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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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(MARK ONE)
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 26, 1999
OR
[ ] 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 0-23298
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QLOGIC CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 33-0537669
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
3545 HARBOR BOULEVARD
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA 92626
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
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(714) 438-2200
(REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
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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 [ ]
As of January 26, 2000 the registrant had 73,463,840 shares of common stock
outstanding. All references to share and per share data for all periods
presented have been restated for the February 1999, July 1999 and February 2000,
two-for-one stock splits.
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QLOGIC CORPORATION
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 26, 1999
and March 28, 1999.......................................... 3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three
and nine months ended December 26, 1999 and December 27,
1998........................................................ 4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine
months ended December 26, 1999 and December 27, 1998........ 5
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements........ 6
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations................................... 8
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2. Changes in Securities....................................... 21
Item 5. Other Information........................................... 21
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K............................ 21
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
QLOGIC CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
(UNAUDITED)
ASSETS
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DECEMBER 26, MARCH 28,
1999 1999
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Cash and cash equivalents................................... $ 66,092 $ 43,174
Short term investments...................................... 59,667 57,613
Accounts and notes receivable, net.......................... 22,590 11,917
Inventories................................................. 19,615 10,623
Deferred income taxes....................................... 7,571 5,649
Prepaid expenses and other current assets................... 3,769 1,950
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Total current assets.............................. 179,304 130,926
Long term investments....................................... 43,688 29,760
Property and equipment, net................................. 14,325 10,409
Other assets................................................ 1,638 1,828
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$238,955 $172,923
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Accounts payable............................................ $ 7,303 $ 6,432
Accrued compensation........................................ 8,912 7,378
Income taxes payable........................................ 6,510 1,358
Deferred revenue............................................ 1,813 1,074
Other accrued liabilities................................... 4,343 3,997
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Total current liabilities......................... 28,881 20,239
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Commitments and contingencies
Subsequent event
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares
authorized (200,000 shares designated as Series A
Junior Participating Preferred, $0.001 par value); none
issued and outstanding................................. -- --
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 150,000,000 shares
authorized; 73,320,062 and 71,844,232 shares issued and
outstanding at December 26, 1999 and March 28, 1999,
respectively........................................... 73 72
Additional paid-in capital................................ 125,681 108,737
Retained earnings......................................... 84,320 43,875
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Total stockholders' equity........................ 210,074 152,684
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$238,955 $172,923
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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QLOGIC CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
(UNAUDITED)
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THREE MONTHS ENDED NINE MONTHS ENDED
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DECEMBER 26, DECEMBER 27, DECEMBER 26, DECEMBER 27,
1999 1998 1999 1998
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Net revenues............................ $52,338 $30,299 $143,016 $82,106
Cost of revenues........................ 17,010 10,875 44,810 30,839
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Gross profit.......................... 35,328 19,424 98,206 51,267
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Operating expenses:
Engineering and development........... 7,716 5,680 23,943 17,622
Selling and marketing................. 3,865 3,061 12,023 7,948
General and administrative............ 2,295 1,315 6,197 3,906
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Total operating expenses...... 13,876 10,056 42,163 29,476
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Operating income........................ 21,452 9,368 56,043 21,791
Interest income, net.................... 2,112 1,463 5,237 4,213
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Income before income taxes.............. 23,564 10,831 61,280 26,004
Income tax provision.................... 8,012 3,683 20,835 8,843
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Net income.............................. $15,552 $ 7,148 $ 40,445 $17,161
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Net income per share:
Basic................................. $ 0.21 $ 0.10 $ 0.56 $ 0.25
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Diluted............................... $ 0.20 $ 0.10 $ 0.53 $ 0.23
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Number of shares used in per share
calculations:
Basic................................. 73,192 70,026 72,644 69,923
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Diluted............................... 77,597 75,174 76,965 74,565
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See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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QLOGIC CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN THOUSANDS)
(UNAUDITED)
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NINE MONTHS ENDED
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DECEMBER 26, DECEMBER 27,
1999 1998
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income................................................ $ 40,445 $ 17,161
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization........................... 3,535 2,336
Write-off of acquired in-process technology............. 871 1,220
Increase in allowance for doubtful accounts............. 9 196
Loss on disposal of property and equipment.............. 219 89
Benefit from deferred income taxes...................... (1,922) (719)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts and notes receivable........................... (10,682) 2,196
Inventories............................................. (8,992) (6,807)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets............... (1,819) (526)
Other assets............................................ (116) (1,196)
Accounts payable........................................ 871 913
Accrued compensation.................................... 1,534 1,000
Incomes taxes payable................................... 17,697 2,137
Other accrued liabilities............................... 939 1,764
Deferred revenue........................................ 739 (214)
Other non-current liabilities........................... -- (466)
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Net cash provided by operating activities.......... 43,328 14,692
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to property and equipment....................... (7,364) (4,677)
Purchases of investments.................................. (75,083) (72,445)
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired............. (1,321) (1,957)
Maturities of investments................................. 59,101 36,091
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Net cash used in investing activities.............. (24,667) (42,988)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Principal payments under capital leases................... (143) (155)
Proceeds from issuance of stock under employee stock
plans................................................... 4,400 1,309
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Net cash provided by financing activities.......... 4,257 1,154
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents........ 22,918 (27,142)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period............ 43,174 64,090
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period.................. $ 66,092 $ 36,948
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest.................................................. $ 17 $ 35
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Income taxes.............................................. $ 3,856 $ 8,366
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Non-cash investing and financing activities:
During the nine months ended December 26, 1999, the Company recorded a
credit to additional paid-in-capital and a debit to accrued taxes payable of
$12,545 related to the tax benefit of exercises of stock options under the
Company's stock option plans. Additionally, during the nine months ended
December 26, 1999, the Company recorded an accrual of $673, in accordance with
the performance provisions of the Silicon Design Resources Asset Acquisition
Agreement.
During the nine months ended December 27, 1998, the Company recorded a
credit to additional paid-in-capital and a debit to accrued taxes payable of
$2,378 related to the tax benefit of exercises of stock options under the
Company's stock options plans. Additionally, during the nine months ended
December 27, 1998. The Company recorded an accrual of $906, in accordance with
the Silicon Design Resources Asset Acquisition Agreement.
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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QLOGIC CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
NOTE (1) BASIS OF PRESENTATION
In the opinion of management of QLogic Corporation ("QLogic" or the
"Company"), the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements contain all adjustments (which are normal recurring accruals)
necessary to present fairly the financial position as of December 26, 1999, the
statements of income for the three and nine months ended December 26, 1999 and
December 27, 1998 and the statements of cash flows for the nine months ended
December 26, 1999 and December 27, 1998. The accompanying condensed consolidated
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended March 28, 1999. The results of operations for the three and nine months
ended December 26, 1999 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be
expected for the entire fiscal year. Certain items previously reported in
specific financial statement captions have been reclassified to conform to the
current presentation. See "Note (4) Capitalization".
NOTE (2) INVENTORIES
Components of inventories are as follows:
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DECEMBER 26, MARCH 28,
1999 1999
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Raw materials........................................ $13,662 $ 7,716
Work in process...................................... 5,292 833
Finished goods....................................... 661 2,074
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$19,615 $10,623
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NOTE (3) NET INCOME PER SHARE
The Company computed basic net income per share based on the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding during the periods presented.
Diluted net income per share was computed based on the weighted average number
of common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the periods
presented. The Company has granted certain stock options which have been treated
as dilutive potential common shares.
The following table sets forth the computations of basic and diluted net
income per share:
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THREE MONTHS ENDED NINE MONTHS ENDED
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DECEMBER 26, DECEMBER 27, DECEMBER 26, DECEMBER 27,
1999 1998 1999 1998
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Numerator:
Net income............................ $15,552 $ 7,148 $40,445 $17,161
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Denominator:
Denominator for basic net income per
share -- weighted average shares... 73,192 70,026 72,644 69,923
Dilutive potential common shares,
using treasury stock method........ 4,405 5,148 4,321 4,642
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Denominator for diluted net income
per share........................ 77,597 75,174 76,965 74,565
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Basic net income per share.............. $ 0.21 $ 0.10 $ 0.56 $ 0.25
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Diluted net income per share............ $ 0.20 $ 0.10 $ 0.53 $ 0.23
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Options to purchase 26 shares of common stock with an exercise price that
exceeded the average market price of $12.05 during the three months ended
December 27, 1998, were excluded from the calculation of
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
diluted net income per share as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.
