-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UqexcvE2LngMaPrmRRVkXhpR276XVVBz6Lk7Hq6WkBkafguF+V+EBNDFzWFMpjD3 OZtf4pMuxQshFwPl3SVRLQ== 0000849502-07-000008.txt : 20070221 0000849502-07-000008.hdr.sgml : 20070221 20070221101112 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000849502-07-000008 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 11 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070221 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070221 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000849502 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 840962308 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-17739 FILM NUMBER: 07637650 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1850 RAMTRON DR CITY: COLORADO SPRINGS STATE: CO ZIP: 80921 BUSINESS PHONE: 7194817000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1850 RAMTRON DR CITY: COLORADO SPRINGS STATE: CO ZIP: 80921 10-K 1 f10k12-06.txt FORM 10-K UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 ------------------- FORM 10-K / X / ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 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 0-17739 RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION ------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 84-0962308 ------------------------------- ------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 1850 Ramtron Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921 ---------------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (719) 481-7000 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: NONE Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock ($.01 par value) ----------------------------- (Title of Each Class) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1934. Yes / / No / X / Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes / / No / X / 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 periods 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 / / Page-1 Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. / X / Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Large accelerated filer / /, Accelerated filer / /, Non-accelerated filer / X / Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes / / No / X / The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2006 was $48,287,930 based on the closing price of our common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market. As of February 12, 2007, 25,170,913 shares of the Registrant's common stock were outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant's Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III. Page-2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- PART I Item 1. Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Item 1A. Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Item 2. Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Item 3. Legal Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders . . 31 PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Item 6. Selected Financial Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation . . . . . . . . . . 33 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data . . . . . . 46 Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure . . . . . . . . 47 Item 9A. Controls and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Item 9B. Other Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 PART III Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 48 Item 11. Executive Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters . . . . 49 Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services . . . . . . . . 49 PART IV Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules. . . . . . . 49 Page-3 This Annual Report on Form 10-K and certain information incorporated herein by reference contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, as such, may involve risks and uncertainties. All statements included or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, other than statements that are purely historical, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking words or phrases such as "will," "may," "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "could," "should," "anticipate," "plan," "estimate," and "potential," or other similar words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are subject to additional risks and uncertainties further discussed under Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors and Part II. Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation and are based on information available to us on the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Readers should also consult the forward- looking statements and risk factors listed from time to time in our Reports on Forms 10-Q, 10-K, and in our Annual Reports to Shareholders. PART I The following information should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Unless otherwise indicated by the context, we use the terms "Ramtron," "Company," "we," "us," and "our," refer to Ramtron International Corporation and our consolidated entities described in Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Item 1. BUSINESS We are a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets specialized semiconductor memory, microcontroller, and integrated semiconductor solutions, used in many markets for a wide range of applications. We pioneered the integration of ferroelectric materials into semiconductor products, which enabled the development of a new class of nonvolatile memory products, called ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM). FRAM products merge the advantages of multiple memory technologies into a single device that is able to retain information without a power source, can be read from and written to at very fast speeds and written to many times, and consumes low amounts of power and can simplify the design of electronic systems. In many cases, we are the sole provider of FRAM-enabled semiconductor products, which facilitates close customer relationships, long application lifecycles and the potential for high-margin sales. Page-4 We also integrate analog and mixed-signal functions such as microprocessor supervision, tamper detection, timekeeping, and power failure detection onto a single device with our FRAM. This has enabled a new class of products that addresses the growing market need for more efficient and cost effective semiconductor products. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS In connection with the sale by Qimonda AG in November 2006 of its aggregate share and warrant holdings in Ramtron and which resale was registered by Ramtron, Mr. Klaus Fleischmann and Ms. Doris Keitel-Schulz, the two members of Ramtron's board of directors appointed by Qimonda in accordance with the original agreement governing the purchase of the Shares from Ramtron, resigned as members of the Company's board of directors, effective November 20, 2006. PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGHOUT 2006 The Company's FM24CL16, a 16Kb, 3-volt serial FRAM memory device was qualified to AEC-Q100 (Automotive Electronic Council's Stress Test Qualification for Integrated Circuits) standards. This qualification program was developed to support a number of customer design-ins from in-cab applications to the vehicle's most stringent environments. We launched our FM3130, a 64-Kb, 3-volt FRAM-Enhanced (trademark) Processor Companion product that combines the benefits of nonvolatile ferroelectric RAM with an integrated real-time clock/calendar in one very compact package. The FM3130 was streamlined to reduce system cost and board space in consumer and computing applications, supporting commonly-needed system functions in products such as printers and high-definition televisions (HDTV's), without the need for discrete components. The Company expanded its portfolio of serial memory products with the launch of the FM24C512, a half megabit nonvolatile FRAM product with an industry standard 2-wire serial interface. The FM24C512 is targeted for use in applications that require high capacity data collection such as utility metering and real-time configuration storage. The Company's integrated FRAM products, called processor companions, were designed into Pay As You Go utility meters by Ampy Automation Ltd. for the Salt River project, based in Phoenix, Arizona. The meters incorporate a two- way communication capability that offers enhanced functionality, including automatic meter reading, on-line inquiries, remote connect/disconnect, and complex rate structures. The meters also enable customers to exercise more control over their energy consumption. Page-5 We introduced our FM25L512, a 512 kilobit (Kb), 3-volt nonvolatile FRAM device with a high-speed serial peripheral interface (SPI). The FM25L512 provides increased data collection and storage capacity in a very compact, 8-pin package, cutting costs and board space with a range of applications from multi-function printers to industrial motor controllers. The FM25L512 outperforms alternative nonvolatile memory solutions for applications that require frequent and rapid writes and/or low power operation. These applications range from advanced data collection, in which the number of write cycles is critical, to demanding industrial controls, in which long write delays and limited endurance can cause data loss. Unlike serial EEPROMs, the FM25L512 performs write operations at bus speed with much lower power consumption. The Company launched the VRS51L3074, the market's first 8051-based microcontroller with nonvolatile FRAM memory. Ramtron has added FRAM into its fast and flexible Versa 8051 products for a quick and reliable nonvolatile data storage and processing system that only a FRAM-enhanced MCU can provide. The VRS51L3074 combines 8KB of FRAM memory with a fully-integrated, high- performance system-on-chip. Features include an advanced 40-MIPS, single-cycle 8051-core, 64KB Flash with In-System/In-Application Programming, 4KB SRAM, a JTAG program/debug interface, digital signal processing (DSP) extensions and a robust digital peripheral set. Operating at 3.3 volts over the entire industrial temperature range, the VRS51L3074 offers the ideal embedded data acquisition solution, targeting a wide array of applications from sensors and metering to industrial control, instrumentation and medical devices. The Company announced that Hyundai Autonet of Korea selected the Company's nonvolatile FRAM memory technology for smart airbags and occupant sensors in Hyundai automobiles. To date, the Company's FRAM products have been designed into smart airbag systems for eight different car manufacturers across the United States, Asia/Pacific, Japan and Europe. The Company shipped approximately 1.8 million units of FRAM memory for use in smart airbag systems during 2006. We signed a global distribution agreement with Mouser Electronics, Inc., to supply memory, microcontroller, and integrated semiconductor solutions. Mouser will support the Company's nonvolatile FRAM memory and high-performance microcontroller products, including Processor Companion, Serial and Parallel FRAM memory solutions, fast and flexible Versa 8051-based MCU's, and high-performance mixed-signal 8051-based MCU's. FINANCIAL INFORMATION BY SEGMENT Following our divestiture in 2005 discussed in Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, our continuing operations are conducted through one business segment, our semiconductor business. Our semiconductor business designs, develops, markets, manufactures specialized semiconductor memories, microcontrollers and integrated semiconductor solutions. Page-6 See Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for certain financial information concerning geographic financial information concerning the business of the Company. 2006 OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS In 2006, we sold products to over 100 customers and distributors. Our distributors sell Ramtron products to thousands of end customers. Principal markets include metering, information technology, automotive, industrial, scientific and medical. Many additional end markets and applications are served by distributors. We sell products through a direct sales force and a global network of manufacturer's representatives and distributors. We outsource the manufacturing of our products to third-party foundries, packaging, and test companies, allowing us to focus our efforts on product definition, design, marketing and sales. GENERAL INDUSTRY BACKGROUND Semiconductor products are typically classified as analog, digital, or mixed signal. Analog semiconductors are devices that have the ability to sense continuous real-world parameters like voltage, flow, pressure, temperature, velocity, and time. Digital semiconductors, such as memories or microcontrollers, store or process information via circuit-based on and off switches. Digital semiconductors store, process and manipulate data once the analog components have conditioned the inputs or signals. Mixed-signal semiconductors are integrated products that combine analog and digital circuit functions into a single device and are generally considered the most specialized and complex type of semiconductors in the market. Memory Market - ------------- Virtually all electronic systems incorporate semiconductor memory to enable and enhance performance. The primary performance characteristics of memory devices include: speed (the amount of time it takes to read and write data from and to the device); density (how much data can be stored in the device); power consumption, (how much power a device consumes when reading or writing data); endurance (how many times data can be written onto a memory device before it wears out); and volatility (whether or not the device can retain data without power and without refreshing). Volatile memory products rely on a random access memory (RAM) architecture, which requires a constant power source to retain data but allows data to be written and re-written quickly onto the device. The most common volatile memories on the market today are dynamic random access memories (DRAM), which are favored by designers for their density, and static random access memories (SRAM), which are favored because of their speed. Page-7 Nonvolatile memories were originally designed using a read only memory (ROM) architecture, which allows data to be written once and retained even when the power is turned off or lost. Technology advances in ROM-based memories now allow data to be written and erased multiple times as well as to retain data without a power source. Despite these advances, ROM-based devices write operations require a significant amount of power, are slow, and degrade relatively quickly. The most common nonvolatile memory on the market today is electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), which is a low density solution that is generally used because of its relative ease-of-use compared to FLASH memory, which is used because of its low cost per bit and high density data storage capability. In an effort to create a nonvolatile memory with high read/write speeds, a hybrid memory, called battery-backed SRAM (BBSRAM) was created. While BBSRAMs allow higher speed data storage, the battery attachment makes the device larger in size, more expensive, and introduces battery-related reliability, lifetime and environmental issues. EEPROM, FLASH, and BBSRAMs, are widely used by system designers and are more or less standardized. As is the case with most commodities, price is the main differentiator. While these products are widely produced and incorporated in many applications, technical limitations such as write speed, power consumption, endurance and ease of use prevent these nonvolatile memory devices from being implemented in certain situations. Due to the large market for semiconductor memory products and the technical limitations of existing nonvolatile memory products, a market opportunity for alternative memory technologies has evolved. To date, ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) technology has overcome many of the limitations of traditional nonvolatile memory and has attracted licensed suppliers who, with us, have shipped well over 100 million units. This has made FRAM the most commercially successful of the alternative nonvolatile memory technologies. Other emerging technologies, such as magneto resistive random access memory (MRAM), ovonics and molecular memory, are still in their early stages of development and have yet to demonstrate commercial viability and achieve market acceptance. Microcontroller Products - ------------------------ Microcontrollers (MCUs) are highly integrated devices that typically include a central processing unit (CPU), memory, input/output (I/O) ports and timers. Unlike a general-purpose computer, which also includes all of these components, an MCU is designed to control or provide a very specific task within a system. As a result, the parts can be simplified and shrunk to reduce production costs. MCUs are generally segmented by architectures ranging from 4-bit through 32-bit. 4-bit MCUs are relatively inexpensive but usually lack the minimum performance and features required for product differentiation and are typically used only to produce basic functionality in products. 16- and 32-bit architectures are typically higher performance but have historically been considered too expensive for many high-volume applications. As a result, we believe that 8-bit MCUs are generally perceived as the most cost-effective processing solution for high volume requirements. Page-8 Integration Trend - Mixed-Signal Devices - ---------------------------------------- In a typical system design, analog inputs are gathered by sensing devices and then conditioned for use by digital circuits. Once the analog inputs are converted into digital data by analog-to-digital conversion circuitry, digital devices such as microcontrollers and memory are used to manipulate and store the data, which is used to achieve a desired result or function in the system. Until recently, analog and digital functions were performed by stand-alone components that worked alongside each other within the system. Due to the increasing complexity of products, the advancement of product features and the desire among original equipment manufacturers to decrease the size and cost of electronic systems, the market has progressed toward integrating analog and digital components into stand-alone mixed-signal semiconductor devices. Analog products that are commonly integrated into an electronic system include temperature sensors, op amps, and regulators. This analog circuitry operates in conjunction with digital devices such as memories and microcontrollers. Microcontrollers are digital devices that incorporate many of the same functions as a computer but in a dramatically simplified form. They are typically designed to control or perform very specific tasks in a system. Advances in process technology and design capabilities now allow the integration of analog and digital devices into a single device by either embedding the functions onto a single chip or by combining them in a multi-chip package. Integrating functions in a single device has enabled lower overall system costs while increasing functionality and reducing board space requirements. As a result, many integrated semiconductor solutions generally recognize longer product life cycles and relatively higher product margins. OUR PRODUCTS - ------------ We design, develop and market specialized semiconductor memory, microcontroller and integrated semiconductor solutions used by customers for a wide range of applications in the metering, computing and information systems, automotive, communications, consumer and industrial, scientific and medical markets. Our product portfolio is comprised of stand-alone products, integrated products and microcontroller devices. We pioneered the use of ferroelectric technology to produce nonvolatile semiconductor memory products in commercial volumes. Our products have distinct advantages over incumbent nonvolatile memory devices. FRAM products combine the nonvolatile data storage capability of ROM with the benefits of RAM, which include a high number of read and write cycles, high-speed read and write cycles, and low power consumption. Since demonstrating our first product, we have expanded our FRAM product line to include various interfaces and densities, which include industry-standard serial and parallel interfaces; industry standard package types; and 4-kilobit, 16-kilobit, 64-kilobit, 256-kilobit and 1-megabit densities. Page-9 Our serial and parallel memories contain industry-standard interfaces that are widely used in electronic applications. System designers use serial memories to collect data due to their relative low cost. Serial memories require fewer connections to the host system, and due to their small package footprint, occupy less space on a circuit board. They are slower than other types of memory because they deliver data serially through a single port, which can require a system's processor to wait longer for the data it needs. Our serial FRAM devices are faster than serial EEPROM devices because the fast write speed of FRAM allows more frequent data transfers over the serial bus to the processor. Our parallel FRAM products are drop-in replacements for battery-backed SRAM products (BBSRAM). FRAM parallel products offer comparable features and data retention as to BBSRAMs without the requirement of a battery, which increases system reliability and reduces board space. Parallel memory devices transfer data faster than serial memories because they can deliver data through several ports simultaneously. Although parallel memory devices are larger and more costly than serial memory devices, they are well suited for high-performance applications due to their inherent high read and write speed capability. Our standard microcontrollers are cost-effective, 8-bit, microcontrollers that are drop-in replacements for industry standard 8051 MCUs. These products feature memory for programmability and data storage, as well as In-System/In-Application Programming (ISP/IAP) capabilities and standard 8051 peripherals. 8051 refers to an MCU developed by Intel in 1980 for use in embedded products and is one of the most widely used microcontrollers on the market. Our integrated FRAM products, called processor companions, are single-chip solutions that replace a number of individual system components to reduce cost and board space. The processor companion family is the most integrated FRAM product line developed to date and provides on a single chip the most commonly needed system functions for a variety of applications. Processor companions typically combine nonvolatile FRAM with analog and mixed-signal circuitry such as a real-time clock (RTC), a processor supervisor, and other commonly needed peripheral functions. Processor Companions are available in a variety of memory density and mixed-signal feature configurations. Processor companions are used in similar applications to our serial and parallel FRAM memory technologies but provide more of the system's functions with a single device. We are currently developing an integrated device that will include a microcontroller, FRAM, and mixed-signal functions in a single package. Our integrated enhanced microcontrollers are feature-rich, highly-integrated mixed-signal 8051 microcontrollers that offer a single-chip solution for a broad range of signal conditioning, data acquisition and control applications. These products include on-chip analog peripherals such as an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, pulse width modulators (can be used as digital-to-analog (D/A) converters), a voltage reference, a programmable current source, an uncommitted operational amplifier, digital potentiometers and an analog switch, making them complete data acquisition System-on-Chip (SoC) devices. Page-10 MARKETS ============================================================================= Select Nonvolatile Memory and Integrated Semiconductor Applications - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meters Computing and Information Systems ------ --------------------------------- Electric, Gas, Waste RAID systems Taxi Printers and copiers Flow Servers Postage Network attached storage Automated Meter Reading Storage area networks - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Automotive Industrial, Scientific and Medical ---------- ---------------------------------- Restraint systems Medical instruments Smart airbag systems Test equipment Auto Body controls Motor controls Car radio/DVD/Navigation systems Home automation Instrumentation clusters RF/ID data logging ============================================================================= Our engineering team has helped many customers develop leading-edge products that benefit from our FRAM products' unique technological characteristics, such as fast write speeds, high write endurance, low power, and accelerated time-to-market. The following application examples illustrate the use of our products in certain end markets. Automotive - Electronic systems and semiconductor content in automobiles has increased significantly over the past few years with the advent of more sophisticated safety, entertainment, body control, and telematics systems. In addition, the sensor count in automobiles has grown significantly over the past few years, which is driving the need to process and store more data than ever before. Metering - The need to monitor power usage has become increasingly important for utility companies as fuel prices have increased significantly over the past few years. Worldwide, there is a significant demand for systems that efficiently distribute power to areas of high demand. These trends have driven the need for more sophisticated digital metering products that can constantly track and report power usage data for utility companies. As a result of our success in supplying FRAM products for one of the world's largest digital metering installations, FRAM products are rapidly becoming the favored nonvolatile memory technology for time-of-use and automated meter reading applications. Computing - Computing applications for our products have increased significantly in recent years with a particular emphasis in multi-function printers and copiers, laser and inkjet printers and hard disk array controllers. The high write endurance of our FRAM products is the primary reason multi-function printer and copier manufacturers use FRAM products in their products, while the fast write capability and ability to store information quickly upon power-down is the primary reason hard disk array controller manufacturers use our products. Page-11 Industrial, Scientific and Medical - The industrial, scientific and medical market provides a large opportunity for FRAM products because it is characterized by applications that are subject to unique and demanding operating environments. FRAM products are well suited for these applications due to their inherent high reliability features like high endurance and low power consumption. MANUFACTURING We are a fabless semiconductor manufacturer that designs and develops new products for production by third-party foundries. Using third-party manufacturers enables us to avoid the large capital expenditures that would otherwise be required to manufacture our products in commercial volumes. Although we have entered into license agreements with Fujitsu, Rohm, Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba), Infineon Technologies AG and Texas Instruments that provide for the potential development and manufacture of FRAM products, Fujitsu is currently the sole manufacturer of our FRAM products. Fujitsu is required to notify us at least two years in advance of any change in its ability, or intention, to supply product wafers to us. Our products are manufactured by third-party foundries. We believe that manufacturing capacity for our microcontroller products is readily available for the foreseeable future. In addition, we believe manufacturing capabilities and capacity for our current integrated products, as well as those we may develop is readily available. We subcontract with non-U.S. companies to assemble and test our manufactured products. Assembly and testing services performed by such third parties are conducted in accordance with processes designed by us or the third-party manufacturers and are implemented under the supervision of our product engineers or such third-party manufacturers. The raw materials and packaging required for the manufacture of our products are readily available from multiple sources. PATENTS AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS We rely on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets to establish and protect our intellectual property rights. We hold 99 United States patents covering key aspects of our products and technology. These patents will expire at various times between July 2007 and November 2024. We have applied for 8 additional United States patents covering certain aspects of our products and technology. We have also taken steps to apply for patents in jurisdictions outside the U.S. on our products and technology. We hold 4 non-U.S. issued patents and have 6 non-U.S. patent applications pending. One non-U.S. patent is co-owned with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation. Page-12 Our patents cover the critical aspects of FRAM technology, which we believe is a significant deterrent to other companies commercializing ferroelectric-based memory and integrated products without a license from us. We use our technological and engineering expertise to develop proprietary technologies for high quality, technologically advanced products that meet the complex and diverse needs of our customers. Our engineers have specific know-how in FRAM technology-based product design. We have licensed our FRAM technology to several companies, including Fujitsu, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. (Samsung), Infineon, NEC and Texas Instruments. We also have cross-licensing arrangements with National Semiconductor and Symetrix Corporation. Some of these licensing arrangements provide us with the right under certain conditions to call on the licensee's manufacturing capacity as well as to receive royalty payments while others include only royalty provisions. SEASONAL NATURE OF BUSINESS We do not consider our operations to be seasonal. CUSTOMERS We serve direct customers worldwide, including OEMs and subcontract manufacturers. Additionally, our distributors sell to customers worldwide, through which we indirectly serve a broad base of customers. Our customers include industry leading OEMs in a broad range of industries, Hyundai Autonet, and Ampy Automation; leading subcontract manufacturers, such as Jabil Circuit, Celestica, and Flextronics, who build end-market products incorporating our memory and integrated products; and leading distributors, such as Tokyo Electron Device, Future Electronics, MSC Vertriebs GmbH and Polar Star International. Our sales have been relatively balanced across our major sales regions including the Americas, Europe, Asia/Pacific and Japan. As a result, we are not particularly vulnerable to regional economic fluctuations in a specific part of the world. For fiscal years 2006, 2005 and 2004, international sales comprised approximately 85%, 90% and 87%, respectively, of our net revenue. SALES AND MARKETING We use a Regionally based Manufacturing Representative sales force and a global network of distributors to sell our semiconductor products. In many cases, our distributors are responsible for product demand creation through OEM customers who are not directly served by our internal regional sales managers. For the year ended December 31, 2006, approximately 66% of our product sales were to our distributor network, while direct customers accounted for approximately 34% of our revenue. Page-13 As of December 31, 2006, we employed 29 people in our marketing and sales organization. In addition to our Colorado Springs, Colorado, headquarters facility, we maintain full-time sales and customer service personnel in Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and China. We have distribution and/or manufacturers representative relationships with more than 60 companies worldwide, including North America, Europe, Japan and Asia/Pacific. These regionally-focused firms work with our regional sales managers in identifying new customers, providing technical support and other value-added services to customers, such as order processing, local inventory stocking, and management of currency fluctuation risks. BACKLOG The rate of booking new orders varies from month to month and depends on scheduling practices of individual customers. Cyclical industry conditions make it difficult for many customers to enter into long-term, fixed-price contracts. Delivery dates are adjusted at the reasonable request of our customers. For the foregoing reasons and because of the possibility of customer changes in delivery schedules or cancellations of orders without significant penalty, we do not believe that our backlog as of any particular date is firm or that it is a reliable indicator of actual sales for any succeeding period. COMPETITION The semiconductor industry is intensely competitive. We compete with numerous domestic and foreign companies. Our products primarily compete on the basis of price for functionality offered. We may be at a disadvantage in competing with many of these companies who have significantly greater financial, technical, manufacturing and marketing resources, as well as more diverse product lines that can provide cash flow during downturns in the semiconductor industry. We consider our FRAM products to be competitive with other nonvolatile memory devices such as EEPROM and BBSRAM products. Although FLASH memory products are a class of nonvolatile memory, we do not compete with FLASH due to its generally higher storage capacity than FRAM. Nonvolatile memory products are manufactured and marketed by major corporations possessing wafer manufacturing and integrated circuit production facilities such as ST-Microelectronics N.V., Atmel Corporation, and by specialized product companies, like, Intersil Corporation, Maxim Integrated and Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. Our standard microcontroller products compete directly with industry standard products offered by established semiconductor manufacturers such as Renasas, Freescale, Microchip, NEC, Atmel, NXP and Zilog. We intend to use our close customer relationships to sell in this intensely competitive environment where we have a proven track record of providing individualized design assistance and after sale support. Due to the more specialized nature of our mixed signal enhanced microcontrollers, they are less susceptible to the same level of competition as our industry standard microcontroller products. Page-14 Our licensees may market products that compete with our FRAM products. Most of our licensees have the right to manufacture and sell FRAM products, however, with the exception of Fujitsu, we are not aware of any licensees that market competitive FRAM products. Under our agreements with Rohm, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Samsung, Infineon, NEC and Texas Instruments, we granted each of those companies a non-exclusive license to FRAM technology, which includes the right to manufacture and sell products using FRAM technology. Most of these license agreements provide for the continuation of the license rights to our technology and know-how after expiration or termination of the agreements. Competition affecting our FRAM products may also come from emerging alternative nonvolatile technologies such as magnetic random access memory or phase change memory, or other developing technologies. