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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)


þ		QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended April 5, 2009


o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number 000-21970

ACTEL CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


California		77-0097724
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


2061 Stierlin Court
Mountain View, California		94043-4655
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(650) 318-4200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):


o Large accelerated filer	þ Accelerated filer	o Non-accelerated filer	o Smaller reporting company
	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ

Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 12, 2009: 26,129,598

ACTEL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)


	Apr. 5,			Jan. 4,
	2009			2009 (1)
	(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	46,036		$	49,639
Short-term investments		85,072			89,111
Accounts receivable, net		21,765			11,596
Inventories		56,030			60,630
Deferred income taxes		11,313			11,313
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		7,876			6,888

Total current assets		228,092			229,177
Long-term investments		8,764			7,807
Property and equipment, net		33,588			34,747
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net		35,347			35,540
Deferred income taxes		13,834			13,968
Other assets, net		20,745			22,022

	$	340,370		$	343,261

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	10,516		$	14,672
Accrued compensation and employee benefits		8,067			11,240
Accrued licenses		2,244			3,952
Other accrued liabilities		5,432			5,274
Deferred income on shipments to distributors		30,506			24,316

Total current liabilities		56,765			59,454
Deferred compensation plan liability		4,152			4,086
Deferred rent liability		1,447			1,449
Accrued sabbatical compensation		2,561			2,739
Other long-term liabilities, net		6,539			7,208

Total liabilities		71,464			74,936

Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock		26			25
Additional paid-in capital		235,835			232,168
Retained earnings		34,024			36,979
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(979	)		(847	)

Total shareholders’ equity		268,906			268,325

	$	340,370		$	343,261


(1)		Derived from audited financial statements included in the Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended January 4, 2009 (“2008 Form 10-K”).

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

ACTEL CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited, in thousands)


	Three Months Ended
	Apr. 5, 2009			Apr. 6, 2008
Operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	(2,956	)	$	176
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		3,497			2,646
Stock compensation costs		1,686			2,160
Deferred income taxes		216			166
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(10,169	)		(8,222	)
Inventories		4,570			(1,673	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(988	)		794
Other assets, net		1,207			(2,748	)
Accounts payable, accrued compensation and employee benefits, and other accrued liabilities		(9,747	)		3,620
Deferred income on shipments to distributors		6,190			6,603

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		(6,494	)		3,522
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(2,145	)		(5,437	)
Purchases of available-for-sale securities		(15,626	)		(18,714	)
Sales of available-for-sale securities		4,093			6,663
Maturities of available-for-sale securities		14,401			17,161
Changes in other long term assets		155			(373	)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		878			(700	)
Financing activities:
Issuance of common stock under employee stock plans		2,293			1,041
Tax withholding on restricted stock		(280	)		(391	)
Repurchase of common stock		—			(24,764	)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		2,013			(24,114	)


Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(3,603	)		(21,292	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		49,639			30,119

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	46,036		$	8,827

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for income taxes, net	$	43		$	107
Accrual of long-term license agreement	$	807		$	2,961

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

ACTEL CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Actel Corporation have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

Actel Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries are referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our.” Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations are based upon our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Our fiscal year ends the first Sunday on or after December 30th, and our fiscal quarters end the first Sunday on or after March 31, June 30 and September 30.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements included in our 2008 Form 10-K. The results of operations for the three months ended April 5, 2009, are not necessarily indicative of future operating results.

Income Taxes

Our tax provision (benefit) is based on an estimated annual tax rate in compliance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“SFAS 109”), and Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 28, “Interim Financial Reporting” (APB 28”). Significant components affecting the tax rate include the composite state tax rate, non-deductible meals & entertainment, recognition of certain deferred tax assets subject to valuation allowances, non-deductible stock-based compensation expense, and utilization of net operating loss carryforwards.

Our net deferred tax assets were $25.1 million at April 5, 2009. We continue to assess the recoverability of the deferred tax assets on an ongoing basis. If we subsequently conclude that it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be recovered, an additional valuation allowance against deferred tax assets will be necessary. Our future income tax expense will be increased to the extent of offsetting increases in our valuation allowance.

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In the first quarter of 2009, we adopted SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS 141R”) as amended by FASB staff position FSP 141(R)-1, “Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination That Arise from Contingencies.” This FSP provides additional guidance and disclosure requirements regarding the recognition and measurement of contingent assets acquired and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination where the fair value of the contingent assets and liabilities cannot be determined as of the acquisition date. SFAS 141R is applicable to business combinations on a prospective basis beginning in the first quarter of 2009. The effect of the adoption of SFAS 141R on our consolidated financial statements will depend on future business combination transactions, if any. We did not complete any business combinations in the first quarter of 2009.

In April 2008 the FASB issued FSP No. 142-3, “Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets”, (“FSP 142-3”), which amends the guidance about estimating the useful lives of recognized intangible assets and requires additional disclosures related to renewing or extending the terms of recognized intangible assets under SFAS 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”). FSP 142-3 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2008. The adoption of FSP 142-3 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements in the first quarter of 2009.

In February 2008, the FASB issued FSP 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157” (“FSP 157-2”), which provided for a one year deferral of the effective date of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”), for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed in the financial statements at fair value at least annually. Therefore, in the first quarter of 2009, we adopted SFAS No. 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities. The adoption of SFAS 157 for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 157-4 (“FSP 157-4”), which provides additional guidance on measuring fair value in accordance with FASB No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability has significantly decreased. FSP 157-4 shall be effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of FSP 157-4 is not expected to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 115-2 (“FSP 115-2”) and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments” (“FAS 124-2”). FSP 115-2 and FAS 124-2 amend the other-than-temporary impairment guidance to improve the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairments on debt and equity securities in the financial statements. FSP 115-2 and FAS 124-2 are effective for us beginning in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The Company does not expect the adoption of FSP 115-2 and FAS 124-2 to have a significant impact on its financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 107-1 (“FSP 107-1”) and APB 28-1 (“APB 28-1”), which amends SFAS 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” and APB 28 to require disclosures about the fair value of financial instruments for interim reporting periods. FSP 107-1 and APB 28-1 does not change the accounting treatment for these financial instruments and is effective for us beginning in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009.

2. Fair Value Measurement of Financial Instruments

Pursuant to SFAS 157, our available-for-sale securities are classified within Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair-value hierarchy. The types of securities valued based on Level 1 inputs include money market securities. The types of securities valued based on Level 2 inputs include U.S. government agency notes, corporate and municipal bonds, and asset-backed obligations.

The following table summarizes our financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis in accordance with SFAS 157 as of April 5, 2009 (in thousands):

Fair Value Measurements Using

Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

Significant Other

Significant

for Identical

Observable Inputs

Unobservable

Description

Total

Assets (Level 1)

(Level 2)

Inputs (Level 3)

Assets:

Available-for-sale securities(1)

133,437

38,102

95,335

—


(1)		Included in cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

We evaluate indicators of impairment during our review of our investment portfolio. With respect to determining an other-than-temporary impairment charge, our evaluation includes a review of:

	•		The length of time and extent to which the market value of the investment has been less than cost.

	•		The financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, including any specific events that may influence the operations of the issuer.

	•		Our intent and ability to retain our investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in market value.

net unrealized losses of $1.6 million as of April 5, 2009 and $1.4 million as of January 4, 2009 . Although the current credit environment continues to be extremely volatile and uncertain, we do not believe that sufficient evidence exists at this point in time to conclude that any of our remaining investments have experienced an other-than-temporary impairment in the first quarter of 2009. We continue to monitor our investments closely to determine if additional information becomes available that may have an adverse effect on the fair value and ultimate realizability of our investments.

3. Stock Based Compensation

Determining Fair Value

The Company estimates the fair value of stock options granted using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing formula and multiple option award approach. This fair value is then amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of the awards, which is generally the vesting period.

The fair value of the Company’s stock options granted to employees was estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions for the periods presented:


	Three Months Ended
	Apr. 5, 2009			Apr. 6, 2008
Option Plan Shares
Expected term (in years)		5.1			5.4
Volatility		48.7	%		40.2	%
Risk-free interest rate		1.8	%		2.6	%
Weighted-average fair value	$	4.57		$	5.23

ESPP Shares
Expected term (in years)		1.25			1.25
Volatility		60.0	%		42.0	%
Risk-free interest rate		0.6	%		2.1	%
Weighted-average fair value	$	2.22		$	4.01

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

The Company recorded $1.7 million and $2.2 million of pre-tax stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended April 5, 2009 and April 6, 2008, respectively as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended
	Apr. 5, 2009		Apr. 6, 2008
Cost of revenues	$	132	$	95
Research and development		913		1,026
Selling, general, and administrative		641		1,039

Total stock-based compensation expense, before income taxes	$	1,686	$	2,160
Tax benefit		358		402

Total stock-based compensation expense, net of income taxes	$	1,328	$	1,758

Stock Option Plans

The following table summarizes our stock option activity and related information for the quarter ended April 5, 2009:


				Weighted-
				Average		Weighted-Average		Aggregate Intrinsic
	Number			Exercise		Remaining		Value
Options	of Shares			Price		Contractual Term		(in thousands)
Outstanding at January 4, 2009		6,347,731			16.05
Granted		64,560			10.50
Exercised		(7,500	)		11.05
Forfeitures and cancellations		(389,528	)		16.96

Outstanding at April 5, 2009		6,015,263			15.93		5.64	$	565

Vested and expected to vest at April 5, 2009		5,928,149			15.97		5.60	$	548

Exercisable at April 5, 2009		4,266,250			16.95		4.40	$	260

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

The Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) permits eligible employees to purchase common stock through payroll deductions between 1% to 15% of compensation to a maximum of $10,000 annually. The stock purchase price is at 85% of the fair market value of the common stock at the end of each six-month offering period. There are two purchase periods per year beginning on February 1 and August 1. The Company recorded $0.5 million of stock-based compensation expense relating to ESPP for the three months ended April 5, 2009 and $0.9 million for the three months ended April 6, 2008 respectively.

Restricted Stock Units (RSU)

The following is a summary of RSU activity for the three months ended April 5, 2009:


				Weighted-Average
				Grant Date Fair
	Number of shares			Value
Nonvested at January 4, 2009		290,448		$	12.63
Vested		(72,430	)	$	12.25
Forfeited		(8,484	)	$	12.67

Nonvested at April 5, 2009		209,534		$	12.75

Other Stock Option Related Expenses

In September 2006, our Board of Directors appointed a “Special Committee” of independent directors to formally investigate our historical stock option grant practices and related accounting. The Special Committee presented its final report to the Board of Directors on March 9, 2007. Our management then performed its own detailed review of historical stock option grants. As a result of the Special Committee’s investigation and management’s review, we were delinquent in the filing of our reports with the SEC from November 16, 2006 (when the closing price of our Common Stock was $19.03) through February 10, 2008 (when the closing price of our Common Stock was $11.47). During this 15-month “Blackout Period,” our employees were prohibited from exercising their stock options.

