which may result in increased and
unanticipated development costs. In addition, acquisitions may materially and
adversely affect our results of operations because they may result in
significant one-time accounting charges or could result in increased debt or
contingent liabilities, adverse tax consequences, substantial depreciation or
deferred compensation charges, acquired in-process research and development
expenses, or the amortization of amounts related to deferred compensation, and
intangible assets. Any acquisition that we pursue or consummate could result in
the incurrence of debt and contingent liabilities, goodwill and other
intangibles, other acquisition-related expenses, and the loss of key employees.
Moreover, we cannot predict accounting regulations, conventions,
interpretations and related issues that may emerge in the future which could
have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial
position.
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We cannot assure you that we will be able to consummate any pending or
future acquisitions or that we will realize the benefits anticipated from these
acquisitions. We have limited organizational experience in acquiring and
integrating businesses, and we will need to develop the relevant skills if we
are to be successful in realizing the benefits of any future acquisitions. In
the future, we may not be able to find other suitable acquisition opportunities
that are available at attractive valuations, if at all. Even if we do find
suitable acquisition opportunities, we may not be able to consummate the
acquisitions on commercially acceptable terms. In addition, we may need to
issue equity securities that could be dilutive to our existing stockholders in
order to consummate such acquisitions.
The intensive capital and cash requirements of Transilica could have a
material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial position
or future prospects and could cause a substantial decline in the trading price
of Microtune's common stock.
Transilica is a capital intensive business and we anticipate that Transilica
will require significant cash to fund its operations. The intensive capital and
cash requirements of Transilica could cause a drain on our cash reserves, or
could require us to access the capital markets or pursue private equity or debt
investment by outside third parties to further fund the operation of
Transilica's business. There can be no assurances that our funding of
Transilica's cash requirements will enable Transilica to meet its product
development and sales objectives. Furthermore, the intensive capital and cash
requirements of Transilica could have material adverse effect on Microtune's
business, operating results, financial position or future prospects and could
cause a substantial decline in the trading price of Microtune's common stock.
Transilica is currently in the research and development phase of its product
development and it does not currently generate significant revenue from the
sales of its products.
There can be no assurance that if Transilica's products achieve commercial
viability, they will be accepted by our current customers or that such products
will enable us to penetrate new markets. The inability of Transilica's products
to gain acceptance with our current and potential customers could have a
material adverse effect on Microtune's business, operating results, financial
position or future prospects.
As a result of the Transilica acquisition and any significant future
acquisitions that we complete in which a substantial amount of equity
securities of Microtune are issued, the holders of Microtune common stock will
experience immediate and substantial dilution to their percentage stockholdings
of Microtune.
Upon closing of the Transilica acquisition, Microtune issued shares
equivalent to 19.99% of its outstanding common stock to the shareholders and
option holders of Transilica. Upon the issuance of this stock, the holdings of
the current stockholders of Microtune were substantially diluted. The issuance
and registration by Microtune of shares of its common stock in any acquisition
may cause the price of our common stock to decline. A decline in the price of
our common stock could also negatively affect our ability to pursue future
acquisitions, or cause future acquisitions to be more dilutive.
As a result of the Temic, Transilica, and SPaSE acquisitions, we have
recorded $130.7 million of goodwill and acquired intangibles which will be
amortized over one to seven years.
This amortization, if continued, would increase our net loss or decrease our
net income. However, in June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 141,
Business Combinations, effective June 30, 2001, and No. 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets, effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2001. Under the new rules, the pooling-of-
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interests method of accounting for business combinations has been eliminated.
Also, the criteria for recognizing acquired intangible assets apart from
goodwill has been changed, and acquired goodwill and intangible assets recorded
having indefinite lives will no longer be amortized, but will be subject to
annual impairment tests in accordance with SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142. Other
acquired intangible assets will continue to be amortized over their useful
lives. We will apply the new rules on accounting for goodwill and other
intangible assets recorded as a result of the Temic, Transilica, and SPaSe
acquisitions beginning in the first quarter of 2002. During 2002, we will
perform the first of the required impairment tests of goodwill and indefinite
lived intangible assets as of January 1, 2002. We have not yet determined what
the effect of these tests will be on our earnings or financial position. If our
investment is subject to earlier than expected write-offs, our net income or
net loss in any given period could be lower than anticipated and the market
price of our stock could decline.
We are dependent upon third parties, some of whom compete with us, for the
supply of components for our module manufacturing. Our failure to obtain
components for our module manufacturing would seriously harm our ability to
ship modules to our customers in a timely manner.
Many of the components for our modules are sole-sourced, meaning that we
depend upon one supplier for a specific component. At times we have experienced
significant difficulties in obtaining an adequate supply of components
necessary for our manufacturing operations, which have on occasion prevented us
from delivering radio frequency products to our customers in a timely manner.
For example, in 2000, we did not receive our expected allocation of components
from several significant sole-source suppliers which constrained our ability to
meet customer demand. Failure to meet customer demand can result in customers
selecting competitor products. We are not able to quantify the amount of lost
revenues due to our failure to satisfy customer demand, but we believe the loss
of revenue may have been material in 2000, and may be material in the future.
We may experience similar shortages of components in the future.
We usually do not have long-term supply agreements with our suppliers and
instead obtain components on a purchase order basis. Our suppliers typically
have no obligation to supply products to us for any specific period, in any
specific quantity or at any specific price, except as set forth in a particular
purchase order. Our requirements often represent a small portion of the total
production capacity of our suppliers, and our suppliers may reallocate capacity
to other customers even during periods of high demand for our radio frequency
products. In addition, some of our suppliers offer or may offer products that
compete with our radio frequency products. As a result, these suppliers may
preferentially allocate their components to in-house or third party
manufacturers, rather than us.
If our suppliers were to become unable or unwilling to continue
manufacturing or supplying the components that we utilize in our radio
frequency products, our business would be seriously harmed. As a result, we
would have to identify and qualify substitute suppliers or design around the
component. This would be time-consuming and difficult, and may result in
unforeseen manufacturing and operations problems. This may also require our
customers to requalify our parts for their products, which may be a lengthy
process. The loss of a significant supplier or the inability of a supplier to
meet performance and quality specifications or delivery schedules could impede
our ability to meet customer demand for timeliness, performance and quality,
which could harm our reputation and our business.
If we are unable to develop and introduce new radio frequency products
successfully and in a cost-effective and timely manner or to achieve market
acceptance of our new products, our operating results would be substantially
harmed.
Our future success depends on our ability to develop new radio frequency
products for existing and new markets, introduce these products in a
cost-effective and timely manner, meet customer specifications and convince
leading equipment manufacturers to select these products for design into their
own new products. Our quarterly results in the past have been, and are expected
in the future to continue to be, dependent on the introduction and market
acceptance of a relatively small number of new products and the timely
completion and
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delivery of those products to our customers. For example, we believe that
market acceptance of our radio frequency integrated circuits for the cable
modem market were limited until the time that we introduced radio frequency
integrated circuits with the power requirements that conformed to the evolving
specifications of some cable modem manufacturers.
The development of new radio frequency products is highly complex, and from
time to time we have experienced delays in completing the development and
introduction of new products. In addition, some of our new product development
efforts are focused on producing silicon products utilizing architectures and
technologies with which we have no experience and delivering performance
characteristics such as low power consumption at levels that we have not
previously achieved. If we are not able to develop and introduce these new
products successfully and in a cost-effective and timely manner, we will not be
able to penetrate our target markets successfully and our operating results
would be substantially harmed.
We face intense competition in the broadband communications, radio frequency
tuner and wireless connectivity markets, which could reduce our market share in
existing markets and affect our ability to enter new markets.
The broadband communications, radio frequency tuner, and wireless
connectivity markets are intensely competitive. We expect competition to
continue to increase as industry standards become well known and as other
competitors enter our target markets. We compete with, or may in the future
compete with, a number of major domestic and international suppliers of
integrated circuit and system modules in the cable modem, PC/TV, set-top box,
cable telephony, digital TV and automotive markets. We compete primarily with
tuner manufacturers such as Alps, Panasonic, Philips Electronics, Samsung and
Thomson, with semiconductor companies such as Anadigics, Analog Devices,
Broadcom and Maxim, and potentially with companies such as Conexant and Silicon
Wave. Conexant, Broadcom and Silicon Wave have announced silicon tuner products
that compete with our tuner products. We compete with companies such as
Infineon, Philips, Broadcom and others that supply wireless connectivity
solutions. Among other things, several of our competitors have broader product
and service offerings and could bundle their competitive tuner products with
other products and services they offer. This competition has resulted and may
continue to result in declining average selling prices for our radio frequency
products.
Many of our current and potential competitors have advantages over us,
including:
. longer operating histories and presence in key markets;
. greater name recognition;
. access to larger customer bases;
. significantly greater financial, sales and marketing, manufacturing,
distribution, technical and other resources;
. relationships with potential customers as a result of the sales of other
components, which relationships our competitors can leverage into sales of
products competitive with our radio frequency products; and
. broader product and service offerings that may allow them to compete
effectively by bundling their products.
As a result, our competitors may be able to adapt more quickly to new or
emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements and may be able to
devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their
products.
Consolidation by industry participants, including in some cases,
acquisitions of some of our customers or suppliers by our competitors, or
acquisitions of our competitors by our customers or suppliers, could create
entities with increased market share, customer base, technology and marketing
expertise in markets in which we compete. In fact, some of our suppliers offer
or may offer products that compete with our radio frequency products. These
developments may significantly and adversely affect our current markets, the
markets we are seeking to serve and our ability to compete successfully in
those markets, thereby harming our results of operations.
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The average selling price of our products will likely decrease over time. If
the selling price reductions are greater than we expect, our operating results
will be harmed.
Historically, the average selling price of our products has decreased over
the products' lives. In addition, as the markets for radio frequency integrated
circuit products and transceivers mature, we believe that it is likely that the
average unit prices of our radio frequency products will decrease in response
to competitive pricing pressures, increased sales discounts, new product
introductions and product bundling. To offset these decreases, we rely
primarily on achieving yield improvements and other cost reductions for
existing products and on introducing new products that can often be sold at
higher average selling prices.
Although we will seek to increase the sales of our higher margin products,
our sales, product and process development efforts may not be successful. Our
new products or processes may not achieve market acceptance. To the extent we
are unable to reduce costs or sell our higher margin products, our results of
operations would suffer.
We expect our quarterly operating results to continue to fluctuate.
Our quarterly results of operations have fluctuated significantly in the
past and may fluctuate significantly in the future due to a number of factors,
many of which are not in our control. These factors include:
. timing, cancellation and rescheduling of significant customer orders,
which result in revenues being shifted from one quarter to another;
. the ability of our customers to procure the necessary components for their
end-products that utilize our radio frequency tuners to conduct their
operations as planned for any quarter;
. pricing concessions on volume sales to particular customers for
established time frames;
. slowdowns in customer demand and related industry-wide increases in
inventories;
. our inability to predict our customers' demand for our products;
. changes in our product and customer mix between quarters;
. labor disputes at our manufacturing facility in the Philippines, which may
cause temporary slowdowns or shutdowns of operations;
. quality problems with our radio frequency tuners that result in
significant returns; and
. allocation of wafer capacity for our silicon products and/or allocation of
components used in our module products.
Our manufacturing operations could be adversely impacted and our financial
performance harmed if we fail to successfully transition manufacturing
operations from our union facility to our newer facility.
Microtune previously operated two manufacturing facilities in Manila,
Philippines for the assembly, calibration, and testing of its module products.
In December 2001, we closed the older of the two facilities, and began
transitioning all manufacturing and testing requirements to the newer facility.
We believe the newer manufacturing facility has the equipment and labor
capacity to handle the manufacturing and testing previously performed in our
older facility. However, we are still in the process of training personnel in
sufficient number to fully utilize the new facility and have been unable to
achieve linearity in our production in the newer facility. Failure to achieve
linearity in production can result in delayed shipments and have adverse
accounting consequences such as an increase in our accounts receivable balance
at quarter end. If we are unable to successfully transition the manufacturing
operations of our older facility to our newer facility, we may not meet our
manufacturing and testing requirements which could cause a significant delay in
our ability to deliver our products. Any delay caused by such a disruption
could require us to seek an alternative manufacturer at increased expense and
cost. As a result, a disruption or delay in the transition from our older
facility to our newer facility could have a material negative impact on our
business operations and our financial results.
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Our dependence on a single manufacturing facility could jeopardize our
operations.
Upon closing of our older manufacturing facility in Manila, Philippines, our
manufacturing operations are now conducted at a single, newer facility in
Manila, Philippines. Our reliance on a single manufacturing facility exposes us
to higher manufacturing risks, which may include risks caused by labor
disputes, terrorism, political unrest, war, process abnormalities, human error,
theft, government intervention, or a natural disaster such as a fire,
earthquake, or flood. As a result of our dependence on a single manufacturing
facility, and if we encounter any significant delays or disruptions, we may not
be able to meet our manufacturing and testing requirements which could cause a
significant delay in our ability to deliver our products. Any delay caused by
such a disruption could require us to seek an alternative manufacturer at
increased expense and cost. As a result, any disruption or delay in procuring
an alternative manufacturing facility could have a negative impact on our
business operations and our financial results.
Our QS9000 Certification is subject to periodic re-evaluation.
