Item 1. Business
Information set forth in this report constitutes and includes forward looking information made within the meaning of Section 27A of the Security Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including the Company’s ongoing efforts to enforce its intellectual property rights including its current litigation efforts, the willingness of the parties the Company believe are infringing its patents to settle our claims against them, the amount of litigation costs the Company must incur in pursuing its patent infringement claims, the degree to which technology subject to our intellectual property rights is used by other companies in the personal computer and semiconductor industries and our ability to obtain license revenues from them, changes to intellectual property law and other matters. Readers are encouraged to refer to “Factors Affecting Earnings and Stock Price” found below.
Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website http://www.sec.gov.
The Company will furnish a copy of this Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, our Code of Ethics and any amendments to these reports upon written request and without charge. All requests for the Form 10-K should be sent by mail to: OPTi Inc, 3430 W. Bayshore Road, Suite 103, Palo Alto, CA 94303 attn: Investor Relations.
Introduction
OPTi Inc. a California corporation (“OPTi” or the “Company”), was founded in 1989, as an independent supplier of semiconductor products to the personal computer (“PC”) and embedded marketplaces.
From inception through 1995, OPTi’s principal business was its core logic products for desktop personal computers and the Company employed as many as 235 employees over the years. However, in time, OPTi faced increasingly tight competition from companies with substantially greater financial, technical, distribution and marketing resources. During February 1999, the Company completely ceased further development of core logic products, although OPTi continued to ship such products to customers up to September 2002. From 1995 through 2006, the Company’s annual net sales declined from $163.7 million in 1995 to no revenue in fiscal year 2006. During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Company recorded net revenue of $11 million relating to a license with nVidia Corporation.
In September 2002, the Company sold its product fabrication, distribution and sales operations to Opti Technologies, Inc., an unrelated third party, and the Company ceased manufacturing, marketing and sales operations. However, the Company believes that certain of its patented technology is in widespread unlicensed use and the Company has been engaged in perfecting its intellectual property position, investigating unlicensed use of its technology and developing and validating a strategy to pursue product licenses from unlicensed users. In January 2004, the Company signed an engagement letter with a major law firm to assist the Company in its attempts to license its technology.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2005, the Company received its final payment of royalty revenue in connection with the sale of its operations to Opti Technology, Inc. Currently, the Company is pursuing revenue through the pursuit of licenses from users of its intellectual property. The Company does not expect to receive additional significant revenue other than any that may result through the pursuit of its patent infringement cases and associated licensing efforts. The Company has accordingly reduced its operating personnel and expenses to minimum levels.
OPTi holds substantially all of its liquid assets in cash and cash equivalents and available for sale securities for the purpose of financing its efforts to pursue licenses and claims relating to its intellectual property. The Company has no current intention of investing or trading in securities.
Industry Background
Since OPTi’s inception in 1989, the PC industry has grown rapidly as increased functionality combined with lower pricing has made PC’s valuable and affordable tools for business and personal use.
The trend to higher performance, lower cost personal computers has been accompanied by a variety of changes in the market for personal computers and the technologies used to address these market requirements. The consumer and home office sectors have become the fastest growing sectors of the PC market, driven, in part, by the emergence of low-cost multimedia computers and peripherals.
These changes in the PC market and technology directly affect the market for core logic chipsets. The primary customer base for chipsets has shifted significantly to major PC manufactures and to the suppliers to these leading original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”) customers, in contrast to prior periods in which motherboard manufacturers and system integrators represented the largest portion of the market for core logic chipsets. Large OEMs require increasingly higher levels of product integration, thus enabling them to reduce parts count and control total product costs.
Growth has continued in the PC market as computer and consumer electronics industries have converged, combining increased multimedia and communications capabilities. Today’s systems increasingly offer more powerful microprocessors, highly integrated chipsets, integrated video, stereo sound, highspeed fax and modem communications and DVD.
OPTi believes that the existing technology used in current generations of core logic chipsets may be infringing some of the patented technology that the Company had developed.
Strategy
Pursue Infringement Claims for Proprietary Chipset Technologies
The Company’s current strategy is to pursue licensing opportunities as a means of resolving potential infringement of its proprietary intellectual property in the core logic area. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2000, the Company entered into a one-time licensing arrangement for $13,311,000 on the core logic technology that the Company had developed during its existence. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2004, the Company also entered into a one-time license arrangement for $425,000 on its patented technology. The Company believes that there may be additional companies that may be infringing its patents. The Company is actively working to explore all possible arrangements to settle such infringements.
On August 3, 2006, following a favorable court ruling in the Company’s patent infringement litigation against nVidia, the Company entered into a license and settlement agreements between with nVidia. Under the agreements the Company agreed to dismiss its patent infringement lawsuit against nVidia and licensed certain patents to nVidia. nVidia made a non-refundable, non-creditable fully earned payment of $11 million to the Company. There was no future performance obligation.