While employee stock options that would otherwise have expired during the Blackout Period were extended by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, these “Extended Options” were exercisable for only 30 days following the end of the Blackout Period. On March 11, 2008 (when the closing price of our Common Stock was $12.83), the Compensation Committee authorized cash payments aggregating approximately $1.0 million to redress employees for their inability to exercise Extended Options during the Blackout Period. Since these cash payments were authorized on March 11, 2008, the Company recorded compensation expense of approximately $1.0 million in the quarter ended April 6, 2008. These costs are not considered “stock-based compensation costs” for purposes of SFAS No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”) disclosures in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

4. Credits to Distributors

We sell our products to OEMs and to distributors who resell our products to OEMs or their contract manufacturers. We recognize revenue on products sold to our OEMs upon shipment. Revenues generated by the Protocol Design Services organization are recognized as the services are performed. Because sales to our distributors are generally made under agreements allowing for price adjustments, credits, and right of return under certain circumstances, we generally defer recognition of revenue on products sold to distributors until the products are resold by the distributor and price adjustments are determined at which time our final net sales price is fixed. Deferred revenue net of the corresponding deferred cost of sales are recorded in the caption deferred income on shipments to distributors in the liability section of the consolidated balance sheet. Deferred income effectively represents the gross margin on the sale to the distributor, however, the amount of gross margin we recognize in future periods will be less than the originally recorded deferred income as a result of negotiated price concessions. Distributors resell our products to end customers at various negotiated price points which vary by end customer, product, quantity, geography and competitive pricing environments. When a distributor’s resale is priced at a discount from list price, we credit back to the distributor a portion of their original purchase price after the resale transaction is complete. Thus, a portion of the deferred income on shipments to distributors balance will be credited back to the

distributor in the future. Based upon historical trends and inventory levels on hand at each of our distributors as of April 5, 2009, we currently estimate that approximately $12.5 million of the deferred income on shipments to distributors on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of April 5, 2009, will be credited back to the distributors in the future. These amounts will not be recognized as revenue and gross margin in our consolidated statement of operations. Since we expect our distributors to “turn” their inventory balances five to six times a year, we expect that a majority of the inventory held by our distributors at the end of any quarter will be resold to end customers over the next two quarters.

Our payment terms generally require the distributor to settle amounts owed to us based on list price, which generally are in excess of their actual cost due to price adjustments and credits. Accordingly, we generally credit back to the distributor a portion of their original purchase price, usually within 30 days after the resale transaction has been reported to the Company. This practice has an adverse effect on the working capital of our distributors since they are required to pay the full list price to Actel and receive a subsequent discount only after the product has been sold to a third party. As a consequence, beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2007, we entered into written business arrangements with certain distributors under which we issue advance credits to the distributors to minimize the adverse effect on the distributor’s working capital. The advance credits generally amount to a month of credits based on an average of actual historical credits over the prior quarter. The advance credits are updated and settled on a quarterly basis. The advance credits have no affect on our revenue recognition since revenue from distributors is not recognized until the distributor sells the product, but the advance credits reduce our accounts receivable and deferred income on shipments to distributors as reflected in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The amount of the advance credit as of April 5, 2009 was $6.8 million.

5. Goodwill and other intangible assets, net

Goodwill is recorded when consideration paid in an acquisition exceeds the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired. We account for goodwill in accordance with SFAS 142, which addresses the financial accounting and reporting standards for goodwill and other intangible assets subsequent to their acquisition. Under SFAS 142, we do not amortize goodwill, but instead test for impairment annually or more frequently if certain events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. We completed our annual goodwill impairment tests during the fourth quarter of 2008 and noted no indicators of impairment. We start with our market capitalization as the initial basis for the analysis and, due to the current economic environment, we performed a detailed review of our stock price and book value per share for the first quarter of 2009. We also consider other factors including control premiums from observable transactions involving controlling interests in comparable companies as well as overall market conditions. Although there has been volatility in our stock and at times, our stock has fallen below our book value, we believe these declines in our stock price to be temporary and this temporary decline does not reflect an impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill as of April 5, 2009. Our stock price declined during the first quarter of 2009, consistent with the decline in the overall market but has since recovered. We will closely monitor this trend and consider whether an event has occurred or there has been a change in circumstances that would more likely than not reduce our enterprise fair value to be below our book value and, if necessary, we will adjust our book value of goodwill.

Our net goodwill and other intangible assets were $35.3 million at the end of the first quarter of 2009 and $35.5 million at the end of fourth quarter of 2008. We had originally established a valuation allowance for a portion of the net operating loss carryforwards acquired in connection with the acquisition of Gatefield. SFAS 141R changes how business acquisitions are accounted for and affects financial statements both on the acquisition date and in subsequent periods and became effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of 2009. Under SFAS No. 141R, the release of any valuation allowance for acquired tax attributes related to Gatefield will now benefit the tax provision as opposed to recording the benefit to goodwill.

As a result of the Pigeon Point Systems acquisition during the third quarter of 2008, we recorded $0.2 million in amortization of identified intangible assets for the three months ended April 5, 2009.

6. Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:


	Apr. 5,		Jan. 4,
	2009		2009
	(In thousands)
Inventories:
Purchased parts and raw materials	$	9,834	$	14,372
Work-in-process		29,585		28,913
Finished goods		16,611		17,345

	$	56,030	$	60,630

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market (net realizable value). We believe that a certain level of inventory must be carried to maintain an adequate supply of product for customers. This inventory level may vary based upon orders received from customers or internal forecasts of demand for these products. Other considerations in determining inventory levels include the stage of products in the product life cycle, design win activity, manufacturing lead times, customer demand, strategic relationships with foundries, and competitive situations in the marketplace. Should any of these factors develop other than anticipated, inventory levels may be materially and adversely affected.

We write down our inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketability equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated realizable value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. To address this difficult, subjective, and complex area of judgment, we apply a methodology that includes assumptions and estimates to arrive at the net realizable value. First, we identify any inventory that has been previously written down in prior periods. This inventory remains written down until sold, destroyed, or otherwise dispositioned. Second, we examine inventory line items that may have some form of non-conformance with electrical and mechanical standards. Third, we assess the inventory not otherwise identified to be written down against product history and forecasted demand (typically for the next six months). Finally, we analyze the result of this methodology in light of the product life cycle, design win activity, and competitive situation in the marketplace to derive an outlook for consumption of the inventory and the appropriateness of the resulting inventory levels. If actual future demand or market conditions are less favorable than those we have projected, additional inventory write-downs may be required.

The Company will typically build-up inventories of new products early in their life cycles in order to support anticipated demand and to provide stock inventory to distributors to support initial sales of the product. The Company will also establish sufficient inventory levels of new products to respond quickly to new customer orders. Accordingly, we typically do not establish excess inventory reserves for newer products until we have developed sufficient trend information to support reasonable assumptions regarding acceptance of the product and future demand trends. Once the product has been available on the market for a sufficient period of time, generally two years or more, the Company will begin to assess the need for excess inventory reserves based on history and forecasted demand as noted above.

We made “last time buys” of certain products from our wafer suppliers during 2003, 2005 and 2007. Evaluations of last time buy inventory resulted in a write down of $0.5 million in 2008, and $2.2 million in 2007 of last time buy material. These write-downs were taken because actual sell through results did not meet expectations or estimations of expected future demand. There were no write downs of last time buy inventory in the first quarter of 2009. Approximately $1.2 million and $1.4 million related to last time buy purchases was included in inventory on the balance sheet as at April 5, 2009 and January 4, 2009 respectively.

Our net inventories were $56.0 million at the end of the first quarter of 2009 compared with $60.6 million at the end of 2008. Net inventory decreased by $4.6 million due primarily to increased shipment of the Flash related ProASIC3 product family and a concerted effort to reduce our wafer starts for Flash products to the lowest levels practicable. However, our current inventory levels continue to be well in excess of historical norms as a result of the build-up of new Flash products, including Fusion, Igloo and ProASIC3. The Company has historically built-up inventories of new products early in their life cycles, but the recent build-up in inventory for the new Flash products was particularly pronounced due to a conscious effort to support increased turns business and shorter lead times for the consumer products at which the Flash products are targeted. In an effort to reduce our inventory levels, we will continue to restrict Flash wafer starts based on inventory levels and forecast sales of Flash products. However, in order to preserve our relationships with our foundries, the Company must continue to build certain minimum levels of Flash products during 2009 and thereafter, so an extended period of time will probably be necessary in order to draw down inventory levels closer to historical norms. We believe our Flash products are still attractive to our targeted customer base. We continue to focus our efforts on growing the Flash business and are aggressively marketing our Flash products in an effort to reduce our inventory. This may include certain promotional pricing for large volume orders (sometimes below our cost), which may negatively affect our gross margins. We are also monitoring market trends and significant events that may have an adverse effect on the carrying value of our inventory.

Based on the information available during the first quarter of 2009, we incurred net charges of $2.1 million for excess and slow moving inventories and lower of cost or market issues. This includes a charge of $1.5 million associated with certain low yield wafer issues. If our business outlook changes in the future or if the current economic downturn continues or worsens, the Company may be required to establish reserves for a portion of the Flash inventory which could have a materially adverse affect on our business, financial condition, and/or results of operations.

7. Net Income (Loss) per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:


	Three months ended
	Apr. 5,			Jan. 4,			Apr. 6,
	2009			2009			2008
	(in thousands except per share data)
Basic:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding		26,027			25,784			26,487

Net income (loss)	$	(2,956	)	$	(12,492	)	$	176

Net income (loss) per share	$	(0.11	)	$	(0.48	)	$	0.01

Diluted:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding		26,027			25,784			26,487
Net effect of dilutive employee stock options — based on the treasury stock method		—			—			190

Shares used in computing net income per share		26,027			25,784			26,677

Net income (loss)	$	(2,956	)	$	(12,492	)	$	176

Net income (loss) per share	$	(0.11	)	$	(0.48	)	$	0.01

Basic earnings per share are calculated based on net earnings and the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the reported period. Diluted earnings per share are calculated similarly, except that the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period are increased by the number of additional shares of common stock that would have been outstanding if dilutive potential shares of common stock had been issued. The dilutive effect of potential common stock (including outstanding stock options, unvested restricted stock, ESPP shares and non-employee director stock units) is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method, which includes consideration of share-based compensation as required by SFAS 123R.

For the fiscal quarters ended April 5, 2009 and January 4, 2009, we incurred a net loss and the inclusion of stock options in the shares used for computing diluted earnings per share would have been anti-dilutive and would have reduced the net loss per share. Accordingly, all Common Stock equivalents (such as stock options) have been excluded from the shares used to calculate diluted earnings per share for those periods.

For the three months ended April 6, 2008, options outstanding under our stock option plans to purchase approximately 5,819,862 shares, of our common stock were excluded from the treasury stock method used to determine the net effect of dilutive employee stock options because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect on net income (loss) per share.

8. Comprehensive Income

The components of comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, are as follows:


	Three Months Ended
	Apr. 5,			Jan. 4,			Apr. 6,
	2009			2009			2008
	(in thousands)
Net income (loss)	$	(2,956	)	$	(12,492	)	$	176
Change in gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of $(80), $442, and $(30), respectively.		(129	)		704			(50	)
Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income, net of tax amounts of $(2), $33, and ($10), respectively		(3	)		52			(15	)

Other comprehensive gain (loss), net of tax amounts of $(82), $475, and $(40), respectively		(132	)		756			(65	)

Total comprehensive income (loss)	$	(3,088	)	$	(11,736	)	$	111

Accumulated other comprehensive income is presented on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and consists of the accumulated net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities.