There were no anti-dilutive options outstanding for the three months ended
December 26, 1999.
Options to purchase 75 and 46 shares of common stock with exercise prices
that exceed the average market price of $38.92 and $7.99 during the nine months
ended December 26, 1999 and December 27, 1998, respectively, were excluded from
the calculation of diluted net income per share as their inclusion would have
been anti-dilutive.
NOTE (4) CAPITALIZATION
In January 2000, the Company's Board of Directors approved a two-for-one
split of the Company's common stock effected as a stock dividend, applicable to
stockholders of record on February 2, 2000, payable on February 8, 2000. All
references to share and per-share data for all periods presented have been
adjusted to give effect to this split as well as the two-for-one stock splits
effective February 1999 and July 1999.
NOTE (5) SUBSEQUENT EVENT -- TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION
On January 10, 2000, the Company acquired certain intellectual property
("AdaptiveRAID(R) technology") from Borg Adaptive Technologies, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of nStor Corporation. The AdaptiveRAID(R) technology,
which provides next generation embedded RAID storage solutions for the Intel
Architecture workstation market, was purchased for $7.5 million in cash.
At the time of the acquisition, the AdaptiveRAID(R) technology was in the
development stage with no completed commercially viable storage solution
product. The technology purchased had, at the time of acquisition, several
in-process research and development projects that were substantially incomplete.
The major projects acquired included: (a) a PCI RAID controller; (b) a RAID
bridge controller; and (c) a storage area network RAID controller for the Intel
Architecture server workstation market. The Company's primary purpose for the
acquisition was to acquire these in-process projects and complete the
development efforts as the Company believed they had economic value but had not
yet reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future uses.
Therefore, the Company will allocate substantially all of the purchase price as
a one-time charge for in-process research and development of $7.5 million to the
Company's results of operations in the fourth fiscal quarter ended April 2,
2000. The Company is continuing development efforts and does not currently have
an estimate as to when the first new products will begin to ship. The primary
risks and uncertainties associated with timely completion of the projects lies
in the Company's ability to attract and retain qualified software engineers in
the current competitive environment. Should the projects not be completed on a
timely basis, the Company's first-to-market advantages would be reduced (e.g.
lower margins), or an alternative technology might be developed by a competitor
which could severely impact the marketability of the Company's planned products.
Should the projects prove to be unsuccessful, the impact on the future results
of operations will primarily consist of the engineering and start up efforts
incurred to complete the projects for which there would be no future value, plus
the costs of any new efforts on replacement projects and/or costs to unwind the
infrastructure if a decision was made not to pursue new efforts.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis contains future plans, current
beliefs or assumptions, and other forward-looking statements that involve risk
and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ materially from
those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such
differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed herein or under
"Factors That May Affect Future Results" as well as those discussed elsewhere in
this report.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain income
and expense items expressed in absolute terms and as a percentage of the
Company's net revenues.
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DECEMBER 26, DECEMBER 27, DECEMBER 26, DECEMBER 27,
1999 1998 1999 1998
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Net revenues..................... $52,338 100.0% $30,299 100.0% $143,016 100.0% $82,106 100.0%
Cost of revenues................. 17,010 32.5 10,875 35.9 44,810 31.3 30,839 37.6
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Gross profit................... 35,328 67.5 19,424 64.1 98,206 68.7 51,267 62.4
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Operating expenses:
Engineering and development.... 7,716 14.7 5,680 18.8 23,943 16.8 17,622 21.5
Selling and marketing.......... 3,865 7.4 3,061 10.1 12,023 8.4 7,948 9.7
General and administrative..... 2,295 4.4 1,315 4.3 6,197 4.3 3,906 4.7
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expenses.............. 13,876 26.5 10,056 33.2 42,163 29.5 29,476 35.9
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Operating income........ $21,452 41.0% $ 9,368 30.9% $ 56,043 39.2% $21,791 26.5%
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Net Revenues
The Company's net revenues are derived primarily from the sale of SCSI and
Fibre Channel based products. The Company also licenses certain designs and
receives royalty revenues and non-recurring engineering fees. Net revenues in
the three months ended December 26, 1999 increased $22.0 million or 73% from the
three months ended December 27, 1998 to $52.3 million. The increase was the
result of an $9.4 million increase in sales of SCSI products, an $11.1 million
increase in sales of Fibre Channel products, and a $1.5 million increase in
IDE-based royalties.
Net revenues for the nine months ended December 26, 1999 increased $60.9
million or 74% from the nine months ended December 27, 1998 to $143.0 million.
The increase was the result of a $26.9 million increase in sales of SCSI
products, a $26.2 million increase in sales of Fibre Channel products, and a
$7.8 million increase in IDE-based royalties.
Export revenues (primarily to the Pacific Rim Countries) in the three
months ended December 26, 1999 increased $16.2 million or 100% from the three
months ended December 27, 1998, to approximately $32.3 million, primarily due to
increased sales to customers in Japan and to a lesser extent, Europe. As a
percentage of net revenues, export revenues accounted for 62% in the three
months ended December 26, 1999 and 52% in the three months ended December 27,
1998. The Company currently expects export revenues to remain a significant
portion of the Company's net revenues.
Export revenues for the nine months ended December 26, 1999 increased $38.0
million or 88% from the nine months ended December 27, 1998, to approximately
$81.0 million, primarily due to increased sales to customers in Japan and to a
lesser extent, Europe. As a percentage of net revenues, export revenues
accounted for 57% for the nine months ended December 26, 1999, and 53% for the
nine months ended December 27, 1998. Export revenues are denominated in U.S.
dollars.
A small number of customers account for a substantial portion of the
Company's net revenues, and the Company expects that a limited number of
customers will continue to represent a substantial portion of the Company's net
revenues for the foreseeable future. The Company's six largest customers
accounted for
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approximately 70% of the net revenues for the three months ended December 26,
1999 and approximately 73% of net revenues for the nine months ended December
26, 1999.
The Company believes that its major customers continually evaluate whether
or not to purchase products from alternate or additional sources. Additionally,
customers' economic and market conditions frequently change. Accordingly, there
can also be no assurance that a major customer will not reduce, delay or
eliminate its purchases from the Company. Any such reduction, delay or loss of
purchases could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
financial condition and results of operations.
Gross Profit
Cost of revenues consist primarily of raw materials (including wafers and
completed chips from third-party manufacturers), assembly and test labor,
overhead and warranty costs. The gross profit percentage for the three months
ended December 26, 1999 was 67.5%, an increase from 64.1% in the three months
ended December 27, 1998. The increase in gross profit percentage was largely due
to the impact of $1.5 million of IDE-based royalties received. The percentage
increase was also largely attributable to the introduction of new, higher margin
products and volume-related cost reductions on mature products.
The gross profit percentage for the nine months ended December 26, 1999 was
68.7%, an increase from 62.4% in the nine months ended December 27, 1998. The
percentage increase resulted from the added $7.8 million of IDE-based royalties
in fiscal year 2000 as well as the continued introduction of new, higher margin
products and volume-related cost reductions on mature products, combined with
improved quality resulting in reduced scrap expenses.
The Company's ability to maintain its current gross profit percentage can
be significantly affected by factors such as supply costs and, in particular,
the cost of silicon wafers, the worldwide semiconductor foundry capacity, the
mix of products shipped, competitive price pressures, the timeliness of volume
shipments of new products, and the level of royalties received and the Company's
ability to achieve manufacturing cost reductions. The Company anticipates that
it will be increasingly more difficult to reduce manufacturing costs. Also,
royalty revenues may be irregular or unpredictable. As a result of these and
other factors, the Company does not anticipate its gross profit percentage to
increase at a rate consistent with historic trends and may decline in future
quarters.
Operating Expenses
Engineering and Development. Engineering and development expenses consist
primarily of salaries and other personnel-related expenses, development-related
material, occupancy costs, and computer support. The Company believes that
continued investments in engineering and development activities are critical to
achieving its strategic objectives. The Company expects that the dollar amount
of engineering and development expenses will continue to increase in fiscal
2000.
