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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q/A
Amendment No. 1
(MARK ONE)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 000-27969
IMMERSION CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
801 Fox Lane, San Jose, California 95131
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
(408) 467-1900
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its
corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is
a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting
company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
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Number of shares of common stock outstanding at April 30, 2009: 27,957,359
IMMERSION CORPORATION
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EXPLANATORY NOTE REGARDING RESTATEMENT
Immersion Corporation is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A (the Amendment) to
its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, originally filed May 6,
2009 (the Original Filing) to amend and restate the following previously-filed condensed
consolidated financial statements (and related disclosures) (the Restatement): (1) our condensed
consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2009 and the related condensed consolidated statements
of operations and cash flows for each of the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2009 and 2008
contained in Part I Item 1 of this Amendment; and (2) managements discussion and analysis of our
financial condition and results of operations as of and for our fiscal quarters ended March 31,
2009 and 2008 contained in Part I, Item 2 of this Amendment. The Restatement results from our
managements determination subsequent to the issuance of our financial statements for the quarter
ended March 31, 2009 that there were errors in 1) the recording of revenue transactions from our
Medical line of business; 2) the recording of stock-based compensation expense; 3) the recording of
interest income arising from future installments due from Sony Computer Entertainment determined
under the interest method; (4) the recording of amortization and impairment of patents; all of
which affected the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and 2008; and (5) The Companys accounting of
certain warrants to purchase company common stock subsequent to the adoption of a new accounting
standard in the quarter ended March 31, 2009; and therefore our unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements required restatement. In addition, as part of the Restatement, we have
corrected other errors that were not significant individually or in the aggregate. Refer to Note 2
to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 for further discussion of the
Restatement.
Financial information related to the interim periods ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 included in
the reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K previously filed by us and all related earnings
press releases and similar communications issued by us related to these periods, should not be
relied upon and in the event there are discrepancies between this Amendment and previous reports,
press releases and similar communications, the information in this Amendment shall control.
As announced on July 1, 2009, the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors, assisted by legal
counsel and independent forensic accountants, commenced and has now completed, an independent
investigation into certain previous revenue transactions in our Medical line of business to
determine whether revenue recognition was proper, and whether our internal controls relating to
revenue recognition are sufficient. On August 10, 2009, we announced that the Audit Committee
determined that we would restate our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008, and the interim periods therein and for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, ended March 31,
2009, as a result of errors in those financial statements.
Subsequently, on November 17, 2009, we announced that we would restate our financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as a result of an error in our accounting
for stock-based compensation expense which was identified after we upgraded to a new version of the
equity program administration software that we license from a third-party provider as well as an
error in the way interest income was being recognized for installment payments receivable under a
license with Sony Computer Entertainment that was granted at the conclusion of the patent
infringement litigation with Sony.
During the course of the investigation and preparation of the restatement, we also identified
additional transactions in the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 for which revenue
should have been reversed and recognized in future periods as a result of premature recognition of
revenue for products sold with FOB Destination or other similar shipping terms. In addition, we
also identified certain errors in the amortization and impairment of patents for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007, 2006 and prior years and have corrected these amounts in this Amendment.
Finally, we identified errors in the accounting of warrants to purchase company common stock
related to the adoption of a new accounting standard in the first quarter of 2009.
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Background of the Restatements
Revenue Recognition in Medical Line of Business
In June 2009, management notified the Audit Committee that it had become aware of an apparent
side agreement that contained modifications to our standard terms of contract. Specifically, a
vice president of international sales for the Medical line of business may have committed us to
provide a customer with certain exclusivity rights that neither the employee nor we had the power
to grant as well as extended payment terms for certain transactions. In response, the Audit
Committee, with the assistance of outside legal counsel and a forensic accounting firm, initiated
an internal investigation to review all of the transactions with this customer to evaluate whether
revenue was recognized appropriately. During the course of the investigation and after reviewing
the electronic and hard copy files of the same vice president of international sales for the
Medical line of business, certain transactions with other customers were identified for further
investigation.
While the investigation was ongoing, management notified the Audit Committee that it had
learned that certain sales personnel in our Medical line of business had made commitments to
customers in connection with a sale for a product that was not available at the time revenue was
originally recognized and promised products that lacked sufficient functionality to permit
recognition of revenue at the time revenue was originally recognized. In response, the Audit
Committee expanded the scope of the investigation to include these transactions as well as other
transactions in which the same products were promised or otherwise ultimately delivered.
The investigation included review of revenue recorded in the Medical line of business in
fiscal 2008 and the first quarter of fiscal 2009. During the course of the investigation, the
investigation team under the supervision of Audit Committee collected and reviewed more
than 15,000 pages of hard copy documents from individual custodians, department files and central
files, and also collected and searched more than 1.2 million electronically stored files. The
investigation team under the supervision of the Audit Committee conducted interviews of 17
current and former employees and third-party providers. The information obtained through this
investigation was analyzed in conjunction with accounting records. From this and other
information, certain transactions were identified and tested for compliance with our revenue
recognition policies. Testing procedures included review of customer contracts, customer
correspondence and emails, sales quotes, customer purchase orders, shipping documentation,
invoices, and cash receipts.
On August 10, 2009, we concluded that as a result of the errors indentified in the
investigation, we would restate our financial statements for fiscal year 2008 and the interim
periods therein and the first quarter of 2009, and that our previously filed financial statements
for these periods should not be relied on. Also on August 10, 2009, we filed a Current Report on
Form 8-K with the SEC disclosing the restatement and the non-reliance on our previously published
financial information for fiscal year 2008 and the interim periods therein and the first quarter of
2009.
Restatement of Stock-Based Compensation Expense
In September 2009, we upgraded to a new version of the software that automates the
administration of our employee equity programs and calculates our stock-based compensation expense.
Following the upgrade, we identified differences in the stock-based compensation expense of prior
periods and, after reviewing such differences, identified an error in our accounting for
stock-based compensation expense. Specifically, the prior version of the software incorrectly
calculated stock-based compensation expense by continuing to apply a weighted average forfeiture
rate to the vested portion of stock option awards until the grants final vest date, rather than
reflecting actual forfeitures as awards vested, resulting in an understatement of stock-based
compensation expense in certain periods prior to the grants final vest date. The accounting error
relates to the timing of the recognition of the stock-based compensation, but does not change the
aggregate amount of stock-based compensation expense to be recognized.
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Accounting for Interest Income
In October 2009, we reviewed the accounting of the interest income recognition for a license
agreement entered into in March 2007 between us and Sony Computer Entertainment as part of the
conclusion of the patent infringement action that we had asserted against Sony. Under the license
agreement, we granted Sony Computer Entertainment and certain of its affiliates a worldwide,
non-transferable, non-exclusive license under our patents that have issued, may issue, or claim a
priority date before March 2017 for the going forward use, development, manufacture, sale, lease,
importation, and distribution of Sonys current and past PlayStation and related products in
exchange for certain covenants not to sue and the payment of twelve quarterly installments of
$1.875 million (for a total of $22.5 million) beginning on March 31, 2007 and ending on December
31, 2009, as well as certain other fees and royalty amounts. We accounted for future payments in
accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 21 Interest on Receivables and Payables
(APB No. 21). Under APB No. 21, we determined the present value of the $22.5 million future
payments was $20.2 million. We accounted for the difference of $2.3 million as interest income as
each $1.875 million quarterly payment installment became due. Following the review, we identified
an error in the way interest income was being recognized as future installments were being
recorded. This accounting error relates to the timing of the recognition of interest income but
does not change the overall interest income to be recognized for the Sony license.
On November 13, 2009, we concluded that as a result of the errors in accounting for stock
compensation expense and the recognition of interest income, we would restate our financial
statements for fiscal year 2007, and that previously filed financial statements for these periods
should not be relied on. On November 17, 2009, we filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC
disclosing the restatement and the non-reliance on our previously published financial information
for these periods.
Other Corrections
As discussed above, we have also made other corrections that were not significant individually
or in the aggregate.
On February 8, 2010, we filed Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2008 and this Form 10-Q/A. We also issued a press release and filed a
Current Report on Form 8-K to announce the final restated financial information and conclusions of
the Audit Committees investigation.
Findings and Recommendations Related to Revenue Recognition in the Medical Line of Business
Side Agreement
As discussed above, the Audit Committee determined that a vice president of international
sales for the Medical line of business may have made certain commitments to a customer in the form
of an undisclosed apparent side agreement dated in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008. The customer
and we had previously executed a distribution agreement in May 2008, and the customer entered into
various sales transactions with us, both before and after the date of the apparent side agreement,
each of which was reviewed during the investigation. As more fully described in Amendment No. 1 to
the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 8, 2010, the Company concluded that revenue had
not been appropriately recognized on certain transactions resulting in restatement adjustments to
revenue in various reporting periods. Revenue in the quarters ended March 31, 2008 and 2009 were
not impacted by these findings. Bad debt expense and allowance for doubtful accounts of $623,000
previously recorded in the quarter ended March 31, 2009 relating to revenues that had been
inappropriately recorded in earlier periods were reversed.
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Commitment of Deliverables that are Unavailable or Lacked Functionality
In reviewing the transactions where sales personnel in our Medical line of business had made
commitments by us to provide products that were not available or products that included components
that
were not fully developed at the time of sale, we concluded that revenue was not appropriately
recognized. Accordingly, a total of $468,000 recorded in fiscal 2008 has been deferred and
recognized in the first quarter of 2009.
Additional Transactions Analyzed
During the investigation and subsequent preparation of the Restatement, we also
discovered additional transactions in our Medical line of business where revenue was not properly
recognized due to one or more of the following reasons:
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Premature recognition of revenue for products sold with FOB Destination or other
similar shipping terms, or for incomplete shipment of products or storage of products
following shipment; |
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Non-standard terms and conditions that prevented recognition of revenue upon
shipment, including rights of return, extended payment terms, product replacement
commitments, potential free upgrades and other non-standard commitments, that
prevented recognition of revenue upon shipment; and |
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Lack of probable collectability at the time revenue was recognized. |
As a result, a net increase in revenue in the amount of $67,000 was recorded in the first
quarter of 2009. This represents an increase of revenue of approximately $536,000 originally
recorded in earlier periods that has been recorded in the first quarter of 2009 and a decrease
of $469,000 of revenue originally recorded in the first quarter of 2009 that has been reversed and
is expected to be recognized in future periods. Bad debt and allowance for doubtful accounts
originally recorded in the first quarter of 2009 in the amount of $52,000 were also reversed.
Approximately $80,000 of revenue recorded in the first quarter of 2008 was reversed and is to be
recorded in subsequent periods.
Other Impact of Revenue Adjustments
As a result of the adjustments to revenues discussed above, cost of product sales increased by
$118,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 and commission expense increased by $86,000 for the
quarter ended March 31, 2009. Also, as a result of the deferral of certain revenues, we recorded
deferred cost of goods sold in the amount of $1.1 million at March 31, 2009 which is reported as
prepaid expenses and other current assets on the balance sheet. As a result of the adjustment to
revenues discussed above, cost of product sales decreased by $21,000 for the quarter ended March
31, 2008. There was no other impact on these accounts for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Other Errors in Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
We also corrected the condensed consolidated financial statements for the following items:
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Stock-Based Compensation Expense. As described above, we identified a
software-based error in our calculated stock-based compensation expense. The previous
version of software used to calculate stock-based compensation expense incorrectly
continued to apply a weighted average forfeiture rate to the vested portion of stock
option awards until the grants final vest date, rather than reflecting actual
forfeitures as awards vested. This error resulted in an understatement of stock-based
compensation expense in certain periods prior to the grants final vest date. We
recorded additional stock-based compensation expense of $163,000 and $643,000 for the
first quarter of 2009 and 2008, respectively. |
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Interest Income. As described above, we identified an error in the accounting
relating to the timing of the recognition of interest income with respect to our
patent license with Sony Computer Entertainment. Accordingly, we recorded additional
interest income of approximately $128,000 in the first quarter of 2008 and a reduction
in interest income of approximately $128,000 in the first quarter of 2009. This
accounting error related to the timing of the recognition of interest income but does
not change the overall interest income to be recognized. |
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Amortization and Impairment of Intangibles. We identified instances where we had
not commenced amortization of patents in the periods the patents were granted. In
addition, we identified certain patent applications that were abandoned but had not
been previously identified as such and have corrected this error by increasing
amortization and impairment of intangibles by $19,000 and $35,000 in the quarters
March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Finally we identified that a change in the way
we were amortizing our patents implemented in the first quarter of 2009 should not
have been recorded; as a result we have decreased amortization of intangibles by
$180,000 for the first quarter of 2009. |
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Warrants. As further described under the heading Warrants in Note 2 of the Notes
to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ended March 31, 2009
we should have adopted Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 07-5,
Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an Entitys Own
Stock (EITF 07-5), as codified in FASB ASC topic 815, Determining Whether an
Instrument (or Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an Entitys Own Stock effective
January 1, 2009. EITF 07-5 provides that an entity should use a two step approach to
evaluate whether an equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded feature) is
indexed to its own stock, including evaluating the instruments contingent exercise
and settlement provisions. Therefore, warrants to purchase 426,951 shares of our
common stock issued in 2004 that were previously classified as Warrants have been
corrected for the adoption of EITF 07-5 and classified to Other Current Liabilities
and Retained Earnings effective January 1, 2009 due to the presence of a warrant
adjustment feature that allows for a change in the number of shares subject to
issuance and a change in the exercise price of the warrant under certain
circumstances, including the issuance of stock for cash in a secondary offering. The
warrants expire on December 23, 2009 and the fair value balance of the remaining
liability will be marked to market and recognized at each balance sheet date in
non-operating income. As compared to amounts previously reported, we corrected the
condensed consolidated financial statements to reflect the adoption of EITF 07-5 and
recorded a decrease of $1.7 million to Warrants, an addition of $517,000 to Other
Current Liabilities and $1.2 million to Retained Earnings as a cumulative effect of a
change in accounting principle to our balance sheet as of January 1, 2009. We
estimated the fair value of these warrant derivative liabilities using a Black-Scholes
model as of March 31, 2009 to be $37,000 and recorded a credit of $480,000 in our
condensed consolidated statement of operations in non-operating income for the quarter
ended March 31, 2009. |
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Impact of Corrections on Previously Issued Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Our accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been restated resulting from
the restatement adjustments described above, as follows:
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Detailed Components of Revenue Transaction Adjustments |
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Cost of Product Sales |
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Commission Expense |
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Three months ended March 31, 2009 |
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675 |
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999 |
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Three months ended March 31, 2008 |
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(1) For three months ended March 31, 2009, reflects increase of $468,000 in revenue as discussed in
Commitment of Deliverables that are Unavailable or Lacked Functionality, a net increase in
revenue of $67,000 as discussed in Additional Transactions Analyzed and decrease of $7,000 in
revenue due to insignificant warranty adjustment.
(2) For three months ended March 31, 2008, reflects decrease of $80,000 in revenue as discussed in
Additional Transactions Analyzed and a net decrease of $9,000 in revenue due to warranty
adjustment.
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Summary of Impact of Restatement Adjustments |
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Loss From |
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Continuing |
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Loss from Continuing Operations Before Provision for Income Taxes |
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Amortization |
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Adjustments |
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Interest |
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Stock-based |
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Warrant |
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Compensation |
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Net of Tax |
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Three months ended March 31, 2009 |
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999 |
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480 |
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161 |
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1,349 |
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1,349 |
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Three months ended March 31, 2008 |
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Increase (Decrease) |
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128 |
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51 |
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Internal Control Deficiencies
As further discussed in Part II, Item 9 of our Form 10-K/A for the year ended December
31, 2008 under the caption Controls and Procedures, during the course of its investigation, the
Audit Committee identified internal control deficiencies relating primarily to the failure to
communicate complete
information regarding certain sales transactions containing non-standard terms among sales,
finance, accounting, legal and members of senior management.
As a result of its investigation, our Audit Committee has made recommendations to the Board
of Directors and management and those recommendations have been approved. These recommendations
include: (i) enhancing policies and procedures relating to revenue recognition, including updating
and distributing existing revenue recognition policies, more formalized delineation of roles and
responsibilities for employees involved in revenue recognition, quarterly reviews to include
reviews of a larger percentage of sales transactions, more robust documentation of quarterly review
findings and more formalized processes requiring sales organization to notify finance and obtain
corporate approval of non-standard terms; (ii) enhanced policies and procedures relating to product
development, including quarterly meetings between finance, R&D and sales to discuss product
development roadmap and timing of new product releases; and (iii) enhanced training and oversight,
including annual revenue recognition training for all executive, finance, sales and operational
personnel, new hire and recurring training held annually, code of ethics training, review of
existing commission and bonus plans to recommend changes consistent with findings of the
investigation and the creation of an internal audit function. Management has provided the Audit
Committee with a formal remediation plan based on the foregoing that the Audit Committee has
approved and management is currently implementing. Further, management identified other material
weaknesses as a result of their review of the internal controls over financial reporting which are more
fully described in Item 4. The following items in this report have been amended as a result of the
Restatement:
Part I:
Item 1: Financial Statements
Item 2: Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 4: Controls and Procedures
Part II:
Item 1A: Risk Factors
For convenience of the reader, this Form 10-Q/A sets forth the Original Filing in its
entirety, as amended by, and to reflect the Restatement. We have not modified or updated
disclosures presented in our original quarterly report on Form 10-Q, except as required to reflect
the effects of this Restatement. Accordingly, this Form 10-Q/A does not reflect events occurring
after the Original Filing and does not modify or update those disclosures affected by subsequent
events, except specifically referenced herein. Information not affected by the Restatement is
unchanged and reflects the disclosures made at the time of the Original Filing on May 6, 2009.
References to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q herein shall refer to the quarterly report on Form
10-Q originally filed on May 6, 2009.
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PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
IMMERSION CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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March 31, |
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2008 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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Short-term investments |
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Accounts receivable (net of allowances for doubtful accounts of: March 31,
2009 $279 and December 31, 2008 $436 |
|
|
4,025 |
|
|
|
6,114 |
|
Inventories, net |
|
|
4,431 |
|
|
|
3,757 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
311 |
|
|
|
311 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
4,301 |
|
|
|
4,344 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
93,998 |
|
|
|
100,269 |
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
|
4,379 |
|
|
|
3,827 |
|
Intangibles and other assets, net |
|
|
10,064 |
|
|
|
9,491 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
108,441 |
|
|
$ |
113,587 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
2,460 |
|
|
$ |
2,842 |
|
Accrued compensation |
|
|
2,242 |
|
|
|
2,920 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
|
3,310 |
|
|
|
3,493 |
|
Deferred revenue and customer advances |
|
|
8,303 |
|
|
|
8,042 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
16,315 |
|
|
|
17,297 |
|
Long-term deferred revenue |
|
|
16,916 |
|
|
|
15,989 |
|
Deferred income tax liabilities |
|
|
311 |
|
|
|
311 |
|
Other long-term liabilities |
|
|
217 |
|
|
|
212 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
|
|
33,759 |
|
|
|
33,809 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contingencies (Note 16) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock and additional paid-in capital $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares
authorized; shares issued: March 31, 2009 30,733,728 and December 31, 2008
30,674,045; shares outstanding: March 31, 2009 27,945,859 and
December 31, 2008 27,887,482 |
|
|
169,485 |
|
|
|
167,870 |
|
Warrants |
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
1,731 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
109 |
|
Accumulated deficit |
|
|
(76,457 |
) |
|
|
(71,543 |
) |
Treasury stock at cost: March 31, 2009 2,787,869 shares and
December 31, 2008 2,786,563 shares |
|
|
(18,397 |
) |
|
|
(18,389 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity |
|
|
74,682 |
|
|
|
79,778 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
|
$ |
108,441 |
|
|
$ |
113,587 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
See Note 2 Restatement of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. |
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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IMMERSION CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
As Restated (1) |
|
|
As Restated (1) |
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Royalty and license |
|
$ |
3,781 |
|
|
$ |
3,461 |
|
Product sales |
|
|
3,279 |
|
|
|
2,580 |
|
Development contracts and other |
|
|
446 |
|
|
|
799 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
|
7,506 |
|
|
|
6,840 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of product sales (exclusive of amortization and impairment of intangibles
shown separately below) |
|
|
1,251 |
|
|
|
1,684 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
|
4,284 |
|
|
|
3,345 |
|
Research and development |
|
|
3,929 |
|
|
|
3,490 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
4,384 |
|
|
|
4,414 |
|
Amortization and impairment of intangibles |
|
|
215 |
|
|
|
270 |
|
Restructuring costs |
|
|
646 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and expenses |
|
|
14,709 |
|
|
|
13,203 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss |
|
|
(7,204 |
) |
|
|
(6,363 |
) |
Change in fair value of warrant liability |
|
|
480 |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest and other income |
|
|
302 |
|
|
|
1,635 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations before provision for income taxes |
|
|
(6,421 |
) |
|
|
(4,728 |
) |
Benefit (provision) for income taxes |
|
|
(91 |
) |
|
|
1,254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations |
|
|
(6,512 |
) |
|
|
(3,474 |
) |
Discontinued operations (Note 10): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on sales of discontinued operations net of provision for income taxes of $0 |
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gain from discontinued operations, net of provision for income taxes of
$150 and $192 as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively |
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
326 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(6,110 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,148 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net loss per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations |
|
$ |
(0.23 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
Discontinued operations |
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
(0.22 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.10 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares used in calculating basic and diluted net loss per share |
|
|
27,924 |
|
|
|
30,478 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
See Note 2 Restatement of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. |
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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IMMERSION CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
As Restated (1) |
|
|
As Restated (1) |
|
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(6,110 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,148 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
390 |
|
|
|
260 |
|
Amortization and impairment of intangibles |
|
|
215 |
|
|
|
270 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
1,404 |
|
|
|
1,607 |
|
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(107 |
) |
Realized gain on short-term investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(81 |
) |
Change in fair value of warrant liability |
|
|
(480 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts |
|
|
(156 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
Loss on disposal of equipment |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on sales of discontinued operations |
|
|
(167 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
2,241 |
|
|
|
2,300 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
(818 |
) |
|
|
(390 |
) |
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(306 |
) |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
(1,233 |
) |
Other assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
Accounts payable |
|
|
(469 |
) |
|
|
541 |
|
Accrued compensation and other current liabilities |
|
|
(1,297 |
) |
|
|
521 |
|
Income taxes payable |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
(412 |
) |
Deferred revenue and customer advances |
|
|
1,187 |
|
|
|
1,871 |
|
Other long-term liabilities |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
|
|
(4,007 |
) |
|
|
1,690 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of short-term investments |
|
|
(33,962 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Maturities of short-term investments |
|
|
11,000 |
|
|
|
49,657 |
|
Additions to intangibles |
|
|
(542 |
) |
|
|
(508 |
) |
Purchases of property and equipment |
|
|
(580 |
) |
|
|
(280 |
) |
Proceeds from sales of discontinued operations |
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
|
|
(23,917 |
) |
|
|
48,869 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows provided by financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan |
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
168 |
|
Exercise of stock options and warrants |
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
659 |
|
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
107 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
204 |
|
|
|
934 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect (decreases) of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(52 |
) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(27,772 |
) |
|
|
51,488 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of the period |
|
|
64,769 |
|
|
|
86,493 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of the period |
|
$ |
36,997 |
|
|
$ |
137,981 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for taxes |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
761 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts accrued for property and equipment, and intangibles |
|
$ |
1,090 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued upon vesting of restricted stock units |
|
$ |
22 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
See Note 2 Restatement of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. |
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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IMMERSION CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2009
(Unaudited)
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Description of Business
Immersion Corporation (the Company) was incorporated in 1993 in California and
reincorporated in Delaware in 1999 and develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range
of hardware and software technologies and products that enhance digital devices with touch
interaction.
