NANOMETRICS INC
10-Q, 1999-08-09
MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 10-Q


<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                                 <C>

 X       Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
- ---

For the quarterly period ended June 30,  1999

         Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from _______________ to _______________

Commission file number                 0-13470
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                NANOMETRICS INCORPORATED
- ------------------------------------------------------
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


              California                                                            94-2276314
   -------------------------------                                              -------------------
   (State or other jurisdiction of                                              (I. R. S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                                              Identification No.)


   310 DeGuigne Drive, Sunnyvale, CA                                                     94086
- ----------------------------------------                                              ----------
(Address of principal executive offices)                                              (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code      (408) 746-1600
                                                    ---------------------

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed  by  Section  13 or 15 (d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter  period that the  registrant
was  required  to file such  reports),  and (2) has been  subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

                           YES    X       NO
                                ----          ----

At July 14,  1999 there were  8,778,981  shares of common  stock,  no par value,
issued and outstanding.
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                            NANOMETRICS INCORPORATED

                                      INDEX


Part I.  Financial Information                                              Page
                                                                            ----
     Item 1.      Financial Statements

                  Consolidated Balance Sheets -
                  June 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998 ....................... 3

                  Consolidated Statements of Income -
                  Three months and six months ended
                  June 30, 1999 and 1998 .................................... 4

                  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -
                  Six months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998 ................... 5

                  Notes to Consolidated Financial
                  Statements ................................................ 6


     Item 2.      Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                  Financial Condition and Results of Operations ............. 8


     Item 3.      Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
                  about Market Risk ......................................... 11


Part II.  Other Information

     Item 4.      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ....... 12

     Item 6.      Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K .......................... 12

Signatures .................................................................. 13

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PART I:      FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1:      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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                            NANOMETRICS INCORPORATED
                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                   (Amounts in thousands except share amounts)
                                   (Unaudited)

<CAPTION>
                                                                         June 30,                 December 31,
ASSETS                                                                     1999                        1998
                                                                       ---------                   ----------
<S>                                                                    <C>                         <C>
CURRENT ASSETS:
   Cash and cash equivalents                                           $     973                   $    1,518
   Short-term investments                                                 13,870                        9,913
   Accounts receivable, less allowance for
     doubtful accounts of $417 and $420                                    6,802                        8,458
   Inventories                                                            10,172                       11,719
   Deferred income taxes                                                   1,442                        1,441
   Prepaid expenses and other                                              1,379                        2,328
                                                                       ---------                   ----------


                  Total current assets                                    34,638                       35,377

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET                                         2,308                        2,481

DEFERRED INCOME TAXES                                                        560                          560

OTHER ASSETS                                                                 784                          887
                                                                       ---------                   ----------

TOTAL                                                                  $  38,290                   $   39,305
                                                                       =========                   ==========

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
   Accounts payable                                                    $   1,188                   $    1,395
   Accrued payroll and related expenses                                      418                          317
   Other current liabilities                                               1,328                        1,720
   Current portion of long-term debt                                         818                        1,324
                                                                       ---------                   ----------
                  Total current liabilities                                3,752                        4,756

DEFERRED RENT                                                                 56                            43

DEBT OBLIGATIONS                                                           2,135                         2,496
                                                                       ---------                   -----------

                  Total liabilities                                        5,943                         7,295
                                                                       ---------                   -----------

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
   Common stock, no par value; 25,000,000 shares
     authorized; 8,778,481 and 8,690,643 outstanding                      14,519                        14,170
   Retained earnings                                                      18,077                        17,974
   Accumulated other comprehensive loss                                     (249)                         (134)
                                                                       ---------                   -----------
                  Total shareholders' equity                              32,347                        32,010
                                                                       ---------                   -----------

TOTAL                                                                  $  38,290                   $    39,305
                                                                       =========                   ===========

<FN>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
</FN>
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                            NANOMETRICS INCORPORATED
                        CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                (Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                   (Unaudited)

<CAPTION>
                                               Three Months Ended                    Six Months Ended
                                                     June 30,                             June 30,
                                                1999            1998                 1999            1998
                                            -----------     -----------         ------------     -----------
<S>                                         <C>             <C>                 <C>              <C>
NET REVENUES:
   Product sales                            $   6,468       $  9,705            $  11,733        $ 19,323
   Service                                      1,055          1,023                1,979           1,943
                                            ---------       --------            ---------        --------