9. Legal Matters and Loss Contingencies

From time to time we are notified of claims, including claims that we may be infringing patents owned by others, or otherwise become aware of conditions, situations, or circumstances involving uncertainty as to the existence of a liability or the amount of a loss. When probable and reasonably estimable, we make provisions for estimated liabilities. As we sometimes have in the past, we may settle disputes and/or obtain licenses under patents that we are alleged to infringe. We can offer no assurance that any pending or threatened claim or other loss contingency will be resolved or that the resolution of any such claim or contingency will not have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or results of operations. Our failure to resolve a claim could result in litigation or arbitration, which can result in significant expense and divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel, whether or not determined in our favor. Our evaluation of the effect of these claims and contingencies could change based upon new information. Subject to the foregoing, we do not believe that the resolution of any pending or threatened legal claim or loss contingency is likely to have a materially adverse effect on our financial position as of April 5, 2009, or results of operations or cash flows.

10. Commitments

As of April 5, 2009, the Company had approximately $6.5 million of remaining non-cancelable obligations to providers of electronic design automation software expiring at various dates through 2012. The current portion of these obligations is recorded in “Accrued licenses” and the long-term portion of these obligations is recorded at net present value in “Other long-term liabilities, net” on the accompanying balance sheets. Approximately $0.7 million and $16.4 million of these contractual obligations are recorded in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and “Other assets, net”, respectively.

11. Shareholders’ Equity

Our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program in September 1998 whereby shares of our Common Stock may be purchased from time to time in the open market at the discretion of management. Additional shares were authorized for repurchase in each of 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2008. In 2008, we repurchased 1,937,061 shares for $24.9 million. There were no repurchases under the plan in 2007 or 2006. As of April 5, 2009, we have remaining authorization to repurchase up to 1,673,742 shares.

12. Restructuring

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, we initiated a restructuring program in order to reduce our operating costs and focus our resources on key strategic priorities. The restructuring affected a total of 40 full-time positions globally in the first quarter of 2009 and 60 full-time positions globally in the fourth quarter of 2008. In connection with this restructuring plan, we recorded restructuring charges totaling $1.1 million and $2.4 million relating to termination benefits in accordance with SFAS No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit of Disposal Activities” (“SFAS 146”) in the first quarter of 2009 and the fourth quarter of 2008, respectively. Restructuring charges primarily related to employee compensation and related charges, including stock compensation expenses. Restructuring charges of $1.2 million remain on our consolidated balance sheet as of April 5, 2009 and are included in “Accounts payable” and “Accrued compensation and employee benefits”. The remaining accrual associated with these termination benefits is expected to be substantially paid during fiscal 2009.

The following represents a summary of our restructuring activity for the three months ended April 5, 2009:


	Restructuring
	Liabilities
	(in thousands)
Balance at January 4, 2009	$	1,200
Restructuring charges		1,119
Payments		(1,085	)

Balance at April 5, 2009	$	1,234

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

You should read the following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and the related “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” and “Financial Statement Schedules,” and “Supplementary Financial Data” included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and the future results of our Company that are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and

projections about the industry in which we operate and the beliefs and assumptions of our management. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. These forward looking statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this Annual Report under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part II. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has defined critical accounting policies as those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results and also require us to make the most difficult, complex and subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Based upon this definition, our most critical policies include revenue recognition, inventories, stock-based compensation, legal matters, goodwill and long-lived asset impairment and income taxes. We also have other key accounting policies that either do not generally require us to make estimates and judgments that are as difficult or as subjective or they are less likely to have a material effect on our reported results of operations for a given period. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates. In addition, if these estimates or their related assumptions change in the future, it could result in material expenses being recognized on the consolidated statements of operations. There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting estimates during the three months ended April 5, 2009 as compared with the critical accounting estimates disclosed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 4, 2009.

Results of Operations


	Three Months Ended
	(a)			(b)			%			(c)			%
	Apr. 5,			Jan. 4,			change			Apr. 6,			change
	2009			2009			(a/b)			2008			(a/c)
Net revenues	$	48,459		$	52,786			(8	%)	$	54,756			(12	%)
Gross margin	$	27,674		$	31,188			(11	%)	$	32,018			(14	%)
% of net revenues		57	%		59	%					58	%
Research and development	$	16,393		$	14,851			10	%	$	16,709			(2	%)
% of net revenues		34	%		28	%					31	%
Selling, general, and administrative	$	13,490		$	15,714			(14	%)	$	16,780			(20	%)
% of net revenues		28	%		30	%					31	%
Tax provision	$	1,187		$	11,688			(90	%)	$	285			316	%
% of net revenues		2	%		22	%					1	%

Net Revenues

Net revenues were $48.5 million for the first quarter of 2009, down 8% from the fourth quarter of 2008 and down 12% from first quarter of 2008. Net revenues decreased between the first quarter of 2009 and the fourth quarter of 2008 due to a 13% decrease in the overall average selling price (ASPs) which was partially offset by a 3% increase in the number of units shipped. Flash unit shipments increased 8%, which was more than offset by a decline of 27% in the corresponding ASP for Flash. This decrease in ASP was the result of a change in product mix with the increased unit shipments coming from lower priced commercial products. Quarterly net revenues decreased 12% from the first quarter of 2008 due to a 2% decrease in the number of units shipped coupled with a 13% decrease in overall ASPs. Unit volumes and ASP levels fluctuate principally because of changes in the mix of products sold. Sales of Flash products comprised approximately 24% of net revenues in the first quarter of 2009 compared with approximately 28% in the fourth quarter of 2008 and 23% in the first quarter of 2008.

Gross Margin

Gross margin was 57% for the first quarter of 2009 compared with 59% for the fourth quarter of 2008 and 58% for the first quarter of 2008. The decrease in gross margin in the first quarter of 2009 was primarily a result of the Company incurring net charges of $2.1 million during the quarter for excess and slow moving inventories and lower of cost or market issues, including a charge of $1.5

million associated with certain low yield wafer issues. Margins were also negatively affected by negative overhead variances largely as a result of fixed overhead costs and lower production volumes during the first quarter. This was partially offset by royalty revenue recognized during the quarter of approximately $1.0 million.

We strive to reduce costs by improving wafer yields, negotiating price reductions with suppliers, increasing the level and efficiency of our testing and packaging operations, achieving economies of scale by means of higher production levels and increasing the number of die produced per wafer, principally by shrinking the die size of our products. No assurance can be given that these efforts will be successful. Our capability to shrink the die size of our FPGAs is dependent on the availability of more advanced manufacturing processes. Due to the custom steps involved in manufacturing antifuse and (to a lesser extent) Flash FPGAs, we typically obtain access to new manufacturing processes later than our competitors using standard manufacturing processes.

Research & Development (R&D)

R&D expenditures were $16.4 million, or 34% of net revenues for the first quarter of 2009 compared with $14.9 million, or 28% of net revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008 and $16.7 million, or 31% of net revenues for the first quarter of 2008. R&D spending increased in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the fourth quarter of 2008 due to increases in payroll taxes, outsourced engineering charges and a reduction in grant reimbursements. Recognition of stock-based compensation expense under SFAS 123R was $0.9 million for the three month period ended April 5, 2009, compared with $1.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2008 and $1.0 million for the first quarter of 2008.

Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A)

SG&A expenses were $13.5 million, or 28% of net revenues for the first quarter of 2009 compared with $15.7 million, or 30% of net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008 and $16.8 million, or 31% of net revenues for the first quarter of 2008. SG&A expenses decreased in the first quarter of 2009 compared with fourth quarter of 2008 due to declines in bonus and commission expenses, travel, professional and outside service costs. SG&A expenses decreased 20% in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the first quarter of 2008. SG&A expenses for first quarter 2008 contained costs associated with the Company’s stock option investigation and restatement of $1.6 million, including $1.0 million of compensation expenses associated with expired options. Recognition of stock-based compensation expense under SFAS 123R was $0.6 million for the three month period ended April 5, 2009, compared with $1.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2008 and $1.0 million for the first quarter of 2008.

Tax Provision

The provision for income taxes was based on an annual effective tax rate calculated in compliance with SFAS 109 and APB No. 28. The annual effective rate was calculated based on our expected level of profitability and includes the usage of state tax credits. During the first quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company reported a tax provision of $1.2 million on a first quarter pre-tax loss of $1.8 million, compared with a $285,000 tax provision on pretax income of $461,000 for first quarter of fiscal 2008. The difference in the tax provisions is primarily due to a discrete item related to new California legislation in 2009 and variability in projected earnings.

For the three months ending April 5, 2009, the difference between the provision for income taxes that would be derived by applying the statutory rate to our income before tax and the income tax provision actually recorded is due primarily to the effect of non-deductible SFAS 123(R) stock-based compensation expenses, the state composite tax rate, and the recognition and derecognition of valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets, including tax credits. To the extent our level of profitability changes during the year, the effective tax rate will be revised to reflect these changes.

For the three months ended April 6, 2008, the difference between the provision for income taxes that would be derived by applying the statutory rate to our income before tax and the income tax provision actually recorded is primarily due to the effect of non-deductible SFAS 123(R) stock-based compensation expenses which is partially offset by tax credits.

Our tax provision for 2008 was $13.8 million based on income before income taxes of $2.1 million of which an additional $11.5 million of tax provision was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2008. The difference between the effective tax rate and the statutory tax rate is primarily due to recognition of a valuation allowance of $12.7 million against a portion of the Company’s deferred tax assets, non-deductible stock-based compensation partially offset by research tax credits and state tax benefits. The increase in the valuation allowance results from uncertainties surrounding the nature and timing of the taxable income required to realize certain tax credits and net operating loss carryforwards.

The “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” (Recovery Act) was signed into law on February 17, 2009, which (among other things) extended the ability to claim additional first year depreciation, extended the ability to trade bonus and accelerated depreciation for otherwise deferred tax credits, and reduced the limitation on remuneration paid to executives to $500,000 from $1 million. We do not expect this law to affect our 2009 effective tax rate.

On February 20, 2009, California also enacted new legislation, which, among other things, provides for the election of single factor apportionment formula beginning in 2011. The effect of the new legislation resulted in the Company recording $160,000 of additional tax expense as a discrete item, increasing the effective tax rate in the first quarter of 2009.

Our net deferred tax assets were $25.1 million at April 5, 2009. We continue to assess the recoverability of the deferred tax assets on an ongoing basis. If we subsequently conclude that it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be recovered, an additional valuation allowance against deferred tax assets will be necessary. Our income tax expense recorded in the future will be increased to the extent of offsetting increases in our valuation allowance.

Financial Condition, Liquidity, and Capital Resources

Our total assets were $340.4 million as of the end of the first quarter of 2009 compared with $343.3 million as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2008. The following table sets forth certain financial data from the condensed consolidated balance sheets expressed as the percentage change from January 4, 2009 to April 5, 2009.


	As of		As of
In thousands	Apr. 5, 2009		Jan. 4, 2009		$ change			% change
Cash and cash equivalents, short and long term investments	$	139,872	$	146,557	$	(6,685	)		(5	%)
Accounts receivable, net	$	21,765	$	11,596	$	10,169			88	%
Inventories	$	56,030	$	60,630	$	(4,600	)		(8	%)

We evaluate indicators of impairment during our review of our investment portfolio. With respect to determining an other-than-temporary impairment charge, our evaluation includes a review of:

	•		The length of time and extent to which the market value of the investment has been less than cost.

	•		The financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, including any specific events that may influence the operations of the issuer.

	•		Our intent and ability to retain our investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in market value.