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Immersion Corporation
and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts, transactions, and balances have
been eliminated in consolidation.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim
financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and,
therefore, do not include all information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of
the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These condensed consolidated
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Companys audited consolidated
financial statements included in the Companys Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. In the opinion of management, all adjustments consisting
of only normal and recurring items necessary for the fair presentation of the financial position
and results of operations for the interim period have been included.
The results of operations for the interim periods ended March 31, 2009 are not necessarily
indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenues in accordance with applicable accounting standards, including
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 104, Revenue
Recognition (SAB No. 104); Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) No. 00-21, Accounting for
Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables (EITF No. 00-21); and American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Statement of Position (SOP) No. 97-2, Software Revenue
Recognition (SOP No. 97-2), as amended. Revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or service has been rendered, the fee is fixed and
determinable, and collectability is probable. The Company derives its revenues from three principal
sources: royalty and license fees, product sales, and development contracts.
Royalty and license revenue The Company recognizes royalty and license revenue based on
royalty reports or related information received from the licensee as well as time-based licenses of
its intellectual property portfolio. Up-front payments under license agreements are deferred and
recognized as revenue either based on the royalty reports received or amortized over the license
period depending on the nature of the agreement. Advance payments under license agreements that
also require the Company to provide future services to the licensee are deferred and recognized
over the service period once services commence when vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE)
related to the value of the services does not exist.
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The Company generally recognizes revenue from its licensees under one or a combination of the
following models:
|
|
|
License revenue model |
|
Revenue recognition |
Perpetual license of
intellectual property portfolio
based on per unit royalties, no
services contracted.
|
|
Based on royalty reports received
from licensees. No further
obligations to licensee exist. |
|
|
|
Time-based license of
intellectual property portfolio
with up-front payments and/or
annual minimum royalty
requirements, no services
contracted. Licensees have
certain rights to updates to
the intellectual property
portfolio during the contract
period.
|
|
Based on straight-line amortization
of annual minimum/up-front payment
recognized over contract period or
annual minimum period. |
|
|
|
Perpetual license of
intellectual property portfolio
or technology license along
with contract for development
work.
|
|
Based on proportional performance
method over the service period or
completed performance method. |
|
|
|
License of software or
technology, no modification
necessary, no services
contracted.
|
|
Up-front revenue recognition based
on SOP No. 97-2 criteria or SAB No.
104, as applicable. |
Individual contracts may have characteristics that do not fall within a specific license model
or may have characteristics of a combination of license models. Under those circumstances, the
Company recognizes revenue in accordance with SAB No. 104, EITF No. 00-21 and SOP No. 97-2, as
amended, to guide the accounting treatment for each individual contract. See also the discussion
regarding Multiple element arrangements below.
Product sales The Company generally recognizes revenues from product sales when the product
is shipped, provided the other revenue recognition criteria are met, including that collection is
determined to be probable and no significant obligation remains. The Company sells the majority of
its products with warranties ranging from three to sixty months. The Company records the estimated
warranty costs during the quarter the revenue is recognized. Historically, warranty-related costs
and related accruals have not been significant. The Company offers a general right of return on the
MicroScribe® product line for 14 days after purchase. The Company recognizes revenue at
the time of shipment of a MicroScribe digitizer and provides an accrual for potential returns based
on historical experience. The Company offers no other general right of return on its products.
Development contracts and other revenue Development contracts and other revenue is comprised
of professional services (consulting services and/or development contracts), customer support, and
extended warranty contracts. Development contract revenues are recognized under the proportional
performance accounting method based on physical completion of the work to be performed or completed
performance method. Losses on contracts are recognized when determined. Revisions in estimates are
reflected in the period in which the conditions become known. Customer support and extended
warranty contract revenue is recognized ratably over the contractual period.
14
Multiple element arrangements The Company enters into revenue arrangements in which the
customer purchases a combination of patent, technology, and/or software licenses, products,
professional services, support, and extended warranties (multiple element arrangements). The
Company allocates revenue to each element based on the relative fair value of each of the elements.
If vendor specific objective evidence of fair value does not exist, the revenue is generally
recorded over the term of the contract or upon delivery of all elements for which vendor specific
evidence of fair value does not exist.
Warrants In June 2008, EITF No. 07-5, Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded
Feature) is Indexed to an Entitys Own Stock was issued. EITF 07-5 specifies a procedure to
determine if an instrument is indexed to a companys own common stock. EITF 07-5 is effective for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Under EITF 07-5, the Company recalculates the fair
value of certain warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and establishes a related
derivative liability with an offset to common stock on the balance sheet with the cumulative effect
of the change in accounting principle recognized as an adjustment to the opening balance of
retained earnings. See Note 2 for disclosure of the cumulative effect of adoption. Subsequent
adjustments to the fair value of the derivative liability are accounted for as other income.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 141 (revised 2007) (SFAS No. 141(R)), Business
Combinations, which replaces SFAS No. 141. The statement retains the purchase method of accounting
for acquisitions, but requires a number of changes, including changes in the way assets and
liabilities are recognized in purchase accounting. It also changes the recognition of assets
acquired and liabilities assumed arising from contingencies, requires the capitalization of
in-process research and development at fair value, and requires the expensing of
acquisition-related costs as incurred. SFAS No. 141(R) is effective for the Company beginning
January 1, 2009 and will be applied prospectively to business combinations completed on or after
that date. The impact of the adoption of SFAS No. 141(R) will depend on the nature and extent of
any business combinations occurring on or after January 1, 2009.
In April 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 142-3, Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible
Assets (FSP No. FAS 142-3). FSP No. FAS 142-3 amends the factors that should be considered in
developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized
intangible asset under Statement of SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. FSP No.
FAS 142-3 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The adoption of this
guidance did not have a material impact on the Companys consolidated results of operations,
financial position or cash flows.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 115-2 and FAS No. 124-2, Recognition and
Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments (FSP No. FAS 115-2 and FAS No. 124-2). This FSP
amends the other-than temporary impairment guidance for debt securities to make the guidance more
operational and to improve the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairments in
the financial statements. The most significant change the FSP brings is a revision to the amount of
other-than-temporary loss of a debt security recorded in earnings. FSP No. FAS 115-2 and FAS No.
124-2 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company
does not believe that the implementation of this standard will have a material impact on its
condensed consolidated financial statements.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and
Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying
Transactions That Are Not Orderly (FSP No. FAS 157-4). This FSP provides additional guidance for
estimating fair value in accordance with SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No. 157),
when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased. This
FSP also includes guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly.
This FSP emphasizes that even if there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of
activity for the asset or liability and regardless of the valuation technique(s) used, the
objective of a fair value measurement remains the same. Fair value is the price that would be
received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction (that
15
is, not a forced liquidation or distressed sale) between market participants at the
measurement date under current market conditions. FSP No. FAS 157-4 is effective for interim and
annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and is applied prospectively. The Company does
not believe that the implementation of this standard will have a material impact on its condensed
consolidated financial statements.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 107-1 and Accounting Principles Board (APB) 28-1,
Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments (FSP No. FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1).
This FSP amends SFAS No. 107, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments, to require
disclosures about fair value of financial instruments for interim reporting periods of publicly
traded companies as well as in annual financial statements. This FSP also amends APB Opinion No.
28, Interim Financial Reporting, to require those disclosures in summarized financial information
at interim reporting periods. FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1 is effective for interim and annual
reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company does not believe that the implementation
of this standard will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
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RESTATEMENT OF THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Subsequent to the issuance of the Companys unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, the Companys management determined that errors
existed in its previously issued financial statements. As a result, the accompanying condensed
consolidated financial statements for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 have been restated
from amounts previously reported. The following summarizes the nature of the errors and the
effects on the condensed consolidated financial statements.
Revenue Transactions
Side Agreement
The Company determined that certain commitments may have been made to a customer of its
Medical line of business in the form of an undisclosed apparent side agreement dated in the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2008. The customer and the Company had previously executed a distribution
agreement in May 2008, and the customer entered into various sales transactions with the Company,
both before and after the date of the apparent side agreement. The Company concluded that revenue
should not have been recognized on certain transactions resulting in restatement adjustments to
revenue in various reporting periods for the following reasons: (i) in certain circumstances, the
product remained in a third-party warehouse and was not shipped to the customer until after the
quarter in which revenue was recognized; (ii) a previously undisclosed apparent side agreement
caused the terms of earlier transactions to be deemed not final until the distribution agreement
between the customer and the Company was terminated; (iii) in certain circumstances, the Company
had conflicting exclusivity arrangements in effect during the quarters when the Company was
recognizing revenue for transactions with such customer; and (iv) concessions related to extended
payment terms caused the amount to not be fixed and determinable. Although revenue in the
quarters ended March 31, 2008 and 2009 were not impacted by these findings, the Company recorded a
restatement adjustment to reverse the bad debt expense and allowance for doubtful accounts of
$623,000 previously recorded in the quarter ended March 31, 2009 relating to revenues that had been
inappropriately recorded in earlier periods.
Commitment of Deliverables that were Unavailable or Lack Functionality
Certain sales in the Medical line of business included commitments by the Company to provide
products that were not available or products that included components that were not fully developed
at the time of sale. As a result, the Company concluded that revenue was not appropriately
recognized. Accordingly, certain revenues of $468,000 recorded in fiscal 2008 should have been
deferred and has been recognized in the first quarter of 2009.
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Additional Transactions Analyzed
The Company also discovered additional transactions in its Medical line of business where
revenue was not properly recognized due to one or more of the following reasons:
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Premature recognition of revenue for products sold with FOB Destination or other
similar shipping terms, or for incomplete shipment of products or storage of products
following shipment; |
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Non-standard terms and conditions that prevented recognition of revenue upon
shipment, including rights of return, extended payment terms, product replacement
commitments, potential free upgrades and other non-standard commitments, that
prevented recognition of revenue upon shipment; and |
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Lack of probable collectability at the time revenue was recognized. |
As a result, a net increase in revenue in the amount of $67,000 was recorded in the first
quarter of 2009. This included an increase in revenue of approximately $536,000 originally
recorded in earlier periods that has been recorded in the first quarter of 2009 and a decrease of
$469,000 of revenue originally recorded in the first quarter of 2009 that has been reversed and is
expected to be recognized in future periods. Bad debt and allowance for doubtful accounts
originally recorded in the first quarter of 2009 in the amount of $52,000 were also reversed.
Approximately $80,000 of revenue recorded in the first quarter of 2008 was reversed and will be
recorded in subsequent periods.
Other Impact of Revenue Adjustments
As a result of the adjustments to revenues discussed above, cost of product sales increased by
$118,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 and commission expense increased by $86,000 for the
quarter ended March 31, 2009. Also, as a result of the deferral of certain revenues, the Company
recorded deferred cost of goods sold in the amount of $1.1 million at March 31, 2009 which is
reported as prepaid expenses and other current assets on the balance sheet. As a result of the
adjustment to revenues discussed above, cost of product sales decreased by $21,000 for the quarter
ended March 31, 2008. There was no other impact on these accounts for the quarter ended March 31,
2008.
Other Errors in Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
The Company also corrected the condensed consolidated financial statements for the following
items:
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Stock-Based Compensation Expense. The Company identified a software-based error in
its calculated stock-based compensation expense. The previous version of software used
to calculate stock-based compensation expense incorrectly continued to apply a
weighted average forfeiture rate to the vested portion of stock option awards until
the grants final vest date, rather than reflecting actual forfeitures as awards
vested. This error resulted in an understatement of stock-based compensation expense
in certain periods prior to the grants final vest date. The Company recorded
additional stock-based compensation expense of $163,000 and $643,000 for the first
quarter of 2009 and 2008, respectively. |
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Interest Income. The Company identified an error in the accounting relating to the
timing of the recognition of interest income with respect to its patent license with
Sony Computer Entertainment. Accordingly, the Company recorded additional interest
income of approximately $128,000 in the first quarter of 2008 and a reduction in
interest income of approximately $128,000 in the first quarter of 2009. This
accounting error related to the timing of the recognition of interest income but does
not change the overall interest income to be recognized. |
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Amortization and Impairment of Intangibles The Company identified instances where
it had not commenced amortization of patents in the periods the patents were granted.
In addition, the Company identified certain patent applications that were abandoned
but had not been previously identified as such and has corrected this error by
increasing amortization and impairment of intangibles by $19,000 and $35,000 in the
quarters ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Finally, we identified that a
change in the way the Company was amortizing its patents implemented in the first
quarter of 2009 should have not been recorded; as a result, the Company has decreased
amortization of intangibles by $180,000 for the first quarter of 2009. |
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Warrants. The Company should have adopted Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF)
Issue No. 07-5, Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to
an Entitys Own Stock (EITF 07-5), as codified in FASB ASC topic 815, Determining
Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an Entitys Own Stock
effective January 1, 2009. EITF 07-5 provides that an entity should use a two step
approach to evaluate whether an equity-linked financial instrument is indexed to its
own stock, including evaluating the instruments contingent exercise and settlement
provisions. Therefore, warrants to purchase 426,951 shares of the Companys common
stock issued in 2004 that were previously classified as Warrants have been corrected
for the adoption of EITF 07-5 and classified to Other Current Liabilities and Retained
Earnings effective January 1, 2009 due to the presence of a warrant adjustment feature
that allows for a change in the number of shares subject to issuance and a change in
the exercise price of the warrant under certain circumstances, including the issuance
of stock for cash in a secondary offering. The warrants expire on December 23, 2009
and the fair value balance of the remaining liability will be marked to market and
recognized at each balance sheet date in non-operating income through the end of 2009.
As compared to amounts previously reported, the Company corrected the condensed
consolidated financial statements to reflect the adoption of EITF 07-5 and recorded a
decrease of $1.7 million to Warrants, an addition of $517,000 to Other Current
Liabilities and $1.2 million to Retained Earnings as a cumulative effect of a change
in accounting principle to its balance sheet as of January 1, 2009. The Company
estimated the fair value of these warrant derivative liabilities using a Black-Scholes
model as of March 31, 2009 to be $37,000 and recorded a credit of $480,000 in its
condensed consolidated statement of operations in non-operating income for the quarter
ended March 31, 2009. |
Impact of Corrections on Previously Issued Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
The Companys accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been restated
resulting from the restatement adjustments described above, as follows:
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Detailed Components of Revenue Transaction Adjustments |
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($ in thousands) |
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Total Imapact of Revenue |
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Revenue |
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Cost of Product Sales |
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Bad Debt Expense |
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Commission Expense |
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Adjustments |
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Three months ended March 31, 2009 |
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Increase (Decrease) |
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$ |
528 |
(1) |
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$ |
(118 |
) |
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$ |
675 |
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$ |
(86 |
) |
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$ |
999 |
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Three months ended March 31, 2008 |
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Increase (Decrease) |
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$ |
(89) |
(2) |
|
$ |
21 |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
- |
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$ |
(68 |
) |
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(1) For three months ended March 31, 2009, reflects increase of $468,000 in revenue as discussed in
Commitment of Deliverables that are Unavailable or Lacked Functionality, a net increase in
revenue of $67,000 as discussed in Additional Transactions Analyzed and decrease of $7,000 in
revenue due to warranty adjustment.
(2) For three months ended March 31, 2008, reflects decrease of $80,000 in revenue as discussed in
Additional Transactions Analyzed and a net decrease of $9,000 in revenue due to warranty adjustment.
