EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

 

Public Relations:    Investor Relations:
Nancy Sheffield    John J. Hanlon
Tsantes Consulting Group    Synplicity, Inc.
(408) 426-4902    (408) 215-6000
nsheffield@tsantes.com    ir@synplicity.com

Synplicity Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results

SUNNYVALE, Calif., October 22, 2007— Synplicity® , Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP), a leading supplier of innovative IC design and verification solutions, today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007.

Revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 was $19.4 million. This compares to the $16.3 million of revenue reported for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. On a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, net income was $1.5 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, as compared to a GAAP net income of $1.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. For the quarter ended September 30, 2007, GAAP net income included non-cash charges of $959,000 of intangible amortization expense from acquisitions and $747,000 of stock-based compensation expense. For the quarter ended September 30, 2006, GAAP net income included $223,000 of intangible amortization expense from acquisitions and $947,000 of stock-based compensation expense.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, revenue was $51.1 million, compared to revenue of $46.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, the Company reported GAAP net income of $2.7 million, or $0.10 per diluted share. Included in GAAP net income for the nine month period ended September 30, 2007 were non-cash charges of $1.6 million of intangible amortization expense from acquisitions and $2.4 million of stock-based compensation expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, the Company reported a GAAP net income of $1.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share. Included in net income was $668,000 of intangible amortization expense from acquisitions, $2.8 million of stock-based compensation and a restructuring charge of $854,000.

“I am pleased to report another great quarter at Synplicity with record revenue and operating income, excluding the effects of stock and amortization expenses”, said Gary Meyers, president and CEO. “The integration of HARDI Electronics has been seamless and we are very pleased with the results to date.”

Business Outlook

The following statements are based on current expectations. This guidance reflects the acquisition of HARDI Electronics AB in June 2007. We do not intend to update, confirm or change this guidance until our earnings conference call for the fourth quarter of 2007.

 

   

Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2007 is expected to be in the range of $19.0 to $20.0 million.


   

GAAP net income per fully diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2007 is expected to be in the range of $0.02 to $0.05. GAAP net income for the quarter is expected to include non-cash charges of approximately $850,000 relating to stock-based compensation and $880,000 of amortization expense from acquisitions.

Audio Webcast

The Company’s earnings call will be webcast today at 5:45 a.m. Pacific, and may be accessed at http://investor.synplicity.com. The Company will discuss its third quarter 2007 results. Following completion of the call, a rebroadcast of the webcast will be available at http://investor.synplicity.com through December 31, 2007. For those without access to the Internet, a replay of the call will be available from 8:45 a.m. Pacific on October 22, 2007 through November 5, 2007. To listen to a replay, call (719) 457-0820, access code 7036417.

About Synplicity

Synplicity®, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative IC design and verification solutions that serve a wide range of communications, military/aerospace, semiconductor, consumer, computer, and other electronic applications markets. Synplicity’s FPGA implementation tools provide outstanding performance, cost and time-to-market benefits by simplifying, improving and automating logic synthesis, physical synthesis, analysis and debug for programmable logic designs. Synplicity’s ESL synthesis solutions significantly improve productivity for DSP designs realized in ASIC and FPGA devices. The Confirma(TM) at-speed verification platform, comprising software tools and the HAPS(TM) family of prototyping systems, enables both comprehensive verification of ASIC, ASSP and SoC designs and software development prior to chip tapeout. Synplicity is the number one supplier of FPGA synthesis tools and its physical synthesis and ASIC verification technologies are the recipients of several prestigious industry awards. The company operates in over 20 facilities worldwide and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information visit http://www.synplicity.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, statements regarding the Synplicity’s execution and results for the fourth quarter of 2007 and 2008, the release of its products and upgrades, and expectations of results for the fourth quarter of 2007 including estimated revenue, the estimated operating income, net income, net income per share, non-cash charges, the effective tax rate and certain expenses for 2007 and our expected growth in 2008. These statements relate to future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual financial results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the


forward-looking statements including continued demand for the Company’s FPGA products, the Company’s ability to increase revenue from its FPGA products, the integration of HARDI and its products as well as employee retention. For additional information and considerations regarding the risks faced by the Company, see its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other periodic reports filed with the SEC from time to time. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. In addition, neither the Company nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement.

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Synplicity is a registered trademark of Synplicity, Inc. All other brands or products are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners.


SYNPLICITY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

 

     September 30,
2007
    December 31,
2006 (1)
 
     (unaudited)        

Assets:

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments

   $ 43,918     $ 65,397  

Restricted cash

     2,700       —    

Accounts receivable, net

     11,234       10,323  

Inventories

     1,627       —    

Prepaid expenses

     2,049       1,314  

Other current assets

     340       915  
                

Total current assets

     61,868       77,949  

Restricted cash

     2,700       —    

Property and equipment, net

     2,995       2,390  

Goodwill

     8,876       1,272  

Intangible assets, net

     11,068       1,035  

Other assets

     1,265       1,163  
                

Total assets

   $ 88,772     $ 83,809  
                

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 2,516     $ 1,299  

Accrued liabilities

     1,937       1,537  

Accrued compensation

     4,465       4,360  

Deferred revenue

     16,616       18,409  
                

Total current liabilities

     25,534       25,605  

Other liabilities

     272       89  

Deferred income taxes

     3,300       —    

Shareholders’ equity:

    

Common stock

     61,276       62,699  

Accumulated deficit

     (1,509 )     (4,255 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (101 )     (329 )
                

Total shareholders’ equity

     59,666       58,115  
                

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 88,772     $ 83,809  
                

(1)

Derived from audited financial statements.


SYNPLICITY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
  

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

     2007    2006    2007    2006

Revenue:

           

License and systems

   $ 7,707    $ 5,071    $ 17,182    $ 12,518

Maintenance

     7,081      6,865      20,577      20,321

Bundled license and services

     4,653      4,334      13,334      13,287
                           

Total revenue

     19,441      16,270      51,093      46,126

Cost of revenue:(2)

           

Cost of license and systems

     1,014      80      1,443      115

Cost of maintenance

     435      396      1,245      1,279

Cost of bundled license and services

     96      65      289      294

Amortization of intangible assets

     636      223      1,266      668
                           

Total cost of revenue

     2,181      764      4,243      2,356
                           

Gross profit

     17,260      15,506      46,850      43,770

Operating expenses:(2)

           

Research and development

     6,434      5,661      18,261      18,120

Sales and marketing

     6,646      6,388      19,857      18,593

General and administrative

     2,198      1,944      6,459      5,930

Amortization of intangible assets from acquisition

     323      —        371      —  

Restructuring charge

     —        —        —        854
                           

Total operating expenses

     15,601      13,993      44,948      43,497
                           

Income from operations

     1,659      1,513      1,902      273

Other income, net

     363      763      2,025      1,917
                           

Income before income taxes

     2,022      2,276      3,927      2,190

Income tax provision

     571      631      1,181      608
                           

Net income

   $ 1,451    $ 1,645    $ 2,746    $ 1,582
                           

Net income per share:

           

Basic and diluted net income per share

   $ 0.05    $ 0.06    $ 0.10    $ 0.06
                           

Shares used in basic per share calculation

     26,770      26,790      26,747      26,918
                           

Shares used in diluted per share calculation

     27,880      27,421      27,747      27,663
                           

(2)

Amortization of stock-based compensation expense relates to the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
     2007    2006    2007    2006

Cost of maintenance

   $ 77    $ 37    $ 121    $ 85

Research and development

     258      422      1,005      1,312

Sales and marketing

     205      256      662      738

General and administrative

     207      232      652      707