The agreement also provides that the Company shall receive quarterly royalty payments of $750,000 from nVidia, so long as nVidia continues to use the Company’s Predictive Snoop technology, commencing in February 2007 up to a maximum of 12 such payments in exchange for a license for future use of the Pre-Snoop patents. As an alternative to the quarterly payments, at any time prior to or on January 31, 2008, nVidia can elect to pay OPTi a lump sum of $7,000,000 less any quarterly royalty payments already paid. Royalties will be recorded as revenue when earned and received.
On February 5, 2007, the Company announced that it had received a notice from nVidia that nVidia had ceased use of the licensed technology and, accordingly, that no payments were due for future use. The Company recorded no royalty revenue during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 from nVidia.
The Company is in discussions with nVidia as to whether nVidia is entitled to omit the February 2007 payment and has requested additional information from nVidia to validate the claim nVidia has discontinued use of the Predictive Snooping technology.
On November 15, 2006, the Company announced that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (“AMD”) for infringement of three U.S. patents relating TO ITS “Predictive Snooping” technology. The AMD case itself is a continuing part of the Company’s strategy for pursuing its patent infringement claims and its outcome will have a significant effect on the Company’s ability to realize ongoing licensing revenue through its intellectual property licensing efforts.
On January 16, 2007, the Company announced that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Apple Inc. (“Apple”) for infringement of three U.S. patents. The three patents at issue in the lawsuit are U.S. Patent No. 5,710,906, U.S. Patent No. 5,813,036 and U.S. Patent No. 6,405,291; all entitled “Predictive Snooping of Cache Memory for Master-Initiated Accesses”. The complaint alleges that Apple has infringed the patents by making, selling, and offering for sale desktop and portable computers and servers incorporating Predictive Snooping technology. OPTi has requested a jury trial in this matter. See “Item 3 - Legal Proceedings” below.
Research and Development
As of June 1, 2007, the Company had no research and development employees. During 2007, 2006 and 2005 the Company had no research and development expenses.
At this time the Company is not engaged in any research and development activity.
Intellectual Property
The Company seeks to protect its proprietary technology by the filing of patents. The Company currently has thirty-four issued U.S. patents based on certain aspects of the Company’s designs. The Company currently has two pending U.S. patents for its technology, and there can be no assurance that the pending patents will be issued or, if issued, will provide protection for the Company’s competitive position.
The Company has been and may from time to time continue to be notified of claims that it may be infringing patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights owned by other third parties. Parties against whom the Company files claims of intellectual property infringement may bring their own counterclaims that challenge the validity of the Company’s intellectual property rights. There can be no assurances that these or other companies will not in the future pursue claims against the Company with respect to the alleged infringement of patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights. In addition, litigation may be necessary to protect the Company’s intellectual property rights and trade secrets, to determine the validity of and scope of the proprietary rights of others or to defend against third party claims of invalidity. Any litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
The Company has entered into license agreements in the past regarding certain alleged infringement claims asserted by third parties. There can be no assurance that additional infringement, invalidity, right to use or ownership claims by third parties or claims for indemnification resulting from infringement claims will be asserted in the future. If any other claims or actions are asserted against the Company, the Company may seek to obtain a license under a third party’s intellectual property rights. There can be no assurance, however, that a license will be available under reasonable terms or at all. The failure to obtain a license under a patent or intellectual property right from a third party for technology used by the Company could cause the Company to incur substantial liabilities and adversely affect the Company’s pursuit of its own patent infringement claims. In
addition, should the Company decide to litigate the claims, such litigation could be extremely expensive and time consuming and could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations, regardless of the outcome of the litigation.
Employees
As of March 31, 2007, the Company had one full-time and two part-time general and administration employees. The Company’s employees are not represented by any collective bargaining unit, and the Company has never experienced a work stoppage. The Company’s ability to retain key employees is a critical factor to the Company’s success.
Item 1A.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Trading of OPTi Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board
Our common stock is currently traded over-OTC Bulletin Board. Some investors may be less likely to invest in stocks that are not traded on recognized national markets and listing services such as Nasdaq. Therefore, investors in our common stock may experience reduced liquidity when attempting to trade shares of our common stock.
Dependence on Intellectual Property Position
The success of the Company’s current strategy of resolving potential infringement of its patented core logic technology can be affected by new developments in intellectual property law generally and with respect to semiconductor patents in particular and upon the Company’s success in defending its patent position. Proposed patent reform legislation may affect the Company’s ability to file claims for infringement of its patents and increase the time required to resolve claims that are filed. It is difficult to predict developments and changes in intellectual property law. However, such changes could have an adverse impact on the Company’s ability to pursue infringement claims on its previously developed technology.
Uncertain Revenue Stream
The Company no longer receives revenues from product sales and the Company’s future revenues, if any, depend on the success of our strategy of pursuing license claims to our intellectual property position.
Although the Company has commenced legal action and continues to pursue license revenues relating to the unauthorized use of its intellectual property, there can be no assurances whether or when revenues will result from the pursuit of such claims.