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Summary of Impact of Restatement Adjustments |
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Loss From |
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Continuing |
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Loss from Continuing Operations Before Provision for Income Taxes |
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Operations |
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Revenue |
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Transaction |
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Amortization |
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Income |
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Total |
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Adjustments |
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Interest |
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Stock-based |
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|
Warrant |
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and Impairment |
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Tax |
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Adjustments |
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(1) |
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Income |
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Compensation |
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Liability |
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|
of Intangibles |
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Total |
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Effect |
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Net of Tax |
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($ in thousands) |
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|
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Three months ended
March 31, 2009 |
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Increase (Decrease) |
|
$ |
999 |
|
|
$ |
(128 |
) |
|
$ |
(163 |
) |
|
$ |
480 |
|
|
$ |
161 |
|
|
$ |
1,349 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
1,349 |
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Three months ended
March 31, 2008 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Increase (Decrease) |
|
$ |
(68 |
) |
|
$ |
128 |
|
|
$ |
(643 |
) |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(35 |
) |
|
$ |
(618 |
) |
|
$ |
51 |
|
|
$ |
(567 |
) |
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The following tables present the impact of the restatement on the Companys previously
issued condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2009 and its condensed consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and 2008.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(In thousands)
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|
As of March 31, 2009 |
|
|
As |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Previously |
|
|
Restatement |
|
|
As |
|
|
|
|
Reported |
|
|
Adjustments |
|
|
Restated |
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|
ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
36,997 |
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|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
36,997 |
|
Short-term investments |
|
|
43,933 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
43,933 |
|
Accounts receivable, net |
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|
4,064 |
|
|
|
(39 |
) |
|
|
4,025 |
|
Inventories, net |
|
|
4,136 |
|
|
|
295 |
|
|
|
4,431 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
226 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
311 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
3,205 |
|
|
|
1,096 |
|
|
|
4,301 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
92,561 |
|
|
|
1,437 |
|
|
|
93,998 |
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
|
4,379 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,379 |
|
Intangibles, net and other assets |
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|
10,358 |
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|
|
(294 |
) |
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|
10,064 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
107,298 |
|
|
$ |
1,143 |
|
|
$ |
108,441 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
2,460 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
2,460 |
|
Accrued compensation |
|
|
2,248 |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
2,242 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
|
3,247 |
|
|
|
63 |
|
|
|
3,310 |
|
Deferred revenue and customer advances |
|
|
5,883 |
|
|
|
2,420 |
|
|
|
8,303 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
13,838 |
|
|
|
2,477 |
|
|
|
16,315 |
|
Long-term deferred revenue |
|
|
17,685 |
|
|
|
(769 |
) |
|
|
16,916 |
|
Deferred income tax liabilities |
|
|
226 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
311 |
|
Other long-term liabilities |
|
|
217 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
217 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
|
|
31,966 |
|
|
|
1,793 |
|
|
|
33,759 |
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|
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|
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|
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Stockholders equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Common stock and additional paid-in capital |
|
|
167,337 |
|
|
|
2,148 |
|
|
|
169,485 |
|
Warrants |
|
|
1,724 |
|
|
|
(1,713 |
) |
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|
11 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
40 |
|
Accumulated deficit |
|
|
(75,372 |
) |
|
|
(1,085 |
) |
|
|
(76,457 |
) |
Treasury stock at cost |
|
|
(18,397 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(18,397 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity |
|
|
75,332 |
|
|
|
(650 |
) |
|
|
74,682 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
|
$ |
107,298 |
|
|
$ |
1,143 |
|
|
$ |
108,441 |
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
20
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except for per share amounts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2009
|
|
|
|
As Previously |
|
|
Restatement |
|
|
As |
|
|
|
|
Reported |
|
|
Adjustments |
|
|
Restated |
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Royalty and license |
|
$ |
3,781 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
3,781 |
|
Product sales |
|
|
2,751 |
|
|
|
528 |
|
|
|
3,279 |
|
Development contracts and other |
|
|
446 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
446 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
|
6,978 |
|
|
|
528 |
|
|
|
7,506 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of product sales (exclusive of amortization and impairment of intangibles
shown separately below) |
|
|
1,126 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
1,251 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
|
4,760 |
|
|
|
(476 |
) |
|
|
4,284 |
|
Research and development |
|
|
3,904 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
3,929 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
4,366 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
4,384 |
|
Amortization and impairment of intangibles |
|
|
376 |
|
|
|
(161 |
) |
|
|
215 |
|
Restructuring costs |
|
|
646 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
646 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and expenses |
|
|
15,178 |
|
|
|
(469 |
) |
|
|
14,709 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss |
|
|
(8,200 |
) |
|
|
997 |
|
|
|
(7,203 |
) |
Change in fair value of warrant liability |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
480 |
|
|
|
480 |
|
Interest and other income |
|
|
430 |
|
|
|
(128 |
) |
|
|
302 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations before provision for income taxes |
|
|
(7,770 |
) |
|
|
1,349 |
|
|
|
(6,421 |
) |
Provision for income taxes |
|
|
(91 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(91 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Loss from continuing operations |
|
|
(7,861 |
) |
|
|
1,349 |
|
|
|
(6,512 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discontinued operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on sales of discontinued operations net of provision for income
taxes of $0 |
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
167 |
|
Gain from discontinued operations, net of provision for
income taxes of $150 |
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(7,459 |
) |
|
$ |
1,349 |
|
|
$ |
(6,110 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net loss per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations |
|
$ |
(0.28 |
) |
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
(0.23 |
) |
Discontinued operations |
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
(0.27 |
) |
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
|
$ |
(0.22 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares used in calculating basic and diluted net loss per share |
|
|
27,924 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
27,924 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months ended March 31, 2009
|
|
|
As |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Previously |
|
|
Restatement |
|
|
As |
|
|
|
|
Reported |
|
|
Adjustments |
|
|
Restated |
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(7,459 |
) |
|
$ |
1,349 |
|
|
$ |
(6,110 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
390 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
390 |
|
Amortization and impairment of intangibles |
|
|
376 |
|
|
|
(161 |
) |
|
|
215 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
1,241 |
|
|
|
163 |
|
|
|
1,404 |
|
Change in fair value of warrant liability |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(480 |
) |
|
|
(480 |
) |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |
|
|
519 |
|
|
|
(675 |
) |
|
|
(156 |
) |
Loss on disposal of equipment |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Gain on sales of discontinued operations |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(167 |
) |
|
|
(167 |
) |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
2,242 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
2,241 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
(884 |
) |
|
|
66 |
|
|
|
(818 |
) |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
44 |
|
Accounts payable |
|
|
(469 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(469 |
) |
Accrued compensation and other current liabilities |
|
|
(1,382 |
) |
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
(1,297 |
) |
Income taxes payable |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Deferred revenue and customer advances |
|
|
1,557 |
|
|
|
(370 |
) |
|
|
1,187 |
|
Other long-term liabilities |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
|
(3,840 |
) |
|
|
(167 |
) |
|
|
(4,007 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows used in investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of short-term investments |
|
|
(33,962 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(33,962 |
) |
Maturities of short-term investments |
|
|
11,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
11,000 |
|
Additions to Intangibles |
|
|
(542 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(542 |
) |
Purchases of property and equipment |
|
|
(580 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(580 |
) |
Proceeds from sales of discontinued operations |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(24,084 |
) |
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
(23,917 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows provided by financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan |
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
134 |
|
Exercise of stock options and warrants |
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
204 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
204 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect (decrease) of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(52 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(52 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(27,772 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(27,772 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of the period |
|
|
64,769 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
64,769 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of the period |
|
$ |
36,997 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
36,997 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts accrued for property and equipment, and intangibles |
|
$ |
1,090 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
1,090 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued upon vesting of restricted stock units |
|
$ |
22 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2008
|
|
|
|
As Previously |
|
|
Restatement |
|
|
As |
|
|
|
|
Reported |
|
|
Adjustments |
|
|
Restated |
|
|
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Royalty and license |
|
$ |
3,461 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
3,461 |
|
Product sales |
|
|
2,669 |
|
|
|
(89 |
) |
|
|
2,580 |
|
Development contracts and other |
|
|
799 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
799 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues |
|
|
6,929 |
|
|
|
(89 |
) |
|
|
6,840 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of product sales (exclusive of amortization and impairment of intangibles
shown separately below) |
|
|
1,683 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1,684 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
|
3,136 |
|
|
|
209 |
|
|
|
3,345 |
|
Research and development |
|
|
3,229 |
|
|
|
261 |
|
|
|
3,490 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
4,263 |
|
|
|
151 |
|
|
|
4,414 |
|
Amortization and impairment of intangibles |
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
270 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and expenses |
|
|
12,546 |
|
|
|
657 |
|
|
|
13,203 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss |
|
|
(5,617 |
) |
|
|
(746 |
) |
|
|
(6,363 |
) |
Interest and other income |
|
|
1,507 |
|
|
|
128 |
|
|
|
1,635 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations before provision for income taxes |
|
|
(4,110 |
) |
|
|
(618 |
) |
|
|
(4,728 |
) |
Benefit for income taxes |
|
|
1,203 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
1,254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations |
|
|
(2,907 |
) |
|
|
(567 |
) |
|
|
(3,474 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discontinued operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain from discontinued operations, net of provision for income taxes of $192 |
|
|
322 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
326 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(2,585 |
) |
|
$ |
(563 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,148 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net loss per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations |
|
$ |
(0.09 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.02 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
Discontinued operations |
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
(0.08 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.02 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.10 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares used in calculating basic and diluted net loss per share |
|
|
30,478 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
30,478 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months ended March 31, 2008
|
|
|
As |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Previously |
|
|
|
|
|
|
As |
|
|
|
Reported |
|
|
Adjustments |
|
|
Restated |
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(2,585 |
) |
|
$ |
(563 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,148 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by
operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
260 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
260 |
|
Amortization and impairment of intangibles |
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
270 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
964 |
|
|
|
643 |
|
|
|
1,607 |
|
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation |
|
|
(107 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(107 |
) |
Realized gain on short-term investments |
|
|
(81 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(81 |
) |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
2,220 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
2,300 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
(369 |
) |
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
(390 |
) |
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
(251 |
) |
|
|
(55 |
) |
|
|
(306 |
) |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
(1,234 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(1,233 |
) |
Other assets |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
Accounts payable |
|
|
541 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
541 |
|
Accrued compensation and other current liabilities |
|
|
521 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
521 |
|
Income taxes payable |
|
|
(412 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(412 |
) |
Deferred revenue and customer advances |
|
|
1,991 |
|
|
|
(120 |
) |
|
|
1,871 |
|
Other long-term liabilities |
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
1,690 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,690 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows provided by investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maturities of short-term investments |
|
|
49,657 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
49,657 |
|
Additions to intangibles |
|
|
(508 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(508 |
) |
Purchases of property and equipment |
|
|
(280 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(280 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by investing activities |
|
|
48,869 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
48,869 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows provided by financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan |
|
|
168 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
168 |
|
Exercise of stock options and warrants |
|
|
659 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
659 |
|
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation |
|
|
107 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
107 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
934 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
934 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect (decrease) of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
51,488 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
51,488 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of the period |
|
|
86,493 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
86,493 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of the period |
|
$ |
137,981 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
137,981 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for taxes |
|
$ |
761 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
761 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24
3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Cash Equivalents, Short-term Investments, and Warrant Derivative Liabilities
The financial instruments of the Company measured at fair value on a recurring basis are cash
equivalents, short-term investments, and warrant derivative liabilities. The Companys cash
equivalents and short-term investments are generally classified within Level 1 or Level 2 of the
fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices, broker or dealer
quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency. The
Companys warrant derivative liabilities are generally classified within Level 3 of the fair value
hierarchy because they are valued using unobservable inputs which reflect the reporting entitys
own assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the liability. Unobservable inputs
are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances and also include the
Companys own data.
The types of instruments valued based on quoted market prices in active markets include most
U.S. government agency securities and most money market securities. Such instruments are generally
classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
The types of instruments valued based on quoted prices in markets that are less active, broker
or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency
and include most investment-grade corporate commercial papers. Such instruments are generally
classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
The types of instruments valued based on unobservable inputs which reflect the reporting
entitys own assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the liability include the
warrant derivative liability. Such instruments are generally classified within Level 3 of the fair
value hierarchy.
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2009 and
December 31, 2008 are classified based on the valuation technique in the table below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value measurements using |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
Level 2 |
|
|
Level 3 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate commercial
paper |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
14,987 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
14,987 |
|
U.S. government agency
securities |
|
|
34,017 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,017 |
|
Money market
accounts |
|
|
29,481 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,481 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets at fair
value |
|
$ |
63,498 |
|
|
$ |
14,987 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
78,485 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant derivative
liabilities |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
37 |
|
|
$ |
37 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities at fair
value |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
37 |
|
|
$ |
37 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The above table excludes $2.4 million of cash held in banks.
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value measurement using |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
Level 2 |
|
|
Level 3 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate commercial paper |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
24,971 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
24,971 |
|
U.S. government agency securities |
|
|
23,978 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,978 |
|
Money market accounts |
|
|
34,429 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,429 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
58,407 |
|
|
$ |
24,971 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
83,378 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The above table excludes $2.4 million of cash held in banks.
The following table provides a summary of changes in fair value in the Level 3 financial
instrument for the three months ending March 31, 2009.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2009 |
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurement Using |
|
|
|
Significant Unobservable Inputs |
|
Warrant Derivative Liability |
|
(Level 3) |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
|
Balances, beginning of the period |
|
$ |
517 |
|
Change in fair value
included in net loss |
|
|
(480 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Balances, end of period |
|
$ |
37 |
|
|
|
|
|
Short
Term Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross |
|
|
Gross |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized |
|
|
Unrealized |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortized |
|
|
Holding |
|
|
Holding |
|
|
|
|
Assets: |
|
Cost |
|
|
Gains |
|
|
Losses |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate commercial paper |
|
$ |
9,986 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
9,987 |
|
U.S. government agency securities |
|
|
33,930 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,946 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
43,916 |
|
|
$ |
17 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
43,933 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross |
|
|
Gross |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized |
|
|
Unrealized |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortized |
|
|
Holding |
|
|
Holding |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost |
|
|
Gains |
|
|
Losses |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate commercial paper |
|
$ |
9,980 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
9,981 |
|
U.S. government agency securities |
|
|
10,975 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,993 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
20,955 |
|
|
$ |
19 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
20,974 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The contractual maturities of the Companys available-for-sale securities on March 31, 2009
and December 31, 2008 were all due in one year or less.
4. INVENTORIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
Raw materials and subassemblies |
|
$ |
3,276 |
|
|
$ |
3,119 |
|
Work in
process |
|
|
565 |
|
|
|
209 |
|
Finished
goods |
|
|
590 |
|
|
|
429 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inventories,
net |
|
$ |
4,431 |
|
|
$ |
3,757 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
Computer equipment and purchased software |
|
$ |
4,832 |
|
|
$ |
4,735 |
|
Machinery and equipment |
|
|
3,518 |
|
|
|
3,269 |
|
Furniture and fixtures |
|
|
1,443 |
|
|
|
1,336 |
|
Leasehold improvements |
|
|
1,631 |
|
|
|
1,261 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
11,424 |
|
|
|
10,601 |
|
Less accumulated depreciation |
|
|
(7,045 |
) |
|
|
(6,774 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
$ |
4,379 |
|
|
$ |
3,827 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6. INTANGIBLES AND OTHER ASSETS
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
Patents and technology |
|
$ |
17,560 |
|
|
$ |
17,008 |
|
Other
assets |
|
|
156 |
|
|
|
156 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross intangibles and other assets |
|
|
17,716 |
|
|
|
17,164 |
|
Accumulated amortization of patents and technology |
|
|
(7,652 |
) |
|
|
(7,673 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangibles and other assets, net |
|
$ |
10,064 |
|
|
$ |
9,491 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company amortizes its intangible assets related to patents and trademarks, over their
estimated useful lives, generally 10 years. The estimated annual amortization expense for
intangible assets as of March 31, 2009 is $797,000 in 2009, $1.2 million in 2010, $1.2 million in
2011, $1.1 million in 2012, $1.1 million in 2013, and $4.8 million in total for all years
thereafter.
7. COMPONENTS OF OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED REVENUE AND CUSTOMER ADVANCES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
Accrued
legal |
|
$ |
447 |
|
|
$ |
491 |
|
Income taxes payable |
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
36 |
|
Other current
liabilities |
|
|
2,825 |
|
|
|
2,966 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other current liabilities |
|
$ |
3,310 |
|
|
$ |
3,493 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred revenue, current |
|
$ |
8,207 |
|
|
$ |
7,954 |
|
Customer advances |
|
|
96 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred revenue, current and customer advances |
|
$ |
8,303 |
|
|
$ |
8,042 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8. LONG-TERM DEFERRED REVENUE
On March 31, 2009, long-term deferred revenue was $16.9 million and included approximately
$15.5 million of deferred revenue from Sony Computer Entertainment. On December 31, 2008, long-term
deferred revenue was $16.0 million and included approximately $14.5 million from Sony Computer
Entertainment.
9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Stock Options and Awards
28
The Companys equity incentive program is a long-term retention program that is intended to
attract, retain, and provide incentives for talented employees, consultants, officers, and
directors and to align stockholder and employee interests. The Company may grant options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units (RSUs), performance shares,
performance units, and other stock-based or cash-based awards to employees, directors, and
consultants. Under these programs, stock options may be granted at prices not less than the fair
market value on the date of grant for stock options. These options generally vest over 4 years and expire 10 years from the date of grant.
RSUs generally vest over 3 years. Restricted stock
generally vests over one year. On March 31, 2009, 3,305,612 shares of common stock were available
for grant, and there were 7,325,914 options to purchase shares of common stock outstanding, as well
as 287,787 RSUs and shares of restricted stock outstanding.
General Stock Option Information
The following table sets forth the summary of option activity under the Companys stock option
plans:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
|
|
of Shares |
Outstanding at December 31, 2008 (4,055,180 exercisable at a
weighted average price of $9.35 per share) |
|
|
7,009,667 |
|
Granted (weighted average fair value of $2.09 per share) |
|
|
1,195,433 |
|
Exercised |
|
|
(25,307 |
) |
Forfeited and cancelled |
|
|
(853,879 |
) |
Outstanding at March 31, 2009 |
|
|
7,325,914 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at March 31, 2009 |
|
|
3,980,188 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted Stock Units
Restricted stock unit activity for the three months ended March 31, 2009 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
Beginning balance at December 31, 2008 |
|
|
34,500 |
|
Awarded |
|
|
246,287 |
|
Released |
|
|
(4,000 |
) |
Forfeited |
|
|
(16,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Ending Balance at March 31, 2009 |
|
|
260,787 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected to Vest (1) |
|
|
171,362 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
RSUs expected to vest reflect estimated forfeiture rates. |
Restricted Stock
Restricted stock activity for the three months ended March 31, 2009 is as follows:
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
|
|
|
|
of Shares |
|
Beginning balance at December 31, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
Awarded |
|
|
27,000 |
|
Released |
|
|
|
|
Forfeited |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending Balance at March 31, 2009 |
|
|
27,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The assumptions used to value option grants and shares under the Companys Employee Stock
Purchase Plan are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options |
|
Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
March 31, |
|
March 31, |
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
Expected term (in years) |
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
Interest rate |
|
|
1.8 |
% |
|
|
2.5 |
% |
|
|
0.4 |
% |
|
|
2.2 |
% |
Volatility |
|
|
68.6 |
% |
|
|
62.0 |
% |
|
|
109.0 |
% |
|
|
73.0 |
% |
Dividend yield |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stock-based compensation recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of
operations is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Income Statement Classifications |
|
(In thousands) |
|
Cost of product sales |
|
$ |
69 |
|
|
$ |
43 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
|
230 |
|
|
|
423 |
|
Research and development |
|
|
473 |
|
|
|
546 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
632 |
|
|
|
556 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total continuing operations |
|
|
1,404 |
|
|
|
1,568 |
|
Discontinued operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
1,404 |
|
|
$ |
1,607 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of March 31, 2009, there was $12.0 million of unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for
estimated forfeitures, related to non-vested stock options, restricted stock and RSUs granted to
the Companys employees and directors. This cost will be recognized over an estimated
weighted-average period of approximately 3.3 years for options, 0.93 years for restricted stock and
2.88 years for RSUs. Total unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future changes in
estimated forfeitures.
30
Stock Repurchase Program
On November 1, 2007, the Company announced that its board of directors authorized the
repurchase of up to $50 million of the Companys common stock. The Company may repurchase its stock
for cash in the open market in accordance with applicable securities laws. The timing of and amount
of any stock repurchase will depend on share price, corporate and regulatory requirements, economic
and market conditions, and other factors. The stock repurchase authorization has no expiration
date, does not require the Company to repurchase a specific number of shares, and may be modified,
suspended, or discontinued at any time. During the three months ended
March 31, 2009 and March 31, 2008, there were no
stock repurchases under this program.
Warrants
The Company adopted EITF Issue No. 07-5, Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded
Feature) Is Indexed to an Entitys Own Stock (EITF 07-5), Determining Whether an Instrument (or
Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an Entitys Own Stock effective January 1, 2009. EITF 07-5
provides that an entity should use a two step approach to evaluate whether an equity-linked
financial instrument is indexed to its own stock, including evaluating the instruments contingent
exercise and settlement provisions. Therefore, warrants to purchase 426,951 shares of the
Companys common stock issued in 2004 that were previously
classified as warrants have been
corrected for the adoption of EITF 07-5 and classified to other
current liabilities and retained
earnings effective January 1, 2009 due to the presence of a warrant adjustment feature that allows
for a change in the number of shares subject to issuance and a change in the exercise price of the
warrant under certain circumstances, including the issuance of stock for cash in a secondary
offering. The warrants expire on December 23, 2009 and the fair value balance of the remaining
liability will be marked to market and recognized quarterly in non-operating income. The Company
calculated the fair value of warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, assuming a
risk-free rate of 1.6%, a volatility factor of 66.9% as of December 31, 2009 and a contractual life
of one year, and a derivative liability was established in the amount of $517,000 with an offset
to warrants of $1.7 million and the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle in the
amount of $1.2 million recognized as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. At
March 31, 2009, the Company recalculated the fair value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes
option pricing model assuming a risk-free rate of 1.8%, a volatility factor of 68.6% and a
contractual life of nine months. This resulted in the fair value of the warrants derivative
liability declining in value to $37,000 with the decrease of $480,000 included in other income. The
fair value of the warrants derivative liability will be recalculated at each balance sheet date
until they expire in December 2009.
10. RESTRUCTURING COSTS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
The Company accounts for restructuring costs and discontinued operations in accordance with
SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets and SFAS No. 146,
Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit of Disposal Activities, respectively. The following
table sets forth the charges and expenses that are included in the restructuring line on the
Companys condensed consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009:
31
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
Quarter Ended March 31, 2009 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
|
Restructuring |
|
|
Add |
|
|
Deduct Cash |
|
|
Non-Cash |
|
|
Restructuring |
|
|
|
Reserve |
|
|
Charges |
|
|
Payments |
|
|
Expenses |
|
|
Reserve |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Medical workforce reductions |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
166 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
166 |
|
Touch workforce reductions |
|
|
142 |
|
|
|
480 |
|
|
|
(212 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
410 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
142 |
|
|
$ |
646 |
|
|
$ |
(212 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
576 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring Costs
On March 2, 2009, the Company announced that it was relocating its Medical business operations
from Gaithersburg, Maryland to San Jose, California. The Company had workforce reductions that were
recorded as Medical segment restructuring charges for the three months ended March 31, 2009.