During the three months ended December 26, 1999, engineering and
development expenses increased $2.0 million to $7.7 million from $5.7 million in
the three months ended December 27, 1998. The increase in spending was largely
due to increased levels of spending for Fibre Channel and SCSI design, as well
as IDE-based product design. As a percentage of net revenues, engineering and
development expenses decreased to 14.7% in the three months ended December 26,
1999 from 18.8% in the similar prior year period. The decrease as a percentage
of net revenues was due to economies of scale benefits realized from the growth
in net revenues.
For the nine months ended December 26, 1999, engineering and development
expenses increased $6.3 million to $23.9 million from $17.6 million in the nine
months ended December 27, 1998. The increase in spending was largely due to
increased levels of spending for Fibre Channel, and SCSI design. As a percentage
of net revenues this amounted to 16.8% for the nine months ended December 26,
1999, and 21.5% for the nine months ended December 27, 1998. The decrease as a
percentage of net revenues was due to a $1.2 million
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in-process technology charge related to the acquisition of Silicon Design
Resources, Inc. in August 1998, and economies of scale benefits realized from
the growth in net revenues.
Selling and Marketing. Selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of
sales and marketing salaries, sales commissions and related expenses,
promotional activities and travel for sales and marketing personnel. The Company
believes continued investments in these types of expenses are critical to the
success of its strategy of expanding relationships with its customers. As a
result, the Company expects sales and marketing expenditures will increase in
the future.
During the three months ended December 26, 1999, selling and marketing
expenses increased $0.8 million to $3.9 million from $3.1 million in the three
months ended December 27, 1998. The increase in spending was largely due to
increase in sales commissions earned as a result of the increase in net
revenues. As a percentage of net revenues, selling and marketing expenses
decreased to 7.4% in the three months ended December 26, 1999 from 10.1% in the
similar prior year period. The decrease was due to economies of scale benefits
realized from the growth in net revenues.
For the nine months ended December 26, 1999, selling and marketing expenses
increased $4.1 million from the similar period in the prior fiscal year. As a
percentage of net revenues this amounted to 8.4% for the nine months ended
December 26, 1999, and 9.7% for the nine months ended December 27, 1998. The
decrease in selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of net revenue relate
to economies of scale benefits realized from the growth in net revenues.
General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist
primarily of salaries and related expenses for executive, finance, accounting,
human resources and information technology personnel. Non-personnel related
expenses consist of recruiting fees, professional services and corporate
expenses. The Company expects general and administrative expenses to increase in
absolute dollars as it adds personnel and incurs additional costs relating to
the growth of the business.
During the three months ended December 26, 1999, general and administrative
expenses increased $1.0 million to $2.3 million from $1.3 million in the three
months ended December 27, 1998. The increase in spending was primarily due to
the growth in administrative personnel and professional services. As a
percentage of net revenues, general and administrative expenses increased to
4.4% in the three months ended December 26, 1999 from 4.3% in the similar prior
year period.
For the nine months ended December 26, 1999, general and administrative
expenses increased $2.3 million to $6.2 million from $3.9 million for the nine
months ended December 27, 1998. For the nine months ended December 26, 1999,
general and administrative expenses increased in dollars due to an increase in
general and administrative personnel. As a percentage of net revenues this
amounted to 4.3% for the nine months ended December 26, 1999, and 4.7% for the
nine months ended December 27, 1998.
Non-Operating Income
Interest and other income, net of interest expense, was $2.1 million for
the three months ended December 26, 1999 and $1.5 million for the three months
ended December 27, 1998. The increase was largely due to increases in interest
income related to increases in cash, cash equivalents and investment balances
and, to a lesser extent, rising interest rates.
For the nine months ended December 26, 1999, interest and other income, net
of interest expense, was $5.2 million and $4.2 million for the nine months ended
December 27, 1998. The increases in interest and other income for the nine
months ended December 26, 1999 and December 27, 1998 were largely due to
increases in cash, cash equivalents and investment balances.
Income Tax Provision
The Company's effective tax rate remained constant at approximately 34% for
both the three and nine months ended December 26, 1999, and December 27, 1998.
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New Accounting Standards
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. ("SFAS") 133, "Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. In August 1999, the FASB issued
SFAS 137, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities -- Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133." This
Statement defers the effective date of SFAS 133 to all fiscal quarters or fiscal
years which begin after June 15, 2000. SFAS 133 requires that entities recognize
all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the statement of financial
position and measure those instruments at fair value. It further provides
criteria for derivative instruments to be designated as fair value, cash flow
and foreign currency hedges, and establishes respective accounting standards for
reporting changes in the fair value of the instruments. The Company has not yet
determined the impact of adopting this new standard on the consolidated
financial statements.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company's combined balances of cash and cash equivalents, short-term
and long-term investments have increased to $169.4 million at December 26, 1999
compared to $130.5 million at March 28, 1999. The increase was attributable to
positive cash flow from operations, primarily net income growth, during the nine
months ended December 26, 1999.
The Company's primary source of liquidity is derived from working capital
and cash from operations. The Company also has an unused $5.0 million unsecured
line of credit with Silicon Valley Bank. Working capital increased $39.7 million
to $150.4 million from March 28, 1999 to December 26, 1999. The increase in
working capital in the quarter ended December 26, 1999 was largely attributable
to cash flow from operations. The $5.0 million line of credit facility with
Silicon Valley Bank allows the Company to borrow at the bank's prime rate. The
credit facility expires on July 5, 2000, and, although there can be no
assurance, the Company currently expects to renew this line of credit. There are
no borrowings under this credit facility at December 26, 1999.
The Company's cash flow provided by operations was $43.3 million in the
nine months ended December 26, 1999, and $14.7 million in the nine months ended
December 27, 1998. The growth in cash provided by operations compared to the
prior year was primarily due to increases in profitability. Additionally, in the
nine months ended December 26, 1999, cash flow from operations was improved by
increases in income taxes payable and deferred revenue and was offset by
increases in accounts and notes receivable, inventories and prepaid expenses and
other current assets. Inventory turns decreased to 4.0 in the nine months ended
December 26, 1999 from 5.7 in the comparable prior year period largely due to
the increase in inventory at calendar year end for Year 2000 related contingency
plans.
The Company's cash flow used in investing activities was $24.7 million in
the nine months ended December 26, 1999 compared to $43.0 million in the nine
months ended December 27, 1998. The decrease in cash used in investing
activities for the nine months ended December 26, 1999, was primarily due to
increases in maturing short and long-term investments, net of investment
purchases. Additionally, capital expenditures for property and equipment were
$7.4 million in the nine months ended December 26, 1999 compared to $4.7 million
in the nine months ended December 27, 1998. During fiscal year 2000, the Company
anticipates spending between $2.5 million to $3.5 million for leasehold
improvements and relocation related expenses associated with the corporate
headquarters relocation to Aliso Viejo, California. The Company also intends to
exercise its option to purchase the Aliso Viejo facility, which would increase
the Company's potential cash expenditures by approximately $30.0 to $35.0
million.
The Company's cash flow provided by financing activities was $4.3 million
in the nine months ended December 26, 1999 compared to $1.2 million in the nine
months ended December 27, 1998. The increase in cash provided by financing
activities in the nine months ended December 26, 1999 was primarily due to
increases in proceeds from issuance of stock under employee stock plans.
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The Company believes that existing cash and cash equivalent balances, short
term investments, debt facilities and cash flows from operating activities will
provide the Company with sufficient funds to finance its operations for at least
the next 12 months.
FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS
Except for the historical information contained herein, the information in
this report constitutes forward-looking statements. When used in this report the
words "shall," "should," "forecast," "all of," "projected," "believes,"
"anticipates" "expects," and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. In addition, the Company may from time to time make
oral forward-looking statements. The Company wishes to caution readers that a
number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from
those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute
to such differences include those discussed below, as well as those discussed
above in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" or elsewhere in this report.