Excluding the effect of the Lehman Brothers bond, the Company’s investment portfolio reflected net unrealized losses of $1.6 million as of April 5, 2009 and $1.4 million as of January 4, 2009. Although the current credit environment continues to be extremely volatile and uncertain, we do not believe that sufficient evidence exists at this point in time to conclude that any of our remaining investments have experienced an other-than-temporary impairment as of the first quarter of 2009. We continue to monitor our investments closely to determine if additional information becomes available that may have an adverse effect on the fair value and ultimate realizability of our investments.

Accounts receivable at April 5, 2009 increased 88% compared with January 4, 2009. This increase was largely due to an unusually low accounts receivable balance as of the end of fourth quarter 2008 as a result of a two week holiday shutdown in December resulting in lower shipments. Days sales outstanding was 41 days as of the first quarter of 2009 compared with days sales outstanding of 20 days as of the fourth quarter 2008.

Our net inventories were $56.0 million as of the first quarter of 2009 compared with $60.6 million at the end of 2008. This resulted in inventory days decreasing from 256 days at the end of 2008 to 246 days at the end of the first quarter of 2009. Net inventory decreased by $4.6 million due primarily to increased shipment of the Flash related ProASIC3 product family and a concerted effort to reduce our wafer starts for Flash products to the lowest levels practicable. We will continue to restrict Flash wafer starts based on inventory levels and forecast sales of Flash products. However, in order to preserve our relationships with our foundries, the Company must continue to build certain minimum levels of Flash products during 2009 and thereafter, so an extended period of time will probably be necessary in order to draw down inventory levels closer to historical norms. We believe our Flash products are still attractive to our targeted customer base. We continue to focus our efforts on growing the Flash business and are aggressively marketing our Flash products in an effort to reduce our inventory. This may include certain promotional pricing for large volume orders (sometimes below our cost), which may negatively affect our gross margins. We are also monitoring market trends and significant events that may have an adverse effect on the carrying value of our inventory. Based on the information available during the first quarter of 2009, we incurred net charges of $2.1 million for excess and slow moving inventories and lower of cost or market issues. This includes a charge of $1.5 million associated with certain low yield wafer issues. If our business outlook changes in the future or if the current economic downturn continues or worsens, the Company may be required to establish reserves for a portion of the Flash inventory which could have a materially adverse affect on our business, financial condition, and/or results of operations.


	Three Months Ended
In thousands	Apr. 5, 2009			Apr. 6, 2008
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$	(6,494	)	$	3,522
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	$	878		$	(700	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	$	2,013		$	(24,114	)

Cash used in operating activities was $6.5 million for the three months ended April 5, 2009. Uses of cash included a net loss of $3.0 million, an increase in accounts receivable of $10.2 million and in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $1.0 million and a decrease in accounts payable, accrued compensation and employee benefits, and other accrued liabilities of $9.7 million. These uses of cash were partially offset by cash provided by operating activities relating to non-cash adjustments for depreciation and stock based compensation costs of approximately $5.2 million, decreases in inventories of $4.6 million, decreases in other assets of $1.2 million and an increase in deferred income on sales to distributors of $6.2 million.

Capital expenditures of $2.1 million were offset by net sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities of $2.9 million which resulted in net cash provided by investing activities of approximately $0.9 million for the three months ended April 5, 2009. Net cash provided by financing activities of $2.0 million for the three months ended April 5, 2009 relates mainly to issuance of common stock under employee stock plans net of tax withholdings.

Cash provided by operating activities was $3.5 million for the three months ended April 6, 2008. Cash was provided by net income of $0.2 million, non-cash adjustments relating to depreciation, amortization and stock based compensation costs of approximately $4.8 million, an increase in accounts payable, accrued compensation and employee benefits, and other accrued liabilities of $3.6 million and an increase in deferred income to distributors of $6.6 million. These sources of cash were partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $8.2 million, an increase inventory of $1.7 million and an increase in other assets of $2.7 million. Net cash used by investing activities was $0.7 million. Purchases of property and equipment of $5.4 million was partially offset by net sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities of $5.1 million. Net cash used by financing activities of $24.1 million for the first three months of fiscal 2008 relates mainly to cash used to repurchase stock of $24.8 million partially offset by issuance of common stock under employee stock plans of $1.0 million.

We currently meet all of our funding needs for ongoing operations with internally generated cash flows from operations and with existing cash and short-term and long-term investment balances. We believe that existing cash, cash equivalents, and short-term and long-term investments, together with cash generated from operations, will be sufficient to meet our cash requirements for the next four quarters. A portion of available cash may be used for investment in or acquisition of complementary businesses, products, or technologies. Wafer manufacturers have at times demanded financial support from customers in the form of equity investments and advance purchase price deposits, which in some cases have been substantial. If we require additional capacity, we may be required to incur significant expenditures to secure such capacity.

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards

of contingent assets acquired and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination where the fair value of the contingent assets and liabilities cannot be determined as of the acquisition date. SFAS 141R is applicable to business combinations on a prospective basis beginning in the first quarter of 2009. The effect of the adoption of SFAS 141R on our consolidated financial statements will depend on future business combination transactions, if any. We did not complete any business combinations in the first quarter of 2009.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

As of April 5, 2009, our investment portfolio consisted primarily of asset backed obligations, corporate bonds, floating rate notes, and federal and municipal obligations. The principal objectives of our investment activities are to preserve principal, meet liquidity needs, and maximize yields. To meet these objectives, we invest excess liquidity only in high credit quality debt securities with average maturities of less than two years. We also limit the percentage of total investments that may be invested in any one issuer. Corporate investments as a group are also limited to a maximum percentage of our investment portfolio.

Our investments are subject to interest rate risk. An increase in interest rates could subject us to a decline in the market value of our investments. These risks are mitigated by our ability to hold these investments for a period of time sufficient to recover the carrying value of the investment which may not be until maturity. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates compared with interest rates at April 5, 2009, and January 4, 2009, would result in a reduction of approximately $1.1 million and $1.2 million in the fair value of our available-for-sale debt securities held at April 5, 2009, and January 4, 2009, respectively.

In addition to interest rate risk, we are subject to market risk on our investments. We invest excess liquidity only in securities of A, A1, or P1 grade or better at the time of initial investment. Subsequent to purchasing these securities we may, from time to time, experience a downgrade in the ratings of our securities. When securities are downgraded, we reassess the securities and take necessary actions to sell or hold these securities to recovery based on information made available to us. We monitor all of our investments for impairment on a periodic basis. In the event that the carrying value of the investment exceeds its fair value and the decline in value is determined to be other than temporary, the carrying value is reduced to its current fair market value. In the absence of other overriding factors, we consider a decline in market value to be other than temporary when a publicly traded stock or a debt security has traded below book value for a consecutive six-month period. If an investment continues to trade below book value for more than six months, and mitigating factors such as general economic and industry specific trends including the creditworthiness of the issuer are not present this investment would be evaluated for impairment and written down to a balance equal to the estimated fair value at the time of impairment, with the amount of the write-down recorded in Interest income and other, net, on the consolidated statements of

operations. If management concludes it has the intent and ability as necessary, to hold such securities for a period of time sufficient to allow for an anticipated recovery of fair value up to the cost of the investment, and the issuers of the securities are creditworthy, no other-than-temporary impairment is deemed to exist and the investment may be classified as long-term.

In light of the bankruptcy filing by Lehman Brothers, we concluded that our investment in Lehman Brothers’ corporate bonds is other-than-temporarily impaired and therefore wrote down the investment in the third quarter of 2008 to its fair market value. The impairment charge of approximately $0.9 million was included in interest income and other, net on our consolidated statement of operations for the year ended January 4, 2009. There were no impairment charges relating to investments for fiscal 2007, 2006 or the three months ended April 5, 2009. Excluding the effect of the Lehman Brothers bond, the Company’s investment portfolio reflected net unrealized losses of $1.6 million as of April 5, 2009 and $1.4 million as of January 4, 2009. Although the current credit environment continues to be extremely volatile and uncertain, we do not believe that sufficient evidence exists at this point in time to conclude that any of our remaining investments have experienced an other-than-temporary impairment as of the first quarter of 2009. We continue to monitor our investments closely to determine if additional information becomes available that may have an adverse effect on the fair value and ultimate realizability of our investments.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management evaluated, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Inherent Limitations of Internal Controls

Our internal control over financial reporting is 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. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

	•		pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;

	•		provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and

	•		provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Management does not expect that our internal controls will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of internal controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Also, any evaluation of the effectiveness of controls in future periods are subject to the risk that those internal controls may become inadequate because of changes in business conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no significant changes to our internal controls during the quarter ended April 5, 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including any information incorporated by reference herein, contains forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In some cases, you can identify forward looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. The forward looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and situations that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these statements. These factors include those listed below in this Item 1A and those discussed elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. We encourage investors to review these factors carefully. We may from time to time make additional written and oral forward looking statements, including statements contained in our filings with the SEC. We do not undertake to update any forward looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Before deciding to purchase, hold, or sell our securities, you should be aware that our business faces numerous financial and market risks, including those described below, as well as general economic and business risks. The following discussion provides information concerning the material risks and uncertainties that we have identified and believe may adversely affect our business, our financial condition, or our results of operations. Before making an investment decision with respect to our securities, you should carefully consider these risks and uncertainties, as well as all of the other information included in this Form 10-Q.

Risks Related to Our Failure to Meet Expectations

Our quarterly revenues and operating results are subject to fluctuations resulting from general economic conditions and a variety of risks specific to Actel or characteristic of the semiconductor industry, including booking and shipment uncertainties, supply problems, and price erosion. These and other factors make it difficult for us to accurately predict quarterly revenues and operating results, which may fail to meet our expectations. When we fall short of our quarterly revenue expectations, our operating results will probably also be adversely affected because the majority of our expenses are fixed and therefore do not vary with revenues. Any failure to meet expectations could cause our stock price to decline significantly.

The current worldwide economic crisis makes quarterly revenues difficult to predict.

The current worldwide economic conditions and market instability make it difficult for us and our distributors to accurately forecast the product demands of our customers. Our failure, or the failure of our distributors, to accurately forecast customer demand for our products could adversely and perhaps materially affect our operating efficiencies and quarterly financial results.

We derive a significant percentage of our quarterly revenues from bookings received during the quarter, making quarterly revenues difficult to predict.

We generate a significant percentage of our quarterly revenues from orders received during the quarter and “turned” for shipment within the quarter. Any shortfall in expected “turns” orders will adversely affect quarterly revenues. There are many factors that can cause a shortfall in turns orders, including declines in general economic conditions or the businesses of our customers, excess inventory in the distribution channel, and conversion of our products to ASICs or other competing products for price or other reasons. In addition, we sometimes book a disproportionately large percentage of turns orders during the final weeks of the quarter. Any failure or delay in receiving expected turns orders would adversely affect quarterly revenues.

We sometimes derive a significant percentage of our quarterly revenues from shipments made in the final weeks of the quarter, making quarterly revenues difficult to predict.

We sometimes ship a disproportionately large percentage of our quarterly revenues during the final weeks of the quarter, which makes it difficult to accurately project quarterly revenues. Any failure to make scheduled shipments by the end of a quarter would adversely affect quarterly revenues.

Our military and aerospace shipments tend to be large and are subject to complex scheduling uncertainties, making quarterly revenues difficult to predict.

Orders from military and aerospace customers tend to be large monetarily and irregular, which contributes to fluctuations in our net revenues and gross margins. These sales are also subject to more extensive governmental regulations, including greater export restrictions. Historically, it has been difficult to predict if and when export licenses will be granted, if required. In addition, products for military and aerospace applications require processing and testing that is more lengthy and stringent than for commercial applications, which increases the complexity of scheduling and forecasting as well as the risk of failure. It is often impossible to determine before the end of processing and testing whether products intended for military or aerospace applications will pass and, if not, it is generally not possible for replacements to be processed and tested in time for shipment during the same quarter. Any failure to make scheduled shipments by the end of a quarter would adversely affect quarterly revenues.