We are currently QS9000 certified in both our Manila manufacturing facility
and our design center in Ingolstadt, Germany. This certification is subject to
recertification on a periodic basis. Failure to achieve recertification could
substantially reduce our revenue from automobile customers which could have
material and adverse effects on our operating results, financial condition, and
business prospects in the automotive electronics market.
Some of our automobile customers require us to sign "line down" clauses.
We are currently subject to "line down" clauses in some contracts with our
automobile customers. Such clauses require us to pay financial penalties if our
failure to supply product in a timely manner causes the customer to slow down
or stop their production. Such a penalty could be large and if incurred, could
severely harm our financial results.
Product recall by a major customer could damage our business. Module
manufacturing involves the assembly and testing of our components, including
our semiconductors into subsystem level solutions designed by our engineers for
specific applications. We consolidated our module manufacturing facilities in
Manila into one plant during 2001 for better efficiency and cost, and in the
process, we have achieved a number of benefits, including reduced indirect head
count, efficient production-floor layout, and optimized product flow. We have
complete on-site power generation for full electrical back up in the Manila
manufacturing facility and it is located in a secure industrial park. The
facility is both ISO 9001 and QS 9000 certified.
We guarantee quality of our products for a period of one year. If a customer
experiences a problem with our product and subsequently returns our products to
us in large quantities for rework, replacement, or refund, the cost to us could
be significant and severely impact our financial results.
We believe that transitioning our silicon products to higher performance
process technologies will be important to our future competitive position. If
we fail to make this transition efficiently, our competitive position could be
seriously harmed.
We continually evaluate the benefits, on a product-by-product basis, of
migrating to higher performance process technologies in order to produce more
efficient and higher performance integrated circuits. We believe this migration
is required to remain competitive. Other companies in the industry have
experienced difficulty in migrating to new process technologies and,
consequently, have suffered reduced yields, delays in product deliveries and
increased expense levels. We may experience similar difficulties.
Moreover, we are dependent on our relationships with foundries to
successfully migrate to higher performance processes. Our foundry suppliers may
not make higher performance process technologies available to us on a timely or
cost-effective basis, if at all. If our foundry suppliers do not make higher
performance
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process technologies available to us on a timely or cost-effective basis or if
we experience difficulties in migrating to these advanced processes, our
competitive position and business prospects could be seriously harmed.
Because we depend on a few significant customers for a substantial portion
of our revenues, the loss of a key customer could seriously harm our business.
We have derived a substantial portion of our revenues from sales to a
relatively small number of customers. As a result, the loss of any significant
customer could significantly harm our revenues. Sales to DaimlerChrysler
accounted for approximately 19% of our consolidated net revenues for the year
ended December 31, 2000 and 22% of consolidated net revenues for the twelve
months ended December 31, 2001. Sales to our twenty largest customers,
including sales to their respective manufacturing subcontractors, accounted for
approximately 77% of our total sales for the year ended December 31, 2000 and
80% of our total sales for the year ended December 31, 2001. We believe that
our future operating results will continue to depend on the success of our
largest customers and on our ability to sell existing and new products to these
customers in significant quantities. The loss of a key customer or a reduction
in our sales to any key customer could harm our revenues and consequently our
financial condition.
If we are unable to continue to sell existing and new products to our key
customers in significant quantities or to attract new significant customers,
our future operating results could be harmed.
We may not be able to maintain or increase sales to our key customers or to
attract new significant customers for a variety of reasons, including the
following:
. most of our customers can stop purchasing our radio frequency products
with limited notice to us without incurring any significant contractual
penalty;
. most of our customers typically buy our radio frequency products through a
purchase order, which does not require them to purchase a minimum amount
of our radio frequency products;
. many of our customers and potential customers have pre-existing
relationships with our current or potential competitors, which may affect
their decision to purchase our radio frequency products;
. some of our customers or potential customers offer or may offer products
that compete with our radio frequency products; and
. our longstanding relationships with some of our larger customers may also
deter other potential customers who compete with these customers from
buying our radio frequency products.
If we do not maintain or increase sales to existing customers or attract
significant new customers, our revenues would diminish and consequently our
business would be harmed.
The sales cycle for our radio frequency products is long, and we may incur
substantial non-recoverable expenses and devote significant resources to sales
that may not occur when anticipated or at all.
Our customers typically conduct significant evaluation, testing,
implementation and acceptance procedures before they purchase our radio
frequency products. As a result, we may expend significant financial and other
resources to develop customer relationships before we recognize any revenues
from these relationships, and we may never recognize any revenues from these
efforts. Our customers' evaluation processes are frequently lengthy and may
range from three months to one year or more. In many situations, our customers
design their products to specifically incorporate our radio frequency products,
and our radio frequency products must be designed to meet their stringent
specifications. This process can be complex and may require significant
engineering, sales, marketing and management efforts on our part. This process
may also require significant engineering and testing on the part of our
customers and if our customers do not have sufficient capabilities to complete
the process, our revenues could be negatively impacted.
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Uncertainties involving the ordering and shipment of our radio frequency
products could harm our business.
Our sales are typically made pursuant to individual purchase orders, and we
generally do not have long-term supply arrangements with our customers,
including our most significant customers in terms of volume of sales. Our sales
orders typically provide that our customers may cancel orders until 90 days
prior to the shipping date and may reschedule shipments up to 30 days prior to
the shipping date; however, in the past, we have permitted customers to cancel
orders less than 90 days before the expected date of shipment, in many cases
with little or no penalty. Moreover, we routinely manufacture or purchase
inventory based on estimates of customer demand for our radio frequency
products, which demand is difficult to predict. The cancellation or deferral of
product orders, the return of previously sold products or overproduction due to
the failure of anticipated orders to materialize could result in our holding
excess or obsolete inventory that could substantially harm our business,
financial condition and results of operations. In addition, our inability to
produce and ship radio frequency products to our customers in a timely manner
could harm our reputation and damage our relationships with our customers.
We customize a substantial portion of our radio frequency products to
address our customers' specific radio frequency needs. If we do not sell our
customer-specific products in large volumes, we may be unable to cover our
fixed costs or may be left with substantial unsalable inventory.
We manufacture a substantial portion of our radio frequency products to
address the needs of individual customers. Frequent product introductions by
systems manufacturers make our future success dependent on our ability to
select development projects that will result in sufficient volumes to enable us
to achieve manufacturing efficiencies. Because customer-specific radio
frequency products are developed for unique applications, we expect that some
of our current and future customer-specific radio frequency products may never
be produced in volume and may impair our ability to cover our fixed
manufacturing costs. In addition, if our customers fail to purchase these
customized radio frequency products from us, we risk having substantial
unsalable inventory. If we have substantial unsalable inventory, our financial
condition would be harmed.
We depend on third-party wafer foundries to manufacture all of our
integrated circuit products, which reduces our control over the integrated
circuit manufacturing process and could increase costs and decrease
availability of our integrated circuit products.
We do not own or operate a semiconductor fabrication facility. We primarily
rely on IBM, TSMC and X-FAB, outside foundries, to produce most of our
integrated circuit radio frequency products. We do not have a long-term supply
agreement with our foundries and instead obtain manufacturing services on a
purchase order basis. Our foundries have no obligation to supply products to us
for any specific period, in any specific quantity or at any specific price,
except as set forth in a particular purchase order. Our requirements represent
a small portion of the total production capacity of these foundries, and they
may reallocate capacity to other customers even during periods of high demand
for our integrated circuits. If our foundries were to become unable or
unwilling to continue manufacturing our integrated circuits, our business would
be seriously harmed. As a result, we would have to identify and qualify
substitute foundries, which would be time consuming and difficult, resulting in
unforeseen manufacturing and operations problems. In addition, if competition
for foundry capacity increases, our product costs may increase, and we may be
required to pay significant amounts to secure access to manufacturing services.
If we do not qualify or receive supplies from additional foundries we may be
exposed to increased risk of capacity shortages due to our dependence on IBM,
TSMC and X-FAB.
We depend on third-party subcontractors for integrated circuit packaging and
testing, which reduces our control over the integrated circuit packaging
process and testing and could increase costs and decrease availability of our
integrated circuit products.
Our integrated circuit products are packaged and tested by independent
subcontractors, including Amkor and Carsem, using facilities located in South
Korea, Philippines and Malaysia. We do not have long-term agreements with Amkor
or Carsem and typically obtain services from them on a purchase order basis. Our
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reliance on Amkor and Carsem involves risks such as reduced control over
delivery schedules, quality assurance and costs. These risks could result in
product shortages or increase our costs of packaging our products. If Amkor or
Carsem are unable or unwilling to continue to provide packaging and testing
services of acceptable quality, at acceptable costs and in a timely manner, our
business would be seriously harmed. We would also have to identify and qualify
substitute subcontractors, which could be time consuming and difficult and may
result in unforeseen operations problems.
Our inability to maintain or grow revenues from international sales could
harm our financial results.
For the year ended December 31, 2001, 58% of our net revenues were from
sales outside of North America. We plan to increase our international sales
activities by hiring additional international sales personnel. Our
international sales will be limited if we cannot do so. Even if we are able to
expand our international operations, we may not succeed in maintaining or
increasing international market demand for our products.
Currency fluctuations related to our international operations could harm our
financial results.
A significant portion of our international revenues and expenses are
denominated in foreign currencies. Accordingly, in the past, we have
experienced significant fluctuations in our financial results due to changing
exchange rates rather than operational changes. For example, in the year ended
December 31, 2001, we recognized a foreign currency exchange loss of
approximately $2.1 million or approximately 3% of the net loss for the period.
We expect currency fluctuations to continue, which may significantly impact our
financial results in the future. We may choose to engage in currency hedging
activities to reduce these fluctuations.
Our international operations, including our operations in Germany, the
Philippines, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea,
may be negatively affected by actions taken or events that occur in these
countries.
We currently have facilities and suppliers located outside of the U.S.,
including research and development operations in Germany, the Netherlands, and
Singapore, a manufacturing facility in Manila, Philippines, and sales offices
in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea. Substantially all of our suppliers are
located outside the U.S., and substantially all of our products are
manufactured outside the U.S. As a result, our operations are affected by the
local conditions in those countries, as well as actions taken by the
governments of those countries. For example, if the Philippines government
enacts restrictive laws or regulations, or increases taxes paid by
manufacturing operations in that country, the cost of manufacturing our
products in Manila could increase substantially, causing a decrease in our
gross margins and profitability. In addition, if the U.S. imposes significant
import restrictions on our products, our ability to import our products into
the U.S. from our international manufacturing and packaging facilities could be
diminished or eliminated. Local economic and political instability in areas in
the Far East, in particular in the Philippines where there has been political
instability in the past, could result in unpleasant or intolerable conditions
for our workers, and ultimately could result in a shutdown of our facilities.
International operations that we may develop or acquire in the future may
subject us to additional business risks, including political instability, and
changing or conflicting laws, regulations and tax systems.
We may develop or acquire additional international operations in Europe and
the Pacific Rim region. International expansion or acquisitions, and any
subsequent international operations, could be affected by the local conditions
in those countries, as well as actions taken by the governments of those
countries. To expand our operations internationally, we will have to comply
with the laws and regulations of each country in which we conduct business. For
example, if a foreign government enacts restrictive laws or regulations, or
increases taxes paid by manufacturing operations in that country, the cost of
manufacturing our products in that country could increase substantially,
causing a decrease in our gross margins and profitability. We cannot assure you
that we will be successful in obtaining any necessary regulatory approvals, or
in complying with applicable regulations in those countries. Furthermore, even
if such approvals are obtained or such regulations are complied with, we cannot
assure you that we will be able to continue to comply with these regulations.
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Our success could be jeopardized if key personnel leave.
Our future success depends largely upon the continued service of our
executive officers and other key management and technical personnel. Our
success also depends on our ability to continue to attract, retain and motivate
qualified personnel. Our personnel represent a significant asset as the source
of our technological and product innovations. The competition for qualified
personnel is intense in the radio frequency silicon and radio frequency systems
industries. We cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to attract
and retain qualified management, technical and other personnel necessary for
the design, development, manufacture and sale of our radio frequency products.
We may have difficulty attracting and retaining key personnel particularly
during periods of poor operating performance. The loss of the services of one
or more of our key employees or our inability to attract, retain and motivate
qualified personnel could harm our business.
We must manage our growth.
If we fail to manage our growth, our reputation and results of operations
could be harmed. Our total number of employees has grown from 158 as of
December 31, 2000 to 349 as of December 31, 2001, excluding manufacturing
personnel in Manila, Philippines. In addition, as of December 31, 2001, we had
790 manufacturing personnel in the Philippines. The growth has placed, and is
expected to continue to place, significant demands on our personnel, management
and other resources. We must continue to improve our operational, financial and
management information systems to keep pace with the growth of our business.
Our business may be harmed if we fail to protect our proprietary technology.
We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secret
laws, confidentiality procedures and licensing arrangements to protect our
intellectual property rights. We currently have patents issued and pending in
the U.S. and in foreign countries. We intend to seek further U.S and
international patents on our technology. We cannot be certain that patents will
be issued from any of our pending applications, that patents will be issued in
all countries where our products can be sold or that any claims will be allowed
from pending applications or will be of sufficient scope or strength to provide
meaningful protection or any commercial advantage. Our competitors may also be
able to design around our patents. The laws of some countries in which our
products are or may be developed, manufactured or sold, including various
countries in Asia, may not protect our products or intellectual property rights
to the same extent as do the laws of the U.S., increasing the possibility of
piracy of our technology and products. Although we intend to vigorously defend
our intellectual property rights, we may not be able to prevent
misappropriation of our technology. Our competitors may also independently
develop technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior to our
technology.