FLUCTUATIONS IN QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS
The Company has experienced, and expects to continue to experience,
fluctuations in sales and operating results from quarter to quarter. As a
result, the Company believes that period-to-period comparisons of its operating
results are not necessarily meaningful, and that such comparisons cannot be
relied upon as indicators of future performance. In addition, there can be no
assurance that the Company will maintain its current profitability in the
future. A significant portion of the Company's net revenues in each fiscal
quarter result from orders booked in that quarter. In the past, a significant
percentage of the Company's quarterly bookings and sales to major customers
occurred during the last month of the quarter, and there can be no assurance
that this trend will not return in the future. Orders placed by major customers
are typically based on their forecasted sales and inventory levels for the
Company's products. Changes in purchasing patterns by one or more of the
Company's major customers, customer order changes or rescheduling, gain or loss
of significant customers, customer policies pertaining to desired inventory
levels of the Company's products, negotiations of rebates and extended payment
terms, as well as changes in the ability of the Company to anticipate in advance
the mix of customer orders, could result in material fluctuations in quarterly
operating results. Certain large OEM customers may require the Company to
maintain higher levels of inventory, or field warehouses in an attempt to
minimize their own inventories. In addition, the Company must order its products
and build inventory substantially in advance of product shipments, and because
the markets for the Company's products are subject to rapid technological and
price changes, there is a risk the Company will forecast incorrectly and produce
excess or insufficient inventory of particular products. To the extent the
Company produces excess or insufficient inventory or is required to hold excess
inventory, the Company's operating results could be adversely affected.
Other factors that could cause the Company's sales and operating results to
vary significantly from period to period include: the time, availability and
sale of new products; seasonal OEM customer demand; changes in the mix of
products having differing gross margins; variations in manufacturing capacities,
efficiencies and costs; the availability and cost of components, including
silicon wafers; warranty expenses; variations in product development and other
operating expenses; adoption of new accounting pronouncements and/or changes in
Company policies and general economic and other conditions effecting the timing
of customer orders and capital spending. The Company's quarterly results of
operations are also influenced by competitive factors, including pricing and
availability of the Company's and its competitors' products. Although the
Company does not maintain its own wafer manufacturing facility, a large portion
of the Company's expenses is fixed and difficult to reduce in a short period of
time. If net revenues do not meet the Company's expectations, the Company's
fixed expenses would exacerbate the effect on net income of such shortfall in
net revenues. Furthermore, announcements by the Company, its competitors or
others regarding new products and technologies could cause customers to defer or
cancel purchases of the Company's products. Order deferrals by the Company's
customers, delays in the Company's introduction of new products and longer than
anticipated design-in cycles for the Company's products have in the past
adversely effected the Company's quarterly results of operations. Due to all of
the foregoing factors, as well as other unanticipated factors, it is
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likely that in some future quarter or quarters the Company's operating results
will be below the expectations of public market analysts or investors. In such
event, the price of the Company's common stock would likely be materially and
adversely affected.
DEPENDENCE ON SMALL NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS
A small number of customers account for a substantial portion of the
Company's net revenues, and the Company expects that a limited number of
customers will continue to represent a substantial portion of the Company's net
revenues for the foreseeable future. The loss of any of the Company's major
customers would have a material adverse effect on its business, financial
condition and results of operations. Some of these customers are based in the
Pacific Rim, which is subject to economic and political uncertainties. In
addition, a majority of the Company's customers order the Company's products
through written purchase orders as opposed to long-term supply contracts and,
therefore, such customers are generally not obligated to purchase products from
the Company for any extended period. Major customers also have significant
leverage over the Company and may attempt to change the terms, including
pricing, upon which the Company and such customers do business, which could
materially adversely effect the Company's business, financial condition and
results of operations. This risk is increased due to the potential for some of
these customers merging or acquiring other customers of the Company. As the
Company's OEM customers are pressured to reduce prices as a result of
competitive factors, the Company may be required to contractually commit to
price reductions for its products before it knows how, or if, cost reductions
can be obtained. If the Company is unable to achieve such cost reductions, the
Company's gross margins could decline and such decline could have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and results of
operations. In addition, the Company provides certain customers with price
protection in the event that the Company reduces the prices of its products.
While the Company maintains reserves for such price protection, there can be no
assurance that the impact of future price reductions by the Company will not
exceed the Company's reserves in any specific fiscal period. Any price
protection in excess of recorded reserves could have a material adverse effect
on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.
COMPETITION
The markets for both peripheral and host computer products are highly
competitive and are characterized by short product life cycles, price erosion,
rapidly changing technology, frequent product performance improvements and
evolving industry standards. Competition typically occurs at the design stage,
where the customer evaluates alternative design approaches. Because of shortened
product life cycles and even shorter design-in cycles, the Company's competitors
have increasingly frequent opportunities to achieve design wins in next
generation systems. A design win usually ensures a customer will purchase the
product until a higher performance standard is available or a competitor can
demonstrate a significant price/performance advantage. Most of the Company's
products compete with products available from several companies, many of which
have substantially greater research and development, long term guaranteed supply
capacity, marketing and financial resources, manufacturing capability and
customer support organizations than those of the Company. The Company believes
that its future operating results will depend, in part, upon its ability to
continue to improve product and process technologies and develop new
technologies in order to achieve or maintain the performance advantages of
products and processes relative to competitors, to adapt products and processes
to technological changes, and to identify and adopt emerging industry standards.
Because of the complexity of its products, the Company has experienced delays
from time to time in completing products on a timely basis. If the Company is
unable to design, develop and introduce competitive new products on a timely
basis, its future operating results would be materially and adversely affected.
The Company currently competes primarily with Texas Instruments, Adaptec,
Inc., LSI Logic, and Cirrus Logic in the SCSI sector of the I/O market. In the
Fibre Channel sector of the I/O market, the Company competes primarily with
Texas Instruments, Agilent Technologies, LSI Logic, Emulex Corporation, JNI
Corporation and Adaptec, Inc. In the IDE sector, the Company competes with
STMicroelectronics and Cirrus Logic, Inc. In the enclosure management sector,
the Company competes primarily with LSI Logic and Vitesse Semiconductor. The
Company may compete with some of its larger disk drive and computer systems
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customers, some of which have the capability to develop I/O controller
integrated circuits for use in their own products. At least one large OEM
customer in the past has decided to vertically integrate and has therefore
ceased purchases from the Company.
The Company will need to continue to develop products appropriate to its
markets to remain competitive as its competitors continue to introduce products
with improved performance characteristics. While the Company continues to devote
significant resources to research and development, there can be no assurance
that such efforts will be successful or that the Company will develop and
introduce new technology and products in a timely manner. Further, several of
the Company's competitors have greater resources devoted to securing
semiconductor foundry capacity (e.g. long-term agreements regarding supply flow,
equity or financing agreements or direct ownership of a foundry). In addition,
while relatively few competitors offer a full range of SCSI and other I/O
products, additional domestic and foreign manufacturers may increase their
presence in, and resources devoted to, these markets. There can be no assurance
that the Company will compete successfully in the future.
DEPENDENCE ON WAFER SUPPLIERS AND OTHER SUBCONTRACTORS
The Company currently relies on several independent foundries to
manufacture its semiconductor products either in finished form or wafer form.
Generally, the Company conducts business with some of its foundries through
written purchase orders as opposed to long-term supply contracts and, therefore,
such foundries are generally not obligated to supply products to the Company for
any specific period, in any specific quantity or at any specified price, except
as may be provided in a particular purchase order as may be accepted by a
foundry. To the extent a foundry terminates its relationship with the Company or
should the Company's supply from a foundry be interrupted or terminated for any
other reason, the Company may not have a sufficient amount of time to replace
the supply of products manufactured by that foundry. Historically, there have
been periods when there has been a worldwide shortage of advanced process
technology foundry capacity. The manufacture of semiconductor devices is subject
to a wide variety of factors, including the availability of raw materials, the
level of contaminants in the manufacturing environment, impurities in the
materials used, and the performance of personnel and equipment. The Company is
continuously evaluating potential new sources of supply. However, the
qualification process and the production ramp-up for additional foundries has in
the past taken, and could in the future take, longer than anticipated. There can
be no assurance that new supply sources will be able or willing to satisfy the
Company's wafer requirements on a timely basis or at acceptable quality or unit
prices. While the quality, yield and timeliness of wafer deliveries to date have
been acceptable, there can be no assurance that manufacturing yield problems
will not occur in the future.