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT We use our technological and engineering expertise to develop proprietary technologies for high quality, technologically advanced products that meet the complex and diverse needs of our customers. We intend to continue leveraging and expanding our technological and engineering expertise to develop new proprietary technologies and expand our product offerings. We continue to make additional investments in research and development for technologies and products. Current research and development activities are focused on expanding our product offerings and securing additional foundry capacity to meet our future needs. We seek to maintain our leadership role in FRAM technology development by working in cooperation with the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers to further the development of our proprietary FRAM technology. Research and development expenses, including customer-sponsored research and development, were $9.9 million in 2006, $7.6 million in 2005, and $7 million in 2004. As of December 31, 2006, we had 44 employees engaged in research and development activities. In addition, manufacturing personnel were involved in research and development efforts to increase the manufacturing yields of our products. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE Federal, state and local regulations impose various environmental compliance measures on the discharge of chemicals and gases used in our prototype manufacturing and research and development processes. For more information on these regulations, please see the discussion in our risk factors below under the caption, "We are subject to environmental laws that are subject to change and may restrict the marketability of certain of our products, which could adversely impact our financial performance or expose us to future liabilities." We believe we have taken all necessary steps to ensure that our activities comply with all applicable environmental rules and regulations. However, a future failure by us to comply with such environmental rules and regulations regarding the discharge of hazardous substances could subject us to substantial liabilities or could adversely affect our limited manufacturing operations. We believe that the risk of a future failure or violation are remote due to the nature of our current operations. Page-15 EMPLOYEES We have approximately 111 employees, including 44 in research and development, 24 in manufacturing, 29 in marketing and sales, and 14 in administration. None of our employees are represented by a collective bargaining agreement, nor have we ever experienced any work stoppage. None of our non-executive employees currently have employment contracts or post-employment non-competition agreements. We believe that our employee relations are good. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS See Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for certain financial information concerning geographic area information. AVAILABLE INFORMATION We make available financial information, new releases, news releases and other information on our website at www.ramtron.com. There is a direct link from the website to our Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings via the EDGAR database, where our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports are filed. Such reports are available free of charge on our website via a link to the SEC's website, as soon as reasonably practicable after we file such reports and amendments with or furnish them to the SEC. In addition, such reports are also available free of cost by contacting Investor Relations, 1850 Ramtron Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921. Stockholders can also obtain such reports directly from the SEC at no charge at the SEC's website (www.sec.gov) or by visiting the SEC's Public Reference room in Washington, D.C. or by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Item 1A. RISK FACTORS Risks Relating To Our Business - ------------------------------ WE HAVE A HISTORY OF LOSSES FROM OPERATIONS AND OUR ACHIEVEMENT OF SUSTAINED PROFITABILITY IS UNCERTAIN. Our ability to achieve and maintain profitable operations is subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, our ability to successfully sell our products at prices that are sufficient to cover our operating costs, to enter into additional technology development and license arrangements, to obtain sufficient contract manufacturing capacity and, if and as may be necessary, to raise additional financing to fund our increased operations. There is no guarantee that we will be successful in addressing these risks. Page-16 We have spent substantial amounts of money in developing our products and in our efforts to obtain commercial manufacturing capabilities for those products. Our ability to increase revenue or achieve and sustain profitability in the future will depend substantially on our ability to increase sales of our products by gaining new customers and increasing sales to our existing customers, reduce manufacturing costs, our ability to increase significantly sales of existing products, and our success in introducing and selling new products successfully. WE MAY NEED TO RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO FINANCE OUR OPERATIONS. In view of our expected future working capital requirements in connection with the fabrication and sale of our nonvolatile memory, microcontroller and integrated semiconductor solutions, as well as our projected research and development and other operating expenditures, we may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. We cannot be sure that any additional financing or other sources of capital will be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. The inability to obtain additional financing when needed would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results and could adversely affect our ability to continue our business operations. If additional financing is obtained, any issuance of common or preferred stock to obtain funding would result in dilution of our existing stockholders' interests. IF WE FAIL TO VIGOROUSLY PROTECT OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OUR COMPETITIVE POSITION MAY SUFFER. Our future success and competitive position depend in part upon our ability to obtain and maintain proprietary technology used in our products. We protect our intellectual property rights through a combination of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, as well as licensing agreements and employee and third party non-disclosure and assignment agreements. We cannot provide assurances that any of our patent applications will be approved or that any of the patents that we own will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented by others or be of sufficient scope or strength to provide us with any meaningful protection or commercial advantage. Policing the unauthorized use of our intellectual property is difficult and costly, and we cannot be certain that the steps we have taken will prevent the misappropriation or unauthorized use of our technologies, particularly in countries where the laws may not protect our proprietary rights as fully as in the United States. In addition, we cannot be certain that we will be able to prevent other parties from designing and marketing semiconductor products or that others will not independently develop or otherwise acquire the same or substantially equivalent technologies as ours. Page-17 We may be subject to intellectual property infringement claims that result in costly litigation and could harm our business and ability to compete. Our industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents, as well as frequent claims and related litigation regarding these patents and other intellectual property rights. In particular, many leading semiconductor memory companies have extensive patent portfolios with respect to manufacturing processes, product designs, and semiconductor memory technology, including ferroelectric memory technology. We may be involved in litigation to enforce our patents or other intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets and know-how, to determine the validity of property rights of others, or to defend against claims of invalidity. This type of litigation can be expensive, regardless of whether we win or lose. Also, we cannot be certain that third parties will not make a claim of infringement against us or against our licensees in connection with their use of our technology. In the event of claims of infringement against our licensees with respect to our technology, we may be required to indemnify our licensees, which could be very costly. Any claims, even those without merit, could be time consuming to defend, result in costly litigation and diversion of technical and management personnel, or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements. Royalty or licensing agreements, if required, may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all. A successful claim of infringement against us or one of our semiconductor manufacturing licensees in connection with our use of our technology would harm our business and result in significant cash expense to us to cover litigation costs, as well as the reduction of future license revenue. EARTHQUAKES, OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS AND POWER SHORTAGES OR INTERRUPTIONS MAY DAMAGE OUR BUSINESS. Some of our contract manufacturers' facilities are located near major earthquake faults. If a major earthquake or other natural disaster occurs which damages those facilities or restricts their operations, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially adversely affected. A major earthquake or other natural disaster near one or more of our major suppliers could disrupt the operations of those suppliers, which could limit the supply of our products and harm our business. OUR FUTURE SUCCESS DEPENDS IN PART ON THE CONTINUED SERVICE OF A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF KEY DESIGN ENGINEERS, SALES, MARKETING AND EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL, AND IF WE WERE UNABLE TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AS NEEDED OR RETAIN OUR KEY PERSONNEL, OUR BUSINESS WILL SUFFER. Our future success depends, among other factors, on the continued service of our key technical and management personnel and on our ability to continue to attract and retain qualified employees. We are particularly dependent on the highly skilled design, process, materials and testing engineers involved in the development and oversight of the manufacture of our semiconductor products and processes. The competition for these personnel is intense, and the loss of key employees, including our executive officers, or our inability to attract additional qualified personnel in the future, could have both an immediate and a long-term adverse effect on us. None of our employees have entered into post-employment, non-competition agreements with us and, therefore, our employees are not contractually restricted from providing services to our competitors. Page-18 Risks Related to Our Products - ----------------------------- OUR PRODUCTS ARE COMPLEX AND MAY CONTAIN DEFECTS THAT COULD RESULT IN PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIMS, AN INCREASE IN OUR COSTS OR A REDUCTION IN OUR REVENUE. Our products are complex and may contain defects, particularly when first introduced or as new versions are released. We develop integrated semiconductor products containing functions in addition to memory, thereby increasing the overall complexity of our products. We rely primarily on our in-house testing personnel to design test operations and procedures to detect any defects prior to delivery of our products to our customers. Because our products are manufactured by third parties and the long lead times involved, should problems occur in the operation or performance of our products, we may experience delays in meeting key introduction dates or scheduled delivery dates to our customers. These defects also could cause us to incur significant re-engineering costs, divert the attention of our engineering personnel from our new product development efforts and cause significant customer relations issues and damage to our business reputation. Any defects could require product replacement or recall or we could be obligated to accept product returns. Any of the foregoing could cause us to incur substantial costs and harm our business. Our products are typically sold at prices that are significantly lower than the cost of the end-products into which they are incorporated. A defect or failure in our product could cause failure in our customer's end-product, so we could face product liability claims for damages that are disproportionately higher than the revenue and profits we receive from the products involved. There can be no assurance that any insurance we maintain will sufficiently protect us from any such claims. BECAUSE OUR PRODUCTS TYPICALLY HAVE LENGTHY SALES CYCLES, WE EXPERIENCE SUBSTANTIAL DELAYS BETWEEN INCURRING EXPENSES RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PRODUCTS AND THE GENERATION OF REVENUE FROM THOSE PRODUCTS. Product sales cycles usually require more than 18 months to realize volume shipments after we first identify a customer opportunity. We first work with customers to achieve a design "win" (inclusion of our product in the customer's product design), which may take several months or longer. Our customers then complete their product design, testing and evaluation process and begin to ramp-up production, a period that typically lasts an additional six months or longer. As a result, a significant period of time may elapse between our development of product and our realization of revenue, if any, from volume purchases of our products by our customers. A delay or cancellation of a customer's plans after a design win could significantly adversely affect our financial results because we may have incurred significant expense and generated no revenue. WE DEPEND ON A SMALL NUMBER OF SUPPLIERS FOR THE SUPPLY OF OUR PRODUCTS AND THE SUCCESS OF OUR BUSINESS MAY BE DEPENDENT ON OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND EXPAND OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOUNDRIES AND OTHER SUPPLIERS. Page-19 We currently rely on a single unaffiliated foundry at Fujitsu in Japan to manufacture all of our FRAM products and a small number of other third-party contract manufacturers and foundries to manufacture our other products. Reliance on a single foundry involves several risks, including capacity constraints or delays in the timely delivery of our products, reduced control over delivery schedules and the cost of our products, variations in manufacturing yields, dependence on the foundry for quality assurance, and the potential loss of production and a slow down in customer orders due to seismic activity, other force majeure events and other factors beyond our control. Although we continuously evaluate sources of supply and may seek to add additional foundry capacity, there can be no assurance that such additional capacity can be obtained at acceptable prices, if at all. We are also subject to the risks of service disruptions and raw material shortages affecting our foundry supplier, which could also result in additional costs or charges to us. We also rely on domestic and foreign subcontractors for die assembly and testing of products, and are subject to risks of disruption of these services and possible quality problems. The occurrence of any supply or other problem resulting from these risks could have a material adverse effect on our revenue and results of operations. We cannot provide any assurances that foundry or packaging and testing services will be available to us on terms and conditions, and at the times, acceptable to us. If we are unable to obtain foundry and packaging and testing services meeting our needs, we may be unable to produce products at the times and for the costs we anticipate and our financial condition and results of operations will be materially adversely affected. WE ARE A RELATIVELY SMALL COMPANY WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR CURRENT AND POTENTIAL COMPETITORS, AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPETE EFFECTIVELY AND INCREASE OUR MARKET SHARE. Our nonvolatile memory, microcontrollers and integrated semiconductor products, which presently account for substantially all of our revenue, compete against products offered by current and potential competitors with longer operating histories, significantly greater financial and personnel resources, better name recognition and a larger base of customers than we have. In addition, many of our competitors have their own facilities for the production of semiconductor memory components or have recently added significant production capacity. As a result, these competitors may have greater credibility with our existing and potential customers. They also may be able to adopt more aggressive pricing policies and devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products than we can to ours. In addition, some of our current and potential competitors have already established supplier or joint development relationships with the decision makers at our current or potential customers. These competitors may be able to leverage their existing relationships to discourage their customers from purchasing products from us or persuade them to replace our products with their products. These and other competitive pressures may prevent us from competing successfully against current or future competitors, and may materially harm our business. Competition could force us to decrease our prices, reduce our sales, lower our gross profits or decrease our market share. Some but not all of our competitors include companies such as ST Microelectronics, Renesas Technology Corporation, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Microchip Technology Inc., NEC Corporation, Atmel Corporation, Fujitsu and NXP, as well as specialized product companies like Intersil Corporation, Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc., Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., and Integrated Silicon Solution Inc., which produce products that compete with our products and possibly our future products. Page-20 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND STANDARDS MAY POSE A THREAT TO THE COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR PRODUCTS. Competition affecting our FRAM products may also come from alternative nonvolatile technologies such as magnetic random access memory or phase change memory, or other developing technologies. We cannot provided assurance that we will be able to identify new product opportunities successfully, develop and bring to market new products, achieve design wins or respond effectively to new technological changes or product announcements by our competitors. In addition, we may not be successful in developing or using new technologies or in developing new products or product enhancements that achieve market acceptance. Our competitors or customers may offer new products based on new technologies, new industry standards or end-user or customer requirements, including products that have the potential to replace, or provide lower-cost or higher-performance alternatives to, our products. The introduction of new products by our competitors or customers could render our existing and future products obsolete or unmarketable. SUCCESS OF OUR FUTURE PRODUCTS IS SUBSTANTIALLY DEPENDENT ON BROADER MARKET ACCEPTANCE OF FRAM MEMORY PRODUCTS. Substantially all of our current revenue is from sales of our FRAM stand- alone nonvolatile memory devices or devices containing embedded FRAM nonvolatile memory. Many of our integrated semiconductor solutions will likely include FRAM memory. A memory technology other than FRAM nonvolatile memory technology may be adopted as an industry standard. Our competitors are generally in a better financial and marketing position than we are to influence industry acceptance of a particular memory technology. In particular, a primary source of competition may come from alternative technologies such as magnetic random access memory, phase change memory devices, or other technologies developed in the future. To the extent our competitors are able to promote and achieve acceptance of a nonvolatile memory technology other than FRAM as an industry standard, our business will be seriously harmed. OUR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS, AND ANY DELAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT, OR THE ABANDONMENT, OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES OR PRODUCTS BY INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS, OR THEIR FAILURE TO ACHIEVE MARKET ACCEPTANCE, COULD COMPROMISE OUR COMPETITIVE POSITION. Our FRAM semiconductor memory, microcontroller and integrated semiconductor products are used as components in electronic devices in various markets. As a result, we have devoted and expect to continue to devote a large amount of resources to develop products based on new and emerging technologies and standards that will be commercially introduced in the future. Our research and development expense for the year ended December 31, 2006, was $9.9 million, or 24% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2006. Page-21 If we do not accurately anticipate new technologies and standards, or if the products that we develop based on new technologies and standards fail to achieve market acceptance, our competitors may be better able to satisfy market demand than we would. Furthermore, if markets for new technologies and standards develop later than we anticipate, or do not develop at all, demand for our products that are currently in development would suffer, resulting in lower sales of these products than we currently anticipate. We cannot be certain that any products we may develop for new standards will achieve market acceptance. IF WE DO NOT CONTINUALLY DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS THAT ACHIEVE MARKET ACCEPTANCE, OUR REVENUE MAY DECLINE. We need to develop new products and new process and manufacturing technologies. We believe that our ability to compete in the markets in which we expect to sell our FRAM, microcontroller and integrated semiconductor products will depend, in part, on our ability to produce products that address customer needs efficiently and in a cost-effective manner and also our ability to incorporate effectively mixed-signal and other semiconductor functions with our FRAM products. Our inability to successfully produce new generations of products would harm our ability to compete and have a negative impact on our operating results. We have a limited operating history in creating and marketing mixed-signal products and have had very limited revenue from those products. If we fail to introduce new products in a timely manner or are unable to manufacture such products successfully, or if our customers do not successfully introduce new systems or products incorporating our products, or if market demand for our new products does not develop as anticipated, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be seriously harmed. Risks Related to Our Sales - -------------------------- WE ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS RELATING TO PRODUCT CONCENTRATION AND LACK OF REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION. We derive a substantial portion of our revenue fewer than 20 products, and we expect these products to continue to account for a large percentage of our revenue in the near term. Continued market support of these products is, therefore, critical to our future success. Competitors could introduce products that could reduce both the volume and price per unit of our products. Our business, operating results, financial condition and cash flows could therefore be adversely affected. WE MUST BUILD PRODUCTS BASED ON DEMAND FORECASTS; IF SUCH FORECASTS ARE INACCURATE, WE MAY INCUR SIGNIFICANT LOSSES. Page-22 Although we consider the market demand for our products to be less volatile than is the case with standard memory components, we must order products and build inventory substantially in advance of product shipments, and there is a risk that, because customer requirements for our products are subject to fluctuation, we will forecast incorrectly and produce excess or insufficient inventories of particular products. Our customers' ability to reschedule or cancel orders without significant penalty could adversely affect our liquidity, as we may be unable to adjust our purchases from independent foundries to match such customer changes and cancellations. We have in the past produced excess quantities of certain products, which has had an adverse effect on our results of operations for the period. To the extent we produce excess or insufficient inventories of particular products, our results of operations could be adversely affected. WE COMPETE IN CERTAIN MARKETS WITH SOME OF OUR FRAM TECHNOLOGY LICENSEES, WHICH MAY REDUCE OUR PRODUCT SALES. We have licensed the right to fabricate products based on our FRAM technology and memory architecture to certain independent semiconductor device manufacturers. Fujitsu, on which we depend for our FRAM wafer supply, markets certain FRAM memory products that compete with certain of our FRAM products. Some of our licensees have suspended or terminated their FRAM initiatives, while others may still be pursuing a possible FRAM-based technology initiative or product development without our knowledge. We expect manufacturers that develop products based on our technology will sell such products worldwide. We are entitled to royalties from sales of FRAM products by some but not all of these licensees, and we have the right under certain of our licensing agreements to negotiate an agreement for a fraction of the licensee's FRAM manufacturing capacity. Our licensees may, however, give the development and manufacture of their own FRAM products a higher priority than ours. Any competition in the marketplace from FRAM products manufactured and marketed by our licensees could reduce our product sales and harm our operating results. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REPLACE OUR EXPECTED REVENUE FROM SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS, WHICH COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS. Our success is dependent upon continuing relationships with significant customers who, directly or indirectly, purchase significant quantities of our products. The reduction of product sales to our significant customers, without a corresponding increase in revenue from other customers or revenue from relationships developed with new customers, may result in significant decreases in our revenue, which would harm our cash flows, operating results and financial condition. We cannot assure you that we would be able to replace these relationships on a timely basis or at all. WE RELY ON DISTRIBUTORS FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF OUR REVENUE AND IF OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE OR MORE OF THOSE DISTRIBUTORS WERE TO TERMINATE, OUR OPERATING RESULTS MAY BE HARMED. Page-23 We market and distribute our products primarily through authorized independent distributors, which typically offer competing products. These distribution channels have been characterized by rapid change, including consolidations and financial difficulties. Distributors have accounted for a significant portion of our net revenue in the past. If we were to lose our significant distributors, we might not be able to obtain other distributors to represent us or new distributors might not have sufficiently strong relationships with the current end customers to maintain our current level of net sales. Additionally, the time and resources involved with changeover and education of distributors could have an adverse impact on our business in the short term. We do not typically enter into long-term arrangements with our distributors and resellers, and we cannot be certain as to future order levels from our distributors and resellers. When we do enter into long-term arrangements, the contracts are generally terminable at the convenience of either party and it may be difficult to replace that source of revenue in the short-term upon cancellation. Our business primarily depends on these third parties to sell our products. As a result, our operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected by the loss of one or more of our current distributors and resellers, additional volume pricing arrangements, order cancellations, delay in shipment by one of our distributors or resellers or the failure of our distributors or sellers to successfully sell our products. FAILURE TO MANAGE OUR DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL RELATIONSHIPS COULD IMPEDE OUR FUTURE GROWTH. The future growth of our business will depend in large part on our ability to manage our relationships with current and future distributors, to develop additional channels for the distribution and sale of our products, and to manage these relationships. As we execute our indirect sales strategy, we must manage the potential conflicts that may arise with our direct sales efforts. For example, conflicts with a distributor may arise when a customer begins purchasing directly from us rather than through the distributor. The inability to successfully execute or manage a multi-channel sales strategy could impede our future growth. Management of our sales channels requires a significant amount of our management's time and system resources to manage properly. If we fail to manage our sales channels, including the sales channels we must develop for current and future products, we will not be able to increase our sales and our results of operations will be materially adversely affected. WE EXPECT THAT INTERNATIONAL SALES WILL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR PRODUCT SALES IN THE FUTURE. AS A RESULT OF THE LARGE FOREIGN COMPONENT OF OUR REVENUE, WE ARE SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF RISKS RESULTING FROM SUCH OPERATIONS. Page-24 International sales comprise a significant portion of our product sales, which exposes us to foreign political and economic risks. Such risks include political and economic instability and changes in diplomatic and trade relationships, foreign currency fluctuations, unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, delays resulting from difficulty in obtaining export licenses for certain technology, tariffs and other barriers and restrictions, and the burdens of complying with a variety of foreign laws. There can be no assurance that such factors will not adversely impact our results of operations in the future or require us to modify our current business practices. The majority of our revenue, expense and capital purchasing activities are transacted in U.S. dollars. However, because a portion of our operations consists of activities outside of the United States, we conduct certain transactions in other currencies, namely the Japanese Yen and Canadian dollar. As part of our risk management strategy, we frequently evaluate our foreign currency exchange risk by monitoring market data and external factors that may influence exchange rate fluctuations. As a result, we may in the future engage in transactions involving the short-term hedging of our foreign currency exposure. Our business is also subject to risks generally associated with doing business with third-party manufacturers in non-U.S. jurisdictions including, but not limited to foreign government regulations and political and financial unrest which may cause disruptions or delays in shipments to our customers or access to our inventories. Our business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially adversely affected by these or other factors related to our international operations. Risks Related to Acquisitions - ----------------------------- ANY ACQUISITIONS WE MAKE COULD DISRUPT OUR BUSINESS AND HARM OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. As part of our strategy to increase our revenue and expand our product lines, we continue to evaluate opportunities to acquire other businesses, intellectual property or technologies that would complement our current offerings, expand the breadth of our markets or enhance our technical capabilities. Future acquisitions that we may make or joint ventures that we may enter into with other companies, could require us to incur debt or contingent liabilities or require us to issue equity securities that could cause the trading price of our stock to decline. Other potential acquisitions that we may make, or joint ventures that we may enter into, entail a number of risks that could materially and adversely affect our business and operating results, including: - problems integrating the acquired operations, technologies or products with our existing business and products; - the diversion of management's time and attention from our core business; Page-25 - the need for financial resources above our planned investment levels; - difficulties in retaining business relationships with suppliers and customers of the acquired company; - risks associated with entering markets in which we lack prior experience; - risks associated with the transfer of rights and licenses of intellectual property; - the potential loss of key employees of the acquired company; and - the potential impairment of related goodwill and intangible assets. Accounting and Regulatory Risks - ------------------------------- WE INCURRED SIGNIFICANT INVENTORY VALUATION ADJUSTMENTS IN 2005 AND 2004, AND WE MAY INCUR ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT INVENTORY VALUATION ADJUSTMENTS IN THE FUTURE. We typically plan our production and inventory levels based on our internal forecasts of customer demand, which are unpredictable even though our products are often specified in our customers' product designs. Our customers' order volumes can fluctuate materially in advance of product shipments. The value of our inventory is dependent on our estimate of future average selling prices, and, if we overestimate our projected average selling prices, we may be required to adjust our inventory value to reflect the lower of cost or market. RECENT CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS REGARDING STOCK OPTION PLANS COULD LIMIT THE DESIRABILITY OF GRANTING STOCK OPTIONS, WHICH COULD HARM OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES, AND COULD ALSO NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R, "Share-Based Payments" (SFAS 123R). As a result of this standard we are recording compensation expense equal to the fair value of each stock option granted. This change in accounting standards reduces the attractiveness of granting stock options because of the additional expense associated with these grants, which negatively impacts our results of operations. Nevertheless, stock options are an important employee recruitment and retention tool, and we may not be able to attract and retain key personnel if we reduce the scope of our employee stock option program. WE ARE SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND MAY RESTRICT THE MARKETABILITY OF CERTAIN OF OUR PRODUCTS, WHICH COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT OUR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OR EXPOSE US TO FUTURE LIABILITIES. Page-26 We are subject to laws and regulations relating to the use of and human exposure to hazardous materials. Our failure to comply with these laws and regulations could subject us to future liabilities or result in the limitation or suspension of the sale or production of product, including without limitation, products that do not meet the various regulations relating to use of lead-free components in products. These regulations include the European Union's Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS), Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment ("WEEE"), and the directive