Despite our efforts and procedures to protect our intellectual property
through the prosecution of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets
and other methods, we cannot assure you that our current intellectual property
or any intellectual property we may acquire through acquisitions or by other
means will be free from third party claims which may be valid. In connection
with recent acquisitions, including the Transilica acquisition, we conducted
due diligence investigations of the intellectual property of these targeted
companies for the purpose of assessing the protection efforts by these
companies on their respective intellectual property. We cannot assure you that
our investigatory efforts uncovered all or any defects related to the
protection of intellectual property we acquired. As a result, intellectual
property we acquire, including the intellectual property we acquired in the
Transilica acquisition or in other acquisitions, may not be free from third
party claims. Any third party claims may lead to costly and time consuming
litigation which could harm our business and financial position.
Our efforts to protect our intellectual property may cause us to become
involved in costly and lengthy litigation which could seriously harm our
business.
We may become involved in litigation in the future to protect our
intellectual property or defend allegations of infringement asserted by others.
Legal proceedings could subject us to significant liability for damages or
invalidate our proprietary rights. Any litigation, regardless of its outcome,
would likely be time consuming and
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expensive to resolve and would divert management's time and attention. Any
potential intellectual property litigation also could force us to take specific
actions, including:
. ceasing the sale of our products that use the challenged intellectual
property;
. obtaining from the owner of the infringed intellectual property right a
license to sell or use the relevant technology, which license may not be
available on reasonable terms, or at all; or
. redesigning those products that use infringing intellectual property.
As a result, the expense associated with intellectual property litigation or
management's diversion from daily operations of our business caused by any
intellectual property litigation may have a negative impact on our business and
our financial results.
Furthermore, we have initiated, and may initiate in the future, claims or
litigation against third parties for infringement of our proprietary rights or
to establish the validity of our proprietary rights. On January 24, 2001, we
filed a lawsuit alleging patent infringement in the United States Court for the
Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, against Broadcom Corporation. The
lawsuit is in the initial phases of discovery and its outcome is uncertain. If
we are unsuccessful in this litigation or other similar claims, then Broadcom
and others will be able to compete directly against us, which would materially
adversely effect our ability to sell our products and grow our business. Any
current or future litigation by or against us or one of our customers could
result in significant expense and divert the efforts of our technical personnel
and management, whether or not the litigation results in a favorable
determination.
We are the target of several securities fraud class action complaints and
are at risk of securities class action litigation. This could result in
substantial costs to us, drain our resources and divert our management's
attention.
Beginning July 11, 2001, multiple securities fraud class action complaints
were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York. We are aware of at least three such complaints: Berger v. Goldman, Sachs
& Co., Inc. et al (S.D.N.Y. July 25, 2001), Atlas v. Microtune et al (S.D.N.Y.
Aug. 7, 2001) and Ellis Investment Ltd. v. Goldman Sachs & Co., Inc. et al
(S.D.N.Y. August 7, 2001). Purportedly, the complaints are brought on behalf of
all persons who purchased our common stock from August 4, 2000 through December
6, 2000. The Atlas complaint names as defendants Microtune, Douglas J. Bartek,
our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Everett ("Buddy") Rogers, our Chief
Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration, and several
investment banking firms that served as underwriters of our initial public
offering. Microtune, Mr. Bartek and Mr. Rogers were served with notice on the
Atlas complaint on August 22, 2001, however, they have not been served on the
other referenced complaints. The Berger and Ellis Investment Ltd. complaints
assert claims against the underwriters only. More such lawsuits may be filed.
Among other things, the complaints allege liability under the federal
securities laws as further set forth in "Recent Developments" on the grounds
that the registration statement for the initial public offering did not
disclose that: (1) the underwriters had agreed to allow certain customers to
purchase shares in the offering in exchange for excess commissions paid to the
underwriters; and (2) the underwriters had arranged for certain customers to
purchase additional shares in the aftermarket at pre-determined prices. We are
aware that similar allegations have been made in lawsuits challenging over 180
other initial public offerings conducted in 1998, 1999 and 2000. No specific
amount of damages is claimed in the three complaints involving our initial
public offering. These cases are subject to the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and we expect that the cases will be consolidated into a
single action. These cases and all of the other lawsuits filed in the Southern
District of New York making similar allegations have been coordinated before
the Honorable Shira A. Scheindlin who is expected to set a briefing schedule
for motions to dismiss. We believe that the allegations against Microtune. Mr.
Bartek and Mr. Rogers are without merit. We intend to contest them vigorously,
including by filing a motion to dismiss these cases. We are unable at this time
to determine whether the outcome of the litigation will have a material impact
on our results of operations or financial condition in any future period.
Furthermore, there can be no assurances regarding the outcome of the litigation
or any related claim for indemnification or contribution between or among any
of the underwriters and us.
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Our ability to sell our radio frequency products may suffer if any
outstanding claims of intellectual property infringement against us or one of
our customers is valid, if any other third party claims that we or our
customers infringe on their intellectual property or if any of our issued
patents are proven to be invalid.
The electronics industry is characterized by vigorous protection and pursuit
of intellectual property rights and positions, which have resulted in
significant and often protracted and expensive litigation. In addition, our
customers may be subject to infringement claims for products incorporating our
radio frequency products. If any claims of infringement are made against any of
our customers, our customers may seek to involve us in the infringement claim
and request indemnification from us. For example, we could be notified of a
claim against one of our customers for which the customer would make a claim
for indemnification from us. If the claim resulted in an adverse result for our
customer, it may reduce or completely eliminate marketing of its infringing
product, which would decrease sales of our radio frequency products to this
customer. Further, if our customer prevailed in its claim for indemnification
against us, or if we were found to infringe on any other third- party
intellectual property, we could be required to:
. pay substantial damages such as royalties on our historical and future
product sales;
. indemnify our customers for their legal fees and damages paid;
. stop manufacturing, using and selling the infringing products;
. expend significant resources to develop non-infringing technology;
. discontinue the use of some of our processes; or
. obtain licenses to the technology.
We may be unsuccessful in developing noninfringing products or negotiating
licenses upon reasonable terms. These problems might not be resolved in time to
avoid harming our results of operations.
Our customers' products are subject to governmental regulation.
Governmental regulation could place constraints on our customers and
consequently minimize their demand for our radio frequency products. The
Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, has broad jurisdiction over several
of our target markets in the U.S. Similar governmental agencies regulate our
target markets in other countries. Although our products are not directly
subject to current regulations of the FCC or any other federal or state
communications regulatory agency, much of the equipment into which our products
are incorporated is subject to direct government regulation. Accordingly, the
effects of regulation on our customers or the industries in which they operate
may, in turn, impede sales of our products. For example, demand for our radio
frequency products will decrease if equipment incorporating our products fails
to comply with FCC emissions specifications.
We may be unable to obtain the capital required to grow our business.
From time to time, we may need to raise funds to meet our working capital
and capital expenditure needs through the sale of securities under this
prospectus or through other financing alternatives. We cannot be certain that
we would be able to obtain additional financing on favorable terms, if at all.
Our capital requirements depend upon several factors, including the rate of
market acceptance of our products, our ability to expand our customer base, our
level of expenditures for sales and marketing, the cost of product and service
upgrades and other factors. If our capital requirements vary materially from
those currently planned, we may require additional financing sooner than
anticipated. Further, if we issue equity securities, stockholders will
experience additional dilution and the new equity securities may have rights,
preferences or privileges senior to those of existing
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holders of common stock. If we issue debt securities, the debt securities will
have rights senior to those of existing holders of equity securities generally.
If we cannot raise funds, if needed, on acceptable terms, we may not be able to
develop our products and services, take advantage of future opportunities or
respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated requirements, any of which
could harm our ability to grow our business.
Future sales of our securities or the expectation of or uncertainty about
those sales may cause our stock price to decline.
The market price of our common stock or any other securities that we issue
could decline as a result of the registration or sale of substantial amounts of
our securities, including common stock, in the public market or to private
investors, or the expectation or uncertainty that those sales could occur.
These sales or the possibility that they may occur also could also make it more
difficult for us to raise funds through future offerings of securities.
Provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law may deter takeover
efforts that you may feel would be beneficial to you.
Several provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
and Bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition that you
may consider favorable and therefore may harm our stock price. Those provisions
include:
. authorizing the issuance of "blank check" preferred stock;
. providing for a classified board of directors with staggered, three-year
terms;
. prohibiting cumulative voting in the election of directors;
. limiting the persons who may call special meetings of the board or the
stockholders;
. prohibiting stockholder action by written consent;
. establishing advance notice requirements for nominations for election to
the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted on by
stockholders at stockholder meetings; and
. establishing super-majority voting requirements in some instances.
In addition, on March 4, 2002 our Board of Directors adopted a stockholders
rights plan, which provides for share purchase rights to become exercisable if
a person or group acquires more than a certain percentage of our common stock
or announces a tender offer for more than a certain percentage of our common
stock. Such rights will be granted to the stockholders of record as of March
16, 2002 and to any purchasers of our common stock subsequent to such date.
Management will have broad discretion in using the proceeds of any offering
of our securities.
We need to retain flexibility to respond to factors affecting our business.
Accordingly, our management will retain broad discretion as to the allocation
of the proceeds of any offering of our securities and may use the proceeds in a
manner with which you may not agree. If our management does not effectively use
the proceeds from any offering of our securities, we may not be able to operate
and grow our business successfully.
If we do not anticipate and adapt to evolving industry standards in the
radio frequency tuner and broadband communications and wireless connectivity
markets, or if industry standards develop more slowly than expected, our
products could become obsolete and we could lose market share.
Products for broadband communications and wireless connectivity applications
generally are based on industry standards that are continuously evolving. In
some cases, the development of these standards takes longer than originally
anticipated. We have directed our development toward producing radio frequency
products that comply with the evolving standards. The delayed development of a
standard in our target markets may result in slower deployment of new
technologies, which may harm our ability to sell our radio frequency products,
or frustrate the continued use of our proprietary technologies. The continued
delay in the development of these industry standards could result in fewer
manufacturers purchasing our radio frequency products in favor of continuing to
use the proprietary technologies designed by our competitors. Such delayed
development of industry standards and the resulting slower deployment of new
technologies would result in diminished and/or
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delayed revenues and consequently harm our business. Further, if new industry
standards emerge, our products or our customers' products could become
unmarketable or obsolete. In addition, we may incur substantial unanticipated
costs to comply with these evolving standards.
Our ability to adapt to changes and to anticipate future standards and the
rate of adoption and acceptance of those standards is a significant factor in
maintaining or improving our competitive position and prospects for growth. Our
inability to anticipate the evolving standards in the broadband communications
and wireless connectivity markets and, in particular, in the radio frequency
market, or to develop and introduce new products successfully into these
markets, could result in diminished revenues and consequently harm our business.
Other technologies for the broadband communications market will compete with
some of our target markets. If these technologies prove to be more reliable,
faster or less expensive or become more popular, the demand for our radio
frequency products and our revenues may decrease.
Some of our target markets, such as cable modem and cable telephony
services, are competing with a variety of non-radio frequency based broadband
communications technologies, including digital subscriber line technology. Many
of these technologies may compete effectively with cable modem and cable
telephony services. If any of these competing technologies are more reliable,
faster or less expensive, reach more customers or have other advantages over
radio frequency based broadband technology, the demand for our radio frequency
products and our revenues may decrease.
Our success depends on the continued growth of the broadband communications
markets generally and the radio frequency product markets specifically.
We derive a substantial portion of our revenues from sales of radio
frequency products into markets related to broadband communication
applications, in particular, the cable modem market. These markets are
characterized by:
. intense competition;
. rapid technological change; and
. short product life cycles, especially in the consumer electronics
markets.
Although the broadband communications markets generally have grown rapidly
in the last few years, these markets may not continue to grow or a significant
slowdown in these markets may occur. In particular, the set-top box, cable
modem and cable telephony markets may not grow at a rate sufficient for us to
achieve profitability. Because of the intense competition in the broadband
communications markets, the unproven technology of many products addressing
these markets and the short life cycles of many consumer products, it is
difficult to predict the potential size and future growth rate of the radio
frequency product markets. In addition, the broadband communications markets
are transitioning from analog to digital, as well as expanding to new services,
including internet access, cable telephony and interactive television. The
future growth of the radio frequency product markets are partially dependent
upon the market acceptance of products and technologies addressing the
broadband communications markets, and we cannot assure you that the radio
frequency technologies upon which our products are based will be accepted by
any of these markets. If the demand for radio frequency products is not as
great as we expect, we may not be able to generate sufficient revenues to
become successful.
Our success depends on the adoption of our wireless connectivity products in
markets such as cordless phones, wireless headsets, and PC peripherals.
We expect to derive a substantial portion of our revenue from sales of
wireless connectivity products into markets currently served by alternative
wired products. These alternative wired products may compete effectively with
our wireless connectivity products and could be more reliable, less expensive,
or have other advantages.
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The semiconductor industry is cyclical. If there is a sustained upturn in
the semiconductor market, there could be a resulting increased demand for
foundry services, significantly reducing product availability and increasing
our costs.