The Company is using multiple sources of supply for certain of its
products, which may require the Company's customers to perform separate product
qualifications. The Company has not, however, developed alternate sources of
supply for certain other products and its newly introduced products are
typically produced initially by a single foundry until alternate sources can be
qualified. In particular, the Company's integrated single chip Fibre Channel
controller is manufactured by LSI Logic and integrates LSI Logic's transceiver
technology. In the event that LSI Logic is unable or unwilling to satisfy the
Company's requirements for this technology, the Company's marketing efforts
related to Fibre Channel products would be delayed and, as such, its results of
operations could be materially and adversely effected. The requirement that a
customer perform separate product qualifications or a customer's inability to
obtain a sufficient supply of products from the Company may cause that customer
to satisfy its product requirements from the Company's competitors, which would
adversely affect the Company's results of operations.
The Company's ability to obtain satisfactory wafer and other supplies is
subject to a number of other risks. These risks include that the Company's
suppliers may be subject to injunctions arising from alleged violations of third
party intellectual property rights. The enforcement of such an injunction could
impede a supplier's ability to provide wafers, components or packaging services
to the Company. In addition, the Company's flexibility to move production of any
particular product from one foundry to another can be limited in that such a
move can require significant re-engineering, which may take several quarters.
These efforts also divert engineering resources which otherwise could be
dedicated to new product development, which would adversely affect new product
development schedules. Accordingly, production may be constrained even
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though capacity is available at one or more foundries. In addition, the Company
could encounter supply shortages if sales grow substantially. The Company uses
domestic and offshore subcontractors for die assembly of its semiconductor
products purchased in wafer form, and for assembly of its host adapter board
products. The Company's reliance on independent subcontractors to provide these
services involves a number of risks, including the absence of guaranteed
capacity and reduced control over delivery schedules, quality assurance and
costs. The Company is also subject to the risks of shortages and increases in
the cost of raw materials used in the manufacture or assembly of the Company's
products. In addition, the Company may receive orders for large volumes of
products to be shipped within short periods, and the Company may not have
sufficient testing capacity to fill such orders. Constraints or delays in the
supply of the Company's products, whether because of capacity constraints,
unexpected disruptions at the Company's foundries or subcontractors, delays in
obtaining additional production at the existing foundries or in obtaining
production from new foundries, shortages of raw materials or other reasons,
could result in the loss of customers and other material adverse effects on the
Company's operating results, including those that may result should the Company
be forced to purchase products from higher cost foundries or pay expediting
charges to obtain additional supply.
TRANSACTIONS TO OBTAIN MANUFACTURING CAPACITY; FUTURE CAPITAL NEEDS
The Company is not currently experiencing any difficulties in obtaining
sufficient foundry capacity due to the current availability of worldwide
semiconductor fabrication capacity. However, the Company and the semiconductor
industry have, in the past, experienced shortages of available foundry capacity.
Accordingly, in order to secure an adequate supply of wafers, especially wafers
manufactured using advanced process technologies, the Company may consider
various possible transactions, including the use of "take or pay" contracts that
commit the Company to purchase specified quantities of wafers over extended
periods or equity investments in, or advances to, wafer manufacturing companies
in exchange for guaranteed production capacity, or the formation of joint
ventures to own and operate or construct foundries or to develop certain
products. Any of these transactions would involve financial risk to the Company
and could require the Company to commit substantial capital or provide
technology licenses in return for guaranteed production capacity. The need to
commit substantial capital may require the Company to seek additional equity or
debt financing. The sale or issuance of additional equity or convertible debt
securities could result in dilution to the Company's stockholders. There can be
no assurance that such additional financing, if required, will be available on
terms acceptable to the Company.
RELIANCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER AND COMPUTER PERIPHERAL MARKET
A significant portion of the Company's host adapter board products and hard
disk drive controller products are ultimately used in high-performance file
servers, workstations and other office automation products. The Company's growth
has been supported by increasing demand for sophisticated I/O solutions which
support database systems, servers, workstations, Internet/Intranet applications,
multimedia and telecommunications. Should there be a slowing in the growth of
demand for such systems, the Company's business, financial condition and results
of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
As a supplier of controller products to manufacturers of computer
peripherals such as disk drives and other data storage devices, a portion of the
Company's business is dependent on the overall market for computer peripherals.
This market, which itself is dependent on the market for computers, has
historically been characterized by periods of rapid growth followed by periods
of oversupply and contraction. As a result, suppliers to the computer
peripherals industry from time to time experience large and sudden fluctuations
in demand for their products as their customers adjust to changing conditions in
their markets. If these fluctuations are not accurately anticipated, such
suppliers, including the Company, could produce excessive or insufficient
inventories of various components, which could have a material adverse effect on
the Company's business, financial condition, and results of operations.
RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; DEPENDENCE ON NEW PRODUCTS; INDUSTRY STANDARDS
The markets in which the Company and its competitors compete are
characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and
continuing improvements in products and services. The
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Company's future success depends on its ability to enhance its current products
and to develop and introduce in a timely manner new products that keep pace with
technological developments and industry standards, compete effectively on the
basis of price and performance, adequately address OEM customer and end-user
customer requirements and achieve market acceptance. The Company believes that
to remain competitive in the future it will need to continue to develop new
products, which will require the investment of significant financial resources
in new product development. In anticipation of the implementation of Fibre
Channel data transfer interface technologies, the Company has invested, and will
continue to invest, significant resources in developing its integrated circuit
single chip PCI to Fibre Channel controllers. There can be no assurance that
Fibre Channel will be adopted as a predominant industry standard. The Company is
aware of products for alternative I/O standards and enabling technologies being
developed by its competitors. The Company believes that certain competitors,
including Adaptec, Inc., have extensive development efforts related to products
based on new parallel SCSI I/O technology. There can be no assurance that such
technology will not be adopted as an industry standard and if an alternative
standard is adopted, there can be no assurance the Company will timely develop
products for such standard. Further, even if Fibre Channel is adopted, there can
be no assurance that the Company's integrated PCI to Fibre Channel controller
will be fully developed in time to be accepted for use in Fibre Channel
technology or that, if developed, will achieve market acceptance, or be capable
of being manufactured at competitive prices in sufficient volumes. In the event
that Fibre Channel is not adopted as an industry standard, or that the Company's
integrated circuit PCI to Fibre Channel controllers are not timely developed or
do not gain market acceptance, the Company's business, financial condition and
results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
The computer industry is characterized by various standards and protocols
that evolve with time. The Company's current products are designed to conform to
certain industry standards and protocols such as IDE, SCSI, Ultra SCSI, Ultra2
SCSI, Ultra3 SCSI and PCI. In addition, the Company's Fibre Channel products
have been designed to conform to a standard that has yet to be uniformly
adopted. The Company's products must be designed to operate effectively with a
variety of hardware and software products supplied by other manufacturers,
including microprocessors, operating system software and peripherals. The
Company depends on significant cooperation with these manufacturers in order to
achieve its design objectives and produce products that interoperate
successfully. While the Company believes that it generally has good
relationships with leading microprocessor, systems and peripheral suppliers,
there can be no assurance that such suppliers will not from time to time make it
more difficult for the Company to design its products for successful
interoperability. If industry acceptance of these standards was to decline or if
they were replaced with new standards, and if the Company did not anticipate
these changes and develop new products, the Company's business, financial
condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
The Company could experience delays in product development that are common
in the computer and semiconductor industry. Significant delays in product
development and release would adversely effect the Company's business, financial
condition and results of operations. There can be no assurance that the Company
will respond effectively to technological changes, new product announcements by
other companies or that the Company's research and development efforts will be
successful. Furthermore, introduction of new products and moving production of
existing products to different suppliers involves substantial business risks
because of the possibility of product "bugs" or performance problems, in which
event the Company could experience significant product returns, warranty
expenses and expedite charges, in addition to lower sales and lower profits.
IDENTIFICATION AND INTEGRATION OF ACQUISITIONS
The Company anticipates that its future growth may depend in part on its
ability to identify and acquire complementary businesses, technologies or
product lines that are compatible with those of the Company. Acquisitions
involve numerous risks, including uncertainties in identifying and pursuing
acquisitions, difficulties in the assimilation of the operations, technologies
and products of the acquired companies, the diversion of management's attention
from other business concerns, risks associated with entering markets or
conducting operations with which the Company has no or limited direct prior
experience, the potential loss of current customers and/or retention of the
acquired company's customers and the potential loss of key employees of
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the acquired company. Moreover, there can be no assurance that the anticipated
benefits of an acquisition will be realized. There can be no assurance that the
Company will be effective in identifying and effecting attractive acquisitions,
assimilating acquisitions or managing future growth. Future acquisitions by the
Company could result in potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities,
incurring debt and contingent liabilities and amortization expenses related to
goodwill and other intangible assets, all of which could materially adversely
affect the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations or
stock price. With respect to recording future business combinations the FASB has
announced it may abolish the pooling-of-interests accounting treatment. The
standard, as currently proposed would affect transactions after January 1, 2001.