In addition, the Company’s focus on pursuing claims related to its intellectual property position can result in one time payments that may increase revenues during a single fiscal period but may not be repeated in future periods. For example, in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2006, the Company reached a settlement of certain claims and counterclaims with nVidia Corporation that included, among other things, a one-time cash payment to the Company. Under the terms of the settlement, the Company was to receive future payments from nVidia if they continued to use the patented technology. However, nVidia informed the Company in January 2007 that it had ceased such use and we are presently investigating the claim. Consequently, settlements of claims such as the nVidia claim will cause our operating results to fluctuate from period to period and revenues that we may receive from such a settlement should not be viewed as indicative of future trends in our operating results.
Outcome of AMD and Apple Legal Actions
On November 15, 2006, the Company announced that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (“AMD”) for
infringement of three U.S. patents relating TO ITS “Predictive Snooping” technology. See “Item 1 - Legal Proceedings” below. The AMD case itself is a continuing part of the Company’s strategy for pursuing its patent infringement claims and its outcome will have a significant effect on the Company’s ability to realize ongoing licensing revenue through its intellectual property licensing efforts.
On January 16, 2007, the Company announced that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Apple Inc. (“Apple”) for infringement of three U.S. patents. The three patents at issue in the lawsuit are U.S. Patent No. 5,710,906, U.S. Patent No. 5,813,036 and U.S. Patent No. 6,405,291; all entitled “Predictive Snooping of Cache Memory for Master-Initiated Accesses”. The complaint alleges that Apple has infringed the patents by making, selling, and offering for sale desktop and portable computers and servers incorporating Predictive Snooping technology. OPTi has requested a jury trial in this matter. If the AMD and Apple legal actions are not resolved favorably, the Company may not have revenues from other sources for the foreseeable future.
Outcome of Future Royalties from nVidia
On August 3, 2006, the Company entered into a license and settlement agreements between the Company and nVidia. Under the agreements the Company agreed to dismiss its patent infringement lawsuit against nVidia and licensed certain patents to nVidia. nVidia made a non-refundable, non-creditable fully earned payment of $11 million to the Company. There is no future performance obligation. In accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policy $11 million was recorded as revenue during the quarter ended September 30, 2006 as persuasive evidence of an agreement exists, delivery has occurred and there are no future performance obligations, fees are fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured.
The agreement also provides that the Company shall receive quarterly royalty payments of $750,000 from nVidia, so long as nVidia continues to use the Company’s Predictive Snoop technology, commencing in February 2007 up to a maximum of 12 such payments in exchange for a license for future use of the Pre-Snoop patents. As an alternative to the quarterly payments, at any time prior to or on January 31, 2008, nVidia can elect to pay OPTi a lump sum of $7,000,000 less any quarterly royalty payments already paid. Royalties will be recorded as revenue when earned and received.
On February 5, 2007 the Company announced that it had received a letter from nVidia Corporation stating that nVidia has discontinued the use of the Predictive Snooping technology that it had licensed from the Company pursuant to the terms of the license agreement between nVidia Corporation and OPTi Inc., dated August 3, 2006. The letter from nVidia also states that nVidia will not be remitting to the Company the quarterly royalty payment originally scheduled for February 2007.
The Company is in discussions with nVidia as to whether nVidia is entitled to omit the February 2007 payment and has requested additional information from nVidia to validate the claim nVidia has discontinued use of the Predictive Snooping technology. If nVidia and the Company do not reach agreement that payments are owed to the Company, the Company will have no other current source of revenues and may incur additional legal costs to obtain payments it may believe are owed to it by nVidia under the settlement agreement.
Fluctuations in Operating Results
The Company has experienced significant fluctuations in its operating results in the past and expects that it will experience such fluctuations in the future. In the past, these fluctuations have been caused by a variety of factors including increased competition, price competition, changes in customer demand, ability to continue to sale existing products, inventory adjustments, changes in the availability of foundry capacity, changes in the mix of products sold and litigation expenses. In the future, the Company’s operating results will largely be dependent on its ability to generate revenue from its pursuit of license and patent infringement claims.
Limited Trading Volume
Daily trading volume in our shares has varied from zero to over one hundred thousand shares during the last two years. Therefore, investors in our stock may find liquidity in our shares to be limited and difficult to predict.
Possible Volatility of Stock Price
There can be no assurances as to the Company’s operating results in any given period. The Company expects that the trading price of its common stock will continue to be subject to significant volatility.
Uncertainty of Future Distributions to Shareholders
From time to time, the Company has made distributions to its shareholders of funds that it believed unlikely to be required for the pursuit of its legal strategy . On April 9, 2007 the Company paid a dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock to its shareholders. Its most recent previous cash distribution had occurred in 2002. The amount and frequency of future distributions to shareholders depends upon a number of factors including the Company’s ability to achieve future revenues from its patent infringement claims, the amount of the Company’s legal, operating and compensation costs, tax treatment of such dividends and changes to the Company’s intellectual property position or strategy. Accordingly, there can be no assurance regarding the amount or frequency of future distributions or whether they may occur at all.
Item 2.
Item 2. Properties
The Company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, where it leases administrative facilities in one location consisting of an aggregate of approximately, 2,800 square feet. The lease on this building expires in December 2009. The Company believes that these facilities are adequate for its needs in the foreseeable future.
