EX-99.1 2 f34942exv99w1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 exv99w1
 

Exhibit 99.1
(CEVA LOGO)
CEVA, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Expanding licensee base to new markets and continued momentum in increased royalty revenue;
profitability and EPS growth
SAN JOSE, Calif. — November 1, 2007 — CEVA, Inc. [(NASDAQ: CEVA); (LSE: CVA)], a leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores for mobile, consumer electronics and storage applications, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007.
Total revenue for the third quarter of 2007 was $8.7 million, an increase of 11% compared to $7.9 million reported for the third quarter of 2006. Third quarter of 2007 licensing revenue was $5.3 million, a decrease of 4% from $5.5 million reported for the third quarter of 2006. Royalty revenue for the third quarter of 2007 was $2.2 million, an increase of 55% over $1.4 million for the third quarter of 2006. Revenue from services for the third quarter of 2007 was $1.2 million, an increase of 30% compared to $1.0 million reported for the third quarter of 2006.
Net income for the third quarter of 2007 was $1.1 million, an increase of 226% compared to net income of $0.3 million for the third quarter of 2006. Diluted net income per share for the third quarter of 2007 was $0.05 per share, an increase of 150% compared to diluted net income of $0.02 per share for the third quarter of 2006.
In the third quarter of 2007 and 2006, the Company recognized an equity-based compensation expense of $0.5 million pursuant to the adoption of SFAS 123R. In the third quarter of 2007, the Company also recorded a gain of $0.4 million in interest and other income related to the disposal of an investment. Non-GAAP net income and net income per share for the third quarter of 2007, excluding the equity-based compensation expense and gain on disposal of the investment, was $1.2 million and $0.06, respectively, an increase of 42% and 50%, respectively, compared to $0.9 million of non-GAAP net income and $0.04 of non-GAAP net income per share for the third quarter of 2006. Non-GAAP net income and net income per share for the third quarter of 2006 excluded an equity-based compensation expense of $0.5 million.
During the third quarter of 2007, the Company concluded ten new license agreements, bringing the total number of new license agreements signed during the first nine months of 2007 to 27. Eight agreements were for CEVA DSP cores and platforms and two were for CEVA SATA technology. Target applications for customer deployment are 2G/3G/4G phones, wireless headsets, solid state disk (SSD) devices,

 


 

surveillance equipment and fingerprint recognition systems. Geographically, two of the ten deals signed were in the U.S., five were in Europe and three were in the Asia Pacific region.
During the third quarter, CEVA signed a strategic licensing agreement with one of the Company’s largest customers who extended their use of CEVA-X DSP cores to products for wireless applications. In addition, one of Japan’s largest, branded, original equipment manufacturers licensed the CEVA MM2000 multimedia platform for its development of next generation surveillance camera equipment. This license agreement represents a key design win for CEVA in the fast growing surveillance market as the underlying technology transitions from analog to digital IP network-based systems.
Gideon Wertheizer, Chief Executive Officer of CEVA, stated: “The third quarter of 2007 was another solid quarter for CEVA in terms of expanding the licensee base, increasing the royalty revenue and building the pipeline. Our royalty revenue surpassed the $2.0 million mark for the first time in the Company’s history, and we received during the third quarter the first royalty payment from one of the leaders in the 3G chipset market who is now shipping products incorporating our CEVA-X DSP cores in high volumes. We also are pleased with the recent traction our customers that incorporate our DSP core technologies have generated with leading mobile handset manufacturers.”
Yaniv Arieli, Chief Financial Officer of CEVA, stated: “In the third quarter we achieved a few important financial milestones: royalty revenue trend is positive, profitability continues to improve during the first three quarters of 2007 and net income and EPS increased sequentially during the same period. The Company’s positive cash flow also continues to improve sequentially and in the third quarter reached approximately $1.1 million. As of September 30, 2007, CEVA’s cash balances and marketable securities were $66.0 million.”
CEVA Conference Call
On November 1, 2007, CEVA management will conduct a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time / 1:30 p.m. London time, to discuss the operating performance for the quarter.
The conference call will be available via the following dial-in numbers:
    US Participants: Dial 1-877-493-9121 (Access Code: CEVA)
 
    UK/Rest of World: Dial +44-800-032-3836 (Access Code: CEVA)
The conference call also will be available live via the Internet at the following link: http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=43147. Please go to the web site at least fifteen minutes prior to the call to register, download and install any necessary audio software.