We derive a majority of our quarterly revenues from products resold by our distributors, making quarterly revenues difficult to predict.

We generate the majority of our quarterly revenues from sales made through distributors. Since we generally do not recognize revenue on the sale of a product to a distributor until the distributor resells the product, our quarterly revenues depend on, and subject to fluctuations in, shipments by our distributors. We are therefore highly dependent on the accuracy of shipment forecasts from our distributors in setting our quarterly revenue expectations. We are also highly dependent on the timeliness and accuracy of resale reports from our distributors. Late or inaccurate resale reports, particularly in the last month of a quarter, contribute to our difficulty in predicting and reporting our quarterly revenues and/or operating results.

An unanticipated shortage of products available for sale may cause our quarterly revenues and/or operating results to fall short of expectations.

In a typical semiconductor manufacturing process, silicon wafers produced by a foundry are sorted and cut into individual die, which are then assembled into individual packages and tested. The manufacture, assembly, and testing of semiconductor products is highly complex and subject to a wide variety of risks, including defects in photomasks, impurities in the materials used, contaminants in the environment, and performance failures by personnel and equipment. In addition, we may not discover defects or other errors in new products until after we have commenced volume production. Semiconductor products intended for military and aerospace applications and new products, such as our Actel Fusion, ProASIC 3, and Igloo FPGAs, are often more complex and more difficult to produce, increasing the risk of manufacturing- and design-related defects. Our failure to make scheduled shipments by the end of a quarter due to unexpected supply constraints or production difficulties would have an immediate and adverse effect on quarterly revenues.

Unanticipated increases, or the failure to achieve anticipated reductions, in the cost of our products may cause our quarterly operating results to fall short of expectations.

As is also common in the semiconductor industry, our independent wafer suppliers from time to time experience lower than anticipated yields of usable die. Wafer yields can decline without warning and may take substantial time to analyze and correct, particularly for a company like Actel that utilizes independent facilities, almost all of which are offshore. Yield problems are most common at new foundries, particularly when new technologies are involved, or on new processes or new products, particularly new products on new processes. Our FPGAs are also manufactured using customized processing steps, which may increase the incidence of production yield problems as well as the amount of time needed to achieve satisfactory, sustainable wafer yields on new processes and new products. In addition, if we discover defects or other errors in a new product that require us to “re-spin” some or all of the product’s mask set, we must expense the photomasks that are replaced. This type of expense is becoming more significant as the cost and complexity of photomask sets continue to increase. Lower than expected yields of usable die or other unanticipated increases in the cost of our products could reduce our gross margin, which would adversely affect our quarterly operating results. In addition, in order to win designs, we generally must price new products on the assumption that manufacturing cost reductions will be achieved, which often do not occur as soon as expected. The failure to achieve expected manufacturing or other cost reductions during a quarter could reduce our gross margin, which would adversely affect our quarterly operating results.

Unanticipated reductions in the average selling prices of our products may cause our quarterly revenues and operating results to fall short of expectations.

The semiconductor industry is characterized by intense price competition. The average selling price of a product typically declines significantly between introduction and maturity. We sometimes are required by competitive pressures to reduce the prices of our new products more quickly than cost reductions can be achieved. We also sometimes approve price reductions on specific direct sales for strategic or other reasons, and provide price concessions to our distributors for a portion of their original purchase price in order for them to address individual negotiations involving high-volume or competitive situations. Typically, a customer purchasing a small quantity of product for prototyping or development from a distributor will pay list price. However, a customer using our products in volume production will often negotiate a substantial price discount from the distributor. Under such circumstances, the distributor will in turn often negotiate and receive a price concession from Actel. This is a standard practice in the semiconductor industry and we provide some level of price concession to every distributor. We have also begun offering promotional price reductions on certain products to reduce inventory levels (sometimes below our cost). Unanticipated declines in the average selling prices of our products could cause our quarterly revenues and/or gross margin to fall short of expectations, which would adversely affect our quarterly financial results.

In preparing our financial statements, we make good faith estimates and judgments that may change or turn out to be erroneous.

In preparing our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we must make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The most difficult estimates and subjective judgments that we make concern income taxes, inventories, legal matters and loss contingencies, revenues, and stock-based compensation expense. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates. If these estimates or their related assumptions change, our operating results for the periods in which we revise our estimates or assumptions could be adversely and perhaps materially affected.

Our net inventories were $56.0 million as of the first quarter of 2009 compared with $60.6 million at the end of 2008. Net inventory decreased by $4.6 million due primarily to increased shipment of the Flash related ProASIC3 product family and a concerted effort to reduce our wafer starts for Flash products to the lowest levels practicable. We will continue to restrict Flash wafer starts based on inventory levels and forecast sales of Flash products. However, in order to preserve our relationships with our foundries, the Company must continue to build certain minimum levels of Flash products during 2009 and thereafter, so an extended period of time will probably be necessary in order to draw down inventory levels closer to historical norms. We believe our Flash products are still attractive to our targeted customer base. We continue to focus our efforts on growing the Flash business and are aggressively marketing our Flash products in an effort to reduce our inventory. This may include certain promotional pricing for large volume orders (sometimes below our cost), which may negatively affect our gross margins. We are also monitoring market trends and significant events that may have an adverse effect on the carrying value of our inventory. Based on the information available during the first quarter of 2009, we incurred net charges of $2.1 million for excess and slow moving inventories and lower of cost or market issues. This includes a charge of $1.5 million associated with certain low-yield wafer issues. If our efforts to reduce our inventory of Flash products are not sufficiently successful, our business outlook changes, or the current economic downturn continues or worsens, the Company may be required to establish reserves for a portion of the Flash inventory, which could have a materially adverse affect on our results of operations for the periods in which the reserves are recorded.

We account for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” which requires that deferred tax assets and liabilities be recognized using enacted tax rates for the effect of temporary differences between the book and tax bases of recorded assets and liabilities. SFAS No. 109 also requires that deferred tax assets be reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. We evaluate the realizability of our deferred tax assets by assessing our valuation allowance and, if necessary, we adjust the amount of such allowance. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization include our forecast of future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the net deferred tax assets. Our net deferred tax assets were $25.1 million at April 5, 2009. We continue to assess the recoverability of the deferred tax assets on an ongoing basis. If we subsequently conclude that it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be recovered, an additional valuation allowance against deferred tax assets will be necessary, which would adversely and perhaps materially affect our operating results for the periods in which the additional valuation allowances were recorded.

Our gross margin may decline as we increasingly compete with ASICs and serve the value-based market.

The price we can charge for our products is constrained principally by our competition. While it has always been intense, we believe that price competition for new designs is increasing. This may be due in part to the transition toward high-level design methodologies. Designers can now wait until later in the design process before selecting a PLD or ASIC and it is easier to convert

between competing PLDs or between a PLD and an ASIC. The increased price competition may also be due in part to the increasing penetration of PLDs into price-sensitive markets previously dominated by ASICs. We have strategically targeted many of our products at the value-based market, which is defined primarily by low prices. If our strategy is successful, we will generate an increasingly greater percentage of our net revenues from low-price products, which may make it more difficult to maintain our gross margin at our historical levels. In addition, gross margins on new products are generally lower than on mature products. Thus, if we generate a greater percentage of our net revenues from new products, our overall gross margin could be adversely affected. We have also begun offering promotional price reductions on certain products to reduce inventory levels (in some cases below our cost). Any long-term decline in our overall gross margin may have an adverse effect on our operating results.

We may not win sufficient designs, or the designs we win may not generate sufficient revenues, for us to maintain or expand our business.

In order for us to sell an FPGA, our customer must incorporate our FPGA into the customer’s product in the design phase. We devote substantial resources, which we may not recover through product sales, to persuade potential customers to incorporate our FPGAs into new or updated products and to support their design efforts (including, among other things, providing design and development software). These efforts usually precede by many months (and often a year or more) the generation of FPGA sales, if any. In addition, the value of any design win depends in large part upon the ultimate success of our customer’s product in its market. Our failure to win sufficient designs, or the failure of the designs we win to generate sufficient revenues, could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Our restructuring plan may not properly realign our cost structure and may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

During the first quarter of 2009, we announced a Company-wide restructuring plan that, in conjunction with cost-reduction initiatives taken in the fourth quarter of 2008, is expected to result in a quarterly reduction in expenses of approximately $6.5 million in the third quarter of 2010 compared with the third quarter of 2008. We estimate that approximately $5.5 million of the quarterly reductions will be in operating spending and that the balance of savings will be in cost of goods sold, and expect to record additional charges of $4.0 million to $4.5 million for severance and other costs related to the restructuring between the first quarter of 2009 and the beginning of the third quarter of 2010, when the restructuring will be substantially complete. If we experience expenses in excess of what we anticipate in connection with these restructuring activities, such as unanticipated costs associated with closing a facility, or if we experience unanticipated inefficiencies as a result of these restructuring activities, such as excessive delays in developing new products caused by reduced headcount, our business, financial condition, and/or operating results could be adversely and perhaps materially affected. In addition, part of our restructuring plan involves increased offshoring, which involves numerous risks, including operational business issues such as productivity, efficiency, and quality; geographic, cultural, and communication issues; and information security, intellectual property protection, and other legal issues. Any of these issues could render our restructuring plan ineffective, which could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Risks Related to Defective Product

Our products are complex and may contain errors, manufacturing defects, design defects, or otherwise fail to comply with our specifications, particularly when first introduced or as new versions are released. Our new products are being designed on ever more advanced processes, adding cost, complexity, and elements of experimentation to the development, particularly in the areas of mixed- voltage and mixed-signal design. We rely primarily on our in-house personnel to design test operations and procedures to detect any errors prior to delivery of our products to customers.

Any error or defect in our products could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and operating results.

If 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, in part because our products are manufactured by third parties. These problems also could cause us to incur significant re-engineering costs, divert the attention of our engineering personnel from our product development efforts, and cause significant customer relations and business reputation problems. Any error or defect might require product replacement or recall or obligate us to accept product returns and could cause us to incur additional liabilities. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our financial results and business in the short and/or long term.

Any product liability claim could pose a significant risk to our business, financial condition, and operating results.

Product liability claims may be asserted with respect to our products. 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 claims for damages that are much higher than the revenues and profits we receive from the products involved. In addition, product liability risks are particularly significant with respect to aerospace, automotive, and medical applications because of the risk of serious harm to users of these products. Any product liability claim, whether or not determined in our favor, can result in significant expense, divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel, and harm our business. In the event of an adverse settlement of any product liability claim or an adverse ruling in any product liability litigation, we could incur significant monetary liabilities, which may not be covered by any insurance that we carry and might have a materially adverse effect on our financial condition and/or operating results.

Risks Related to New Products

The market for our products is characterized by rapid technological change, product obsolescence, and price erosion, making the timely introduction of new or improved products critical to our success. Our failure to design, develop, market, and sell new or improved products that satisfy customer needs, compete effectively, and generate acceptable margins may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. While most of our product development programs have achieved a level of success, some have not. For example, we determined during 2007 that a $3.7 million charge for impairment to one of our long-term assets was required under generally accepted accounting principles. The long-term asset was a prepaid wafer credit. We concluded that, due to our decision to abandon the development of commercial Flash product families on a 90-nanometer process, we had only a remote chance to draw the credit down.