Item 3.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
On November 15, 2006, the Company announced that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (“AMD”) for infringement of three U.S. patents relating to its “Predictive Snooping” technology.
On January 16, 2007, the Company announced that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Apple Inc. (“Apple”) for infringement of three U.S. patents. The three patents at issue in the lawsuit are U.S. Patent No. 5,710,906, U.S. Patent No. 5,813,036 and U.S. Patent No. 6,405,291; all entitled “Predictive Snooping of Cache Memory for Master-Initiated Accesses”. The complaint alleges that Apple has infringed the patents by making, selling, and offering for sale desktop and portable computers and servers incorporating Predictive Snooping technology. OPTi has requested a jury trial in this matter.
The AMD and Apple cases are a continuing part of the Company’s strategy for pursuing its patent infringement claims and their outcomes will have a significant effect on the Company’s ability to realize ongoing licensing revenue through its intellectual property licensing efforts.
Item 4.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Not Applicable.
PART II
Item 5.
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Stock, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following required information is filed as a part of this Report:
On February 14, 2007, the Company announced the declaration of a cash dividend of $0.50 per share of the Company’s common stock, which was paid on April 9, 2007. The Company most recent previous cash dividend occurred during 2002. The amount and frequency of future distributions to shareholders depends upon a number of factors including the Company’s ability to achieve future revenues from its patent infringement claims, the amount of the Company’s legal, operating and compensation costs, tax treatment of such dividends and changes to the Company’s intellectual property position or strategy. Accordingly, there can be no assurance regarding the amount or frequency of future distributions or whether they may occur at all.
The Company’s common stock traded on the Nasdaq National Market until May 25, 2004. Its common stock is currently traded on the OTC Bulletin Board “OPTI”. The following table sets forth the range of high and low closing prices for the Common Stock:
As of June 18, 2007, there were approximately 105 holders of record of the Company’s common stock.
The Company did not repurchase any of its equity securities during fiscal 2007 and does not currently intend to do so in the future.
Item 6.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Note 1-The Company sold its operating business to Opti Technologies, Inc., an unrelated third party, in September 2002.
Item 7.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Information set forth in this report constitutes and includes forward looking information made within the meaning of Section 27A of the Security Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including the Company’s ongoing efforts to enforce its intellectual property rights including its current litigation efforts, the willingness of the parties it believes are infringing its patents to settle its claims against them, the amount of litigation costs the Company must incur in pursuing its patent infringement claims, the degree to which technology subject to the Company’s intellectual property rights is used by other companies in the personal computer and semiconductor industries and our ability to obtain license revenues from them, changes in intellectual property law and other matters. Readers are encouraged to refer to “Factors Affecting Earnings and Stock Price”.
Executive Summary
OPTi was founded in 1989 as an independent supplier of semiconductor products to the personal computer market. During fiscal 2003, the Company sold its product fabrication, distribution and sales operations to Opti Technologies, Inc., an unrelated third party. Future revenues for the Company are expected to be generated through royalties or from the licensing of the Company’s intellectual property. The Company received approximately $52,000 of royalties during the first quarter of fiscal 2005 from Opti Technologies, Inc. and does not expect to receive additional significant revenue other than through the pursuit of its patent infringement cases and associated licensing efforts.
The Company’s current strategy is to pursue licensing opportunities as a means of resolving potential infringement of its proprietary intellectual property in the core logic area. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2000, the Company entered into a one-time licensing arrangement for $13,311,000 on the core logic technology that the Company had developed during its existence. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2004, the Company also entered into a one-time license arrangement for $425,000 on its patented technology. The Company believes that there may be additional companies that may be infringing its patents and has been is actively working to explore all possible arrangements to settle such infringement.
On August 3, 2006, the Company entered into a license and settlement agreements between the Company and nVidia. Under the agreements the Company agreed to dismiss its patent infringement lawsuit against nVidia and licensed certain patents to nVidia. nVidia made a non-refundable, non-creditable fully earned payment of $11 million to the Company. There is no future performance obligation. In accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policy $11 million was recorded as revenue during the quarter ended September 30, 2006 as persuasive evidence of an agreement exists, delivery has occurred and there are no future performance obligations, fees are fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured.
The agreement also provides that the Company shall receive quarterly royalty payments of $750,000 from nVidia, so long as nVidia continues to use the Company’s Predictive Snoop technology, commencing in February 2007 up to a maximum of 12 such payments in exchange for a license for future use of the Pre-Snoop patents. As an alternative to the quarterly payments, at any time prior to or on January 31, 2008, nVidia can elect to pay OPTi a lump sum of $7,000,000 less any quarterly royalty payments already paid. Royalties will be recorded as revenue when earned and received.
On February 5, 2007 the Company announced that it had received a letter from nVidia Corporation stating that nVidia has discontinued the use of the Predictive Snooping technology that it had licensed from the Company pursuant to the terms of the license agreement between nVidia Corporation and OPTi Inc., dated August 3, 2006. The letter from nVidia also states that nVidia will not be remitting to the Company the quarterly royalty payment originally scheduled for February 2007. The Company recorded no royalty revenue during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 from nVidia.