Workforce reduction costs consisting of severance benefits of $166,000 are included in accrued
compensation on the Companys condensed consolidated balance sheet. In addition, the Company
expects to record approximately $200,000 of workforce reduction costs relating to the remaining
service period of these Medical line of business employees for the three months ended June 30,
2009, bringing the cumulative total to $366,000. All of the severance benefits are expected to be
paid in the second or third quarter of 2009 with the exception of certain COBRA costs that will be
paid by the end of 2010. The Company will also incur costs in the remainder of 2009 for temporary
housing, the closing down of the Gaithersburg, Maryland facility, and the movement of operations to
the San Jose facility.
In
addition, for the first three months ended March 31, 2009, there were reorganizations in the Companys
Touch segment due to business changes causing workforce reductions that have been recorded as
accrued compensation in the Companys condensed consolidated balance sheet and restructuring
charges in the statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009.
Results of Discontinued Operations
On November 17, 2008, the Company announced that it would divest its 3D product line which was
part of its Touch segment. The Companys 3D product line consisted of a variety of products in the
area of 3D digitizing, 3D measurement and inspection, and 3D interaction and included products such
as MicroScribe digitizers, the CyberGlove family of products, and a SoftMouse 3D positioning
device. In the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company sold its CyberGlove and SoftMouse 3D
positioning device product families including inventory, fixed assets, and intangibles and has
recorded a gain on sale of discontinued operations of $167,000. Negotiated consideration for the
sales was $900,000 in the form of cash and notes receivable and the proceeds will be recognized
when they are received. The Company has abandoned all other 3D operations. Accordingly, the
operations of the 3D product line have been classified as discontinued operations, net of income
tax, in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. Included
in restructuring costs within discontinued operations for the year
ended December 31, 2008 were asset impairment charges which
included reserves taken against capitalized patent costs of $255,000
and fixed asset write offs of $20,000 due to the divesting of the
3D product line. The Company had also accrued $105,000 of
severance charges at December 31, 2008 which had been paid in
cash as of March 31, 2009. Revenues included in discontinued
operations of the 3D product line were $531,000 and $1.2 million for the three months ended March
31, 2009 and March 31, 2008, respectively. The assets sold consisted primarily of intangibles that
had no carrying value on the Companys books at the time of sale.
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11. INTEREST AND OTHER INCOME
The Company has accounted for payments from Sony Computer Inc. due under a license entered in
with them in 2007 in accordance with Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 21. Under APB
No. 21, the Company determined the present value of $22.5 million of payments from them due over
the three years ended December 31, 2009 to equal $20.2 million. The Company is accounting for the
difference of $2.3 million as interest income which is being recognized in the income statement as
each quarterly payment installment becomes due.
In January 2009, the Company implemented EITF Issue No. 07-5, Determining Whether an
Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is Indexed to an Entitys Own Stock. Quarterly the Company
recalculates the fair value of its warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. For the
three months ending March 31, 2009, the change in the fair value of the warrant liability was
$480,000.
12. INCOME TAXES
For the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company recorded income tax provision of
$91,000 on a pre-tax loss from continuing operations of $6.4 million, yielding an effective tax
rate of 1.4%. For the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Company recorded an income tax benefit
of $1.3 million on a pre-tax loss from continuing operations of $4.7 million, yielding an effective
tax rate of (26.5)%. The effective tax rate differs from the
statutory rate primarily due to the valuation allowance, foreign
withholding taxes and interest on unrecognized tax benefits. The
income tax provision or benefit for the three months ended
March 31, 2009 and 2008, are as a result of applying the estimated
annual effective tax rate to cumulative income (loss) before taxes,
adjusted for certain discrete items which are fully recognized in the
period they occur. The tax effect of the discontinued operations is
removed to arrive at the income tax provision or benefit from
continuing operations.
The Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, (FIN 48), regarding accounting for uncertain tax
benefits, on January 1, 2007. As of March 31, 2009, the Company has unrecognized tax benefits of
approximately $647,000, including interest of $20,000. The total amount of unrecognized tax
benefits that would affect the Companys effective tax rate, if recognized, is $219,000. There
were no material changes in the amount of unrecognized tax benefits during the quarter ended March
31, 2009. The Company does not expect any material changes to its liability for unrecognized tax
benefits during the next twelve months. The Companys policy is to account for interest and
penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax provision.
Because the Company has net operating loss and credit carryforwards, there are open statutes
of limitations in which federal, state, and foreign taxing authorities may examine the Companys
tax returns for all years from 1993 through the current period.
During 2008, the Company recorded a valuation allowance for the entire deferred tax asset as a
result of uncertainties regarding the realization of the asset balance due to losses in fiscal
2008, the variability of operating results, and near term projected results. In the event that the
Company determines the deferred tax assets are realizable, an adjustment to the valuation allowance
may increase income in the period such determination is made. The valuation allowance does not
impact the Companys ability to utilize the underlying net operating loss carryforwards.
The net tax benefits from employee stock option transactions were approximately $0 and
$108,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and March 31, 2008, respectively, and are
reflected as an increase to additional paid-in capital. The Company includes only the direct tax
effects of employee stock incentive plans in calculating this increase to additional paid-in
capital.
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13. NET LOSS PER SHARE
The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators used in computing basic
and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
Numerator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations |
|
$ |
(6,512 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,474 |
) |
Gains from discontinued operations |
|
|
402 |
|
|
|
326 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(6,110 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,148 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares used in computation, basic and diluted
(weighted average common shares outstanding) |
|
|
27,924 |
|
|
|
30,478 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net loss per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations |
|
$ |
(0.23 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
Discontinued operations |
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
(0.22 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.10 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of March 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company had securities outstanding that could potentially
dilute basic earnings per share in the future, but these were excluded from the computation of
diluted net loss per share in the periods presented since their effect would have been
anti-dilutive. These outstanding securities consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
March 31, |
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
Outstanding stock options |
|
|
7,325,914 |
|
|
|
6,840,918 |
|
Restricted stock and RSUs |
|
|
287,787 |
|
|
|
|
|
Warrants |
|
|
431,243 |
|
|
|
436,772 |
|
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14. COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
The following table sets forth the components of comprehensive income (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(6,110 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,148 |
) |
Change in unrealized losses on short-term investments, net of tax |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
) |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
|
|
(67 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive loss |
|
$ |
(6,179 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,167 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15. SEGMENT REPORTING
The Company develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of hardware and
software technologies that more fully engage users sense of touch when operating digital devices.
The Company focuses on the following target application areas: automotive, consumer electronics,
entertainment, gaming, and commercial and industrial controls; medical simulation; mobile
communications; and three-dimensional design and interaction. The Company manages these application
areas under two operating and reportable segments: 1) Touch (previously called Immersion Computing,
Entertainment, and Industrial), and 2) Medical. The Company determines its reportable segments in
accordance with criteria outlined in SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and
Related Information.
The Companys chief operating decision maker (CODM) is the Chief Executive Officer. The CODM
allocates resources to and assesses the performance of each operating segment using information
about its revenue and operating income (loss). A description of the types of products and services
provided by each operating segment is as follows:
Touch develops and markets touch feedback technologies that enable software and hardware
developers to enhance realism and usability in their mobility, computing, entertainment, and
industrial applications. Medical develops, manufactures, and markets medical training simulators
that recreate realistic healthcare environments.
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The following tables display information about the Companys reportable segments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Touch |
|
$ |
4,475 |
|
|
$ |
3,962 |
|
Medical |
|
|
3,066 |
|
|
|
2,919 |
|
Intersegment eliminations |
|
|
(35 |
) |
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
7,506 |
|
|
$ |
6,840 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Loss: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Touch |
|
$ |
(5,016 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,888 |
) |
Medical |
|
|
(2,187 |
) |
|
|
(1,458 |
) |
Intersegment eliminations |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
(7,204 |
) |
|
$ |
(6,363 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
Total Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Touch |
|
$ |
128,870 |
|
|
$ |
129,305 |
|
Medical |
|
|
10,575 |
|
|
|
11,471 |
|
Intersegment eliminations |
|
|
(31,004 |
) |
|
|
(27,189 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
108,441 |
|
|
$ |
113,587 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16. CONTINGENCIES
In re Immersion Corporation
The Company is involved in legal proceedings relating to a class action lawsuit filed on
November 9, 2001 in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, In re Immersion
Corporation Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, No. Civ. 01-9975 (S.D.N.Y.), related to
In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, No. 21 MC 92 (S.D.N.Y.). The named defendants
are the Company and three of its current or former officers or directors (the Immersion
Defendants), and certain underwriters of its November 12, 1999 initial public offering (IPO).
Subsequently, two of the individual defendants stipulated to a dismissal without prejudice.
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The operative amended complaint is brought on purported behalf of all persons who purchased
the Companys common stock from the date of the Companys IPO through December 6, 2000. It alleges
liability under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, on the grounds that the registration statement for the IPO did
not disclose that: (1) the underwriters agreed to allow certain customers to purchase shares in the
IPO in exchange for excess commissions to be paid to the underwriters; and (2) the underwriters
arranged for certain customers to purchase additional shares in the aftermarket at predetermined
prices. The complaint also appears to allege that false or misleading analyst reports were issued.
The complaint does not claim any specific amount of damages.
Similar allegations were made in other lawsuits challenging over 300 other initial public
offerings and follow-on offerings conducted in 1999 and 2000. The cases were consolidated for
pretrial purposes. On February 19, 2003, the District Court ruled on all defendants motions to
dismiss. The motion was denied as to claims under the Securities Act of 1933 in the case involving
Immersion as well as in all other cases (except for 10 cases). The motion was denied as to the
claim under Section 10(b) as to the Company, on the basis that the complaint alleged that the
Company had made acquisition(s) following the IPO. The motion was granted as to the claim under
Section 10(b), but denied as to the claim under Section 20(a), as to the remaining individual
defendant.
In September 2008, all of the parties to the lawsuits reached a settlement, subject to
documentation and approval of the District Court. The Immersion Defendants would not be required
to contribute to the settlement. Subsequently, an underwriter defendant filed for bankruptcy and
other underwriter defendants were acquired. On April 2, 2009, final documentation evidencing the
settlement was presented to the District Court for approval. If the settlement is not approved by
the District Court, the Company intends to defend the lawsuit vigorously.
Other Contingencies
From time to time, the Company receives claims from third parties asserting that the Companys
technologies, or those of its licensees, infringe on the other parties intellectual property
rights. Management believes that these claims are without merit. Additionally, periodically, the
Company is involved in routine legal matters and contractual disputes incidental to its normal
operations. In managements opinion, the resolution of such matters will not have a material
adverse effect on the Companys consolidated financial condition, results of operations, or
liquidity.
In the normal course of business, the Company provides indemnifications of varying scope to
customers against claims of intellectual property infringement made by third parties arising from
the use of the Companys intellectual property, technology, or products. Historically, costs
related to these guarantees have not been significant, and the Company is unable to estimate the
maximum potential impact of these guarantees on its future results of operations.
As permitted under Delaware law, the Company has agreements whereby it indemnifies its
officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was,
serving at its request in such capacity. The term of the indemnification period is for the
officers or directors lifetime. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could
be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, the Company
currently has director and officer insurance coverage that limits its exposure and enables it to
recover a portion of any future amounts paid. Management believes the estimated fair value of these
indemnification agreements in excess of applicable insurance coverage is indeterminable.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
This Amendment No. 1 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A includes 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. The forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as anticipates,
believes, expects, intends, may, will, and other similar expressions. However, these
words are not the only way we identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements,
which refer to expectations, projections, or other characterizations of future events, or
circumstances, are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those set
forth below in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations and Risk Factors, those described elsewhere in this report, and those described in our
other reports filed with the SEC. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report, and we undertake no
obligation to update these forward-looking statements after the filing of this report. You are
urged to review carefully and consider our various disclosures in this report and in our other
reports publicly disclosed or filed with the SEC that attempt to advise you of the risks and
factors that may affect our business.
RESTATEMENT OF CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have restated our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2008, and
March 31, 2009 and the condensed consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the three
months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, including applicable notes and related disclosures as
reflected in this Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-Q.
The Restatement results from our managements determination subsequent to the issuance of our
financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 that there were errors in 1) the
recording of revenue transactions from our Medical line of business; 2) the recording of
stock-based compensation expense; 3) the recording of interest income arising from future
installments due from Sony Computer Entertainment determined under the interest method for the
quarters ; (4) the recording of amortization and impairment of patents; all of which affected the
quarters ended March 31, 2009 and 2008; (5) in addition, the Company determined that it had not
adopted EITF 07-5 in the quarter ended March 31, 2009, as required and as such has corrected the
classification of certain warrants to purchase company common stock in the quarter ended March 31,
2009; and therefore our condensed consolidated financial statements required restatement. We have
also corrected other errors that were insignificant individually and in the aggregate. See
Explanatory Note Regarding Restatement immediately preceding Part I, Item 1 and Note 2,
Restatement of the unaudited condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 for a detailed discussion of the review and
effect of the restatement.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations
reflects the Restatement. For this reason the data set forth in this section may not be comparable
to discussions and data in our previously filed Quarterly Reports.
OVERVIEW
We are a leading provider of haptic technologies that allow people to use their sense of touch
more fully when operating a wide variety of digital devices. To achieve this heightened
interactivity, we develop and manufacture or license a wide range of hardware and software
technologies and products. While we believe that our technologies are broadly applicable, we are
currently focusing our marketing and business development activities on the following target
application areas: automotive, consumer electronics, entertainment, gaming, and commercial and
industrial controls; medical simulation; and mobile communications. We manage these application
areas under two operating and reportable segments: 1) Touch and 2) Medical.
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In some markets, such as video console gaming, mobile phones, and automotive controls, we
license our technologies to manufacturers who use them in products sold under their own brand
names. In other markets, such as medical simulation we sell products manufactured under our own
brand name through direct sales to end users, distributors, OEMs, or value-added resellers. From
time to time, we also engage in development projects for third parties. In the three months ended
March 31, 2009, we divested our 3D product line which was part of our Touch segment. We ceased
operations of the 3D product line and sold our CyberGlove and SoftMouse 3D positioning device
product families. We have abandoned all other 3D operations.
Our objective is to drive adoption of our touch technologies across markets and applications
to improve the user experience with digital devices and systems. We and our wholly owned
subsidiaries hold over 700 issued or pending patents in the U.S. and other countries, covering
various aspects of hardware and software technologies.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based
upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues,
expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we
evaluate our estimates and assumptions, including those related to revenue recognition, stock-based
compensation, bad debts, inventory reserves, short-term investments, warranty obligations, patents
and intangible assets, contingencies, and litigation. We base our estimates and assumptions on
historical experience and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the
circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values
of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may
differ from these estimates and assumptions.
We believe the following are our most critical accounting policies as they require our
significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial
statements:
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenues in accordance with applicable accounting standards, including SAB
No. 104, EITF No. 00-21 and SOP No. 97-2. Revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or service has been rendered, the fee is fixed and
determinable, and collectability is probable. We derive our revenues from three principal sources:
royalty and license fees, product sales, and development contracts.
Royalty and license revenue We recognize royalty and license revenue based on royalty
reports or related information received from the licensee as well as time-based licenses of our
intellectual property portfolio. Up-front payments under license agreements are deferred and
recognized as revenue either based on the royalty reports received or amortized over the license
period depending on the nature of the agreement. Advance payments under license agreements that
also require us to provide future services to the licensee are generally deferred and recognized
over the service period once services commence when VSOE related to the value of the services does
not exist.
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We generally recognize revenue from our licensees under one or a combination of the following
license models:
|
|
|
License revenue model |
|
Revenue recognition |
Perpetual license of
intellectual property portfolio
based on per unit royalties, no
services contracted.
|
|
Based on royalty reports received
from licensees. No further
obligations to licensee exist. |
|
|
|
Time-based license of
intellectual property portfolio
with up-front payments and/or
annual minimum royalty
requirements, no services
contracted. Licensees have
certain rights to updates to
the intellectual property
portfolio during the contract
period.
|
|
Based on straight-line amortization
of annual minimum/up-front payment
recognized over contract period or
annual minimum period. |
|
|
|
Perpetual license of
intellectual property portfolio
or technology license along
with contract for development
work.
|
|
Based on proportional performance
method over the service period or
completed performance method. |
|
|
|
License of software or
technology, no modification
necessary, no services
contracted.
|
|
Up-front revenue recognition based
on SOP No. 97-2 criteria or SAB No.
104, as applicable. |
Individual contracts may have characteristics that do not fall within a specific license model
or may have characteristics of a combination of license models. Under those circumstances, we
recognize revenue in accordance with SAB No. 104, EITF No. 00-21, and SOP No. 97-2, as amended, to
guide the accounting treatment for each individual contract. See also the discussions regarding
Multiple element arrangements below. If the information received from our licensees regarding
royalties is incorrect or inaccurate, our revenues in future periods may be adversely affected. To
date, none of the information we have received from our licensees has caused any material reduction
in future period revenues.
Product sales We generally recognize revenues from product sales when the product is
shipped, provided the other revenue recognition criteria are met, including that collection is
determined to be probable and no significant obligation remains. We sell the majority of our
products with warranties ranging from three to sixty months. We record the estimated warranty costs
during the quarter the revenue is recognized. Historically, warranty-related costs and related
accruals have not been significant. We offer a general right of return on the MicroScribe product
line for 14 days after purchase. We recognize revenue at the time of shipment of a MicroScribe
digitizer and provide an accrual for potential returns based on historical experience. We offer no
other general right of return on our products.
Development contracts and other revenue Development contracts and other revenue is comprised
of professional services (consulting services and/or development contracts), customer support, and
extended warranty contracts. Development contract revenues are recognized under the proportional
performance accounting method based on physical completion of the work to be performed or completed
performance method. Losses on contracts are recognized when determined. Revisions in estimates are
reflected in the period in which the conditions become known. Customer support and extended
warranty contract revenue is recognized ratably over the contractual period.
Multiple element arrangements We enter into revenue arrangements in which the customer
purchases a combination of patent, technology, and/or software licenses, products, professional
services, support, and extended warranties (multiple element arrangements). We allocate revenue to
each element based on the relative fair value of each of the elements. If vendor specific objective
evidence of fair value does not exist, the revenue is generally recorded over the term of the
contract or upon delivery of all elements for which vendor specific evidence of fair value does not
exist.
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Our revenue recognition policies are significant because our revenues are a key component of
our results of operations. In addition, our revenue recognition determines the timing of certain
expenses, such as commissions and royalties. Revenue results are difficult to predict, and any
shortfall in revenue or delay in recognizing revenue could cause our operating results to vary
significantly from quarter to quarter and could result in greater or future operating losses.
Stock-based Compensation
We account for stock-based compensation in accordance with SFAS No. 123R. We accounted for
stock-based compensation using the modified-prospective method, under which prior periods are not
revised for comparative purposes. Under the fair value recognition provisions of this statement,
stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award
and is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is
the vesting period.
Valuation and amortization method We use the Black-Scholes model, single-option approach to
determine the fair value of stock options, and ESPP shares. All share-based payment awards are
amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of the awards, which are
generally the vesting periods. The determination of the fair value of stock-based payment awards on
the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by our stock price as well as
assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include actual
and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors that impact the expected term and forfeiture
rates, our expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, risk-free interest rate,
and expected dividends.
Expected term We estimate the expected term of options granted by calculating the average
term from our historical stock option exercise experience. We used the simplified method as
prescribed by SAB No. 110 for options granted prior to January 1, 2008.
Expected volatility We estimate the volatility of our common stock taking into consideration
our historical stock price movement and our expected future stock price trends based on known or
anticipated events.
Risk-free interest rate We base the risk-free interest rate that we use in the option
pricing model on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with remaining terms similar to the expected term
on the options.
Expected dividend We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future
and therefore use an expected dividend yield of zero in the option pricing model.
Forfeitures We are required to estimate future forfeitures at the time of grant and revise
those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. We record
stock-based compensation expense only for those awards that are expected to vest. We estimate our
forfeiture rate based on anticipated future trends in pre-vesting options and awards forfeitures
and recent historical data.
If factors change and we employ different assumptions for estimating stock-based compensation
expense in future periods, or if we decide to use a different valuation model, the future periods
may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the current period and could materially
affect our operating results.
The Black-Scholes model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options
that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable, characteristics not present in our
option grants and ESPP shares. Existing valuation models, including the Black-Scholes and lattice
binomial models, may not provide reliable measures of the fair values of our stock-based
compensation. Consequently, there is a risk that our estimates of the fair values of our
stock-based compensation awards on the grant dates may bear little resemblance to the actual values
realized upon the exercise, expiration, early termination, or forfeiture of those stock-based
payments in the future. Certain stock-based payments, such as employee stock options, may expire
and be worthless or otherwise result in zero intrinsic value as compared to the fair values
originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our financial statements. Alternatively,
value may be realized from these instruments that are significantly higher than the fair values
originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our financial statements. There currently is
no market-based mechanism or other practical application to verify the reliability and accuracy of
the estimates stemming from these valuation models, nor is there a means to compare and adjust the
estimates to actual values.