Our experience generally suggests that the risk is greater when we attempt to develop products based in whole or in part on technologies with which we have limited experience. During 2005, we introduced our new Actel Fusion technology, which integrates analog capabilities, Flash memory, and FPGA fabric into a single chip that may be used with soft processor cores, including the ARM7 processor core that we offer. We have limited experience with analog circuitry and soft processor cores and no prior experience with integrated FPGAs.

Our introduction of the Actel Fusion FPGA presents numerous significant challenges.

When entering a new market, the first-mover typically faces the greatest market and technological challenges. To be successful in the integrated FPGA market and realize the advantages of being the initial entrant, we need to understand the market, the competition, and the value proposition that we are bringing to potential customers; identify the early adopters and understand their buying process, decision criteria, and support requirements; and select the right sales channels and provide the right customer service, logistical, and technical support, including training. Any or all of these may be different for the integrated FPGA market than for the value-based or system-critical FPGA markets. Meeting these challenges is a top priority for Actel generally and for our sales and marketing organizations in particular. Our failure to meet these challenges could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Numerous factors can cause the development or introduction of new products to fail or be delayed.

To develop and introduce a product, we must successfully accomplish all of the following:

	•		anticipate future customer demand and the technology that will be available to meet the demand;

	•		define the product and its architecture, including the technology, silicon, programmer, IP, software, and packaging specifications;

	•		obtain access to advanced manufacturing process technologies;

	•		design and verify the silicon;

	•		develop and release evaluation software;

	•		layout the FPGA and other functional blocks along with the circuitry required for programming;

	•		integrate the FPGA block with the other functional blocks;

	•		simulate (i.e., test) the design of the product;

	•		tapeout the product (i.e., compile a database containing the design information about the product for use in the preparation of photomasks);

	•		generate photomasks for use in manufacturing the product and evaluate the software;

	•		manufacture the product at the foundry;

	•		verify the product; and

	•		qualify the process, characterize the product, and release production software.

Each of these steps is difficult and subject to failure or delay, and the failure or delay of any step can cause the failure or delay of the entire development and introduction. In addition to failing to meet our development and introduction schedules for new products or the supporting software or hardware, our new products may not gain market acceptance, and we may not respond effectively to new technological changes or new product announcements by others. Any failure to successfully define, develop, market, manufacture, assemble, test, or program competitive new products could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

New products are subject to greater design and operational risks.

Our future success is highly dependent upon the timely development and introduction of competitive new products at acceptable margins. However, there are greater design and operational risks associated with new products. The inability of our wafer suppliers to produce advanced products; delays in commencing or maintaining volume shipments of new products; the discovery of product, process, software, or programming defects or failures; and any related product returns could each have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or results of operation.

New products are subject to greater technology risks.

As is common in the semiconductor industry, we have experienced from time to time in the past, and expect to experience in the future, difficulties and delays in achieving satisfactory, sustainable yields on new products. The fabrication of antifuse and Flash wafers is a complex process that requires a high degree of technical skill, state-of-the-art equipment, and effective cooperation between Actel and the foundry to produce acceptable yields. Minute impurities, errors in any step of the fabrication process, defects in the photomasks used to print circuits on a wafer, and other factors can cause a substantial percentage of wafers to be rejected or numerous die on each wafer to be non-functional. Yield problems increase the cost of our new products as well as the time it takes us to bring them to market, which can create inventory shortages and dissatisfied customers. Any prolonged inability to obtain adequate yields or deliveries of new products could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. Whenever we become aware of yield issues, we make our best estimate of the loss associated with such yield issues, taking into consideration our estimate of the ultimate yield loss as well as potential replacement or reimbursement from our foundries. However, in most cases, the ultimate actual yield loss and replacement or reimbursement may not be known for many months. If our original estimate of the yield loss differs from the actual loss we may be required to take additional reserves, which could have a materially adverse affect on our results of operations for the periods in which the additional reserves are required.

New products are subject to greater inventory risks.

We typically build inventories of new products in anticipation of future demand. If the anticipated demand fails to materialize, we could have excess inventory. Historically, it has been unnecessary of us to establish reserves on new products because we were able to match inventory levels with forecast sales by restricting wafer starts. However, with respect to our current levels of ProASIC 3 product family inventories, an extended period of time will probably be necessary in order to match inventory levels with forecast sales unless we are able to aggressively reduce our inventory, which may include certain promotional pricing for large volume orders, (sometimes below our cost). If our efforts to reduce our inventory are not sufficiently successful, we may be required to establish reserves for a portion of the inventory, which could have a materially adverse affect on our results of operations for the periods in which the reserves are recorded.

New products generally have lower gross margins.

Our gross margin is the difference between the amount it costs Actel to make our products and the revenues we receive from the sale of those products. One of the most important variables affecting the cost of our products is manufacturing yields. With our customized antifuse and Flash manufacturing process requirements, we almost invariably experience difficulties and delays in achieving satisfactory, sustainable yields on new products. Until satisfactory yields are achieved, gross margins on new products are generally lower than on mature products. We have also begun offering promotional price reductions on certain products to reduce inventory levels (in some cases below our cost). The lower gross margins typically associated with new products could have a materially adverse effect on our operating results.

Risks Related to Competitive Disadvantages

The semiconductor industry is intensely competitive. Our competitors include suppliers of ASICs, CPLDs, and FPGAs. Our principal direct competitors are Xilinx, Altera, and Lattice, all of which are suppliers of CPLDs and SRAM-based FPGAs; and QuickLogic, a supplier of antifuse-based FPGAs. Altera and Lattice have announced the development of FPGAs manufactured on embedded Flash processes. In addition, we face competition from suppliers of logic products based on new or emerging technologies. While we seek to monitor developments in existing and emerging technologies, our technologies may not remain competitive. We also face competition from companies that specialize in converting our products into ASICs.

Many of our current and potential competitors are larger and have more resources.

We are much smaller than Xilinx and Altera, which have broader product lines, more extensive customer bases, and substantially greater financial and other resources. Additional competition is also possible from major domestic and international semiconductor suppliers, all of which are larger and have broader product lines, more extensive customer bases, and substantially greater financial and other resources than Actel, including the capability to manufacture their own wafers. We may not be able to overcome these competitive disadvantages.

Our antifuse technology is not reprogrammable, which is a competitive disadvantage in most cases.

All existing FPGAs not based on antifuse technology and certain CPLDs are reprogrammable. The one-time programmability of our antifuse FPGAs is necessary or desirable in some applications, but logic designers generally prefer to prototype with a reprogrammable logic device. This is because the designer can reuse the device if an error is made. The visibility associated with discarding a one-time programmable device often causes designers to select a reprogrammable device even when an alternative one-time programmable device offers significant advantages. This bias in favor of designing with reprogrammable logic devices appears to increase as the size of the design increases. Although we now offer reprogrammable Flash devices, we may not be able to overcome this competitive disadvantage.

Our Flash and antifuse technologies are not manufactured on standard processes, which is a competitive disadvantage.

Our antifuse-based FPGAs and (to a lesser extent) Flash-based FPGAs are manufactured using customized steps that are added to otherwise standard manufacturing processes of independent wafer suppliers. There is considerably less operating history for the customized process steps than for the foundries’ standard manufacturing processes. Our dependence on customized processing steps means that, in contrast with competitors using standard manufacturing processes, we generally have more difficulty establishing relationships with independent wafer manufacturers; take longer to qualify a new wafer manufacturer; take longer to achieve satisfactory, sustainable wafer yields on new processes; may experience a higher incidence of production yield problems; must pay more for wafers; and may not obtain early access to the most advanced processes. Any of these factors could be a material disadvantage against competitors using standard manufacturing processes. As a result of these factors, our products typically have been fabricated using processes at least one generation behind the processes used by competing products. As a consequence, we generally have not fully realized the benefits of our technologies. Although we are attempting to obtain earlier access to advanced processes, we may not be able to overcome these competitive disadvantages.

Risks Related to Events Beyond Our Control

Our performance is subject to events or conditions beyond our control, and the performance of each of our foundries, suppliers, subcontractors, distributors, agents, and customers is subject to events or conditions beyond their control. These events or conditions include labor disputes, acts of public enemies or terrorists, war or other military conflicts, blockades, insurrections, riots, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms, floods, washouts, arrests, civil disturbances, restraints by or actions of governmental bodies acting in a sovereign capacity (including export or security restrictions on information, material, personnel, equipment, or otherwise), breakdowns of plant or machinery, and inability to obtain transport or supplies. These events or conditions could impair our operations, which may have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Our operations and those of our partners are located in areas subject to volatile natural, economic, social, and political conditions.

Our corporate offices are located in California, which was subject to power outages and shortages during 2001 and 2002. More extensive power shortages in the state could disrupt our operations and interrupt our research and development activities. Our foundry partners in Japan and Taiwan as well as our operations in California are located in areas that have been seismically active in the recent past. In addition, many of the countries outside of the United States in which we have or will have facilities or our foundry partners or assembly or other subcontractors are located have unpredictable and potentially volatile economic, social, or political conditions, including the risks of conflict between Taiwan and China, North Korea and South Korea, and India and Pakistan. The occurrence of these or similar events or circumstances could disrupt our operations and may have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

We have only limited insurance coverage.

Our insurance policies provide coverage for only certain types of losses and may not be adequate to fully offset even covered losses. If we were to incur substantial liabilities not adequately covered by insurance, our business, financial condition, and/or operating results could be adversely and perhaps materially affected.

Risks Related to Dependence on Third Parties

We rely heavily on, but generally have little control over, our independent foundries, suppliers, subcontractors, and distributors, whose interests may diverge from our interests.

Our independent wafer manufacturers may be unable or unwilling to satisfy our needs in a timely manner, which could harm our business.

We do not manufacture any of the semiconductor wafers used in the production of our FPGAs. Our wafers are currently manufactured by Chartered in Singapore, Infineon in Germany, Panasonic in Japan, UMC in Taiwan, and Winbond in Taiwan. Our reliance on independent wafer manufacturers to fabricate our wafers involves significant risks, including lack of control over capacity allocation, delivery schedules, the resolution of technical difficulties limiting production or reducing yields, and the development of new processes. Although we have supply agreements with some of our wafer manufacturers, a shortage of raw materials or production capacity could lead any of our wafer suppliers to allocate available capacity to other customers, or to internal uses in the case of Infineon, which could impair our ability to meet our product delivery obligations and may have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Our limited volume and customized process requirements generally make us less attractive to independent wafer manufacturers.

The semiconductor industry has from time to time experienced shortages of manufacturing capacity. When production capacity is tight, the relatively small number of wafers that we purchase from any foundry and the customized process steps that are necessary for our technologies put us at a disadvantage to foundry customers who purchase more wafers manufactured on standard processes. To secure an adequate supply of wafers, we may consider various transactions, including the use of substantial nonrefundable deposits, contractual purchase commitments, equity investments, or the formation of joint ventures. Any of these transactions could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Identifying and qualifying new independent wafer manufacturers is difficult and might be unsuccessful.

If our current independent wafer manufacturers were unable or unwilling to manufacture our products as required, we would have to identify and qualify additional foundries. No additional wafer foundries may be able or available to satisfy our requirements on a timely basis. Even if we are able to identify a new third party manufacturer, the costs associated with manufacturing our products may increase. In any event, the qualification process typically takes one year or longer, which could cause product shipment delays, and qualification may not be successful. Any of these developments could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Our independent assembly subcontractors may be unable or unwilling to meet our requirements, which could delay product shipments and result in the loss of customers or revenues.