   Total net revenues                           7,523         10,728               13,712          21,266
                                            ---------       --------            ---------        --------

COSTS AND EXPENSES:
   Cost of product sales                        2,984          4,029                5,536           7,658
   Cost of service                              1,017            967                2,121           1,952
   Research and development                     1,094          1,063                2,110           2,294
   Acquired in-process research and
     development                                    -              -                    -           1,421
   Selling                                      1,309          1,529                2,586           3,101
   General and administrative                     724            694                1,365           1,479
                                            ---------       --------            ---------        --------

   Total costs and expenses                     7,128          8,282               13,718          17,905
                                            ---------       --------            ---------        --------

OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)                          395           2,446                   (6)          3,361

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
   Interest income                                174            156                  312              317
   Interest expense                               (20)           (20)                 (41)             (46)
   Other, net                                     (42)          (139)                 (93)            (148)
                                            ----------      ---------           ---------        ---------
   Total other income (expense), net              112             (3)                 178              123
                                            ---------       ---------           ---------        ---------

INCOME  BEFORE PROVISION
 FOR INCOME TAXES                                 507          2,443                  172            3,484

PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES                        203            948                   69            1,365
                                            ---------       --------            ---------         --------

NET INCOME                                  $     304       $  1,495            $     103         $  2,119
                                            =========       ========            =========         ========

NET INCOME PER SHARE:
   Basic                                    $      .03      $    .17            $     .01         $    .25
                                            ==========      ========            =========         ========
   Diluted                                  $      .03      $    .17            $     .01         $    .24
                                            ==========      ========            =========         ========

SHARES USED IN PER SHARE
COMPUTATION:
   Basic                                         8,757         8,641                8,729            8,593
                                            ==========      ========            =========         ========
   Diluted                                       9,177         9,003                9,190            8,991
                                            ==========      ========            =========         ========

<FN>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
</FN>
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                            NANOMETRICS INCORPORATED
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                             (Amounts in thousands)
                                   (Unaudited)
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     Six Months Ended
                                                                                         June 30,
                                                                                     1999        1998
                                                                                   --------    --------
<S>                                                                                <C>         <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
   Net income                                                                      $    103    $  2,119
   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
    cash provided by operating activities:
   Depreciation and amortization                                                        103         119
   Deferred rent                                                                         13          13
   Purchase of in-process technology                                                     --       1,421
   Deferred taxes                                                                        11        (656)
   Changes in assets and liabilities net of effects of product line acquisition:
       Accounts receivable                                                            1,355        (830)
       Other receivables                                                                 (2)         (3)
       Inventories                                                                    1,483      (2,081)
       Prepaid income taxes                                                             904          --
       Prepaid expenses and other                                                       132         255
       Accounts payable and other liabilities                                          (486)        252
       Income taxes payable                                                              --        (101)
                                                                                   --------    --------

Net cash provided by operating activities                                             3,616         508
                                                                                   --------    --------

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
   Purchase of short-term investments                                               (13,870)    (11,126)
   Sales/maturities of short-term investments                                         9,913      10,849
   Capital expenditures                                                                 (64)       (123)
   Product line acquisition                                                              --      (3,038)
                                                                                   --------    --------
Net cash used in investing activities                                                (4,021)     (3,438)
                                                                                   --------    --------

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
   Repayments of long-term debt                                                        (635)       (204)
   Issuance of common stock                                                             350         575
                                                                                   --------    --------

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities                                    (285)        371
                                                                                   --------    --------

EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH                                                 145        (164)
                                                                                   --------    --------

NET CHANGE IN CASH AND EQUIVALENTS                                                     (545)     (2,723)
CASH AND EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period                                             1,518       3,656
                                                                                   --------    --------

CASH AND EQUIVALENTS, end of period                                                $    973    $    933
                                                                                   ========    ========

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW
INFORMATION:
   Cash paid for interest                                                          $     42    $     49
                                                                                   ========    ========

   Cash paid for income taxes                                                      $     --    $  2,122
                                                                                   ========    ========