 


 

For those who cannot access the live broadcast, a replay will be available by dialing 1-877-519-4471 (passcode: 9337401) for US domestic callers and +44-800-169-3875 (passcode: 9337401) for international callers from two hours after the end of the call until 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on November 8, 2007. The replay will also be available at CEVA’s web site www.ceva-dsp.com.
     
For More Information Contact:
   
Yaniv Arieli, CFO
  Richard Kingston
CEVA, Inc.
  CEVA, Inc.
Tel: +1.408.514.2941
  Tel: +1.408.514.2976
Email: yaniv.arieli@ceva-dsp.com
  Email: richard.kingston@ceva-dsp.com
About CEVA, Inc.
Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., CEVA is a leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores for mobile, consumer electronics and storage applications. CEVA’s IP portfolio includes comprehensive solutions for multimedia, audio, voice over packet (VoP), Bluetooth, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA), and a wide range of programmable DSP cores and subsystems with different price/performance metrics serving multiple markets. In 2006, CEVA’s IP was shipped in over 190 million devices. For more information, visit http://www.ceva-dsp.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that if they materialize or prove incorrect, could cause CEVA’s results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including statements about optimism about the pipeline buildup, the positive royalty revenue and profitability trend, and CEVA’s ability to capitalize on the fast growing surveillance market and the traction generated by CEVA’s customers with mobile handset manufacturers; and the potential additional royalty revenue associated with a CEVA customer that is a leader in the 3G chipset market and the ramp-up production of other customers with products that incorporate CEVA’s technologies. The risks, uncertainties and assumptions include: the ability of the CEVA DSP cores and other technologies to continue to be strong growth drivers for the Company; the effect of intense competition within our industry; the effect of the challenging period of growth experienced by the industries in which we license our technology; the possibility that the market for our technology may not develop as expected; our ability to timely and successfully develop and introduce new technologies; our reliance on revenue derived from a limited number of licensees; our ability to improve our royalty revenue in future periods and other risks relating to our business and the pipeline of companies interested in our technologies, including, but not limited to, those that are described from time to time in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. CEVA assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates.

 


 

CEVA, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS — U.S. GAAP
U.S. dollars in thousands, except per share data
                                 
    Quarter ended   Nine Months ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2007   2006   2007   2006
     
    Unaudited   Unaudited   Unaudited   Unaudited
     
Revenues:
                               
Licensing and royalties
  $ 7,492     $ 6,938     $ 21,540     $ 21,553  
Other revenues
    1,237       955       3,430       2,886  
     
 
                               
Total revenues
    8,729       7,893       24,970       24,439  
     
 
                               
Cost of revenues
    1,001       992       2,926       3,022  
     
 
                               
Gross profit
    7,728       6,901       22,044       21,417  
     
 
                               
Operating expenses:
                               
Research and development, net
    4,705       4,270       14,015       14,159  
Sales and marketing
    1,471       1,414       4,645       4,791  
General and administrative
    1,515       1,577       4,134       4,535  
Amortization of intangible assets
    41       42       124       373  
     
 
                               
Total operating expenses
    7,732       7,303       22,918       23,858  
     
 
                               
Operating loss
    (4 )     (402 )     (874 )     (2,441 )
Interest and other income, net
    1,170       778       2,620       1,949  
     
 
                               
Income (loss) before taxes on income
    1,166       376       1,746       (492 )
Taxes on income
    54       35       204       185  
     
 
                               
Net income (loss)
  $ 1,112     $ 341     $ 1,542     $ (677 )
     
 
                               
Basic net income (loss) per share
  $ 0.06     $ 0.02     $ 0.08     $ (0.04 )
Diluted net income (loss) per share
  $ 0.05     $ 0.02     $ 0.08     $ (0.04 )
Weighted-average number of Common Stock used in computation of net income (loss) per share (in thousands):
                               
Basic
    19,647       19,239       19,516       19,150  
Diluted
    20,287       19,324       19,900       19,150  
     

 


 

CEVA, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS — NON GAAP
U.S. dollars in thousands, except per share data
                                 
    Quarter ended   Nine Months ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2007   2006   2007   2006
     
    Unaudited   Unaudited   Unaudited   Unaudited
     
 
                               
Revenues:
                               
Licensing and royalties
  $ 7,492     $ 6,938     $ 21,540     $ 21,553  
Other revenues
    1,237       955       3,430       2,886  
     
 
                               
Total revenues
    8,729       7,893       24,970       24,439  
     
 
                               