If the FASB does eliminate pooling-of-interests accounting treatment, the
Company's ability to consummate a business combination without incurring
goodwill would be adversely affected.
DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL
The Company's future success is highly dependent on the continued services
of its key engineering, sales, marketing and executive personnel, including
highly skilled semiconductor design personnel and software developers, and its
ability to identify and hire additional personnel. The loss of the services of
key personnel could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
financial condition and results of operations. The Company believes that the
market for key personnel in the industries in which it competes is highly
competitive. In particular, periodically the Company has experienced difficulty
in attracting and retaining qualified engineers and other technical personnel
and anticipates that competition for such personnel will increase in the future.
There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to attract and retain
key personnel with the skills and expertise necessary to develop new products in
the future, or to manage the Company's business, both in the United States and
abroad.
RISKS OF DOING BUSINESS IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
The Company expects that export revenues will continue to account for a
significant percentage of the Company's net revenues for the foreseeable future.
As a result, the Company is subject to several risks, which include: a greater
difficulty of administering its business globally; compliance with multiple and
potentially conflicting regulatory requirements, such as export requirements,
tariffs and other barriers; differences in intellectual property protections;
difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations; potentially longer
accounts receivable cycles; currency fluctuations; export control restrictions;
overlapping or differing tax structures; political and economic instability; and
general trade restrictions. A significant amount of the Company's customers and
suppliers are located in Japan. Recently, the Asian markets have suffered
property price deflation. This asset deflation has taken place especially in
countries that have had a collapse in both their currency and stock markets.
These deflationary pressures have reduced liquidity in the banking systems of
the affected countries and, when coupled with spare industrial production
capacity, could lead to widespread financial difficulty among the companies in
this region. The Company's export sales are invoiced in U.S. dollars and,
accordingly, if the relative value of the U.S. dollar in comparison to the
currency of the Company's foreign customers should increase, the resulting
effective price increase of the Company's products to such foreign customers
could result in decreased sales. There can be no assurance that any of the
foregoing factors will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations.
LACK OF SIGNIFICANT PATENT PROTECTION; INFRINGEMENT RISKS
Although the Company has patent protection on certain aspects of its
technology in certain jurisdictions, it relies primarily on trade secrets,
copyrights and contractual provisions to protect its proprietary rights. There
can be no assurance that these protections will be adequate to protect its
proprietary rights, that others will not independently develop or otherwise
acquire equivalent or superior technology or that the Company can maintain such
technology as trade secrets. There also can be no assurance that any patents the
Company possesses will not be invalidated, circumvented or challenged. In
addition, the laws of certain countries in which the Company's products are or
may be developed, manufactured or sold, including various countries in Asia, may
not protect the Company's products and intellectual property rights to the same
extent as the laws
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of the United States or at all. The failure of the Company to protect its
intellectual property rights could have a material adverse effect on the
Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.
The Company has experienced intellectual property claims being made against
it in the past. There can be no assurance that patent or other intellectual
property infringement claims will not be asserted against the Company or its
suppliers in the future. Although patent and intellectual property disputes may
be settled through licensing or similar arrangements, costs associated with such
arrangements may be substantial and there can be no assurance that necessary
licenses or similar arrangements would be available to the Company on
satisfactory terms or at all. Accordingly, an adverse determination in a
judicial or administrative proceeding or failure to obtain necessary licenses
could prevent the Company from manufacturing and selling certain of its
products, which would have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
financial condition and results of operations. In addition, should the Company
decide to, or be forced to, litigate such claims, such litigation could be
expensive and time consuming, could divert management's attention from other
matters or could otherwise have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations, regardless of the
outcome of the litigation. The Company's supply of wafers and other components
can also be interrupted by intellectual property infringement claims against its
suppliers.
YEAR 2000
The information provided below constitutes a "Year 2000 Readiness
Disclosure" for purposes of the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure
Act.
Many existing computer systems and applications, and other control devices,
use only two digits to identify a year in the date field, without considering
the impact of the upcoming change in the century. As a result, such systems and
applications could fail or create erroneous results unless corrected so that
they can process data related to the year 2000 and beyond. The Company relies on
its systems, applications and devices in operating and monitoring all major
aspects of its business, including financial systems, customer services,
infrastructure, embedded computer chips, networks and telecommunications
equipment and products. The Company has initially assessed how it may be
impacted by Year 2000 and has formulated and commenced implementation of a
comprehensive plan to address certain aspects of the Year 2000 problem. The
potential impacts to the Company identified by the plan include internal
information technology ("IT") systems, internal non-IT systems, including
embedded technology, the Company's products, and the readiness of significant
third parties with whom the Company has material relationships.
Internal IT Systems. The Company has formed a Year 2000 committee that
oversees the Company's Year 2000 readiness activities. The Year 2000 committee
has executive sponsorship and periodically reports status to the Audit Committee
of the Board of Directors. The Year 2000 committee is charged with raising
awareness throughout the Company, developing tools and methodologies for
internally addressing the Year 2000 issue, developing and monitoring plans to
bring non-compliant applications and infrastructure into compliance and
identifying and resolving high-risk Year 2000 issues.
The Company has addressed Year 2000 issues in a phased approach consisting
of the following phases: (1) assessment, (2) planning, (3) preparation and (4)
implementation. The assessment phase consists of taking an inventory of the
Company's internal IT and non-IT systems and assessing risk, identifying
potential solutions and estimating repair or remediation costs. The planning
phase consists of identifying tasks to ensure Year 2000 readiness, identifying
mission-critical applications and infrastructure, and coordinating testing dates
and remediation timing. The third phase, preparation, includes coordinating the
remediation process; and the implementation phase involves testing, repair
and/or replacement of non-compliant applications and infrastructure. The
implementation phase was concluded with establishing contingency plans for the
Company's mission-critical systems and infrastructure. The Company has completed
testing and remediation efforts for its critical and non-critical information
systems. There were no information system interruptions experienced by the
Company relating to the date change to 2000.
Internal Non-IT Systems. The Company's non-IT systems include, but are not
limited to, those systems that are not commonly thought of as IT systems, such
as telephone and voice mail systems, building access and security systems,
facility environmental systems and other equipment with embedded technology. The
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Company has completed remediation efforts for its internal non-IT systems and
did not experience any non-IT system interruptions relating to the date change
to 2000.
Products. The Company's products include I/O and enclosure management
semiconductors as well as I/O host bus adapter products. The Company has
completed an assessment of its products and has determined they do not contain
date-specific functions that would be impacted by the change in the century.
Material Third-Party Relationships. The Company's material third-party
suppliers include key suppliers, contract manufacturers, vendors and business
partners. The process for evaluating third-party risk included the following
steps: (1) distribution of an initial readiness assessment, (2) if necessary, a
comprehensive risk assessment combined with telephone or on-site interviews, and
(3) preparing contingency plans based on the assessed risk for each third-party
relationship. The Company has received responses from its initial readiness
assessment and has collected secondary assessments and conducted necessary
interviews. The Company relies upon the Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures of these
third parties. The Company assessment and interview phase is complete, and
contingency plans have been finalized. The Company has not experienced any
material third-party supply interruptions specifically relating to the Year
2000, however, there can be no assurance that a third-party supplier or
suppliers may not delay shipments relating to their Year 2000 interruptions.
The Company currently estimates that the costs associated with Year 2000
compliance should not have a material adverse effect on the results of
operations or financial position of the Company in any given year. Historical
amounts spent on assessment, planning, preparation and implementation have not
been material to the results of operations.
VOLATILITY OF STOCK PRICE
The market price of the common stock has fluctuated substantially, and
there can be no assurance that such volatility will not continue. Future
announcements concerning the Company or its competitors or customers, quarterly
variations in operating results, the introduction of new products or changes in
product pricing policies by the Company or its competitors, conditions in the
semiconductor industry, changes in earnings estimates by analysts, market
conditions for high technology stocks in general, and the potential for a
shareholder lawsuit, or changes in accounting policies, among other factors,
could cause the market price of the common stock to fluctuate substantially. In
addition, stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume volatility in
recent years and stock prices of technology companies have been especially
volatile. This volatility has had a substantial effect on the market prices of
securities of many smaller public companies for reasons frequently unrelated to
the operating performance of the specific companies. These broad market
fluctuations could adversely affect the market price of the Company's common
stock.