The Company is in discussions with nVidia as to whether nVidia is entitled to omit the February 2007 payment and has requested additional information from nVidia to validate the claim nVidia has discontinued use of the Predictive Snooping technology.
On November 15, 2006, the Company announced that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (“AMD”) for infringement of three U.S. patents relating to its “Predictive Snooping” technology.
On January 16, 2007, the Company announced that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Apple Inc. (“Apple”) for infringement of three U.S. patents. The three patents at issue in the lawsuit are U.S. Patent No. 5,710,906, U.S. Patent No. 5,813,036 and U.S. Patent No. 6,405,291; all entitled “Predictive Snooping of Cache Memory for Master-Initiated Accesses”. The complaint alleges that Apple has infringed the patents by making, selling, and offering for sale desktop and
portable computers and servers incorporating Predictive Snooping technology. OPTi has requested a jury trial in this matter. The AMD and Apple cases are a continuing part of the Company’s strategy for pursuing its patent infringement claims and its outcome will have a significant effect on the Company’s ability to realize ongoing licensing revenue through its intellectual property licensing efforts.
Critical Accounting Policies
General. Our discussions and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires that we make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates based on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
We believe that, of the significant accounting policies used in preparation of our consolidated financial statements (see Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements), the following are critical accounting policies, which may involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity.
Revenue Recognition. Revenue from license arrangements is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred and there are no future performance obligations, fees are fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured. Royalties are recorded as revenue when earned and collectibility is reasonably assured.
Litigation and Contingencies. From time to time, we receive various inquiries or claims in connection with patent and other intellectual property rights. We estimate the probable outcome of these claims and accrue estimates of the amounts that we expect to pay upon resolution of such matters, if needed. Should we not be able to secure the terms we expect, these estimates may change and may result in increased accruals, resulting in decreased profits. As of March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had no accruals relating to any claims.
Results of Operation
2007 Compared to 2006-The Company recorded $11,000,000 of net sales during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (“2007”) as compared to no sales during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (“2006”). This increase in net sales was attributable to the license and settlement agreement that the Company entered into with nVidia Corporation in August 2006. The Company’s future revenues depend on the success of our strategy of pursuing license claims on our intellectual property position.
Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses for 2007 were $4.7 million as compared to $2.4 million for 2006. This represented an approximate 96% increase in SG&A expenses year over year. This increase was primarily related to increased costs associated with the litigation and settlement against nVidia and executive bonus of $291,000.
Net interest and other income for 2007 was $0.8 million as compared to $0.5 million in 2006. The increase in net interest and other income in 2007 as compared to 2006 was primarily due to an increase in the average cash balance, due to the settlement with nVidia Corporation, and higher interest through out the fiscal year.
The Company’s recorded a tax provision of approximately $139,000 in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. This tax provision relates to federal and state alternative minimum taxes relating to the settlement with nVidia Corporation. The Company’s effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate in 2007 due to the utilization of prior year net operating losses. The Company’s recorded a tax provision of approximately $2,000 in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. This tax provision relates to state minimum corporate taxes.
2006 Compared to 2005-The Company recorded no sales during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 (“2006”) as compared to $52,000 for the year ended March 31, 2005 (“2005”). This decrease in net sales was attributable to decreased license revenue from Opti Technology, who reached the maximum licensing revenue of $1.5 million during the first quarter of fiscal year 2005.
Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses for 2006 were $2.4 million as compared to $1.5 million for 2005. This represented an approximate 62% increase in SG&A expenses year over year. This increase was primarily related to increased costs associated with the litigation against nVidia.
Net interest and other income for 2006 was $0.5 million as compared to $0.2 million in 2005. The increase in net interest and other income in 2006 as compared to 2005 was primarily due to an increase in interest through out the fiscal year, offset in part, by lower average daily cash balances.
The Company’s recorded a tax provision of approximately $2,000 in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. This tax provision relates to state minimum corporate taxes. During fiscal year 2005 the Company recorded a one-time tax benefit of $75,000 relating to certain tax exposures for a period which the statute of limitations has now closed.
Liquidity and Capital Resources-The Company has financed its operations through cash generated from operations and an initial public offering of equity in 1993. In 2007, the Company provided approximately $7.3 million in operating activities primarily due to the operating income of the Company arising from the nVidia settlement and an increase in accounts payable and accrued employee expenses, offset in part, by a decrease in accrued expenses. In 2006, the Company used cash from operations of approximately $1.5 million primarily due to the operating loss of the Company.
The net cash used by the Company in investing activities was approximately $2.0 million during fiscal year 2007 relating to the purchases and sales of available-for-sale investments. The Company had insignificant investment activities during fiscal year 2006 and 2005.
The Company had insignificant financing activities during fiscal years 2007 and 2006.
As of March 31, 2007, the Company’s principal sources of liquidity included cash and cash equivalents of approximately $18.2 million and working capital of approximately $13.5 million. On April 9, 2007, the Company distributed $5.8 million to its shareholders in the form of a cash dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock announced on February 14, 2007. The Company believes that the existing sources of liquidity will satisfy the Company’s projected working capital and other cash requirements through at least the next twelve months.