<FN>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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                            NANOMETRICS INCORPORATED
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (Unaudited)

Note 1        Consolidated Financial Statements

       The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Nanometrics
Incorporated and its wholly owned  subsidiaries.  All significant  inter-company
accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

       While the quarterly  financial  statements are  unaudited,  the financial
statements  included in this report reflect all adjustments  (consisting only of
normal recurring  adjustments) which the Company considers  necessary for a fair
presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods covered and of
the financial condition of the Company at the date of the interim balance sheet.
The operating results for interim periods are not necessarily  indicative of the
operating  results  that may be expected for the entire  year.  The  information
included  in this  report  should be read in  conjunction  with the  information
included  in the  Company's  1998  Annual  Report  on Form 10-K  filed  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


Note 2.       Inventories

       Inventories  are  stated at the lower of cost  (first-in,  first-out)  or
market and consist of the following (in thousands):

                                                      June 30,      December 31,
                                                        1999           1998
                                                      -------         -------
          Raw materials and subassemblies             $ 4,585         $ 3,859
          Work in process                               3,044           2,253
          Finished goods                                2,543           5,607
                                                      -------         -------
                                                      $10,172         $11,719
                                                      =======         =======


Note 3.       Other Current Liabilities

       Other current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

                                               June 30, 1999   December 31, 1998
                                               ------------    -----------------
          Commissions payable                     $  329            $  366
          Accrued warranty                           486               581
          Other                                      513               773
                                                  ------            ------
                                                  $1,328            $1,720
                                                  ======            ======


Note 4.       Net Income Per Share

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       The reconciliation of the share denominator used in the basic and diluted
net income per share computations is as follows (in thousands):
<CAPTION>
                                                                 Three Months Ended            Six Months Ended
                                                                      June 30                       June 30
                                                                  1999         1998            1999         1998
                                                              -----------  -----------    -----------   ------------
<S>                                                              <C>          <C>            <C>           <C>
         Weighted average common shares
           outstanding-shares used in basic
           net income per share computation                      8,757        8,641          8,729         8,593
         Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents,
           using the treasury stock method                         420          362            461           398
                                                              -----------  -----------    -----------   ------------
         Shares used in dilutive net income
           per share computation                                 9,177        9,003          9,190         8,991
                                                              ===========  ===========    ===========    ===========
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       During the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1999 and 1998,  the
Company had common stock  options  outstanding  which could  potentially  dilute
basic net income per share in the future, but were excluded from the computation
of diluted net income per share as the common  stock  options'  exercise  prices
were greater than the average  market price of the common shares for the period.
At June 30,  1999,  265,333 such common  stock  options with a weighted  average
exercise  price of $7.90 per share were excluded from the diluted net income per
share computations.

Note 5.       Comprehensive Income

       For the three months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998,  comprehensive income,
which  consisted  of net  income for the  periods  and  changes  in  accumulated
translation adjustments, was $309,000 and $1,401,000,  respectively. For the six
months ended June 30, 1999 there was a comprehensive loss of $12,000 compared to
a comprehensive income of $1,991,000, for the same period in 1998.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
         OF OPERATIONS

Results of Operations

         Total  net  revenues  for the three  months  ended  June 30,  1999 were
$7,523,000,  a decrease of $3,205,000 or 30% from the comparable period in 1998.
For the six months ended June 30, 1999, total revenues of $13,712,000  decreased
by  $7,554,000  or 36% from the  comparable  period  in 1998.  Product  sales of
$6,468,000  and  $11,733,000  for the three months and six months ended June 30,
1999,  respectively,   decreased  $3,237,000  or  33%  and  $7,590,000  or  39%,
respectively,  as compared with the same periods during 1998. The lower level of
product sales resulted from decreased shipments of the Company's products in the
U.S. and Far East due primarily to slower worldwide demand in the  semiconductor
industry.  Service revenue of $1,055,000 and $1,979,000 for the three months and
six  months  ended  June 30,  1999,  respectively,  increased  $32,000 or 3% and
$36,000 or 2%, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 1998.