POTENTIAL EFFECT OF ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISIONS
Pursuant to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, the Board of Directors is authorized to approve the issuance of shares
of currently undesignated preferred stock, to determine the price, powers,
preferences and rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions
granted to or imposed on any unissued series of the preferred stock, and to fix
the number of shares constituting any such series and the designation of such
series, without any vote or future action by the stockholders. Pursuant to this
authority, the Board of Directors adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan and declared
a dividend of one preferred stock purchase right for each outstanding share of
the Company's common stock. Concurrently with the February 1999 two-for-one
stock split, each "post-split" share was adjusted to carry one-half-right per
share of common stock. Concurrently with the July 1999 two-for-one stock split,
each "post-split" share was adjusted to carry one-quarter-right per share of
common stock. Concurrent with the February 2000 two-for-one stock split, each
"post-split" share will be adjusted to carry one-eighth-right per share of
common stock. The Shareholder Rights Plan, the undesignated preferred stock and
certain provisions of the Delaware law may have the effect of delaying,
deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company, may discourage bids
for the Company's common stock at a premium over the market price of the common
stock and may adversely affect the market price of the common stock.
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FACILITIES
The Company currently occupies a 97,000 square foot facility in Costa Mesa,
California containing its corporate, principle product development, and sales
personnel. QLogic has entered into a ten-year lease agreement to relocate its
operations to a 165,000 square foot facility in Aliso Viejo, California. As of
December 26, 1999, the Company's operations department has been relocated to
Aliso Viejo occupying one of the facility's three buildings. The remainder of
the Company is scheduled to complete the relocation by the end of February 2000.
There can be no assurance the Company will continue to grow and fully utilize
its expanded facility. As a result, the Company may incur additional costs
associated with carrying facility expansion capabilities, which could adversely
impact future earnings. Additionally, the Company will experience additional
costs associated with the relocation, which may adversely impact future
earnings. The Company may experience an adverse impact to future earnings due to
loss of management focus or business interruption related to issues surrounding
the relocation of operations, or if construction of the facility is not
completed in a timely manner.
The Company's current headquarters in Costa Mesa, California and the future
site in Aliso Viejo, California are located near major earthquake faults. The
Company is not specifically insured for earthquakes, or other such natural
disasters. Any personal injury or damage to the facilities as a result of such
occurrences could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
results of operations and financial condition.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES
(a) Effective February 8, 2000, the Registrant's Common Stock was split in
a two-for-one stock split effected by a stock dividend with a record date of
February 2, 2000.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Item 2.(a) is incorporated herein by this reference.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Exhibits
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2.1 Distribution Agreement dated as of January 24, 1994 among
Emulex Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Emulex
Corporation, a California Corporation and QLogic
Corporation.(1)
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Emulex Micro Devices
Corporation, dated November 13, 1992.(1)
3.2 EMD Incorporation Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1993.(1)
3.3 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation,
dated May 26, 1993.(1)
3.4 By-Laws of QLogic Corporation.(1)
3.5 Amendments to By-Laws of Qlogic Corporation.(4)
3.6 Certificate of Amendment of Certification of Incorporation,
dated February 15, 1999.(9)
3.7 Certificate of Amendment of Certification of Incorporation,
dated January 5, 2000.
10.1 Form of QLogic Corporation Non-Employee Director Stock
Option Plan.*(1)
10.1.1 Form of QLogic Corporation Non-Employee Director Stock
Option Plan, as amended.*(9)
10.2 Form of QLogic Corporation Stocks Awards Plan.*(1)
10.2.1 Form of QLogic Corporation Stocks Awards Plan, as
amended.*(9)
10.3 Form of Tax Sharing Agreement among Emulex Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, Emulex Corporation, a California
corporation, and Qlogic Corporation.(1)
10.4 Administrative Services Agreement, dated as of February 21,
1993, among Emulex Corporation, a California corporation,
Emulex Corporation, a Delaware corporation and QLogic
Corporation.(1)
10.5 Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement, dated as of January
24, 1994, among Emulex Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
Emulex Corporation, a California corporation, and QLogic
Corporation.(1)
10.6 Form of Assignment, Assumption and Consent Re: Lease among
Emulex Corporation, a California corporation, QLogic
Corporation and C.J. Segerstrom & Sons, a general
partnership.(1)
10.7 Intellectual Property Assignment and Licensing Agreement,
dated as of January 24, 1994, between Emulex Corporation, a
California Corporation, and QLogic Corporation.(1)
10.8 Form of QLogic Corporation Savings Plan.*(1)
10.9 Form of QLogic Corporation Savings Plan Trust.*(1)
10.10 Loan and Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank.(7)
10.11 Form of Indemnification Agreement between QLogic Corporation
and Directors.(3)
10.12 Supplement to Tax Sharing Agreement, dated June 2, 1995,
between QLogic Corporation and Emulex Corporation.(3)
10.13 Industrial Lease Agreement between the Registrant, as
lessee, and AEW/Parker South, LLC, as lessor.(8)
10.14 Press release related to February 22, 1999 stock split.(8)
10.15 Form QLogic Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.(9)
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10.16 Loan and Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank.(10)
10.17 Press release related to July 30, 1999 stock split.(10)
10.18 Press release related to February 7, 2000 stock split.
10.19 Press release related to February 7, 2000 stock split.
21.1 Subsidiaries of the Registrant.(10)
27 Financial Data Schedule
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(1) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 10 filed January 28, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference.
(2) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended April 3, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference.
(3) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended April 2, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference.
(4) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended March 31, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference.
(5) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed June 19, 1996, and incorporated herein by reference.
(6) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A/A filed November 25, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference.
(7) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 28, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
(8) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended December 27, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
(9) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended March 28, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference.
(10) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 27, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
incorporated herein by reference
* Compensation plan, contract or arrangement required to be filed as an
exhibit pursuant to applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
The Registrant has not filed any reports on Form 8-K during the quarter for
which this report is filed.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
QLOGIC CORPORATION
Date: February 9, 2000 By: /s/ H. K. DESAI
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H. K. Desai
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and President
By: /s/ THOMAS R. ANDERSON
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Thomas R. Anderson
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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2.1 Distribution Agreement dated as of January 24, 1994 among
Emulex Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Emulex
Corporation, a California Corporation and Qlogic
Corporation.(1)
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Emulex Micro Devices
Corporation, dated November 13, 1992.(1)
3.2 EMD Incorporation Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1993.(1)
3.3 Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation,
dated May 26, 1993.(1)
3.4 By-Laws of QLogic Corporation.(1)
3.5 Amendments to By-Laws of Qlogic Corporation.(4)
3.6 Certificate of Amendment of Certification of Incorporation,
dated February 15, 1999.(9)
3.7 Certificate of Amendment of Certification of Incorporation,
dated January 5, 2000.
10.1 Form of QLogic Corporation Non-Employee Director Stock
Option Plan.*(1)
10.1.1 Form of QLogic Corporation Non-Employee Director Stock
Option Plan, as amended.*(9)
10.2 Form of QLogic Corporation Stocks Awards Plan.*(1)
10.2.1 Form of QLogic Corporation Stocks Awards Plan, as
amended.*(9)
10.3 Form of Tax Sharing Agreement among Emulex Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, Emulex Corporation, a California
corporation, and Qlogic Corporation.(1)
10.4 Administrative Services Agreement, dated as of February 21,
1993, among Emulex Corporation, a California corporation,
Emulex Corporation, a Delaware corporation and QLogic
Corporation.(1)
10.5 Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement, dated as of January
24, 1994, among Emulex Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
Emulex Corporation, a California corporation, and QLogic
Corporation.(1)
10.6 Form of Assignment, Assumption and Consent Re: Lease among
Emulex Corporation, a California corporation, QLogic
Corporation and C.J. Segerstrom & Sons, a general
partnership.(1)
10.7 Intellectual Property Assignment and Licensing Agreement,
dated as of January 24, 1994, between Emulex Corporation, a
California Corporation, and QLogic Corporation.(1)
10.8 Form of QLogic Corporation Savings Plan.*(1)
10.9 Form of QLogic Corporation Savings Plan Trust.*(1)
10.10 Loan and Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank.(7)
10.11 Form of Indemnification Agreement between QLogic Corporation
and Directors.(3)
10.12 Supplement to Tax Sharing Agreement, dated June 2, 1995,
between QLogic Corporation and Emulex Corporation.(3)
10.13 Industrial Lease Agreement between the Registrant, as
lessee, and AEW/Parker South, LLC, as lessor.(8)
10.14 Press release related to February 22, 1999 stock split.(8)
10.15 Form QLogic Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.(9)
10.16 Loan and Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank.(10)
10.17 Press release related to July 30, 1999 stock split.(10)
10.18 Press release related to February 7, 2000 stock split.
10.19 Press release related to February 7, 2000 stock split.
21.1 Subsidiaries of the Registrant.(10)
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(1) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 10 filed January 28, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference.