The semiconductor industry periodically experiences increased demand and
production capacity constraints. An increased demand for semiconductors could
substantially increase the cost of producing our radio frequency products,
particularly our integrated circuit products, and consequently reduce our
profit margins. As a result, we may experience substantial period-to-period
fluctuations in future results of operations due to general semiconductor
industry conditions.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the
Consolidated Financial Statements set forth on pages F-1 through F-25 hereof.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
PART III
Certain information required by Part III is omitted from this Form 10-K
because we will file a definitive Proxy Statement pursuant to Regulation 14A
(the "Proxy Statement") not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal
year covered by this Form 10-K, and certain information to be included therein
is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to the
Proxy Statement under the headings "Proposal 1--Election of Directors", and
"Executive Compensation--Executive Officers" and "Compliance with Section 16(a)
of the Exchange Act of 1934".
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to the
Proxy Statement under the heading "Executive Compensation".
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to the
Proxy Statement under the heading "Principal Stockholders".
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to the
Proxy Statement under the heading "Executive Compensation--Certain Transactions
with Management".
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PART IV
ITEM 14(A). EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(1) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
See Item 8 above.
(2) FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
See Item 14(d) below.
(3) EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
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3.1* Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
3.2* Amended and Restated Bylaws.
4.1* Fifth Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated effective as of June 14, 2000.
10.1* Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and each of its directors and officers.
10.2* 1996 Stock Option Plan and form of agreements thereunder.
10.3* 2000 Stock Plan and form of agreements thereunder.
10.4* 2000 Director Option Plan and form of agreements thereunder.
10.5* 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and form of agreements thereunder.
10.6* Employment Agreement between Douglas J. Bartek and the Registrant dated March 23, 2000.
10.7* Employment Agreement between John P. Norsworthy and the Registrant dated August 8, 1996.
10.8* Employment Agreement between James A. Fontaine and the Registrant dated August 1, 1998.
10.9* Employment Agreement between Martin Englmeier and the Registrant dated July 1, 2000.
10.10* Commercial Lease Agreement dated March 24, 2000 between Jupiter Service Center, Ltd. and the
Registrant for the premises located at 2201 Tenth Street, Plano, Texas 75074.
10.11* Property Leasing Contract, as supplemented as of January 1, 2000, between Sanetor Grundstucks-
Vermietungsgessellschaft GmbH & Co KG. and Temic Telefunken Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH
for facility in Ingolstadt, Germany.
10.12* Contract of Lease dated December 10, 1998 between MX Technology Corporation and Temic RF-
Technologies (Phils.), Inc. for factory space in the Granville Industrial Complex in Cavite,
Philippines.
10.13* Sublease Agreement dated December 10, 1998 between Temic RF-Technologies (Phils.), Inc. and
NSF RF-Technologies Corporation for factory space in the Granville Industrial Complex in
Cavite, Philippines.
10.14* Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 10, 2000, effective December 31, 1999, between
HMTF Acquisition (Bermuda), Ltd. and the Registrant.
10.15* Asset Purchase Agreement between the Registrant, The Tuner Company and Thomas K. Widmer
dated January 10, 2000.
10.16* Line of Credit dated March 22, 1999 between Deutsche Bank AG and Temic Telefunken
Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH.
10.18** Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated October 28, 2001 between the Registrant,
Micro Acquisition, Inc., Transilica Inc. and Jason Medelson.
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Exhibit
Number
-------
10.19** Credit Agreement dated October 28, 2001 between the Registrant and Transilica Inc.
10.20** Convertible Promissory Note dated October 28, 2001 issued by Transilica Inc. to the Registrant.
12.1 Computation of Ratio of Earnings To Fixed Charges
21.1 Subsidiaries of Registrant.
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.
24.1 Power of Attorney (see page 52).
* Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No. 333-36340) declared effective August 4, 2000.
** Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2001,
amended on November 24, 2001 and amended on December 5, 2001.
ITEM 14(B). REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
On November 15, 2001, we filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange
Commission to announce the acquisition of Transilica Inc. (Transilica) for
7,206,125 shares of our common stock, which shares were valued at approximately
$130.1 million. In addition, we assumed options which became exercisable for up
to 831,967 shares of our common stock, which were valued at approximately $13.9
million. The shares of our common stock issued in the acquisition were
registered for resale on a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-75412) which became effective on December 28, 2001. The options assumed and
the underlying shares of our common stock were registered on a Registration
Statement (File No. 333-74768) on Form S-8 which became effective on December
7, 2001. Financial Statements as of September 30, 2001 were attached to this
Form 8-K. This Form 8-K was amended on November 29, 2001 and again on December
5, 2001.
On December 14, 2001, we filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange
Commission to announce that we entered into an Underwriting Agreement with
certain of our stockholders and each of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Salomon
Smith Barney Inc., SG Cowen Securities Corporation, and Prudential Securities
Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters, related to the
public offering of 5,000,000 shares of our common stock at $23.00 per share.
The offering also included 2,528,000 shares of our common stock offered by
certain affiliate funds of Hicks Muse Tate & Furst, Incorporated, a private
investment firm, as selling stockholders.
ITEM 14(C). EXHIBITS
See Item 14(A)(3) above.
ITEM 14(D). FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
All schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission have been omitted because
of the absence of the conditions under which they are required or because the
information required is included in the consolidated financial statements or
notes thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the
12/th/ day of March 2002.
MICROTUNE, INC.
By: /S/ DOUGLAS J. BARTEK
--------------------------
Douglas J. Bartek
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints each of Douglas J. Bartek, and Everett "Buddy"
Rogers, his or her attorney-in-fact, with the power of substitution, for him in
any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Annual Report on Form
10-K, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby
ratifying and conforming all that said attorney-in-fact, or his substitutes,
any do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
--------- ----- ----
By: /S/ DOUGLAS J. BARTEK Chief Executive Officer and March 12, 2002
---------------------------- Chairman of the Board
Douglas J. Bartek (Principal Executive
Officer)
By:/S/ EVERETT "BUDDY" ROGERS Chief Financial Officer and March 12, 2002
---------------------------- Vice President of Finance
Everett "Buddy" Rogers and Administration
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
By: /S/ HARVEY B. CASH Director March 12, 2002
----------------------------
Harvey B. Cash
By: /S/ WALTER S. CICIORA Director March 12, 2002
----------------------------
Walter S. Ciciora
By: /S/ JAMES H. CLARDY Director March 12, 2002
----------------------------
James H. Clardy
By: /S/ JACK D. FURST Director March 12, 2002
----------------------------
Jack D. Furst
By: /S/ ERIC LINDBERG Director March 12, 2002
----------------------------
Eric Lindberg
By: /S/ WILLIAM P. TAI Director March 12, 2002
----------------------------
William P. Tai
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REPORT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Microtune, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Microtune,
Inc. (the Company), as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Microtune,
Inc., at December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the consolidated results of its
operations and its consolidated cash flows for the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Dallas, Texas
January 29, 2002
F-1
MICROTUNE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share data)
December 31
-------------------
2001 2000
--------- --------
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents....................................................... $ 173,149 $ 77,650
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $592 at
December 31, 2001 and $456 at December 31, 2000............................... 14,580 12,301
Inventories..................................................................... 9,401 16,389
Deferred income taxes........................................................... 389 552
Other current assets............................................................ 3,206 770
--------- --------
Total current assets........................................................ 200,725 107,662
Property and equipment, net........................................................ 19,269 15,179
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $4,016 at December 31, 2001
and $2,481 at December 31, 2000.................................................. 64,838 6,054
Goodwill, net of accumulated amortization of $11,210 at December 31, 2001 and
$5,570 at December 31, 2000...................................................... 50,338 22,706
Deferred income taxes.............................................................. 1,419 484
Other assets and deferred charges.................................................. 1,113 946
--------- --------
Total assets................................................................ $ 337,702 $153,031
========= ========
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable................................................................ $ 7,856 $ 6,763
Accrued expenses................................................................ 15,099 8,110
Accrued compensation............................................................ 2,355 1,888
--------- --------
Total current liabilities................................................... 25,310 16,761
Deferred income taxes.............................................................. 320 2,966
Other noncurrent liabilities....................................................... 2,286 1,197
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value
Authorized shares--25,000 at December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000........ -- --
Common stock, $0.001 par value
Authorized shares--150,000 at December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000;
issued and outstanding shares--52,737 at December 31, 2001 and 38,547
at December 31, 2000...................................................... 53 39
Additional paid-in capital...................................................... 450,081 195,230
Unearned stock compensation..................................................... (28,317) (14,569)
Loans receivable from stockholders.............................................. (35) (788)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss............................................ (988) (988)
Accumulated deficit............................................................. (111,008) (46,817)
--------- --------
Total stockholders' equity.................................................. 309,786 132,107
--------- --------
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity............................... $ 337,702 $153,031
========= ========
See accompanying notes.
F-2
MICROTUNE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
Year Ended December 31,
---------------------------
2001 2000 1999
-------- -------- -------
Net revenues............................................................... $ 63,105 $ 70,829 $ --
Cost of revenues........................................................... 44,584 46,369 --
-------- -------- -------
Gross margin............................................................... 18,521 24,460 --
Operating expenses:
Research and development:
Stock option compensation........................................... 2,199 1,360 220
Other............................................................... 18,151 13,472 5,913
-------- -------- -------
20,350 14,832 6,133
Acquired in-process research and development............................ 34,106 12,692 --
Selling, general and administration:
Stock option compensation........................................... 1,875 2,838 630
Other............................................................... 15,595 16,443 2,327
-------- -------- -------
17,470 19,281 2,957
Restructuring costs..................................................... 3,013 -- --
Amortization of intangible assets and goodwill.......................... 8,011 8,414 --
-------- -------- -------
Total operating expenses............................................ 82,950 55,219 9,090
-------- -------- -------
Loss from operations....................................................... (64,429) (30,759) (9,090)
Other income (expense):
Interest income (expense), net.......................................... 3,092 2,727 582
Foreign currency translation and transaction losses, net................ (2,103) (2,451) --
Other................................................................... (933) 723 --
-------- -------- -------
Loss before provision for income taxes..................................... (64,373) (29,760) (8,508)
Income tax expense (benefit)............................................... (182) 2,034 --
-------- -------- -------
Net loss................................................................... $(64,191) $(31,794) $(8,508)
======== ======== =======
Basic and diluted loss per common share.................................... $ (1.59) $ (1.57) $ (1.34)
======== ======== =======
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted loss per common
share.................................................................... 40,277 20,229 6,354
======== ======== =======
See accompanying notes.