         Cost of product sales as a percentage of product sales increased to 46%
in the  second  quarter  of 1999  from  42% in the  second  quarter  of 1998 and
increased  to 47% in the six months  ended  June 30,  1999 from 40% for the same
period in 1998  primarily  because of lower sales  volume in 1999  resulting  in
higher per unit manufacturing  costs. Cost of service as a percentage of service
revenue  increased  to 96% in the second  quarter of 1999 from 95% in the second
quarter of 1998 and increased to 107% in the six months ended June 30, 1999 from
100% for the same period in 1998  primarily as a result of higher  service costs
needed to support the Company's  growing  installed  base of systems at customer
locations.

         Research and  development  expenses for the three months ended June 30,
1999 increased  $31,000 or 3% compared to the same period in 1998.  Research and
development  expenses for the first six months of 1999 decreased  $184,000 or 8%
compared to the same period in 1998 due  primarily to one time costs  related to
the addition of new  employees in March 1998 who were  responsible  for research
and development for the Company's new Metra product line.

         In the first  quarter of 1998,  the  Company  paid  approximately  $3.2
million for the assets and in-process  research and development related to OSI's
Metra product line. Of this purchase price,  $1,421,000  related to the value of
in-process  technology  that had no  alternative  future use and was  charged to
expense in the accompanying  consolidated statement of income for the six months
ended June 30, 1998.

         Selling  expenses for the three month and six month  periods ended June
30, 1999 decreased by $220,000 or 14% and $515,000 or 17% respectively, compared
to the same periods in 1998 primarily  because of lower commission  expenses and
other expenses associated with lower sales levels in 1999.

         General and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30,
1999  increased  $30,000 or 4% compared to the same period in 1998.  General and
administrative  expenses  for the six months  ended June 30, 1999  decreased  by
$114,000 or 8% compared to the same period in 1998.

         Other income  (expense),  net for the three month and six month periods
ended June 30, 1999 increased $115,000 and $55,000 or 45% respectively, from the
comparable  periods in 1998 due  primarily to lower  royalty  costs and exchange
rate losses in the second quarter of 1999.

         For the three months and six months  ended June 30,  1999,  the Company
recorded an effective  tax rate of 40% as compared to an  effective  rate of 39%
for the same periods in 1998.

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         The Company  reported an operating income of $395,000 and net income of
$304,000  for the second  quarter of 1999  compared  to an  operating  income of
$2,446,000  and net income of  $1,495,000  for the same period in 1998.  For the
first six months of 1999,  the Company  reported an operating loss of $6,000 and
net income of $103,000 which  compared to an operating  income of $3,361,000 and
net income of $2,119,000 for the same period in 1998.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

         At June 30,  1999,  the  Company  had  working  capital of  $30,886,000
compared to $30,621,000 at December 31, 1998. The current ratio at June 30, 1999
was 9.2 to 1. The Company believes working capital including cash and short-term
investments of $14,843,000 will be sufficient to meet its needs at least through
the next twelve  months.  Operating  activities for the first six months of 1998
provided cash of $3,616,000  primarily from decreases in accounts receivable and
inventory,  while the net purchases of short-term  investments  used $3,957,000,
capital expenditures used $64,000,  debt repayment used $635,000 and issuance of
common stock provided $350,000.


Year 2000 Issues

Many computer systems are expected to experience  problems handling dates around
the year 2000 ("Y2K").  The Y2K issue is the result of many currently  installed
computer  programs being written using two digits rather than four to define the
applicable year. As a result,  these computer programs are unable to distinguish
between  21st  century  dates and 20th  century  dates and could cause  computer
system  failures  or  miscalculations   that  result  in  significant   business
disruptions. Described below are the actions the Company has taken, and plans to
take, to address the potential  problems  resulting as systems attempt to handle
dates around the millennium.

