Zoran Corporation Releases Record 2006 Financial Results

Date : 04/20/2007 @ 9:00AM
Source : PR Newswire
Stock : Zoran (MM) (ZRAN)
Quote : 6.79  0.14 (2.11%) @ 8:00PM
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Zoran Corporation Releases Record 2006 Financial Results

- Company files reports with restated financial information and is now current with its SEC reporting obligations

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ:ZRAN), a leading provider of digital solutions for applications in the growing digital entertainment and digital imaging markets, today reported its 2006 financial results, including detail for each of the quarters of 2006. The Company also filed its 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K, containing restated financial statements reflecting accounting adjustments required as a result of the Company's recently-completed independent review of historical stock option practices. In this report the Company is restating prior fiscal periods to reflect $11.7 million of additional stock-based compensation expense relating to stock option grants made during the period January 1, 1997 to December 31, 2003, a well as certain other adjustments.

For the full year 2006, total revenues grew 25 percent to $495.8 million, up from $395.8 million for 2005. 2006 revenues include $35.8 million received pursuant to the settlement of litigation reached during the first quarter. Excluding that settlement amount, 2006 revenues were $460.0 million, an increase of 16 percent over 2005. The Company reported 2006 net income of $16.3 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, compared with a 2005 net loss of $30.3 million, or $0.68 per share. Non-GAAP net income for 2006 was $52.1 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, compared with $26.8 million, or $0.59 per diluted share for 2005. Non-GAAP net income excludes the proceeds from the litigation settlement revenues and the associated provision for income tax expense, charges related to the amortization of acquisition-related purchased intangible assets, stock-based compensation expenses recorded under FAS 123R.

Additionally, Zoran released the following financial information:

-- Net income for the first, second, third quarters of 2006 was $20.7 million, $4.8 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and net loss for the fourth quarter was $11.0 million.

-- Non-GAAP net income for the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2006 was $14.8 million, $14.6 million, $18.0 million and $4.7 million, respectively.

-- Hardware product revenues for the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2006 were $99.2 million, $108.2 million, $115.6 million and $80.7 million, respectively. Hardware product revenues declined in the fourth quarter in line with the seasonally weak period as well as increased price erosion in the DVD market and delays in customer product launches in the DTV business.

-- Software royalties, licensing and other revenues were $12.9 million, $14.1 million, $13.8 million and $15.5 million, for the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively.

-- Excluding litigation settlement revenues, overall gross margin was 52%, 51%, 48% and 53% for the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively. Overall gross margin in the third quarter was impacted by a mix shift towards DVD as well as pricing erosion.

-- Hardware gross margin was 46%, 44%, 42% and 44% for the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively.

-- Expenses under FAS 123R were allocated as follows: For the first quarter, $0.2 million was allocated to manufacturing overhead included in the cost of sales, $1.6 million was allocated to research and development (R&D) and $3.0 million was allocated to sales, general and administration (SG&A); for the second quarter, $0.1 million was allocated to manufacturing overhead included in the cost of sales, $1.4 million was allocated to R&D and $3.6 million was allocated to SG&A; for the third quarter, $0.1 million was allocated to manufacturing overhead included in the cost of sales, $1.2 million was allocated to R&D and $2.4 million was allocated to SG&A; and, for the fourth quarter, $0.1 million was allocated to manufacturing overhead included in the cost of sales, $1.2 million was allocated to R&D and $2.2 million was allocated to SG&A.

-- Operating income was $26.7 million for the first quarter of 2006 and operating losses were $0.5 million, $1.0 million and $14.6 million for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2006, respectively.

-- Legal and accounting expenses in connection with the stock option review included in net income for the third and fourth quarters were $3.3 million $2.5 million respectively.

-- 2006 sales by geographic region were 33% China, 22% Japan, 26% Taiwan, 19% Korea, United States, Europe and other.

Zoran also filed its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2006 and June 30, 2006, and an amendment to its previously-filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March 31, 2006. With today's filings, the Company is now current it its SEC reporting obligations and believes that it has satisfied all of the conditions of the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel for the continued listing of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, Zoran reports non-GAAP financial information, consisting of non-GAAP net income (loss) that excludes proceeds received as part of litigation settlements and the associated provision for income taxes, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and stock-based compensation expenses.

The Company believes that its non-GAAP financial information provides useful information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations because it excludes charges that management considers to be outside of the Company's core operating results. The Company believes that this non-GAAP net income (loss), in combination with the Company's financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP, provides investors with additional perspective and a more meaningful understanding of the Company's ongoing operating performance. In addition, the Company's management uses these non-GAAP measures to review and assess the financial performance of the Company and to plan and forecast performance in future periods. The Company's non-GAAP net income (loss) is not prepared in accordance with GAAP, is not an alternative to GAAP financial information, and may be calculated differently than non-GAAP financial information disclosed by other companies.

Company Profile

Zoran Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading provider of digital solutions for applications in the growing digital entertainment and digital imaging markets. With two decades of expertise developing and delivering digital signal processing technologies, Zoran has pioneered high- performance digital audio and video, imaging applications, and Connect Share Entertain technologies for the digital home. Zoran's proficiency in integration delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to market. Zoran-based DVD, digital camera, DTV, multimedia mobile phone, and multifunction printer products have received recognition for excellence and are now in hundreds of millions of homes and offices worldwide. With headquarters in the U.S. and operations in Canada, China, England, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Zoran may be contacted on the World Wide Web at http://www.zoran.com/ or at 408-523-6500.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements that reflect the Company's current view with respect to future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including risks associated with: potential litigation or regulatory action associated with our review of historical stock option practices and related financial restatements; the rapidly evolving markets for the Company's products and uncertainty regarding the development of these markets; new product development, introductions of new products by the Company and its competitors and transitions away from older products; intense competition in multiple markets; the Company's reliance on third parties for wafer supplies, product assembly and testing, and scalable manufacturing capacity; the effects of changes in revenue and product mix on the Company's gross margins; the Company's dependence on sales to large customers; fluctuations in product mix; dependence on key Company personnel; and reliance on international sales and operations, particularly operations in Israel. Further information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties can be found in the Company's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC. Zoran, the Zoran logo, SupraHD, SupraTV, Vaddis, and Quatro are trademarks of Zoran Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands or names may be claimed as property of others.