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See Note 9 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information
regarding the SFAS No. 123R disclosures.
Accounting for Income Taxes
We use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method,
income tax expense is recognized for the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current
year. In addition, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax
consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and
liabilities, and for operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. Valuation allowances are
established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized and
are reversed at such time that realization is believed to be more likely than not. Management must
make assumptions, judgments, and estimates to determine our current provision for income taxes and
also our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance to be recorded against a
deferred tax asset.
Our judgments, assumptions, and estimates relative to the current provision for income tax
take into account current tax laws, our interpretation of current tax laws, and possible outcomes
of current and future audits conducted by foreign and domestic tax authorities. We have established
reserves for income taxes to address potential exposures involving tax positions that could be
challenged by tax authorities. Although we believe our judgments, assumptions, and estimates are
reasonable, changes in tax laws or our interpretation of tax laws and any future tax audits could
significantly impact the amounts provided for income taxes in our condensed consolidated financial
statements.
Our assumptions, judgments, and estimates relative to the value of a deferred tax asset take
into account predictions of the amount and category of future taxable income, such as income from
operations or capital gains income. Actual operating results and the underlying amount and category
of income in future years could render inaccurate our current assumptions, judgments, and estimates
of recoverable net deferred taxes. Any of the assumptions, judgments, and estimates mentioned above
could cause our actual income tax obligations to differ from our estimates, thus materially
impacting our financial position and results of operations.
Short-term Investments
Our short-term investments consist primarily of highly liquid commercial paper and government
agency securities purchased with an original or remaining maturity of greater than 90 days on the
date of purchase. We classify all debt securities with readily determinable market values as
available-for-sale in accordance with SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt
and Equity Securities. Even though the stated maturity dates of these debt securities may be one
year or more beyond the balance sheet date, we have classified all debt securities as short-term
investments in accordance with Accounting Research Bulletin No. 43, Chapter 3A, Working
CapitalCurrent Assets and Current Liabilities, as they are reasonably expected to be realized in
cash or sold within one year. These investments are carried at fair market value with unrealized
gains and losses considered to be temporary in nature reported as a separate component of other
comprehensive income (loss) within stockholders equity.
We follow the guidance provided by FSP No. 115-1/124-1 and EITF No. 03-01 The Meaning of
Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments to assess whether our
investments with unrealized loss positions are other than temporarily impaired. Realized gains and
losses and declines in value judged to be other than temporary are determined based on the specific
identification method and are reported in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.
Factors considered in determining whether a loss is temporary include the length of time and extent
to which fair value has been less than the cost basis, the financial condition and near-term
prospects of the investee, and our intent and ability to hold the investment for a period of time
sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in market value.
Effective January 1, 2008, we adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 157, which defines fair
value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements required under other accounting pronouncements. SFAS No. 157 clarifies that fair value
is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to
transfer a liability in an orderly
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transaction between market participants. SFAS No. 157 also requires that a fair value
measurement reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability
based on the best information available. Assumptions include the risks inherent in a particular
valuation technique (such as a pricing model) and/or the risks inherent in the inputs to the model.
SFAS No. 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation
techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted
quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the
lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value
hierarchy under SFAS No. 157 are described below:
Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement
date for identical unrestricted assets or liabilities;
Level 2: Quoted prices in markets that are less active or financial instruments for which all
significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly;
Level 3: Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value
measurement and unobservable.
A financial instruments level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of
any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
In February 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. 157-2 that delays the effective date of SFAS No. 157
for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or
disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually) until
fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. The delay is intended to allow the FASB and
constituents additional time to consider the effect of various implementation issues that have
arisen, or that may arise, from the application of SFAS No. 157. Effective January 1, 2009 we
adopted SFAS No. 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities measured at fair value on
a non-recurring basis. The adoption of SFAS No. 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial
liabilities did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial positions,
results of operations or cash flows.
Further information about the application of SFAS No. 157 may be found in Note 3 to the
condensed consolidated financial statements.
Recovery of Accounts Receivable
We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from our review
and assessment of our customers ability to make required payments. If the financial condition of
one or more of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to
make payments, additional allowances might be required.
Inventory Reserves
We reduce our inventory value for estimated obsolete and slow moving inventory in an amount
equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the net realizable value based upon
assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual future demand and market
conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs
may be required.
Product Return and Warranty Reserves
We provide for estimated costs of future anticipated product returns and warranty obligations
based on historical experience when related revenues are recognized, and we defer warranty-related
revenue over the related warranty term.
Intangible Assets
We have acquired patents and other intangible assets. In addition, we capitalize the external
legal and filing fees associated with patents and trademarks. We assess the recoverability of our
intangible assets, and we must make assumptions regarding estimated future cash flows and other
factors to determine the
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fair value of the respective assets that affect our consolidated financial statements. If
these estimates or related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record
impairment charges for these assets. We amortize our intangible assets related to patents and
trademarks, once they issue, over their estimated useful lives, generally 10 years. Future changes
in the estimated useful life could affect the amount of future period amortization expense that we
will incur. During the first three months of 2009, we capitalized costs associated with patents and
trademarks of $767,000. Our total amortization expense for the same period for all intangible
assets was $214,000.
Restructuring Costs
We
calculate our restructuring costs based upon our estimate of workforce reduction costs,
asset impairment charges, and other appropriate charges resulting from a restructuring. The Company
accounts for restructuring costs in accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-Lived Assets and SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit of
Disposal Activities Based on our assumptions, judgments, and estimates, we determine whether we
need to record an impairment charge to reduce the value of the asset carried on our balance sheet
to its estimated fair value. Assumptions, judgments and estimates about future values are complex
and often subjective. They can be affected by a variety of factors, including external factors
such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors such as changes in our business
strategy.
The above listing is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all of our accounting
policies. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically
dictated by GAAP, with no need for managements judgment in their application. There are also areas
in which managements judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce a
materially different result.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2009 AND 2008
The following discussion and analysis includes our results of operations from continuing
operations for the three months ended March 2009 and 2008. A separate discussion of the 3D product
line under discontinued operations has been presented following our analysis of continuing
operations. Accordingly, the sales, gross profit, sales and marketing expense, and income tax
provision from our discontinued operations have been aggregated and reported as loss from
discontinued operations and are not a component of the aforementioned continuing operations
discussion.
Overview
We achieved a 10% increase in revenues from continuing operations during the three months
ended March 31, 2009 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2008. The first three months
revenue growth was primarily due to a 9% increase in royalty and license revenues from increased
Touch royalty and license fees mainly from customers that sell mobile devices. The revenue increase
also included a 27% increase in product sales partially offset by a 44% decrease in development
contract revenues. In conjunction with our plan to move our medical operating segment to San Jose
and other workforce reductions in our Touch segment, we had restructuring costs relating to
workforce reductions of $646,000. We divested our 3D product line and recorded a gain of $235,000
from discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009 as compared to a gain of
$326,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008. We also had a gain on the sale of discontinued
operations of $167,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2009. Our net loss was $6.1 million for
the three months ended March 31, 2009 compared to a net loss of $3.1 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2008.
With our divestiture of the 3D product line, our move of the medical operating segment to San
Jose, and other restructuring efforts, we hope to achieve certain cost reductions in 2009. In 2009,
we expect to continue to focus on the execution of plans in our established businesses to seek to
increase revenue and make selected investments for product-based solutions for longer-term growth
areas. Our success could be limited by several factors, including the current macro-economic
climate, the timely release of our new
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products and our licensees products, continued market acceptance of our products and
technology, the introduction of new products by existing or new competitors, and the cost of
ongoing litigation. For a further discussion of these and other risk factors, see Part II Item 1A
Risk Factors.
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2008 |
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Royalty and
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$ |
3,781 |
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$ |
3,461 |
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% |
Product
sales |
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3,279 |
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2,580 |
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% |
Development contracts and other |
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446 |
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799 |
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7,506 |
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6,840 |
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2008
Total Revenue Our total revenue from continuing operations for the first three months of
2009 increased by $666,000 or 10% from the first three months of 2008.
Royalty and license revenue Royalty and license revenue is comprised of royalties earned on
sales by our TouchSense licensees and license fees charged for our intellectual property portfolio.
Royalty and license revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was $3.8 million, an
increase of $320,000 or 9% from the three months ended March 31, 2008. The increase in royalty and
license revenue was primarily due to an increase in royalty and license revenue from our Touch
segment from increased shipments by licensees of mobile devices partially offset by decreased
shipments by gaming and automotive licensees. We expect royalty revenue to be a significant
component of our revenue as our technology continues to be included in mobile phone handsets.
Based on our litigation conclusion and new business agreement entered into with Sony Computer
Entertainment in March 2007, we are recognizing a minimum of $30.0 million as royalty and license
revenue from March 2007 through March 2017, approximately $750,000 per quarter. The revenue from
our third-party peripheral licensees included in royalty and license revenue has also generally
continued to decline primarily due to i) the reduced sales of past generation video console
systems due to the launches of the next-generation console models from Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony
PlayStation 3 (PS3), and Nintendo Wii, and ii) the decline in third-party market share of
aftermarket game console controllers due to the launch of next-generation peripherals by
manufacturers of console systems.
Sony has, to date, not yet broadly licensed third parties to produce peripherals of the PS3
system. To the extent Sony discourages or impedes third-party controller makers from making more
PS3 controllers with vibration feedback, our licensing revenue from third-party PS3 peripherals
will continue to be severely limited.
For the Microsoft Xbox 360 video console system launched in November 2005, Microsoft has, to
date, not broadly licensed third parties to produce game controllers. Because our gaming royalties
come mainly from third-party manufacturers, unless Microsoft broadens its licenses to third-party
controller makers, particularly with respect to wireless controllers for Xbox 360, our gaming
royalty revenue may decline. Additionally, Microsoft is now making touch-enabled wheels covered by
its royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to our worldwide portfolio of patents that could
compete with our licensees current or future products for which we earn per unit royalties. For
the Nintendo Wii video console system launched in December 2006, Nintendo has, to date, not yet
broadly licensed third parties to produce game controllers
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for its Wii game console. Because our gaming royalties come mainly from third-party
manufacturers, unless Nintendo broadens its licenses to third-party controller makers, our gaming
royalty revenue may decline.
In addition, BMW has begun to remove our technology from certain controller systems, which
also caused automotive royalties to decline. We expect that this removal of our technology from
certain controller systems will cause our automotive royalty revenue to decline in the future,
which may be partially offset by new vehicles from other manufacturers brought to market.
Product sales Product sales for the three months ended March 31, 2009 were $3.3 million, an
increase of $699,000 or 27% as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2008. The increase in
product sales was primarily due to an increase in medical product sales. Increased medical product
sales was mainly due to increased sales of our endoscopy, endovascular, and laparoscopy simulators
partially offset by decreased Virtual IV simulators. This increase in product sales was a result of
pursuing a product growth strategy for our medical business, which includes leveraging our
strategic industry alliances, and expanding international sales. We expect that the current
economic downturn may have a negative effect on capital purchases of our products in the near term.
Development contract and other revenue Development contract and other revenue is comprised
of revenue on commercial contracts and extended support contracts. Development contract and other
revenue was $446,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2009, a decrease of $353,000 or 44% as
compared to the three months ended March 31, 2008. The decrease was mainly attributable to a
decrease in medical contract revenue of $535,000 due to the completion of work performed under
medical contracts that occurred through the first six months of 2008. Partially offsetting that
decrease was increased revenue recognized on Touch development contracts and support of
$182,000. We do not currently have any government projects in development. We continue to
transition our engineering resources from certain commercial development contract efforts to
product development efforts that focus on leveraging our existing sales and channel distribution
capabilities.
We categorize our geographic information into four major regions: North America, Europe, Far
East, and Rest of the World. In the first three months of 2009, revenue generated in North
America, Europe, Far East, and Rest of the World represented 48%, 25%, 25%, and 2%, respectively,
compared to 61%, 23%, 11%, and 5%, respectively, for the first three months of 2008. The shift in
revenues among regions was mainly due to an increase in royalty revenue and medical product revenue
from Europe and the Far East and a decrease in royalty and medical contract revenue in North
America and Medical product revenue from the Rest of the World. We partially attribute increased
European and Far East revenue to the addition of increased international sales and support
personnel in 2008.
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COST OF PRODUCT SALES |
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1,251 |
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1,684 |
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Cost of Product Sales Our cost of product sales (exclusive of amortization of intangibles)
consists primarily of materials, labor, and overhead. There is no cost of product sales associated
with royalty and license revenue or development contract revenue. Cost of product sales from
continuing operations was $1.3 million, a decrease of $433,000 or 26% for the three months ended
March 31, 2009 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2008. The decrease in cost of
product sales was primarily due to reduced obsolescence expense of $209,000 and reduced overhead
costs of $136,000. The decrease in obsolescence
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expense was mainly due to lower excess and obsolescence write-off from medical, touch, and
other parts in 2009. Overhead costs decreased mainly as a result of reduced salary expense from
decreased headcount. Cost of product sales decreased as a percentage of product revenue to 38% in
the first three months of 2009 from 65% in the first three months of 2008. This decrease is mainly
due to increased sales, the reduced costs mentioned above, and a change in the product sales mix
where we sold a greater percentage of products with higher margins in 2009.
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OPERATING EXPENSES AND OTHER |
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4,284 |
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3,345 |
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% |
% of total
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% |
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% |
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development |
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3,929 |
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$ |
3,490 |
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% of total
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% |
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% |
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4,385 |
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4,414 |
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% of total
revenue |
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% |
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% |
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215 |
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$ |
270 |
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% of total
revenue |
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% |
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% |
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646 |
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% of total
revenue |
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9 |
% |
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Sales and Marketing Our sales and marketing expenses are comprised primarily of
employee compensation and benefits costs, advertising, public relations, trade shows, brochures,
market development funds, travel, and an allocation of facilities costs. Sales and marketing
expenses from continuing operations were $4.3 million, an increase of $939,000 or 28% in the first
three months of 2009 compared to the comparable period in 2008. The increase was primarily due to
increased compensation, benefits, and overhead of $347,000, increased marketing, advertising, and
public relations costs of $291,000, increased consulting costs of $220,000 to supplement our sales
and marketing staff, and increased sales and marketing travel expense of $171,000. The increased
sales and marketing expenses were primarily due to the expansion of our sales and marketing efforts
internationally. We are taking steps to reduce our sales and marketing expenses, although we expect
to continue to focus our sales and marketing efforts on medical, mobile device, and touchscreen
market opportunities to build greater market acceptance for our touch technologies as well as
continue to expand our sales and marketing presence internationally.
Research and Development Our research and development expenses are comprised primarily
of employee compensation and benefits costs, consulting fees, tooling and supplies, and an
allocation of facilities costs. Research and development expenses from continuing operations were
$3.9 million, an increase of $439,000 or 13% in the first three months of 2009 compared to the same
period in 2008. The increase was primarily due to increased compensation, benefits, and overhead of
$391,000. The increased
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compensation, benefits, and overhead expense was primarily due to increased research and
development headcount. We are taking steps to reduce our research and development expenses, yet we
believe that continued significant investment in research and development is critical to our future
success, and we expect to make significant investments in areas of research and technology
development to support future growth.
General and Administrative Our general and administrative expenses are comprised primarily
of employee compensation and benefits, legal and professional fees, office supplies, travel, and an
allocation of facilities costs. General and administrative expenses from continuing operations were
$4.4 million, a decrease of $29,000 or 1% in the first three months of 2009 compared to the same
period in 2008. The decrease was primarily due to reduced legal and professional fees of $588,000
partially offset by increased compensation, benefits, and overhead of $354,000, increased travel of
$87,000, increased public company expense of $61,000, and increased supplies and office expenses of
$31,000. The decreased legal, professional, and license fee expenses were primarily due to
decreased litigation costs, mainly Microsoft litigation which was settled in 2008; decreased audit,
tax, and accounting fees due to completion of the accounting and valuation for Sony Computer
Entertainment litigation conclusion and patent license; resolution of a routine SEC review of our
prior periodic filings; and reduction of income tax related issues, partially offset by
increased consulting costs. The increased compensation, benefits, and overhead expense was
primarily due to increased general and administrative headcount and increased non-cash stock-based
compensation charges. We expect that the dollar amount of general and administrative expenses to
continue to be a significant component of our operating expenses, but we are currently taking steps
to reduce our general and administrative expenses. We will continue to incur costs related to
litigation as we continue to assert our intellectual property and contractual rights and defend
lawsuits brought against us.
Amortization and impairment of Intangibles Our amortization and impairment of intangibles is
comprised primarily of patent amortization and other intangible amortization along with impairment
or write off of intangibles. Amortization and impairment of intangibles decreased by $55,000 in the
first three months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. The decrease was primarily
attributable to some intangible assets reaching full amortization.
Restructuring Restructuring costs consist primarily of severance benefits paid in connection
with the reduction of workforce due to severance benefits to be paid as the result of a planned
reduction of workforce due to the relocation of the Maryland medical business operations to San
Jose of $166,000 and severance benefits to be paid as the result of the reduction of workforce due
to business changes in our Touch segment of $480,000. There were no restructuring charges incurred
in the three months ended March 31, 2008. We expect to record approximately $200,000 of workforce
reduction costs relating to the remaining service period of the Maryland business operations
employees plus additional costs relating to the move and close down of facilities in the second
quarter of 2009.
Change in fair value of warrant liability In January 2009, we adopted EITF Issue No. 07-5,
Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is Indexed to an Entitys Own Stock.
Quarterly we recalculate the fair value of our warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing
model. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, the change in fair value of warrant liability
was a gain of $480,000.
Interest and Other Income Interest and other income consist primarily of interest income and
dividend income from cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments and gain on sale of
short-term investments. Interest and other income decreased by $1.3 million in the first three
months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. This was primarily the result of decreased
interest income due to a reduction in cash equivalents and short-term investments and reduced
interest rates on cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments. We expect that the accretion
of interest income relating to amounts receivable from Sony Computer
Entertainment that was approximately
$144,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2009 and will total approximately $377,000 in 2009
will be completed at the end of 2009.
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Provision for Income Taxes We recorded a provision for income taxes for the three
months ended March 31, 2009 of $91,000 on pre-tax loss from continuing operations of $6.4 million,
yielding an effective tax rate of 1.4%. For the three months ended March 31, 2008, we recorded a
benefit for income taxes of $1.3 million on pre-tax loss from continuing operations of $4.7
million, yielding an effective tax rate of (26.5)%. The income tax provision or benefit for the
three months ended March 31, 2009 and March 31, 2008 are arrived at as a result of applying the
estimated annual effective tax rate to cumulative income (loss)
before taxes, adjusted for certain discrete items which are fully
recognized in the period they occur. The tax effect of the
discontinued operations is removed to arrive at the income tax
provision or benefit from continuing operations.
Discontinued Operations In the three months ended March 31, 2009, we ceased operations of
the 3D product line and sold both our CyberGlove family of products and SoftMouse 3D positioning
device family of products and have recorded a gain on sale of discontinued operations of $167,000.
Accordingly, the operations of the 3D product line have been classified as discontinued operations
in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. Gain from discontinued operations, net of
tax, decreased by $91,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period in
2008, primarily due to the decrease in activity due to the ceasing of 3D operations in the quarter
ended March 31, 2009 resulting in reduced sales volumes and costs and expenses associated with 3D
operations during that period.
SEGMENT RESULTS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2009 AND 2008
We have two operating and reportable segments. One segment, Touch, develops and markets touch
feedback technologies that enable software and hardware developers to enhance realism and usability
in their computing, entertainment, and industrial applications. The second segment, Medical,
develops, manufactures, and markets medical training simulators that recreate realistic healthcare
environments.
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, |
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2009 |
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2008 |
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(In thousands) |
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Revenues: |
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Touch |
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$ |
4,475 |
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$ |
3,962 |
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Medical |
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3,066 |
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2,919 |
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Intersegment eliminations |
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(35 |
) |
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|
(41 |
) |
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Total |
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$ |
7,506 |
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$ |
6,840 |
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Operating Loss: |
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Touch |
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$ |
(5,016 |
) |
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$ |
(4,888 |
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Medical |
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(2,187 |
) |
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(1,458 |
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Intersegment eliminations |
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(1 |
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(17 |
) |
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Total |
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$ |
(7,204 |
) |
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$ |
(6,363 |
) |
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* |
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Note: Segment information may not be indicative of the financial position or
results of operations that would have been achieved had these segments operated as
unaffiliated entities. |
Touch segment Revenues from the Touch segment were $4.5 million, an increase of $513,000 or
13% in the first three months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. Royalty and license
revenues increased by
$320,000 mainly due to increased shipments by licensees of mobile devices partially offset by
decreased shipments by gaming and automotive licensees. Development contract revenue increased by
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$182,000 primarily due to increased development contracts and support. Operating loss for the three
months ended March 31, 2009 was $5.0 million, an increase of $128,000 compared to the same period
in 2008. The increase was primarily due to an increase in restructuring costs of $480,000, an
increase of research and development expenses of $467,000, and an increase in sales and marketing
expenses of $370,000. The increases to the net loss were partially offset by increased gross margin
of $856,000 due to increased royalty and license revenue, a decrease in general and administrative
expenses of $279,000, and a decrease to amortization and impairment of intangibles of $55,000.