Item 7A.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
Interest Rate Sensitivity
We maintain our cash and cash equivalents primarily in money market funds. We do not have any derivative financial instruments. As of March 31, 2007, all of our investments have a reset date where the Company can liquidate the investment, of less than one month. Accordingly, we do not believe that our investments have significant exposure to interest rate risk.
Item 8.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The Company’s financial statements and the report of the independent registered public accounting firm appear on pages through of this Report.
Item 9.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures
None.
Item 9A.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
(a) We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 13a-15 as of the end of the Company’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer along with our Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at the reasonable assurance level.
(b) There have been no significant changes (including corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies or material weaknesses) in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of the evaluation referenced in paragraph (a) above.
We intend to review and evaluate the design and effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures on an ongoing basis and to improve our controls and procedures over time and to correct any deficiencies that we may discover in the future. Our goal is to ensure that our senior management has timely access to all material financial and non-financial information concerning our business. While we believe the present design of our disclosure controls and procedures is effective to achieve our goal, future events affecting our business may cause us to significantly modify our disclosure controls and procedures.
Item 9B.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
PART III
Item 10.
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
The directors and executive officers of the Company as of June 14, 2007 were as follows:
Name
Age
Position with the Company
Bernard T. Marren
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Michael F. Mazzoni
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Stephen F. Diamond (1)(2)(4)
Director
Kapil K. Nanda (1)(3)(4)
Director
William H. Welling (1)(2)(3)(4)
Director
(1) Member of the Audit Committee.
(2) Member of the Compensation Committee.
(3) Member of the Nominating Committee.
(4) Independent Director.
Bernard T. Marren has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 1998. Mr. Marren was elected as a director in May 1996. He also founded and was the first President of SIA (the Semiconductor Industry Association). Mr. Marren is also a director at Microtune, Inc., Infocus Corporation, Unipixel and several privately held companies.
Michael F. Mazzoni has served as Chief Financial Officer since December 2000. Mr. Mazzoni also served with the Company from October 1993 to January 2000. The last two years prior to his departure Mr. Mazzoni served as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mazzoni also served as Chief Financial Officer of Horizon Navigation, Inc., a privately held, car navigation company, from January 2003 to June 2005. Prior to rejoining the Company, Mr. Mazzoni was Chief Financial Officer of Xpeed, Inc., a startup in the Digital Subscriber Line CPE business, from January 2000 to November 2000.
Stephen F. Diamond was elected as a director of the Company in September 2003. He is currently an Associate Professor of Law at the Santa Clara University School of Law where he teaches securities regulation, corporation and international business transactions law. From 1995 to 1999 he was an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati where he represented high technology companies including OPTi and investment banks in corporate transactions, debt and equity offerings, venture capital investments, and intellectual property rights. Mr. Diamond holds B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, a Ph.D., M. Phil. from the University of London, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Kapil K. Nanda was elected as a director in May 1996. Mr. Nanda is currently President of InfoGain Corporation, a software and development consulting company, which he founded in 1990. Mr. Nanda holds a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Punjab, India, an M.S. in Engineering from the University of Kansas, and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.
William H. Welling was elected as a director in August 1998. He is currently Chairman and CEO of @Comm Corporation, a telecommunications software company. In August 2001, @Comm Corporation filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code. Mr. Welling also serves as a director on the boards of several private companies.
Further information appearing under the heading “Directors”, “Executive Officers” and “Corporate Governance” of our 2007 Proxy Statement is incorporated by reference in this section.
Item 11.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information appearing under the headings “Director Compensation”, “Report of the Compensation Committee”, “Compensation Discussion and Analysis”, and “Executive Compensation” of our 2007 Proxy Statement is incorporated by reference in this section.
Item 12.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information appearing in our 2007 Proxy Statement under the heading “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” is incorporated by reference in this section.
Item 13.
Item 13. Certain Relationship and Related Transactions
The information appearing in our 2007 Proxy Statement under the heading “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Corporate Governance” is incorporated by reference in this section.
Item 14.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information appearing in our 2007 Proxy Statement under the heading “Report of the Audit Committee” and “Proposal 2: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” is incorporated by reference in this section.
PART IV
Item 15.
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)(1) Financial Statements
(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules
Schedule
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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
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All other schedules not applicable.
(a)(3) Exhibits Listing
(1) Incorporated by reference to Registrants Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-59978) as declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 1993.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1999, of OPTi Inc.
(3) Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18, 2002.
(4) Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2006.
(5) Incorporated by reference to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended December 31, 2006, of OPTi Inc.
(b) Exhibits. See Item 15 (a)(3) above.
(c) Financial Statements Schedules. See Item 15 (a)(2) above.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Palo Alto, State of California on the day of June 28, 2007.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bernard Marren and Michael Mazzoni and each of them, jointly and severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them , full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Form 10-K has been signed below by the persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of OPTi Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of OPTi Inc. as of March 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2007. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of OPTi Inc., at March 31, 2007 and 2006, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Palo Alto, California
June 25, 2007
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1-Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The Company OPTi Inc., a California corporation, is engaged in licensing it’s intellectual property for use principally by personal computer manufacturers and semiconductor device manufacturers.