F-3
MICROTUNE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(In thousands)
Series A Through F
Convertible Preferred
Stock Common Stock
-------------------- --------------- Additional Unearned
Number of Par Number of Par Paid-In Stock
Shares Value Shares Value Capital Compensation
--------- ----- --------- ----- ---------- ------------
Balance at December 31, 1998.................................... 6,463 $ 7 6,948 $ 7 $ 19,216 $ --
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options......... -- -- 995 1 220 --
Issuance of Series D Preferred Stock for cash................... 1,367 1 -- -- 16,408 --
Unearned stock option compensation.............................. -- -- -- -- 3,138 (3,138)
Amortization of unearned stock compensation..................... -- -- -- -- -- 850
Funds released from escrow for Series A Preferred Stock......... -- -- -- -- -- --
Other........................................................... -- -- -- -- 125 --
Net loss........................................................ -- -- -- -- -- --
------- ---- ------ --- -------- --------
Balance at December 31, 1999.................................... 7,830 8 7,943 8 39,107 (2,288)
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options and from
shares purchased under Employee Stock Purchase Plan............ -- -- 694 1 337 --
Issuance of Series E Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase
common stock in the combination with HMTF Acquisition
(Bermuda), Ltd................................................. 3,319 3 -- -- 62,956
Issuance of Series F Preferred Stock for cash................... 800 1 -- -- 9,599 --
Issuance of common stock in initial public offering............. (11,949) (12) 29,910 30 66,752 --
Unearned stock compensation..................................... -- -- -- -- 16,479 (16,479)
Amortization of unearned stock compensation..................... -- -- -- -- -- 4,198
Payments on loans receivable from stockholders.................. -- -- -- -- -- --
Net loss........................................................ -- -- -- -- -- --
Unrealized foreign currency loss................................ -- -- -- -- -- --
Total comprehensive loss........................................ -- -- -- -- -- --
------- ---- ------ --- -------- --------
Balance at December 31, 2000.................................... -- -- 38,547 39 195,230 (14,569)
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options and from
shares purchased under Employee Stock Purchase Plan............ -- -- 1,774 2 3,898 --
Issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition of
SPaSE B.V...................................................... -- -- 210 -- 2,144 --
Issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition of
Transilica Inc................................................. -- -- 7,206 7 122,072 --
Issuance of common stock for cash............................... -- -- 5,000 5 108,915 --
Unearned stock compensation..................................... -- -- -- -- 17,822 (17,822)
Amortization of unearned stock option compensation.............. -- -- -- -- -- 4,074
Payments on loans receivable from stockholders.................. -- -- -- -- -- --
Net loss........................................................ -- -- -- -- -- --
------- ---- ------ --- -------- --------
Balance at December 31, 2001.................................... -- $ -- 52,737 $53 $450,081 $(28,317)
======= ==== ====== === ======== ========
Loans Accumulated
Stock Subscription- Receivable Other
Funds Held in from Comprehensive Accumulated
Escrow Stockholders Loss Deficit
------------------- ------------ ------------- -----------
Balance at December 31, 1998.................................... $(3,000) $ (207) $ -- $ (6,515)
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options......... -- -- -- --
Issuance of Series D Preferred Stock for cash................... -- -- -- --
Unearned stock option compensation.............................. -- -- -- --
Amortization of unearned stock compensation..................... -- -- -- --
Funds released from escrow for Series A Preferred Stock......... 3,000 -- -- --
Other........................................................... -- -- -- --
Net loss........................................................ -- -- -- (8,508)
------- ------- ----- ---------
Balance at December 31, 1999.................................... -- (207) -- (15,023)
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options and from
shares purchased under Employee Stock Purchase Plan............ -- (35) -- --
Issuance of Series E Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase
common stock in the combination with HMTF Acquisition
(Bermuda), Ltd................................................. -- (1,012) -- --
Issuance of Series F Preferred Stock for cash................... -- -- -- --
Issuance of common stock in initial public offering............. -- -- -- --
Unearned stock compensation..................................... -- -- -- --
Amortization of unearned stock compensation..................... -- -- -- --
Payments on loans receivable from stockholders.................. -- 466 -- --
Net loss........................................................ -- -- -- (31,794)
Unrealized foreign currency loss................................ -- -- (988) --
Total comprehensive loss........................................ -- -- -- --
------- ------- ----- ---------
Balance at December 31, 2000.................................... -- (788) (988) (46,817)
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options and from
shares purchased under Employee Stock Purchase Plan............ -- -- -- --
Issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition of
SPaSE B.V...................................................... -- -- -- --
Issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition of
Transilica Inc................................................. -- -- -- --
Issuance of common stock for cash............................... -- -- -- --
Unearned stock compensation..................................... -- -- -- --
Amortization of unearned stock option compensation.............. -- -- -- --
Payments on loans receivable from stockholders.................. -- 753 -- --
Net loss........................................................ -- -- -- (64,191)
------- ------- ----- ---------
Balance at December 31, 2001.................................... $ -- $ (35) $(988) $(111,008)
======= ======= ===== =========
Total
Stockholders'
Equity
-------------
Balance at December 31, 1998.................................... $ 9,508
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options......... 221
Issuance of Series D Preferred Stock for cash................... 16,409
Unearned stock option compensation.............................. --
Amortization of unearned stock compensation..................... 850
Funds released from escrow for Series A Preferred Stock......... 3,000
Other........................................................... 125
Net loss........................................................ (8,508)
--------
Balance at December 31, 1999.................................... 21,605
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options and from
shares purchased under Employee Stock Purchase Plan............ 303
Issuance of Series E Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase
common stock in the combination with HMTF Acquisition
(Bermuda), Ltd................................................. 61,947
Issuance of Series F Preferred Stock for cash................... 9,600
Issuance of common stock in initial public offering............. 66,770
Unearned stock compensation..................................... --
Amortization of unearned stock compensation..................... 4,198
Payments on loans receivable from stockholders.................. 466
Net loss........................................................ (31,794)
Unrealized foreign currency loss................................ (988)
--------
Total comprehensive loss........................................ (32,782)
--------
Balance at December 31, 2000.................................... 132,107
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options and from
shares purchased under Employee Stock Purchase Plan............ 3,900
Issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition of
SPaSE B.V...................................................... 2,144
Issuance of common stock in connection with acquisition of
Transilica Inc................................................. 122,079
Issuance of common stock for cash............................... 108,920
Unearned stock compensation..................................... --
Amortization of unearned stock option compensation.............. 4,074
Payments on loans receivable from stockholders.................. 753
Net loss........................................................ (64,191)
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Balance at December 31, 2001.................................... $309,786
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See accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
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2001 2000 1999
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Operating activities:
Net loss.................................................... $(64,191) $(31,794) $(8,508)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating
activities, net of effects of business combination:
Depreciation............................................... 6,973 5,874 1,007
Amortization of intangible assets and goodwill............. 8,011 8,414 --
Acquired in-process research and development............... 34,106 12,692 --
Foreign currency translation and transaction losses, net... 2,103 2,452 --
Amortization of deferred stock option compensation......... 4,074 4,198 850
Write-off of uncollectable loan receivable................. 1,026 -- --
Deferred income taxes...................................... (3,494) (459) --
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable....................................... (2,270) (4,305) (164)
Inventories............................................... 7,017 (7,120) --
Other assets.............................................. (1,745) 1,095 250
Accounts payable.......................................... 499 2,207 (224)
Accrued expenses.......................................... 2,365 3,791 72
Accrued compensation...................................... 441 (3,040) 267
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Net cash used in operating activities..................... (5,085) (5,995) (6,450)
Investing activities:
Net cash acquired in acquisition of HMTF Acquisition........ -- 3,550 --
Acquisition of SPaSE, B.V., net of cash acquired............ (3,040) -- --
Net cash acquired in acquisition of Transilica Inc.......... 1,734 -- --
Purchases of property and equipment......................... (8,660) (13,672) (919)
Sale of property and equipment.............................. 211 267 --
Loans receivable............................................ (1,148) -- --
Purchase of intangible assets............................... (79) (923) --
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Net cash used in investing activities..................... (10,982) (10,778) (919)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from initial public offering of common stock....... -- 66,770 --
Proceeds from issuance of Series D Preferred Stock.......... -- -- 16,409
Proceeds from issuance of Series F Preferred Stock.......... -- 9,600 --
Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of
stock options and from shares purchased under Employee
Stock Purchase Plan........................................ 3,900 303 221
Proceeds from issuance of common stock...................... 108,920 -- --
Proceeds from the release of funds in escrow................ -- -- 3,000
Proceeds from loans receivable from stockholders............ 753 466 --
Other, net.................................................. 84 -- --
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Net cash provided by financing activities................. 113,657 77,139 19,630
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash...... (2,091) (2,845) --
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents..................... 95,499 57,521 12,261
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year................ 77,650 20,129 7,868
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year...................... $173,149 $ 77,650 $20,129
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See accompanying notes.
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MICROTUNE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Company
Microtune, Inc. (the Company), was incorporated on May 28, 1996, and
commenced operations on August 21, 1996. Effective June 9, 2000, the Company
changed its state of incorporation from Texas to Delaware. As part of the
incorporation in Delaware, the number of authorized shares of common stock were
increased to 150,000,000. The Company operates in a single industry segment,
engaging in designing, manufacturing, and marketing of radio frequency (RF)
based solutions for the global broadband communications, automotive
electronics, and wireless connectivity markets.
Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the Company and its wholly
owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have
been eliminated.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that effect the amounts reported in the financial
statements and accompanying notes. As discussed below, the Company makes
significant assumptions in recording our allowance for doubtful accounts,
inventory valuation, impairment of long-lived assets, revenues, warranty costs
and the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets. Actual results could
differ from those estimates, and the differences may be significant.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers highly liquid investments with original maturities of
three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist
of bank deposits, money market funds and asset-backed commercial paper. The
Company's investments in asset-backed commercial paper are comprised of
high-quality securities in accordance with the Company's investment policy.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of standard cost, which approximates
actual cost determined on a first-in, first-out basis, or estimated realizable
value. Adjustments to reduce inventories to estimated realizable value,
including allowances for excess and obsolete inventories, are determined
quarterly by comparing inventory levels of individual materials and parts to
historical usage rates, current backlog and estimated future sales. Actual
amounts realized upon the sale of inventories may differ from estimates used to
determine inventory valuation allowances due to changes in customer demand,
technology changes and other factors.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are
currently three to five years. The Company capitalizes costs associated with
software developed or obtained for internal use when both the preliminary
project stage is completed and management has authorized further funding for
the project which it deems completion to be probable and that the project will
be used to perform the function intended. Capitalization of such costs ceases
no later than the point at which the project is substantially complete and
ready for its intended use.
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MICROTUNE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
Intangible Assets and Goodwill
Intangible assets, which consist primarily of a customer base, patents,
developed technologies, and employment and non-compete agreements, have been
recorded as the result of business acquisitions (see Note 2) and are being
amortized on the straight-line basis over three to seven years.
Goodwill is the result of the difference, if any, between the aggregate
consideration paid for an acquisition and the fair value of the net tangible
and intangible assets acquired. Goodwill related to acquisitions completed
after June 30, 2001 is not amortized in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 141, Business Combinations. For acquisitions
completed on or before June 30, 2001, goodwill was amortized on a straight-line
basis over an estimated life of five years. Beginning in the first quarter of
2002, goodwill will no longer be amortized, but will be subject to annual
impairment tests. See "Recent Accounting Pronouncements" below.
Impairment of Long-lived Assets
The Company reviews long-lived assets, including goodwill and intangible
assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate
that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of
assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount
of an asset to projected future undiscounted cash flows expected to be
generated by the asset or business center. If such assets are considered to be
impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which
the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the estimated fair value of the
assets. At December 31, 2001, management believes that no impairment of
long-lived assets has occurred and that no reduction of the related estimated
useful lives is warranted. The assessment of recoverability of long-lived
assets will be impacted if estimated future operating cash flows are not
achieved. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying
amount or the estimated fair value less costs to sell. See "Recent Accounting
Pronouncements" below.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues are recognized when product has been shipped and title to the
product has transferred to the customer or international distributor. Revenues
are recognized for distributors located in North America when product is
shipped and title of the product has transferred to end customers. Title to the
product may transfer to the customer or distributor when shipped or when
received by the customer based on the specific agreement. Certain distributors
have the right to a stock rotation twice per year for up to 15% of annual
purchases from the Company. The Company evaluates its provision for estimated
returns quarterly, based on historical returns. To date the Company has not
experienced any significant returns. An increase in the level of returns could
have a significant effect on the Company's results of operations.
Warranty Costs
The Company provides a minimum of a one-year warranty on all products and
record a related provision for estimated warranty costs at the date of sale.
Estimated warranty costs are recorded at the date of sale based on a percentage
of revenues derived from Company's historical warranty costs. Additionally, the
Company records specific warranty provisions for any identified individual
product issues, which have not been significant to date. An increase in the
warranty costs could have a significant effect on the Company's results of
operations.
Research and Development Costs
Research and development expenses for new or significantly enhanced products
consist of personnel-related expenses, lab supplies, training and prototype
subcontract materials. Research and development efforts are currently focused
primarily on development of the next generation of RF products. All research
and development costs are expensed in the period incurred.
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MICROTUNE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
Shipping and Handling Costs
Shipping and handling costs that the Company incurs related to product
shipments to customers are included in selling, general and administration
expenses.Shipping and handling costs totaled $0.6 million and $1.1 million in
2001 and 2000, respectfully. The Company does not charge customers for shipping
and handling.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)
No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations
in accounting for its employee stock options. The Company accounts for
stock-based compensation for non-employees under the fair value method
prescribed by SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. Through
December 31, 2001, there have been no significant grants to non-employees.
Effective July 1, 2000, the Company adopted interpretation (SFAS) No. 44
(FIN 44), Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation, an
interpretation of APB 25, which requires changes to previous practice regarding
the accounting for certain stock compensation arrangements. FIN 44 does not
change APB 25's intrinsic value method, but it has narrowed its application.
Adoption of FIN 44 did not have a significant effect on the Company's results
of operations for the year ended December 31, 2000.
Derivatives
The Company records all derivatives at fair value on the balance sheet and
that related gains and losses are included in net income or comprehensive
income depending on the nature of the hedging relationship. Currently, the
Company has not entered into contracts that are classified as derivative
financial instruments. However, the Company may enter into contracts that are
classified as derivative financial instruments in the future.
Foreign Currency Translation
Through June 30, 2000, the Company used the U.S. Dollar as its functional
currency, except that the German Mark was used as its functional currency for
Microtune GmbH & Co. KG (Microtune KG) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the
Microtune KG Subsidiaries). Foreign currency exchange gains and losses
resulting from the translation of financial statements denominated in German
Marks of Microtune KG into U.S. Dollars through June 30, 2000, were included as
a component of stockholders' equity. Foreign currency exchange gains and losses
resulting from the remeasurement of financial statements not denominated in
German Marks of Microtune KG outside of Germany into German Marks were
recognized currently in the Company's results of operations as a component of
foreign currency gains and losses.
Effective July 1, 2000, the Company changed the functional currency of the
Microtune KG Subsidiaries to the U.S. Dollar from the German Mark to reflect
the manner in which the Microtune KG Subsidiaries are now managed and operated.
Subsequent to June 30, 2000, the financial statements of the Microtune KG
Subsidiaries are remeasured into the U.S. Dollar. Effective January 1, 2002,
the Company will begin utilizing the Euro exclusively in place of the German
Mark, in conjunction with the adoption of the Euro as the common national
currency in Germany. As the exchange rate between the German Mark and Euro was
established at a fixed rate, there will be no financial impact from this
change.The impact from the remeasurement of financial statements not
denominated in U.S. Dollars is recognized currently in the Company's results of
operations as a component of foreign currency gains and losses.
Income Taxes
The Company's income taxes are computed using the asset and liability method
of accounting. Under the asset and liability method, a deferred tax asset or
liability is recognized for estimated future tax effects attributable to
temporary differences and carryforwards. The measurement of deferred income tax
assets is
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MICROTUNE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
adjusted by a valuation allowance, if necessary, to recognize future tax
benefit only to the extent, based on available evidence, it is more likely than
not such benefit will be realized.
Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income
(loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each
period. Diluted earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net
income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding
during each period and common equivalent shares consisting of preferred stock,
stock options, warrants, restricted stock subject to repurchase rights and
employee stock purchase plan options.