Medical segment Revenues from the Medical segment were $3.1 million, an increase of $147,000
or 5%, for the first three months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. The increase was
primarily due to increased sales of our endoscopy, endovascular, and laparoscopy simulators
partially offset by decreased Virtual IV simulators partially offset by a reduction of medical
development contract revenue due to the completion of work performed under medical contracts that
occurred through the first six months of 2008. Operating loss for the three months ended March 31,
2009 was $2.2 million, an increase of $729,000 compared to the same period in 2008. The increase
was mainly due to increased sales and marketing expenses of $569,000 as the segment expands
international sales and marketing efforts, increased general and administrative expenses of
$250,000, and an increase in restructuring costs of $166,000 partially offset by increased gross
margin of $227,000 due to increased sales and product mix changes.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments consist primarily of money market funds
and highly liquid commercial paper and government agency securities. All of our short-term
investments are classified as available-for-sale under the provisions of SFAS No. 115. The
securities are stated at market value, with unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of
accumulated other comprehensive income, within stockholders equity.
On March 31, 2009, our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments totaled $80.9
million, a decrease of $4.8 million from $85.7 million on December 31, 2008.
In March 2007, we concluded our patent infringement litigation against Sony Computer
Entertainment and we received $97.3 million. As a result, we entered into a new business agreement
under which, we are to receive twelve quarterly installments of $1.875 million for a total of $22.5
million beginning on March 31, 2007 and ending on December 31, 2009. As of March 31, 2009, we had
received nine of these installments.
Net cash used in operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2009 was $4.0
million, a change of $5.7 million from the $1.7 million provided during the three months ended
March 31, 2008. Cash used in operations during the three months ended March 31, 2009 was primarily
the result of a net loss of $6.1 million, a decrease of $1.3 million due to a change in accrued
compensation and other current liabilities, a decrease of $818,000 due to a change in inventories,
and a decrease of $469,000 due to a change in accounts payable. These decreases were offset by a
$2.2 million increase due to a change in accounts receivable and a $1.2 million increase due to a
change in deferred revenue and customer advances. Cash used in operations during the three months
ended March 31, 2009 was also impacted by noncash charges and credits of $1.3 million, including
$1.4 million of noncash stock-based compensation, $390,000 in depreciation and amortization, and
$215,000 in amortization of intangibles offset by a decrease to fair market value of warrants
granted of $480,000 and to allowance for doubtful accounts of $156,000.
Net cash used in investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2009 was $23.9
million, compared to the $48.9 million provided by investing activities during the three months
ended March 31, 2008, a decrease of $72.8 million. Net cash used in investing activities during the
period consisted of purchases of short-term investments of $34.0 million; $580,000 used to purchase
property and equipment; and a $542,000 increase in intangibles and other assets, primarily due to
capitalization of external patent filing and application costs partially offset by maturities or
sales of short-term investments of $11.0 million and proceeds from sales of discontinued operations
of $167,000.
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Net cash provided by financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2009 was
$204,000 compared to $934,000 provided during the three months ended March 31, 2008, or a $730,000
decrease from the prior year. Net cash provided by financing activities for the period consisted
primarily of issuances of common stock and exercises of stock options and warrants in the amount of
$204,000.
We believe that our cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet our working capital
needs for at least the next twelve months. We will continue to protect and defend our extensive
intellectual property portfolio across all business segments. We anticipate that capital
expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2009 will total approximately $3.0 million in
connection with anticipated maintenance and upgrades to operations and infrastructure. Cash flows
from our discontinued operations have been included in our consolidated statement of cash flows
with continuing operations within each cash flow category. The absence of cash flows from
discontinued operations is not expected to affect our future liquidity or capital resources.
Additionally, if we acquire one or more businesses, patents, or products, our cash or capital
requirements could increase substantially. In the event of such an acquisition, or should any
unanticipated circumstances arise that significantly increase our capital requirements, we may
elect to raise additional capital through debt or equity financing. Any of these events could
result in substantial dilution to our stockholders. There is no assurance that such additional
capital will be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all.
SUMMARY DISCLOSURES ABOUT CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND COMMERCIAL COMMITMENTS
The following table reflects a summary of our contractual cash obligations and other
commercial commitments as of December 31, 2008:
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2012 and |
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Contractual Obligations |
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Total |
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2009 |
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2011 |
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2013 |
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2014 |
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(In thousands) |
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Operating leases |
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$ |
3,555 |
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|
$ |
928 |
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$ |
1,250 |
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|
$ |
1,094 |
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|
$ |
283 |
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As discussed in Note 12 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, effective
January 1, 2007, we adopted the provisions of FIN 48. On March 31, 2009, we had a liability for
unrecognized tax benefits totaling approximately $647,000, including interest of $20,000. Due to
the uncertainties related to these tax matters, we are unable to make a reasonably reliable
estimate when cash settlement with a taxing authority will occur. Settlement of such amounts could
require the utilization of working capital.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
See Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for information regarding the
effect of new accounting pronouncements on our financial statements.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in interest rates and foreign
currency exchange rates. Changes in these factors may cause fluctuations in our earnings and cash
flows. We evaluate and manage the exposure to these market risks as follows:
Cash Equivalents and Short-term Investments We have cash equivalents and short-term
investments of $78.5 million as of March 31, 2009. These securities are subject to interest rate
fluctuations. An increase in interest rates could adversely affect the market value of our cash
equivalents and short-term investments. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates
would result in an approximate $289,000 decrease in the fair value of our cash equivalents and
short-term investments as of March 31, 2009.
We limit our exposure to interest rate and credit risk by establishing and monitoring clear
policies and guidelines for our cash equivalents and short-term investment portfolios. The primary
objective of our policies is to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing yields,
without significantly increasing
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risk. Our investment policy limits the maximum weighted average duration of all invested funds
to 12 months. Our policys guidelines also limit exposure to loss by limiting the sums we can
invest in any individual security and restricting investment to securities that meet certain
defined credit ratings. We do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio
to manage interest rate risk.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates A substantial majority of our revenue, expense, and capital
purchasing activities are transacted in U.S. dollars. However, we do incur certain operating costs
for our foreign operations in other currencies but these operations are limited in scope and thus
we are not materially exposed to foreign currency fluctuations. Additionally we have some reliance
on international and export sales that are subject to the risks of fluctuations in currency
exchange rates. Because a substantial majority of our international and export revenues, as well as
expenses, are typically denominated in U.S. dollars, a strengthening of the U.S. dollar could cause
our products to become relatively more expensive to customers in a particular country, leading to a
reduction in sales or profitability in that country. We have no foreign exchange contracts, option
contracts, or other foreign currency hedging arrangements.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES (AS REVISED)
In connection with the restatement described in Note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial
statements, our management, with the participation of our Interim Chief Executive Officer and
Interim Chief Financial Officer, re-evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and
procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act as of March 31, 2009.
The purpose of these controls and procedures is to ensure that information required to be disclosed
in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and
reported within the time periods specified in the SECs rules, and that such information is
accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Interim Chief Executive Officer and
our Interim Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
Our management, with the participation of our Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief
Financial Officer re-evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures and determined that there
were material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2009, as
more fully described in Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting (As
Revised), in Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on 10-K on Form 10-K/A filed on February 8,
2010. As of March 31, 2009, we did not maintain effective controls to ensure completeness and
accuracy with regard to the proper recognition, presentation and disclosure of conversion features
of certain convertible debt instruments and warrants. Specifically, we determined that Emerging
Issue Task Force 07-5, Determining Whether an Instrument (or an Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an
Entitys Own Stock (EITF 07-5) had not been properly adopted on January 1, 2009 with regard to the
conversion feature in our MHR convertible note and certain warrants issued in 2005 and as more
fully described in Note 16 to the condensed financial statements. As a result, our financial
statements included in the Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2009 did not reflect the
warrant as a derivative liability, nor the bifurcation of the embedded conversion feature in the
MHR Convertible Note as a derivative liability. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, we
understated the change in the fair value of the warrant liability and understated net income. As a
result, we have concluded that there is a material weakness regarding the identification,
evaluation, and adoption of applicable accounting guidance in a timely manner. A material weakness
is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a
material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis. Based on this re-evaluation and because of the material weaknesses
described in our Form 10-K/A which has not been remediated as of March 31, 2009, our Interim Chief
Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer have concluded that certain disclosure
controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2009.
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CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
Other than the remedial efforts to address our material weaknesses as described further below,
that took place or that were ongoing during the three months ended March 31, 2009, there were no
changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31,
2009 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
Plans for Remediation
We will not be able to assess whether the steps we are taking will fully remedy the material
weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting until we have fully implemented them
and a sufficient time passes in order to evaluate their effectiveness.
Subsequent to December 31, 2007 through the filing date of this Amendment, we have undertaken
the following remedial efforts to address the material weakness in our internal control over
financial reporting with respect to income taxes as initially reported in our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007:
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During the first quarter of fiscal 2008, we engaged outside consultants to advise
us in areas of complex tax accounting and to design and implement controls to ensure
proper communication with our personnel to obtain the needed advice and review of tax
related accounting and reporting documentation. |
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In November 2008, we hired a senior tax manager who had responsibility to consider
and apply proper accounting for income taxes, design and implement controls to ensure
that the rationale for positions taken on certain tax matters would be adequately
documented and appropriately communicated to all internal and external members of our
tax team, and design and implement controls over the adjustment of the income tax
accounts based on the preparation and filing of income tax returns. In June 2009, the
senior tax manager departed the Company and we outsourced the preparation of the
Companys quarterly and annual tax calculations and the related financial disclosures
including the rationale for recognizing the benefits of certain tax positions in the
financial statements to an external provider with oversight responsibility remaining
with the corporate controller. We continue to evaluate additional steps to remediate
this material weakness. |
Subsequent to March 31, 2009 through the filing date of this Amendment, we have undertaken the
following remedial efforts to address the material weaknesses in our internal control over
financial reporting with respect to revenue recognition described in Amendment No. 1 to our Annual
Report on 10-K filed on February 8, 2010:
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We are in the process of improving our documentation of our existing revenue
recognition policies, including policies involving non-standard terms and conditions,
multiple element arrangements, modifications to shipping terms and requests for
pre-release products; |
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We have restructured our finance department such that the individuals responsible
for the recognition of revenue are all located at our headquarters and report directly
to the Interim CFO with clearly delineated responsibilities; |
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We have held training sessions on revenue recognition policies with the sales
personnel and will continue to implement training and oversight of executive, finance,
sales and operational personnel and new hires to ensure compliance with revenue
recognition policies; |
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We have redesigned the quarterly sub-certification process to cover a wider variety
of topics that could affect the financial statements and added more employees to this
certification process; |
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We have implemented a process of obtaining quarterly certifications from all sales
personnel certifying that they are not aware of any side agreements modifying our
standard terms of contracts; |
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We have implemented a process of obtaining, on an annual basis, signed
acknowledgments from each employee that he or she has read and is in compliance with
our code of ethics and employee handbook; |
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We have improved our legal and financial review process of all sales order packages
for all terms and conditions prior to shipment; and |
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We are in the process of automating the approval process for the release of all
products in development to production, which approval process requires the approval of
finance personnel. |
In addition, we continue to take the steps set forth in the remedial plan approved by the
Audit Committee as further discussed in the Explanatory Note and Item 9 in the Form 10-K/A for the
year ended December 31, 2008.
Subsequent to March 31, 2009 through the filing date of this Amendment, we have undertaken the
following remedial efforts to address the material weaknesses in our internal control over
financial reporting with respect to the calculation of stock-based compensation and warrants
discussed above:
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We are in the process of adding a control procedure to test the calculation of the
third-party stock-based compensation reports on a quarterly basis, including upon
upgrades to new versions of the software, and to ensure timely review of the technical
updates to the software. |
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We are in the process of adding a control procedure to test the review and
implementation of all applicable new accounting pronouncements with the appropriate
review by finance personnel to ensure compliance. |
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In re Immersion Corporation
We are involved in legal proceedings relating to a class action lawsuit filed on November 9,
2001 in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, In re Immersion Corporation
Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, No. Civ. 01-9975 (S.D.N.Y.), related to In re
Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, No. 21 MC 92 (S.D.N.Y.). The named defendants are
Immersion and three of our current or former officers or directors (the Immersion Defendants),
and certain underwriters of our
November 12, 1999 initial public offering (IPO). Subsequently, two of the individual
defendants stipulated to a dismissal without prejudice.
The operative amended complaint is brought on purported behalf of all persons who purchased
our common stock from the date of our IPO through December 6, 2000. It alleges liability under
Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, on the grounds that the registration statement for the IPO did not disclose
that: (1) the underwriters agreed to allow certain customers to purchase shares in
the IPO in
exchange for excess commissions to be paid to the underwriters; and (2) the underwriters arranged
for certain customers to purchase additional shares in
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the aftermarket at predetermined prices. The
complaint also appears to allege that false or misleading analyst reports were issued. The
complaint does not claim any specific amount of damages.
Similar allegations were made in other lawsuits challenging over 300 other initial public
offerings and follow-on offerings conducted in 1999 and 2000. The cases were consolidated for
pretrial purposes. On February 19, 2003, the District Court ruled on all defendants motions to
dismiss. The motion was denied as to claims under the Securities Act of 1933 in the case involving
us as well as in all other cases (except for 10 cases). The motion was denied as to the claim under
Section 10(b) as to us, on the basis that the complaint alleged that we had made acquisition(s)
following the IPO. The motion was granted as to the claim under Section 10(b), but denied as to the
claim under Section 20(a), as to the remaining individual defendant.
In September 2008, all of the parties to the lawsuits reached a settlement, subject to
documentation and approval of the District Court. The Immersion Defendants would not be required
to contribute to the settlement. Subsequently, an underwriter defendant filed for bankruptcy and
other underwriter defendants were acquired. On April 2, 2009, final documentation evidencing the
settlement was presented to the District Court for approval. If the settlement is not approved by
the District Court, we intend to defend the lawsuit vigorously.
Immersion Corporation v. Mentice AB, Mentice SA, Simbionix USA Corp., and Simbionix Ltd.
On April 16, 2008, we announced that our wholly owned subsidiary, Immersion Medical, Inc.,
filed lawsuits for patent infringement in the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Texas against Mentice AB, Mentice SA, Simbionix USA Corp., and Simbionix Ltd (collectively the
Defendants), seeking damages and injunctive relief. On July 11, 2008, Mentice AB and Mentice SA
(collectively, Mentice) answered the complaint by denying the material allegations and alleging
counterclaims seeking a judicial declaration that the asserted patents were invalid, unenforceable,
or not infringed. On July 11, 2008, Simbionix USA Corp. and Simbionix Ltd, (collectively,
Simbionix) filed a motion to stay or dismiss the lawsuit, and a motion to transfer venue for
convenience to Ohio. On August 7, 2008, we filed our opposition to both motions filed by
Simbionix. The court has not ruled on the pending motions. On December 2, 2008, the court held a
status conference in which it set a trial date for December 5, 2011 and a claim construction
hearing for June 1, 2011. We intend to vigorously prosecute this lawsuit.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the following risks and uncertainties, as well as other
information in this report and our other SEC filings, in considering our business and prospects. If
any of the following risks or uncertainties actually occur, our business, financial condition, or
results of operations could be materially adversely affected. The following risks and uncertainties
are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties of which we are unaware or that
we currently believe are immaterial could also materially adversely affect our business, financial
condition, or results of operations. In any case, the trading price of our common stock could
decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. See also the Forward-looking Statements
discussion in Item 7, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
Company Risks
THE UNCERTAIN GLOBAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT COULD REDUCE OUR REVENUES AND COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE
EFFECT ON OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
The current global economic recession could materially hurt our business in a number of ways
including, longer sales and renewal cycles, delays in adoption of our products, increased risk of
competition for our products, increased risk of inventory obsolescence, higher overhead costs as a
percentage of revenue, risk of nonpayment or delayed payment by our customers, delays in signing or
failing to sign customer agreements, or signing customer agreements at reduced purchase levels. In
addition, our suppliers, customers, potential customers, and business partners are facing
similar challenges, which could materially and adversely affect the level of business they conduct
with us. The current economic downturn may lead to a reduction in corporate, university, or
government budgets for research and development in sectors including the automotive, aerospace,
mobility, and medical sectors, which use our products. Sales of our products may be adversely
affected by cuts in these research and development budgets. Furthermore, a prolonged tightening of
the credit markets could significantly impact our ability to liquidate investments or reduce the
rate of return on investments.
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WE HAD AN ACCUMULATED DEFICIT OF $76 MILLION AS OF MARCH 31, 2009, HAVE A HISTORY OF LOSSES, EXPECT
TO EXPERIENCE LOSSES IN THE FUTURE, AND MAY NOT ACHIEVE OR MAINTAIN PROFITABILITY IN THE FUTURE.
Since 1997, we have incurred losses in all but four quarters. We need to generate significant
ongoing revenue to return to profitability. We anticipate that we will continue to incur expenses
as we:
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increase our sales and marketing efforts; |
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attempt to expand the market for touch-enabled technologies and products and change our business; |
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protect and enforce our intellectual property; |
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pursue strategic relationships; |
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If our revenues grow more slowly than we anticipate or if our operating expenses exceed our
expectations, we may not achieve or maintain profitability.
WE HAVE LITTLE OR NO CONTROL OR INFLUENCE ON OUR LICENSEES DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, PROMOTION,
DISTRIBUTION, OR PRICING OF THEIR PRODUCTS INCORPORATING OUR TOUCH-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES, UPON
WHICH WE GENERATE ROYALTY REVENUE.
A key part of our business strategy is to license our intellectual property to companies that
manufacture and sell products incorporating our touch-enabling technologies. Sales of those
products generate royalty and license revenue for us. For the three months ended March 31, 2009 and
2008, 50% and 51%, respectively, of our total revenues were royalty and license revenues. We do not
control or influence the design, manufacture, quality control, promotion, distribution, or pricing
of products that are manufactured and sold by our licensees, nor can we control consolidation
within an industry which could either reduce the number of licensing products available or reduce
royalty rates for the combined licensees. In addition, we generally do not have commitments from
our licensees that they will continue to use our technologies in current or future products. As a
result, products incorporating our technologies may not be brought to market, achieve commercial
acceptance, or otherwise generate meaningful royalty revenue for us. For us to generate royalty
revenue, licensees that pay us per-unit royalties must manufacture and distribute products
incorporating our touch-enabling technologies in a timely fashion and generate consumer demand
through marketing and other promotional activities. If our licensees products fail to achieve
commercial success or if products are recalled because of quality control problems, our revenues
will not grow and could decline.
Peak demand for products that incorporate our technologies, especially in the video console
gaming and computer gaming peripherals market, typically occurs in the fourth calendar quarter as a
result of increased demand during the year-end holiday season. If our licensees do not ship
products incorporating our touch-enabling technologies in a timely fashion or fail to achieve
strong sales in the fourth quarter of the calendar year, we may not receive related royalty and
license revenue.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DERIVE SIGNIFICANT REVENUES FROM MAKERS OF PERIPHERALS FOR
POPULAR VIDEO GAMING PLATFORMS.
A significant portion of our gaming royalty revenues come from third-party peripheral makers
who make licensed gaming products designed for use with popular video game console systems from
Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo. Video game console systems are closed, proprietary systems, and
video game console system makers typically impose certain requirements or restrictions on
third-party peripheral makers who
wish to make peripherals that will be compatible with a particular video game console system.
If third-party peripheral makers cannot or are not allowed to obtain or satisfy these requirements
or restrictions, our gaming royalty revenues could be significantly reduced. Furthermore, should a
significant video game console maker choose to omit touch-enabling capabilities from its console
system or somehow restrict or impede the ability of third parties to make touch-enabling
peripherals, it may very well lead our gaming licensees to stop making products with touch-enabling
capabilities, thereby significantly reducing our gaming royalty revenues.
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Under the terms of our agreement with Sony, Sony receives a royalty-free license to our
worldwide portfolio of patents. This license permits Sony to make, use, and sell hardware,
software, and services covered by our patents in its PS1, PS2, and PS3 systems for a fixed license
payment. Sony has, to date, not yet broadly licensed third parties to produce peripherals of the
PS3 system. To the extent Sony selectively limits its licensing to leading third-party controller
makers to make PS3 controllers with vibration feedback, our licensing revenue from third-party PS3
peripherals will be severely limited. Sony continues to sell the PS2, and our third party
licensees continue to sell licensed PS2 peripherals. However, sales of PS2 peripherals continue to
decline as more consumers switch to the PS3 console system and other next-generation console
systems like the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360.
