pdfs_8k-110311.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 3, 2011

PDF SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

000-31311
(Commission File Number)

Delaware
25-1701361
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

333 West San Carlos Street, Suite 700
San Jose, CA 95110
(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

(408) 280-7900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX

 
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On November 3, 2011 PDF Solutions (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding its financial results and certain other information related to the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.
 
Description
 99.1
 
Press Release dated November 3, 2011 regarding financial results and certain other information related to the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011.

 
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
PDF SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Registrant)
 
       
Dated: November 3, 2011
By:
/s/ Michael Shahbazian  
   
Michael Shahbazian
VP and Interim Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer
 
       
       


 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 99.1
 
Press Release dated November 3, 2011 regarding financial results and certain other information related to the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ex99-1.htm
Exhibit 99.1
 
News Release

Company Contacts:
 
Michael Shahbazian, VP and Interim Chief Financial Officer
Sonia Segovia, IR Coordinator
PDF Solutions, Inc.
PDF Solutions, Inc.
Tel: (408) 938-6477
Tel: (408) 938-6491
Email: michael.shahbazian@pdf.com
Email: sonia.segovia@pdf.com

PDF Solutions® Reports Third Fiscal Quarter 2011 Results

SAN JOSE, Calif. – November 3, 2011 - PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDFS) the leading provider of yield improvement technologies and services for the integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing process life cycle, today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011.
 
Total revenues for the third fiscal quarter of 2011 totaled $16.9 million, down 2% from $17.2 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2011 and up 14% when compared with total revenues of $14.8 million for the third fiscal quarter of 2010. Gainshare performance incentives revenues totaled $3.0 million, down 29% from $4.2 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2011 and down 30% when compared with gainshare performance incentives revenues of $4.3 million for the third fiscal quarter of 2010.
 
Net income for the third fiscal quarter of 2011 was $626,000, or $0.02 per basic and diluted share, compared to net loss of $(101,000), or $(0.00) per basic and diluted share, in the second fiscal quarter of 2011 and net loss of $(84,000), or $(0.00) per basic and diluted share, in the third  fiscal quarter of 2010.
 
In addition to using GAAP results in evaluating PDF Solutions’ business, PDF Solutions’ management also believes it is useful to measure results using a non-GAAP measure of net income (loss), excluding stock-based compensation expenses, amortization of acquired technology and other acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges, and their related income tax effects, as applicable.  Using this non-GAAP measure, the non-GAAP net income for the third fiscal quarter of 2011 totaled $2.0 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, compared with a non-GAAP net income of $1.5 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, for the second fiscal quarter of 2011, and the non-GAAP net income of $1.9 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the third fiscal quarter of 2010.
 
As previously announced, PDF Solutions will discuss these results on a live conference call beginning at 3.00 p.m. Pacific Time/6.00 p.m. Eastern Time today. The call will be simultaneously web cast on PDF Solutions’ website at http://www.pdf.com/events. A replay of the web cast will be available at the same website address beginning approximately two hours after completion of the live call.  A copy of this press release, including the disclosure and reconciliation of certain non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP measures, which non-GAAP measures may be used periodically by PDF Solutions’ management when discussing financial results with investors and analysts, will also be available on PDF Solutions’ website at http://www.pdf.com/press-releases following the date of this release.
 
 
 

 
PDF Solutions® Reports Third Fiscal Quarter 2011 Results
 
Information Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to providing results that are determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (GAAP), PDF Solutions also provides certain non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the effects of stock-based compensation expenses, amortization of acquired technology and other acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges, and their related income tax effects, as applicable.  PDF Solutions’ management believes that the presentation of these measures provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding PDF’s operating results.  These non-GAAP financial measures are used by management internally to measure the company’s profitability and performance.  PDF Solutions’ management believes that excluding the effects of stock-based compensation expenses, amortization of acquired technology and other acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges, and their related income tax effects, as applicable, provides a useful supplemental measure of the company’s ongoing operations in light of the fact that none of these categories of expense has a current effect on the future uses of cash (with the exception of restructuring charges) nor do they have use with regards to the generation of current or future revenues. These non-GAAP results should not be considered an alternative to, or a substitute for, GAAP financial information, and may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies.  In particular, these non-GAAP financial measures are not a substitute for GAAP measures of income or loss as a measure of performance, or to cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities as a measure of liquidity.  Since management uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally to measure profitability and performance, PDF Solutions has included these non-GAAP measures to give investors an opportunity to see the company’s financial results as viewed by management.  A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures is provided at the end of the company’s financial statements presented below.

About PDF Solutions

PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDFS) is the leading provider of yield improvement technologies and services for the IC manufacturing process life cycle.  PDF Solutions offers solutions that are designed to enable clients to lower costs of IC design and manufacture, enhance time to market, and improve profitability by addressing design and manufacturing interactions from product design to initial process ramps to mature manufacturing operations.  PDF Solutions’ Characterization Vehicle® (CV®) test chips provide the core modeling capabilities, and are used by more leading manufacturers than any other test chips in the industry.  PDF Solutions’ industry leading yield management system software, dataPOWER®, and fault detection and classification software, mæstria®, enhance yield improvement and production control activities at leading fabs around the world. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., PDF Solutions operates worldwide with additional offices in China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. For the company’s latest news and information, visit http://www.pdf.com/.