on End of Life for Vehicles (ELV); California's SB20 and SB50 which mimic RoHS; and China's WEEE adopted by the State Development and Reform Commission. RoHS took effect on July 1, 2006. New electrical and electronic equipment sold in the European Union may not exceed specified concentration levels of any of the six RoHS substances (lead, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, mercury, PBB, and PBDE) unless the equipment falls outside the scope of RoHS or unless one of the RoHS exemptions is satisfied. Our products as manufactured contain lead, but in ceramic form (the "ferroelectric memory capacitor") are at levels below the threshold concentration levels specified by RoHS and similar directives. However, these directives are still subject to amendment and such changes may be unfavorable to our products. Any supply of products that infringe applicable environmental laws may subject us to penalties, customer litigation or governmental sanctions, which may result in financial harm to us. OUR BUSINESS IS SUBJECT TO STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND LEGAL UNCERTAINTIES, WHICH COULD IMPOSE UNANTICIPATED REQUIREMENTS ON OUR BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE AND SUBJECT US TO LIABILITIES. Federal, state and local regulations impose various environmental controls on the discharge of chemicals and gases used in the manufacturing processes of our third-party foundry and contract manufacturers. Compliance with these regulations can be costly. Increasing public attention has been focused on the environmental impact of semiconductor operations. Any changes in environmental rules and regulations may impose the need for additional investments in capital equipment and the implementation of compliance programs in the future. Any failure by us or our foundries or contract manufacturers to comply with present or future environmental rules and regulations regarding the discharge of hazardous substances could subject us to serious liabilities or cause our foundries or contract manufacturers to suspend manufacturing operations, which could seriously harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition to the costs of complying with environmental, health and safety requirements, in the future we may incur costs defending against environmental litigation brought by government agencies and private parties. We may be defendants in lawsuits brought by parties in the future alleging environmental damage, personal injury or property damage. A significant judgment against us could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. Page-27 Risks Relating To The Securities Market And Ownership Of Our Shares - ------------------------------------------------------------------- OUR STOCK PRICE IS EXTREMELY VOLATILE AND YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RESELL YOUR SHARES AT OR ABOVE THE PRICE YOU PAID. The market price of our common stock has fluctuated widely in recent periods and is likely to continue to be volatile. It is possible that the price of our common stock will decline after you purchase our shares and that you would lose all or part of your investment. A number of other factors and contingencies, some of which are beyond our control, can affect the market price for our common stock, including the following: - actual or anticipated variations in our operating results; - the low daily trading volume of our stock, which has in recent years traded at prices below $5 per share; - announcements of technological innovations or new products by us or our competitors; - competition, including pricing pressures and the potential impact of products of competitors' on our sales; - conditions or trends in the semiconductor memory products industry; - unexpected design and manufacturing difficulties; - changes in financial estimates or recommendations by stock market analysts regarding us or our competitors; - announcements by us or our competitors of acquisitions, strategic partnerships or joint ventures; and - additions or departures of our senior management. In addition, in recent years the stock market in general, and shares of technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. These fluctuations have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these technology companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations may harm the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating results. CONCENTRATED OWNERSHIP AND ANY RELATED SALES OF SHARES COULD AFFECT THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK. Page-28 Trading in our common stock tends to be thin with low volume. Three entities own or control approximately 27% of our outstanding common stock or securities exercisable for common stock. As of February 12, 2007, the National Electrical Benefit Fund beneficially owns or controls approximately 9.8% of our outstanding common stock, which includes shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase 905,697 additional shares. In addition as of February 14, 2007, Ashford Capital Management and Cortina Asset Management, each an investment advisor, beneficially owns or controls approximately 10% and 6.9% of our outstanding shares. The ownership and/or control by these shareholders may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us. Any program by these holders to dispose of a substantial amount of its shares of our common stock in the open market could have an adverse impact on the market for our common stock. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR OUTSTANDING SHARES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE. Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the availability of those shares for sale in the public market, could harm the market price of our common stock. These sales also may make it more difficult for us to raise financing through the sale of equity securities or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem appropriate. As of February 12, 2007, we had 25,170,913 shares of common stock outstanding and all shares were freely tradable without restriction or pursuant to effective registration statements under the Securities Act. As of February 12, 2007, approximately 6,072,487 shares were subject to issuance upon exercise of awards granted under our stock option and award plans. As of the same date, approximately 2,330,892 shares were also subject to issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants and such shares have been registered for immediate resale in the public market. PROVISIONS IN OUR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND PREFERRED SHARES RIGHTS AGREEMENT MAY HAVE ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECTS AND COULD AFFECT THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK. Our board of directors has the authority to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the preferred stock, without any vote or action by our shareholders. Our authority to issue preferred stock with rights preferential to those of our common stock could be used to discourage attempts by others to obtain control of or acquire us, including an attempt in which the potential purchaser offers to pay a per share price greater than the current market price for our common stock, by making those attempts more difficult or costly to achieve. In addition, we may seek in the future to obtain new capital by issuing shares of preferred stock with rights preferential to those of our common stock. This provision could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for our common stock. We have also entered into a preferred shares rights agreement with Citicorp. N. A., as rights agent, dated as of April 19, 2001, which gives our stockholders certain rights that would likely delay, defer or prevent a change of control of us in a transaction not approved by our board of directors. Page-29 Item 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS None Item 2. PROPERTIES We own a building in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which serves as our world headquarters and principal executive offices. The building has a testing facility to support research and development, prototype manufacturing, advanced materials development and customer quality assurance and failure analysis support. The building is encumbered. Leased space within the United States is as follows: California Leased space outside the United States is as follows: United Kingdom Japan Canada Hong Kong We believe that our existing facilities are adequate for our needs in the foreseeable future. If additional leased space is required in the future, such leased space is readily available. Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS PATENT INTERFERENCE PROCEEDING On April 6, 2004, the Company and National Semiconductor Corporation (National) entered into an agreement to settle our long standing patent interference dispute, which began in 1991 as a patent interference proceeding that was declared in the United States Patent and Trademark Office in regard to one of our issued United States patents. The patent involved covers a basic ferroelectric memory cell design invention that we believe is of fundamental importance to our FRAM business in the United States. Under the terms of the settlement agreement we abandoned four of the five claims in our existing patent, two of National's patent applications relating to the interference claims were assigned to us and two others were retained by National. National and Ramtron agreed to cross license any and all future patents that may be issued from the four applications at no additional cost to either company. As consideration for the assigned patent applications and cross license provisions of the agreement, we will pay National $2.5 million in equal annual installments of $250,000 through 2013. We have not recorded an impairment of the existing patents held for the technology in dispute since we believe, as a consequence of the assignments and cross-license arrangements discussed previously, we are in a position now, insofar as our ability to use the technology in dispute is concerned, that is at least as favorable as our position prior to this resolution. Page-30 The fifth remaining count of the patent interference proceeding with National Semiconductor Corporation was sent to a Special Master for a final ruling. On December 12, 2005, the District Court for the District of Columbia reversed the judgment of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and found that the claims of Ramtron's patent were supported by an enabling disclosure. Thus, Ramtron's patent was found to be entitled to priority over National Semiconductor Corporation's patent application, and pursuant to our agreement with National Semiconductor, we granted a license with respect to this technology to National Semiconductor Corporation. Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS None PART II Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES Our common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "RMTR." The following table sets forth the 2006 and 2005 ranges of the high and low closing sales prices for the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market. High Low ------ ------ 2006 - ---- First Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.54 $1.91 Second Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.44 $1.84 Third Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.30 $1.95 Fourth Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4.73 $3.19 2005 - ---- First Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4.10 $3.23 Second Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.36 $2.34 Third Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.14 $2.45 Fourth Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.96 $2.01 The prices set forth above reflect transactions in the over-the-counter market at inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions. RECORD HOLDERS As of February 12, 2007, there were approximately 1,163 record holders of our common stock. Page-31 DIVIDEND POLICY We have not paid any dividends since our inception and do not intend to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We intend to retain any earnings to finance operations. Pursuant to our Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated December 30, 2005, as amended, with Silicon Valley Bank, we will not pay any dividends without Silicon Valley Bank's prior written consent for so long as the bank has an obligation to lend and there are any outstanding obligations by the Company. PERFORMANCE GRAPH Comparison of Five-Year Cumulative Total Return Among Ramtron International Corporation, the S&P Electronics (Semiconductors) Index and the S&P Composite Index Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Dec. 30, Dec. 29, 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Ramtron $100 $62.36 $58.35 $ 89.09 $ 45.21 $ 83.07 S&P Electronics (Semiconductors) Industry Index 100 48.78 96.33 76.21 85.47 77.85 S&P Composite Index 100 77.90 100.25 111.15 116.61 135.03 Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with, and are qualified in their entirety by, the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto contained in Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data and Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation included herein. Page-32 Year Ended December 31, 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (in thousands, except per share data) Revenue $40,481 $34,392 $39,494 $28,733 $30,031 Gross margin, product sales 20,657 15,789 20,032 13,482 9,355 Income (loss) from continuing operations 457 (2,642) 3,457 (712) 1,574 Income (loss) from discontinued operations -- (3,849) 145 (8,793) (3,401) Net income (loss) applicable to common shares 457 (6,491) 3,602 (9,505) (1,923) Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations: - basic $ 0.02 $ (0.11) $ 0.15 $ (0.03) $ 0.07 - diluted $ 0.02 $ (0.11) $ 0.14 $ (0.03) $ 0.07 Earnings (loss) per share - basic $ 0.02 $ (0.28) $ 0.16 $ (0.43) $ (0.09) Earnings (loss) per share - diluted $ 0.02 $ (0.28) $ 0.15 $ (0.43) $ (0.08) Working capital 11,242 10,133 16,319 12,168 18,987 Total assets 32,457 32,816 33,653 29,645 40,942 Total long-term debt 5,859 7,137 4,914 2,669 5,728 Stockholders' equity 17,072 14,494 15,192 11,042 20,154 Cash dividends per common share(1) -- -- -- -- -- - ---------- (1) We have not declared any cash dividends on our common stock and do not expect to pay such dividends in the foreseeable future. Item 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION The following discussion and analysis is intended to provide greater details of our results of operations and financial condition. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the information under Part II. Item 6. Selected Financial Data and Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. Certain statements under this caption constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, as such, are based on current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements for many reasons including those risks discussed under Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Page-33 CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES The preparation of our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in our financial statements and accompanying notes. By their nature, these estimates and judgments are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. On an ongoing basis we re-evaluate our judgments and estimates including those related to bad debts, inventories, long-lived assets, intangible assets, income taxes, accrued expenses and other contingencies. We base our estimates and judgments on our historical experience, market trends, financial forecasts and projections and on other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, and apply them on a consistent basis. We believe that consistent application results in financial statements and accompanying notes that fairly represent our financial condition, operating results and cash flows for all periods presented. However, any factual errors or errors in these estimates and judgments may have a material impact on our financial conditions, operating results and cash flows. RECOGNITION OF REVENUE. Revenue from product sales to direct customers and distributors is recognized upon shipment as we generally do not have any post-shipment obligations or allow for any acceptance provisions. In the event a situation occurs to create a post-shipment obligation, we would defer revenue recognition until the specific obligation was satisfied. We defer recognition of sales to distributors when we are unable to make a reasonable estimate of product returns due to insufficient historical product return information. The revenue recorded is dependent upon estimates of expected customer returns and sales discounts. Revenue from licensing programs is recognized over the period we are required to provide services under the terms of the agreement. Revenue from research and development activities that are funded by customers is recognized as the services are performed. Revenue from royalties is recognized upon the notification to us of shipment of product from our technology license partners to direct customers. INVENTORY VALUATION. We write-down our inventory for estimated obsolescence or lack of marketability for the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required. ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS. We seek to maintain a stringent credit approval process although our management must make significant judgments in assessing our customers' ability to pay at the time of shipment. Despite this assessment, from time to time, customers are unable to meet their payment obligations. If we are aware of a customer's inability to meet its financial obligations to us, we record an allowance to reduce the receivable to the amount we reasonably believe we will be able to collect from the customer. For all other customers, we record an allowance based upon the amount of time the receivables are past due. If actual accounts receivable collections differ from these estimates, an adjustment to the allowance may be necessary with a resulting effect on operating expense. We continue to monitor customers' credit worthiness, and use judgment in establishing the estimated amounts of customer receivables which will ultimately not be collected. Page-34 DEFERRED INCOME TAXES. As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes on a consolidated basis. We record deferred tax assets and liabilities for the estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and amounts recorded in the consolidated financial statements, and for operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Realization of the recorded deferred tax assets is dependent upon us generating sufficient taxable income in future years to obtain benefit from the reversal of net deductible temporary differences and from tax credit and operating loss carry forwards. A valuation allowance is provided to the extent that management deems it more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets will not be realized. The amount of deferred tax assets considered realizable is subject to adjustment in future periods if estimates of future taxable income are changed. LONG-LIVED ASSETS. We review the carrying values of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that such carrying values may not be recoverable. Under current standards, the assets must be carried at historical cost if the projected cash flows from their use will recover their carrying amounts on an undiscounted basis and without considering interest. However, if projected cash flows are less than their carrying value, the long-lived assets must be reduced to their estimated fair value. Considerable judgment is required to project such cash flows and, if required, estimate the fair value of the impaired long-lived asset. The estimated future cash flows are based upon, among other things, assumptions about expected future operating performance and may differ from actual cash flows. There can be no assurance that future long-lived asset impairments will not occur. GOODWILL. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net tangible and intangible assets acquired in a business combination. Goodwill is required to be tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill may be impaired. We performed our annual goodwill impairment testing as of December 31, 2006, and determined that no impairment existed at that date. This assessment requires estimates of future revenue, operating results and cash flows, as well as estimates of critical valuation inputs such as discount rates, terminal values and similar data. We continue to perform periodic and annual impairment analyses of goodwill resulting from acquisitions. As a result of such impairment analyses, impairment charges may be recorded and may have a material adverse impact on our financial position and operating results. Additionally, we may make strategic business decisions in future periods which impact the fair value of goodwill, which could result in significant impairment charges. There can be no assurance that future goodwill impairments will not occur. Page-35 INVENTORY VALUATION ADJUSTMENTS. Our working capital requirements have followed our sales growth. We must carry adequate amounts of inventory to meet rapid delivery requirements of customers. To do this, we order products and build inventory substantially in advance of product shipments, based on internal forecasts of customer demand. We have in the past produced excess quantities of certain products and this, in combination with the difficulty of predicting future average selling prices, has resulted in us incurring inventory valuation adjustments. In addition, our distributors have a right to return products under certain conditions, which affects inventory reserves. We recognize revenue on shipments to distributors at the time of shipment, along with a reserve for estimated returns based on historical data. SHARE-BASED PAYMENT ASSUMPTIONS. We estimate volatility and forfeitures based on historical data and the expected term of options granted. All of these variables have an affect on the amount charged to expense in our consolidated statement of income. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OVERVIEW We are a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets specialized semiconductor memory, microcontroller, and integrated semiconductor solutions, used in many markets for a wide range of applications. We pioneered the integration of ferroelectric materials into semiconductor products, which enabled the development of a new class of nonvolatile memory products, called ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM). FRAM products merge the advantages of multiple memory technologies into a single device that is able to retain information without a power source, can be read from and written to at very fast speeds and written to many times, and consumes low amounts of power and can simplify the design of electronic systems. In many cases, we are the sole provider of FRAM-enabled semiconductor products, which facilitates close customer relationships, long application lifecycles and the potential for high-margin sales. We also integrate analog and mixed-signal functions such as microprocessor supervision, tamper detection, timekeeping, and power failure detection onto a single device with our FRAM. This has enabled a new class of products that addresses the growing market need for more efficient and cost effective semiconductor products. In 2006 we completed development and introduced five new products and completed two new AEC Q100 qualifications for the automotive market. We started development on four new product families that are expected to be completed in 2007. The AEC Q100 qualification program continues and now includes an initiative to develop +125 degrees C products. We continue to work on the 4-megabit FRAM as well as another serial memory design at Texas Instruments. Our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $40.5 million. In 2006, 97% of our revenue was derived from sales of our products for applications in our target markets, which include metering; computing and information systems; automotive; and industrial, scientific and medical. Page-36 Our success in building product revenue during 2006 was fueled by 40 top customers in our most active FRAM target markets. Among our target markets, metering, computing, and automotive are currently the primary drivers of our product revenue growth. Product sales within our metering target market during 2006 contributed 35% to our total product revenue. Metering programs are active in every geographical area with Europe and China in the forefront. Global suppliers in Europe and North America continue to increase in volume. Two of our largest U.S. meter customers continue to win business domestically and abroad with FRAM-based meters. In 2006, 35% of our total product revenue came from computing and information systems with multi-function printers contributing the significant portion. Ricoh, a global printer and copier maker, continued to be a major customer, along side a variety of laser and inkjet printer machine and accessory manufacturers. In addition, Promise Technology was among our top 40 computing customers in 2006 using FRAM in disk array drive controllers. Automotive applications made up about 18% of our product revenue in 2006. We are particularly strong in FRAM automotive applications. Auto opportunities that are growing in Europe include data recorders, seat sensors, adaptive steering, sliding roof controllers, distance radar, and navigation. Our products are currently being used in VW, BMW, Mercedes Benz, and Hyundai automobiles, among others. In Korea, we have several opportunities identified at one of the country's largest auto manufacturers, which include tire-pressure monitoring, occupant sensors and satellite radio receivers. In North America, smart airbags continue to be our primary automotive application. Additional revenue sources have included customer-sponsored research and development programs for FRAM technology with major semiconductor manufacturers. Historically, we have also derived revenue from the licensing of our FRAM intellectual property to a number semiconductor manufacturers. Royalties result from the sale of FRAM products by certain licensees. Customer-sponsored research and development program fees are primarily generated as a result of ferroelectric technology support programs with major semiconductor manufacturers. Our total costs and expenses increased 8% from 2005 to 2006, compared with a 6% increase from 2004 to 2005. Our gross margin in 2006 was 53%, and our gross margin, including provision for inventory write-offs, was 48% for 2005 and 54% for 2004. In 2006, the increase in gross margin was attributable to less inventory write-offs as compared to 2005. In 2004, FRAM gross margin improved as manufacturing yields improved, and we realized cost reductions at our contract manufacturers. Page-37 Research and development expenses, including customer-sponsored research and development, were $9.9 million in 2006, compared with $7.6 million in 2005, and $7 million in 2004. These expenses, as a percentage of total sales were 24% in 2006, compared with 22% in 2005, and 18% in 2004. The increase primarily resulted from increased spending related to activities at our Canadian subsidiary, stock compensation related expense and severance payments made in 2006. General and administrative expenses increased from $4.4 million in 2005, to $5.1 million in 2006, primarily due to stock-based compensation expense. These expenses were 13% of total revenue in 2006, 13% in 2005, and 13% in 2004. Sales and marketing expenses increased from $5 million in 2005, to $6 million in 2006, primarily due to increased sales efforts, sales commissions, and tradeshow expenses. These expenses were 15% of total revenue in 2006, 15% in 2005, and 14% in 2004. 2006 HIGHLIGHTS For the full year 2006, revenue increased 18% to $40.5 million from $34.4 million in 2005. Revenue highlights include: - Total product revenue for 2006 was up 20% to 39.1 million, compared with $32.7 million for 2005 - Twelve-month core FRAM product sales, which exclude sales to ENEL, grew 34% over full-year 2005 - Integrated product revenue grew 20% to $3.5 million from 2005 to 2006 - By target market, sales were as follows: metering (35% of sales), computing and information systems (35% of sales), automotive (18% of sales), and industrial, scientific and medical and other (12% of sales) - By region, sales were as follows: Asia Pacific (30% of sales), Americas (27% of sales), Japan (22% of sales), and Europe (21% of sales) Gross margin for full-year 2006 increased to 53% from 51% in 2005. Full-year 2006 income from continuing operations was $457,000, or $0.02 per share, compared with a loss from continuing operations of $2.6 million, or a loss of $0.11 per share, for the prior year. Full-year 2006 results included charges of $995,000 for non-cash stock-based compensation expense and $321,000 for amortization of purchased IP. Without these charges, full-year income from continuing operations would have been $1.8 million or a $0.07 per share (basic). 2007 BUSINESS OUTLOOK For full-year 2007, management currently projects: - Overall product revenue growth of 20% to 25% over full year 2006 product revenue of $39.1 million. Core FRAM revenue growth, which excludes approximately $2.0 million of sales to ENEL during 2006, is projected to be between 27% and 32% Page-38 - Gross margin of 52% to 54% - Other revenue for full year 2007, including license and development fees and royalties, of approximately $1.1 million - Total operating expenses to be approximately 47% to 48% of total revenue By expense line item, management is targeting sales and marketing to be 14% to 15% of total revenue, research and development to be 22% of total revenue, and general and administrative to be 11% of total revenue - Net income, excluding expenses for stock based compensation, of 5.0% to 6.5% - Our $4 million revolving secured credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank will be up for renewal during 2007. The Company is confident that it will be able to negotiate the renewal or replacement of its revolving secured credit facility with acceptable terms. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 AS COMPARED TO 2005 Our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $40.5 million, compared with $34.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2005, primarily due to increased unit volume as our average price remained relatively flat year over year. Cost of product sales, including provision for inventory write-off, as a percentage of product revenue, decreased approximately 5%, primarily due to decreased inventory write-offs in 2006. Our costs and expenses were $39.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2006, compared with $36.6 million for the same period in 2005, primarily due to the increased sales for 2006 compared to 2005. The resulting income from continuing operations in 2006 was $0.5 million, compared with a loss from continuing operations of $2.6 million in 2005. The $3.1 million increase in operating results was due, in part, to charges in 2005 of $1.6 million related to the retirement of the Company's fixed-rate convertible debentures, $1.1 million of in-process research and development write-off related to the acquisition of Goal Semiconductor, and a first-quarter inventory write-off of $872,000 during 2005, which did not occur in 2006. Non-product revenue during 2006, which included royalty payments and license revenue, decreased by $0.3 million, compared with 2005. This was due to a decrease in customer-sponsored research and development revenue of $250,000 from 2005 to 2006 due to no research and development fee payments from Texas Instruments during 2006. Cost of sales as a percentage of product sales were 47% in 2006 compared to 52% in 2005. This decrease was directly related to the provision for inventory write-off of $876,000 recorded in 2005, compared to no provision for inventory write-off taken in 2006. Page-39 Combined research and development expenses were $9.9 million, an increase of $2.3 million from 2005 to 2006. Combined research and development expenses were 24% of revenue in 2006, compared with 22% in 2005. The increase primarily resulted from increased spending related to activities at our Canadian subsidiary, stock compensation related expense and severance payments made in 2006. General and administrative expenses were $5.1 million, an increase of $0.7 million from 2005 to 2006. General and administrative expenses remained consistent at 13% of revenue in 2006 and 2005. The primary reason for the increase was stock-based compensation recognized in 2006. Sales and marketing expenses were $6 million, an increase of $1.0 million from 2005 to 2006. Sales and marketing expenses remained consistent at 15% of total revenue in 2006 and 2005. The increase was a result of greater sales commissions, increased sales efforts, spending on tradeshows, and stock-based compensation recognized in 2006. Interest expense, related party, decreased $0.2 million from 2005 to $0 in 2006 due to the retirement of the related convertible debenture in July 2005. Other interest expense remained at $0.6 million in 2006. This was due to non-related party principal outstanding throughout 2006, offset by less prepaid loan and debt discount amortization during 2006. Other income decreased $0.2 million from 2005 to 2006 to $0.2 million. This was due primarily to decreased foreign exchange gains incurred in 2006, offset by increased interest income during 2006. Income Tax Provision. During 2006, the Company recognized $60,000 in tax expense related to the alternative minimum tax. No such provision was incurred during 2005 due to a net loss for the year. Loss From Discontinued Operations. On July 26, 2005, the Company announced the divestiture of its Mushkin subsidiary for consideration of approximately $1.8 million. The Company recognized impairment charges during the second quarter of 2005 to goodwill for $3.4 million, to long-lived assets for $359,000, and to inventory for $170,000, related to the divestiture. The loss from discontinued operations of $3.8 million in 2005 was primarily Mushkin related due to the aforementioned write-offs. In accordance with SFAS No. 144, the consolidated financial statements of the Company have been recast to present EMS's and Mushkin's financial position and results as discontinued operations. All activity related to the Company's discontinued operations ceased during 2005. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 AS COMPARED TO 2004 Page-40 Our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $34.4 million, compared with $39.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. Cost of product sales, including provision for inventory write-off, as a percentage of product revenue, increased approximately 6%, primarily due to increased inventory write-offs in 2005. Our costs and expenses were $36.