(2) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended April 3, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference.
(3) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended April 2, 1995 and incorporated herein by reference.
(4) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended March 31, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference.
(5) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed June 19, 1996, and incorporated herein by reference.
(6) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A/A filed November 25, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference.
(7) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 28, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
(8) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended December 27,1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
(9) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended March 28, 1999 an incorporated herein by reference.
(10) Previously filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 27, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
* Compensation plan, contract or arrangement required to be filed as an
exhibit pursuant to applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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EXHIBIT 3.7
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
QLOGIC CORPORATION,
A DELAWARE CORPORATION
(Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware)
QLogic Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under and by
virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
"Corporation"), through its duly authorized officer and by authority of its
Board of Directors, does hereby certify:
(1) In accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, at a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Corporation held on June 25, 1999, a resolution was duly adopted setting
forth a proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation, declaring said amendment to be advisable and directing that said
amendment be submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for consideration
thereof at the next annual meeting of the stockholders. The resolution setting
forth the proposed amendment is as follows:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the second and third
sentences of the first paragraph of ARTICLE IV: "Authorized Capital
Stock," of this Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation be amended
and restated to read in their entirety as follows:
"The amount of total authorized capital stock of the
corporation is 151,000,000 shares, divided into 150,000,000
shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and
1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per
share. Upon the filing of this Certificate of Amendment of
Certificate of Incorporation, the par value per share of each
authorized share of the corporation's Common Stock and
Preferred Stock, respectively, shall automatically and without
any action on the part of respective holders thereof be and
become reclassified as Common Stock and Preferred Stock,
respectively, par value $0.001 per share."
(2) That thereafter, pursuant to resolution of its Board of Directors,
in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, the Corporation's stockholders approved the foregoing amendment by the
necessary number of shares of capital stock of the corporation, as required by
statute and by the Certificate of Incorporation, at the annual meeting of
stockholders held September 28, 1999, which was held upon notice in accordance
with Section 222 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(3) That said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the
provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of
Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by Thomas R. Anderson,
its duly authorized officer, this 4th day of January, 2000.
QLOGIC CORPORATION
By: /s/ Thomas R. Anderson
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Thomas R. Anderson, Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT 10.18
EDITOR'S CONTACT:
Thomas R. Anderson Michael R. Manning
Vice President, CFO Secretary & Treasurer
QLogic Corporation QLogic Corporation
Phone: 714/668-5092 Phone: 714/668-5344
Fax: 714/668-5090 Fax: 714/668-5090
QLOGIC CORPORATION ANNOUNCES 2-FOR-1 STOCK SPLIT
Costa Mesa, Calif., January 19, 2000 -- QLogic Corporation (Nasdaq:QLGC),
a leading designer and supplier of semiconductor and board-level, input/output
(I/O) and enclosure management products, announced today that its Board of
Directors approved a two-for-one stock split of the Company's issued and
outstanding common stock to be effected by way of a stock dividend. On the
ex-dividend date of February 9, 2000, stockholders will be entitled to receive
one additional share for every share they own on the record date of February 2,
2000. Following the effective date of the split, QLogic will have approximately
73 million shares outstanding. This action will be the third time that QLogic's
stock has been split since the Company's stock commenced public trading.
Previous two-for-one stock splits occurred in February 1999 and August 1999.
QLogic Corporation is a leading designer and supplier of semiconductor and
board-level I/O (input/output) and enclosure management products. The Company's
products provide high-performance interface connections between computer systems
and their attached data storage peripherals, such as hard disk drives, tape
drives and RAID subsystems. In addition, QLogic provides enclosure management
products that monitor and communicate management information related to
components that are critical to computer system and storage subsystem
reliability and availability. QLogic's highly integrated, fully featured
solutions are targeted at the computer system, storage device and storage
subsystem marketplaces. The Company believes that its I/O and enclosure
management solutions encompass one of the industry's broadest ranges of Fibre
Channel and SCSI technologies, and offer OEM customers a simple, low risk
migration path between technologies.
With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above
include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The
Company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. Those factors include uncertainties concerning the identification
and integration of appropriate technology acquisitions and new technical
personnel; new and changing technologies and uncertain customer acceptance of
those technologies; a change in semiconductor foundry capacity or conditions;
fluctuations in the growth of I/O markets; fluctuations or cancellations in
orders from OEM customers; the Company's ability to compete effectively with
other companies; cancellation of OEM products associated with design wins; and
reductions in the need for space and increased costs of operations due to
facility relocation. Carrying additional expansion space may increase costs and
adversely impact future earnings. These and other factors which could cause
actual results to differ materially are also discussed in the company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on
Form S-3, Form 10-K, and Form 10-Q. Trademarks and registered trademarks are the
property of the companies with which they are associated.
More information on QLogic is available from the Company's SEC
filings. Contact QLogic Corporation, 3545 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
Sales 800/662-4471. Corporate 714/438-2200. World Wide Web
http://www.qlc.com.
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EXHIBIT 10.19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EDITOR'S CONTACT:
Thomas R. Anderson Michael R. Manning
Vice President, CFO Secretary & Treasurer
QLogic Corporation QLogic Corporation
Phone: 714/668-5092 Phone: 714/668-5344
Fax: 714/668-5090 Fax: 714/668-5090
QLOGIC CORPORATION CONFIRMS 2-FOR-1 STOCK SPLIT
Costa Mesa, Calif., January 20, 2000 - QLogic Corporation
(Nasdaq:QLGC), a leading designer and supplier of semiconductor and board-level,
input/output (I/O) and enclosure management products, confirmed today that its
Board of Directors approved a two-for-one split of the Company's issued and
outstanding common stock to be effected by way of a stock dividend. The payable
date for the stock dividend will be February 8, 2000, payable to stockholders of
record on February 2, 2000.
The Company's products provide high-performance interface connections
between computer systems and their attached data storage peripherals, such as
hard disk drives, tape drives and RAID subsystems. In addition, QLogic provides
enclosure management products that monitor and communicate management
information related to components that are critical to computer system and
storage subsystem reliability and availability. QLogic's highly integrated,
fully featured solutions are targeted at the computer system, storage device and
storage subsystem marketplaces. The Company believes that its I/O and enclosure
management solutions encompass one of the industry's broadest ranges of Fibre
Channel and SCSI technologies, and offer OEM customers a simple, low risk
migration path between technologies.
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With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth
above include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
The Company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. Those factors include uncertainties concerning the identification
and integration of appropriate technology acquisitions and new technical
personnel; new and changing technologies and uncertain customer acceptance of
those technologies; a change in semiconductor foundry capacity or conditions;
fluctuations in the growth of I/O markets; fluctuations or cancellations in
orders from OEM customers; the Company's ability to compete effectively with
other companies; cancellation of OEM products associated with design wins; and
reductions in the need for space and increased costs of operations due to
facility relocation. Carrying additional expansion space may increase costs and
adversely impact future earnings. These and other factors which could cause
actual results to differ materially are also discussed in the company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on
Form S-3, Form 10-K, and Form 10-Q. Trademarks and registered trademarks are the
property of the companies with which they are associated.
More information on QLogic is available from the Company's SEC filings.
Contact QLogic Corporation, 3545 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
Sales 800/662-4471. Corporate 714/438-2200. World Wide Web http://www.qlc.com.
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