Preferred stock dividends added to net loss to derive net loss applicable to
common stockholders resulted from certain purchases of outstanding shares of
Series A Preferred Stock, which occurred during 1998 (Note 9). The excess of
the cash consideration to purchase the shares over the carrying amount of the
shares has been treated as dividends paid to the stockholders of the preferred
shares in the earnings per share calculation.
The following table sets forth anti-dilutive securities that have been
excluded from diluted earnings per share (in thousands):
December 31,
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2001 2000 1999
- ----- ----- ------
Preferred stock convertible into common stock -- -- 15,660
Stock options................................ 8,106 7,982 2,945
Warrants..................................... -- -- 41
Restricted common stock...................... 810 213 681
Employee stock purchase plan................. 11 9 --
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Total anti-dilutive securities excluded...... 8,927 8,204 19,327
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Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in equity of a business
enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances
from non-owner sources. It includes all changes in equity during a period,
except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners.
Risk Concentrations
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations
of credit risk consists primarily of trade accounts receivable and notes
receivable. Products are sold to customers internationally, principally in Asia
Pacific, the United States, and Europe. The Company continually evaluates the
creditworthiness of its customers' financial condition and generally does not
require collateral. The Company evaluates the collectability of its accounts
receivable based on a combination of factors. In circumstances where the
Company is aware of a specific customer's inability to meet its financial
obligations to us, the Company records a specific reserve for bad debts against
amounts due. The Company has not experienced significant losses on
uncollectible accounts receivable.
From time to time, the Company invests in convertible notes, preferred stock
or common stock of private RF technology based companies in accordance with the
Company's investment policy. In the third quarter of 2001, the Company
wrote-off a $1.0 million investment in a private radio frequency focused
company, due to uncertainties as to whether the investment would be recovered.
Currently the Company has no other such investments.
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MICROTUNE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
The Company depends on third party foundries to manufacture all of its
integrated circuit products. The Company does not have long-term supply
agreements with its foundries and obtains manufacturing services on a purchase
order basis. The inability of a third party foundry to continue manufacturing
the Company's integrated circuits could have a material adverse effect on the
Company's operations. The Company is also dependent upon third parties, some of
whom are competitors, for the supply of components for module manufacturing.
The Company's failure to obtain components for module manufacturing would
significantly impact the Company's ability to ship modules to customers in a
timely manner.
Risk and Uncertainties
The future results of operations and financial condition of the Company will
be impacted by the following factors, among others: the level of difficulty
experienced in the integration of acquired businesses, dependence on the
broadband communications markets, lengthy sales cycle, dependence on third
party manufacturers and subcontractors, technological change and dependence on
the successful development of products and making of new products,
international operations and foreign currency fluctuations, property rights,
and product liability.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS
No. 141, Business Combinations, effective as of June 20, 2001 and No. 142,
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, effective for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2001. Under the new rules, the pooling-of-interests method
of accounting for business combinations has been eliminated. Also, the criteria
for recognizing acquired intangible assets apart from goodwill has been
changed, and acquired goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite
lives will no longer be amortized, but will be subject to annual impairment
tests in accordance with SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142. Other intangible assets
will continue to be amortized over their useful lives.
The Company will apply SFAS 142 on accounting for goodwill and other
intangible assets beginning in the first quarter of 2002. Application of the
nonamortization provisions of SFAS No. 142 is expected to result in an increase
in net income of $5.8 million ($0.15 per share) for 2002. During 2002, the
Company will perform the first of the required impairment test of goodwill and
indefinite lived intangible assets as of January 1, 2002 and has not yet
determined what the effect of these tests will be on the results of operations
and financial position of the Company.
In October 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment
or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2001. This statement establishes new rules for determining
impairment of certain other long-lived assets, including intangible assets
subject to amortization, property and equipment and long-term prepaid assets.
The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a significant effect on
the operating results or the financial position of the Company.
2. BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS
On November 28, 2001, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital
stock of Transilica Inc. (Transilica), a privately-held company based in
California. Transilica was engaged in research and development of silicon and
system-on-chip products for short-range wireless applications. The
consideration in the acquisition consisted of 7,206,187 shares of the Company's
common stock. In addition, the Company assumed 831,967 Transilica stock
options. The merger agreement also provided that approximately 15% of the
purchase price in shares of the Company's common stock be placed in escrow for
the purpose of securing the indemnification
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MICROTUNE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
obligations of Transilica under the merger agreement. The escrow shares are to
be released periodically, subject to any escrow claims, at the end of each of
the three years following the closing. The results of operations of Transilica
are included in the results of operations of the Company from the date of
acquisition. The components of the aggregate cost of the acquisition were as
follows (in thousands, except share data):
Fair market value of 7,206,187 shares of common stock (including 1,206,307
shares placed in escrow)................................................ $130,072
Fair market value of 831,967 Transilica stock options assumed............. 13,937
Transaction costs......................................................... 2,130
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Total acquisition cost.................................................... $146,139
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The fair market value of the Company's common stock was based on the closing
stock price on the date of acquisition. The fair value of the Transilica stock
options assumed was based on the Black-Scholes option valuation model.
The cost of the acquisition of Transilica has been allocated to the assets
and liabilities acquired, acquired in-process research and development and
deferred stock compensation, with the remainder recorded as excess cost over
net assets acquired, based on estimates of fair values as follows (in
thousands):
Working capital...................................................... $ 386
Noncurrent assets and liabilities, net............................... 2,368
Developed technology................................................. 36,200
Patents.............................................................. 19,300
Employment and non-compete agreements................................ 5,010
Goodwill............................................................. 28,546
Acquired in-process research and development costs charged to expense 32,400
Unearned stock compensation.......................................... 21,929
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Total acquisition cost............................................... $146,139
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Unearned stock compensation recorded in connection with the acquisition
represents the intrinsic value of Transilica's unvested stock options and
restricted common stock shares for which future service is required subsequent
to the date of the acquisition in order for the employee to vest in the stock
options and restricted common stock shares. The amount allocated to unearned
compensation has been deducted from the estimated fair value of the unvested
stock options and restricted common stock shares for purposes of the allocation
of purchase price to assets acquired. The unearned stock compensation will be
amortized to expense over the remaining vesting period of the unvested stock
options and restricted common stock shares of one to four years. The Company is
in the process of evaluating the other assets and liabilities acquired in the
Transilica acquisition. The final allocation of the purchase price, which is
expected to be completed in 2002, will be based on the complete evaluation of
the acquired assets and liabilities.
The following unaudited pro forma information presents the results of
operations of the Company as if the combination with Transilica had occurred as
of January 1, 2000. The pro forma information has been prepared by combining
the results of operations of the Company and Transilica, with adjustments to
eliminate the 2001 charge for acquired in-process research and development
costs, to eliminate Transilica's historical stock compensation expense, and to
record additional stock compensation and amortization expense resulting from
the application of purchase accounting. The pro forma information does not
purport to be indicative of what would
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MICROTUNE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
have occurred had the acquisition occurred as of that date, or of results of
operations that may occur in the future (in thousands, except per share data).
Year Ended December 31
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2001 2000
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(unaudited)
Revenue................................ $ 63,273 $ 70,969
Loss from operations................... $(71,540) $(60,584)
Net loss............................... $(71,227) $(61,615)
Basic and diluted loss per common share $ (1.52) $ (2.31)
On October 16, 2001, the Company acquired the personnel, technology, and
assets of privately held Semiconductor Products and Systems Engineering, B.V.
(SPaSE), located in the Netherlands. SPaSE specializes in the design of digital
signal processing VLSI chips and associated software, currently targeted at the
digital television equipment market. SPaSE's products provide decoding and
decompression of video and audio that are embedded within radio-frequency
transmitted signals. The consideration in the combination consisted of
$3,000,000 of cash and 210,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The
results of operations of SPaSE are included in the results of operations of the
Company from the date of acquisition. The components of the aggregate cost of
the acquisition were as follows (in thousands, except share data):
Cash paid to shareholders.......................... $3,000
Fair market value of 210,000 shares of common stock 2,144
Transaction costs.................................. 319
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Total acquisition cost............................. $5,463
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The fair market value of the Company's common stock was based on the closing
price as of October 1, 2001, when the terms of the acquisition were agreed to
by the parties to the transaction.
The cost of the acquisition of SPaSE has been allocated to the assets and
liabilities acquired and to acquired in-process research and development, with
the remainder recorded as excess cost over net assets acquired, based on
estimates of fair values as follows (in thousands):
Working capital (deficit)............................................ $ (335)
Noncurrent assets and liabilities, net............................... (1,003)
Developed technology................................................. 567
Goodwill............................................................. 4,726
Acquired in-process research and development costs charged to expense 1,706
Deferred income taxes................................................ (198)
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Total acquisition cost............................................... $ 5,463
=======
The acquisitions of Transilica and SPaSE have allowed the Company to expand
its core RF silicon and systems technologies. These acquisitions provide the
Company with complementary wireless silicon solutions that, when integrated
into consumer or commercial end products, enable users to remotely access data
or voice through wireless personal or local areas networks.
On January 10, 2000, the Company combined with HMTF Acquisition (Bermuda),
Ltd. (HMTF Acquisition), the ultimate parent company of Temic Telefunken
Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH (Temic), in a transaction accounted for as a purchase
business combination. HMTF Acquisition acquired Temic on December 22, 1999.
Temic is now called Microtune KG. The consideration in the combination
consisted of 3,318,513
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MICROTUNE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
shares of Series E Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase up to 2,212,342
shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.001 per share. The results of
operations of HMTF Acquisition are included in the results of the Company from
the date of acquisition. The components of the aggregate cost of the
acquisition were as follows (in thousands, except share data):
Fair market value of 3,318,513 shares of Series E Preferred Stock.......... $55,548
Fair market value of warrants to purchase 2,212,342 shares of the Company's
common stock............................................................. 7,411
Transaction costs.......................................................... 185
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Total acquisition cost..................................................... $63,144
=======
The fair market values of the Series E Preferred Stock and the warrants were
based on the estimated fair market value of the Company's common stock at the
date of the combination and the cash purchase price paid by HMTF Acquisition
for Microtune KG on December 22, 1999 of $60.0 million.
The cost of the acquisition of Microtune KG has been allocated to the assets
and liabilities acquired and to acquired in-process research and development,
with the remainder recorded as excess cost over net assets acquired, based on
estimates of fair values as follows (in thousands):
Working capital...................................................... $11,206
Property and equipment............................................... 6,118
Intangible assets.................................................... 8,037
Goodwill............................................................. 28,276
Acquired in-process research and development costs charged to expense 12,692
Deferred income taxes................................................ (1,914)
Other assets and liabilities, net.................................... (2,283)
Loans receivable from stockholders................................... 1,012
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Total acquisition cost............................................... $63,144
=======
The following unaudited pro forma information presents the results of
operations of the Company as if the combination with HMTF Acquisition and the
acquisition of The Tuner Company had occurred as of January 1, 1999. The pro
forma information has been prepared by combining the results of operations of
the Company and HMTF Acquisition with adjustments to eliminate the 1999 charge
for acquired in-process research and development costs and to record additional
amortization expense and the impact on the provision for income taxes resulting
from the application of purchase accounting. The pro forma information does not
purport to be indicative of what would have occurred had the acquisition
occurred as of that date, or of results of operations that may occur in the
future (in thousands, except per share data):
Year Ended
December 31,
1999
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(unaudited)
Revenue................................ $ 46,759
Loss from operations................... (13,865)
Net loss............................... (11,160)
Basic and diluted loss per common share $ (1.76)
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MICROTUNE, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
The Company's management is primarily responsible for estimating the fair
values of intangible assets and acquired in-process research and development.
The estimates of the fair values of intangible assets and acquired in-process
research and development were determined based on information furnished by
management of the companies acquired.
The value of the acquired developed technology, patents, and other
intangibles was determined by discounting the estimated projected net cash
flows to be generated from the related assets. Projected net cash flows were
based on estimates of future revenues and costs related to such assets. The
rate used to discount the net cash flows to present value ranged from 17% to
25%.
Amounts allocated to acquired in-process research and development were
expensed at the date of acquisition because the purchased research and
development had no alternative future uses, and had not reached technological
feasibility based on the status of design and development activities that
required further refinement and testing. The estimates used in valuing the
research and development were based upon assumptions regarding future events
and circumstances management believes to be reasonable, but that are inherently
uncertain and unpredictable. The relative stage of completion and projected
operating cash flows of the underlying in-process projects acquired were the
most significant and uncertain assumptions utilized in the valuation analysis
of the acquired in-process research and development. Such uncertainties could
give rise to unforeseen budget overruns and revenue shortfalls in the event
that the Company is unable to successfully complete and commercialize the
projects.
The value of the acquired in-process research and development was determined
by discounting the estimated projected net cash flows related to the applicable
products of each acquisition for the amount of years as shown in the table
below, including costs to complete the development of the technology and the
future revenues to be earned upon release of the products. The rates utilized
to discount the net cash flows to present value as shown in the table below
were based on the weighted average cost of capital adjusted for the risks
associated with the estimated growth, profitability, developmental and market
risks of the acquired development projects for each acquisition. Projected net
cash flows from such products of each acquisition are based on estimates of
revenues and operating profit (loss) related to such products. Management
expects that the purchased research and development projects generally will be
successfully developed into commercially viable products. However, there can be
no assurance that commercial viability or timely release of these products will
be achieved.