We rely primarily on foreign subcontractors for the assembly and packaging of our products and, to a lesser extent, for the testing of our finished products. Our reliance on independent subcontractors involves certain risks, including lack of control over capacity

allocation and delivery schedules. We generally rely on one or two subcontractors to provide particular services for each product and from time to time have experienced difficulties with the timeliness and quality of product deliveries. We have no long-term contracts with our subcontractors and certain of those subcontractors sometimes operate at or near full capacity. Any significant disruption in supplies from, or degradation in the quality of components or services supplied by, our subcontractors could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Our independent software and hardware developers and suppliers may be unable or unwilling to satisfy our needs in a timely manner, which could impair the introduction of new products or the support of existing products.

We are dependent on independent software and hardware developers for the design, development, supply, maintenance, and support of some of our analog capabilities, IP cores, design and development software, programming hardware, design diagnostics and debugging tool kits, and demonstration boards (or certain elements of those products). Our reliance on independent developers involves certain risks, including lack of control over delivery schedules and customer support. Any failure of or significant delay by our independent developers to complete software and/or hardware under development in a timely manner could disrupt the release of our software and/or the introduction of our new products, which might be detrimental to the capability of our new products to win designs. Any failure of or significant delay by our independent suppliers to provide updates or customer support could disrupt our ability to ship products or provide customer support services, which might result in the loss of revenues or customers. Any of these disruptions could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Our future performance will depend in part on the effectiveness of our independent distributors in marketing, selling, and supporting our products.

In 2008, sales made through distributors accounted for 74% of our net revenues, compared with 77% for 2007 and 2006. Our distributors offer products of several different companies, so they may reduce their efforts to win new designs or sell our products or give higher priority to other products. This is particularly a concern with respect to any distributor that also sells products of our direct competitors. A reduction in design win or sales effort, termination of relationship, failure to pay for products, or discontinuance of operations because of financial difficulties or for other reasons by one or more of our current distributors could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Distributor contracts generally can be terminated on short notice.

Although we have contracts with our distributors, the agreements are terminable by either party on short notice. We consolidated our distribution channel in 2001 by terminating our agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc., which accounted for 13% of our net revenues in 2001. On March 1, 2003, we again consolidated our distribution channel by terminating our agreement with Pioneer-Standard Electronics, Inc., which accounted for 26% of our net revenues in 2002, after which Unique Technologies, Inc. (“Unique”), a sales division of Memec, was our sole distributor in North America. Unique accounted for 33% of our net revenues in 2004. During 2005, Avnet acquired Memec, after which Avnet became our primary distributor in North America. Avnet accounted for 36% of our net revenues in 2008 compared with 40% in 2007 and 2006. Even though Xilinx is Avnet’s biggest line, our transition from Unique to Avnet was generally satisfactory. The loss of Avnet as a distributor, or a significant reduction in the level of design wins or sales generated by Avnet, could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. In 2006, we added Mouser as a distributor in North America and elsewhere.

Fluctuations in inventory levels at our distributors can affect our operating results.

Our distributors occasionally build inventories in anticipation of significant growth in sales and, when such growth does not occur as rapidly as anticipated, substantially reduce the amount of product ordered from us in subsequent quarters. Such a slowdown in orders generally reduces our gross margin because we are unable to take advantage of any manufacturing cost reductions while the distributor depletes its inventory.

Risk Related to the Conduct of International Business

Unlike our older RTSX-S space-grade FPGAs, our new RTAX-S space-grade FPGAs are subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”), which is administered by the U.S. Department of State. ITAR controls not only the export of RTAX-S FPGAs, but also the export of related technical data and defense services as well as foreign production. While we believe that we have obtained and will continue to obtain all required licenses for RTAX-S FPGA exports, we have undertaken corrective actions with respect to the other ITAR controls and are implementing improvements in our internal compliance program. If the corrective actions

and improvements were to fail or be ineffective for a prolonged period of time, it could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. In addition, the fact that our new RTAX-S space-grade FPGAs are ITAR-controlled may make them less attractive to foreign customers, which could also have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. The Department of Defense has requested a commodity jurisdiction determination for our RTSX-SU FPGAs. While we believe that our RTSX-SU FPGAs are properly subject to the same commodity jurisdiction as our RTSX-S FPGAs, a determination may be made that our RTSX-SU FPGAs are subject to ITAR, which would make them subject to the same risks as our RTAX-S FPGAs.

We depend on international operations for almost all of our products.

We purchase almost all of our wafers from foreign foundries and have almost all of our commercial products assembled, packaged, and tested by subcontractors located outside the United States. These activities are subject to the uncertainties associated with international business operations, including trade barriers and other restrictions, changes in trade policies, governmental regulations, currency exchange fluctuations, reduced protection for intellectual property, war and other military activities, terrorism, changes in social, political, or economic conditions, and other disruptions or delays in production or shipments, any of which could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. These risks will increase as our recently-announced restructuring plan progresses and offshoring increases.

We depend on international sales for a substantial portion of our revenues.

Sales to customers outside North America accounted for 51% of net revenues in 2008, compared with 50% in 2007 and 49% in 2006, and we expect that international sales will continue to represent a significant portion of our total revenues. International sales are subject to the risks described above as well as generally longer payment cycles, greater difficulty collecting accounts receivable, and currency restrictions. We also maintain foreign sales offices to support our international customers, distributors, and sales representatives, which are subject to local regulation. In addition, international sales are subject to the export laws and regulations of the United States and other countries.

Changes in United States export laws that require us to obtain additional export licenses sometimes cause significant shipment delays. Any future restrictions or charges imposed by the United States or any other country on our international sales or sales offices could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Risk Related to Economic and Market Fluctuations

We have experienced substantial period-to-period fluctuations in revenues and operating results due to conditions in the overall economy, in the general semiconductor industry, in our major markets, and at our major customers. We may again experience these fluctuations, which could be adverse and may be severe.

Our business has been, and may be further, adversely affected by the current financial and economic crises.

The global economy has experienced a downturn due to the subprime lending crisis, general credit market crisis, collateral effects on the finance and banking industries, concerns about liquidity, slower economic activity, increased unemployment rates, decreased consumer confidence, reduced corporate profits and capital spending, and generally adverse business conditions. The current worldwide economic crisis has caused many of our customers to curtail their spending, which in turn has resulted in lower sales by us. We are unable to predict the duration or severity of the current disruptions in the financial markets and global economy, but if the conditions persist or further deteriorate, our business and operating results could be adversely and perhaps materially affected.

Our business and operating results could also be adversely affected by secondary effects of the financial crisis, including the inability of our customers, or their customers, to obtain sufficient financing to purchase our products. Our revenues and gross margins are dependent upon these purchases, and if they fail to materialize, our revenues and gross margins would be adversely and perhaps materially affected.

In addition, the inability of our customers and suppliers to access capital efficiently, or at all, may have other adverse effects on our financial condition. For example, financial difficulties experienced by our customers or suppliers could result in product delays, increased accounts receivable defaults, and/or increased inventory exposure. These risks may increase if our customers and suppliers do not adequately manage their business or do not properly disclose their financial condition to us.

Although we believe we have adequate liquidity and capital resources to fund our operations internally, in light of current market conditions, our inability to access the capital markets on favorable terms, or at all, could force us to self-fund strategic initiatives or even forgo certain opportunities, which in turn could have an adverse affect on our business.

Our revenues and operating results may be adversely affected by future downturns in the semiconductor industry.

The semiconductor industry historically has been cyclical and periodically subject to significant economic downturns, which are characterized by diminished product demand, accelerated price erosion, and overcapacity. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2000, we experienced (and the semiconductor industry in general experienced) reduced bookings and backlog cancellations due to excess inventories at communications, computer, and consumer equipment manufacturers and a general softening in the overall economy. During this downturn, which was severe and prolonged, we experienced lower revenues, which had a substantial negative effect on our operating results. Any future downturns in the semiconductor industry may have a similar adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Our revenues and operating results may be adversely affected by future downturns in the military and aerospace market.

We estimate that sales of our products to customers in the military and aerospace industries, which carry higher overall gross margins than sales of products to other customers, accounted for 38% of our net revenues in 2008, 32% of our net revenues for 2007 and 34% of our net revenues for 2006 compared with 41% for 2005 and 36% for 2004 and 2003. In general, we believe that the military and aerospace industries have accounted for a significantly greater percentage of our net revenues since the introduction of our Rad Hard FPGAs in 1996 and our Rad Tolerant FPGAs in 1998. Any future downturn in the military and aerospace market could have a materially adverse effect on our revenues and/or operating results.

Our revenues and operating results may be adversely affected by changes in the military and aerospace market.

In 1994, Secretary of Defense William Perry directed the Department of Defense to avoid government-unique requirements when making purchases and rely more on the commercial marketplace. We believe that this trend toward the use of “off-the-shelf” products generally has helped our business. However, if this trend continued to the point where defense contractors customarily purchased commercial-grade parts rather than military-grade parts, the revenues and gross margins that we derive from sales to customers in the military and aerospace industries would erode, which could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. On the other hand, if this trend toward the use of off-the-shelf products were to reverse, and defense contractors used more customized ASICs and fewer off-the-shelf products, the revenues and gross margins that we derive from sales to customers in the military and aerospace industries may erode, which could also have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Our revenues and/or operating results may be adversely affected by future downturns at any of our major customers.

A relatively small number of customers are responsible for a significant portion our net revenues. We have experienced periods in which sales to one or more of our major customers declined significantly as a percentage of our net revenues. The loss of a major customer, or decreases or delays in shipments to major customers, could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

We are exposed to fluctuations in the market values of our investment portfolio.

Our investments are subject to interest rate and other risks. Our investment portfolio consists primarily of asset-backed obligations, corporate bonds, floating-rate notes, and federal and municipal obligations. An increase in interest rates could subject us to a decline in the market value of our investments. This risk is mitigated by our ability to hold these investments for a period of time sufficient to recover the carrying value of the investment, which may not be until maturity. In addition, if the issuers of our investment securities default on their obligations, or their credit ratings are negatively affected by liquidity, credit deterioration or losses, financial results, or other factors, the value of our investments could decline and result in a material impairment. To mitigate these risks, we invest only in high credit quality debt securities with average maturities of less than two years. We also limit, as a percentage of total investments, our investment in any one issuer and in corporate issuers as a group.

In light of the bankruptcy filing by Lehman Brothers in the third quarter of 2008, we concluded that our investment in a Lehman Brothers’ corporate bond was other-than-temporarily impaired and therefore wrote-down the investment to its fair market value. The impairment charge of approximately $0.9 million was included in interest income and other, net on our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended October 5, 2008. Although the current credit environment continues to be extremely volatile and uncertain, we do not believe that sufficient evidence exists at this point in time to conclude that any of our

remaining investments are other-than-temporarily impaired. We continue to monitor our investments closely to determine if additional information becomes available that may have an adverse effect on the fair value and ultimate realizability of our investments. If we concluded that any of our remaining investments were other-than-temporarily impaired, our operating results for the periods in which the write-downs occurred would be adversely and perhaps materially affected.