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2005, compared with $34.7 million for the same period in 2004. The resulting loss from continuing operations in 2005 was $2.6 million, compared with income from continuing operations of $3.5 million in 2004. The $6.1 million decrease in operating results was due, in part, to charges of $1.6 million related to the retirement of the Company's fixed-rate convertible debentures, $1.1 million related to the acquisition of Goal Semiconductor, and a first-quarter inventory write-off of $872,000. Revenue from the ENEL meter installation program decreased as expected in 2005 as the program began to wind down. ENEL product revenue in 2005 was $5.2 million, compared with $17.2 million in 2004, and $15.8 million in 2003. In 2005, we made up about $7.5 million of the $12.1 million year-over-year decline in ENEL revenue, which resulted in a 38% increase in non-ENEL, or core FRAM sales. Non-ENEL product revenue for each of the last three years totaled approximately $27.5 million, $20 million and $10.8 million in 2005, 2004, and 2003, respectively. Non-product revenue during 2005, which included royalty payments and license revenue, remained flat, compared with 2004. Customer-sponsored research and development revenue decreased $0.5 million from 2004 to 2005 due to lower research and development fee payments by Texas Instruments. Cost of sales as a percentage of product sales were 52% in 2005 compared to 46% in 2004. This increase related to the provision for inventory write-off taken in 2005 coupled with lower product yields on newly introduced products in 2005. Combined research and development expenses increased $0.6 million from 2004 to 2005 to $7.6 million. Combined research and development expenses were 22% of revenue in 2005, compared with 18% in 2004. The increase primarily resulted from increased spending on design related activities. General and administrative expenses decreased $0.7 million from 2004 to 2005 to $4.4 million. General and administrative expenses were 13% of revenue in 2005 and 2004. The primary reason for the decrease was management bonuses were part of the 2004 expense and management bonuses were not earned in 2005. Sales and marketing expenses decreased $0.4 million from 2004 to 2005 to $5 million. Sales and marketing expenses were 15% of total revenue in 2005, compared with 14% in 2004. The decrease was a result of reduced sales commissions and bonuses in 2005, offset by increased bad debt expense due to the bankruptcy of a major customer. Interest expense, related party, decreased $0.2 million from 2004 to 2005 to $0.2 million due to the retirement of the Infineon convertible debenture in July 2005. Page-41 Other interest expense decreased $0.3 million from 2004 to 2005 to $0.6 million in 2005. This was due to the retirement of the Company's convertible debentures, along with less principal outstanding and less minimum interest charges on our new line of credit. This was offset by $0.1 million of interest related to borrowings on our revolving line of credit and our term loan with Silicon Valley Bank. Other income increased $0.3 million from 2004 to 2005 to $0.3 million. This was due primarily to foreign exchange gains incurred in 2005. There were no foreign exchange gains or losses in 2004. Loss From Discontinued Operations. In July 2005, the Company announced the divestiture of its Mushkin subsidiary described above; in the year over year comparison of fiscal 2006 to fiscal 2005; the loss from discontinued operations of $3.8 million in 2005 was primarily Mushkin related due to the aforementioned write-offs. During the first quarter of 2004, the Company committed to a plan to sell substantially all of the remaining assets of EMS consisting primarily of EMS' patent portfolio. The Company completed the sale of EMS' patent portfolio on April 20, 2004, the proceeds of which were $1.5 million. Due to a write-down of the carrying value of the patent portfolio to its estimated fair value at March 31, 2004, there was no gain or loss recorded on the finalization of the sale. The income from discontinued operations in 2004 was related to a profit from our Mushkin subsidiary of $0.5 million, offset by the loss of $0.3 million for the impairment loss on EMS's patent portfolio. In accordance with SFAS No. 144, the consolidated financial statements of EMS and Mushkin have been recast to present these businesses as discontinued operations. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES Cash and cash equivalents increased $1 million from 2005 to 2006 to $4.3 million. Operating Activities. We generated $2.9 million of cash from operations in 2006 compared to $2.9 million used for operations in 2005. The $5.8 million difference is primarily due to $0.5 million in net income in 2006 compared to a $6.5 million loss in 2005. Also affecting our generation of cash in 2006 was a net reduction in inventory of $0.8 million in 2006 compared to an increase in inventory of $3.4 million in 2005 offset by an increase in accounts receivable during 2006 of $9 million compared to a $1.4 million decrease in accounts receivable during 2005. Page-42 Cash used in investing activities was $1.7 million in 2006 compared to $2.3 million used in 2005. The primary reason cash used decreased in 2006 was in comparison to the use of cash (in part) in 2005 for the purchase of Goal Semiconductor, Inc., offset by cash provided by our discontinued operations. In 2006, net cash used by financing activities was $0.2 million compared with $2.1 million cash provided in 2005. The decrease in cash of $2.3 million in 2006 compared to 2005 was due primarily to cash received from not utilizing our term loan and mortgage loan obtained in 2005 offset by our payments on our debentures in 2005. Debt instruments. In September 2005, we entered into a loan agreement with Silicon Valley Bank for a $3.0 million secured term loan facility. Interest on the term loan is set at a floating rate equal to the prime lending rate plus 1% per year and the term loan has a term of 36 months. As of December 31, 2006, $1.7 million remained outstanding. The loan agreement also provides for a $4 million revolving secured credit facility. The revolving secured credit facility expires on March 28, 2007, and we expect to renew this agreement at that time. Interest on the revolving facility is set at a floating rate equal to the prime lending rate plus 0.50% per year, with a minimum interest rate of 6.00% per year. The revolving facility has a term of two years. As of December 31, 2006, no balance was outstanding on the revolving facility. Security for the loan agreement includes all of our assets except for real estate. In addition, we entered into an intellectual property security agreement with Silicon Valley Bank that secures our obligations under the loan agreement by granting Silicon Valley Bank a security interest in our intellectual property. We are required to comply with certain covenants under the loan agreement, as amended, including requirements to maintain a minimum net worth and maintain certain leverage ratios, and restrictions on certain business actions without the consent of Silicon Valley Bank. On December 29, 2006, the Company entered into a Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, with Silicon Valley Bank. The amendment revised the financial covenants for debt service to better reflect the Company's operations and removes capital expenditure limits and investment limits relating to our Canadian subsidiary. We were in compliance with all of our debt covenants as of December 31, 2006. On December 15, 2005, the Company, through its subsidiary, Ramtron LLC, for which we serve as sole member and sole manager, closed a mortgage loan facility with American National Insurance Company. Ramtron LLC entered into a promissory note evidencing the loan with the principal amount of $4,200,000, with a maturity date of January 1, 2016, bearing interest at 6.17%. As of December 31, 2006, $4.1 million remained outstanding. Ramtron LLC also entered into an agreement for the benefit of American National Insurance Company securing the Company's real estate as collateral for the mortgage loan facility. We are investigating the benefit of selling the Company's headquarters and leasing office space better suited for our needs. Page-43 We had $4.3 million in cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2006. We believe we have sufficient resources to fund our operations through at least 2007. If this is not sufficient to meet our cash requirements, we may use the credit facility mentioned above or any other credit facility we may obtain. In view of our expected future working capital requirements in connection with the design, manufacturing and sale of our products, and our projected expenditures, we may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. There is no assurance, however, that we will be able to obtain such financing on terms acceptable to us, or at all. Any issuance of common or preferred stock to obtain additional funding would result in dilution of existing stockholders' interests in us. The inability to obtain additional financing when needed would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results and could adversely affect our ability to continue our business operations. Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments. At December 31, 2006, our commitments under our contractual obligations and commercial commitments were as follows (in thousands): After 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011 Total ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- Long-term debt(1) $1,735 $1,306 $ 616 $ 616 $ 616 $1,978 $ 6,867 Operating leases 1,362 1,057 498 -- -- -- 2,917 Purchase obligations(2) 4,744 -- -- -- -- -- 4,744 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- Total $7,841 $2,363 $1,114 $ 616 $ 616 $1,978 $14,528 ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ======= - ---------- (1) Includes required principal and interest payments for our outstanding term loan with Silicon Valley Bank; mortgage loan with American National Insurance Company; the payments to National Semiconductor Corporation and minimum interest charges related to our revolving line of credit with Silicon Valley Bank. (2) Our purchase obligations are amounts committed under legally enforceable contracts or purchase orders for goods and services with defined terms as to price, quantity, delivery and termination liability and are the result of purchase orders placed but not yet fulfilled by Fujitsu, our semiconductor wafer supplier. LEGAL MATTERS We are party to legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. Although the outcomes of any such legal actions cannot be predicted, our management believes that there are no pending legal proceedings against or involving us for which the outcome would likely have a material adverse effect upon our financial position or results of operations. Page-44 NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS The information required by this Item is provided in Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK Interest Rate Risk. We do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio. Our investment portfolio is generally comprised of U.S. money market accounts and cash deposits. Our policy is to place these investments in instruments that meet high credit quality standards and have maturities of less than one and one half years with an overall average maturity of less than 90 days. These securities are subject to interest rate risk and could decline in value if there is a major change in interest rates. Due to the short duration of the securities in which we invest and the conservative nature of our investment portfolio, a 10% move in interest rates over a one-year period would have an immaterial effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk. The majority of our sales and research and development and marketing expenses are transacted in U.S. dollars. We purchase wafers from Fujitsu in Japanese Yen and have limited accounts payable and receivable transactions in Canadian dollars. However, payments from Japanese customers provide yen currency for approximately 66% of our wafer purchase costs. We do not use financial derivatives to hedge our prices, therefore, we have some exposure to foreign currency price fluctuations. Gains and losses from such fluctuations have not been material to us to date. At December 31, 2006, we had floating rate debt outstanding of $1.7 million. A 10% move in interest rates would not have a material effect on our financial statements. Interest payable on the Company's mortgage note is fixed at 6.17% over the term of the loan. In light of the above, changes in interest rates will not materially affect our future earnings or cash flows. Page-45 Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Board of Directors Ramtron International Corporation: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Ramtron International Corporation as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, and the related financial statement schedule. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Ramtron International Corporation as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of its operations and comprehensive income (loss) and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, and the related financial statement schedule, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. As discussed in note 1 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment. /s/ KPMG LLP ------------ KPMG LLP February 12, 2007 Page-46 RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS December 31, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands, except share data) ------------- 2006 2005 -------- -------- ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 4,305 $ 3,345 Accounts receivable, less allowances of $351 and $273, respectively 7,183 6,234 Inventories 6,006 7,118 Other current assets 494 857 --------- --------- Total current assets 17,988 17,554 Property, plant and equipment, net 4,527 4,732 Goodwill, net 2,038 2,008 Intangible assets, net 7,752 8,310 Other assets 152 212 --------- --------- Total assets $ 32,457 $ 32,816 ========= ========= LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Accounts payable $ 3,023 $ 3,841 Accrued liabilities 1,317 1,084 Deferred revenue 1,040 1,142 Current portion of long-term promissory notes 1,366 1,354 --------- --------- Total current liabilities 6,746 7,421 Deferred revenue 2,780 3,764 Long-term promissory notes 5,859 7,137 --------- --------- Total liabilities 15,385 18,322 --------- --------- Stockholders' equity: Common stock, $.01 par value, 50,000,000 authorized; 25,107,788 and 24,387,830 shares issued and outstanding, respectively 251 244 Additional paid-in capital 243,206 241,113 Accumulated other comprehensive income 136 115 Accumulated deficit (226,521) (226,978) --------- --------- Total stockholders' equity 17,072 14,494 --------- --------- Commitments and contingencies (Notes 5, 6 and 14) Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 32,457 $ 32,816 ========= ========= See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. Page F-1 RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands, except per share amounts) ------------- 2006 2005 2004 -------- -------- -------- Revenue: Product sales $ 39,095 $ 32,664 $ 37,231 License and development fees 717 716 717 Royalties 669 762 765 Customer-sponsored research and development -- 250 781 --------- --------- --------- 40,481 34,392 39,494 --------- --------- --------- Costs and expenses: Cost of product sales 18,438 15,999 17,078 Provision for inventory write-off -- 876 121 Research and development 9,885 7,294 6,209 Customer-sponsored research and development -- 321 797 General and administrative 5,149 4,415 5,100 Sales and marketing 6,034 5,029 5,394 Write-off of in-process research and development -- 1,067 -- Write-down of debt discount and loss on extinguishment -- 1,624 -- --------- --------- --------- 39,506 36,625 34,699 --------- --------- --------- Operating income (loss) from continuing operations 975 (2,233) 4,795 Interest expense, related party -- (162) (410) Interest expense, other (612) (592) (899) Other income, net 154 345 45 --------- --------- --------- Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax provision 517 (2,642) 3,531 Income tax provision (60) -- (74) --------- --------- --------- Income (loss) from continuing operations 457 (2,642) 3,457 Income (loss) from discontinued operations -- (3,849) 145 --------- --------- --------- Net income (loss) $ 457 $ (6,491) $ 3,602 ========= ========= ========= Other comprehensive income, net of tax: Foreign currency translation adjustments $ 21 $ 115 $ -- --------- --------- --------- Comprehensive income (loss) $ 478 $ (6,376) $ 3,602 ========= ========= ========= Page F-2 Earnings (loss) per share: Basic: Income (loss) from continuing operations $ 0.02 $ (0.11) $ 0.15 Income (loss) from discontinued operations -- (0.17) 0.01 --------- --------- --------- Total $ 0.02 $ (0.28) $ 0.16 ========= ========= ========= Diluted: Income (loss) from continuing operations $ 0.02 $ (0.11) $ 0.14 Income (loss) from discontinued operations -- (0.17) 0.01 --------- --------- --------- Total $ 0.02 $ (0.28) $ 0.15 ========= ========= ========= Weighted average shares outstanding: Basic 24,478 23,089 22,238 ========= ========= ========= Diluted 24,957 23,089 23,528 ========= ========= ========= See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 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RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands, except par value amounts) -------------- Common Stock Accumulated ($.01) Par Value Additional Other Total ---------------- Paid-in Comprehensive Accumulated Stockholders' Shares Amount Capital Income Deficit Equity ------ ------ ---------- ------------- ------------ ------------- Balances, December 31, 2003 22,191 $222 $234,909 $ -- $(224,089) $11,042 Exercise of options 189 2 410 -- -- 412 Issuance of stock options for services provided -- -- 136 -- -- 136 Net income -- -- -- -- 3,602 3,602 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Balances, December 31, 2004 22,380 224 235,455 -- (220,487) 15,192 Exercise of options 56 1 114 -- -- 115 Issuance of stock options for services provided -- -- 45 -- -- 45 Stock issued for acquisition 1,952 19 5,499 -- -- 5,518 Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments -- -- -- $115 -- 115 Net loss -- -- -- -- (6,491) (6,491) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Balances, December 31, 2005 24,388 244 241,113 115 (226,978) 14,494 Exercise of options 450 4 1,101 -- -- 1,105 Stock-based compensation expense -- -- 995 -- -- 995 Issuance of restricted stock 270 3 (3) -- -- -- Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments -- -- -- 21 -- 21 Net income -- -- -- -- 457 457 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Balances, December 31, 2006 25,108 $251 $243,206 $136 $(226,521) $17,072 ======================================================================= See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
Page F-4 RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands) -------------- (Revised, See Note 9) -------- 2006 2005 2004 -------- -------- -------- Cash flows from operating activities: Net income (loss) $ 457 $ (6,491) $ 3,602 Adjustments used to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: (Income) loss from discontinued operations -- 3,849 (145) Depreciation and amortization 1,998 1,458 1,203 Stock-based compensation 995 45 136 Write-off of in-process research and development -- 1,067 -- Amortization of debt discount, including non-cash loss on extinguishment -- 1,153 633 Imputed interest on note payable 85 94 75 Loss on abandonment of patents 78 138 138 Gain on disposition of equipment -- (255) (30) Provision for inventory write-off and warranty charge 340 876 121 Changes in assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable (949) 1,415 (1,615) Inventories 772 (3,383) (773) Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (248) (1,020) 739 Deferred revenue (1,086) (1,431) (1,079) Other 423 (37) 34 Net cash (used by) discontinued operations -- (414) (534) --------- --------- --------- Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 2,865 (2,936) 2,505 --------- --------- --------- Cash flows from investing activities: Cash paid for acquisition net of cash acquired (see Note 15) -- (2,260) -- Purchase of property, plant and equipment (1,554) (1,389) (807) Proceeds from sale of equipment and patents -- 268 215 Payments for intellectual property (97) (512) (174) Change in restricted cash -- -- 9 Net cash provided by discontinued operations -- 1,602 1,741 --------- --------- --------- Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (1,651) (2,291) 984 --------- --------- --------- Page F-5 Cash flows from financing activities: Debt issuance costs -- (121) -- Proceeds from term loan & mortgage loan -- 7,200 -- Proceeds from line of credit -- 5,850 750 Payments on line of credit -- (5,850) (750) Principal payments on promissory notes (1,351) (5,120) (2,315) Issuance of common stock, net of expenses 1,105 114 412 --------- --------- --------- Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (246) 2,073 (1,903) --------- --------- --------- Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 968 (3,154) 1,586 Effect of foreign currency (8) 115 -- Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 3,345 6,384 4,798 --------- --------- --------- Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 4,305 $ 3,345 $ 6,384 ========= ========= ========= See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. Page F-6 RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 ------------------------ NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS. We are a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets specialized semiconductor memory, microcontroller, and integrated semiconductor solutions, used in many markets for a wide range of applications. We pioneered the integration of ferroelectric materials into semiconductor products, which enabled the development of a new class of nonvolatile memory products, called ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM). FRAM products merge the advantages of multiple memory technologies into a single device that is able to retain information without a power source, can be read from and written to at very fast speeds and written to many times, and consumes low amounts of power and can simplify the design of electronic systems. In many cases, we are the sole provider of FRAM-enabled semiconductor products, which facilitates close customer relationships, long application lifecycles and the potential for high-margin sales. We also integrate analog and mixed-signal functions such as microprocessor supervision, tamper detection, timekeeping, and power failure detection onto a single device with our FRAM. This has enabled a new class of products that addresses the growing market need for more efficient and cost effective semiconductor products. The Company's revenue is derived primarily from the sale of its products and from license and development arrangements entered into with a limited number of established semiconductor manufacturers and involving the development of specific applications of the Company's technologies. Other revenue is generated from products and customer-sponsored research and development revenue. Product sales have been made to various customers for use in a variety of applications including utility meters, office equipment, consumer electronics, telecommunications, accelerator boards, disk array controllers, personal computers and industrial control devices. Mushkin was classified as a discontinued operation during the third quarter of 2005. EMS was classified as a discontinued operation during the first quarter of 2004. See Note 11 of these Notes of Consolidated Financial Statements below for further discussion of EMS and Mushkin. USE OF ESTIMATES. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the carrying amounts of property, plant and equipment, intangibles and goodwill; valuation of allowances for receivables, inventories and deferred income taxes; and valuation of share-based payment arrangements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Page F-7 PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION. The accompanying financial statements include the consolidation of accounts for the Company's wholly owned subsidiaries, Ramtron LLC, Ramtron Canada and Ramtron Kabushiki Kaisha (Ramtron K.K.). All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS. The Company considers all cash and highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. INVENTORIES. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out method. The Company writes down its inventory for estimated obsolescence or lack of marketability for the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT. Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation and amortization are provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets and commence once the assets are ready for their intended use. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred and improvements are capitalized. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS. Goodwill represents the excess of the costs over the fair value of assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a business combination and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but instead are tested for impairment at least annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill may be impaired in accordance with the provision of FASB Statement 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" (FAS 142). The Company performed its annual goodwill impairment testing as of December 31, 2006, and determined that no impairments existed at that date. Intangible assets are recorded at cost and are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, ranging from 15 to 17 years, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with FASB Statement 144, "Accounting for Impairment for Disposal of Long-Lived Assets" (FAS 144). The amounts capitalized for patents include the cost of acquiring and defending the patent. IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS. In accordance with FAS 144, long-lived assets held and used by the Company and intangible assets subject to amortization are reviewed for impairment, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that carrying amounts of assets may not be recoverable. The Company evaluates recoverability of assets to be held and used by comparing the carrying amount of an asset to the future net undiscounted cash flows to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceed the fair value of the asset calculated using a future discounted cash flow analysis. Considerable judgment is required to project such cash flows and, if required, estimate the fair value of the impaired long-lived asset. Page F-8 ACCRUED LIABILITIES. Accrued liabilities consist of the following as of December 31 (in thousands): 2006 2005 ------ ------ Compensation related $ 911 $ 768 Other 406 316 ------ ------ Total $1,317 $1,084 ====== ====== REVENUE RECOGNITION. The Company recognizes revenue from product sales when title transfers, the customer takes ownership and assumes risk of loss, collection of the relevant receivable is probable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists and the sales price is fixed or determinable, which is generally at the time of shipment. In the event a situation occurs to create a post-shipment obligation, we would defer revenue recognition until the specific obligation was satisfied. We defer recognition of sales to distributors when we are unable to make a reasonable estimate of product returns due to insufficient historical product return information. The revenue recorded is dependent upon estimates of expected customer returns and sales discounts. Revenue from licensing programs is recognized over the period the Company is required to provide services under the terms of the agreement. Revenue from research and development activities that are funded by customers are recognized as the services are performed. Revenue from royalties is recognized upon the notification to us of shipment of product from the Company's technology license partners to direct customers. ADVERTISING. The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expenses for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 were $231,000, $198,000, and $219,000, respectively. INCOME TAXES. Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Page F-9 EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE. The Company calculates its earnings (loss) per share pursuant to SFAS No. 128, "Earnings Per Share" (SFAS No. 128). Under SFAS No. 128, basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing reported income (loss) available to common stockholders by weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share reflects the potential dilution assuming the issuance of common shares for all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. In periods where the Company records a net loss, all potentially dilutive securities, including warrants and stock options, would be anti- dilutive and thus, are excluded from diluted loss per share. The following table sets forth the calculation of net income (loss) per common share for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands, except per share amounts): December 31, ------------------------------- 2006 2005 2004 --------- --------- --------- Income (loss) from continuing operations $ 457 $ (2,642) $ 3,457 ========= ========= ========= Income (loss) from discontinued operations $ -- $ (3,849) $ 145 ========= ========= ========= Net income (loss) applicable to common shares $ 457 $ (6,491) $ 3,602 ========= ========= ========= Common and common equivalent shares outstanding: Historical common shares outstanding at beginning of year 24,388 22,380 22,191 Weighted average common equivalent shares issued during year 90 709 47 --------- --------- --------- Weighted average common shares-basic 24,478 23,089 22,238 Weighted average common equivalent shares outstanding during year 479 -- 1,290 --------- --------- --------- Weighted average common shares-diluted 24,957 23,089 23,528 ========= ========= ========= Income (loss) from continuing operations per basic share $ 0.02 $ (0.11) $ 0.15 Income (loss) from discontinued operations per basic share -- (0.17) 0.01 --------- --------- --------- Earnings (loss) per basic share $ 0.02 $ (0.28) $ 0.16 ========= ========= ========= Income (loss) from continuing operations per diluted share $ 0.02 $ (0.11) $ 0.14 Income (loss) from discontinued operations per diluted share -- (0.17) 0.01 --------- --------- --------- Earnings (loss) per diluted share $ 0.02 $ (0.28) $ 0.15 ========= ========= ========= Page F-10 For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company had several equity instruments or obligations that could cause future dilution to the Company's common stockholders and which were not classified as outstanding common shares of the Company. The following table details the various equity awards that were excluded from the earnings (loss) per common share calculation because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. These various equity awards could become dilutive in the future if the average share price increases: December 31, ------------------------------- 2006 2005 2004 --------- --------- --------- (in thousands) Warrants 1,425 2,331 725 Options 5,028 6,872 2,921 Convertible debentures -- -- 1,214 Restricted stock 270 -- -- STOCK-BASED COMPENSATON. At December 31, 2006, the Company had four stock- based compensation plans, which are more fully described in Note 7 of these Notes of Consolidated Financial Statements below. Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounted for awards granted under those Plans using the intrinsic method of expense recognition, which follows the recognition and measurement principles of APB Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" (APB 25) and related interpretations. Compensation cost, if any, was recorded based on the excess of the quoted market price at grant date over the amount an employee must pay to acquire the stock. Under the provisions of APB 25, there was no compensation expense resulting from the issuance of stock options by the Company as the exercise price was equivalent to the fair market value at the date of grant. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R, "Share-Based Payments" (SFAS 123R) and related Securities and Exchange Commission rules included in Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107. The Company elected the modified prospective transition method as permitted by SFAS 123R and, accordingly, prior periods have not been restated to reflect the impact of SFAS 123R. Under this transition method, compensation cost recognized for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 includes: (i) compensation cost for all stock-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested as of, January 1, 2006 (based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS 123R and previously presented in the pro forma footnote disclosures), and (ii) compensation cost for all stock-based payments granted subsequent to January 1, 2006 (based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the new provisions of SFAS 123R). The estimated value of the Company's stock-based option and award plans, less expected forfeitures, is amortized over the awards' respective vesting period on a straight-line basis. Page F-11 The Company granted restricted stock awards, restricted by a service condition, with a vesting period of one year. Restricted stock awards are valued using the fair market value of our common stock as of the grant date. The Company recognizes compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. Estimated forfeitures are reviewed periodically and changes to the estimated forfeitures are adjusted through current period earnings. The remaining unvested shares are subject to forfeiture and restrictions on sale or transfer up until the vest date. The Company also granted nonqualified stock options at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company's common stock on the grant date. The company applies the Black-Scholes valuation method to compute the estimated fair value of the stock options and recognizes compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures on a straight-line basis so that the award is fully expensed at the vesting date. Generally, stock options vest 25 percent on each anniversary of the grant date, are fully vested four years from the grant date, and have a contractual term of ten years. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS. The Company's financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, short-term trade receivables and payables. The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term trade receivables and payables approximate fair value due to their short-term nature. The fair value of the Company's promissory notes were approximately $6,329,000 and $7,539,000 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, using a discounted cash flow approach. RECLASSIFICATIONS. Certain amounts recorded in previous periods have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENTS. In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109" (FIN 48), which clarifies the accounting and disclosure for uncertainty in tax positions, as defined. FIN 48 seeks to reduce the diversity in practice associated with certain aspects of the recognition and measurement related to accounting for income taxes. This interpretation is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company is still evaluating the effect of this interpretation but does not expect the interpretation to have a material impact on its results from operations or financial position. In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements," (SFAS 157). SFAS defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, with earlier application encouraged. Any amounts recognized upon adoption as a cumulative effect adjustment will be recorded to the opening balance of retained earnings in the year of adoption. The Company has not yet determined the impact of this statement on its financial condition and results of operations. Page F-12 NOTE 2. INVENTORIES: Inventories consist of: December 31, ------------------ 2006 2005 ------ ------ (in thousands) Finished goods $1,915 $3,476 Work in process 4,207 3,728 Obsolescence reserve (116) (86) ------- ------- $6,006 $7,118 ======= ======= NOTE 3. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT: Property, plant and equipment consists of: Estimated December 31, Useful Lives ----------------- (In Years) 2006 2005 ------------ ------- ------- (in thousands) Land -- $ 668 $ 668 Buildings and improvements 18 and 10 8,942 8,942 Equipment 5 12,781 11,774 Office furniture and equipment 5 and 7 559 482 -------- -------- 22,950 21,866 Less accumulated depreciation (18,423) (17,134) -------- -------- $ 4,527 $ 4,732 ======== ======== Depreciation expense for property, plant and equipment was $1,426,000, $1,108,000, and $916,000 for 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Maintenance and repairs expense was $1,399,000, $910,000, and $684,000 for 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Page F-13 NOTE 4. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS: Goodwill and other intangible assets consist of: December 31, December 31, 2006 2005 ------------- ------------ (in thousands) Goodwill $ 5,981 $ 5,951 Accumulated amortization (3,943) (3,943) -------- -------- Goodwill, net $ 2,038 $ 2,008 ======== ======== Patents and core technology $10,922 $10,950 Accumulated amortization (3,170) (2,640) -------- -------- Intangible assets, net $ 7,752 $ 8,310 ======== ======== Goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist. The Company completed its annual analysis of the fair value of its goodwill as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 and determined there is no indicated impairment of its goodwill. Amortization expense for intangible assets was $572,000, $350,000 and $287,000 in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Estimated amortization expense for intangible assets is $600,000 annually in 2007 through 2011 and $4.7 million thereafter. NOTE 5. LONG-TERM DEBT: 2006 2005 ---------- ---------- (in thousands) Long-term debt: National Semiconductor promissory note $ 1,459 1,624 Mortgage note 4,099 4,200 Silicon Valley Bank Term Loan 1,667 2,667 -------- -------- 7,225 8,491 Long-term debt current maturities (1,366) (1,354) -------- -------- Total $ 5,859 $ 7,137 ======== ======== Page F-14 In March 2002, we signed an agreement to issue $8.0 million of 5 year, 5% fixed rate, convertible debentures and warrants to purchase 700,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The debentures were secured by a Deed of Trust on our headquarters facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado and by a security interest in certain of our accounts receivable and patents. On July 1, 2005, the Company retired the aforementioned debentures. The warrants to purchase approximately 700,000 shares of the Company's common stock at $3.04 per share that were issued with the debentures remain outstanding. Interest paid to the debenture holders during 2006, 2005 and 2004 was approximately $0, $155,000 and $225,000, respectively. As of December 31, 2006 no amounts were outstanding on these debentures. On July 1, 2005, the Company finalized a $4 million revolving secured credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank, a subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bancshares. The revolving facility provides for interest at a floating rate equal to the prime lending rate plus 0.50% per annum, 8.75% at December 31, 2006, a minimum interest rate of 6.00% per year and a term of two years. On September 15, 2005, we amended this credit facility to include a $3,000,000 term loan payable in 36 equal installments over three years at an interest rate equal to the prime lending rate plus 1% per annum, 9.25% as of December 31, 2006. Security for the credit facility includes all of the Company's assets except for our real estate. The Company also entered into an Intellectual Property Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank that secures the Company's obligations under the credit facility by granting Silicon Valley Bank a security interest in all of the Company's right, title and interest in, to and under its intellectual property. The Company used $3.6 million of proceeds from the revolving credit line to retire the convertible debentures. The Company's available funds at December 31, 2006 under this revolving credit agreement were $2.9 million due to borrowing base restrictions relating primarily to foreign accounts receivable. At December 31, 2006, the Company had no outstanding balance related to the revolving credit facility. The Company's commitment fee is no greater than $6,000 per quarter. The Company is required to comply with certain covenants under the new credit facility, including without limitation, minimum fixed charge covenant ratios, liquidity coverage ratios, and maintain certain leverage ratios, and restrictions on certain actions without the consent of Silicon Valley Bank such as the disposal and acquisition of its business or property, changes in business, ownership or location of collateral, mergers or acquisitions, investments or transactions with affiliates, and paying subordinated debt. On December 30, 2005, the Company entered into a Loan Modification Agreement which completed the restructuring of its Amended and Restated Loan Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank, a subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bancshares. The Loan Modification Agreement provided for the waiver of the Company's event of default on October 31, 2005 of failure to meet the maximum senior leverage ratio covenant and the liquidity coverage covenant, revised the financial covenants to better reflect the Company's operations, and included a provision for the Company's investment in its Canadian subsidiary and payments pursuant to the recent mortgage financing of the Company's Colorado Springs facility. Page F-15 On December 29, 2006, the Company entered into a Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank. The loan modification agreement revised the financial covenants for debt service to better reflect the Company's operations and removes capital expenditure limits and investment limits relating to our Canadian subsidiary. The Company was in compliance with all revised financial covenants as of December 31, 2006. In April 2004, the Company entered into a patent interference settlement agreement with National Semiconductor Corporation. The Company is required to pay National Semiconductor Corporation $250,000 annually through 2013. As of December 31, 2006, the present value of this promissory note is $1,459,000. The Company discounted the note at 5.75%. The face value of this note as of December 31, 2006 was $1,750,000. On December 15, 2005, Ramtron, through its subsidiary, Ramtron LLC, for which Ramtron International Corporation serves as sole member and sole manager, closed on its mortgage loan facility with American National Insurance Company. Ramtron LLC entered into a promissory note evidencing the loan with the principal amount of $4,200,000, with a maturity date of January 1, 2016, bearing interest at 6.17%. The Company is obligated to make monthly principal and interest payments of $30,500 until January 2016 and a balloon payment of $2,757,000 in January 2016. Ramtron LLC also entered into an agreement for the benefit of American National Insurance Company securing the Company's real estate as collateral for the mortgage loan facility. Maturities of the Company's outstanding promissory notes are as follows as of December 31, 2006 (in thousands): 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Thereafter ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ---------- Long-term debt obligations $1,366 $1,041 $ 382 $ 390 $ 399 $3,937 ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS: LEASE COMMITMENTS. The Company has commitments under non-cancelable operating leases expiring through 2009 for various equipment, software, and facilities. Minimum future annual lease payments for leases that have initial or remaining non-cancelable terms in excess of one year as of December 31, 2006 are as follows: 2007 $1,362,000 2008 1,057,000 2009 498,000 ---------- $2,917,000 ========== Total rent expense on all operating leases was $720,000, $392,000, and $261,000 for 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Page F-16 MANUFACTURING ALLIANCES. The Company has entered into a third-party manufacturing agreement with Fujitsu Limited for the supply of its FRAM products. The Company's third-party manufacturing agreement provides only for a call on the manufacturing capacity of the vendor. The product will be supplied to the Company at prices negotiated between the Company and the third-party manufacturer based on current market conditions. The Company does not currently engage in any take-or-pay agreements with its manufacturing vendors. NOTE 7. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION: STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS The Company has four stock option plans: the 1989 Non-statutory Stock Option Plan (the "1989 Plan"), the 1995 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "1995 Plan"), the 1999 Stock Option Plan (the "1999 Plan"), and the 2005 Incentive Award Plan (the "2005 Plan"), collective, the "Plans." The Plans reserve 11,235,714 shares of the Company's common stock for issuance and permit the issuance of non-qualified stock options. The exercise price of all non- qualified stock options must be equal to at least 85% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant in the 1989 Plan and 95% in the 1995, 1999 and 2005 Plans, and the maximum term of each grant is ten years. Options granted become exercisable in full or in installments pursuant to the terms of each agreement evidencing options granted. The exercise of stock options and issue of restricted stock is satisfied by issuing authorized unissued common stock. The 1995 Plan and 2005 Plan also permit the issuance of incentive stock options. In addition, the 2005 Plan permits the issuance of restricted stock. Restricted stock grants generally vest one year from the date of grant. As of December 31, 2006, the Company has not granted any incentive stock options. The number of shares for options available for future grant under these plans was 2,218,719 as of December 31, 2006. Total stock-based compensation recognized in our consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2006 is as follows: Income Statement Classifications - -------------------------------- December 31, 2006 ----------------- (in thousands) Cost of sales $ 99 Research and development 191 Sales and marketing 116 General and administrative 589 ---- Total $995 ==== Page F-17 As of December 31, 2006, there was approximately $1.6 million of unrecognized compensation costs, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to non-vested options granted to the Company's employees and directors, which will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.8 years. Total unrecognized compensation will be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures. The following table sets forth the pro forma amounts of net loss and net loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 that would have resulted if we had accounted for our employee stock plans under the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123: Year Ended December 31, ---------------------------- 2005 2004 ------------- ------------- (in thousands, except per share amounts) Net income (loss) as reported $ (6,491) $ 3,602 Stock-based employee compensation cost included in net income (loss)as reported -- -- Less: Stock-based employee compensation cost that would have been included in net income (loss) if the fair value method had been applied to all awards 3,162 1,655 --------- --------- Pro forma net income (loss) as if the fair value method had been applied to all awards $ (9,653) $ 1,947 ========= ========= Earnings (loss) per share As reported: Basic $ (0.28) $ 0.16 Diluted (0.28) 0.15 Pro forma: Basic $ (0.42) $ 0.09 Diluted (0.42) 0.08 STOCK OPTIONS The exercise price of each stock option granted under the Company's Plans equals 100% of the market value of the Company's common stock on the date of grant. The options have a contractual life of ten years and generally vest ratably over three to four years from the date of grant. Page F-18 For grants issued during 2006, the fair value for stock options was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which requires management to make certain assumptions. Expected volatility was estimated based on the historical volatility of the Company's stock over the past 6.25 years. The average expected term was estimated by taking the weighted average of the vesting term and the contractual term of the option, as permitted by the SAB 107. We based the risk-free interest rate that we use in the option valuation model on U.S. Treasury Notes with remaining terms similar to the expected terms on the options. Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant based upon historical experience. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future and therefore use an expected dividend yield of zero in the option pricing model. The assumptions used to value option grants for the years ending December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 are as follows: 2006 2005 2004 ---------- ---------- ---------- Risk free interest rate 4.81% 4.00% 3.56% Expected dividend yield 0% 0% 0% Expected lives 6.25 years 4.0 years 4.0 years Expected volatility 86% 84% 98% The weighted average fair value of shares granted during the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $2.33, $2.36, and $2.47, respectively. On December 30, 2005, the Company's board of directors accelerated the vesting of all outstanding and unvested stock options that had an exercise price equal to or greater than $2.75 issued to current employees. The impact of the acceleration on net income as shown in the above table was an increase in pro forma stock-based compensation expense of approximately $1.1 million in 2005. Aside from the acceleration of the vesting date, the terms and conditions of the stock option agreements governing the underlying stock options remain unchanged. In connection with the acceleration of vesting, executive officers and certain employees of Ramtron entered into agreements restricting their ability to sell shares acquired from the exercise of the accelerated options for the term of the original option. The purpose of the acceleration was to avoid recognizing future compensation expense associated with the accelerated options upon the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, "Share Based Payments ("SFAS No. 123R"). SFAS No. 123R sets forth accounting requirements for "share-based" compensation to employees and requires companies to recognize in the income statement the grant-date fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation. A summary of the changes in stock options outstanding during the year ended December 31, 2006 are presented below (in thousands): Page F-19 Weighted Average Number of Exercise Option Shares Price Per Share ------------- ---------------- Outstanding at December 31, 2005 6,872 Granted 941 $ 3.17 Forfeited (365) $ 2.29 Expired (560) $14.46 Exercised (450) $ 2.45 ------ Outstanding at December 31, 2006 6,438 ====== As of December 31, 2006, 4,533,000, of the above options were exercisable, respectively, with weighted average exercise prices of $3.93. The total intrinsic value, which is the amount by which the stock price exceeded the exercise price of the options on the date of exercise, of options, exercised during the years December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $358,000, $83,000 and $297,000, respectively. The following table sets forth the exercise price range, number of shares, weighted average exercise price and remaining contractual lives by groups of options: Weighted Average ------------------------- Number of Remaining Aggregate Exercise Price Options Exercise Contractual Intrinsic Range Outstanding Price Life Value - --------------- ----------- ---------- ------------ --------- (in thousands) (in thousands) $ 1.47 - $ 2.25 1,028 $ 1.99 5.37 $ 2.29 - $ 2.29 1,546 2.29 8.93 $ 2.32 - $ 3.71 1,733 3.06 7.45 $ 3.72 - $ 5.47 1,447 4.02 7.42 $ 5.50 - $37.81 684 9.17 3.19 ----- 6,438 $ 3.57 7.01 $5,119 ===== Ending vested and expected to vest 5,801 3.65 6.76 4,564 Ending exercisable 4,533 3.93 6.11 3,215 Page F-20 Weighted Number of Average Exercise Price Options Exercise Range Exercisable Price --------------- ----------- ---------- (in thousands) $ 1.47 - $ 2.25 745 $2.02 $ 2.29 - $ 2.29 732 2.29 $ 2.32 - $ 3.71 1,562 3.14 $ 3.72 - $ 5.47 809 4.25 $ 5.50 - $37.81 685 9.17 ----- 4,533 $3.93 ===== The intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the market value as of December 31, 2006 and the exercise price of the shares. The market value as of December 31, 2006 was $3.73 as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market. Cash received from option exercises for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $1,105,000. The actual tax benefit realized for the tax deduction from option exercises was $358,000. RESTRICTED STOCK On December 19, 2006, the Company granted 270,000 shares of restricted stock at a market value of $3.72 per share and such awards vest in one year based solely upon a service condition. As of December 31, 2006, there was approximately $1 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to non- vested restricted shares, which will be recognized over a weighted-average period of one year. A summary of non-vested restricted shares during the year ended December 31, 2006 is as follows (in thousands): Weighted Average Number of Grant Date Fair Restricted Shares Value Per Share ----------------- ---------------- Outstanding at December 31, 2006 270 $ 3.72 WARRANTS Warrants to purchase shares of the Company's common stock are as follows: Page F-21 Number of Shares ---------------- Exercise (in thousands) Price Per Share ---------------- --------------- Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2003 2,349 $1.88-$6.88 Cancelled (18) $3.77 ------- Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2004 2,331 $1.88-$6.88 ------- Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2005 2,331 $1.88-$6.88 Cancelled (263) $3.04 Issued 263 $3.04 ------- Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2006 2,331 $1.88-$6.88 ======= All of the outstanding warrants are currently exercisable. Of such warrants: warrants to purchase 58,000 shares with an exercise price of $4.11 expire in March 2007, warrants to purchase 667,000 shares with an exercise price of $6.88 expire in December 2007; warrants to purchase 700,000 shares with an exercise price of $3.04 expire in March 2008;and warrants to purchase 906,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $1.88 expire in 2008 and 2009. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company recorded no dividends, respectively. NOTE 8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: TRANSACTIONS WITH THE FUND. The National Electrical Benefit Fund (the "Fund") is a principal stockholder of the Company. Pursuant to a Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated March 13, 1989 between the Company and the Fund, as amended, the Company agreed to pay to the Fund, for as long as the Fund owns at least 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock, a reasonable monthly consulting fee of not more than $5,000 and to reimburse the Fund for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in monitoring the Fund's investment in the Company. During 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company was obligated to pay to the Fund approximately $60,000 per year in payment of such fees and expenses. Payments made for these obligations were $105,000, $0, and $65,000 during 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The amounts of $30,000 and $75,000 related to this obligation are included in accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Page F-22 TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG. Infineon Technologies AG was a principal stockholder of the Company until November 20, 2006. In March 2002, the Company issued a $3 million, 5% interest, 5-year debenture to Infineon and a warrant to purchase approximately 262,663 shares of the Company's common stock at $3.04 per share. The Infineon debenture was secured by a security interest the Company granted to Infineon in certain of its accounts receivable and patents. On July 1, 2005, the Company retired the aforementioned debenture and the warrant remained outstanding until its transfer (described below) in November 2006. Interest paid to Infineon during 2006, 2005, and 2004 was approximately $0, $39,000 and $101,000, respectively. In November 2006, Infineon Technologies AG transferred to Qimonda AG, an affiliate of Infineon, 4,430,005 shares of the Company's common stock and its warrant to purchase 262,633 additional shares of the Company's common stock (collectively, the "Qimonda Shares"). In November 2006, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the purchasers of the Qimonda Shares. The purchase of the Shares from Qimonda by institutional and other accredited investors unaffiliated with Ramtron was a privately negotiated transaction from which the Company received no proceeds other than the reimbursement of costs associated with registering the Shares. NOTE 9. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION AND OTHER NON-CASH ITEMS: CASH PAID FOR INTEREST AND INCOME TAXES: 2006 2005 2004 ------ ------ ------ (in thousands) Interest $ 585 $ 437 $ 371 Income taxes -- 60 -- Intellectual property acquired through issuance of long-term debt -- -- 1,955 Common stock issued in acquisition -- 5,519 -- Disposal of fully depreciated assets with no proceeds 131 3,810 -- Amounts included in capital expenditures but not yet paid 100 437 183 NOTE 10. INCOME TAXES: The sources of income (loss) before income taxes were as follows (in thousands): 2006 2005 2004 -------- -------- -------- United States $ 3,226 $(4,102) $ 4,046 Foreign (2,769) (2,389) (444) -------- -------- -------- Income (loss) before income taxes $ 457 $(6,491) $ 3,602 ======== ======== ======== Page F-23 In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based upon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are deductible, management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefits of these deductible differences, net of the existing valuation allowances at December 31, 2006. The amount of the deferred tax asset considered realizable, however, could be reduced in the near term if estimates of future taxable income during the carryforward period are reduced. At December 31, 2006, the Company adjusted its statutory income tax rate from 40% to 38.5% to better reflect the overall expected tax benefit of deferred tax assets. Due to the valuation allowance, this change does not impact income tax expense for the year, but did reduce the overall gross deferred tax assets before the valuation allowance by a approximately $2.4 million. The components of deferred income taxes are as follows (in thousands): December 31, -------------------- 2006 2005 -------- -------- (in thousands) Non-current: Capital loss carryovers $ 4,380 $ 7,300 Deferred revenue 1,470 1,900 Other 7,010 5,780 Net operating loss carryovers 44,670 51,800 -------- -------- 57,530 66,780 Valuation allowance (57,530) (66,780) -------- -------- Net non-current deferred tax assets $ -- $ -- ======== ======== Management has determined, based on all available evidence, it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Accordingly, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance equal to its net deferred tax assets of December 31, 2006 and 2005. The Company recognized $60,000 and $74,000 in current tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2004, which was solely due to alternative minimum taxes. The Company did not recognize any current or deferred tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2005. Page F-24 Total income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income (loss) tax rate of 35% to income before taxes. The reasons for this difference for the years ended December 31, were as follows (in thousands): 2006 2005 2004 -------- -------- -------- Computed expected tax expense (benefit) $ 181 $ (925) $ 1,210 Increase (reduction) in income taxes resulting from: State income taxes, net of federal impact 18 (126) 173 Non-deductible differences 48 40 55 Prior period true-up -- (1,914) -- Impact of change on deferred tax assets due to change in income tax rates 2,443 -- -- Impact of change on valuation allowance due to change in income tax rates (2,443) -- -- Change in valuation allowance (247) 2,925 (1,438) Alternative minimum tax 60 -- 74 -------- -------- -------- Income tax expense (benefit) $ 60 $ -- $ 74 ======== ======== ======== An income tax benefit related to the exercise of stock options will be added to other paid-in capital if, and when, the tax benefit is realized as follows (in thousands): Potential APIC Expiration Date Adjustment --------------- -------------- 2007 $ 531 2008 180 2009 646 2010 206 2011 178 2012 through 2026 910 ------ Total $2,651 ====== As of December 31, 2006, the Company had unrestricted Federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $116 million to reduce future taxable income, which expire as follows (in thousands): Page F-25 Regular Tax Expiration Date Net Operating Losses ----------------- -------------------- 2007 $ 34,345 2008 20,364 2009 533 2010 4,154 2011 9,429 2012 through 2026 47,185 -------- Total $116,010 ======== During 2006, 2005 and 2004, net operating loss carryovers of approximately $12 million, $15.6 million, $8.7 million, respectively, expired. In addition, during 2006, capital carryforwards of approximately $5.7 million expired. These items decreased the recorded valuation allowance in each respective year. Tax expense other than payroll and income taxes were $246,000, $254,000 and $187,000 for 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. NOTE 11. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS: On July 26, 2005, the Company announced the divestiture of its Mushkin subsidiary, which was approved by the Company's board of directors on July 20, 2005. The board of directors approved the disposition to allow management to focus on the Company's FRAM product lines. On July 26, 2005, the Company executed an agreement with Mushkin's current general manager to sell its Mushkin subsidiary to Mushkin's current general manager for consideration of approximately $1.8 million. The consideration provided in the sale included, among other things, Mushkin's current accounts receivable and cash balances. The sale closed on July 26, 2005. The Company recognized impairment charges during the second quarter of 2005 to goodwill for $3.4 million, to long-lived assets for $359,000, and to inventory for $170,000, related to the divestiture. During the first quarter of 2004, the Company committed to a plan to sell substantially all of the remaining assets of EMS. The remaining assets consisted primarily of EMS' patent portfolio. The Company completed the sale of EMS' patent portfolio on April 20, 2004, the proceeds of which were $1.5 million. Due to a write-down of the carrying value of the patent portfolio to its estimated fair value at March 31, 2004, there was no gain or loss recorded on the finalization of the sale. Pursuant to the terms of the Company's Security Agreement with Infineon, the Company obtained a release from Infineon for the sale of EMS' patent portfolio. Page F-26 In accordance with SFAS No. 144, the consolidated financial statements of EMS and Mushkin have been recast to present these businesses as discontinued operations. Accordingly, the revenue, costs and expenses, and assets and liabilities of the discontinued operations have been excluded from the respective captions in the Consolidated Cash Flows, Statements of Operations and Balance Sheets and have been reported in the various statements under the captions, "Income (loss) from discontinued operations," "Assets of discontinued operations" and "Liabilities of discontinued operations" for all periods. In addition, certain Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements have been recast for all periods to reflect the discontinuance of these operations. Summary results for the discontinued operations are as follows (in thousands):
For the years ended December 31, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 2005 2004 ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Mushkin EMS Total Mushkin EMS Total Mushkin EMS Total ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Operating Results: Revenue -- -- -- $ 7,714 -- $ 7,714 $18,335 $ 311 $18,646 Costs and expenses -- -- -- (8,008) $ 239 (7,768) (17,858) (299) (18,157) Impairment of patents and intangibles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (364) (364) Impairment of goodwill -- -- -- (3,435) -- (3,435) -- -- -- Impairment of long-lived assets -- -- -- (359) -- (359) -- -- -- Income tax benefit -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20 20 ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Net income (loss) -- -- -- $(4,088) $ 239 $(3,849) $ 477 $ (332) $ 145 ================================== ================================== ==================================
As of December 31, 2005 and 2006, there were no assets or liabilities relating to discontinued operations included in the consolidated balance sheet. NOTE 12. SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA INFORMATION: Following our divestitures discussed in Note 11 herein, our continuing operations are conducted through one business segment. Our business develops, manufactures and sells ferroelectric nonvolatile random access memory products, microcontrollers, integrated products, and licenses the technology related to such products. Page F-27 Revenue amounts and percentages for major customers representing more than 10% of total revenue are as follows: 2006 2005 2004 --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- (in thousands) Customer A $2,023 5% $5,158 15% $17,213 44% Customer B $4,149 10% $3,421 9% $ 2,695 7% The following geographic area data include revenue based on product shipment destination, license and development payor location and customer-sponsored research and development payor location. The data presented for long-lived assets was based on physical location. Geographic Area Net Revenue: 2006 2005 2004 -------- -------- -------- (in thousands) United States $ 6,243 $ 3,524 $ 4,983 Japan 9,903 8,041 5,970 Canada 162 20 1,505 United Kingdom 2,124 1,757 1,741 Indonesia 4,149 4,135 -- Taiwan 1,167 988 770 Germany 2,242 2,062 1,480 China/Hong Kong 8,916 6,413 5,678 Italy 1,045 4,065 12,170 Czech Republic 704 943 3,138 Finland 764 754 418 Singapore 734 415 160 Slovenia 501 585 325 Rest of world 1,827 690 1,156 ------- ------- ------- Total $40,481 $34,392 $39,494 ======= ======= ======= Geographic Area Long-lived Assets (Net): December 31, ------------------- 2006 2005 ------- ------- (in thousands) United States $ 7,711 $ 8,384 Thailand 327 372 Canada 6,331 6,506 Japan 100 -- ------- ------- $14,469 $15,262 ======= ======= Page F-28 NOTE 13. DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN: The Company has a cash or deferred compensation plan (the "401(k) Plan") intended to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), in which substantially all employees are participants. Participants in the 401(k) Plan may make maximum pretax contributions, subject to limitations imposed by the Code, of 100% of their compensation. The Company may make, at the Board of Directors' discretion, an annual contribution on behalf of each participant. No amounts were contributed by the Company under the 401(k) Plan on behalf of participating employees during 2005. During 2006 and 2004, approximately $93,000 and $72,000 were charged to the various income statement classifications based upon the employee's department classification for Company contributions under the 401(k) Plan, which will be paid in the first quarter of 2007 and which were paid in the first quarter of 2005, respectively. NOTE 14. CONTINGENCIES: The Company's industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents and frequent claims and related litigation regarding patents and other intellectual property rights. The Company cannot be certain that third parties will not make a claim of infringement against the Company or against its semiconductor company licensees in connection with their use of the Company's technology. Any claims, even those without merit, could be time consuming to defend, result in costly litigation and diversion of technical and management personnel, or require the Company to enter into royalty or licensing agreements. These royalty or licensing agreements, if required, may not be available to the Company on acceptable terms or at all. A successful claim of infringement against the Company or one of its semiconductor manufacturing licensees in connection with use of the Company's technology could materially impact the Company's results of operations. The Company is involved in other legal matters in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcomes of any such legal actions cannot be predicted, management believes that there are no pending legal proceeding against or involving the Company for which the outcome would likely to have a material adverse effect upon the Company's financial position or results of operations. NOTE 15. ACQUISITION OF GOAL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. On August 29, 2005, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding common and preferred stock of Goal Semiconductor, Inc. of Montreal, Canada ("Goal"). The results of Goal's operations have been consolidated in our financial statements since the acquisition date. The aggregate purchase price was approximately $7.9 million, which included approximately $2.4 million in cash and the issuance of common stock valued at approximately $5.5 million. The value of the 1,951,000 shares of common stock was determined based on the average market price of the Company's common stock over the two-day period before and after the acquisition date. Page F-29 The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition. The Company used a third-party consultant to value the intangible assets. As of August 29, 2005 --------------------- (in thousands) Net assets $ 824 Acquired in-process research and development 1,067 Intangible assets 4,591 Goodwill 1,423 ------ $7,905 ====== Approximately $1,067,000 of the purchase price represented the estimated fair value of acquired in-process research and development projects that had not yet reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future use. Accordingly, that amount was immediately expensed in the consolidated statement of operations upon the acquisition date and was shown as a separate line item therein. The $4,591,000 of intangible assets acquired related to the core technology purchased. It was determined that this technology had a weighted-average useful life of 15 years, and the Company will amortize this cost on a straight-line basis over the 15-year life. This technology is primarily for digital and analog functions that management believes are not subject to rapid technological change. Summarized below are the unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations as if Goal had been acquired at the beginning of the periods presented. The pro forma consolidated financial statements may not be indicative of the results that actually would have occurred if our acquisition of Goal had occurred on the dates indicated or which may be obtained in the future. The Year Ended December 31, ------------------ 2005 2004 -------- -------- Revenue $34,582 $39,859 Income (loss) from continuing operations (3,875) 7,866 Net income (loss) (7,374) 1,011 Net income (loss) per share: Basic $ (0.30) $ 0.04 Diluted $ (0.30) $ 0.04 Page F-30 NOTE 16. QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED): The following unaudited information shows selected items by quarter for the years 2006 and 2005.