Year
Cash
Estimated/Actual Cost/Time to Inflows
Complete Projects Began or
------------------------------- are
Acquisition In Process Discount Projected
Entity Acquired Date Projects Rate At Acquisition At Dec. 31, 2001 to Begin
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Transilica Inc. Nov. 2001 Short-range 35% $3.2 million/ $3.0 million/ 2003
wireless Oct. 2002 Oct. 2002
applications
SPaSE, B.V. Oct. 2001 DVB-T 28% $2.7 million/ $2.6 million/ 2003
demodulator June 2003 June 2003
applications
Microtune KG Jan. 2000 Cable Modem 22% $0.4 million/ $0.3 million/ 2000
Dec. 2000 Dec. 2000
Set-top box 22% $0.1 million/ $0.1 million/ --
Oct. 2000 Nov. 2000
Automotive 22% $2.1 million/ $1.8 million/ 2002
March 2002 Sept. 2001
Multimedia 22% $0.4 million/ $0.3 million/ 2000
Oct. 2000 Nov. 2000
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
At December 31, 2001, the Company expects to essentially meet its original
cash flows and return expectations for these projects. Revenues were projected
to begin in 2001 for development projects in the set-top box product group, but
as of December 31, 2001, it is expected that these projects will not produce
any significant future revenues nor will these products generate net cash
inflows. However, the failure to develop these products is not expected to have
a material impact on the Company's overall return on its investment in the
acquired technology or on future results of operations or financial position.
3. INVENTORIES
Inventories consists of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
--------------
2001 2000
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Finished goods. $1,654 $ 4,978
Work-in-process 1,550 2,085
Raw materials.. 6,197 9,326
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$9,401 $16,389
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4. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, at cost, consists of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
---------------
2001 2000 Useful Life
------- ------- -----------
Leasehold improvements....... $ 1,519 $ 1,227 5 years
Manufacturing equipment...... 14,609 13,702 3 years
Other equipment.............. 7,936 3,039 3 years
Furniture and fixtures....... 885 1,127 3 years
Computer software............ 4,863 1,834 3 years
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Total property and equipment. 29,812 20,929
Less accumulated depreciation 10,543 5,750
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$19,269 $15,179
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5. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
Weighted Average
-----------------------------
December 31, Remaining
-------------- Useful Life at
2001 2000 Useful Life December 31, 2001
------- ------ ----------- -----------------
Developed technology......... $36,767 $ -- 6.9 years 6.9 years
Patents...................... 21,891 2,549 6.7 years 6.4 years
Employment agreements........ 5,010 -- 4.0 years 3.9 years
Other........................ 5,186 5,986 5.0 years 3.0 years
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Total intangible assets...... 68,854 8,535
Less accumulated amortization 4,016 2,481
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Net intangible assets........ $64,838 $6,054
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
6. ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accrued expenses consists of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
--------------
2001 2000
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Deferred Revenue.............. $ 1,494 $ 100
Accrued warranty obligation... 743 711
Accrued income taxes (Note 8). 5,289 2,145
Deferred income taxes (Note 8) 492 373
Other......................... 7,081 4,781
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$15,099 $8,110
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7. NOTES PAYABLE
At December 31, 2001, Microtune KG has a credit agreement with a bank that
provides for borrowings of up to $0.9 million. The agreement is cancelable upon
notification by the bank. Borrowings under this agreement bear interest at a
rate determined from time to time by the bank (6.75% at December 31, 2001). At
December 31, 2001, no borrowings were outstanding under this credit agreement.
8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
In March 2000, the Company entered into a new five-year operating lease for
office space in Plano, Texas to be used as its headquarters, as well as for
certain administrative, sales and marketing and research and development
activities. Microtune KG leases its administrative, sales and marketing and
research and development facility in Germany under an operating lease with a
twenty two year term, which began in December 1999. The Company leases
facilities in San Diego, California, primarily for research and development
activities. The Company also leases certain other facilities, equipment and
computer software under operating leases. Future minimum lease payments
required under operating leases as of December 31, 2001 are as follows (in
thousands):
2002...... $ 3,983
2003...... 3,472
2004...... 2,496
2005...... 722
2006...... 346
Thereafter 4,800
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$15,819
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As of December 31, 2001, future minimum payments required under the
operating lease for the facility in Germany include $3.1 million guaranteed by
Microtune KG relating to obligations issued to finance the land and building.
Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, was $2.3
million, $1.9 million and $0.1 million, respectively.
From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation relating to
claims arising out of the ordinary course of business. The Company is not
currently a party to any material litigation, except for the possible effects,
if any, of the matters discussed below. On January 24, 2001, the Company filed
a lawsuit alleging patent infringement in the United States Court for the
Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, against Broadcom Corporation. The
lawsuit alleges that Broadcom Corporation's BCM3415 microchip infringes on the
Company's
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
U.S. patent no. 5,737,035. The Company's complaint is seeking monetary damages
resulting from the alleged infringement as well as injunctive relief precluding
Broadcom Corporation from taking any further action which infringes the
Company's 5,737,035 patent. The lawsuit is still at an early stage.
Starting on July 11, 2001, multiple purported securities fraud class action
complaints were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York. The Company is aware of at least three such complaints:
Berger v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., Inc. et al.; Atlas v. Microtune et al.; and
Ellis Investments Ltd. v. Goldman Sachs & Co., Inc. et al. The complaints are
brought purportedly on behalf of all persons who purchased our common stock
from August 4, 2000 through December 6, 2000. The Atlas complaint names as
defendants Microtune, Douglas J. Bartek, our Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Everett Rogers, our Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of
Finance and Administration, and several investment banking firms that served as
underwriters of our initial public offering. Microtune, Mr. Bartek and Mr.
Rogers were served with notice on the Atlas complaint on August 22, 2001,
however, they have not been served regarding the other referenced complaints.
The Berger and Ellis Investment Ltd. Complaints assert claims against the
underwriters only. Among other things, the complaints allege liability under
Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) and 20(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, on the grounds that the registration
statement for our initial public offering did not disclose that (1) the
underwriters had agreed to allow certain of their customers to purchase shares
in the offering in exchange for excess commissions paid to the underwriters and
(2) the underwriters had arranged for certain of their customers to purchase
additional shares in the aftermarket at pre-determined prices. The Company is
aware that similar allegations have been made in lawsuits challenging over 180
other initial public offerings conducted in 1998, 1999, and 2000. No specific
amount of damages is claimed in the three complaints involving our initial
public offering. These cases are subject to the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and the Company expects that the cases will be consolidated
into a single action. These cases and all of the other lawsuits filed in the
Southern District of New York making similar allegations have been coordinated
before the Honorable Shira A. Scheindlin who is expected to set a brief
schedule for motions to dismiss. The Company believes that the allegations
against Microtune, Inc., Mr. Bartek and Mr. Rogers are without merit. The
Company intends to contest them vigorously, including by filing a motion to
dismiss these cases. The Company unable at this time to determine whether the
outcome of the litigation will have a material impact on our results of
operations or financial condition in any future period. Furthermore, there can
be no assurances regarding the outcome of the litigation or any related claim
for indemnification or contribution between or among any of the underwriters
and us.
9. INCOME TAXES
The provision (benefit) for income taxes is reconciled with the U.S. federal
statutory rate as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
---------------------------
2001 2000 1999
-------- -------- -------
Benefit computed at the U.S. federal statutory rate $(21,887) $(10,118) $(2,893)
Benefit of losses not recognized................... 5,443 4,660 2,598
Non-deductible stock option compensation........... 1,385 1,427 289
Acquired in-process research and development costs
for which no tax benefit was recognized.......... 11,596 4,315 --
Non-deductible goodwill amortization............... 1,918 1,604 --
Effect of foreign income taxes..................... 1,113 283
Other, net......................................... 250 (137) 6
-------- -------- -------
Income tax provision (benefit)..................... $ (182) $ 2,034 $ --
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
The income tax provision (benefit) consists of the following (in thousands):
Year Ended
December 31,
---------------
2001 2000
------- ------
Foreign income taxes:
Current provision... $ 3,164 $2,380
Deferred benefit.... (3,494) (459)
State income taxes... 148 113
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Total................ $ (182) $2,034
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The income of foreign operations before income taxes for the year ended
December 31, 2001 and 2000 was $13.7 million and $7.1 million respectively. The
Company's Philippines subsidiary is operating under a tax holiday that expires
in 2005. The Company received no tax benefit from this tax holiday in the year
ended December 31, 2001. Undistributed earnings (approximately $20.8 million at
December 31, 2001) of non-U.S. subsidiaries have been indefinitely reinvested
and, accordingly, no provision has been made for taxes due upon remittance of
these earnings.
Income taxes paid in the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 were $0.2
million and $0.6 million, respectfully. No income taxes were paid in 1999.
The significant components of the Company's deferred tax liabilities and
assets are as follows (in thousands):
December 31,
-----------------
2001 2000
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Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment................................ $ 314 $ --
Intangible assets..................................... 21,359 1,223
Accrued expenses...................................... -- 783
Other................................................. 254 208
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Total deferred tax liabilities...................... 21,927 2,214
Deferred tax assets:
Inventory............................................. 85 --
Accounts receivable................................... 160 --
Property and equipment................................ 880 241
Intangible assets..................................... 1,077 --
Accrued expenses...................................... 932 --
Net operating losses.................................. 27,860 9,727
Research and development credits...................... 1,434 1,049
Other................................................. 186 4
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Total deferred tax assets........................... 32,614 11,021
Valuation allowance.................................... (9,691) (11,110)
------- --------
Total deferred tax assets (liabilities) net..... $ 996 $ (2,303)
======= ========
The Company has established a valuation allowance to fully reserve its U.S.
deferred tax assets at December 31, 2001 and 2000 due to the uncertainty of the
timing and amount of future taxable income. For U.S. federal income tax
purposes, at December 31, 2001, the Company had a net operating loss
carryforward of approximately $72.6 million, including operating loss
carryforwards of Transilica, and an unused research and
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
development credit carryforward of approximately $1.4 million, which begin to
expire in the year 2011. The occurrence of a change in ownership of the
Company, as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, may limit
utilization of the U.S. federal net operating loss and research and development
credit carryforwards.
As a result of the acquisition of Transilica, the Company acquired net
operating loss carryforwards, previously incurred by Transilica, aggregating
approximately $26.6 million which will begin to expire in 2014. Such net
operating loss carryforward is subject to limitations under Section 382 of the
Internal Revenue Code, but such limitation is not expected to have a
significant impact on the Company's ability to utilize the net operating loss
carryforwards.
The income tax returns of the Company, HMTF Acquisition, Microtune KG and
their subsidiaries are subject to review and examination in the various
jurisdictions in which they operate. Management believes that all income tax
issues which have been or may be raised as a result of such reviews and
examinations will be resolved with no material impact on the financial position
or future results of operations of the Company.
10. CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
At December 31, 2001, the Company has authorized 25,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, which none was outstanding. On August 4, 2000, upon the
completion of the Company's initial public offering (Note 10), all then
outstanding convertible preferred stock converted into an aggregate of 23.1
million shares of common stock.
In addition to conversion rights, the preferred stock had voting rights
equal to common stock, and certain liquidation preferences and dividend rights
equivalent to the common shareholders. Activity related to preferred stock,
including shares issued, proceeds from the sale of shares and the effect of the
conversion into common stock is presented in the accompanying Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders' Equity.
11. COMMON STOCK
In January 2000, the Board of Directors declared a stock dividend of one
share of common stock for each outstanding share of common stock of the
Company. The effect of the stock dividend is reflected retroactively in the
accompanying financial statements.
On August 4, 2000, the Company completed its initial public offering. The
Company issued 4.6 million shares of its common stock resulting in net proceeds
of approximately $66.8 million. Upon the completion of the initial public
offering, all then outstanding convertible preferred stock (Note 10) converted
into an aggregate of 23.1 million shares of common stock and all outstanding
warrants were automatically exercised for 2.2 million shares of common stock.
On December 18, 2001, the Company issued 5.0 million shares of its common
stock, resulting in net cash proceeds of approximately $108.9 million.
At December 31, 2001, 64,986 shares of common stock were issued and
outstanding and still subject to the stock purchase and restriction agreements
that restrict the transfer of ownership of such stock. Pursuant to the stock
purchase and restriction agreements, ownership vests based on employment over
periods which range from four to five years from the date of grant. Upon
termination of employment of a holder of restricted shares, the Company has the
right but not the obligation to purchase any unvested shares, at the
stockholder's original cost. At December 31, 2001, the aggregate original cost
of shares which were subject to the repurchase right was $3,135.
At December 31, 2000, the Company had loans receivable from employees of
Microtune KG totaling $665,000, which were acquired in the merger with HMTF
Acquisition (Note 2). The loans receivable were secured by shares of common
stock owned by the employees, were guaranteed by the employees, and bore
interest at 3% per annum. All of the notes were paid in full during 2001.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
At December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company also has loans receivable from
U.S. employees of the Company totaling $35,000 and $123,000, respectively,
which were issued in 1998 and 1996 related to the exercise of stock options.
The loans receivable are secured by shares of common stock owned by the
employees, are guaranteed by the employees, bear interest at up to 6.8% per
annum and are due by April 2004.
12. STOCK PLANS
The Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan (the 1996 Plan) was approved by the
Board of Directors and the stockholders in August 1996, and provides for
incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options to be granted to key
employees, certain directors, and consultants of the Company. The terms of each
option granted under the 1996 Plan are established by the Board of Directors.
At December 31, 2001, the Company had reserved 4,459,616 shares of common stock
for issuance upon exercise of options granted pursuant to the 1996 Plan.