Both the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii include touch-enabling capabilities. For the
Microsoft Xbox 360 video console system launched in November 2005, Microsoft has, to date, not yet
broadly licensed third parties to produce peripherals for its Xbox 360 game console. To the extent
Microsoft does not fully license third parties, Microsofts share of all aftermarket Xbox 360 game
controller sales will likely remain high or increase, which we expect will limit our gaming royalty
revenue. Additionally, Microsoft is now making touch-enabled steering wheel products covered by its
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to our worldwide portfolio of patents that could
compete with our licensees current products for which we earn per unit royalties.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A FIXED PAYMENT LICENSE WITH MICROSOFT, OUR ROYALTY REVENUE FROM LICENSING IN THE
GAMING MARKET AND OTHER CONSUMER MARKETS HAS DECLINED AND MAY FURTHER DO SO IF MICROSOFT INCREASES
ITS VOLUME OF SALES OF TOUCH-ENABLED GAMING PRODUCTS AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR
OTHER LICENSEES.
Under the terms of our present agreement with Microsoft, Microsoft receives a royalty-free,
perpetual, irrevocable license to our worldwide portfolio of patents. This license permits
Microsoft to make, use, and sell hardware, software, and services, excluding specified products,
covered by our patents. We will not receive any further revenues or royalties from Microsoft under
our current agreement with Microsoft. Microsoft has a significant share of the market for
touch-enabled console gaming computer peripherals and is pursuing other consumer markets such as
mobile phones, PDAs, and portable music players. Microsoft has significantly greater financial,
sales, and marketing resources, as well as greater name recognition and a larger customer base than
some of our other licensees. In the event that Microsoft increases its share of these markets, our
royalty revenue from other licensees in these market segments might decline.
WE GENERATE REVENUES FROM TOUCH-ENABLING COMPONENTS THAT ARE SOLD AND INCORPORATED INTO THIRD-PARTY
PRODUCTS. WE HAVE LITTLE OR NO CONTROL OR INFLUENCE OVER THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, PROMOTION,
DISTRIBUTION, OR PRICING OF THOSE THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS.
Part of our business strategy is to sell components that provide touch feedback capability in
products that other companies design, manufacture, and sell. Sales of these components generate
product revenue. However, we do not control or influence the design, manufacture, quality control,
promotion, distribution, or pricing of products that are manufactured and sold by those customers
that buy these components. In addition, we generally do not have commitments from customers that
they will continue to use our components in current or future products. As a result, products
incorporating our components may not be brought to market, meet quality control standards, or
achieve commercial acceptance. If the customers fail to stimulate and capitalize upon market demand
for their products that include our components, or if products are recalled because of quality
control problems, our revenues will not grow and could decline.
THE TERMS IN OUR AGREEMENTS MAY BE CONSTRUED BY OUR LICENSEES IN A MANNER THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH
THE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE GRANTED TO OTHER LICENSEES, OR IN A MANNER THAT MAY REQUIRE US TO INCUR
SUBSTANTIAL COSTS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS OVER LICENSE TERMS.
We have entered into, and we expect to continue to enter into, agreements pursuant to which
our licensees are granted rights under our technology and intellectual property. These rights may
be granted in certain fields of use, or with respect to certain market sectors or product
categories, and may include exclusive rights or sublicensing rights. We refer to the license terms
and restrictions in our agreements,
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including, but not limited to, field of use definitions, market
sector, and product category definitions, collectively as License Provisions.
Due to the continuing evolution of market sectors, product categories, and licensee business
models, and to the compromises inherent in the drafting and negotiation of License Provisions, our
licensees may, at some time during the term of their agreements with us, interpret License
Provisions in their agreements in a way that is different from our interpretation of such License
Provisions, or in a way that is in conflict with the rights that we have granted to other
licensees. Such interpretations by our licensees may lead to claims that we have granted rights to
one licensee which are inconsistent with the rights that we have granted to another licensee.
In addition, after we enter into an agreement, it is possible that markets and/or products, or
legal and/or regulatory environments, will evolve in a manner that we did not foresee or was not
foreseeable at the time we entered into the agreement. As a result, in any agreement, we may have
granted rights that will preclude or restrict our exploitation of new opportunities that arise
after the execution of the agreement.
IF WE ARE UNABLE TO ENTER INTO NEW LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS WITH OUR EXISTING LICENSEES AND WITH
ADDITIONAL THIRD-PARTY MANUFACTURERS FOR OUR TOUCH-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES, OUR ROYALTY REVENUE MAY
NOT GROW.
Our revenue growth is significantly dependent on our ability to enter into new licensing
arrangements. Our failure to enter into new or renewal of licensing arrangements will cause our
operating results to suffer. We face numerous risks in obtaining new licenses on terms consistent
with our business objectives and in maintaining, expanding, and supporting our relationships with
our current licensees. These risks include:
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property or licensed intellectual property from other parties in areas related to ours to
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license agreements without a critical mass of other such inter-dependent supporters of the
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OUR RECENTLY-ANNOUNCED CONSOLIDATION OF OUR MEDICAL OPERATIONS MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL, AND MAY
NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR BUSINESS
In March 2009, we announced that we are consolidating the operations of our Medical line of
business with the rest of our business. As a result of this consolidation, we are moving the
operations of our Medical
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line of business from Maryland to our headquarters in San Jose,
California. Consolidations and business restructurings involve numerous risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to: the potential loss of key employees, customers and business
partners; market uncertainty related to our future business plans; the incurrence of unexpected
expenses or charges; diversion of management attention from other key areas of our business;
negative impacts on employee morale; and other potential dislocations and disruptions to the
business. For the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, our Medical line of business
represented 41% and 43%, respectively, of our total revenues. Accordingly, if we are unable to
manage this consolidation effectively, our overall business and operating results could be
materially and adversely affected.
LITIGATION REGARDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS COULD BE EXPENSIVE, DISRUPTIVE, AND TIME
CONSUMING; COULD RESULT IN THE IMPAIRMENT OR LOSS OF PORTIONS OF OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; AND
COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.
Intellectual property litigation, whether brought by us or by others against us, has caused us
to expend, and may cause us to expend in future periods, significant financial resources as well as
divert managements time and efforts. From time to time, we initiate claims against third parties
that we believe infringe our intellectual property rights. We intend to enforce our intellectual
property rights vigorously and may initiate litigation against parties that we believe are
infringing our intellectual property rights if we are unable to resolve matters satisfactorily
through negotiation. Litigation brought to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights
could be costly, time-consuming, and difficult to pursue in certain venues, and distracting to
management and potential customers and could result in the impairment or loss of portions of our
intellectual property. In addition, any litigation in which we are accused of infringement may
cause product shipment delays, require us to develop non-infringing technologies, or require us to
enter into royalty or license agreements even before the issue of infringement has been decided on
the merits. If any litigation were not resolved in our favor, we could become subject to
substantial damage claims from third parties and indemnification claims from our licensees. We
could be enjoined from the continued use of the technologies at issue without a royalty or license
agreement. Royalty or license agreements, if required, might not be available on acceptable terms,
or at all. If a third party claiming infringement against us prevailed, and we may not be able to
develop non-infringing technologies or license the infringed or similar technologies on a timely
and cost-effective basis, our expenses could increase and our revenues could decrease.
While we attempt to avoid infringing known proprietary rights of third parties, third parties
may hold, or may in the future be issued, patents that could be infringed by our products or
technologies. Any of these third parties might make a claim of infringement against us with respect
to the products that we manufacture and the technologies that we license. From time to time, we
have received letters from companies, several of which have significantly greater financial
resources than we do, asserting that some of our technologies, or those of our licensees, infringe
their intellectual property rights. Certain of our licensees may receive similar letters from these
or other companies from time to time. Such letters or subsequent litigation may influence our
licensees decisions whether to ship products incorporating our technologies. In addition, such
letters may cause a dispute between our licensees and ourselves over indemnification for the
infringement claim. Any of these notices, or additional notices that we or our licensees could
receive in the future from these or other companies, could lead to litigation against us, either
regarding the infringement claim or the indemnification claim.
We have acquired patents from third parties and also license some technologies from third
parties. We must rely upon the owners of the patents or the technologies for information on the
origin and ownership of the acquired or licensed technologies. As a result, our exposure to
infringement claims may increase. We generally obtain representations as to the origin and
ownership of acquired or licensed technologies and indemnification to cover any breach of these
representations. However, representations may not be accurate and indemnification may not provide
adequate compensation for breach of the representations. Intellectual property claims against our
licensees, or us, whether or not they have merit, could be time-consuming to defend, cause product
shipment delays, require us to pay damages, harm existing license arrangements, or require us or
our licensees to cease utilizing the technologies unless we can enter into licensing agreements.
Licensing agreements might not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all. Furthermore,
claims by third parties against our licensees could also result in claims by our licensees against
us for indemnification.
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The legal principles applicable to patents and patent licenses continue to change and evolve.
Legislation and judicial decisions that make it easier for patent licensees to challenge the
validity, enforceability, or infringement of patents, or make it more difficult for patent
licensors to obtain a permanent injunction, obtain enhanced damages for willful infringement, or to
obtain or enforce patents, may adversely affect our business and the value of our patent portfolio.
Furthermore, our prospects for future revenue growth through our royalty and licensing based
businesses could be diminished.
OUR CURRENT LITIGATION UNDERTAKINGS ARE EXPENSIVE, DISRUPTIVE, AND TIME CONSUMING, AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BE, UNTIL RESOLVED, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE ARE ULTIMATELY SUCCESSFUL, COULD
ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.
We are currently a party to various legal proceedings. Due to the inherent uncertainties of
litigation, we cannot accurately predict how these cases will ultimately be resolved. We
anticipate that the litigation will continue to be costly, and there can be no assurance that we
will be successful or able to recover the costs we incur in connection with the litigation. We
expense litigation costs as incurred and only accrue for costs that have been incurred but not paid
to the vendor as of the financial statement date. Litigation has diverted, and is likely to
continue to divert, the efforts and attention of some of our key management and personnel. As a
result, until such time as it is resolved, litigation could adversely affect our business. Further,
any unfavorable outcome could adversely affect our business. For additional background on this and
our other litigation, please see Note 16 to the condensed consolidated financial statements and
Item 1. Legal Proceedings of this Part II.
PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIMS COULD BE TIME-CONSUMING AND COSTLY TO DEFEND AND COULD EXPOSE US TO LOSS.
Our products or our licensees products may have flaws or other defects that may lead to
personal or other injury claims. If products that we or our licensees sell cause personal injury,
property injury, financial loss, or other injury to our or our licensees customers, the customers
or our licensees may seek damages or other recovery from us. Defending any claims against us,
regardless of merit, would be time-consuming, expensive to defend, and distracting to management,
and could result in damages and injure our reputation, the reputation of our technology and
services, and/or the reputation of our products, or the reputation of our licensees or their
products. This damage could limit the market for our and our licensees products and harm our
results of operations. In addition, if our business liability insurance coverage proves inadequate
or future coverage is unavailable on acceptable terms or at all, our business, operating results,
and financial condition could be adversely affected.
In the past, manufacturers of peripheral products including certain gaming products such as
joysticks, wheels, or gamepads, have been subject to claims alleging that use of their products has
caused or contributed to various types of repetitive stress injuries, including carpal tunnel
syndrome. While we have not experienced any product liability claims to date, we could face such
claims in the future, which could harm our business and reputation. Although our license agreements
typically contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to product liability claims, existing
or future laws or unfavorable judicial decisions could limit or invalidate the provisions.
OUR PRODUCTS ARE COMPLEX AND MAY CONTAIN UNDETECTED ERRORS, WHICH COULD HARM OUR REPUTATION AND
FUTURE PRODUCT SALES.
Any failure to provide high quality and reliable products, whether caused by our own failure
or failures of our suppliers or OEM customers, could damage our reputation and reduce demand for
our products. Our products have in the past contained, and may in the future contain, undetected
errors or defects. Some errors in our products may only be discovered after a product has been
shipped to customers. Any errors or defects discovered in our products after commercial release
could result in loss of revenue, loss of customers, and increased service and warranty costs, any
of which could adversely affect our business.
THE NATURE OF SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS MAY ALSO SUBJECT US TO EXPORT CONTROL REGULATION BY THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. VIOLATIONS OF THESE REGULATIONS CAN RESULT IN
MONETARY PENALTIES AND DENIAL OF EXPORT PRIVILEGES.
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Our sales to customers in some areas outside the United States could be subject to government
export regulations or restrictions that prohibit us from selling to customers in some countries or
that require us to obtain licenses or approvals to export such products internationally. Delays
or denial of the grant of any required license or approval, or changes to the regulations, could
make it difficult or impossible to make sales to foreign customers in some countries and could
adversely affect our revenue. In addition, we could be subject to fines and penalties for violation
of these export regulations if we were found in violation. Such violation could result in
penalties, including prohibiting us from exporting our products to one or more countries, and could
materially and adversely affect our business.
COMPLIANCE WITH DIRECTIVES THAT RESTRICT THE USE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS MAY INCREASE OUR COSTS AND
LIMIT OUR REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.
Our products and packaging must meet all safety, electrical, labeling, marking, or other
requirements of the countries into which we ship products or our resellers sell our products. We
have to assess each product and determine whether it complies with the requirements of local
regulations or whether they are exempt from meeting the requirements of the regulations. If we
determine that a product is not exempt and does not comply with adopted regulations, we will have
to make changes to the product or its documentation if we want to sell that product into the region
once the regulations become effective. Making such changes may be costly to perform and may have a
negative impact on our results of operations. In addition, there can be no assurance that the
national enforcement bodies of the regions adopting such regulations will agree with our assessment
that certain of our products and documentation comply with or are exempt from the regulations. If
products are determined not to be compliant or exempt, we will not be able to ship them in the
region that adopts such regulations until such time that they are compliant, and this may have a
negative impact on our revenue and results of operations.
BECAUSE PERSONAL COMPUTER PERIPHERAL PRODUCTS THAT INCORPORATE OUR TOUCH-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
CURRENTLY WORK WITH MICROSOFTS OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE, OUR COSTS COULD INCREASE AND OUR
REVENUES COULD DECLINE IF MICROSOFT MODIFIES ITS OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE.
Our hardware and software technologies for personal computer peripheral products that
incorporate our touch-enabling technologies are currently compatible with Microsofts Windows 2000,
Windows Me, Windows XP, and Windows Vista operating systems, including DirectX, Microsofts
entertainment API. Modifications and new versions of Microsofts operating system and APIs
(including DirectX and Windows 7) may require that we and/or our licensees modify the
touch-enabling technologies to be compatible with Microsofts modifications or new versions, and
this could cause delays in the release of products by our licensees. If Microsoft modifies its
software products in ways that limit the use of our other licensees products, our costs could
increase and our revenues could decline.
In addition, Microsoft announced that its new product, Windows 7, will feature a new
multi-touch input function, allowing users to use multiple fingers simultaneously to interact with
touch surfaces. Enabling multi-location touch-feedback will require us to innovate hardware and
software, enable Windows 7 APIs with multi-touch output support, and work with our licensees and
third parties to integrate such features. There are feasibility risks with both hardware and
software, and there may be potential delays in the revenue growth of haptically-enabled multi touch
surfaces.
IF WE ARE UNABLE TO DEVELOP OPEN SOURCE COMPLIANT PRODUCTS, OUR ABILITY TO LICENSE OUR TECHNOLOGIES
AND GENERATE REVENUES WOULD BE IMPAIRED.
We have seen, and believe that we will continue to see, an increase in customers requesting
that we develop products that will operate in an open source environment. Developing open source
compliant products, without imperiling the intellectual property rights upon which our licensing
business depends, may prove difficult under certain circumstances, thereby placing us at a
competitive disadvantage for new product designs. As a result, our revenues may not grow and could
decline.
THE MARKET FOR CERTAIN TOUCH-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES AND TOUCH-ENABLED PRODUCTS IS AT AN EARLY STAGE
AND IF MARKET DEMAND DOES NOT DEVELOP, WE MAY NOT ACHIEVE OR SUSTAIN REVENUE GROWTH.
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The market for certain of our touch-enabling technologies and certain of our licensees
touch-enabled products is at an early stage. If we and our licensees are unable to develop demand
for touch-enabling technologies and touch-enabled products, we may not achieve or sustain revenue
growth. We cannot accurately predict the growth of the markets for these technologies and products,
the timing of product introductions, or the timing of commercial acceptance of these products.
Even if our touch-enabling technologies and our licensees touch-enabled products are
ultimately widely adopted, widespread adoption may take a long time to occur. The timing and amount
of royalties and product sales that we receive will depend on whether the products marketed achieve
widespread adoption and, if so, how rapidly that adoption occurs.
We expect that we will need to pursue extensive and expensive marketing and sales efforts to
educate prospective licensees, component customers, and end users about the uses and benefits of
our technologies and to persuade software developers to create software that utilizes our
technologies. Negative product reviews or publicity about our company, our products, our licensees
products, haptic features, or haptic technology in general could have a negative impact on market
adoption, our revenue, and/or our ability to license our technologies in the future.
IF WE FAIL TO PROTECT AND ENFORCE OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, OUR ABILITY TO LICENSE OUR
TECHNOLOGIES AND GENERATE REVENUES WOULD BE IMPAIRED.
Our business depends on generating revenues by licensing our intellectual property rights and
by selling products that incorporate our technologies. We rely on our significant patent portfolio
to protect our proprietary rights. If we are not able to protect and enforce those rights, our
ability to obtain future licenses or maintain current licenses and royalty revenue could be
impaired. In addition, if a court or the patent office were to limit the scope, declare
unenforceable, or invalidate any of our patents, current licensees may refuse to make royalty
payments, or they may choose to challenge one or more of our patents. It is also possible that:
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We also rely on licenses, confidentiality agreements, other contractual agreements, and copyright,
trademark, and trade secret laws to establish and protect our proprietary rights. It is possible
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CERTAIN TERMS OR RIGHTS GRANTED IN OUR LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR OUR DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS MAY LIMIT
OUR FUTURE REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.
While it is not our general practice to sign license agreements that provide exclusive rights
for a period of time with respect to a technology, field of use, and/or geography, or to accept
similar limitations in product development contracts, we have entered into such agreements and may
in the future. Although additional compensation or other benefits may be part of the agreement, the
compensation or benefits may not adequately compensate us for the limitations or restrictions we
have agreed to as that particular market develops. Over the life of the exclusivity period,
especially in markets that grow larger or faster than
anticipated, our revenue may be limited and
less than what we could have achieved in the market with several licensees or additional products
available to sell to a specific set of customers.
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IF WE FAIL TO DEVELOP NEW OR ENHANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR NEW APPLICATIONS AND PLATFORMS, WE MAY NOT
BE ABLE TO CREATE A MARKET FOR OUR TECHNOLOGIES OR OUR TECHNOLOGIES MAY BECOME OBSOLETE, AND OUR
ABILITY TO GROW AND OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS MIGHT BE HARMED.
Our initiatives to develop new and enhanced technologies and to commercialize these
technologies for new applications and new platforms may not be successful or timely. Any new or
enhanced technologies may not be favorably received by consumers and could damage our reputation or
our brand. Expanding our technologies could also require significant additional expenses and strain
our management, financial, and operational resources. Moreover, technology products generally have
relatively short product life cycles and our current products may become obsolete in the future.
Our ability to generate revenues will be harmed if:
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Our ability to achieve revenue growth also depends on our continuing ability to improve and
reduce the cost of our technologies and to introduce these technologies to the marketplace in a
timely manner. If our development efforts are not successful or are significantly delayed,
companies may not incorporate our technologies into their products and our revenue growth may be
impaired.
WE HAVE LIMITED ENGINEERING, CUSTOMER SERVICE, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, QUALITY ASSURANCE AND
MANUFACTURING RESOURCES TO DESIGN AND FULFILL FAVORABLE PRODUCT DELIVERY SCHEDULES AND SUFFICIENT
LEVELS OF QUALITY IN SUPPORT OF OUR DIFFERENT PRODUCT AREAS. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MAY NOT BE
DELIVERED IN A TIMELY WAY, WITH SUFFICIENT LEVELS OF QUALITY, OR AT ALL, WHICH MAY REDUCE OUR
REVENUE.
Engineering, customer service, technical support, quality assurance, and manufacturing
resources are deployed against a variety of different projects and programs to provide sufficient
levels of quality necessary for channels and customers. Success in various markets may depend on
timely deliveries and overall levels of sustained quality and customer service. Failure to provide
favorable product and program deliverables and quality and customer service levels, or provide them
at all, may disrupt channels and customers, harm our brand, and reduce our revenues.
THE HIGHER COST OF PRODUCTS INCORPORATING OUR TOUCH-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES MAY INHIBIT OR PREVENT
THEIR WIDESPREAD ADOPTION.
Personal computer and console gaming peripherals, mobile devices, touchscreens, and automotive
and industrial controls incorporating our touch-enabling technologies can be more expensive than
similar competitive products that are not touch-enabled. Although major manufacturers, such as ALPS
Electric Co., BMW, LG Electronics, Logitech, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony have licensed our
technologies, the greater expense of development and production of products containing our
touch-enabling technologies, together with the higher price to the end customer, may be a
significant barrier to their widespread adoption and sale.