Principles of Consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are carried at cost, which approximates fair value. At March 31, 2007 and 2006 substantially all cash and cash equivalents consisted of money market accounts.
Available-for-Sale Investments The Company invests portions of its excess cash in high quality, auction rate preferred securities with reset dates every twenty-eight days. Interest on the investments are included in interest income. There were no realized gains or losses on the Company’s investments during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, as all investments were held to maturity during the year.
Income Taxes Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts using enacted tax rates in effect for the year the differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be recognized.
Property and Equipment Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation is computed by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from two to five years.
Revenue Recognition. Revenue from license arrangements is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred and there are no future performance obligations, fees are fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured. Royalties are recorded as revenue when earned and collectibility is reasonably assured.
Stock-Based Compensation. Prior to April 1, 2006, we accounted for our stock-based employee compensation arrangements under the intrinsic value method prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Option No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (APB No. 25), as allowed by SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-based Compensation (SFAS No. 123), as amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure (SFAS No. 148). As a result, no expense was recognized for options to purchase our common stock that were granted with an exercise price equal to fair market value at the date of grant and no expense was recognized in connection with purchases under our employee stock purchase plan for periods prior to April 1, 2006. In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004) Share-Based Payment (SFAS No. 123R), which replaces SFAS No. 123 and supersedes APB No. 25. SFAS No. 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair values beginning with the first interim or annual period after June 15, 2005. Subsequent to the effective date, the pro forma disclosures previously permitted under SFAS No. 123 are no longer an alternative to financial statement recognition. Effective April 1, 2006, we have adopted SFAS No. 123R using the modified prospective method. Under this method, compensation cost recognized during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, includes: (a) compensation cost for all share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested as of April 1, 2006, based on the grant date
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fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS No. 123 amortized on a straight line basis over the options’ vesting period, and (b) compensation cost for all share-based payments granted subsequent to April 1, 2006, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123R amortized on a straight-line basis over the options’ vesting period. No options were granted during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. The adoption of SFAS No. 123R had no impact on cash flows from operations or financing. Further, the stock based compensation expense was $3,000 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 and accordingly did not have a material impact net loss or net loss per share for the period. There was no capitalized stock-based employee compensation cost as of March 31, 2007. There were no recognized tax benefits during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.
The following table illustrates the effect on net loss and net loss per share had we applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 to account for our employee stock option and employee stock purchase plans for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 because stock-based employee compensation was not accounted for using the fair value recognition method during that period. For purposes of pro forma disclosure, the estimated fair value of the stock awards, as prescribed by SFAS No. 123, is amortized to expense over the vesting period of such awards (in thousands, except per share date):
Note that the above pro forma disclosure was not presented for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 because stock-based employee compensation has been accounted for using the fair value recognition method under SFAS No. 123R for this period.
Net Income (loss) per Share Basic net income (loss) per share is computed on the basis of the weighted-average number of shares outstanding for the reporting period. We have computed weighted-average shares outstanding for all of the periods presented. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed on the basis of the weighted-average number of shares plus dilutive potential common shares outstanding using the treasury stock method. Potential dilutive common shares consist of outstanding stock options.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109”. The interpretation contains a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 109. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefits as the largest amount, which is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The provisions are effective for the company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2008. The company is currently evaluating the impact this settlement will have on its consolidated financial statements.
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Note 2-Shareholders’ Equity
Preferred Stock
The Board of Directors has authority to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption prices, liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting any series or the designation of such series, without any further vote or action by the shareholders.
Stock Option Plans
Pro forma information regarding net income (loss) and income (loss) per share is required by SFAS 123 which also requires that the information be determined as if the Company has accounted for its employee stock options granted subsequent to December 31, 1994 under the fair value method of that Statement. The fair value for these options was estimated at the date of the grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model.
The fair value of the Company’s stock based awards to employees was estimated assuming no expected dividends and the following weighted-average assumptions:
The weighted average fair value of options granted under all employee stock option plans was $1.27 for the years ending 2003. No options were granted to employees during fiscal year 2007, 2006 and 2005.
1993 Stock Option Plan
The Company’s 1993 Stock Option Plan (the “1993 Plan”), which was adopted in February 1993, provides for the granting of 8,066,478 incentive stock options to employees or for the granting of nonstatutory stock options to employees and consultants of the Company. The Board of Directors determines the term of each option, the option price and the condition under which the option becomes exercisable. The options generally vest over four years from the date of grant and expire ten years from the date of grant.
The activity under the 1993 Plan (including the Evergreen Plan) is as follows:
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All options outstanding were exercisable as of March 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively.
1995 Stock Option Plan
The Company’s 1995 Stock Option Plan (the “1995 Plan”), which was adopted in August 1995, provides for the granting of up to 2,500,000 nonstatutory stock options to employees and consultants of the Company. The Board of Directors determines the term of each option, the option price and the condition under which the option becomes exercisable. The options generally vest over four years from the date of grant and expire ten years from the date of grant.