State of Readiness The Company's upper  management has discussed and agreed upon
a  comprehensive  plan to address  its Y2K  issues.  The Y2K plan  includes  the
following activities:  gathering data and taking inventory;  testing systems and
products to evaluate Y2K compliance;  execution of remediation activities to fix
non-compliant  products and systems;  and  monitoring  and testing  products and
systems on an ongoing basis. The major business areas impacted are:

     Products:  Many of the Company's products  incorporate computer software to
     control certain add-on features and  functionality.  The Company's products
     are measurement tools and Y2K issues arise in the Company's  products where
     database functions are used (e.g. storage of measurement data). The Company
     has completed testing and evaluation of its products for Y2K compliance. As
     a result of such  evaluation,  the Company  believes  that: (i) its current
     product lines are Y2K compliant;  (ii) upgrades are currently available for
     non-Y2K compliant automated products;  and (iii) as database  functionality
     is not  used  in  certain  older  obsolete  products  and in  non-automated
     systems, Y2K compliance is not believed to be an issue.

     Procurement:  The  Company's  suppliers  have been  contacted and status of
     products and internal  systems have been  verified.  Y2K  compliance by the
     Company's suppliers is not believed to be an issue.

     Manufacturing:  The Company  believes that its assembly and test  equipment
     and its  primary  manufacturing  application  software  system  are now Y2K
     compliant.

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     Information  Technology  Systems  ("IT"):  The Company has  purchased a Y2K
     upgrade  license from its IT vendor and has installed the upgrade in its IT
     system.

     Facilities and Infrastructure:  An assessment of the Y2K readiness of owned
     and leased assets has been performed and systems which will require upgrade
     or  replacement  include the security and card key system and the voicemail
     system.

Costs While the  Company  has not yet  completed  the entire  evaluation  of the
required  activities to address the Y2K issues,  the Company currently  believes
that the  estimated  costs of Y2K  compliance  efforts  are not  expected  to be
material to the Company.

Risks The Company  believes the most reasonably  likely worst case Y2K scenarios
include the following:

Customers  could  change their  buying  patterns in a number of ways,  including
accelerating or delaying purchases of, or replacement of, the Company's products
and services.

The Company  could  experience  a  disruption  in service to its  customers as a
result of the failure of third party  products,  including the following:  third
party products which are  non-compliant  and are incorporated into the Company's
products  could cause the products to fail; a breakdown  in  telephone,  e-mail,
voicemail,  could impact the  responsiveness  of the Company's  customer service
department; Y2K problems at a number of the Company's suppliers including banks,
telephone  companies and the United States Postal Service could have a pervasive
impact on the Company's  business as a whole;  and product features that rely on
date parameters  (generally date dependent routings and operating reports) could
malfunction.

Although the Company's products are undergoing both Y2K specific, and its normal
testing procedures,  its products may not contain all of the necessary date code
or other  changes to operate in the year 2000.  Any failure of such  products to
perform could result in: claims and lawsuits against the Company;  significantly
impaired customer  satisfaction  resulting in customers withholding cash owed to
the Company and delaying or  canceling  orders;  and  managerial  and  technical
resources  being  diverted  away from  product  development  and other  business
activities.

Any of the above stated  consequences,  in addition to others, which the Company
cannot yet foresee,  could have a  significant  adverse  impact on the Company's
business, operating results and financial condition.

Contingency  Plan The Company  currently  believes  that its plan is adequate to
address its Y2K issues,  and accordingly,  does not believe that it is practical
to develop a comprehensive  contingency plan. In the event that its current plan
is not adequate to address the Y2K issues,  the Company believes that there will
be  adequate  time  to  establish  and  implement  a  contingency  plan.  Once a
contingency  plan is  implemented,  however,  the Company cannot be certain that
such a plan  would  prevent  significant  Y2K  problems  from  having a material
adverse  effect on the  Company's  business,  operating  results  and  financial
condition.

Patent Issues

         The Company is currently discussing patent issues with Therma-Wave Inc.
The Company believes that Therma-Wave's  Opti-Probe product line may infringe on
a patent  issued to the Company  relating to absolute  reflectance  measurement.
Therma-Wave  alleges  that  some of the  Company's  film  thickness  measurement
products may infringe on a Therma-Wave  patent  relating to the combination of a
spectrophotometer  with  a  spectroscopic  ellipsometer.  Although  the  Company
believes that none of its products infringe on the Therma-Wave patent, there can
be no  assurance  that the  resolution  of this  matter

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will not have a  material  adverse  effect  on the  Company's  future  business,
financial condition or results of operations.