2006 2005 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- (in thousands except per share data) Revenue $ 9,614 $10,251 $11,158 $ 9,458 $ 8,028 $ 8,682 $ 8,751 $ 8,931 Gross margin, product sales, including inventory provision 4,962 5,086 5,694 4,881 3,049 4,127 4,429 4,184 Operating income (loss) 90 302 668 (85) (406) 580 (2,092) (316) Net income (loss) applicable to common shares from continuing operations (80) 199 518 (180) (681) 348 (2,179) (131) Income (loss) from discontinued operations -- -- -- -- (42) (3,809) (98) 100 Basic: Income (loss) per share from continuing operations $ -- $ 0.01 $ 0.02 $ (0.01) $ (0.03) $ 0.02 $ (0.09) $ -- Income (loss) from discontinued operations -- -- -- -- -- (0.17) (0.01) -- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Total $ -- $ 0.01 $ 0.02 $ (0.01) $ (0.03) $ (0.15) $ (0.10) $ -- ======================================== ======================================== Diluted: Income (loss) per share from continuing operations $ -- $ 0.01 $ 0.02 $ (0.01) $ (0.03) $ 0.02 $ (0.09) $ -- Income (loss) from discontinued operations -- -- -- -- -- (0.17) (0.01) -- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Total $ -- $ 0.01 $ 0.02 $ (0.01) $ (0.03) $ (0.15) $ (0.10) $ -- ======================================== ========================================
Page F-31 Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE None Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES (a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Related CEO and CFO Certifications The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company's reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In connection with the preparation of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as of December 31, 2006, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the CEO and CFO, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on this evaluation, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective. (b) Changes in Internal Control and Financial Reporting There were no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during its most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Attached as Exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K are certifications of the Chief Executive Officer (Exhibit 31.1) and the Chief Financial Officer (Exhibit 31.2), which are required in accordance with Rule 13a-14 of the Exchange Act. This Controls and Procedures section includes the information concerning the controls evaluation referred to in the certifications and it should be read in conjunction with the certifications for a more complete understanding of the topics presented. (c) Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in the Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. All Page-47 internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, the Company's management has evaluated the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 based on the criteria established in a report entitled Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on its assessment, management concluded that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006. Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION None PART III Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Information regarding our directors is incorporated by reference from the information contained under the caption "Election of Directors" in our 2007 Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Information regarding our audit committee members, including the designated audit committee financial expert, is incorporated by reference from the information contained under the caption "Audit Committee Members" in our 2007 proxy statement and information regarding current executive officers, is incorporated by reference from the information contained under the caption "Executive Officers of the Registrant" in our 2007 Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Information regarding Section 16 reporting compliance is incorporated by reference from information contained under the caption "Executive Compensation - Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" in our 2007 Proxy Statement. Code of Conduct - --------------- We have adopted a Code of Conduct that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees. This code is publicly available on our web site at www.ramtron.com. Any substantive amendments to the code and any grant of waiver from a provision of the code requiring disclosure under applicable SEC or Nasdaq rules will be disclosed by us in a report on Form 8-K. Page-48 Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained under the captions "Executive Compensation" and "Compensation Committee" in our 2007 Proxy Statement. Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained under the caption "Security Ownership of Principal Stockholders and Management" in our 2007 Proxy Statement. Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained under the caption "Executive Compensation and Other Information" in our 2007 Proxy Statement. Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES The information required by this item is incorporated by reference from the information contained under the caption "Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors" in our 2007 Proxy Statement. PART IV Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES (a) The following documents are filed as a part of this report: (1) Financial Statements: Page ---- Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . . . . . . . 46 Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 . . . . . F-1 Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 . . . . . . . F-2 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . F-4 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-5 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-7 (2) Financial Statement Schedules: Page ---- Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts . . . . . . . . . 50 All other schedules are omitted because they are not required, or not applicable, or because the required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto. Page-49 (3) Exhibits. The Exhibits listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits immediately following the Financial Statement Schedules are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this report. Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts =============================================== RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (in thousands) Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E - ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Additions ---------------------- Balance at Charged to Charged to Balance at Beginning Costs and Other End Description of Period Expenses Accounts Deductions of Period - ------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Year Ended December 31, 2004: Accounts receivable reserves $175 $176 $-- $ 188 $163 ===================================================== Inventory obsolescence reserve $450 $121 $-- $ 231 $340 ===================================================== Year Ended December 31, 2005: Accounts receivable reserves $163 $513 $-- $ 403 $273 ===================================================== Inventory obsolescence reserve $340 $876 $-- $1,130 $ 86 ===================================================== Year Ended December 31, 2006: Accounts receivable reserves $273 $890 $-- $ 812 $351 ===================================================== Inventory obsolescence reserve $ 86 $ 77 $-- $ 47 $116 ===================================================== Page-50 INDEX TO EXHBITS - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibit Number ------- 3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended.(5) 3.2 Bylaws of Registrant, as amended.(11) 4.1 Amended and Restated Warrant to purchase 805,697 shares of common stock issued by the Registrant to the National Electrical Fund dated August 6, 1999.(4) 4.2 Amended and Restated Warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock issued by the Registrant to the National Electrical Fund dated August 6, 1999.(4) 4.3 Warrant to purchase 667,000 shares of common stock issued by the Registrant to L. David Sikes dated January 18, 2000.(6) 4.4 Warrant amendment dated December 14, 2000 issued by the Registrant to L. David Sikes.(7) 4.5 Form of Rights Agreement, dated April 19, 2001, between Ramtron International Corporation and Citibank, N.A.(8) 4.19 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock between the Registrant and Bramwell Capital Corp., dated March 28, 2002 and as amended on August 18, 2003.(12) 4.22 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock between the Registrant and Alexandra Global Mast Fund, Ltd. dated March 28, 2002 and as amended on August 18, 2003. 4.23 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock between the Registrant and C.E. Unterberg, Towbin Brett Moskowitz Investments, dated November 20, 2006. 4.24 Warrant to Purchase Common Stock between the Registrant and Warrant Strategies Fund, LLC, dated November 20, 2006. 10.2 Registrant's Amended 1989 Non-statutory Stock Option Plan and forms of Non-statutory Stock Option Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement.(2) 10.3 1995 Stock Option Plan and forms of Incentive Stock Option Agreement and Non-statutory Stock Option Agreement.(3) 10.4 Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's 1989 Non-statutory Stock Option Plan dated October 24, 1996.(1) 10.6 Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's 1995 Stock Option Plan dated October 24, 1996.(1) 10.7* Second Amendment to FRAM Technology License Agreement between Fujitsu Limited and the Registrant dated September 20, 1999.(5) 10.8 Amendment No. 2 to Registrant's 1995 Stock Option Plan dated December 22, 1999.(5) 10.9 Registrant's 1999 Stock Option Plan.(5) 10.10 Employment Agreement effective January 1, 2000 between the Registrant and L. David Sikes, dated January 18, 2000.(6) Page-51 10.16 Amendment No. 2 to Registrant's 1989 Non-statutory Stock Option Plan, as amended, dated July 25, 2000.(7) 10.17 Amendment No. 3 to Registrant's 1995 Stock Option Plan, as amended, dated July 25, 2000.(7) 10.18 Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended, dated July 25, 2000.(7) 10.19* Technology and Service Agreement between Infineon Technologies AG and the Registrant, dated December 14, 2000.(7) 10.21* Joint Development and License Agreement between the Registrant and Texas Instruments, dated August 14, 2001.(9) 10.22* FRAM Technology License Agreement between the Registrant and NEC Corporation, dated November 15, 2001.(10) 10.31* Settlement Agreement between National Semiconductor Corporation and the Registrant dated April 6, 2004. (13) 10.32 Patent Purchase Agreement between Purple Mountain Server LLC and the Registrant dated April 13, 2004.(13) 10.33 Offer Letter between the Registrant and Eric A. Balzer, dated October 28, 2004.(14) 10.35 Ramtron International Corporation 2005 Incentive Award Plan.(17) 10.36 Promissory note between Ramtron LLC and American National Insurance Company dated December 8, 2005.(18) 10.37 Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Financing Statement between Ramtron LLC and American National Insurance Company dated December 8, 2005.(18) 10.38 Form of Resale Restriction Agreement between Ramtron International Corporation and its executive officers and certain employees.(19) 10.39 Loan Modification Agreement between Ramtron International Corporation and Silicon Valley Bank dated December 30, 2005.(19) 10.40 Severance Agreement and General Release and Waiver of Claims between the Company and Mr. Greg B. Jones dated January 13, 2006.(20) 10.41 Registration Rights Agreement between Ramtron International Corporation and certain purchasers dated November 20, 2006. (21) 10.44 Agreement to Pay-Off the Debentures between Ramtron International Corporation, Bramwell Capital Corp. and Alexandra Global Master Fund, Ltd. dated July 1, 2005.(15) 10.45 Stock Purchase Agreement between Ramtron International Corporation and D. George Stathakis dated July 26, 2005.(15) 10.48 Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement between Ramtron International Corporation and Silicon Valley Bank, dated September 15, 2005.(16) 10.49 Intellectual Property Security Agreement between Ramtron International Corporation and Silicon Valley Bank, dated September 15, 2005.(16) 10.50 Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement between Ramtron International Corporation and Silicon Valley Bank, dated December 29, 2006. Page-52 21.1 Subsidiaries of Registrant. 23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 31.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 31.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 32.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 32.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. * Confidential treatment has been granted or requested with respect to portions of this exhibit, and such confidential portions have been deleted and separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 or Rule 406. - ----------- (1) Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the year ended December 31, 1996 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 1997. (2) Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the year ended December 31, 1994 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 1995. (3) Incorporated by reference to our Form S-1 Registration Statement (Registration No. 33-99898) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 1995. (4) Incorporated by reference to our Form 8-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 1999. (5) Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the year ended December 31, 1999 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2000. (6) Incorporated by reference to our Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the year ended December 31, 1999 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2000. Page-53 (7) Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the year ended December 31, 2000 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2001. (8) Incorporated by reference to our Form 8-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2001. (9) Incorporated by reference to our Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-Q (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the quarter ended September 30, 2001 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2001, as amended on August 2, 2002. (10) Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the year ended December 31, 2001 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2002, as amended on June 17, 2002. (11) Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the year ended December 31, 2002 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2003. (12) Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2004. (13) Incorporated by reference to our Form 10-Q (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the quarter ended June 30, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2004. (14) Incorporated by reference to our Form 10-Q (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2004. (15) Incorporated by reference to our Form 10-Q (Commission File No. 0-17739) for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2005. (16) Incorporated by reference to our Form 8-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2005. (17) Incorporated by reference to our Form 8-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2005. (18) Incorporated by reference to our Form 8-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2005. (19) Incorporated by reference to our Form 8-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2006. Page-54 (20) Incorporated by reference to our Form 8-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2006. (21) Incorporated by reference to our Form 8-K (Commission File No. 0-17739) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 22, 2006. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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, in the County of El Paso, State of Colorado, on February 20, 2007. RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION By: /S/ William W. Staunton, III ------------------------------ William W. Staunton, III Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated. Signature Title Date - -------------------------- ---------------------------- ----------- /S/ William G. Howard - ------------------------- Chairman 2-20-07 William G. Howard /S/ William George - --------------------------- Director 2-20-07 William George /S/ Jack L. Saltich - --------------------------- Director 2-20-07 Jack L. Saltich /S/ Theodore J. Coburn - --------------------------- Director 2-20-07 Theodore J. Coburn /S/ William W. Staunton, III - ---------------------------- Director and Chief Executive 2-20-07 William W. Staunton, III Officer /S/ Eric A. Balzer - ------------------------- Director and Chief Financial 2-20-07 Eric A. Balzer Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) Page-55
EX-4 3 f10k1206ex4-22.txt WARRANT - ALEXANDRA GLOBAL MASTER FUND Exhibit 4.22 THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT THERETO, OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER. SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONAFIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY THIS WARRANT OR ANY OF THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARANT. Warrant to Purchase Issue Date: March 28, 2002 218,886 Shares Amended: August 18, 2003 WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION THIS CERTIFIES that ALEXANDRA GLOBAL MASTER FUND, LTD. or any subsequent holder hereof (the "Holder"), has the right to purchase from RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), up to 218,886 fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), subject to adjustment as provided herein, at a price equal to the Exercise Price (as defined below), at any time beginning on the date on which this Warrant is issued (the "Issue Date") and ending at 5:00 p.m., eastern time, on the date that is the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Issue Date (the "Expiration Date"). This Warrant is issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Securities Purchase Agreement"), dated as of March 14, 2002, between the Company and Halifax Lund, L.P., the original purchaser, whose rights under the Securities Purchase Agreement were subsequently transferred to Alexandra Global Master Fund, Ltd. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement. 1. Exercise. (a) Right to Exercise; Exercise Price. The Holder shall have the right to exercise this Warrant at any time and from time to time during the period beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the Expiration Date as to all or any part of the shares of Common Stock covered hereby (the "Warrant Shares"). The "Exercise Price" payable by the Holder in connection with the exercise of this Warrant shall be equal to $3.04. (b) Exercise Notice. In order to exercise this Warrant, the Holder shall send by facsimile transmission, at any time prior to 7:00 p.m., eastern time, on the Business Day on which the Holder wishes to effect such exercise (the "Exercise Date"), to the Company and to its designated transfer agent for the Common Stock (the "Transfer Agent") Page-1 a copy of the notice of exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice") stating the number of Warrant Shares as to which such exercise applies and the calculation therefor. The Holder shall thereafter deliver to the Company the original Exercise Notice, the original Warrant and, in the case of a Cash Exercise (as defined below), the Exercise Price. In the case of a dispute as to the calculation of the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder (including, without limitation, the calculation of any adjustment pursuant to Section 6 below), the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and shall submit the disputed calculations to the Company's independent accountant of national recognition within two (2) Business Days following the date on which the Exercise Notice is delivered to the Company. The Company shall cause such accountant to calculate the Exercise Price and/or the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder and to notify the Company and the Holder of the results in writing no later than two (2) Business Days following the day on which such accountant received the disputed calculations (the "Dispute Procedure"). Such accountant's calculation shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest error. The fees of any such accountant shall be borne by the party whose calculations were most at variance with those of such accountant. (c) Holder of Record. The Holder shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares specified in an Exercise Notice on the Exercise Date specified therein, irrespective of the date of delivery of such Warrant Shares. Except as specifically provided herein, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof any rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the Exercise Date. (d) Cancellation of Warrant. This Warrant shall be canceled upon its exercise and, if this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall, at the time that it delivers Warrant Shares to the Holder pursuant to such exercise as provided herein, issue a new warrant, and deliver to the Holder a certificate representing such new warrant, with terms identical in all respects to this Warrant (except that such new warrant shall be exercisable into the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which this Warrant shall remain unexercised); provided, however, that the Holder shall be entitled to exercise all or any portion of such new warrant at any time following the time at which this Warrant is exercised, regardless of whether the Company has actually issued such new warrant or delivered to the Holder a certificate therefor. Page-2 2. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. Upon receipt of an Exercise Notice pursuant to paragraph 1 above, the Company shall, (A) in the case of a Cashless Exercise (as defined below), no later than the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day following the Exercise Date set forth in such Exercise Notice, (B) in the case of a Cash Exercise (as defined below) no later than the close of business on the later to occur of (i) the third (3rd) Business Day following the Exercise Date set forth in such Exercise Notice and (ii) such later date on which the Company shall have received payment of the Exercise Price, and (C) with respect to Warrant Shares which are the subject of a Dispute Procedure, the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day following the determination made pursuant to paragraph 1(b) (the "Delivery Date"), issue and deliver or caused to be delivered to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares as shall be determined as provided herein. The Company shall effect delivery of Warrant Shares to the Holder by, as long as the Transfer Agent participates in the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer program ("FAST"), crediting the account of the Holder or its nominee at DTC (as specified in the applicable Exercise Notice) with the number of Warrant Shares required to be delivered, no later than the close of business on such Delivery Date. In the event that the Transfer Agent is not a participant in FAST, or if the Warrant Shares are not otherwise eligible for delivery through FAST, or if the Holder so specifies in an Exercise Notice or otherwise in writing on or before the Exercise Date, the Company shall effect delivery of Warrant Shares by delivering to the Holder or its nominee physical certificates representing such Warrant Shares, no later than the close of business on such Delivery Date. Warrant Shares delivered to the Holder shall not contain any restrictive legend as long as (x) the resale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of such shares is covered by an effective registration statement, (y) such shares have been publicly sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (z) such shares can be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k), or any successor rule or provision. 3. Failure to Deliver Warrant Shares. In the event that the Holder has not received certificates (without any restrictive legend in the circumstances described in clause (x), (y) or (z) of paragraph 2 above) representing the number of Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Exercise Notice on or before the Delivery Date therefor (an "Exercise Default"), the Holder shall have the following rights: (a) the right to receive from the Corporation an amount equal to (i) (N/365) multiplied by (ii) the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares which are the subject of such Exercise Default (such amount, the "Exercise Default Amount") multiplied by (iii) twenty four percent (24%), where "N" equals the number of days elapsed between the Delivery Date and the date on which such Exercise Default has been cured; and, at the Holder's option, either of the following (b) (1) the right to receive from the Corporation an amount equal to (A) the aggregate amount paid by the Holder for shares of Common Stock purchased by the Holder in order to make delivery on a sale effected in anticipation of receiving Warrant Shares upon such exercise minus (B) the aggregate Exercise Price for such Warrant Shares; or Page-3 (b) (2) the right to require the Corporation to reinstate the Warrant by an amount equal to the Exercise Default Amount and deem the exercise resulting in such Exercise Default rescinded, null and void. In addition to its right to receive the foregoing amounts, the Holder shall have the right to pursue all other remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Amounts payable under this paragraph 3 shall be paid to the Holder in immediately available funds on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day following written notice from the Holder to the Company specifying the amount owed to it by the Company pursuant to this paragraph 3. 4. Exercise Limitations. In no event shall the Holder be permitted to exercise this Warrant, or part thereof, with respect to Warrant Shares in excess of the number of such shares, upon the issuance of which, (x) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder (other than shares which would otherwise be deemed beneficially owned except for being subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this paragraph 4) plus (y) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise would be equal to or exceed 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock then issued and outstanding. As used herein, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this paragraph 4 applies, the submission of an Exercise Notice by the Holder shall be deemed to be the Holder's representation that this Warrant is exercisable pursuant to the terms hereof and the Company shall be entitled to rely on such representation without making any further inquiry as to whether this Section 4 applies. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to restrict the right of a Holder to exercise this Warrant, or part thereof, at such time as such exercise will not violate the provisions of this Section 4. 5. Payment of the Exercise Price; Cashless Exercise. The Holder may pay the Exercise Price in either of the following forms or, at the election of Holder, a combination thereof: (a) through a cash exercise (a "Cash Exercise") by delivering immediately available funds, or (b) if all of the Warrant Shares issuable hereunder are not then eligible for resale pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, through a cashless exercise (a "Cashless Exercise") by surrendering this Warrant to the Company and noting on the Exercise Notice that the Holder wishes to effect a Cashless Exercise, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as follows: Page-4 X = Y x (A-B)/A where: X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder; Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being exercised; A = the Market Price (as defined in the Debenture) on the Exercise Date; and B = the Exercise Price. For purposes of Rule 144, it is intended and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares required by Rule 144 shall be deemed to have been commenced, on the Issue Date. 6. Anti-Dilution Adjustments; Distributions; Other Events. The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 6. In the event that any adjustment of the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares as required herein results in a fraction of a cent or fraction of a share, as applicable, such Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be rounded up or down to the nearest cent or share, as applicable. (a) Adjustment of Exercise Price upon Certain Issuances of Common Stock. In the event that the Company (A) issues Common Stock, whether upon the exercise of rights, warrants, securities convertible or exercisable into Common Stock ("Convertible Securities")or otherwise, at a price per share that is lower than the Exercise Price then in effect, or (B) issues Convertible Securities with a conversion price, exercise price or exchange ratio, that is lower than the Exercise Price, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to such lower price. In the event that the Company (A) issues Common Stock, whether upon the exercise of Convertible Securities or otherwise, or (B) issues Convertible Securities with a conversion price, exercise price or exchange ratio, in the case of either (A) or (B), that is lower than the Market Price (but not lower than the Exercise Price, in which case the immediately preceding sentence shall apply), the Exercise Price shall be reduced to a price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is an amount equal to the sum of (x) the number of shares of outstanding (not including any shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company) immediately prior to the such issuance, plus (y) the quotient of the aggregate consideration (if any) received by the Company upon such issuance divided by the Market Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance, and (ii) the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately after such issuance. "Common Stock Deemed Outstanding" shall mean the number of Page-5 shares of Common Stock actually outstanding excluding any shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, but which shall include, in the case where any such issuance comprises the issuance of Convertible Securities, the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Convertible Securities for which the adjustment is required. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made pursuant to this paragraph (a) upon the actual issuance of Common Stock pursuant to such Convertible Securities, unless the price at which such issuance is effected is less than the price used to make such adjustment, in which case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted as though such lesser price had been in effect as of the date on which such Convertible Securities were issued. (b) Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company, at any time after the Issue Date, subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) its shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, then after the date of record for effecting such subdivision, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Company, at any time after the initial issuance of this Warrant, combines (by reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) its shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such combination, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionally increased. (c) Distributions. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall at any time distribute to holders of Common Stock (or to a holder, other than the Company, of the common stock of any such Subsidiary) cash, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or assets including any dividend or distribution in shares of capital stock of a Subsidiary of the Company (collectively, a "Distribution") then, in any such case, the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive, at the same time as such assets are received by a holder of such stock, at the option of the Holder, (A) an amount and type of such Distribution as though the Holder were a holder on the record date therefor of a number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable as of such record date (such number of shares to be determined at the Exercise Price then in effect and without regard to any limitation on exercise of this Warrant that may exist pursuant to the terms hereof or otherwise) and (B) a reduction in the Exercise Price as of the record date for such Distribution, such reduction to be effected by reducing the Exercise Price in effect on the Business Day immediately preceding such record date by an amount equal to the fair market value of the assets so distributed divided by the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Distribution is made, such fair market value to be reasonably determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors. Page-6 (d) Major Transactions. In the event of a merger, consolidation, business combination, tender offer, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, redemption or other similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of the same or another class or classes of stock or securities or other assets of the Company or another entity or the Company shall sell all or substantially all of its assets (each of the foregoing being a "Major Transaction"), then the holder of this Warrant may, at its option, either (a) in the event that the Common Stock remains outstanding or holders of Common Stock receive any common stock or substantially similar equity interest, in each of the foregoing cases which is publicly traded, retain this Warrant and this Warrant shall continue to apply to such Common Stock or shall apply, as nearly as practicable, to such other common stock or equity interest, as the case may be, or (b) receive consideration, in exchange for this Warrant upon the surrender thereof (without payment of any exercise price hereunder), equal to the greater of, as determined in the sole discretion of the Holder, (i) the number of shares of stock or securities or property of the Company, or of the entity resulting from such Major Transaction (the "Major Transaction Consideration"), to which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock delivered upon the exercise of this Warrant (pursuant to the Cashless Exercise feature hereof) would have been entitled upon such Major Transaction had the Holder so exercised this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise herein or elsewhere contained) on the Trading Date immediately preceding the public announcement of the transaction resulting in such Major Transaction and had the Holder been the holder of record of such Common Stock at the time of the consummation of such Major Transaction, and (ii) cash paid by the Company in immediately available funds in an amount equal to the product of the (x) Market Price (as defined in the Debentures) calculated as of the date of the public announcement of the transaction resulting in such Major Transaction, and (y) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable to the Holder upon a Cashless Exercise of the Warrant as of such date (without regard to any limitations on exercise herein contained), and the Company shall make lawful provision for the foregoing as a part of such Major Transaction and, in the case of (i) above, shall cause the issuer of any security in such transaction to assume all of the Company's obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Debentures and the Registration Rights Agreement. (e) Adjustments; Additional Shares, Securities or Assets. In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph 6, the Holder of this Warrant shall, upon exercise of this Warrant, become entitled to receive securities or assets (other than Common Stock) then, wherever appropriate, all references herein to shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to refer to and include such shares and/or other securities or assets; and thereafter the number of Page-7 such shares and/or other securities or assets shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and upon terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions of this paragraph 6. Any adjustment made herein that results in a decrease in the Exercise Price shall also effect a proportional increase in the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable. (f) Exceptions to Adjustment of Exercise Price. No adjustment to the Exercise Price will be made pursuant to this Section 6 (i) upon the exercise of any warrants, options or convertible securities granted, issued and outstanding on the Closing Date (except in the case where the price at which such warrant, option or security is exercised has decreased since the Closing Date as a result of a reset, anti- dilutive adjustment or similar occurrence); (ii) upon the grant or exercise of any stock or options which may hereafter be granted or exercised under any employee benefit plan, stock option plan or restricted stock plan of the Company now existing or to be implemented in the future, so long as the issuance of such stock or options is approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company; (iii) upon the exercise of the Warrants or the conversion of the Debentures; and (iv) upon the issuance of securities pursuant to a firm-commitment, fixed-price underwritten offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment to the Exercise Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments to the Exercise Price by reason of this clause that are not made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment of the Exercise Price that is required to be made under this Warrant 7. Fractional Interests. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant, but on exercise of this Warrant, the Holder hereof may purchase only a whole number of shares of Common Stock. If, on exercise of this Warrant, the Holder hereof would be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock, such fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock. 8. Transfer of this Warrant. The Holder may sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of this Warrant, in whole or in part, as long as such sale or other disposition is made in the pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Upon such transfer or other disposition, the Holder shall deliver a written notice to the Company, substantially in the form of the Transfer Notice attached hereto as Exhibit B Page-8 (the "Transfer Notice"), indicating the person or persons to whom this Warrant shall be transferred and, if less than all of this Warrant is transferred, the number of Warrant Shares to be covered by the part of this Warrant to be transferred to each such person. Within three (3) Business Days of receiving a Transfer Notice and the original of this Warrant, the Company shall deliver to the each transferee designated by the Holder a Warrant or Warrants of like tenor and terms for the appropriate number of Warrant Shares and, if less than all this Warrant is transferred, shall deliver to the Holder a Warrant for the remaining number of Warrant Shares. 9. Benefits of this Warrant. This Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Holder of this Warrant and nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon any person other than the Holder of this Warrant any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim hereunder. 10. Loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon surrender of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date. 11. Notice or Demands. Any notice, demand or request required or permitted to be given by the Company or the Holder pursuant to the terms of this Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered (i) when delivered personally or by verifiable facsimile transmission, unless such delivery is made on a day that is not a Business Day, in which case such delivery will be deemed to be made on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to an overnight courier and (iii) on the Business Day actually received if deposited in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid), addressed as follows: If to the Company: Ramtron International Corporation 1850 Ramtron Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Attn: LuAnn D. Hanson, Chief Financial Officer Tel: (719) 481-7000 Fax: (719) 481-9294 Page-9 with a copy to: Coudert Brothers LLP 333 South Hope Street 23rd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 Attn: John A. St. Clair, Esq. Tel: (213) 229-2900 Fax: (213) 229-2999 and if to the Holder, to such address as shall be designated by the Holder in writing to the Company. 12. Applicable Law. This Warrant is issued under and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within the State of New York. 13. Most Favored Nations. The rights of the Purchasers and the obligations of the Company set forth in Section 7.12 of the Securities Purchase Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Warrant as of the 15th day of March 2004. RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION By: /S/ LuAnn D. Hanson ------------------------------- Name: LuAnn D. Hanson Title: Chief Financial Officer Page-10 EXHIBIT A to WARRANT EXERCISE NOTICE The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably exercises the right to purchase of the shares of Common Stock ("Warrant Shares") of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION evidenced by the attached Warrant (the "Warrant"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant. 1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as: / / a Cash Exercise with respect to XXXXXX Warrant Shares; and/or / / a Cashless Exercise with respect to XXXXXXX Warrant Shares, as permitted by Section 5(b) of the attached Warrant. 2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder shall pay the sum of $XXXXXXXX to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. Date: ------------------------ - ------------------------------------------ Name of Registered Holder By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: Page-11 EXHIBIT B to WARRANT TRANSFER NOTICE FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Holder of the attached Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the person or persons named below the right to purchase XXXXXXX shares of the Common Stock of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION evidenced by the attached Warrant. Date: --------------------------- - -------------------------------------- Name of Registered Holder By: --------------------------------- Name: Title: Transferee Name and Address: - --------------------------------- - --------------------------------- - --------------------------------- Page-12 EX-4 4 f10k1206ex4-23.txt WARRANT - CE UNTERBERG TOWBIN BRETT MOSKOWITZ INVESTMENTS Exhibit 4.23 THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT THERETO, OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER. Warrant to Purchase Issue Date: November 20, 2006 131,332 Shares WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION THIS CERTIFIES that C.E. Unterberg, Towbin Brett Moskowitz Investments ("Unterberg") or any subsequent holder hereof (the "Holder"), has the right to purchase from RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), up to One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Three Hundred Thirty- Two (131,332) fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), subject to adjustment as provided herein, at a price equal to the Exercise Price (as defined below), at any time beginning on the date hereof (the "Issue Date") and ending at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on March 28, 2008 (the "Expiration Date"). This Warrant is being issued to the Holder pursuant to transfer instructions provided Qimonda AG to the Company as a result of the Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of November 17, 2006, among Qimonda AG, C.E. Unterberg, Towbin Brett Moskowitz Investment and Warrant Strategies Fund, LLC. 1. Exercise. (a) Right to Exercise; Exercise Price. The Holder shall have the right to exercise this Warrant at any time and from time to time during the period beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the Expiration Date as to all or any part of the shares of Common Stock covered hereby (the "Warrant Shares"). The "Exercise Price" payable by the Holder in connection with the exercise of this Warrant shall be equal to $3.04 (subject to adjustment for the events specified in Section 6 below). Page-1 (b) Exercise Notice. In order to exercise this Warrant, the Holder shall send by facsimile transmission, at any time prior to 7:00 p.m., New York time, on the Business Day on which the Holder wishes to effect such exercise (the "Exercise Date"), to the Company and to its designated transfer agent for the Common Stock (the "Transfer Agent") a copy of the notice of exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice") stating the number of Warrant Shares as to which such exercise applies and the calculation therefor. The Holder shall thereafter deliver to the Company the original Exercise Notice, the original Warrant and, in the case of a Cash Exercise (as defined below), the Exercise Price. In the case of a dispute as to the calculation of the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder (including, without limitation, the calculation of any adjustment pursuant to Section 6 below), the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and shall submit the disputed calculations to the Company's independent accountant of national recognition within two (2) Business Days following the date on which the Exercise Notice is delivered to the Company. The Company shall cause such accountant to calculate the Exercise Price and/or the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder and to notify the Company and the Holder of the results in writing no later than two (2) Business Days following the day on which such accountant received the disputed calculations (the "Dispute Procedure"). Such accountant's calculation shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest error. The fees of any such accountant shall be borne by the party whose calculations were most at variance with those of such accountant. (c) Holder of Record. The Holder shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares specified in an Exercise Notice on the Exercise Date specified therein, irrespective of the date of delivery of such Warrant Shares. Except as specifically provided herein, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof any rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the Exercise Date. (d) Cancellation of Warrant. This Warrant shall be canceled upon its exercise and, if this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall, at the time that it delivers Warrant Shares to the Holder pursuant to such exercise as provided herein, issue a new warrant, and deliver to the Holder a certificate representing such new warrant, with terms identical in all respects to this Warrant (except that such new warrant shall be exercisable into the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which this Warrant shall remain unexercised); provided, however, that the Holder shall be entitled to exercise all or any portion of such new warrant at any time following the time at which this Warrant is exercised, regardless of whether the Company has actually issued such new warrant or delivered to the Holder a certificate therefor. Page-2 2. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. Upon receipt of an Exercise Notice pursuant to paragraph 1 above, the Company shall, (A) in the case of a Cashless Exercise (as defined below), no later than the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day following the Exercise Date set forth in such Exercise Notice, (B) in the case of a Cash Exercise (as defined below) no later than the close of business on the later to occur of (i) the third (3rd) Business Day following the Exercise Date set forth in such Exercise Notice and (ii) such later date on which the Company shall have received payment of the Exercise Price, and (C) with respect to Warrant Shares which are the subject of a Dispute Procedure, the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day following the determination made pursuant to paragraph 1(b) (the "Delivery Date"), issue and deliver or caused to be delivered to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares as shall be determined as provided herein. The Company shall effect delivery of Warrant Shares to the Holder by, as long as the Transfer Agent participates in the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer program ("FAST") and no legend is required to appear on any physical certificate if issued,, crediting the account of the Holder or its nominee at DTC (as specified in the applicable Exercise Notice) with the number of Warrant Shares required to be delivered, no later than the close of business on such Delivery Date. In the event that the Transfer Agent is not a participant in FAST, or if the Warrant Shares are not otherwise eligible for delivery through FAST, or if the Holder so specifies in an Exercise Notice or otherwise in writing on or before the Exercise Date, the Company shall effect delivery of Warrant Shares by delivering to the Holder or its nominee physical certificates representing such Warrant Shares, no later than the close of business on such Delivery Date. Warrant Shares delivered to the Holder shall not contain any restrictive legend as long as (x) the resale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of such shares is covered by an effective registration statement, (y) such shares have been publicly sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (z) such shares can be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k), or any successor rule or provision. 3. Failure to Deliver Warrant Shares. In the event that the Holder has not received certificates (without any restrictive legend in the circumstances described in clause (x), (y) or (z) of paragraph 2 above) representing the number of Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Exercise Notice on or before the Delivery Date therefor (an "Exercise Default"), the Holder shall have the following rights: (a) the right to receive from the Corporation an amount equal to (i) "N/365" multiplied by (ii) the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares which are the subject of such Exercise Default (such amount, the "Exercise Default Amount") multiplied by (iii) twenty four percent (24%), where "N" equals the number of days elapsed between the Delivery Date and the date on which such Exercise Default has been cured; and, at the Holder's option, either of the following: Page-3 (b) (1) the right to receive from the Corporation an amount equal to (A) the aggregate amount paid by the Holder for shares of Common Stock purchased by the Holder in order to make delivery on a sale effected in anticipation of receiving Warrant Shares upon such exercise minus (B) the aggregate Exercise Price for such Warrant Shares; or (2) the right to require the Corporation to reinstate the Warrant by an amount equal to the Exercise Default Amount and deem the exercise resulting in such Exercise Default rescinded, null and void. In addition to its right to receive the foregoing amounts, the Holder shall have the right to pursue all other remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Amounts payable under this paragraph 3 shall be paid to the Holder in immediately available funds on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day following written notice from the Holder to the Company specifying the amount owed to it by the Company pursuant to this paragraph 3. 4. Exercise Limitations. Subject to the terms of the Rights Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2001, between the Corporation and Citibank, N.A., in no event shall the Holder be permitted to exercise this Warrant, or part thereof, with respect to Warrant Shares in excess of the number of such shares, upon the issuance of which, (x) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder (other than shares which would otherwise be deemed beneficially owned except for being subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this paragraph 4) plus (y) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise would be equal to or exceed 49.9% of the number of shares of Common Stock then issued and outstanding. As used herein, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this paragraph 4 applies, the submission of an Exercise Notice by the Holder shall be deemed to be the Holder's representation that this Warrant is exercisable pursuant to the terms hereof and the Company shall be entitled to rely on such representation without making any further inquiry as to whether this Section 4 applies. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to restrict the right of a Holder to exercise this Warrant, or part thereof, at such time as such exercise will not violate the provisions of this Section 4. 5. Payment of the Exercise Price; Cashless Exercise. The Holder may pay the Exercise Price in either of the following forms or, at the election of Holder, a combination thereof: (a) through a cash exercise (a "Cash Exercise") by delivering immediately available funds, or (b) if all of the Warrant Shares issuable hereunder are not then eligible for resale pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, through a cashless exercise (a "Cashless Exercise") by surrendering this Warrant to the Company and noting on the Exercise Notice that the Holder wishes to effect a Cashless Exercise, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as follows: Page-4 X = Y x (A-B)/A where: X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder; Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being exercised; A = the Market Price (as defined in the Debenture) on the Exercise Date; and B = the Exercise Price. For purposes of Rule 144, it is intended and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares required by Rule 144 shall be deemed to have been commenced, on the Issue Date. 6. Anti-Dilution Adjustments; Distributions; Other Events. The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 6. In the event that any adjustment of the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares as required herein results in a fraction of a cent or fraction of a share, as applicable, such Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be rounded up or down to the nearest cent or share, as applicable. (a) Adjustment of Exercise Price upon Certain Issuances of Common Stock. In the event that the Company (A) issues Common Stock, whether upon the exercise of rights, warrants, securities convertible or exercisable into Common Stock ("Convertible Securities") or otherwise, at a price per share that is lower than the Exercise Price then in effect, or (B) issues Convertible Securities with a conversion price, exercise price or exchange ratio, that is lower than the Exercise Price, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to such lower price. In the event that the Company (A) issues Common Stock, whether upon the exercise of Convertible Securities or otherwise, or (B) issues Convertible Securities with a conversion price, exercise price or exchange ratio, in the case of either (A) or (B), that is lower than the Market Price (but not lower than the Exercise Price, in which case the immediately preceding sentence shall apply), the Exercise Price shall be reduced to a price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is an amount equal to the sum of (x) the number of shares of outstanding (not including any shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company) immediately prior to the such issuance, plus (y) the quotient of the aggregate consideration (if any) received by the Company upon such issuance divided by the Market Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance, and (ii) the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately after such issuance. "Common Stock Deemed Outstanding" shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding excluding any shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, but which shall include, in the case where any such issuance Page-5 comprises the issuance of Convertible Securities, the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Convertible Securities for which the adjustment is required. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made pursuant to this paragraph (a) upon the actual issuance of Common Stock pursuant to such Convertible Securities, unless the price at which such issuance is effected is less than the price used to make such adjustment, in which case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted as though such lesser price had been in effect as of the date on which such Convertible Securities were issued. (b) Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company, at any time after the Issue Date, subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) its shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, then after the date of record for effecting such subdivision, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Company, at any time after the initial issuance of this Warrant, combines (by reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) its shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such combination, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionally increased. (c) Distributions. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall at any time distribute to holders of Common Stock (or to a holder, other than the Company, of the common stock of any such Subsidiary) cash, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or assets including any dividend or distribution in shares of capital stock of a Subsidiary of the Company (collectively, a "Distribution") then, in any such case, the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive, at the same time as such assets are received by a holder of such stock, at the option of the Holder, (A) an amount and type of such Distribution as though the Holder were a holder on the record date therefor of a number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable as of such record date (such number of shares to be determined at the Exercise Price then in effect and without regard to any limitation on exercise of this Warrant that may exist pursuant to the terms hereof or otherwise) and (B) a reduction in the Exercise Price as of the record date for such Distribution, such reduction to be effected by reducing the Exercise Price in effect on the Business Day immediately preceding such record date by an amount equal to the fair market value of the assets so distributed divided by the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Distribution is made, such fair market value to be reasonably determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors. Page-6 (d) Major Transactions. In the event of a merger, consolidation, business combination, tender offer, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, redemption or other similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of the same or another class or classes of stock or securities or other assets of the Company or another entity or the Company shall sell all or substantially all of its assets (each of the foregoing being a "Major Transaction"), then the holder of this Warrant may, at its option, either (a) in the event that the Common Stock remains outstanding or holders of Common Stock receive any common stock or substantially similar equity interest, in each of the foregoing cases which is publicly traded, retain this Warrant and this Warrant shall continue to apply to such Common Stock or shall apply, as nearly as practicable, to such other common stock or equity interest, as the case may be, or (b) receive consideration, in exchange for this Warrant upon the surrender thereof (without payment of any exercise price hereunder), equal to the greater of, as determined in the sole discretion of the Holder, (i) the number of shares of stock or securities or property of the Company, or of the entity resulting from such Major Transaction (the "Major Transaction Consideration"), to which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock delivered upon the exercise of this Warrant (pursuant to the Cashless Exercise feature hereof) would have been entitled upon such Major Transaction had the Holder so exercised this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise herein or elsewhere contained) on the Trading Date immediately preceding the public announcement of the transaction resulting in such Major Transaction and had the Holder been the holder of record of such Common Stock at the time of the consummation of such Major Transaction, and (ii) cash paid by the Company in immediately available funds in an amount equal to the product of the (x) Market Price (as defined in the Debenture) calculated as of the date of the public announcement of the transaction resulting in such Major Transaction, and (y) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable to the Holder upon a Cashless Exercise of the Warrant as of such date (without regard to any limitations on exercise herein contained), and the Company shall make lawful provision for the foregoing as a part of such Major Transaction. (e) Adjustments; Additional Shares, Securities or Assets. In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph 6, the Holder of this Warrant shall, upon exercise of this Warrant, become entitled to receive securities or assets (other than Common Stock) then, wherever appropriate, all references herein to shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to refer to and include such shares and/or other securities or assets; and thereafter the number of such shares and/or other securities or assets shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and upon terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions of this paragraph 6. Any adjustment made herein that results in a decrease in the Exercise Price shall also effect a proportional increase in the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable. Page-7 (f) Exceptions to Adjustment of Exercise Price. No adjustment to the Exercise Price will be made pursuant to this Section 6 (i) upon the exercise of any warrants, options or convertible securities granted, issued and outstanding on the date hereof (except in the case where the price at which such warrant, option or security is exercised has decreased since the date hereof as a result of a reset, anti-dilutive adjustment or similar occurrence); (ii) upon the grant or exercise of any stock or options which may hereafter be granted or exercised under any employee benefit plan, stock option plan or restricted stock plan of the Company now existing or to be implemented in the future, so long as the issuance of such stock or options is approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company; (iii) upon the exercise of this Warrant or any portion thereof by any holder; (iv) upon the issuance of securities pursuant to a firm-commitment, fixed-price underwritten offering; and (v) upon the issuance of securities in connection with a strategic investment made by the Company or a third party, the primary purpose of which is not the raising of equity capital; provided, that any and all such issuances do not exceed, in the aggregate, five percent (5%) of the Common Stock outstanding as of the Issue Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment to the Exercise Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments to the Exercise Price by reason of this clause that are not made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment of the Exercise Price that is required to be made under this Warrant. 7. Fractional Interests. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant, but on exercise of this Warrant, the Holder hereof may purchase only a whole number of shares of Common Stock. If, on exercise of this Warrant, the Holder hereof would be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock, such fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock. 8. Transfer of this Warrant. The Holder may sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of this Warrant, in whole or in part, as long as such sale or other disposition is made in the pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Upon such transfer or other disposition, the Holder shall deliver a written notice to the Company, substantially in the form of the Transfer Notice attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "Transfer Notice"), indicating the person or persons to whom this Warrant shall be transferred and, if less than all of this Warrant is transferred, the number of Warrant Shares to be covered by the part of this Warrant to be transferred to each such person. Within three (3) Business Days of receiving a Transfer Notice and the original of this Warrant, the Company shall deliver to the each transferee designated by the Holder a Warrant or Warrants of like tenor and terms for the appropriate number of Warrant Shares and, if less than all this Warrant is transferred, shall deliver to the Holder a Warrant for the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Page-8 9. Benefits of this Warrant. This Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Holder of this Warrant and nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon any person other than the Holder of this Warrant any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim hereunder. 10. Loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon surrender of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date. 11. Notice or Demands. Any notice, demand or request required or permitted to be given by the Company or the Holder pursuant to the terms of this Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered (i) when delivered personally or by verifiable facsimile transmission, unless such delivery is made on a day that is not a Business Day, in which case such delivery will be deemed to be made on the next succeeding Business Day and (ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to an overnight courier, addressed as follows: If to the Company: Ramtron International Corporation 1850 Ramtron Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Attn: Chief Financial Officer Tel: (719) 481-7000 Fax: (719) 481-9294 with a copy to: Jones Day 555 South Flower Street Fiftieth Floor Los Angeles, California 90071 Attn: John A. St. Clair, Esq. Tel: (213) 243-2421 Fax: (213) 243-2539 and if to the Holder, to such address as shall be designated by the Holder in writing to the Company. Page-9 12. Applicable Law. This Warrant is issued under and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within the State of New York. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Warrant as of the 20th day of November 2006. RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION /s/ Eric A. Balzer - --------------------------------- By: Eric A. Balzer Name: Eric A. Balzer Title: Chief Financial Officer Page-10 EXHIBIT A to WARRANT EXERCISE NOTICE The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably exercises the right to purchase - ----------------- of the shares of Common Stock ("Warrant Shares") of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION evidenced by the attached Warrant (the "Warrant"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant. 1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as: ------ a Cash Exercise with respect to ---------------- Warrant Shares; and/or ------ a Cashless Exercise with respect to ------------------ Warrant Shares, as permitted by Section 5(b) of the attached Warrant. 