ZORAN CORPORATION CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (in thousands, except per share data) (unaudited)

Three months ended Year Ended March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, Dec. 31, 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 Revenues: Hardware product revenues $99,169 $108,236 $115,602 $80,737 $403,744 Software and other revenues 12,909 14,069 13,777 15,514 56,269 License litigation settlement revenues 30,168 5,624 - - 35,792 Total revenues 142,246 127,929 129,379 96,251 495,805

Costs and expenses: Cost of hardware product revenues 53,650 60,355 66,810 45,445 226,260 Research and development 24,248 25,226 25,255 24,373 99,102 Selling, general and administrative 24,901 30,109 25,907 28,908 109,825 Amortization of intangibles 12,735 12,735 12,423 12,169 50,062 Total costs and expenses 115,534 128,425 130,395 110,895 485,249

Operating income (loss) 26,712 (496) (1,016) (14,644) 10,556

Interest & other income, net 2,786 2,451 2,798 3,499 11,534 Income (loss) before income taxes 29,498 1,955 1,782 (11,145) 22,090

Provision (benefit) for income taxes 8,815 (2,824) (70) (159) 5,762 Net income (loss) $20,683 $4,779 $1,852 $(10,986) $16,328

Basic net income (loss) per share $0.45 $0.10 $0.04 $(0.22) $0.34 Diluted net income (loss) per share $0.43 $0.09 $0.04 $(0.22) $0.33

Shares used to compute basic net income (loss) per share 46,207 48,461 49,333 49,426 48,353 Shares used to compute diluted net income (loss) per share 48,487 51,311 50,712 49,426 50,099

ZORAN CORPORATION RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET INCOME (LOSS) TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME (in thousands, except per share data) (unaudited)

Three months ended Year Ended March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, Dec. 31, 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006

GAAP net income (loss) $20,683 $4,779 $1,852 $(10,986) $16,328

GAAP basic net income per share $0.45 $0.10 $0.04 $(0.22) $0.34

GAAP diluted net income per share $0.43 $0.09 $0.04 $(0.22) $0.33 Shares used to compute GAAP basic net income per share 46,207 48,461 49,333 $49,426 48,353 Shares used to compute GAAP diluted net income per share 48,487 51,311 50,712 $49,426 50,099

GAAP net income (loss) $20,683 $4,779 $1,852 $(10,986) $16,328

Adjusting items to GAAP net income (loss): Litigation settlement revenues (net) (23,479)(a)(8,067)(a) - - (31,546)(a) Amortization of intangibles 12,735(b) 12,735(b) 12,423(b) 12,169(b) 50,062(b) Operating expenses related to stock based compensation 4,813(c) 5,145(c) 3,770(c) 3,566(c) 17,294(c)

Non-GAAP net income $14,752 $14,592 $18,045 $4,749 $52,138

Non-GAAP basic net income per share $0.32 $0.30 $0.37 $0.10 $1.08 Non-GAAP diluted net income per share $0.30 $0.28 $0.35 $0.09 $1.03

Shares used to compute non-GAAP basic net income per share 46,207 48,461 49,333 49,426 48,353 Shares used to compute non-GAAP diluted net income per share 49,264 51,864 51,028 50,396 50,619

(a) This adjustment reflects the proceeds received from the settlement of a license litigation net of associated fees and estimated income taxes.

This amount is excluded by management when evaluating our core operating results as it is considered a non-recurring item which is not part of our ordinary, ongoing and customary course of operations. (see (d) below)

(b) This adjustment reflects the amortization of intangible assets associated with the acquisitions of Oak Technology, Inc. in August 2003, Emblaze Semiconductor in July 2004 and Oren Semiconductor, Inc. in June 2005. These acquired intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives. Such amortization expense does not impact the Company's cash flows and is excluded by management when evaluating our core operating results. (see (d) below)

(c) This adjustment reflects the stock-based compensation expense recorded under SFAS 123R, the incremental stock based compensation expense as a result of the remeasurement of certain stock options as part of the Company's stock option review and the related expenses under IRS 409(A) that will be incurred by the Company. The Company excludes these item when it evaluates the continuing operational performance of the Company as management believes this GAAP measure is not indicative of its core operating performance. (see (d) below)

(d) The Company believes that its non-GAAP financial information provides useful information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations because it excludes charges that management considers to be outside of the Company's core operating results. The Company believes that this non-GAAP net income (loss), in combination with the Company's financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP, provides investors with additional perspective and a more meaningful understanding of the Company's ongoing operating performance. In addition, the Company's management uses these non-GAAP measures to review and assess the financial performance of the Company and to plan and forecast performance in future periods. The Company's non-GAAP net income (loss) is not prepared in accordance with GAAP, is not an alternative to GAAP financial information, and may be calculated differently than non-GAAP financial information disclosed by other companies.

DATASOURCE: Zoran Corporation

CONTACT: Karl Schneider, Chief Financial Officer of Zoran Corporation,

+1-408-523-6500, ; Investors, Bonnie McBride, +1-323-466-0960,

+1-415-806-0385,

Web site: http://www.zoran.com/

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