Characterization Vehicle, CV, dataPOWER®, mæstria®, PDF Solutions®, and the PDF Solutions logo are registered trademarks of PDF Solutions, Inc. or its subsidiaries.
 
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PDF Solutions® Reports Third Fiscal Quarter 2011 Results
 
PDF SOLUTIONS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
September 30,
2011(*)
   
December 31,
2010 (*)
 
       
ASSETS
           
Current assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 44,187     $ 38,154  
Accounts receivable, net
    21,588       23,442  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    3,587       3,185  
Total current assets
    69,362       64,781  
Non-current investments
    784       718  
Property and equipment, net
    798       797  
Intangible assets, net
    747       1,369  
Other non-current assets
    615       727  
Total assets
  $ 72,306     $ 68,392  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 923     $ 1,080  
Accrued compensation and related benefits
    4,181       3,964  
Accrued and other current liabilities
    3,295       2,636  
Deferred revenues
    2,636       3,021  
Billings in excess of recognized revenues
    2,590       1,802  
Current portion of debt obligation
    28       108  
Total current liabilities
    13,653       12,611  
Long-term income taxes payable
    3,504       3,690  
Other non-current liabilities
    822       1,259  
Total liabilities
    17,979       17,560  
                 
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common stock
    4       4  
Additional paid-in-capital
    207,581       200,866  
Treasury stock, at cost
    (22,344 )     (19,298 )
Accumulated deficit
    (130,902 )     (130,669 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (12 )     (71 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    54,327       50,832  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 72,306     $ 68,392  
 
(*)  In the third quarter 2011, the Company identified out-of-period errors relating to research and development tax credits and grants to its French subsidiary that impacted the fourth quarter of 2009 and first and second quarters of 2011. The Company concludes that these errors, combined with the errors previously identified and disclosed in its Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2011, continued to be immaterial to any prior period financial statements. Although the effect of these errors was not material to any previously issued financial statements, the cumulative effect of correcting the identified errors in the current year to date would have been material for the fiscal year 2011 financial statements. Therefore, the Company further revised its prior year financial statements to include the correction for these additional out-of-period adjustments.

The aggregate impact by quarter was to increase net loss by $181,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and increase net loss by $44,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The aggregate impact for fiscal year 2011 as of September 30, 2011 was to increase net loss by $225,000. 
 
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PDF Solutions® Reports Third Fiscal Quarter 2011 Results
 
PDF SOLUTIONS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
 
2011
   
2010 (*)
   
2011 (*)
   
2010 (*)
 
       
Revenues:
                       
Design-to-silicon-yield solutions
  $ 13,903     $ 10,498     $ 37,473     $ 31,729  
Gainshare performance incentives
    3,036       4,330       11,643       13,703  
Total revenues
    16,939       14,828       49,116       45,432  
                                 
Cost of design-to-silicon-yield solutions:
                               
Direct costs of design-to-silicon-yield solutions
    7,650       6,427       21,350       19,894  
Amortization of acquired technology
    156       360       468       1,079  
Total cost of design-to-silicon-yield solutions
    7,806       6,787       21,818       20,973  
Gross profit
    9,133       8,041       27,298       24,459  
                                 
Operating expenses:
                               
Research and development
    3,366       3,699       10,912       10,958  
Selling, general and administrative
    4,158       3,389       14,239       12,521  
Amortization of other acquired intangible assets
    51       70       153       238  
Restructuring charges
    4       303       (129 )     271  
Total operating expenses
    7,579       7,461       25,175       23,988  
                                 
Income from operations
    1,554       580       2,123       471  
Interest and other income (expense), net
    201       (636 )     (209 )     30  
Income (loss) before income taxes
    1,755       (56 )     1,914       501  
Income tax provision
    1,129       28       2,147       804  
Net income (loss)
  $ 626     $ (84 )   $ (233 )   $ (303 )
                                 
Net income (loss) per share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.02     $ (0.00 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.01 )
Diluted
  $ 0.02     $ (0.00 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.01 )
                                 
Weighted average common shares:
                               
Basic
    28,124       27,413       28,015       27,154  
Diluted
    28,348       27,413       28,015       27,154  

(*)  Includes revisions to correct previously reported amounts.
 
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PDF Solutions® Reports Third Fiscal Quarter 2011 Results
 
PDF SOLUTIONS, INC.
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET INCOME (LOSS) TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED)
 (In thousands, except per share amounts)

   
Three Months Ended September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
 
2011
   
2010 (*)
   
2011 (*)
   
2010 (*)
 
                         
GAAP net income (loss)
  $ 626     $ (84 )   $ (233 )   $ (303 )
Stock-based compensation expense
    1,193       1,244       3,787       4,191  
Amortization of acquired technology
    156       360       468       1,079  
Amortization of other acquired intangible assets
    51       70       153       238  
Restructuring charges
    4       303       (129 )     271  
Non-GAAP net income
  $ 2,030     $ 1,893     $ 4,046     $ 5,476  
                                 
GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share
  $ 0.02     $ (0.00 )   $ (0.01 )   $ (0.01 )
Non-GAAP net income per diluted share
  $ 0.07     $ 0.07     $ 0.14     $ 0.20  
Shares used in computing non-GAAP net income per diluted share
    28,348       28,170       28,402       27,908  

(*) Includes revisions to correct previously reported amounts.



 
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