2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder shall pay the sum of $----------------- to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. Date: - ------------------------------------ Name of Registered Holder By: ------------------------------- Name: Title: Page-11 EXHIBIT B to WARRANT TRANSFER NOTICE FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Holder of the attached Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the person or persons named below the right to purchase ----------- shares of the Common Stock of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION evidenced by the attached Warrant. Date: ------------------------ - ------------------------------- Name of Registered Holder By: -------------------------- Name: Title: Transferee Name and Address: - ---------------------------- - ---------------------------- - ---------------------------- Page-12 EX-4 5 f10k1206ex4-24.txt WARRANT - WARRANT STRATEGIES FUND LLC Exhibit 4.24 THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT THERETO, OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER. Warrant to Purchase Issue Date: November 20, 2006 131,331 Shares WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION THIS CERTIFIES that Warrant Strategies Fund, LLC ("Warrant Strategies") or any subsequent holder hereof (the "Holder"), has the right to purchase from RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), up to One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-One (131,331) fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), subject to adjustment as provided herein, at a price equal to the Exercise Price (as defined below), at any time beginning on the date hereof (the "Issue Date") and ending at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on March 28, 2008 (the "Expiration Date"). This Warrant is being issued to the Holder pursuant to transfer instructions provided Qimonda AG to the Company as a result of the Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of November 17, 2006, among Qimonda AG, C.E. Unterberg, Towbin Brett Moskowitz Investment and Warrant Strategies Fund, LLC. 1. Exercise. (a) Right to Exercise; Exercise Price. The Holder shall have the right to exercise this Warrant at any time and from time to time during the period beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the Expiration Date as to all or any part of the shares of Common Stock covered hereby (the "Warrant Shares"). The "Exercise Price" payable by the Holder in connection with the exercise of this Warrant shall be equal to $3.04 (subject to adjustment for the events specified in Section 6 below). Page-1 (b) Exercise Notice. In order to exercise this Warrant, the Holder shall send by facsimile transmission, at any time prior to 7:00 p.m., New York time, on the Business Day on which the Holder wishes to effect such exercise (the "Exercise Date"), to the Company and to its designated transfer agent for the Common Stock (the "Transfer Agent") a copy of the notice of exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice") stating the number of Warrant Shares as to which such exercise applies and the calculation therefor. The Holder shall thereafter deliver to the Company the original Exercise Notice, the original Warrant and, in the case of a Cash Exercise (as defined below), the Exercise Price. In the case of a dispute as to the calculation of the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder (including, without limitation, the calculation of any adjustment pursuant to Section 6 below), the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and shall submit the disputed calculations to the Company's independent accountant of national recognition within two (2) Business Days following the date on which the Exercise Notice is delivered to the Company. The Company shall cause such accountant to calculate the Exercise Price and/or the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder and to notify the Company and the Holder of the results in writing no later than two (2) Business Days following the day on which such accountant received the disputed calculations (the "Dispute Procedure"). Such accountant's calculation shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest error. The fees of any such accountant shall be borne by the party whose calculations were most at variance with those of such accountant. (c) Holder of Record. The Holder shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares specified in an Exercise Notice on the Exercise Date specified therein, irrespective of the date of delivery of such Warrant Shares. Except as specifically provided herein, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder hereof any rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the Exercise Date. (d) Cancellation of Warrant. This Warrant shall be canceled upon its exercise and, if this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall, at the time that it delivers Warrant Shares to the Holder pursuant to such exercise as provided herein, issue a new warrant, and deliver to the Holder a certificate representing such new warrant, with terms identical in all respects to this Warrant (except that such new warrant shall be exercisable into the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which this Warrant shall remain unexercised); provided, however, that the Holder shall be entitled to exercise all or any portion of such new warrant at any time following the time at which this Warrant is exercised, regardless of whether the Company has actually issued such new warrant or delivered to the Holder a certificate therefor. Page-2 2. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. Upon receipt of an Exercise Notice pursuant to paragraph 1 above, the Company shall, (A) in the case of a Cashless Exercise (as defined below), no later than the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day following the Exercise Date set forth in such Exercise Notice, (B) in the case of a Cash Exercise (as defined below) no later than the close of business on the later to occur of (i) the third (3rd) Business Day following the Exercise Date set forth in such Exercise Notice and (ii) such later date on which the Company shall have received payment of the Exercise Price, and (C) with respect to Warrant Shares which are the subject of a Dispute Procedure, the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day following the determination made pursuant to paragraph 1(b) (the "Delivery Date"), issue and deliver or caused to be delivered to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares as shall be determined as provided herein. The Company shall effect delivery of Warrant Shares to the Holder by, as long as the Transfer Agent participates in the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer program ("FAST") and no legend is required to appear on any physical certificate if issued,, crediting the account of the Holder or its nominee at DTC (as specified in the applicable Exercise Notice) with the number of Warrant Shares required to be delivered, no later than the close of business on such Delivery Date. In the event that the Transfer Agent is not a participant in FAST, or if the Warrant Shares are not otherwise eligible for delivery through FAST, or if the Holder so specifies in an Exercise Notice or otherwise in writing on or before the Exercise Date, the Company shall effect delivery of Warrant Shares by delivering to the Holder or its nominee physical certificates representing such Warrant Shares, no later than the close of business on such Delivery Date. Warrant Shares delivered to the Holder shall not contain any restrictive legend as long as (x) the resale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of such shares is covered by an effective registration statement, (y) such shares have been publicly sold pursuant to Rule 144, or (z) such shares can be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k), or any successor rule or provision. 3. Failure to Deliver Warrant Shares. In the event that the Holder has not received certificates (without any restrictive legend in the circumstances described in clause (x), (y) or (z) of paragraph 2 above) representing the number of Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Exercise Notice on or before the Delivery Date therefor (an "Exercise Default"), the Holder shall have the following rights: (a) the right to receive from the Corporation an amount equal to (i) "N/365" multiplied by (ii) the aggregate Exercise Price of the Warrant Shares which are the subject of such Exercise Default (such amount, the "Exercise Default Amount") multiplied by (iii) twenty four percent (24%), where "N" equals the number of days elapsed between the Delivery Date and the date on which such Exercise Default has been cured; and, at the Holder's option, either of the following: Page-3 (b) (1) the right to receive from the Corporation an amount equal to (A) the aggregate amount paid by the Holder for shares of Common Stock purchased by the Holder in order to make delivery on a sale effected in anticipation of receiving Warrant Shares upon such exercise minus (B) the aggregate Exercise Price for such Warrant Shares; or (2) the right to require the Corporation to reinstate the Warrant by an amount equal to the Exercise Default Amount and deem the exercise resulting in such Exercise Default rescinded, null and void. In addition to its right to receive the foregoing amounts, the Holder shall have the right to pursue all other remedies available to it at law or in equity (including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Amounts payable under this paragraph 3 shall be paid to the Holder in immediately available funds on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day following written notice from the Holder to the Company specifying the amount owed to it by the Company pursuant to this paragraph 3. 4. Exercise Limitations. Subject to the terms of the Rights Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2001, between the Corporation and Citibank, N.A., in no event shall the Holder be permitted to exercise this Warrant, or part thereof, with respect to Warrant Shares in excess of the number of such shares, upon the issuance of which, (x) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder (other than shares which would otherwise be deemed beneficially owned except for being subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this paragraph 4) plus (y) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise would be equal to or exceed 49.9% of the number of shares of Common Stock then issued and outstanding. As used herein, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this paragraph 4 applies, the submission of an Exercise Notice by the Holder shall be deemed to be the Holder's representation that this Warrant is exercisable pursuant to the terms hereof and the Company shall be entitled to rely on such representation without making any further inquiry as to whether this Section 4 applies. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to restrict the right of a Holder to exercise this Warrant, or part thereof, at such time as such exercise will not violate the provisions of this Section 4. 5. Payment of the Exercise Price; Cashless Exercise. The Holder may pay the Exercise Price in either of the following forms or, at the election of Holder, a combination thereof: (a) through a cash exercise (a "Cash Exercise") by delivering immediately available funds, or (b) if all of the Warrant Shares issuable hereunder are not then eligible for resale pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, through a cashless exercise (a "Cashless Exercise") by surrendering this Warrant to the Company and noting on the Exercise Notice that the Holder wishes to effect a Cashless Exercise, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as follows: Page-4 X = Y x (A-B)/A where: X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder; Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being exercised; A = the Market Price (as defined in the Debenture) on the Exercise Date; and B = the Exercise Price. For purposes of Rule 144, it is intended and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares required by Rule 144 shall be deemed to have been commenced, on the Issue Date. 6. Anti-Dilution Adjustments; Distributions; Other Events. The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 6. In the event that any adjustment of the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares as required herein results in a fraction of a cent or fraction of a share, as applicable, such Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be rounded up or down to the nearest cent or share, as applicable. (a) Adjustment of Exercise Price upon Certain Issuances of Common Stock. In the event that the Company (A) issues Common Stock, whether upon the exercise of rights, warrants, securities convertible or exercisable into Common Stock ("Convertible Securities") or otherwise, at a price per share that is lower than the Exercise Price then in effect, or (B) issues Convertible Securities with a conversion price, exercise price or exchange ratio, that is lower than the Exercise Price, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to such lower price. In the event that the Company (A) issues Common Stock, whether upon the exercise of Convertible Securities or otherwise, or (B) issues Convertible Securities with a conversion price, exercise price or exchange ratio, in the case of either (A) or (B), that is lower than the Market Price (but not lower than the Exercise Price, in which case the immediately preceding sentence shall apply), the Exercise Price shall be reduced to a price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is an amount equal to the sum of (x) the number of shares of outstanding (not including any shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company) immediately prior to the such issuance, plus (y) the quotient of the aggregate consideration (if any) received by the Company upon such issuance divided by the Market Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance, and (ii) the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately after such issuance. "Common Stock Deemed Outstanding" shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding excluding any shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, but which shall include, in the case where any such issuance Page-5 comprises the issuance of Convertible Securities, the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Convertible Securities for which the adjustment is required. No further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made pursuant to this paragraph (a) upon the actual issuance of Common Stock pursuant to such Convertible Securities, unless the price at which such issuance is effected is less than the price used to make such adjustment, in which case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted as though such lesser price had been in effect as of the date on which such Convertible Securities were issued. (b) Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company, at any time after the Issue Date, subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) its shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, then after the date of record for effecting such subdivision, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Company, at any time after the initial issuance of this Warrant, combines (by reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) its shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such combination, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionally increased. (c) Distributions. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall at any time distribute to holders of Common Stock (or to a holder, other than the Company, of the common stock of any such Subsidiary) cash, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or assets including any dividend or distribution in shares of capital stock of a Subsidiary of the Company (collectively, a "Distribution") then, in any such case, the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive, at the same time as such assets are received by a holder of such stock, at the option of the Holder, (A) an amount and type of such Distribution as though the Holder were a holder on the record date therefor of a number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable as of such record date (such number of shares to be determined at the Exercise Price then in effect and without regard to any limitation on exercise of this Warrant that may exist pursuant to the terms hereof or otherwise) and (B) a reduction in the Exercise Price as of the record date for such Distribution, such reduction to be effected by reducing the Exercise Price in effect on the Business Day immediately preceding such record date by an amount equal to the fair market value of the assets so distributed divided by the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Distribution is made, such fair market value to be reasonably determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors. Page-6 (d) Major Transactions. In the event of a merger, consolidation, business combination, tender offer, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, redemption or other similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of the same or another class or classes of stock or securities or other assets of the Company or another entity or the Company shall sell all or substantially all of its assets (each of the foregoing being a "Major Transaction"), then the holder of this Warrant may, at its option, either (a) in the event that the Common Stock remains outstanding or holders of Common Stock receive any common stock or substantially similar equity interest, in each of the foregoing cases which is publicly traded, retain this Warrant and this Warrant shall continue to apply to such Common Stock or shall apply, as nearly as practicable, to such other common stock or equity interest, as the case may be, or (b) receive consideration, in exchange for this Warrant upon the surrender thereof (without payment of any exercise price hereunder), equal to the greater of, as determined in the sole discretion of the Holder, (i) the number of shares of stock or securities or property of the Company, or of the entity resulting from such Major Transaction (the "Major Transaction Consideration"), to which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock delivered upon the exercise of this Warrant (pursuant to the Cashless Exercise feature hereof) would have been entitled upon such Major Transaction had the Holder so exercised this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise herein or elsewhere contained) on the Trading Date immediately preceding the public announcement of the transaction resulting in such Major Transaction and had the Holder been the holder of record of such Common Stock at the time of the consummation of such Major Transaction, and (ii) cash paid by the Company in immediately available funds in an amount equal to the product of the (x) Market Price (as defined in the Debenture) calculated as of the date of the public announcement of the transaction resulting in such Major Transaction, and (y) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable to the Holder upon a Cashless Exercise of the Warrant as of such date (without regard to any limitations on exercise herein contained), and the Company shall make lawful provision for the foregoing as a part of such Major Transaction. (e) Adjustments; Additional Shares, Securities or Assets. In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph 6, the Holder of this Warrant shall, upon exercise of this Warrant, become entitled to receive securities or assets (other than Common Stock) then, wherever appropriate, all references herein to shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to refer to and include such shares and/or other securities or assets; and thereafter the number of such shares and/or other securities or assets shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and upon terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions of this paragraph 6. Any adjustment made herein that results in a decrease in the Exercise Price shall also effect a proportional increase in the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable. Page-7 (f) Exceptions to Adjustment of Exercise Price. No adjustment to the Exercise Price will be made pursuant to this Section 6 (i) upon the exercise of any warrants, options or convertible securities granted, issued and outstanding on the date hereof (except in the case where the price at which such warrant, option or security is exercised has decreased since the date hereof as a result of a reset, anti-dilutive adjustment or similar occurrence); (ii) upon the grant or exercise of any stock or options which may hereafter be granted or exercised under any employee benefit plan, stock option plan or restricted stock plan of the Company now existing or to be implemented in the future, so long as the issuance of such stock or options is approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company; (iii) upon the exercise of this Warrant or any portion thereof by any holder; (iv) upon the issuance of securities pursuant to a firm-commitment, fixed-price underwritten offering; and (v) upon the issuance of securities in connection with a strategic investment made by the Company or a third party, the primary purpose of which is not the raising of equity capital; provided, that any and all such issuances do not exceed, in the aggregate, five percent (5%) of the Common Stock outstanding as of the Issue Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment to the Exercise Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments to the Exercise Price by reason of this clause that are not made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment of the Exercise Price that is required to be made under this Warrant. 7. Fractional Interests. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant, but on exercise of this Warrant, the Holder hereof may purchase only a whole number of shares of Common Stock. If, on exercise of this Warrant, the Holder hereof would be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock, such fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock. 8. Transfer of this Warrant. The Holder may sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of this Warrant, in whole or in part, as long as such sale or other disposition is made in the pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Upon such transfer or other disposition, the Holder shall deliver a written notice to the Company, substantially in the form of the Transfer Notice attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "Transfer Notice"), indicating the person or persons to whom this Warrant shall be transferred and, if less than all of this Warrant is transferred, the number of Warrant Shares to be covered by the part of this Warrant to be transferred to each such person. Within three (3) Business Days of receiving a Transfer Notice and the original of this Warrant, the Company shall deliver to the each transferee designated by the Holder a Warrant or Warrants of like tenor and terms for the appropriate number of Warrant Shares and, if less than all this Warrant is transferred, shall deliver to the Holder a Warrant for the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Page-8 9. Benefits of this Warrant. This Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Holder of this Warrant and nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon any person other than the Holder of this Warrant any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim hereunder. 10. Loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon surrender of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date. 11. Notice or Demands. Any notice, demand or request required or permitted to be given by the Company or the Holder pursuant to the terms of this Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered (i) when delivered personally or by verifiable facsimile transmission, unless such delivery is made on a day that is not a Business Day, in which case such delivery will be deemed to be made on the next succeeding Business Day and (ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to an overnight courier, addressed as follows: If to the Company: Ramtron International Corporation 1850 Ramtron Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Attn: Chief Financial Officer Tel: (719) 481-7000 Fax: (719) 481-9294 with a copy to: Jones Day 555 South Flower Street Fiftieth Floor Los Angeles, California 90071 Attn: John A. St. Clair, Esq. Tel: (213) 243-2421 Fax: (213) 243-2539 and if to the Holder, to such address as shall be designated by the Holder in writing to the Company. Page-9 12. Applicable Law. This Warrant is issued under and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within the State of New York. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Warrant as of the 20th day of November 2006. RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION /s/ Eric A. Balzer - --------------------------------- By: Eric A. Balzer Name: Eric A. Balzer Title: Chief Financial Officer Page-10 EXHIBIT A to WARRANT EXERCISE NOTICE The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably exercises the right to purchase - ----------------- of the shares of Common Stock ("Warrant Shares") of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION evidenced by the attached Warrant (the "Warrant"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant. 1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as: ------ a Cash Exercise with respect to ---------------- Warrant Shares; and/or ------ a Cashless Exercise with respect to ------------------ Warrant Shares, as permitted by Section 5(b) of the attached Warrant. 2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder shall pay the sum of $----------------- to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. Date: - ------------------------------------ Name of Registered Holder By: ------------------------------- Name: Title: Page-11 EXHIBIT B to WARRANT TRANSFER NOTICE FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Holder of the attached Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the person or persons named below the right to purchase ----------- shares of the Common Stock of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION evidenced by the attached Warrant. Date: ------------------------ - ------------------------------- Name of Registered Holder By: -------------------------- Name: Title: Transferee Name and Address: - ---------------------------- - ---------------------------- - ---------------------------- Page-12 EX-10 6 f10k1206ex10-50.txt THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGMT Exhibit 10.50 THIRD Amendment to AMENDED AND RESTATED Loan and Security Agreement THIS THIRD AMENDMENT to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (this "Amendment") is entered into this 29th day of December 2006, by and between Silicon Valley Bank ("Bank") and Ramtron International Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Borrower") whose address is 1850 Ramtron Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921. Recitals A. Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 14, 2005, as amended by that certain Loan Modification Agreement by and between Bank and Borrower dated as of December 30, 2005, and further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement by and between Bank and Borrower dated as of May 15, 2006 (as the same may from time to time be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated the "Loan Agreement"). B. Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement. C. Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement to (i) remove the Maximum Capital Expenditure allowance of $1,300,000 for the trailing twelve (12) month basis, (ii) remove the covenant that limits investments in Goal Semiconductor Inc., and (iii) modify or clarify the Debt Service Coverage Covenant. D. Bank has agreed to so amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, but only to the extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth below. Agreement Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement. 2. Amendments to Loan Agreement. 2.1 Section 7.10 (Capital Expenditures). Section 7.10 of the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement is deleted in its entirety. Page-1 2.2 Section 13.1 (Definitions). Section 13.1 of the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement is amended by deleting in its entirety, the definition of "EBITDA" and replacing it with the following definition: "EBITDA" is, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the trailing twelve months period ending on the date of computation, thereof, the sum of, without duplication 1) net income (exclusive of any extraordinary gains or losses or any non cash gains or losses including the expensing of stock options), 2) interest expense, 3) taxes on income, 4) amortization, and 5) depreciation, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. 2.3 Section 3.1 (Definitions). Section 3.1 of the Loan Modification Agreement is amended by deleting in its entirety, the definition of "Debt Service" and replacing it with the following definition: "Debt Service" means, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, principal due within twelve (12) months after such day, and interest on Indebtedness for the current fiscal quarter calculated on an annualized basis. 2.4 Section 3.3(d) (Debt Service Coverage Ratio). The definition of Debt Service Coverage Ratio as defined Section 3.3(d) of the Loan Modification Agreement is amended as follows, provided that the following definition shall be effective only from and after November 30, 2006: "Debt Service Coverage Ratio" means EBITDA divided by (/) Debt Service, as these terms are defined in Sections 2.2 and 2.3 of this Amendment. 2.5 Section 4 (Investments in Goal Semiconductor Inc.). Section 4 of the Loan Modification Agreement is deleted in its entirety, along with the proviso regarding Goal Semiconductor Inc. contained in Section 7.6 of Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement. 3. Limitation of Amendments. 3.1 The amendments set forth in Section 2 above, are effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document. 3.2 This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect. Page-2 4. Representations and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank as follows: 4.1 Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; 4.2 Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment; 4.3 The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Bank on September 14, 2005 remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect; 4.4 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, have been duly authorized; 4.5 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower; 4.6 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on either Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and 4.7 This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors' rights. 5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Page-3 6. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon (a) the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto, (b) Borrower's payment of an amendment fee in an amount equal to $5,000.00, and (c) Bank's receipt of the Guaranty of Ramtron Canada, substantially in the form submitted with this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor. In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above. BANK BORROWER Silicon Valley Bank Ramtron International Corporation /s/ Cindy Schatz /s/ Eric A. Balzer - ----------------------- -------------------------- Cindy Schatz Eric A. Balzer Title: Relationship Manager Title: CFO Page-4 EX-21 7 f10k1206ex21-1.txt SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT Exhibit 21.1 Subsidiaries of the Registrant ------------------------------ Name: Ramtron K.K. Incorporated in Japan Doing Business as: Ramtron K.K. Name: Ramtron LLC Organized in the State of Colorado Doing Business as: Ramtron LLC Name: Ramtron Canada Inc. Incorporated in Canada Doing Business as: Ramtron Canada Inc. Page-1 EX-23 8 f10k1206ex23-1.txt CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM EXHIBIT 23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Board of Directors Ramtron International Corporation: We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration statements of Ramtron International Corporation of our report dated February 12, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Ramtron International Corporation as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, and the related financial statement schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2006 annual report on Form 10-K of Ramtron International Corporation. Form Registration Statement Description - ---- ---------------------- --------------------------------- S-8 333-12265 Stock Option Plan S-8 333-33554 Stock Option Plan S-8 333-60594 Stock Option Plan S-8 333-66252 Stock Option Plan S-3 333-128653 Acquisition of Goal Semiconductor, Inc. S-3 333-87404 Debenture warrants and other warrants S-8 333-133760 Stock Option Plan S-3 333-139478 Resale Registration Our report on the consolidated financial statements referred to above refers to Ramtron International Corporation's adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, effective January 1, 2006. /s/ KPMG LLP ------------- KPMG LLP Denver, Colorado February 12, 2007 Page-1 EX-31 9 f10k1206ex31-1.txt CEO SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION Exhibit 31.1 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, As Amended CERTIFICATIONS FOR FORM 10-K I, William W. Staunton, III, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Ramtron International Corporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, concluding its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and Page-1 d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. /s/ William W. Staunton, III - ---------------------------- William W. Staunton, III Chief Executive Officer Date: February 16, 2007 Page-2 EX-31 10 f10k1206ex31-2.txt CFO SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION Exhibit 31.2 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, As Amended CERTIFICATIONS FOR FORM 10-K I, Eric A. Balzer, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Ramtron International Corporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, concluding its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and Page-1 d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. /s/ Eric A. Balzer - ------------------- Eric A. Balzer Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer of the Registrant) Date: February 16, 2007 Page-2 EX-32 11 f10k1206ex32-1.txt CEO SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION Exhibit 32.1 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION for the year ended December 31, 2006, I, William W. Staunton, III, Chief Executive Officer of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that: (1) such Annual Report on Form 10-K of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION for the year ended December 31, 2006, fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) the information contained in such Annual Report on Form 10-K of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION for the year ended December 31, 2006, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION. By: /s/ William W. Staunton, III ------------------------------- WILLIAM W. STAUNTON, III Chief Executive Officer February 16, 2007 A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Ramtron International Corporation and will be retained by Ramtron International Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. Page-1 EX-32 12 f10k1206ex32-2.txt CFO SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION Exhibit 32.2 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION for the year ended December 31, 2006, I, Eric A. Balzer, Chief Financial Officer of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that: (1) such Annual Report on Form 10-K of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION for the year December 31, 2006, fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) the information contained in such Annual Report on Form 10-K of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION for the year ended December 31, 2006, fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION. /s/ Eric A. Balzer - ------------------- Eric A. Balzer Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer of the Registrant) February 16, 2007 A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Ramtron International Corporation and will be retained by Ramtron International Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. Page-1
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