Risks Related to Changing Rules and Practices

Pending or new accounting pronouncements, corporate governance or public disclosure requirements, or tax regulatory rulings could have an effect, possibly material and adverse, on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. Any change in accounting pronouncements, corporate governance or public disclosure requirements, or taxation rules or practices, as well as any change in the interpretation of existing pronouncements, requirements, or rules or practices, may call into question our SEC or tax filings and could affect our reporting of transactions completed before the change.

Changes in accounting rules or practices may adversely affect our operating results.

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment: An Amendment of FASB Statements No. 123 and 95.” (“SFAS 123R”). SFAS 123R eliminates the ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and instead requires companies to recognize compensation expense using a fair-value based method for costs related to share-based payments, including stock options and employee stock purchase plans. We implemented the standard in the fiscal year that began January 2, 2006, and the adoption of SFAS 123R had a material effect on our consolidated operating results and earnings per share. In addition, the adoption of SFAS 123R has caused us to change our equity compensation strategy. Future changes in accounting rules or practices could materially and adversely affect our business and/or operating results.

Compliance with new or changed corporate governance and public disclosure requirements may adversely affect our operating results.

Changing laws, regulations, and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and new SEC regulations and Nasdaq Global Market rules, have resulted in significant additional expense. We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure, and therefore have invested the resources necessary to comply with the evolving laws, regulations, and standards. This investment has resulted in increased general and administrative expenses as well as a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. New or changed corporate governance and public disclosure requirements could materially and adversely affect our business and/or operating results. In addition, if our efforts to comply with new or changed laws, regulations, and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies, we may be subject to lawsuits or sanctions or investigation by regulatory authorities, such as the SEC or The Nasdaq Global Market, and our reputation may be harmed.

We evaluated our internal controls systems in order to allow management to report on, and our independent public accountants to attest to, our internal controls, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In performing the system and process evaluation and testing required to comply with the management certification and auditor attestation requirements of Section 404, we incurred significant additional expenses, which adversely affected our operating results and financial condition and diverted a significant amount of management’s time. While we believe that our internal control procedures are adequate, we may not be able to continue complying with the requirements relating to internal controls or other aspects of Section 404 in a timely fashion. If we were not able to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner in the future, we may be subject to lawsuits or sanctions or investigation by regulatory authorities. Any such action could adversely affect our financial results and the market price of our Common Stock. In any event, we expect that we will continue to incur significant expenses and diversion of management’s time to comply with the management certification and auditor attestation requirements of Section 404.

Other Risks

Any acquisition we make may harm our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

We have a mixed history of success in our acquisitions. In pursuing our business strategy, we may acquire other products, technologies, or businesses from third parties. Identifying and negotiating these acquisitions may divert substantial management time away from our operations. An acquisition could absorb substantial cash resources, require us to incur or assume debt obligations, and/or involve the issuance of additional Actel equity securities. The issuance of additional equity securities may dilute, and could represent an interest senior to, the rights of the holders of our Common Stock. An acquisition would involve subsequent deal-related expenses and could involve significant write-offs (possibly resulting in a loss for the fiscal year(s) in which taken) and would require the amortization of any identifiable intangibles over a number of years, which would adversely affect earnings in those years. Any

acquisition would require attention from our management to integrate the acquired entity into our operations, may require us to develop expertise outside our existing business, and could result in departures of management from either Actel or the acquired entity. An acquired entity could have unknown liabilities, and our business may not achieve the results anticipated at the time of the acquisition. The occurrence of any of these circumstances could disrupt our operations and may have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

We may face significant business and financial risk from claims of intellectual property infringement asserted against us, and we may be unable to adequately obtain or enforce intellectual property rights.

As is typical in the semiconductor industry, we are notified from time to time of claims that we may be infringing patents owned by others. As we sometimes have in the past, we may obtain licenses under patents that we are alleged to infringe. Although patent holders commonly offer licenses to alleged infringers, we may not be offered a license for patents that we are alleged to infringe or we may not find the terms of any offered licenses acceptable. We may not be able to resolve any claim of infringement, and the ultimate resolution of any claim may have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

Our failure to resolve any claim of infringement could result in litigation or arbitration. In addition, we have agreed to defend our customers from and indemnify them against claims that our products infringe the patent or other intellectual rights of third parties. All litigation and arbitration proceedings, whether or not determined in our favor, can result in significant expense and divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel. In the event of an adverse ruling in any litigation or arbitration involving intellectual property, we could suffer significant (and possibly treble) monetary damages, which could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. We may also be required to discontinue the use of infringing processes; cease the manufacture, use, and sale or licensing of infringing products; expend significant resources to develop non-infringing technology; or obtain licenses under patents that we are infringing. In the event of a successful claim against us, our failure to develop or license a substitute technology on commercially reasonable terms could also have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

We have devoted significant resources to research and development and believe that the intellectual property derived from such research and development is a valuable asset important to the success of our business. We rely primarily on patent and trade secret laws to protect the intellectual property developed as a result of our research and development efforts. Due to spending constraints necessitated by current economic conditions, we expect to reduce our rate of patent application filings in the coming year. Every year we abandon some of our existing U.S. and foreign patents and pending applications that we perceive to have lesser value. Due to spending constraints necessitated by current economic conditions, we expect to increase the number of existing patents and pending patent applications that we abandon. These cost-containment measures may reduce our ability to protect our products by enforcing, or defend the Company by asserting, our intellectual property rights against others.

In addition to patent and trade secret laws, we rely on trademark, and copyright laws combined with nondisclosure agreements and other contractual provisions to protect our proprietary rights. The steps we have taken may not be adequate to protect our proprietary rights. In addition, the laws of certain territories in which our products are developed, manufactured, or sold, including Asia and Europe, may not protect our products and intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. Our failure to enforce our patents, trademarks, or copyrights or to protect our trade secrets could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

We may be unable to attract or retain the personnel necessary to successfully develop our technologies, design our products, or operate, manage, or grow our business.

Our success is dependent in large part on our ability to attract and retain key managerial, engineering, marketing, sales, and support employees. Particularly important are highly skilled design, process, software, and test engineers involved in the manufacture of existing products and the development of new products and processes.

The failure to recruit employees with the necessary technical or other skills or the loss of key employees could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. From time to time we have experienced growth in the number of our employees and the scope of our operations, resulting in increased responsibilities for management personnel. To manage future growth effectively, we will need to attract, hire, train, motivate, manage, and retain a growing number of employees. During strong business cycles, we expect to experience difficulty in filling our needs for qualified engineers and other personnel. Any failure to attract and retain qualified employees, or to manage our growth effectively, could delay product development and introductions or otherwise have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

We have some arrangements that may not be neutral toward a potential change of control and our Board of Directors could adopt others.

We have adopted an Employee Retention Plan that provides for payment of a benefit to our employees who hold unvested stock options or restricted stock units (“RSUs”) in the event of a change of control. Payment is contingent upon the employee remaining employed for six months after the change of control (unless the employee is terminated without cause during the six months). Each of our executive officers has also entered into a Management Continuity Agreement, which provides for the acceleration of stock options and RSUs unvested at the time of a change of control in the event the executive officer’s employment is actually or constructively terminated other than for cause following the change of control. While these arrangements are intended to make executive officers and other employees neutral towards a potential change of control, they could have the effect of biasing some or all executive officers or employees in favor of a change of control.

Our Articles of Incorporation authorize the issuance of up to 5,000,000 shares of “blank check” Preferred Stock with designations, rights, and preferences determined by our Board of Directors. Accordingly, our Board is empowered, without approval by holders of our Common Stock, to issue Preferred Stock with dividend, liquidation, redemption, conversion, voting, or other rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our Common Stock. Issuance of Preferred Stock could be used to discourage, delay, or prevent a change in control. In addition, issuance of Preferred Stock could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock.

On October 17, 2003, our Board of Directors adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan. Under the Plan, we issued a dividend of one right for each share of Common Stock held by shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 10, 2003. The provisions of the Plan can be triggered only in certain limited circumstances following the tenth day after a person or group announces acquisitions of, or tender offers for, 15% or more of our Common Stock. The Shareholder Rights Plan is designed to guard against partial tender offers and other coercive tactics to gain control of Actel without offering a fair and adequate price and terms to all shareholders. Nevertheless, the Plan could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire Actel, even if our shareholders support the acquisition.

Our stock price may decline significantly, possibly for reasons unrelated to our operating performance.

The stock markets broadly, technology companies generally, and our Common Stock in particular have historically experienced price and volume volatility. Our Common Stock may continue to fluctuate substantially on the basis of many factors, including:

•		quarterly fluctuations in our financial results or the financial results of our competitors or other semiconductor companies;

•		changes in the expectations of analysts regarding our financial results or the financial results of our competitors or other semiconductor companies;

•		announcements of new products or technical innovations by Actel or by our competitors; or

•		general conditions in the semiconductor industry, financial markets, or economy. Like many other stocks, the price of our Common Stock has declined and, if investors continue to have concerns that our business and operating results will be adversely affected by the worldwide economic downturn, our stock price could further decline.

If our stock price declines sufficiently, we would write down our goodwill, which may have a materially adverse affect on our operating results.

We account for goodwill and other intangible assets under SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”). Under this standard, goodwill is tested for impairment annually or more frequently if certain events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value. The two-step impairment test identifies potential goodwill impairment and measures the amount of a goodwill impairment loss to be recognized (if any). The first step of the goodwill impairment test, used to identify potential impairment, compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. We are a single reporting unit under SFAS 142, so we use an enterprise approach to determine our total fair value. Since the best evidence of fair value is quoted market prices in active markets, we start with our market capitalization as the initial basis for the analysis. We also consider other factors including control premiums from observable transactions involving controlling interests in comparable companies as well as overall market conditions. As long as we determine our total enterprise fair value is greater than our book value and we remain a single reporting unit, our goodwill will be considered not impaired, and the second step of the impairment

test under SFAS 142 will be unnecessary. If our total enterprise fair value were to fall below our book value, we would proceed to the second step of the goodwill impairment test, which measures the amount of impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of our goodwill with the carrying amount of our goodwill. As a result of this analysis we may be required to write down our goodwill, and recognize a goodwill impairment loss, equal to the difference between the book value of goodwill and its implied fair value.

If our long-lived assets become impaired, our operating results will be adversely affected.

If the current worldwide economic crisis continues, it could result in circumstances (such as a sustained decline in our forecasted cash flows) indicating that the carrying value of our long-lived assets may be impaired. If we are required to record a charge to earnings because an impairment of our long-lived assets is determined, our operating results will be adversely effected.

Item 6. Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Description

	31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) (17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

	31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) (17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

	32	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


	ACTEL CORPORATION
Date: May 15, 2009	/s/ David L. Van De Hey
	David L. Van De Hey
	Vice President & General Counsel (on behalf of Registrant)


	/s/ Dirk A. Sodestrom
	Dirk A. Sodestrom
	Acting Chief Financial Officer (as Principal Financial Officer)



Date: May 15, 2009	/s/ John C. East
	John C. East
	President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)



Date: May 15, 2009	/s/ Dirk A. Sodestrom
	Dirk A. Sodestrom
	Acting Chief Financial Officer



	By:	/s/ John C. East
		John C. East
		Chief Executive Officer Actel Corporation



	By:	/s/ Dirk A. Sodestrom
		Dirk A. Sodestrom
		Acting Chief Financial Officer Actel Corporation

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION			3
Item 1. Financial Statements			3
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			13
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			18
Item 4. Controls and Procedures			19
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION			19
Item 1. Legal Proceedings			20
Item 1A. Risk Factors			20
Item 6. Exhibits			34
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