Cost of revenues
    982       978       2,871       2,984  
     
 
                               
Gross profit
    7,747       6,915       22,099       21,455  
     
 
                               
Operating expenses:
                               
Research and development, net
    4,471       4,100       13,369       13,636  
Sales and marketing
    1,395       1,336       4,395       4,533  
General and administrative
    1,319       1,328       3,576       3,693  
Amortization of intangible assets
    41       42       124       373  
     
 
                               
Total operating expenses
    7,226       6,806       21,464       22,235  
     
 
                               
Operating income (loss)
    521       109       635       (780 )
Interest and other income, net
    745       778       2,195       1,892  
     
 
                               
Income before taxes on income
    1,266       887       2,830       1,112  
Taxes on income
    54       35       204       185  
     
 
                               
Net income
  $ 1,212     $ 852     $ 2,626     $ 927  
     
 
                               
Non-GAAP basic and diluted net income per share
  $ 0.06     $ 0.04     $ 0.13     $ 0.05  
 
                               
Weighted-average number of Common Stock used in computation of non-GAAP net income per share (in thousands):
                               
Basic
    19,647       19,239       19,516       19,150  
Diluted
    20,439       19,324       20,062       19,350  
     

 


 

Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                 
    Quarter ended   Nine Months ended
    September 30   September 30
    2007   2006   2007   2006
     
    Unaudited   Unaudited   Unaudited   Unaudited
     
 
                               
GAAP net income (loss)
  $ 1,112     $ 341     $ 1,542     $ (677 )
Equity-based compensation expense included in cost of revenue
    19       14       55       38  
Equity-based compensation expense included in research and development expenses
    234       170       646       523  
Equity-based compensation expense included in sales and marketing expenses
    76       78       250       258  
Equity-based compensation expense included in general and administrative expenses
    196       249       558       842  
Interest and other income, net (1)
    (425 )           (425 )     (57 )
     
Non-GAAP net income
  $ 1,212     $ 852     $ 2,626     $ 927  
 
                               
GAAP weighted-average number of Common Stock used in computation of net income (loss) per share (in thousands) (diluted)
    20,287       19,324       19,900       19,150  
Weighted-average number of shares related to outstanding options
                      200  
Weighted-average number of options related to equity-based compensation expense
    152             162        
     
Non-GAAP weighted-average number of Common Stock used in computation of net income per share (in thousands) (diluted)
    20,439       19,324       20,062       19,350  
 
                               
GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share
  $ 0.05     $ 0.02     $ 0.08     $ (0.04 )
Equity-based compensation expense
  $ 0.03     $ 0.02     $ 0.07     $ 0.09  
Interest and other income, net (1)
  $ (0.02 )         $ (0.02 )   $ (0.00 )
     
Non-GAAP diluted net income per share
  $ 0.06     $ 0.04     $ 0.13     $ 0.05  
 
(1)   Results for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 included a gain of $0.4 million, $0.4 million and $0.1 million, respectively, reported in interest and other income related to the disposal of an investment.

 


 

CEVA, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
U.S. Dollars in Thousands
                 
    September 30,   December 31,
    2007   2006
     
    Unaudited   Audited
     
 
               
ASSETS
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 42,679     $ 37,968  
Marketable securities and bank deposits
    23,278       26,266  
Trade receivables, net
    10,994       8,421  
Deferred tax assets
    761       613  
Prepaid expenses
    803       564  
Other current assets
    1,494       1,890  
     
Total current assets
    80,009       75,722  
     
Long-term investments:
               
Severance pay fund
    2,573       2,338  
Deferred tax assets
    600       382  
Property and equipment, net
    1,767       1,706  
Investment
    4,233       4,233  
Goodwill
    36,498       36,498  
Other intangible assets, net
    77       201  
     
Total assets
  $ 125,757     $ 121,080  
     
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Trade payables
  $ 541     $ 718  
Accrued expenses and other payables
    8,691       9,462  
Taxes payable
    131       135  
Deferred revenues
    683       406  
     
Total current liabilities
    10,046       10,721  
 
Accrued severance pay
    2,842       2,519  
Accrued liabilities
    1,305       1,697  
     
 
Total liabilities
    14,193       14,937  
     
 
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common Stock
    20       19  
Additional paid in-capital
    146,567       142,826  
Other comprehensive income
    137        
Accumulated deficit
    (35,160 )     (36,702 )
     
Total stockholders’ equity
    111,564       106,143  
     
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 125,757     $ 121,080