THIRD-PARTY VALIDATION STUDIES MAY NOT DEMONSTRATE ALL THE BENEFITS OF OUR MEDICAL TRAINING
SIMULATORS, WHICH COULD AFFECT CUSTOMER MOTIVATION TO BUY.
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In medical training, validation studies are generally used to confirm the usefulness of new
techniques, devices, and training methods. For medical training simulators, several levels of
validation are generally tested: content, concurrent, construct, and predictive. A validation study
performed by a third party, such as a hospital, a teaching institution, or even an individual
healthcare professional, could result in showing little or no benefit for one or more types of
validation for our medical training simulators. Such validation study results published in medical
journals could impact the willingness of customers to buy our training simulators, especially new
simulators that have not previously been validated. In addition, customers may be reluctant to
purchase these products if no studies have been published or until a favorable study has been
published, which would negatively impact our revenues from sales of these products.
MEDICAL LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES MAY NOT RECOMMEND OR REQUIRE USE OF OUR
TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRAINING AND/OR TESTING PURPOSES AND CERTAIN LEGISLATION THAT MAY ENCOURAGE THE
USE OF SIMULATORS MAY NOT BECOME LAW, SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWING OR INHIBITING THE MARKET PENETRATION OF
OUR MEDICAL SIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES.
Several key medical certification bodies, including the American Board of Internal Medicine
(ABIM), the American Board of Surgery (ABS), and the American College of Cardiology (ACC),
have great influence in recommending particular medical methodologies, including medical training
and testing methodologies, for use by medical professionals. In the event that the ABIM and the
ACC, as well as other, similar bodies, do not endorse medical simulation products in general, or
our products in particular, as a training and/or testing tool, and in addition in the event that
the H.R. 855 Enhancing Simulation Act of 2009 does not pass into law, market penetration for our
products in the medical market could be significantly and adversely affected.
WE HAVE LIMITED DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS AND RESOURCES TO MARKET AND SELL OUR PRODUCTS, AND IF WE ARE
UNSUCCESSFUL IN MARKETING AND SELLING THESE PRODUCTS, WE MAY NOT ACHIEVE OR SUSTAIN PRODUCT REVENUE
GROWTH.
We have limited resources for marketing and selling our products, either directly or through
distributors. To achieve our business objectives, we must build a balanced mixture of sales through
a direct sales channel and through qualified distribution channels. The success of our efforts to
sell products will depend upon our ability to retain and develop a qualified sales force and
effective distribution channels. We may not be successful in attracting and retaining the personnel
necessary to sell and market our products. A number of our distributors are small, specialized
companies and may not have sufficient capital or human resources to support the complexities of
selling and supporting our products. In addition, many of our distributors do not have exclusive
relationships with us and may not devote sufficient time and attention to selling our products.
There can be no assurance that our direct selling efforts will be effective, distributors or OEMs
will market our products successfully or, if our relationships with distributors or OEMs terminate,
that we will be able to establish relationships with other distributors or OEMs on satisfactory
terms, if at all. Any disruption in the distribution, sales, or marketing network for our products
could have a material adverse effect on our product revenues.
IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO PREDICT THE SALES VOLUME OF OUR DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS, WHICH MAKES IT
DIFFICULT FOR US TO FORECAST OUR BUSINESS.
The sales volumes for our limited distribution channels are volatile and hard to predict. We
consider forecasts in determining our component needs and our inventory requirements. If the
business in these
limited distribution channels fails to meet expectations, or if we fail to accurately forecast
our customers product demands, we may have inadequate or excess inventory of our products or
components or assets that are not realizable, which could adversely affect our operating results.
THE MARKETS IN WHICH WE PARTICIPATE OR MAY TARGET IN THE FUTURE ARE INTENSELY COMPETITIVE, AND IF
WE DO NOT COMPETE EFFECTIVELY, OUR OPERATING RESULTS COULD BE HARMED.
Our target markets are rapidly evolving and highly competitive. Many of our competitors and
potential competitors are larger and have greater name recognition, much longer operating
histories, larger marketing budgets, and significantly greater resources than we do, and with the
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market entrants, we expect competition to intensify in the
future. We believe that competition in these markets will continue to be intense and that
competitive pressures will drive the price of our products and our licensees products downward.
These price reductions, if not offset by increases in unit sales or productivity, will cause our
revenues to decline. If we fail to compete effectively, our business will be harmed. Some of our
principal competitors offer their products or services at a lower price, which has resulted in
pricing pressures. If we are unable to achieve our target pricing levels, our operating results
would be negatively impacted. In addition, pricing pressures and increased competition generally
could result in reduced sales, reduced margins, losses, or the failure of our application suite to
achieve or maintain more widespread market acceptance, any of which could harm our business.
In the medical simulation market, we face competition from Simbionix USA Corporation, Mentice
Corporation, Medical Education Technologies, Inc., and Medical Simulation Corporation. In the
mobility and touchscreen markets, we face competition from internal design teams of existing and
potential OEM customers. As a result of their licenses to our patent portfolios, we could face
competition from Microsoft and Sony.
Our licensees or other third parties may also seek to develop products using our intellectual
property or develop alternative designs that attempt to circumvent our intellectual property or
that they believe do not require a license under our intellectual property. These potential
competitors may have significantly greater financial, technical, and marketing resources than we
do, and the costs associated with asserting our intellectual property rights against such products
and such potential competitors could be significant. Moreover, if such alternative designs were
determined by a court not to require a license under our intellectual property rights, competition
from such unlicensed products could limit or reduce our revenues.
Additionally, if haptic technology gains market acceptance, more research by universities
and/or corporations or other parties may be performed potentially leading to strong intellectual
property positions by third parties in certain areas of haptics or the launch of haptics products
before we commercialize our own technology.
Many of our current and potential competitors, including Microsoft, are able to devote greater
resources to the development, promotion, and sale of their products and services. In addition, many
of our competitors have established marketing relationships or access to larger customer bases,
distributors, and other business partners. As a result, our competitors might be able to respond
more quickly and effectively than we can to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards,
or customer requirements. Further, some potential customers, particularly large enterprises, may
elect to develop their own internal solutions. For all of these reasons, we may not be able to
compete successfully against our current and future competitors.
WINNING BUSINESS IS SUBJECT TO A COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS THAT CAN BE LENGTHY AND REQUIRES US
TO INCUR SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE, AND WE MAY NOT BE SELECTED.
Our primary focus is on winning competitive bid selection processes, known as design wins,
so that haptics will be included in our customers equipment. These selection processes can be
lengthy and can require us to incur significant design and development expenditures. We may not win
the competitive
selection process and may never generate any revenue despite incurring significant design and
development expenditures. Because we typically focus on only a few customers in a product area, the
loss of a design win can sometimes result in our failure to get haptics added to new generation
products. This can result in lost sales and could hurt our position in future competitive selection
processes because we may not be perceived as being a technology leader.
After winning a product design for one of our customers, we may still experience delays in
generating revenue from our products as a result of the lengthy development and design cycle. In
addition, a delay or cancellation of a customers plans could significantly adversely affect our
financial results, as we may have incurred significant expense and generated no revenue. Finally,
if our customers fail to successfully market
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and sell their equipment it could materially adversely
affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations as the demand for our products
falls.
AUTOMOBILES INCORPORATING OUR TOUCH-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES ARE SUBJECT TO LENGTHY PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT PERIODS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PREDICT WHEN AND WHETHER WE WILL RECEIVE AUTOMOTIVE
ROYALTIES.
The product development process for automobiles is very lengthy, sometimes longer than four
years. We may not earn royalty revenue on our automotive technologies unless and until automobiles
featuring our technologies are shipped to customers, which may not occur until several years after
we enter into an agreement with an automobile manufacturer or a supplier to an automobile
manufacturer. Throughout the product development process, we face the risk that an automobile
manufacturer or supplier may delay the incorporation of, or choose not to incorporate, our
technologies into its automobiles, making it difficult for us to predict the automotive royalties
we may receive, if any. After the product launches, our royalties still depend on market acceptance
of the vehicle or the option packages if our technology is an option (for example, a navigation
unit), which is likely to be determined by many factors beyond our control.
WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN OUR BUSINESS, AND WE CANNOT ASSURE YOU THAT THESE CHANGES
WILL RESULT IN INCREASED REVENUE OR PROFITABILITY.
Our business has undergone significant changes in recent periods, including the divestiture of
our 3D business, new management, consolidation of our touch, gaming, and mobility businesses,
personnel changes, and focus on additional target markets. These changes have required significant
investments of cash and other resources, as well as managements time and attention and have placed
significant strains on our managerial, financial, engineering, or other resources. We cannot
assure you that these efforts will result in growing our business successfully or in increased
operating performance.
OUR INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION EFFORTS SUBJECT US TO ADDITIONAL RISKS AND COSTS.
We intend to expand international activities. International operations are subject to a
number of difficulties and special costs, including:
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foreign exchange and currency risks; |
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difficulty in collecting accounts receivable or longer payment cycles; |
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import and export restrictions and tariffs; |
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difficulties staffing and managing foreign operations; |
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difficulties and expense in enforcing intellectual property rights; |
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business risks, including fluctuations in demand for our products and
the cost and effort to conduct international operations and travel
abroad to promote international distribution and overall global
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Our international operations could also increase our exposure to international laws and
regulations. If we cannot comply with foreign laws and regulations, which are often complex and
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unexpected changes, we could incur unexpected costs and potential
litigation. For example, the governments of foreign countries might attempt to regulate our
products and services or levy sales or other taxes relating to our activities. In addition, foreign
countries may impose tariffs, duties, price controls, or other restrictions on foreign currencies
or trade barriers, any of which could make it more difficult for us to conduct our business.
CERTAIN MEMBERS OF OUR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM ARE RELATIVELY NEW AND IF THERE ARE DIFFICULTIES
WITH THIS LEADERSHIP TRANSITION IT COULD IMPEDE THE EXECUTION OF OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY.
Various members of our executive management team joined us in 2008 and early 2009. Our success
will depend to a significant extent on their ability to implement a successful strategy, to
successfully lead and motivate our employees, and to work effectively with other members of our
executive management team and board of directors. If this leadership transition is not successful,
our ability to execute our business strategy would be impeded.
WE MIGHT BE UNABLE TO RETAIN OR RECRUIT NECESSARY PERSONNEL, WHICH COULD SLOW THE DEVELOPMENT AND
DEPLOYMENT OF OUR TECHNOLOGIES.
Our ability to develop and deploy our technologies and to sustain our revenue growth
depends upon the continued service of our management and other key personnel, many of whom would be
difficult to replace. Management and other key employees may voluntarily terminate their employment
with us at any time upon short notice. The loss of management or key personnel could delay product
development cycles or otherwise harm our business.
We believe that our future success will also depend largely on our ability to attract,
integrate, and retain sales, support, marketing, and research and development personnel.
Competition for such personnel is intense, and we may not be successful in attracting, integrating,
and retaining such personnel. Given the protracted nature of if, how, and when we collect royalties
on new design contracts, it may be difficult to craft compensation plans that will attract and
retain the level of salesmanship needed to secure these contracts. Our equity award program is a
long-term retention program that is intended to attract, retain, and provide incentives for
talented employees, officers and directors, and to align stockholder and employee interests.
Additionally some of our executive officers and key employees hold stock options with exercise
prices above the current market price of our common stock. Each of these factors may impair our
ability to retain the services of our executive officers and key employees. Our technologies are
complex and we rely upon the continued service of our existing personnel to support licensees,
enhance existing technologies, and develop new technologies.
IF OUR FACILITIES WERE TO EXPERIENCE CATASTROPHIC LOSS, OUR OPERATIONS WOULD BE SERIOUSLY HARMED.
Our facilities could be subject to a catastrophic loss such as fire, flood, earthquake, power
outage, or terrorist activity. A substantial portion of our research and development activities,
manufacturing, our corporate headquarters, and other critical business operations are located near
major earthquake faults in San Jose, California, an area with a history of seismic events. An
earthquake at or near our facilities could disrupt our operations, delay production and shipments
of our products or technologies, and result in large expenses to repair and replace the facility.
Our existing insurance may not be adequate for all possible
losses. In addition, California has experienced problems with its power supply in recent
years. As a result, we have experienced utility cost increases and may experience unexpected
interruptions in our power supply that could have a material adverse effect on our sales, results
of operations, and financial condition.
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Investment Risks
OUR QUARTERLY REVENUES AND OPERATING RESULTS ARE VOLATILE, AND IF OUR FUTURE RESULTS ARE BELOW THE
EXPECTATIONS OF PUBLIC MARKET ANALYSTS OR INVESTORS, THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK IS LIKELY TO
DECLINE.
Our revenues and operating results are likely to vary significantly from quarter to quarter
due to a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control and any of which could cause
the price of our common stock to decline.
These factors include:
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the timing and recognition of payments under fixed and/or up-front license agreements; |
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the timing of work performed under development agreements; |
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the timing of our expenses, including costs related to litigation, stock-based
awards, acquisitions of technologies, or businesses, dispositions and restructurings; |
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the timing of introductions and market acceptance of new products and product
enhancements by us, our licensees, our competitors, or their competitors; |
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our ability to develop and improve our technologies; |
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our ability to attract, integrate, and retain qualified personnel; |
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OUR STOCK PRICE MAY FLUCTUATE REGARDLESS OF OUR PERFORMANCE.
The stock market has experienced extreme volatility that often has been unrelated or
disproportionate to the performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may cause
our stock price to decline regardless of our performance. The market price of our common stock has
been, and in the future could be, significantly affected by factors such as: actual or anticipated
fluctuations in operating results; announcements of technical innovations; announcements regarding
litigation in which we are involved; changes by game console manufacturers to not include
touch-enabling capabilities in their products; new products or new contracts; sales or the
perception in the market of possible sales of large number of shares of our common stock by
insiders or others; stock repurchase activity; changes in securities analysts recommendations;
changing circumstances regarding competitors or their customers; governmental regulatory action;
developments with respect to patents or proprietary rights; inclusion in or exclusion from various
stock indices; and general market conditions. In the past, following periods of volatility in the
market price of a companys securities, securities class action litigation has been initiated
against that company.
PROVISIONS IN OUR CHARTER DOCUMENTS AND DELAWARE LAW COULD PREVENT OR DELAY A CHANGE IN CONTROL,
WHICH COULD REDUCE THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK.
Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may have the effect of delaying or
preventing a change of control or changes in our board of directors or management, including the
following:
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only our chairperson of the board of directors, a majority of our board of directors,
or 10% or greater stockholders are authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders; |
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our stockholders can only take action at a meeting of stockholders and not by written
consent; |
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vacancies on our board of directors can be filled only by our board of directors and
not by our stockholders; |
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our restated certificate of incorporation authorizes undesignated preferred stock, the
terms of which may be established and shares of which may be issued without stockholder
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advance notice procedures apply for stockholders to nominate candidates for election as
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In addition, certain provisions of Delaware law may discourage, delay, or prevent someone from
acquiring or merging with us. These provisions could limit the price that investors might be
willing to pay in the future for shares.
WE MAY ENGAGE IN ACQUISITIONS THAT COULD DILUTE STOCKHOLDERS INTERESTS, DIVERT MANAGEMENT
ATTENTION, OR CAUSE INTEGRATION PROBLEMS.
As part of our business strategy, we have in the past and may in the future, acquire
businesses or intellectual property that we feel could complement our business, enhance our
technical capabilities, or increase our intellectual property portfolio. The pursuit of potential
acquisitions may divert the attention of management and cause us to incur various expenses in
identifying, investigating, and pursuing suitable acquisitions, whether or not they are
consummated.
If we consummate acquisitions through the issuance of our securities, our stockholders could
suffer significant dilution. Acquisitions could also create risks for us, including:
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diversion of managements attention from other business concerns; |
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difficulties in assimilation of acquired personnel or operations; |
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failure to realize the anticipated benefits of acquired intellectual property or other assets; |
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charges associated with amortization of acquired assets or potential charges for write-down of
assets associated with unsuccessful acquisitions; |
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Any acquisitions, even if successfully completed, might not generate significant additional
revenue or provide any benefit to our business.
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE INTERNAL CONTROLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 404 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR BUSINESS AND STOCK PRICE.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires, among other things, that we establish and maintain
internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures. We must perform
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and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow
management to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as
required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Our independent registered public accounting
firm is also required to report on our internal control over financial reporting. Our testing and
our auditors testing may reveal deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that
are deemed to be material weaknesses and render our internal control over financial reporting
ineffective. We have incurred, and we expect to continue to incur, substantial accounting and
auditing expense and expend significant management time in complying with the requirements of
Section 404. If we are not able to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner,
or if we or our independent registered public accounting firm identify deficiencies in our internal
control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, the market price of our
stock could decline and we could be subject to investigations or sanctions by the SEC, the NASDAQ
Stock Market or NASDAQ, or other regulatory authorities, or become subject to litigation. To the
extent any material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting are identified in
the future, we could be required to expend significant management time and financial resources to
correct such material weaknesses or to respond to any resulting regulatory investigations or
proceedings.
IF WE FAIL TO ADDRESS MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN OUR INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING, WE MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO REPORT OUR FINANCIAL RESULTS ACCURATELY OR TIMELY OR PREVENT FRAUD, ANY OF WHICH
COULD HARM OUR BUSINESS OR REPUTATION AND CAUSE THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK TO DECLINE.
As discussed in Part I, Item 4, Controls and Procedures, our management team, under the
supervision and with the participation of our Interim Chief Financial Officer and our Interim Chief
Executive Officer, conducted a re-evaluation of our internal controls as of March 31, 2009.
Management concluded that we had a continuing material weakness in internal controls over financial
reporting related to income taxes and material weaknesses in internal controls over (1) revenue
recognition modification to our policies and procedures to ensure that modifications to, or side
agreements associated with, our standard terms of contract are properly approved, documented,
tracked and recorded, (2) revenue recognition compliance with specified shipping terms to ensure
these controls to determine the point at which title and risk of loss passes to the customer are
appropriate, (3) revenue recognition release of new products to ensure that new product releases
are properly approved and documented (4) the calculation of stock-based compensation expense
related to the application of the forfeiture rate and (5) the adoption of new accounting standards.
We have subsequently initiated actions that are intended to improve our accounting for income
taxes, revenue recognition, accounting for stock based compensation, the adoption of new accounting
standards and the related internal controls. Due to the continuing presence of these material
weaknesses and the ongoing implementation of remedial actions for these material weaknesses as of
March 31, 2009, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not
effective as of March 31, 2009 and it is likely that these material weaknesses will not be fully
remediated as of December 31, 2009. Any continuation of these material weaknesses in our internal
controls over the accounting for income taxes, revenue recognition, accounting for stock-based
compensation and adopting new accounting standards could impair our ability to report our financial
position and results of operations accurately and in a timely manner or prevent fraud, the
occurrence of any of which could harm our business or reputation and cause the price of our common
stock to decline.
AS OUR BUSINESS GROWS, SUCH GROWTH MAY PLACE A SIGNIFICANT STRAIN ON OUR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS
AND, AS A RESULT, OUR BUSINESS MAY SUFFER.
We plan to continue expanding our business, and any significant growth could place a significant
strain on our management systems, infrastructure, and other resources. We recently transitioned
the preparation of all of our internal reporting to upgraded management information systems and are
in the process of implementing this system for all of our subsidiaries. If we encounter problems
with the implementation of these systems, we may have difficulties preparing or tracking internal
information, which could adversely affect our financial results. We will need to continue to invest
the necessary capital to upgrade and improve our operational, financial, and management reporting
systems. If our management fails to manage our growth effectively, we could experience increased
costs, declines in product quality, or customer satisfaction, which could harm our business.
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
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10.37*
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Form of 2009 Executive Incentive Plan |
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10.38*
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Amended and Restated Retention and Ownership Agreement dated April 20, 2009
between Immersion Corporation and Clent Richardson |
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10.39*
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Amended and Restated Retention and Ownership Agreement dated April 23, 2009
between Immersion Corporation and Stephen Ambler |
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Certification of Victor Viegas, Interim Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification of Henry Hirvela, Interim Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification of Victor Viegas, Interim Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification of Henry Hirvela, Interim Chief Financial Officer, pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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99.01*
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Form of Restricted Stock Agreement |
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99.02*
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Form of Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock |
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Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: February 8, 2010
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IMMERSION CORPORATION
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Henry Hirvela |
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Interim Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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10.37*
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Amended and Restated Retention and Ownership Agreement dated April 20, 2009
between Immersion Corporation and Clent Richardson |
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10.39*
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Amended and Restated Retention and Ownership Agreement dated April 23, 2009
between Immersion Corporation and Stephen Ambler |
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Certification of Victor Viegas, Interim Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification of Henry Hirvela, Interim Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification of Victor Viegas, Interim Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification of Henry Hirvela, Interim Chief Financial Officer, pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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99.01*
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Form of Restricted Stock Agreement |
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Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. |
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