Use of Non-GAAP Information
We believe the financial figures we include that are not presented in accordance with GAAP assist investors in understanding our business and operating results. This information is intended to provide investors with useful supplemental data regarding the underlying economics of our business operations because operating results presented under GAAP may include charges that are nonrecurring or not necessarily relevant to ongoing operations, or are difficult to forecast for future periods. The Company’s management evaluates and makes operating decisions about its business operations primarily based on revenue and the core costs of those business operations. Management believes that goodwill impairment charges, valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, restructuring charges, acquisition-related charges and stock-based compensation are not part of its core business operations. Therefore, management presents non-GAAP financial measures, along with GAAP measures, in this earnings release by excluding these items from the period expenses. The income statement line items involved in the adjustment from GAAP to non-GAAP presentation in this earnings release are goodwill impairment charges, valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, restructuring charges, acquisition-related charges, and stock-based compensation that are included in cost of revenues, research and development, general and administrative and sales and marketing expenses. To determine our non-GAAP tax provision, the Company recalculates tax based on non-GAAP income before taxes and adjusts accordingly.
For each such non-GAAP measure, the adjustment provides management with information about the Company’s underlying operating performance that enables a more meaningful comparison of our finance results in different reporting periods. For example, since the Company does not acquire businesses on a predictable cycle, management excludes acquisition-related charges in order to provide a more consistent and meaningful evaluation of the Company’s operating expenses. Management also excludes goodwill impairment, valuation allowance on deferred tax assets and restructuring charges as these are non-recurring charges which are not expected to occur on a regular basis. Management also excludes the impact of stock-based compensation to help it compare current period operating expenses against the operating expenses for prior periods. In addition, the availability of non-GAAP information helps management track actual performance relative to financial targets. This information also helps investors compare the Company’s performance with other companies in the industry, which use similar financial measures to supplement their GAAP financial information.
Management recognizes that the use of these non-GAAP measures has limitations, including the fact that management must exercise judgment in determining which types of charges should be excluded from the non-GAAP financial information. Management believes that providing this non-GAAP financial information, in addition to GAAP information, facilitates consistent comparison of the Company’s financial performance over time. The Company has historically provided non-GAAP information to the investment community, not as an alternative but as an important supplement to GAAP information, to enable investors to evaluate the Company’s core operating performance in the way that management does.
Our non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be performance measures that should be regarded as alternatives to, or more meaningful than, our GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as they do not include all items of income and expense that affect our operations, and accordingly should always be considered as supplemental to our financial results presented in accordance with GAAP.
Conference Call
Virage Logic's management will hold a teleconference on third quarter fiscal 2009 results at 1:30 p.m. PACIFIC / 4:30 p.m. EASTERN today, July 29, 2009. Participants can access the call by dialing (877) 941-8631 (domestic) or (480) 629-9820 (international) or can listen via a live Internet webcast, which can be found on the Investor Relations page of the Virage Logic website at www.viragelogic.com. A replay of the call will be available at (800) 406-7325 (domestic) or (303) 590-3030 (international), access number 4117030 through August 3, 2009; and the webcast can be accessed at www.viragelogic.com for 30 days.
About Virage Logic
Virage Logic is a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. The Company’s highly differentiated product portfolio includes embedded SRAMs, embedded NVMs, embedded memory test and repair, logic libraries, memory development software, and interface IP solutions. As the industry’s trusted semiconductor IP partner, foundries, IDMs and fabless customers rely on Virage Logic to achieve higher performance, lower power, higher density and optimal yield, as well as shorten time-to-market and time-to-volume. For further information, visit www.viragelogic.com.
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historical fact, are forward-looking statements, including, for example,
statements relating to company trends, business outlook and technology
leadership. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of
known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which might cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
statements. These risks and uncertainties include Virage Logic’s
ability to improve its operations; its ability to forecast its business,
including its revenue, income and order flow outlook; Virage Logic’s
ability to execute on its strategy; Virage Logic’s ability to continue
to develop new products and maintain and develop new relationships with
third-party foundries and integrated device manufacturers; adoption of
Virage Logic’s technologies by semiconductor companies and increases or
fluctuations in the demand for their products; the company’s ability to
overcome the challenges associated with establishing licensing
relationships with semiconductor companies; the company’s ability to
obtain royalty revenues from customers in addition to license fees, to
receive accurate information necessary for calculating royalty revenues
and to collect royalty revenues from customers; business and economic
conditions generally and in the semiconductor industry in particular;
competition in the market for semiconductor IP platforms; and other
risks including those described in the company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the period ended September 30, 2008, and in Virage Logic’s
other periodic reports filed with the SEC, all of which are available
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