Forward Looking Statements

         The  foregoing  Management's   Discussion  and  Analysis  of  Financial
Condition and Results of Operations contains  forward-looking  statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the
Securities   Exchange  Act  of  1934.   These   statements   involve  risks  and
uncertainties and actual results could differ materially as a result of a number
of factors  including  demand for the company's  products,  which is affected by
factors including the cyclicality of the semiconductor,  magnetic recording head
and flat panel  display  industries  served by the Company,  patterns of capital
spending  by  customers,  technological  changes  in the  markets  served by the
Company and its customers, market acceptance of products of both the Company and
its  customers,  the  timing,  cancellation  of delay  of  customer  orders  and
shipments,  competition,  including  competitive  pressure on product prices and
changes in pricing by the  Company's  customers  or  suppliers,  fluctuation  in
foreign currency exchange rates particularly the Japanese yen, the proportion of
direct sales versus  sales  through  distributors  and  representatives,  market
acceptance of new and enhanced versions of the Company's products, the timing of
new  product  announcements  and  releases  of  products  by the  Company or its
competitors,   including  the  Company's   ability  to  design,   introduce  and
manufacture  new  products on a timely and cost  effective  basis,  the size and
timing of acquisitions of business,  products or  technologies,  fluctuations in
the availability and cost of components and subassemblies, the outcome of patent
infringement   discussions  and  the  factors  set  forth  under   "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial  Condition and Results of Operations - Risk
Factors"  in the 1998 Annual  Report on Form 10-K.  The  Company  undertakes  no
obligation to update forward  looking  statements made in this report to reflect
events or  circumstances  after the date of this report or to update reasons why
actual  results  could  differ from those  anticipated  in such  forward-looking
statements.


ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

    The Company is exposed to financial  market risks,  which include changes in
foreign  currency  exchange rates and interest  rates.  The Company does not use
derivative  financial  instruments.  Instead,  the Company  actively manages the
balances of current assets and liabilities  denominated in foreign currencies to
minimize  currency  fluctuation  risk. As a result,  a 10% change in the foreign
currency  exchange  rates  would not have a  material  impact  on the  Company's
results of operations.  The Company's  investments in marketable  securities are
subject  to  interest  rate  risk  but due to the  short-term  nature  of  these
investments,  interest  rate changes  would not have a material  impact on their
value.  The  Company  also has fixed  rate debt  obligations  in Japan  that are
subject to  interest  rate risk.  At June 30,  1999,  the  Company's  total debt
obligation  was  $2,953,000  while the  long-term  portion was  $2,135,000.  The
Company  does not actively  manage the risk  associated  with these  obligations
because the impact of interest rate changes would not have a material  impact on
the Company's results of operations.

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                            NANOMETRICS INCORPORATED
                                     PART II

                                OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

A. The annual meeting of shareholders was held on May 28, 1999.

B. The following directors were elected to the board of directors:

             Vincent J. Coates
             Nathaniel Brenner
             Norman V. Coates
             John D. Heaton
             Kanegi Nagai

C. The following matters were voted upon at the annual meeting:

                                                  For       Against      Abstain
                                                  ---       -------      -------
1. To elect the following directors
   to serve for the ensuing year:

   Vincent J. Coates, Chairman                 7,519,846       0         858,904
   Nathaniel Brenner, Director                 7,519,846       0         858,904
   Norman V. Coates, Director                  7,519,846       0         858,904
   John D. Heaton, Director                    7,519,846       0         858,904
   Kanegi Nagai, Director                      7,519,846       0         858,904


2. To ratify the  appointment  of  Deloitte
   & Touche  LLP as  independent
   auditors for the fiscal year ending
   December 31, 1999.                          8,370,486   4,904           3,360


ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

A. Exhibits

   Ex. 27 - Financial Data Schedule

B. Reports on Form 8-K.

   None.

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                            NANOMETRICS INCORPORATED

                                    SIGNATURE


         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

NANOMETRICS INCORPORATED
(Registrant)



/s/ Vincent J. Coates
- -----------------------------
Vincent J. Coates
Chairman of the Board



/s/ John Heaton
- -----------------------------
John Heaton
Chief Executive Officer



/s/ Paul B. Nolan
- -----------------------------
Paul B. Nolan
Chief Financial Officer


Dated: August 9, 1999

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