There has been no activity under the 1995 Plan since the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.
No options were outstanding or exercisable as of March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The 1995 Stock Option Plan has expired as of March 31, 2007, and is no longer an active plan.
1993 Director Stock Option Plan
In February 1993, the Company adopted the 1993 Director Stock Option Plan (the “Director Plan”) and reserved 50,000 shares of common stock for issuance thereunder. Under this plan, non-employee directors are granted options to purchase common stock at 100% of fair market value on dates specified in the plan. The options generally vest over four years from the date of grant and expire ten years from the date of grant. In May 1996, the Company’s shareholders authorized an additional 50,000 shares for grant under the plan.
The activity under the 1993 Director Plan is as follows:
A total of 16,000, 48,666, and 44,666 options outstanding were exercisable as of March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The weighted average exercise price for the exercisable shares as of March 31, 2007 was $3.66.
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Stock Options Outstanding and Stock Options Exercisable:
The following table summarizes information about options outstanding at March 31, 2007:
Activity under our Stock Option Plans is summarized as follows:
There were no options granted during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
Common Stock Reserved
At March 31, 2007, the Company has reserved shares of common stock for future issuance as follows:
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Note 3-Net Income Per Share
Basic net income (loss) per share and diluted net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Note 4-Cash equivalents and Short-term Investments
The following is a summary as of March 31, 2007 (in thousands):
The following is a summary as of March 31, 2006 (in thousands):
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All available-for-sale debt securities held by the Company as of March 31, 2007 represent auction rate securities with stated maturities of twenty four to thirty eight years. However, an auction is held every twenty-eight days during which the Company can liquidate these securities.
Note 5-Commitments
The Company leases its facility under noncancelable operating leases.
Future minimum lease commitments by fiscal year for all facility leases is as follows:
Rental expense for operating leases amounted to $92,000, $60,000 and $60,000 for the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Note 6-Concentrations
Major Customer
The Company received all of its revenue in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 from a settlement of an intellectual property dispute with nVidia Corporation. The Company had no revenue during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. The Company derived all of its royalty revenue from Opti Technologies, Inc., an unrelated third party, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.
Note 7-Taxes
The provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):
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A reconciliation of the income tax provision (benefit) at the federal statutory rate to the income tax provision (benefit) at the effective rate is as follows (in thousands):
The components of deferred taxes consist of the following (in thousands):
At March 31, 2007, the Company had federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $12 million and $14 million, respectively, expiring in the years 2013 through 2026. The Company had tax credit carryovers of approximately $3.4 million and $2.8 million for federal and state purposes, respectively. The state tax credits do not expire. The federal credits expire in 2009 through 2018. In addition, the Company had federal alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards of approximately $0.7 million, which will not expire.
Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon future earnings, if any , the timing and amount of which are uncertain. Accordingly, the net deferred tax assets have been fully offset by a valuation allowance. The valuation allowance increased (decreased) $(4.1) million, $0.6 million and $1.2 million during the fiscal years ending March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Due to uncertainty associated with our prospective ability to realize the benefits of our tax assets, we have fully reserved the value of our deferred tax assets. In addition, utilization of the net operating loss and credit carryforwards may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to the ownership change limitations provided by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and similar state provisions. The Annual limitations may result in the expiration of net operating loss carryforwards before utilization.
Note 8-Employee Benefit Plan
Savings Plan The Company has a savings plan, which qualifies under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the plan, participating U.S. employees may defer up to 15% of their pre-tax salary, but not
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more than the statutory limits. The Company currently matches fifty percent of employee contributions made to the savings plan. During 2007, 2006 and 2005, the amount of the Company contribution to the 401K plan was approximately $18,000, $7,000, and $7,000, respectively. Administrative costs of the plan were not material.
Note 9-Contingencies
On November 15, 2006, the Company announced that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (“AMD”) for infringement of three U.S. patents relating to its “Predictive Snooping” technology.
On January 16, 2007, the Company announced that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Apple Inc. (“Apple”) for infringement of three U.S. patents. The three patents at issue in the lawsuit are U.S. Patent No. 5,710,906, U.S. Patent No. 5,813,036 and U.S. Patent No. 6,405,291; all entitled “Predictive Snooping of Cache Memory for Master-Initiated Accesses”. The complaint alleges that Apple has infringed the patents by making, selling, and offering for sale desktop and portable computers and servers incorporating Predictive Snooping technology. OPTi has requested a jury trial in this matter.
The AMD and Apple cases are a continuing part of the Company’s strategy for pursuing its patent infringement claims and their outcomes will have a significant effect on the Company’s ability to realize ongoing licensing revenue through its intellectual property licensing efforts.
Note 10-Distribution to Shareholders
On February 14, 2007, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.50 per share on each of the Company’s common stock. Total dividends of approximately $5.8 million was paid on April 9, 2007.
Note 11-Quarterly Results of Operations (unaudited)
Summarized quarterly financial information is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
Year Ended March 31, 2007
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SCHEDULE II
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
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