On August 4, 2000, the Company adopted a new stock option plan (the 2000
Plan). The 2000 Plan provides for incentive stock options and nonqualified
stock options to be granted to key employees and consultants of the Company.
The terms of each option granted under the 2000 Plan are established by the
Board of Directors. At December 31, 2001, the Company had reserved 9,252,035
shares of common stock for issuance upon exercise of options granted pursuant
to the 2000 Plan.
On August 4, 2000, the Company adopted a Directors' Stock Option Plan (the
Directors' Plan). The Directors' Plan provides for nonqualified stock options
to be granted to non-employee members of the Company's Board of Directors. At
December 31, 2001, the Company had reserved 150,000 shares of common stock for
issuance upon exercise of options granted pursuant to the Director's Plan.
On November 28, 2001, the Company assumed the obligations under Transilica's
Stock Option Plan. The Transilica Stock Option Plan provided for incentive
stock options and nonqualified stock options to be granted to key employees and
consultants of Transilica. The terms of each option granted under the
Transilica Stock Option Plan were established by their Board of Directors at
the time of grant. At December 31, 2001, the Company had reserved 824,463
shares of common stock for issuance upon exercise of options granted pursuant
to the Transilica Stock Option Plan.
A summary of the Company's stock option activity and related information for
the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 follows:
Number of Weighted-Average
Options Exercise Price
---------- ----------------
Balance at December 31, 1998...... 1,843,700 $0.17
Granted.......................... 2,160,150 0.55
Exercised........................ (994,784) 0.22
Canceled......................... (64,000) 0.36
----------
Balance at December 31, 1999...... 2,945,066 0.42
Granted.......................... 5,771,150 2.84
Exercised........................ (680,215) 0.35
Canceled......................... (54,200) 1.27
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Balance at December 31, 2000...... 7,981,801 2.17
Granted.......................... 2,435,950 9.29
Assumed in Transilica acquisition 831,967 4.52
Exercised........................ (1,708,793) 1.77
Canceled......................... (1,435,144) 2.98
----------
Balance at December 31, 2001...... 8,105,781 $4.49
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
The following presents certain information about outstanding stock options
at December 31, 2001:
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
------------------------------- -------------------
Weighted- Weighted- Weighted-
Average Average Average
Number of Exercise Contractual Number of Exercise
Range of Exercise Price Options Price Life Options Price
----------------------- --------- --------- ----------- --------- ---------
$0.03-0.38 662,372 $ 0.28 6.6 318,020 $ 0.24
$0.63-0.88 3,502,825 0.82 7.9 882,058 0.83
$1.25-10.40 3,193,275 6.96 9.4 785,823 3.69
$11.75-38.00 747,309 15.39 9.3 41,307 20.62
--------- ---------
8,105,781 2,027,208
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At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the number of exercisable options was 550,499
and 419,314, respectively, and the weighted-average exercise price of those
options was $0.50 and $0.21, respectively.
The Company has elected to follow APB 25 and related interpretations in
accounting for its employee stock options because, as discussed below, the
alternative fair value accounting provided for under SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock based Compensation, requires the use of option valuation models that
were not developed for use in valuing employee stock options. Under APB 25, no
compensation expense is recorded when the exercise price of the Company's
employee stock options equals the fair value of the underlying stock on the
date of grant. Compensation equal to the intrinsic value of employee stock
options is recorded when the exercise price of the stock options is less than
the fair value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Any resulting
compensation is amortized to expense over the remaining vesting periods of the
options on a straight-line basis.
In 2001 and 2000, the Company recorded approximately $17.8 million and $16.5
million, respectively, of deferred stock option compensation as a result of
granting stock options with deemed exercise prices below the estimated fair
value per share of the Company's common stock at the date of grant and as a
result of the Transilica acquisition. Deferred stock option compensation is
being amortized and charged to operations over the vesting period of the
applicable options. As of December 31, 2001 and 2000, unamortized deferred
stock compensation was $28.3 million and $14.6 million, respectively. The
weighted average remaining vesting period of outstanding compensatory stock
options was 1.7 years at December 31, 2001.
On August 4, 2000, the Company also adopted an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(the Purchase Plan). A total of 400,000 shares of common stock was reserved for
issuance under the plan. The Purchase Plan, which is intended to qualify under
Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, contains
successive six month offering periods. The offering periods generally start on
the first trading day on or after November 1 and May 1 of each year, except for
the first such offering period which commenced on the first trading day after
the effective date of the Company's initial public offering and ended on the
last trading day on or before October 31, 2000. Generally, employees are
eligible to participate if they are employed by the Company or any of its
participating subsidiaries for at least 20 hours per week and more than five
months in any calendar year.Participants may purchase common stock through
deductions of up to 15% of the participant's compensation. The maximum number
of shares a participant may purchase during a single offering period is 1,000
shares. Amounts deducted and accumulated by the participant will be used to
purchase shares of common stock at the end of each purchase period. The price
of stock purchased under the Purchase Plan is 85% of the lower of the fair
market value of the common stock at the beginning of the purchase period or at
the end of each purchase period. For the year ended December 31, 2001, 65,596
shares were issued under the Purchase Plan.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
Information regarding pro forma net income is required by SFAS 123, and has
been determined as if the Company had accounted for its employee stock options
under the fair value method of SFAS 123. The fair value of these options was
estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model using
the following assumptions:
2001 2000 1999
----- ----- -----
Volatility:
After initial public offering......... 96.5% 75% --
Before initial public offering........ N/A 0% 0%
Weighted-average expected lives.......... 4.5 4.8 4.5
Expected dividend yields................. -- -- --
Weighted-average risk-free interest rates 4.15% 6.6% 5.5%
Fair value of options:
Granted at market price.................. $6.70 $6.19 --
Granted at prices less than market....... -- $3.73 $1.39
The Black Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating
the fair value of traded options which 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.
Prior to the Company's initial public offering the Company's employee stock
options had 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 existing models do
not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its
employee stock options.
For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the
options is amortized to expense over the options' vesting period. The Company's
pro forma information is as follows:
2001 2000 1999
-------- -------- -------
(in thousands, except per
share data)
Pro forma net loss applicable to common stockholders $(69,045) $(31,946) $(8,652)
======== ======== =======
Basic and diluted pro forma loss per share.......... $ (1.71) $ (1.58) $ (1.36)
======== ======== =======
13. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
In January 1997, the Board of Directors and Stockholders approved a plan
that provides retirement benefits under the provisions of Section 401(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code. The Plan covers substantially all employees who meet a
minimum service requirement. Under the Plan, the Company can elect to make
voluntary contributions. No contributions were made by the Company in 2001,
2000, and 1999.
Microtune KG and its subsidiaries sponsor defined benefit retirement plans
for its employees. Retirement benefit expense for the year ended December 31,
2001 or 2000 was not significant.
14. RESTRUCTURING COSTS
In the fourth quarter of 2001 the Company recorded a $3.0 million charge
related to restructuring actions, primarily related to the consolidation of the
Company's manufacturing operations in the Philippines from two factories into a
single factory. Of the $3.0 million charge, $0.8 million related to severance
for 477 employees
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
that had been paid out by year end, $1.3 million related to write-offs of
equipment to be disposed of, $0.4 million related to write-offs of VAT
receivables which will not be collectable and the remaining $0.5 million
related to the write-down of other assets and accrual of costs related to the
restructuring. The equipment which was written-off will no longer be used at
the Philippines factory and is expected to be completely disposed of during the
first half of 2002. At December 31, 2001 accrued restructuring costs totaled
$0.8 million. Such costs are expected to be paid in cash during the first half
of 2002.
15. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS
The Company's headquarters and main design center are located in Plano,
Texas. The Company has other sales offices and design centers in the United
States. The Company also has a significant design centers in Germany and the
Netherlands and one manufacturing facility in the Philippines. Net income from
foreign operations totaled $13.5 million and $5.4 million for the years ended
December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectfully. Revenues by geographical area are
summarized below (in thousands):
Year Ended
December 31,
---------------
2001 2000
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North America $26,400 $35,567
Europe....... 15,929 12,032
Asia Pacific. 20,446 21,507
Other........ 330 1,723
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Total........ $63,105 $70,829
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During 2001 and 2000, the Company did derive revenues exceeding 10% of total
revenues from shipments to customers locations in the United States, Germany
and Taiwan. However, the customers which composed the majority of the revenues
in these countries are large corporations with worldwide operations.
The locations of property and equipment are summarized below (in thousands):
Year Ended
December 31,
---------------
2001 2000
------- -------
North America $ 7,131 $ 2,461
Europe....... 8,943 8,104
Asia Pacific. 859 --
Philippines.. 2,336 4,614
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Total........ $19,269 $15,179
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Sales to DaimlerChrysler accounted for approximately 22% and 19% of
consolidated net revenues for the year ended December 31, 2001 and 2000,
respectfully. The loss of Daimler Chrysler as a customer could have a material
adverse impact on the Company's future results of operation. Sales to the
Company's twenty largest customers, including sales to their respective
manufacturing subcontractors, accounted for approximately 80% and 77% of the
Company's total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2002 and 2000,
respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
16. QUARTERLY CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended
-------------------------------------------
December 31, December 30, June 30, March 31,
2001 2001 2001 2001
------------ ------------ -------- ---------
Net revenues............................................... $ 15,976 $15,015 $14,455 $17,659
Cost of revenues........................................... 10,413 9,981 10,101 14,088
-------- ------- ------- -------
Gross margin............................................... 5,563 5,034 4,354 3,571
Operating expenses:
Research and development:
Stock option compensation........................... 1,185 335 339 340
Other............................................... 6,235 4,383 3,579 3,954
-------- ------- ------- -------
7,420 4,718 3,918 4,294
Acquired in-process research and development............ 34,106 -- -- --
Selling, general and administration:
Stock option compensation........................... 478 363 420 614
Other............................................... 4,296 3,180 4,249 3,869
-------- ------- ------- -------
4,774 3,543 4,669 4,483
Restructuring costs..................................... 3,013 -- -- --
Amortization of intangible assets and goodwill.......... 2,602 1,804 1,804 1,802
-------- ------- ------- -------
Total operating expenses............................ 51,915 10,065 10,391 10,579
-------- ------- ------- -------
Loss from operations....................................... (46,352) (5,031) (6,037) (7,008)
Other income (expense):
Interest income......................................... 526 693 814 1,058
Foreign currency translation and transaction gains
(losses), net......................................... (858) (79) (1,221) 55
Other................................................... (23) (972) 18 44
-------- ------- ------- -------
Loss before provision for income taxes..................... (46,707) (5,389) (6,426) (5,851)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes....................... 297 14 (185) (307)
-------- ------- ------- -------
Net loss................................................... $(47,004) $(5,403) $(6,241) $(5,544)
======== ======= ======= =======
Basic and diluted loss per common share.................... $ (1.09) $ (0.14) $ (0.16) $ (0.14)
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Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted
loss per common share.................................... 43,228 39,711 39,327 38,841
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In the fourth quarter 2001, the Company acquired two companies (Note 2),
which increased operating expenses primarily related to research and
development expenses, acquired in-process research and development and
amortization of goodwill and intangible assets. In the fourth quarter of 2001,
the Company also recorded a restructuring charge of $3.0 million, primarily due
to the consolidation of its manufacturing operations in the Philippines into a
single factory.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
In the third quarter of 2001 the Company recorded a $1.0 million charge to
write-off its investment in a radio frequency focused company, due to the
uncertainty as to the recovery of this investment.
Three Months Ended
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December 31, December 30, June 30, March 31,
2000 2000 2000 2000
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Net revenues............................................... $21,933 $19,935 $15,065 $ 13,896
Cost of revenues........................................... 13,784 12,654 9,860 10,071
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Gross margin............................................... 8,149 7,281 5,205 3,825
Operating expenses:
Research and development:
Stock option compensation........................... 369 365 359 267
Other............................................... 3,702 4,093 3,093 2,584
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4,071 4,458 3,452 2,851
Acquired in-process research and development............... -- -- -- 12,692
Selling, general and administration:
Stock option compensation............................... 745 715 856 522
Other................................................... 4,273 4,073 4,795 3,302
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5,018 4,788 5,651 3,824
Restructuring costs........................................ -- -- -- --
Amortization of intangible assets and goodwill............. 2,192 1,829 2,215 2,178
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Total operating expenses............................ 11,281 11,075 11,318 21,545
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Loss from operations....................................... (3,132) (3,794) (6,113) (17,720)
Other income (expense):
Interest income......................................... 1,367 864 220 276
Foreign currency translation and transaction gains
(losses), net......................................... (1,975) (547) (806) 877
Other................................................... 243 20 289 171
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Loss before provision for income taxes..................... (3,497) (3,457) (6,410) (16,396)
Provision for income taxes................................. 348 936 386 364
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Net loss................................................... $(3,845) $(4,393) $(6,796) $(16,760)
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Basic and diluted loss per common share.................... $ (0.10) $ (0.16) $ (0.86) $ (2.21)
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Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted
loss per common share.................................... 38,214 27,023 7,881 7,571
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The Company completed its initial public offering of its common stock on
August 4, 2000 (Note 1), which significantly increased the Company's available
resources for investments in marketable securities in the third and fourth
quarter of 2000 resulting in increased interest income.
In the first quarter of 2000, the Company acquired Microtune KG (Note 2). In
connection with the acquisition, the Company recorded $12.7 million in acquired
in-process research and development costs; in the first quarter of 2000.
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